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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.

The Colbourn Oral History collection contains interviews conducted between Dr. Colbourn and people who were vital to the foundation of the University such as founders, previous presidents, donators, faculty/staff, and other contributors. This collection offers insight into the founding of Florida Technological University (now, the University of Central Florida) Series I: Final Transcripts, 1987-2006 contains the final released transcripts of the interviews along with duplicates of those transcripts. Series II: Edited Transcripts, 1993-2006 contains the edited transcripts of the final transcripts that have not been released to the public by the interviewee. Series III: Audio Tapes, 1995-2006 contains the audio tapes of the original interviews. These audio tapes have also not been released to the public by the interviewee. H. Trevor Colbourn was born in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia on 24 February 1927. Known by his second name, Trevor Colbourn became President of Florida Technological University, now UCF, in 1978. After retiring as president, Dr. Colbourn returned to teaching history full-time at the University. In 1990, he earned the title President Emeritus and assumed the role of University Historian in 1991. As part of the latter appointment, he compiled an oral history of the University. Dr. Colbourn interviewed many people that were vital to the foundation of the University, such as founders, other presidents, donors, faculty, and staff.