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Title: A Get Together of Labelle Friends - Labelle Oral History Project.
Abstract / Description: A get together of Labelle residents who talk and share stories about their experiences growing up in Labelle and attending Labelle High School.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0093
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Alton Kid Jones - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Jones, Alton Kid, Stover, Gene, interviewer
Abstract / Description: Alton Jones recalls working all over Florida, but making his home in LaBelle, and watching the town develop over the years.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0103
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Ann Lorraine Porterfield - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Porterfield, Ann Lorraine, Stover, Gene, interviewer, Craichy, Sherri, interviewer
Abstract / Description: Ann Lorraine Porterfield discusses growing up in LaBelle, and travelling to visit family in other parts of the United States.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0121
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Art and Kari Rice - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Rice, Art, Rice, Kari, Stover, Gene, Craichy, Sherri, Hartig, Mikki
Abstract / Description: Art and Kari Rice talk about how they were a part of the Calusa Valley Historical Society and how that led to them opening up the LaBelle Heritage Museum.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0124
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Bernard Rasmussen - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Rasmussen, Bernard, Stover, Gene, interviewer, Craichy, Sherri, interviewer
Abstract / Description: Bernard Rasmussen remembers his family history, and growing up feeling that LaBelle was always home no matter where he traveled.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0122
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Bonnie Nobles - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Nobles, Bonnie, Howard, June, Craft, Joanne, , Lane, George, , Stover, Gene, , Craichy, Sherri
Abstract / Description: Bonnie Nobles, with help from her daughters Joanne Craft and June Howard, talks about living in LaBelle and her earliest recollections of the town. She shares stories about moving here and growing up with no electricity, catching rainwater to drink and wash their hair, and having to travel to Fort Myers to see the doctor.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0114
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Bryant Family - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Bryant, Norman, Bryant, Hugh, Bryant, Vicky, Bryant, Liz, Forey, Ida, Stover, Gene, Hartig, Mikki, Craichy, Sherri
Abstract / Description: The Bryant family discuss early life in LaBelle, including the town's history, their family's history, both personal and in military service, as well as how LaBelle has changed over the years.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0082
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Bullington, Howard, Williams - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Bullington, Freida, Howard, Margaret, Williams, Violet, Stover, Gene, Hartig, Mikki, Craichy, Sherri
Abstract / Description: Three sisters discuss early life in LaBelle, including their family's chicken farm, their friends, their marriages, their careers, as well as how the city has changed over the years.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0083
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Cassie Daniels - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Daniels, Cassie, Stover, Gene, Craichy, Sherri, Hartig, Mikki
Abstract / Description: Gene Stover interviews Cassie Daniels about her family and life in Labelle.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0090
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Catherine Howard, Evelyn and Blish Greer - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Howard, Catherine, Greer, Evelyn, Greer, Blish, Stover, Gene, Craichy, Sherri, Hartig, Mikki
Abstract / Description: Catherine Howard, Evelyn and Bliss Greer all talk about growing up in LaBelle, they include stories about going to high school and learning how to use the telephone.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0097
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Charles and Martha Ray Humphries - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Humphries, Charles, Humphries, Martha Rae, Stover, Gene, Craichy, Sherri, Hartig, Mikki
Abstract / Description: Charles and Martha Raye Humphries share stories about how they met, were married, and had children. They also share about living in LaBelle, and their own careers.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0102
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Cliff Avery - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Avery, Cliff, Stover, Gene, interviewer, Hartig, Mikki, project coordinator
Abstract / Description: Pastor Cliff Avery discusses his life journey, his decision to move to LaBelle Florida, and memories about people helping people in the town.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0076
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Della Ridgdill and Jerusha Crawford - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Crawford, Jerusha Ridgdill, Ridgdill, Della Townsend, Lane, George, Stover, Gene, Craichy, Sherri
Abstract / Description: George Lane interviews Jerusha Crawford and Della Ridgdill about the history of Labelle.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0086
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Dillon Thomas - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Thomas, Dillon, Stover, Gene, Hartig, Mikki, Craichy, Sherri
Abstract / Description: Dillon Thomas discusses his life in LaBelle and how the town has changed over the years he has lived there.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0134
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Don Davis - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Davis, Don, Stover, Gene, interviewer
Abstract / Description: Don Davis discusses moving to LaBelle in 1964, starting a service station business, real estate, the Big V Restaurant, and getting into politics in the early 1970s.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0092
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Doris Mattice - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Mattice, Doris, Stover, Gene, interviewer, Hartig, Mikki, project coordinator
Abstract / Description: Doris Mattice talks about moving to LaBelle in 1945 with her husband from Wisconsin.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0113
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Dorothy Hill Risher - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Risher, Dorothy Hill, Stover, Gene
Abstract / Description: Dorothy Hill Risher discusses growing up in LaBelle before the Depression, and witnessing the changes in SWFL over the years, including the fire in downtown Fort Myers at the Royal Palm Hotel..
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0128
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Edwin "Eddie" T. Rennolds - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Rennolds, Edwin T., Stover, Gene, interviewer
Abstract / Description: Eddie Rennolds discusses being born, growing up, and living in LaBelle his entire life.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0123
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Elizabeth Maddox - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Maddox, Elizabeth, Lane, George, interviewer
Abstract / Description: Elizbeth Maddox remembers meeting her husband, and moving to LaBelle in the late 1930s.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0110
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Ella Mae Ward - Labelle Oral History Project.
Creator: Ward, Ella Mae Herron, Lane, George
Abstract / Description: Ella Mae Ward discusses moving from Alabama to LaBelle, opening a clothing store in 1934, and how the town has changed.
Identifier: fgcu_oh_0138
Format: Set of related objects

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