FAU Department of History Oral Histories
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Pitts, Jack – ca. 2004
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Jack Pitts – ca. 2004, Oral History Collection
Contributors: Miller, Christopher (Interviewer), Pitts, Jack (Interviewee)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Mr. Jack Pitts recounts experiences of his childhood and his service in the Army Air Corps during WWII as a bomber pilot and test pilot. Mr. Pitts also served as a B-17 pilot in England and North Africa during the war. He engaged in fifty six official missions. As a test pilot, he served at the air base in Boca Raton, Florida. He currently lives in Delray Beach, where he operates a car rental… more
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Ignatoff, Frieda_Kaufer, Jacqueline_Interview with
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Frieda Ignatoff and Jacqueline Kaufer
Contributors: Ignatoff, Frieda (Interviewee), Kaufer, Jacqueline (Interviewee)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Frieda Ignatoff and Jacqueline Kaufer interview by James Hogan on September 22, 2010 at Hunter's Run Club Boynton Beach, Florida. Interview topics include Edward Kaufer's career, the life of Rose Kaufer Edwards' difficulties and tripumphs, and stories about early Palm Beach life and famous residents. more
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Schweigart, Joe – ca. 2008
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Joe Schweigart – ca. 2008, Oral History Collection
Contributors: Addeo, David (Interviewer), Schweigart, Joe (Interviewee)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: This interview covers the formation, growth and development of the South Florida Water Management District from 1949 until 2008. Mr. Joe Schweigart, a civil engineer, worked there from 1959 until 2002. The interview includes pertinent discussions on environmental concerns in Central and South Florida, politics and working environment within the District, and past, present, and future challenges… more
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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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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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Hess, Susan – ca. 2008
Type: sound recording
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 Digital Library
Description: The interview examines the early life of Ms. Susan Hess in Charles City, Iowa and Overland Park, Kansas and later her move to Coral Springs, Florida. The focus of the interview covers the history of Coral Springs and the city’s progression into the 1990s mainly highlighting land restricted developments and the city’s redevelopment. The interview ends with Ms. Hess evaluating current city programs… more
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Yinger, Richard E. Dr. – ca. 2006
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Dr. Richard E. Yinger – ca. 2006, Oral History Collection
Contributors: Mavo, Patricia, Yinger, Richard E.
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Born in York, Pennsylvania, Dr. Richard Yinger grew up during the Cold War Era. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and was stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After his military service, Dr. Yinger began his academic career that culminated in receiving a PhD in Sociology from Florida State University. During his college years, he was active in the Civil Rights Movement,… more
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Pompey, Hattie Mae – ca. 2004
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Hattie Mae Pompey – ca. 2004, Oral History Collection
Contributors: Pompey, Hattie Ruth (Interviewee), Stein, Nancy (Interviewer)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Hattie Ruth Pompey came to Delray Beach by train in 1926 with her parents, the Reverend John and Mary Keyes. Her father was called to Pastor the Mount Olive Baptist Church and her mother was the laundress for the Gulfstream Golf Club. Hattie Ruth attended Delray County Training School from kindergarten until graduation in the eighth grade and then Carver High School, all under the principal S.D.… more
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Rosenkranz, Mike – ca. 2008
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Mike Rosenkranz – ca. 2008, Oral History Collection
Contributors: Rosenkranz, Mike (Interviewee), Rosenkranz, Susan (Interviewer)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: The interview is about the early life history and World War II service of Mr. Mike Rosenkranz. He grew up in New York City in the 1930s and 1940s, during the Depression. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps where he trained as a control tower operator and a high-speed radio operator and later served at a weather outpost in Greenland during World War II. The interview ends… more
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McDonough, Frank – ca. 2001
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Frank McDonough – ca. 2001, Oral History Collection
Contributors: McDonough, Frank (Interviewee), Zisk, Barbara (Interviewer)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Frank McDonough, former mayor of Lighthouse Point, FL, describes the process of chartering the city of Lighthouse Point, early responsibilities of city administration, and the tension between small town traditions and modern day politics.
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Griffin, Howard Anderson Sr. and Mayme Lou (Pee Wee) Holamn Griffin
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Howard Anderson Griffin Sr. and Mayme Lou (Pee Wee) Holman Griffin
Contributors: Griffin, Howard Anderson Sr., Griffin, Mayme Lou (Pee Wee) Holman
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Howard Anderson Griffin Sr. and Mayme Lou (Pee Wee) Holman Griffin interview by Katie Wernecke at the home of Howard and Mayme Lou Griffin on September 25, 2010. Topics include memories of Griffin Family as early pioneers of Davie, Florida and the 1947 Flood.
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Zern, Bill – ca. 2002
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Bill Zern – ca. 2002, Oral History Collection
Contributors: Wiseman, Maury (Interviewer), Zern, Bill (Interviewee)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Mr. Bill Zern was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 13, 1919. He was an only child raised in Altoona, Pennsylvania where 1935 he graduated from Altoona High School. Three years later, in 1938, he graduated from Penn State University. Upon graduation from college, Mr. Zern spent the next years intermittently in Miami, Florida where he was employed by AEIA (the brokerage firm for Pan… more
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Balog, Mary Lou – ca. 2001
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Mary Lou Balog – ca. 2001
Contributors: Balog, Mary Lou (Interviewee), Newstreet, Carmen (Interviewer)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Mary Lou Balog is the daughter of Edward J. Daly, one of the United States judges at the Nuremberg Trials held in Nuremberg, Germany, immediately following World War II. As a bright and articulate bystander to the Nuremberg Trials, she offers interesting information on key trial participants and common German citizens following World War II. She is currently Pastoral Associate for Stewardship and… more
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Rupp, Adelheid – ca. 2004
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Adelheid Rupp – ca. 2004, Oral History Collection
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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