Tallahassee and Florida History
The following interviews belong to the Tallahassee and Florida History collection. They are arranged in alphabetical order. By accessing any interview transcript, you acknowledge your understanding of the Program's policies on using interviews, given in the Using the Collections section. Transcripts are only available for Category "E" interviews whose OHP Control Numbers (OHPCN) are hyperlinked. Remember that interviews whose transcripts do not appear online are still often available either by email or at the Program's office in Tallahassee.
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Interviewee |
OHPCN |
Status |
Date |
Abstract |
| Abbott, Wilson | 1344 | R | 07/13/2001 | Somewhat disjointed but interesting military career. |
| Abend, Ellie | 0501 | S | 07/25/1996 | Century Village retirement community, Pembroke Pines, Florida. The Linsin Collection consists of twenty interviews with persons closely associated with the Century Village communities in Pembroke Pines and Boca Raton, Florida. |
| Albritton, A.D. (MRS) | 0055 | R | 09/01/1975 | Tallahassee and Quincy, Florida; 1920-1940; building and construction business during Depression; social activities and race relations |
| Alvarez, Ken | 0939 | S | 01/11/2000 | Florida Park Service |
| Anderson, Pete | 0851 | S | 09/27/1999 | Florida Park Service; John Pennecamp Coral Reef State Park |
| Arboleya, Carlos J. | 0285 | S | 03/26/1993 | Cuban refugee; Barnett Bank, Miami, Florida |
| Attas, Al and Ruth | 0502 | S | 07/25/1996 | Residents of the Century Village retirement community in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The Linsin Collection consists of twenty interviews with persons closely associated with the Century Village communities in Pembroke Pines and Boca Raton, Florida. |
| Auzanne, George | 0373 | R | 03/26/1996 | Teachers’ strike in Florida in early 1970s |
| Baldino, Susan | 1955 | R | 02/22/2008 | Abstract under construction |
| Bannerman, Gloria | 1331 | S | 02/16/2001 | Tallahassee Florida during World War II |
| Barnes, William H. | 0039 | R | 03/01/1974 | South Florida, Miami, FL; 1930-1940s; high school fraternaties; FDR; post-war South Florida. |
| Barron, Dempsey | 0309 | S | 09/09/1992 | State Senature 19 -1988; Barron's WWII experiences aboard the USS Chicago; very little information on actual senate or legislative topics. |
| Baust, John A. | 0849 | S | 09/27/1999 | Florida Park Service career |
| Belin, Jacob C. "Jake" | 0600 | R | 01/22/1999 | Abstract under construction |
| Belin, Jacob C. "Jake" | 0632 | R | 03/17/1999 | Abstract under construction |
| Belin, Jacob C. "Jake"000 | 0678 | R | 04/14/1999 | Abstract under construction |
| Benson, Bob and Eleanor | 0503 | S | 07/25/1996 | Residents of the Century Village retirement community in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The Linsin Collection consists of twenty interviews with persons closely associated with the Century Village communities in Pembroke Pines and Boca Raton, Florida. |
| Berberich, Jim | 1957 | R | 02/06/2008 | Abstract under construction |
| Berninger, George W. | 1004 | S | 03/10/2000 | Florida Park Service career - Fernandina Beach, Florida |
| Berry, John L. (Mrs) | 0053 | R | 01/01/1974 | Tallahassee, Florida; Maclay family history 1920-1960s; Maclay Gardens; Maclay School |
| Betts, Thomas M. Jr. | 1181 | S | 09/20/2000 | Thomas Betts discusses his career on the Florida Highway Patrol. Betts joined the FHP in 1957 and joined the Training Academy staff in 1967 after having been stationed in Lake City for several years. He retired in 1983. |
| Bidlingmaier, Ann | 1925 | E | 09/27/2007 | Tree Watch, Canopy Roads Citizens Committee, City of Tallahassee Code Enforcement Board, City of Tallahassee Environmental Variance Board |
| Blackburn, Ed | 0348 | R | 11/09/1992 | Continuation of #347: Family history; purging Hillsborough County voter registration books of fraudulent names; growing up in Tampa; bridge tournaments during the Depression; serving as FHP member in Volusia County; Daytona Beach in the 1930s and 1940s |
| Blackburn, Ed | 0347 | R | 10/01/1992 | Family history; purging Hillsborough County voter registration books of fraudulent names; growing up in Tampa; bridge tournaments during the Depression; serving as FHP member in Volusia County; Daytona Beach in the 1930s and 1940s |
| Blanton, Fred | 0169 | S | 07/24/1991 | Recounting of Blanton's personal involvement with the local Primitive Baptist churches. |
| Blanton, Harold H. | 1576 | S | 02/18/2001 | Desegregation in Florida, particularly in Tallahassee schools. |
| Blee, Myron | 0316 | R | 11/19/1975 | Interviews by William Oliver for his dissertation on Doak S. Campbell. |
| Boardley, Barbara | 1969 | S | 09/28/2004 | Abstract under construction |
| Bodiford, Steve | 1592 | R | 05/21/2003 | Abstract under construction |
| Borstel, Henri | 0504 | S | 07/23/1996 | Residents of the Century Village retirement community in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The Linsin Collection consists of twenty interviews with persons closely associated with the Century Village communities in Pembroke Pines and Boca Raton, Florida. |
| Botifoll, Luis J. | 0262 | S | 03/22/1993 | Banker, Republic National Bank, Miami, Florida |
| Bower, George | 1569 | S | 09/02/2001 | Childhood memories of Ocmulgee National Park; became boat [river and glass bottom] driver at Wakulla Springs State Park in 1974; drowning in Sally Ward Springs over Labor Day weekend in 1974; Ed Ball; filming of Airport 77(starring Jack Lemmon), and Joe Panther; celebrity guests of the park. |
| Bozeman, Barbara | 0292 | S | 05/03/1993 | Author, "From Despair to Victory: An African American Woman's Struggle with Alcohol."; description of typical house in the region; living conditions; social elements of the lifestyles; area in 1940s; churches; schools |
