Oral histories, 1976-1977.

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Oral histories, 1976-1977.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32413872

In 1976 and 1977, the Junior League of Tallahassee conducted an Oral History Project, which included a series of interviews with prominent Tallahasseans. This collection contains the oral history tapes and transcripts of that project. It includes oral histories of the following individuals: Lula D. Appleyard; Governor LeRoy Collins; Louisa C. Eckermeyer; Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Fain; J. Pierce Ford; Howard J. Friedman; Jake Gaither; Lettie Proctor Hill; Dorothy Johnson; Arvah B. Hopkins; Charles Knott; Angus Laird; B. Cheever Lewis; Reynolds Lewis; Anna Forbes Liddell; Perry Linton; Laura Long; Mary Murphee Meginnis; Frank D. Moor; Phebe Brokaw Quarterman; Phebe Knox; Francis A. Rhodes; Hazel M. Richards; Anne Sensabaugh; Mrs. W.C. Tully; J. Edwin White; and Ben C. Willis. No transcripts are included for the tapes of Reynolds Lewis, Anna Forbes Liddell, Perry Linton, Hazel M. Richards, and Ben C. Willis. The collection also includes an instructional cassette and filmstrip on conducting an oral history interview.

1 cubic ft.

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Florida State Archive

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Fain, L. D. 1888-1985.

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Hopkins, Arvah B., 1912-1976.

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Arvah B. Hopkins started working for the City of Tallahassee as a rodman in a survey crew in 1932. He continued his career with the city working in the engineering department and as director of public works. Arvah B. Hopkins served as the City Manager of Tallahassee from 1952 until 1974 when he retired. From the description of Tallahassee survey maps, ca. 1941-1970. (Florida State Archive). WorldCat record id: 32413302 ...

Linton, Perry.

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Long, Laura Hopkins, 1912-

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Willis, Ben C. 1913-

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Quarterman, Phebe Brokaw.

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Ford, Herbert Pierce.

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Moor, Frank D., 1894-1984.

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Junior League of Tallahassee (Tallahassee, Fla.)

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The Junior League of Tallahassee was organized in 1949 as the Tallahassee Service League. It became a member of the Association of the Junior Leagues of America in 1960. It is a club of women interested in the social, economic, education, cultural, and civic conditions of Tallahassee who are interested in volunteer service to the community. From the description of Oral histories, 1976-1977. (Florida State Archive). WorldCat record id: 32413872 ...

Rhodes, F. Arlie 1908-1988.

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Hill, Lettie Proctor.

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Johnson, Dorothy, 1919-

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Friedman, Howard A., 1919-1988

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Biography Howard A. Friedman was born in New York City on June 26, 1919. At the age of 17, following graduation from Saunders Technical High School in Yonkers, he started work as a junior drafter in a Manhattan architecture office. In 1942 he joined the United States Navy Seabees and served in the Pacific during World War II. On his return to San Francisco in 1946 Howard married Phyllis Koshland. In 1949 he graduated from the University of Ca...

Sensabaugh, Anne, ca. 1906-1985.

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White, J. Edwin, ca. 1905-1983.

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Meginnis, Mary Murphee.

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Tully, W. C., Mrs.

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Gaither, Jake, 1903-

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Laird, Angus, 1903-

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Lewis, Harry Reynolds

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Fain, Louise Clark, 1893-1990.

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Liddell, Anna Forbes, 1891-1979

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Anna Forbes Liddell was born in 1891 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Liddell received her A.B. in 1918 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.A. at Cornell. She completed a Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina in 1925 with a dissertation entitled "Alexander's Space, Time, and Deity". Liddell taught history and philosophy at Chowman College in North Carolina. For nearly forty years, 1926-1962, she taught in the Philosophy and Religion Department at Florida State College...

Lewis, B. C. 1816-1880.

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Eckermeyer, Louisa C.

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Richards, Hazel

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Knott, John Charles, 1900-1985.

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Appleyard, Lula D. Keith.

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Collins, LeRoy (Violist)

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Thomas LeRoy (1909-1991) was a Florida State Representative, Senator, and Governor (1935-1961) and served in several positions for various Florida and U.S. governmental agencies and national committees (1961-1989); during his years as governor, he worked to strengthen Florida's education system, created the first community colleges in the state, and promoted industry, agriculture and tourism through state sponsorship. From the description of LeRoy Collins Letters 1966-1968. (Florida ...