Exhibits

https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/tranquiltotech For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, Florida remained a relatively undeveloped state on the eastern coast of the United States. Orlando itself was home predominantly to wealthy seasonal residents and a small, local population. However, at the end of World War II and during the onset of the Cold War in the…

https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/greek_life Almost immediately upon its inception as an open and functional university in 1968, Florida Technical University (FTU) saw the emergence of social groups and organizations which added to the sparse and desolate landscape characteristic of all new institutions. Within these organizations, Greek life emerged, with the inception of various fraternity and sorority groups. By…

https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/theater This exhibit explores how and why UCF’s Theater Department arrived at its current standing. From the theater’s first play in 1969 to the 1990’s production involvement, funding, academics, and resources improved because of increased university majors and interest.

https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/…/exhibits/show/publicservice Many people do not realize the effect that public service has had on shaping Orlando’s history. This exhibit explores the contributions of Orlando City Hall and its mayors in accordance with other public sectors.T he early Orlando Police Department (OPD) and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) will also be looked at and how…

https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/…/show/blackstudentlife The history of the University of Central Florida was initially shaped throughout the 1960s and informed partially by social changes caused by the Civil Rights movement. On June 10, 1963, Governor Farris Bryant signed Legislative Bill 125, an act which sought to bring a new state university to east central Florida.1 A year later,…

https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/…/20thcenturyorlandoofficials Between 1956 and 1991, Orlando’s small 36,736 population jumped drastically to 166,582 inhabitants. Over this 35-year period Orlando could no longer think in the terms of a small town. As its minorities became integrated into the poulation and the masses demanded to be served, the city’s policy makers needed to implement change. As the…

https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/…/show/epinalcemeteryproject Our project seeks to tell the stories of the US servicemen from Florida buried in the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in eastern France. The U.S. Army soldiers and airmen buried in Epinal gave their lives to secure the liberation of France and in the fight against Nazi Germany in 1944 and 1945. Starting…

https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/…/exh…/show/powergeneration The Westinghouse Electric Corporation, one of America’s foremost industrial companies whose history spanned the 100-year period starting in the late 1800s until the late 1990s. In 1998, PGBU was acquired by Siemens, AG of Germany. The story of Westinghouse’s PGBU in Orlando began around 1980, when it was decided by corporate management that the…

This exhibit briefly recounts the over 50-year history of Westinghouse’s combustion turbine—also known as gas turbine—business, starting with its birth in the late 1940s as an outgrowth of Westinghouse’s Aviation Gas Turbine Division (AGTD). AGTD was born during World War II as the developer and supplier of jet engines for the U.S. Navy’s carrier-based fighter…

A collection of materials from Sumner Hutcheson III, who was a Senior Executive manager with the American Red Cross for over 30 years, a senior administrator at three universities, and Chair of the Peace and Justice Institute. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/231

A collection of postcards from St. Cloud, Florida, from the private collection of Roger Hipel. Click below to visit collection : https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/220

RICHES has opened Voter Rights & Voter Suppression: Florida’s Century of Struggle, 1920-2020 as the first phase of a 3-part series in the Bending Toward Justice Digital Exhibit (#BTJUCF). Explore the initial exhibit here: http://bendingtowardjustice.cah.ucf.edu

Thanks to the Florida Humanities Council, Rebecca Schwandt, the Friends of Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, and RICHES were able to collect oral histories from former Weeki Wacheee Springs mermaids and digitize their artifacts. The following exhibit features a selection of those artifacts, quotes from oral histories, and a history of the roadside attraction Weeki…

Digital exhibit created by Dr. Connie L. Lester’s American Economic History class during the Spring Semester of 2014 at the University of Central Florida. The class project entailed a digital exhibit demonstrating the role of railroads, and specifically railroad depots, in the economic life of Central Florida communities. Each student was responsible for one railroad…