| Braswell, Ernest G. | 0082 | R | 03/01/1978 | Harbeson City, Florida; logging; canal transportation; living conditions; segregation; Depression. |
| Breen, Bobby | 0505 | S | 07/24/1996 | Catskill entertainer and south Florida booking agent for the condo circuit. The Linsin Collection consists of twenty interviews with persons closely associated with the Century Village communities in Pembroke Pines and Boca Raton, Florida. |
| Brown, Annie May | 0041 | R | 03/01/1974 | Tallahassee, Florida 1920s-1930s; Edward Waters College, Jacksonville; race relations |
| Brown, Annie V. | 0338 | S | 01/12/1996 | Macon Community Oral History Collection |
| Browning, Lily | 0080 | R | Miccosuki Indian tribal life; returned to live on a reservation in the Everglades 1969 | |
| Bruner, Vincent Michael | 0367 | S | 05/27/1994 | Fort Walton, Florida and Dothan, Alabama history; politics in the Florida panhandle; family background; law career; Steve Pajcic; senatorial campaigns; Bob Martinez; Dempsey Barron |
| Bull, Robert L. | 1191 | R | 10/02/2000 | Robert Bull discusses his service with the Florida Highway Patrol from 1956 until 1994. Bull was stationed at several different places during his career, including Clermont, Dedland, Ocala, and Tallahassee, where he developed and administered the FHP's minority and women recruitment program. |
| Bullock, Mike | 1029 | R | 04/13/2000 | Abstract under construction |
| Burch, James | 0831 | S | 09/15/1999 | Burch joined the FPS in the late 1950s. The interview chronicles his career and his observations about the service. |
| Burkett, Bobby R. | 1194 | S | 10/04/2000 | Colonel Bobby Burkett describes his lengthy career in the Florida Highway Patrol, which began in 1955 and ended in 1993. Burkett was stationed in numerous places, including Panama City, Tallahassee, Bradenton, and Lantana. He eventually became director of the FHP and served in that capacity until his retirement. |
| Cain, Martha | 0568 | E | 02/12/2007 | Knott House history |
| Caldwell, Millard | 0311 | R | 07/08/1975 | Governor of Florida 1945-1949. Interviews by William Oliver for his dissertation on Doak S. Campbell. |
| Cameron, Don | 0380 | R | 12/13/1995 | Interview by Michael Makowsky; study of teachers' strike in Florida in early 1970s; Ph.D. dissertation under direction of Dr. Neil Betton. |
| Campbell, Doak S. III | 0307 | R | 09/24/1975 | Grandson of Doak Campbell, president of FSCW/FSU 1941-1956; Formality of Campbell household; reminiscences about Doak Campbell, Sr; sense of Christianity; Campbell's interest in sports, particularly baseball and football |
| Campbell, Edna | 0320 | R | 03/11/1976 | Mrs. Doak S. Campbell's comments on her husband. Interviews by William Oliver for his dissertation of Doak S. Campbell. |
| Carey, Eunice and Jefferson | 0370 | S | 07/06/1996 | Life in Jacksonville, Florida, during World War II; shipbuilding in the area at the time |
| Carmody, John W. | 1183 | R | 09/26/2000 | Abstract under construction |
| Carothers, Milton | 0314 | R | 07/17/1975 | FSCW Registrar, FSU Dean of Men, Acting President. Interviews by William Oliver for his dissertation on Doak S. Campbell. |
| Chambers, Alice | 0313 | R | 07/16/1975 | Secretary for Doak Campbell, 1949-1957. Interviews by William Oliver for his dissertation on Doak S. Campbell. |
| Chapman, Stan | 1943 | S | 03/18/2008 | Abstract under construction |
| Chase, Norene | 1918 | R | 10/03/2007 | Representative of the Sierra Club of the Big Bend and the League of Women Voters; environmental impact of Fallschase. |
| Clary, Sandra G. | 1922 | E | 10/14/2007 | 6th grade teacher at Swift Creek Elementary School in Tallahassee, FL. Class project conducted with students in the spring of 2007 on the Fallschase Development project; her inspiration for the project, educational goals, reactions and thoughts from students, its successes and failures |
| Clymer, Samuel H. | 1279 | S | 03/06/2001 | Col. Samuel Clymer (served 1943-63) describes his experiences as a truck company commander in the European theater of World War II. Clymer also briefly discusses his postwar experiences, including military service in Japan and Korea, and working at NASA in the 1960s. |
| Cofer, R. H. | 0033 | R | 03/01/1973 | Hernando County, Florida 1913-1918; Cumberland Lumber Co; convict labor gangs in turpentine industry |
| Collar, Roger C. | 1265 | R | 11/10/2000 | Abstract under construction |
| Collins, Leroy | 0331 | R | 02/13/1986 | Interview by Milton S. Carothers, on the subject of his parents, Milton and Julia. |
| Collins, Leroy | 0310 | R | 03/24/1975 | Interviews by William Oliver for his dissertation on Doak S. Campbell. Governor of Florida 1955-1961. |
| Conn, Anne | 1490 | R | 08/21/2002 | Abstract under construction |
| Conroy, John A. | 1278 | R | 11/30/2000 | Florida Highway Patrol 1946-1967; disctrict commander in Jacksonville and Fort Myers. |
| Conti, Bud | 1283 | S | 01/30/2001 | Col. Bud Conti discusses his lengthy military career, which included two stints on the Space Coast, one in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the other in the early 1970s. |
| Cook, Sandy | 1570 | S | 08/24/2001 | Florida Park Service career: Goldhead Branch; Fort Clinch (attempted drug smuggling); Bahia Honda (immigrants, fishing, drug smuggling, hurricanes); Gamble Plantation; Flagler Beach; Anastasia State Park; administrative positions |
| Cooper, Jim | 0002 | R | 09/07/1969 | Leon County, FL ca. 1900; farming, sharecropping: cotton, sweet potatoes, boll weevil; work on plantations |
| Corliss, Carlton J. | 0032 | R | 03/01/1973 | Florida East Coast Railway, Key West extension; hurricaines; railroads in Florida during the 1920s |
