Oral History

Oral History

Oral History captures, preserves, and interprets stories through the art and practice of documentary styled interviewing and videography.


The Oral History Storyteller recounts events and experiences influencing and contributing to the development of the community’s culture, locally and broadly.


Tressie L. W. Carpenter Conner

"The Early Years, De Soto City, Highlands County Memories," Sebring, Florida

Nancy M. Kerney

"Washington Heights Entrepreneurs," Sebring, Florida

Ethel W. Austin

"African Americans and Sebring, Florida Living," Sebring, Florida

Parthenia Evans McMinns Estella Evans Walker

"Growing up in the Old Quarters," Lake Placid, Florida

Clara T. Boone

"Moving to Avon Park and Teaching at Hopewell School," Avon Park, Florida

Joe Coston

"Moving from Clewiston, Florida to Highway Park," Lake Placid, Florida

Juanita Williams Hawthorne

"Living in Highway Park," Lake Placid, Florida

Calvery Wilson

"Returning to Highway Park," Lake Placid, Florida

Kumasi Aaron

"Greater Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church History," Sebring, Florida

Ginette R. Martin
"From Haiti to Florida," Lake Placid, Florida

Lauretta Brice Stephens
Underground Railroad Quilts - "Travel Code to Freedom," Sebring, Florida

E.O. Douglas Alumni Foundation, Inc.
"2012 E.O. Douglas School Marker Dedication Ceremony," Sebring, Florida

Northampton Civic League - History Project

"Northampton Times Introduction," Hampton, Virginia

Robert T. Fowler

"Building Northampton," Hampton, Virginia

Charles Roland Dixon

"Mercury Shoe Store," Hampton, Virginia