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Oral history interview with Robert Felton, a Key West resident born about 1920, who recalls Carl von Cosel, the German-born X-ray technician at the Key West Marine Hospit[...]
Audio | Key West Oral Histories |
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Oral history interview with Charles W. "Pete" Chase Jr., whose family ran a sponge farm on Sugarloaf Key. Chase recalls touring the United States and Canada as a boy acto[...]
Audio | Key West Oral Histories |
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Oral history interview with Nellie Falk (age 91), Key West resident, recorded partly by a family member and partly during a visit from Mary Malone of the Key West Women's[...]
circa 1976 | Audio | Key West Oral Histories |
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Oral history interview with Dr. Julio DePoo (age 77), Havana-born Key West physician and past president of the San Carlos Institute, conducted at his home. DePoo recounts[...]
1975 | Audio | Key West Oral Histories |
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Oral history interview with Charlotte "Lottie" Larranaga (age 89 3/4), born Charlotte Sweeney in the family home at 620 Elizabeth Street. Larranaga describes her father, [...]
circa 1976 | Audio | Key West Oral Histories |
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Oral history interview with Virgil "Freckles" Higgs (age 66), Key West fisherman and former owner of Freckles Fish Market, conducted by his son Ervin Higgs with Mary Malo[...]
circa 1976 | Audio | Key West Oral Histories |
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Oral history interview with Ray "Tricky" Pinder, third-generation Key West Conch of Bahamian descent and owner of Ray's Fish House, conducted by Albert Key during the bic[...]
1976 | Audio | Key West Oral Histories |
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Oral history interview with William Joseph "Bill" Cassidy, born in Key West on March 17, 1912, owner of Cassidy's Grocery Store at 1128 Packer Street. Cassidy describes h[...]
1976 | Audio | Key West Oral Histories |
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Oral history interview with Wilhelmina Harvey, native Conch, former First Lady of Key West, chairman of the Monroe County School Board, and president of the Key West Wome[...]
circa 1976 | Audio | Key West Oral Histories |
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Oral history interview with Maggie Bartel Kivel, former New York Daily News reporter who settled in Key West, introduced by Mary Malone. Kivel surveys Key West street nam[...]
1976 | Audio | Key West Oral Histories |
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This collection of Florida Keys storytelling brings to life the history and culture of the Keys. What was the Conch remedy for a cut finger? How was turtle soup made? Where was the best ice cream parlor? What games did children play late into the evening? These oral histories were recorded in the 1970s by the Key West Women’s Club for a Bicentennial project and by Dr. Virginia Irving for the Monroe County School Board. Together, the interviews preserve firsthand accounts of the people, traditions, and everyday life of the Florida Keys. The original tape recordings are preserved at the Florida Keys History Center of the Monroe County Public Library. The Florida International University Libraries Digital Collections Center digitized and transcribed the interviews with grant support from the State Library of Florida.