| Couch, Theo | 0042 | R | 03/01/1974 | Tallahassee police department 1920s-1950s. |
| Cox, James | 1198 | S | 10/06/2000 | James Cox discusses his Florida Highway Patrol career, which lasted from 1950 to 1971. |
| Craft, Lisa (Barton) | 1967 | E | 11/02/2004 | Abstract under construction |
| Cribbs, Frances and M.T. | 0349 | S | 07/31/1996 | Life in Jacksonville, Florida during World War II; entry of women into the workplace; rationing; radio and movie entertainment. |
| Croft, Leticia Bond | 1688 | S | 02/15/2000 | Abstract under construction |
| Cromartie, Grady C. | 0009 | R | 01/23/1970 | Leon County, FL; living conditions for blacks; celebration of Emancipation Day |
| Cronk, Harry Alden | 1175 | S | 08/10/2000 | Spacecoast -- Cronk worked in Cocoa Beach on the NASA projects; his job was actually with Pan Am, maintaining facilities at Cape Canaveral and downrange stations (7-9 miles south of the Cape) |
| Crosby, Lyon B. | 0056 | R | 03/01/1975 | Bradford County, Florida; farm work ca. 1910 |
| Cruso, Muriel | 1487 | R | 08/14/2002 | Abstract under construction |
| Culpepper, J. Broward and Betty | 0315 | R | 12/20/1984 | Interview by Milton Carothers, Jr. on the subject of his parents, Milton, Sr. and Julia. |
| Curls, James Henry | 0043 | R | 03/01/1974 | Pinellas County, Florida 1920-1950s; citrus industry during the 1920s; Bay Pines Veterans Hospital (WPA project) |
| D'alemberte, Talbot (Sandy) | 1893 | E | 08/16/2007 | Abstract under construction |
| Dasher, T. I. (Mr. & Mrs.) | 0074 | R | 09/01/1975 | Live Oak, Florida; farm life 1920-1930s; Depression. |
| Davis, Anna S. | 0044 | R | 03/01/1974 | Madison, Greenville, Florida 1910-1930s; Florida tourism in St. Petersburg in 1930s |
| Davis, Rodney | 0375 | R | 10/07/1992 | Interview by Michael Makowsky; study of teachers' strike in Florida in early 1970s; Ph.D. dissertation under direction of Dr. Neil Betton. |
| Davis, Ruby Caswell; Randolph, Naomi Caswell | 0341 | S | 02/24/1996 | Macon Community Oral History Collection |
| Davis, Sarah M. | 0273 | R | 02/03/1993 | Resident, Los Robles subdivision, Tallahassee, Florida; Recollections about the neighborhood and how it has changed since 1930. Includes social customs and interactions within the Tallahassee community. |
| Delaney, Verma | 1491 | S | 08/28/2002 | Parachute rigger at Dale Mabry Field in Tallahassee, FL in World War II |
| Destin, John | 0071 | R | 11/25/1975 | Destin, Florida; Destin, Marler family history; origins of Destin township |
| Dew, John | 0323 | E | 10/18/2007 | FallsChase project |
| Diamond, Ruby | 0012 | R | 04/18/1970 | Tallahassee, FL 1910-1950s; Diamond family history; European travel; Tallahassee society 1910-1920s; FL legislators and governors |
| Dobson, Nancy | 1863 | S | 02/13/2002 | Abstract under construction |
| Domroski, Dick | 0884 | S | 11/01/1999 | Florida Park Service career. |
| Donick, Florence | 0506 | R | 07/22/1996 | Resident of the Century Village retirement community in Boca Raton, Florida. The Linsin Collection consists of twenty interviews with persons closely associated with the Century Village communities in Pembroke Pines and Boca Raton, Florida. |
| Edge, Jessie Alma | 0174 | S | 06/01/1991 | Niceville, FL history; economic impact of WWII |
| Edwards, Claudia | 0382 | S | 12/14/1995 | Interview by Michael Makowsky; study of teachers' strike in Florida in early 1970s; Ph.D. dissertation under direction of Dr. Neil Betton. |
| Edwards, Ray | 0383 | S | 12/04/1995 | Interview by Michael Makowsky; study of teachers' strike in Florida in early 1970s; Ph.D. dissertation under direction of Dr. Neil Betton. |
| Edwards, Scott | 1924 | S | 10/12/2007 | Historic preservationist, Dept of State, Office of Compliance and Review |
| Ehrenspeck, Edward H. | 1216 | R | 10/22/2000 | Abstract under construction |
| Elliott, Paul | 1820 | S | 09/30/2006 | Abstract under construction |
| Emhof, Kalen | 1965 | E | 02/21/2008 | Florida Archives Digitation Project |
| Ervin, Richard W. | 0057 | R | 03/01/1975 | Florida politics 1930-1950s; Florida Attorney General; Florida Supreme Court |
Interviewee |
OHPCN |
Status |
Date |
Abstract |
| Feinerman, Irving | 0507 | S | 07/23/1996 | Resident of the Century Village retirement community in Boca Raton, Florida. |
| Few, Timothy R. | 1958 | R | 02/07/2008 | Abstract under construction |
| Fichter, Nancy Smith | 0386 | S | 02/08/1997 | Smith lived in one of the Goodwood cottages when she returned to Tallahassee in the 1960s to take over the Department of Dance from Nellie-Bond Dickinson. |
| Fincher, Dick | 0031 | R | 03/01/1973 | Miami, Florida 1940-1970s; Florida politics 1960-1970s; auto business 1940-1950s; establishment of junior college system. |
| Flory, Daisy Parker and Claude | 0330 | R | 12/19/1995 | Interview by Milton Carothers, Jr. on the subject of his parents, Milton, Sr. and Julia. |
| Flynn, Mark | 1895 | E | 11/224/2008 | Florida Archives Digitation Project |
| Folsom, John P. | 0045 | R | 03/01/1974 | Tallahassee, Florida 1960s; racial problems 1963-4; integration of Leon High School 1963 |
| Ford, James R. | 0339 | S | 01/12/1996 | Macon Community Oral History Collection |
| Francis, Mary | 0075 | R | 09/01/1975 | FSCW student life |
| Francisco, Hugh D. | 0076 | R | 09/01/1975 | Orlando, Florida 1920s: prohibition; police corruption; Depression; WPA construction worker |
| Freilich, Ben | 0508 | S | 07/25/1996 | Resident of the Century Village retirement community in Boca Raton, Florida. |
| Frink, Inez | 0182 | S | 10/18/1991 | History of Lively Vocational School; David Walker Library; Evelyn Messer; Lively Building; location of Lively technical school during 1930s; faculty at the school; county libraries |
| Gaines, Henry Jr. | 0046 | R | 03/01/1974 | Tallahassee, Florida: 1910-1920s; Deression; celery harvesting |
