Videos
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Andy Jones, Oral History
Born in 1937 in Longwood, parents came to area in early 1900s. Recorded on November 14, 2012.
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Spencer and Janet Whitehead, Oral History
Jason Byrne and Tracy Putnam of the Longwood Historic Society interviewed the Whiteheads at their home on Maine Avenue in Longwood on February 6, 2020. The property has been in the family for around 100 years and Spencer first moved there in 1946. In total Spencer’s family line has been in the area since the 1850s. The home was torn down in 2022 to build apartments. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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Tom Milwee, Oral History
Tom Milwee on September 17, 2023 presentation at the Longwood Historic Society member meeting and potluck at the Historic Civic Center in Longwood, Florida. 🎙️ Tom Milwee: Historic Longwood (Transcript) Introduction and History Before I begin this afternoon, I would like to thank Tom and Pam for inviting us to your program. We’ve been really looking forward to doing this, actually. We’ve been talking about Longwood off and on for many times, talk about how it’s changed and memory of the past. But this gives us a chance to kind of brag about it and tell you what type of…
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Kathleen Kent Chenet, Oral History
Kathleen Kent Chenet and Tom Milwee presented on September 17, 2023 at the Longwood Historic Society member meeting and potluck at the Historic Civic Center in Longwood, Florida.
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Francis Oliver, Oral History
Local historian Jason Byrne interviews Francis Oliver on July 2, 2018 11:50AM at Patio Grill in Sanford. Francis is a civil rights activist, community leader, career educator, founder of the Goldsboro Museum, and longtime resident of the black community of Sanford’s Goldsboro district. INDEX OF CONVERSATION 0:38 The “Overground Railroad” – Escape from Jim Crow 1:00 Family moving to Goldsboro in 1946 2:18 Family farm back in Alabama 6:28 Early memories of Sanford and Goldsboro 10:14 Attending Savannah State University and husband dying in Vietnam 10:55 Return to Sanford and early career teaching in public schools, desegregation 12:15 Growing up…
