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Tales of Winter Park
Strong Hope Jr.
This is a booklet of various reflections from city residents about the early history of Winter Park, Florida, published by Rollins Press in 1982. In the words of Editor Hope Strong Jr.:
Unless one is irrevocably committed to the joys of the Big Apple style of living, the stories and pictures in this little book are bound to warm the heart. The vignettes submitted by so many loving friends of Winter Park go a long way towards broadening knowledge of our earlier days, and greater appreciation of our present-day "City of Homes." "Tales of Winter Park" was not intended to be, first and foremost, an historical document - but of course it is chock-a-block with "history". For those whose appetites have been whetted, further delving into the files of the Winter Park Historical Association, the Winter Park Library, Rollins College, and the Orange County Historical Society will result in guaranteed pleasure and edification.
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The First Fox Days, 1956-1969
Hugh F. McKean and Evelyn Draper
The First Fox Days, 1956-1969 is a small book outlining the origins of Rollins College's Fox Day, a day for the whole college family to spend time together. It includes a short history of Fox Days, a chronology of how it has changed over the years up to 1969, and copies of Rollins College President Hugh F. McKean's proclamations to the student body for Fox Day.
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The Letterbook of Frederick Wolcott Lyman
Frederick Wolcott Lyman
The Lyman Letterbook chronicles the administrative, financial and academic concerns during the early years of Rollins College as well as the hardships encountered by the College and the Winter Park community in the late 1880's. As President of the Rollins College Corporation, Lyman oversaw much of the workings the College even though he was only in Winter Park for the Winter season. The letters document the close involvement Lyman had with the construction and furnishing of the early campus buildings and with the finances of the College.
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The Letterbook of Reverend Edward P. Hooker
Edward P. Hooker
Reverend Edward P. Hooker (1834-1904), the Founding Minister of the First Congregational Church of Winter Park, became the first President of Rollins College in 1885. The letters collected here date from the last year of his administration (1891-1892) and illustrate some of the challenges facing a new institution in what was then a frontier state, including financial constraints and legal difficulties. Equally evident, however, is President Hooker’s steadfast belief in the College and its mission. As he wrote in 1885, “the outlook is grand and glorious . . . We rejoice in the privilege of laying the foundations for the future.”
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The William Sloane Kennedy Memorial Collection of Whitmaniana
Kathleen J. Reich
This catalog describes the inventory of archival materials in the William Sloane Kennedy Papers and The Walt Whitman collection in the Rollins College archives and special collections department.
"In biographies of Walt Whitman, William Sloane Kennedy usually gets little more than a brief mention as one of Whitman's most fervid supporters late in the poet's life. He deserves far more attention, however, and the appearance of this catalogue of the William Sloane Kennedy Memorial Collection of Whitmaniana at Rollins College will facilitate the kind of careful study that his life and work clearly merit." From the Preface by Ed Folsom.
Publications documenting the history of Winter Park, Florida and Rollins College, including its architecture, traditions, student life, and curriculum.
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