| Gandy, Norman | 0280 | S | 03/21/1994 | Resident of Havana, Florida Came to Havana in 1930s. Describes the area from economic standpoint; focus on grocery business, impact of World War II. |
| Gardner, Mary Lee | 0077 | R | 03/01/1975 | Leon County, Florida: 1910s; farming; field work; life for blacks in 1910s working as maids. |
| Gates, Rosalie | 0035 | R | 05/18/1974 | St. Petersburg, Ft. Myers, FL; Gilchrist's gubernatorial campaign; driving first automobiles |
| Gavin, Don | 1579 | S | 03/12/2001 | Experiences at Wakulla Springs: childhood in the area; first boat tours (1969) as an employee of the park; filming of Tarzan movies, changes in park vegetation, animal population, management; 1987 alligator attack; celebrity visitors. |
| George, Paul | 0385 | R | 03/01/1975 | Ph.D. candidate at FSU (history) 1975; Miami, Florida 1940-1960s; Cuban refugees; Miami 1896-1920. |
| George, Paul S. | 0058 | R | 03/01/1975 | Ph.D. candidate at FSU (history) 1975; Miami, Florida 1940-1960s; Cuban refugees; Miami 1896-1920. |
| Gieger, Jim | 0381 | R | 04/18/1996 | Interview by Michael Makowsky; study of teachers' strike in Florida in early 1970s; Ph.D. dissertation under direction of Dr. Neil Betton. |
| Gillen, Jack | 0934 | S | 01/07/2000 | Florida Park Service career |
| Gilman, Julius; Barr, Evelyn | 0509 | S | 07/23/1996 | Residents of the Century Village retirement community in Pembroke Pines, Florida. |
| Ginzig, Iris | 0510 | S | 07/26/1996 | Residents of the Century Village retirement community in Pembroke Pines, Florida. |
| Giordan, Catherine F. | 0059 | R | 03/01/1975 | Miami, Florida during WWII; post-war growth |
| Goff, Hilda C. | 1857 | E | 10/07/2006 | Family owned moving company in central Florida during first half of 20th century; information about African American employees in the business |
| Golding, Elizabeth | 1959 | R | 02/21/2008 | Public records management |
| Goodman, William H. | 0030 | R | 03/01/1973 | Banking in Florida 1920-1930s; ICC involvement and Florida East Coast Railway |
| Goodwin, Judy | 1479 | S | 07/29/2002 | Memories of World War II in Tallahassee (born 1941). |
| Graf, Olive Pierce | 0029 | R | 03/01/1973 | Florida tourist facilities 1917; Florida 1942 |
| Gramling, Cay | 0014 | S | 10/21/1970 | Family and Florida history; includes GRAMLING, EARLE S:attended FL State College 1903, then U of F 1906; rural mail carrier 1909-1950; GRAMLING, IRVIN OWEN: Tallahassee, FL; Gramling family history |
| Graveline, Robert P. | 1215 | S | 10/22/2000 | Computer engineer and data analyst; Snark (Northrup) and Agena (Lockheed) programs, interacting with Nasa Ranger and Gemini programs. |
| Gray, Richard W., Jr. | 0028 | R | 03/01/1973 | Miami, FL 1911-1935; father involved in tracking hurricaines from Miami, San Juan |
| Green, Lane | 1952 | S | 03/15/2008 | Tallahassee Museum |
| Gregory, Albert | 0971 | R | 02/04/2000 | Florida Park Service |
| Haisten, Oliver | 0143 | S | 09/20/1990 | Cocoa Beach, Florida history |
| Hall, Christie | 0005 | R | 11/19/1969 | Tallahassee, FL; teaching school 1910s; Board of County Commissioners 1950-62; growth controversis in city 1960s; city drainage project |
| Hallam, Claudette | 1838 | S | 02/20/2004 | Claude Pepper |
| Hardee, Ellison | 0829 | S | 09/15/1999 | Began with Florida Park Service in 1955 |
| Harner, Carl | 0379 | S | 03/25/1996 | Interview by Michael Makowsky; study of teachers' strike in Florida in early 1970s; Ph.D. dissertation under direction of Dr. Neil Betton. |
| Harrell, George Leland ("Speedy") | 1179 | R | 09/07/2000 | Abstract under construction |
| Hartsfield, Pete | 0960 | S | 01/21/2000 | Florida Park Service career - construction aspects |
| Hartung, Chip | 1926 | E | 10/11/2007 | Fallschase development: realtor with Coldwell Banker; no direct involvement with the development; brief history of Fallschase project; Wal-Mart and Costco; clear-cutting |
| Hasegawa, Miyuki | 1866 | R | 02/03/2002 | Abstract under construction |
| Hauck, John D. | 0060 | R | 03/01/1975 | Mr. and Mrs; Miami, Florida during WWII; Eastern Airlines; hurricaine of 1947; postwar expansion |
| Hecht, Julia | 0511 | S | 07/26/1996 | Resident of the Century Village retirement community in Boca Raton, Florida. |
| Henderson, Ed. B. | 0018 | R | 05/09/1973 | Tampa, Florida history; family history; Florida Superintendant of Public Instruction 1946; education in FL since 1940s |
| Henson, Dianne | 1854 | E | 02/06/2006 | lifestyle in Fort Myers |
| Herndon, Sarah | 0950 | R | Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee, FL | |
| Hobbs, Robert Dayton, Jr. | 0287 | S | 03/11/1995 | Resident of Santa Rosa County, Florida. Hobbs family settled in Santa Rosa County ca. 1815; pilot in Army Air Corps during W W II; founded Grace Bible Church in Milton, Florida; established Santa Rosa Christian School and Academy; invented TEE BALL. |
| Hoffman, Dorothy Breen | 0308 | R | 01/01/1975 | Professor of Humanities? FSCW/FSU |
| Hoffman, Lila Hancock | 0047 | R | 03/01/1974 | Tallahassee, Florida; visits by Theodore Roosevelt; flu epidemic after WWI |
| Holloway, Ethel | 0048 | R | 03/01/1974 | Milton, Tallahassee, Florida; farm life 1920-1930s; FDR and WPA road projects |
| Holton, Hope Myers | 0279 | S | 03/04/1994 | Tallahassee resident. Covers Tallahassee from 1950s to current day; focus on social and economic life; observations on race relations in urban South; on being Jewish in the South. |
| Hopping, Wade | 0378 | S | 10/19/1992 | Interview by Michael Makowsky; study of teachers' strike in Florida in early 1970s; Ph.D. dissertation under direction of Dr. Neil Betton. |
| Horchler, Frederick W. | 1180 | R | 09/12/2000 | Abstract under construction |
| Horne, Mallory | 0534 | S | 06/08/1999 | Abstract under construction |
