FAU Department of History Oral Histories
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Interview with Mary and Albert Pont – ca. 2001
Type: Text
Year: 2001, 2001
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Mary and Albert Pont – ca. 2001
Contributors: Pont, Albert, Pont, Mary, Riley, Charles
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ Digital Library [digital object]
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Interview with Susan Hess – ca. 2008
Type: Text
Year: 2008, 2008
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Susan Hess – ca. 2008
Contributors: Hess, Susan (Interviewee), Wolfe, Katie (Interviewer)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ Digital Library [digital object]
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Stern, Moe – ca. 2008
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Moe Stern – ca. 2008, Oral History Collection
Contributors: McIntyre, Rachel (Interviewer), Stern, Moe (Interviewee)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: This interview focuses on Mr. Moe Stern’s life story. Born in 1926 Czechoslovakia to a Jewish family, Mr. Stern had a peaceful and loving childhood. At the onset of World War II, his family was relocated to a Jewish ghetto and within weeks of that move his family was sent to Auschwitz—Mr. Stern was twelve years old. After six years at Auschwitz, Mr. Stern was sent to Mauthausen, Gusen, and… more
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Ellingsworth, Kenneth – ca. 2004
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Kenneth Ellingsworth – ca. 2004
Contributors: Ellingsworth, Kenneth (Interviewee), Randolph, Terry (Interviewer)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Mr. Ken Ellingsworth’s parents arrived in Delray Beach in the early 1920s from Jefferson Town, Kentucky. Looking for a new place to move to after the death of Mr. Ellingsworth’s grandfather, they had heard from a friend in Kentucky that Delray was a wonderful place – and booming, with plenty of opportunity. They bought a piece of property in January of 1926 on the southeast corner of SE 1st… more
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Interview with Kenneth Ellingsworth – ca. 2004
Type: Mixed Material
Year: 2004, 2004
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories
Contributors: Ellingsworth, Kenneth (Interviewee), Randolph, Terry (Interviewer)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ Digital Library [digital object]
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Interview with Susan Hess – ca. 2008
Type: Mixed Material
Year: 2008, 2008
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories
Contributors: Hess, Susan (Interviewee), Wolfe, Katie (Interviewer)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ Digital Library [digital object]
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Interview with Don Wood, Sr., 2010
Type: Mixed Material
Year: 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories
Contributors: Department of History, Wood Sr., Don (Interviewee)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
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Pont, Mary and Albert – ca. 2001
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Mary and Albert Pont – ca. 2001, Oral History Collection
Contributors: Pont, Albert, Pont, Mary
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: In this interview, husband and wife Albert and Mary Pont share their experiences from their Midwest upbringing to their military service. In fact, the Ponts first met during World War II—Albert was a Marine Pilot attached to the Second Marine Division and Mary was an Army Nurse. They served in the Pacific Theatre of Operations on the Island of Saipan. After the war, they married and pursued… more
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Interview with Mary and Albert Pont – ca. 2001
Type: Mixed Material
Year: 2001, 2001
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories
Contributors: Pont, Albert, Pont, Mary, Riley, Charles
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ Digital Library [digital object]
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Interview with Thomas James Northcutt, 2006
Type: Mixed Material
Year: 2006, 2006, 2006, 2006
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories
Contributors: Department of History, Ellison, Christine S. (Interviewer), Northcutt, Thomas James (Interviewee)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Born in Cincinnati in 1923, Mr. Northcutt was educated in both Ohio and Florida, graduating from the Riverside Military Academy in Hollywood. Afterward, he enrolled in the University of Ohio and was still a freshman when Japan launched its raid on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Consequently, Mr. Northcutt enlisted in the B5 flying program of the U.S. Navy the following year. He served as a Naval fighter… more
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Interview with Jack Pitts – ca. 2004
Type: Text
Year: 2004, 2004
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Jack Pitts – ca. 2004
Contributors: Miller, Christopher (Interviewer), Pitts, Jack (Interviewee)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ Digital Library [digital object]
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Interview with Linda Griffin Weekly
Type: Mixed Material
Year: 2017, 2017, 2017, 2017
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Linda Griffin Weekly
Contributors: Griffin Weekley, Linda, Salzman, Bradley
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: This interview covered five main subjects related to the Town of Davie and the Old Davie
School. First, it delves into was the Old Davie School itself where Mrs. Griffin-Weekeley
attended first through sixth grade. The second was the Griffin family, who have were one of the
major pioneering families of the town, for whom the major road through the town is named after.
Third, we discussed the… more
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Interview with Linda Griffin Weekly
Type: Mixed Material
Year: 2017, 2017, 2017, 2017
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories
Contributors: Griffin Weekley, Linda, Salzman, Bradley
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: This interview covered five main subjects related to the Town of Davie and the Old Davie
School. First, it delves into was the Old Davie School itself where Mrs. Griffin-Weekeley
attended first through sixth grade. The second was the Griffin family, who have were one of the
major pioneering families of the town, for whom the major road through the town is named after.
Third, we discussed the… more
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Interview with Adelheid Rupp – ca. 2004
Type: Text
Year: 2004, 2004
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Adelheid Rupp – ca. 2004
Contributors: Moore, Charles (Interviewer), Rupp, Adelheid (Interviewee)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Adelheid Rupp, born on the eve of WWII in Ledwigshafen, Germany, was only ten months old when the German Army drafted her father. She would be over ten years old when he returned. During the interim, Mrs. Rupp spent her childhood struggling with her mother to survive Nazi Germany. Enduring the conflict and the hardship, Mrs. Rupp formed an exceptionally strong bond with her mother. Upon her… more
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Interview with Adelheid Rupp – ca. 2004
Type: Mixed Material
Year: 2004, 2004
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories
Contributors: Moore, Charles (Interviewer), Rupp, Adelheid (Interviewee)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Adelheid Rupp, born on the eve of WWII in Ledwigshafen, Germany, was only ten months old when the German Army drafted her father. She would be over ten years old when he returned. During the interim, Mrs. Rupp spent her childhood struggling with her mother to survive Nazi Germany. Enduring the conflict and the hardship, Mrs. Rupp formed an exceptionally strong bond with her mother. Upon her… more
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