Guide to the Denise Hall and Douglas Wesson Oral History about Joy Postle, 2015 contains the audio recording of an oral history between Denise Hall and Douglas Wesson about Joy Postle. Topics include Joy Postle's house in Winter Park, Florida, the aftermath of the fire that killed her husband, Robert Blackstone, and left her with injuries, her work as an artist and a poet, Postle's passion for the environment, her financial constraints, her attitude in life, and the Joy Postle papers collection at the University of Central Florida. This oral history took place on July 16th, 2015 in the Special Collections & University Archives in the John C. Hitt Library at the University of Central Florida. Denise Hall was a friend of Joy Postle and a collector of her work. Douglas Wesson knew Postle through his step-father, who was a handyman for Postle.
John P. Hartman collection includes his research materials relating to canals, bridges, railways, transportation systems and historical engineering in Florida. Entire collection range from 1605 to 2006, but are concentrated in the era when population in Florida exploded between 1905 and 1993. The collection includes clippings, correspondence, maps, pamphlets, papers and over 1,200 slides related to Florida.