| Hubbell, Flosse B. | 0078 | R | 09/01/1975 | Ft. Myers, Florida 1917-1920s; hurricaine 1926 |
| Hunter, Fred, Sr. | 0340 | S | 02/03/1996 | Macon Community Oral History Collection |
| Jahoda, Gloria | 0027 | R | 03/01/1973 | Tallahassee, FL and NY 1920-1940s; memories of Dr. Raymond Bellamy |
| James, Elizabeth S. | 1907 | E | 10/24/2007 | Family history in Tallahassee; lifestyle of aprivileged family in 1940s-present |
| Johnson, Beth | 0281 | S | 04/14/1994 | Florida Department of Commerce, Development Representative; State Senator (R, Brevard County) 1966-1972. State Senator 1966-1972 representing home county of Brevard and four adjacent counties in east central Florida. |
| Johnson, Edward A. | 0049 | R | 03/01/1974 | Gainsville, Orlando, Florida; Depression; Rollins College after WWII; post-war central florida; 1926 hurricane |
| Jones, Calvin | 0015 | R | 08/03/1971 | Archaeologist, Bureau of Historic Sites and Properties, Florida Department of Archives and History; Spanish mission site, Buck Lake Road. |
| Jones, Edna (Mrs. Albert) | 0277 | S | 04/01/1994 | Tallahassee resident. Descriptions of Tallahassee from 1946-1994 with focus on downtown area. Includes information on Southern culture and folkways. |
| Joyce, W. T. (Tom) | 1192 | R | 09/28/2000 | Florida Highway Patrol in Tampa, Miami, and Fort Lauderdale, before coming to Tallahassee to work for the FHP's Planning Section. He also lobbied the state legislature on FHP's behalf. |
Interviewee |
OHPCN |
Status |
Date |
Abstract |
| Kapryan, Walter | 1218 | R | 10/22/2000 | Abstract under construction |
| Keith, Clay (Major, FHP) | 0927 | S | 12/21/1999 | Florida Highway Patrol; instrumental in developing driver's license exams |
| Kelly, Vershe | 0061 | R | 03/01/1975 | Tallahassee, Florida 1910-1940s; first automobiles in town; segregation; Depression; WW II; daughter of Leon County Sheriff; wife of Tallahassee police officer |
| Knoll, Joe | 0823 | S | 09/10/1999 | Florida Park Service career |
| Knowles, Harold | 0692 | S | 02/15/1999 | Integration at Leon High School; undergraduate and law degrees at FSU; Frenchtown in Tallahassee, FL |
| Knox, Phebe Messer | 0274 | R | 02/16/1994 | Phebe Knox is the daughter of the late James Messer, Sr., who owned land that now includes San Luis Archaeological and Historic Site in Tallahassee. State of Florida acquired the remainder of the property and house (occupied by Messer from 1939-1962) in 1983. Includes details about the Messer family and the house on the site. |
| Koffler, Abby | 0512 | S | 07/22/1996 | Entertainment director for Cenvill Recreation (Linsin Collection). |
| Kogan, Gerald | 0202 | S | 02/13/1992 | Personal background; Florida gubernatorial politics 1960s; judicial politics in Florida; comments on Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings, Mike Tyson trial |
| Kuenzler, Arnold | 0922 | S | 12/10/1999 | Florida Park Service career |
| Kulakowski, Zoe | 1923 | E | 09/26/2007 | Member of the buck Lake Alliance; at time of interview employed by FL DEP, Division of Waste Management; history of Fallschase development; consequences of new construction for city; collaborations between landowners, neighborhood residents, and state and local authorities |
| Kurz-Cringle, Rose | 1894 | E | 08/14/2007 | Abstract under construction |
| LaCivita, Beth | 1945 | S | 03/13/2008 | Abstract under construction |
| Landrum, Ney | 0860 | S | 10/06/1999 | Director of Florida Park Service from 1969 until mid 1990s. |
| Lang, David | 1494 | S | 12/17/2002 | David Lang recounts his memories of growing up in Tallahassee during World War II. He speaks about the many facets of the city including restaurants, neighborhoods, schools, and even grocery stores. |
| Lang, et al | 0079 | R | 09/01/1975 | Abstract under construction |
| Lanzing, Andrew | 0411 | E | 01/20/2007 | Abstract under construction |
| Lanzing, Rayne | 0391 | E | 01/19/2007 | Racism in central Florida |
| Lawless, Florence | 0034 | R | 05/17/1974 | Midland, Florida; Bartow, Florida; segregation; Depression; citrus farming; "Great Freeze" of 1895 |
| Lawrence, John E. | 0272 | S | 04/13/1994 | Bureau Chief, Adult and Community Education, Department of Education; Deals with the history of adult education in the late 1970s, and with leadership of key persons in adult and community education at the state level from 1978 to 1984. |
| Leavitt, Daniel & Ruth | 0513 | S | 07/22/1996 | Resident of the Century Village retirement community in Pembroke Pines, Florida. |
| Levy, H. Irwin | 0514 | S | 08/11/1994 | Real estate developer responsible for creating the Century Villages. |
| Levy, James | 0062 | R | 03/01/1975 | Building of FSCW Reservation, 1928; University of Florida, 1946; FSU, 1947 on GI Bill |
| Lewis, George E. | 0003 | R | 10/09/1969 | Tallahassee; Lewis State Bank; lumber mills in North Florida; land boom 1920s, depression |
| Lewis, Paul (Mrs) | 0050 | R | 03/01/1974 | Gretna, Florida; Quincy, Florida; flu epidemic of 1918; Lewis family history |
| Lewis, Steve | 1956 | R | 03/05/2008 | Abstract under construction |
| Lopez-Castro, Amadeo | 0261 | S | 03/22/1993 | Banker, President International Finance Bank, Miami, FL |
| Lucas, Elcee R. | 0154 | S | 03/01/1991 | Jacksonville, Florida History |
| Macon, Annie Mae | 0337 | S | 10/27/1994 | Macon Community Oral History Collection |
| Macon, Annie Mae | 0335 | S | 12/02/1993 | Macon Community Oral History Collection; Life in a North Florida black community pre-1950 |
| Madden, Jamie | 1961 | E | 02/11/2008 | Abstract under construction |
| Maddox, David | 1741 | S | 01/17/2005 | Abstract under construction |
| Madigan, John | 0801 | S | 07/21/1999 | John Madigan discusses life in Tallahassee during the 1950s. Madigan worked at two local radio stations and he recalls several other aspects of Tallahassee life, including dating, politics, and race relations. |
| Madigan, John | 0798 | S | 07/21/1999 | World War II memories plus life in Tallahassee after the war; Claude Pepper |
| Mainella, Fran | 1114 | S | 07/05/2000 | Maniella came to the Florida Park Service as director in the mid-1990s. |
| Maphis, Bill | 1735 | S | 02/27/2003 | Abstract under construction |
| Martin, Kathryn L. | 1176 | S | 08/10/2000 | Kathryn Martin discusses her life on the Space Coast. Martin arrived in the mid-1950s and ran a business there with her husband until the mid-1980s. |
| Maxwell, Bill | 1034 | S | 04/18/2000 | Bill Maxwell recalls his career in the Florida Park Service. Maxwell worked in the park service in the mid- and late 1960s, left it, and returned in the late 1980s. He provides many insights into how the park service changed during the intervening decades. |
| McBride, Julie | 1953 | S | 03/20/2008 | Abstract under construction |
| McCaul, Boyd | 1177 | S | 08/16/2000 | McCaul Boyd discusses his years as a surveyor and quality assurance manager on the Space Coast in the 1960s. |
| McClellan, Howard W. | 1281 | S | 02/20/2001 | Florida Space Coast, Boeing engineer 1968-1985 |
| McEwan, Bonnie | 1966 | S | 10/12/2003 | History and adaptive use of early 20th century structures of the Messer property (San Luis mission site) |
| McGorty, Kevin | 0612 | E | 04/11/2007 | History of the Knott House (Wm. V. and Louella Knott) on Park Avenue in Tallahassee, FL |
| McQuillan, Charlotte | 0037 | R | 05/27/1974 | Orlando, Florida 1920s; Depression; Mediterranean fruit fly in citrus groves 1929 |
| Menendez, Abelardo | 0063 | R | 03/01/1975 | Tampa, Florida; Ybor City cigar industry and restaurants; origins of Gasparilla celebration |
| Mertins, Faye Diamond | 0069 | R | 06/04/1975 | Escambia County, Florida; dairy farming; Depression |
| Mickler, Delia | 0361 | S | 06/26/1996 | Delia Mickler, old-time Tallahassee resident, shares the history of her own family. She recalls Goodwood plantation, Steve’s Store, the Knott House, the Appleyard ancestral home and St.George Island as they were during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. |
| Midyette, Payne | 0006 | R | 12/02/1969 | Tallahassee, FL 1920s; Chamber of Commerce; insurance business; business during 1920s in FL; Depression; post-war problems in Tallahassee |
| Miller, Daniel | 0333 | S | 03/23/1996 | Personal experiences as part of the Miller family in Crescent City, Florida |
| Miller, Deborah | 0334 | R | 03/15/1996 | Personal experiences as part of the Miller family in Crescent City, Florida |
| Miller, G. Ulmer | 0369 | R | 11/18/1996 | Banking in Leon and Jefferson counties; FSU Business School; brief mention of various Business School faculty members: Homer Black, John Champion. |
| Miller, George Jr. | 0326 | S | 03/03/1995 | Chairman of the Board of Miller Enterprises; Personal history; business history; Crescent City history |
| Miller, Joe | 0328 | S | 03/10/1996 | Head of Maintenance for Miller Enterprises; Personal experiences as part of the Miller family in Crescent City, Florida; being Catholic in Crescent City during the 1950s and 1960s; job responsibilities; future plans for Miller Enterprises |
| Miller, Susan | 0332 | S | 03/23/1996 | Personal experiences as part of the Miller family in Crescent City, Florida |
| Miller, Tom | 0327 | R | 12/19/1995 | President and CEO of Miller Enterprises; Personal history with regard to family business; family recollections; growing up in Crescent City, Florida |
| Mitchell, Jana | 0051 | R | 03/01/1974 | Daughter of (Anabell Mitchell) Superintendant of Federal Correctional Institute at Lavell, Florida; childhood on prison grounds; Counselor at Park House. |
| Moor, Frank | 0007 | S | 11/20/1969 | Co-founder, Midyette - Moor Insurance Agency; longtime Tallahassee resident; father's medical practice in Tallahassee; development of telephone in area; city utilities; 1920s; centennial celebration 1924; President McKinley in Tallahassee 1899; Tallahassee 1900s; Sidney J. Catts’ gubernatorial campaign; Prohibition; WW II; civil rights; segregation |
| Moor, Frank | 0064 | R | 03/01/1975 | Co-founder of Midyette & Moor Insurance Agency; Tallahassee history 1890s-1930s |
| Moore, Eleanor | 0684 | S | 01/27/1999 | Eleanor Moore lived in Florida during the Depression. She was a member of the Young People’s Socialist League while in college and participated in demonstrations for disarmament. |
| Morris, Joan | 0687 | S | 02/17/1999 | Wife of state historian Allan Morris; state photo archives creator |
| Murray, Robert | 0993 | S | 11/17/1999 | Murray worked for Ed Ball building the hotel and park area at Wakulla Springs |
| Newman, Inez | 0036 | R | 05/23/1974 | Tallahassee, Florida 1910-20s; FSCW student; asst librarian, Walker Library; Depression, teaching school |
| Norman, Joanna (Jody) | 1962 | E | 02/15/2008 | Florida archives digitization |
| O'Blak, Richard | 0168 | S | 07/15/1991 | Fire Chief, Ft. Walton Beach |
| O'Bryan, Caolyde | 0362 | S | 07/10/1996 | Abstract under construction |
| Ortmann, Jesse W. | 1559 | S | 10/01/2001 | Provided by the Historic Mobile Preservation Society and the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History at Louisiana State University. Focuses on the Ortmann family who farmed in the Plant City area. Jesse Ortmann was born into a German-American family during a period of economic hardship. |
| Osceola, Tina Marie | 0363 | S | 07/09/1996 | Seminole heritage; Indian rights |
Interviewee |
OHPCN |
Status |
Date |
Abstract |
| Paborsky, Louise | 0515 | S | 07/22/1996 | Resident of the Century Village retirement community in Pembroke Pines, Florida. |
| Paisley, Clifton | 0267 | S | 02/24/1994 | Florida and Tallahassee historian, author, FSU Public Relations Department; Personal history; Associated Press work; FSU News Bureau; "From Cotton to Quail"; Florida legislature during 1950s; Oral History project in 1960s |
| Parker, Arita | 1865 | S | 10/23/2003 | Abstract under construction |
| Patterson, John (Mrs) | 0073 | R | 12/01/1975 | Tallahassee, Florida impressions; son was one of first male students to register at FSU |
| Pearce, Myrtle | 1489 | R | 08/14/2002 | Abstract under construction |
| Pepper, Joseph | 1837 | S | 02/19/2004 | Claude Pepper |
| Phinney, Marlene | 0821 | R | 06/21/2000 | Abstract under construction |
| Phipps, Benjamin | 1944 | S | 03/24/2008 | Abstract under construction |
| Pichard, Marion | 0004 | R | 10/21/1969 | Tallahassee, FL 1920s; lumber and building materials business during WWII; post-war growth; land development in Tallahassee. |
| Posey, T. J. | 0025 | R | 03/01/1973 | St. Marks, FL 1920-30s; opened restaurant 1932; Depression; tourism |
| Principe, Phyllis | 0026 | R | 03/01/1973 | Brevard County, FL 1950-1960s; early space programs |
| Ramsay, Maud Blount | 0145 | S | 07/14/1990 | FSCW 1911; Duval County Education Association; state history; Jacksonville history |
| Reeves, Robert Ph.D. (Dept of Biological Sciences) | 1830 | E | 11/10/2006 | Abstract under construction |
| Rentz, Ronald | 0557 | E | 02/28/2007 | History of the Knott House, Tallahassee, FL |
| Rhoden, Lloyd | 0008 | R | 11/14/1969 | Leon County, FL 1940s; agricultural youth programs 1960s; county fairs; Agricultural Extension Service; farming 1950-1960s |
| Roberts, B.K. | 0359 | S | 06/30/1996 | Hodges and Goodwood; comments on North Florida legal cases; Tallahassee, FL |
| Roberts, B.K. | 1454 | R | 01/22/1993 | B.K. Roberts, former Florida Supreme Court justice, discusses his experiences representing Ed Ball in a divorce case and his interaction with the DuPont family. |
| Roberts, John D. | 0081 | R | Caryville, Florida 1925-29; lumber industry; 1927 flood; Depression | |
| Roberts, Matha & Land, Mary Alma (daughter) | 1493 | S | 12/17/2002 | Tallahassee during the Depression and World War II; attended Leon High School; graduated 1929. |
| Romrell, Lynn | 1839 | S | 12/14/2006 | College of Medicine |
| Romrell, Lynn | 1870 | R | 02/26/2007 | Abstract under construction |
| Rosenfield, Carolyn; Cain, Ceclily | 1376 | R | 04/19/2001 | Abstract under construction |
| Rosenfield, George | 1280 | R | 01/20/2001 | Abstract under construction |
| Ryor, John | 0377 | R | 11/28/1995 | Interview by Michael Makowsky; study of the teachers' strike in Florida in early 1970s; Ph.D. diss under direction of Neil Betton. |
| Sastre, Aristides R. | 0260 | S | 03/29/1993 | Banker, Vice Chairman of the Board, Republic National Bank, Miami, FL |
| Saunders, Charles W. | 1108 | S | 10/12/2000 | Charles Saunders discusses his career (1951-1983) in the Florida Highway Patrol. Saunders was stationed in Port St. Joe, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa before becoming the Traffic Safety Coordinator for the governor's office. He also spent several years teaching at FHP's training academy. |
| Scheinine, Leon | 0516 | S | 07/23/1996 | Resident and community leader of the Century Village retirement community in Boca Raton, Florida. |
| Schwarz, Diana | 0517 | S | 07/23/1996 | Resident of the Century Village retirement community in Boca Raton, Florida. |
| Scott, Robert Schuyler | 0038 | R | 05/27/1974 | Jacksonville, FL 1910-1970s; Depression; Ration Board during World War II |
| Scruggs, William M. | 0072 | R | 11/28/1975 | Jefferson County, Florida; Superintendant of Public Instruction 1920-28; farm and social life; decline of agriculture in Florida 1910-1930s |
| Sharron, Nathan N. | 1193 | R | 09/27/2000 | Nathan Sharron discusses his career (1950-70) with the Florida Highway Patrol. Sharron spent time in several Florida cities, including Panama City, Jacksonville, Ft. Pierce, and Miami, and also served as aides to Governors Johns and Burns. He eventually rose to the rank of captain and became a district commander. |
| Shuler, Jay | 0200 | S | 02/12/1992 | Graduate University of Florida 1907; Apalachicola History |
| Simmons, H. Lee | 1203 | S | 10/18/2000 | Florida Highway Patrol 1941-1978; rose to deputy director |
| Small, Parker | 1871 | E | 02/22/2007 | Admissions Committee, PIMS; Professor of immunology and pediatics at University of Florida College of Medicine. |
| Smalley, Marilou D. | 0070 | R | 06/04/1975 | Escambia County, Florida; dairy farming; Depression |
| Smith, Doris | 1855 | S | 02/11/2002 | Abstract under construction |
| Smith, Lee Roy | 0360 | S | 07/01/1996 | Lee Roy Smith was valet and barber to Senator Hodges, owner of Goodwood Plantation. He shares his memories of Senator and Mrs. Hodges. |
| Smith, Plato | 1963 | E | 03/14/2008 | Abstract under construction |
| Sorenson, Larry | 0374 | S | 12/13/1995 | Interview by Michael Makowsky; study of the teachers' strike in Florida in early 1970s; Ph.D. dissertation under direction of Neil Betton. |
| Speed, Dan B. | 0068 | R | 06/02/1975 | Tallahassee, Florida 1956 bus boycott |
| Springer, John Rice | 0016 | R | 04/08/1973 | Graduate of University of Florida, 1914; Student life 1910s; Democratic party dominance in state politics |
| Stephon, Roger | 0376 | S | 12/14/1995 | Interview by Michael Makowsky; study of the teachers' strike in Florida in early 1970s; Ph.D. dissertation under direction of Neil Betton. |
| Stevenson, James | 0845 | S | 09/24/1999 | Stevenson was a pioneer in park interpretation. Upon his graduation from USF in 1969, he was immediately hired by the FPS as its chief Naturalist. He remained in that position under director Ney Landrum. |
| Stipanovich, John "Mac" | 0255 | S | 03/22/1996 | Strategist and manager for Bob Martinez's gubernatorial campaigns and administration; good information on campaign strategy, advertising, etc. |
| Stone, Mode | 0324 | R | 08/26/1975 | Dean Emeritus, College of Education Interviews by William Oliver for his dissertation on Doak S. Campbell |
| Strickland, Charles H. | 1195 | S | 10/05/2000 | Charles Strickland (served 1960-87?) discusses his career in the Florida Highway Patrol. Strickland was stationed in various places around the state, but spent the largest portion of his career in Tallahassee, first as an instructor at the Training Academy and later as the head of the Florida Highway Patrol Auxilary. |
| Strickland, Doug | 0854 | R | 09/29/1999 | Douglas Strickland discusses his career (1960-97) with the Florida Park Service. Strickland was involved with the acquisition and maintenance of state parks, and the interview focusses on the relevant procedures the park service followed in the scouting, appraising, and purchasing of various plots. |
| Suggs, Del | 1954 | S | o3/13/2008 | Abstract under construction |
| Summers, William and Lorraine | 1423 | S | 02/11/2002 | Abstract under construction |
| Suter, Emanuel | 1819 | E | 09/21/2006 | Dean, University of Florida Medical School when PIMS founded FSU |
| Taddie, Pete and Breyer, Bill | 1524 | R | 03/01/2001 | Space Coast collection; came to the Space Program in 1968 |
| Tanney, David and Alice | 0518 | S | 07/22/1996 | Residents of the Century Village retirement community in Boca Raton, Florida. |
| Tarmey, Mark A. | 1942 | E | 03/13/2008 | Tallahassee; historic preservation |
| Thaell, Cliff | 0219 | E | 09/20/2007 | City comissioner and activist; FallsChase project |
| Thompson, Carl | 1482 | S | 07/29/2002 | Carl Thompson discusses growing up in Tallahassee during World War II. |
| Thornton, Hensylee T. | 0022 | R | 05/24/1973 | Key West, FL 1910-1920s; Ernest Hemingway; Miami 1920s; 1926 hurricane; tourists |
| Thornton, James M. | 1523 | R | 02/09/2001 | Space Program; started Brown Engineering in 1962 |
| Tucker, Donald L. | 0155 | R | 06/04/1996 | Donald L. Tucker completed law school at the University of Florida and shortly thereafter ran for political office. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1966-1978 and was speaker from 1974-1978. |
| Tully, Winnie | 0065 | R | 03/01/1975 | Murder of husband; son Robert Tully, FSU athlete (Tully Gymnasium) |
| Turlington, Ralph D. | 0317 | S | 04/12/1996 | Ralph Turlington discusses his career in the Florida state government. Turlington was a member of the House of Representatives for twenty-four years, including a two-year stint as Speaker, and later became Commissioner of Education as well. |
| Turnley, Mrs. | 0020 | R | 05/22/1973 | Tallahassee, FL; private schools, Depression, WWII; history of David S. Walker Library; residents of Park Avenue |
| Tyre, Jesse | 0052 | R | 03/01/1974 | Hamilton County, Florida; farming and rural life 1920s; cotton, tobacco crops |
Interviewee |
OHPCN |
Status |
Date |
Abstract |
| Vernon, Kathryn | 0364 | S | 06/29/1996 | Came to Tallahassee in 1941 and lived in one of the cottages on Goodwood property; reminiscences of Margaret Hodges and life at Goodwood during 1940s. |
| Wagers, LaDonna | 1960 | R | 02/15/2008 | Abstract under construction |
| Wahnish, S A | 0013 | R | 05/28/1970 | Tallahassee, Florida; tobacco; cigar manufacture; Assistant State Auditor 1925-1936; sales tax |
| Wallace, Arthur | 0413 | E | 01/20/2007 | Abstract under construction |
| Walsh, Miles | 0021 | R | 05/23/1973 | Gadsden County, Florida history |
| Ware, Otway | 0023 | R | 03/01/1973 | Marianna, FL 1890-1900s; salt works during Civil War |
| Watson, Adam | 1994 | E | 11/21/2008 | Abstract under construction |
| Watson, Robert M.D. | 1834 | E | 11/29/2006 | Abstract under construction |
| Watson, Snelling | 0066 | R | 03/01/1975 | Sharecropping in Georgia 1940s; city life in Tallahassee 1950s |
| Weidner, Elizabeth | 1845 | E | 10/12/2006 | Landscape / park manager for Maclay Gardens State Park |
| Weiss, Ron | 1571 | S | 08/17/2001 | Florida Park Service career: John Pennekamp; Wakulla Springs; changes at Wakulla Springs over last 20 years; administrative styles of various managers. |
| Wetherell, Thomas Kent (T.K.) | 0321 | S | 04/16/1996 | Wetherell gives an account of his experiences in state politics and in the Florida Legislature. He was Speaker of the House and Chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Prior to the beginning of his political career, he was a football player for Florida State University and an educator. He is currently President of Tallahassee Community College. Wetherell became president of FSU in January, 2003. |
| Whaley, Raney C. | 0067 | R | 03/01/1975 | Wakulla, Leon Counties 1910-1920s; oyster farming; cotton; Depression; WW II |
| Whaley, Willard Emmett | 1720 | E | 01/27/2005 | ARROW project; Apalachicola River |
| Willis, Branson | 1836 | S | 02/10/2004 | Claude Pepper |
| Willis, Rick | 0384 | S | 04/04/1995 | Interview by Michael Makowsky; study of the teachers’ strike in Florida in early 1970s; Ph.D. diss under direction of Neil Betton. |
| Woodward, Eddie | 1964 | E | 02/21/2008 | Abstract under construction |
| Yaeger, Jack | 0010 | S | 02/18/1970 | Tallahassee, FL 1910s; Jacksonville 1920s; Depression |
| Younker, Don | 0975 | S | 02/09/2000 | Florida Park Service career |
| Zelaznik, Marvin | 0519 | S | 07/26/1996 | Resident of the Century Village retirement community in Pembroke Pines, Florida. |
| Zingarello, Maude M | 0054 | R | 05/25/1975 | Fountain, Florida 1920-1970s |
| Zirnfus, Edward R. | 1217 | S | 10/22/2000 | NASA during the 1960s; engineer; Mercury, Gemini, Apollo programs |
| Zisblatt, Irene | 0520 | S | 07/26/1996 | Holocaust survivor and resident of the Century Village retirement community in Pembroke Pines, Florida. |
