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Joel Strack papers, 1989-2019 7.13 Linear Feet 10 boxes

Strack, Joel, 1960-2019

The Joel Strack papers document Strack's involvement in the Central Florida LGBTQ+ community from the late 1980s to 2019. The collection contains programs and promotional material from the Orlando Gay Chorus, photos, newspaper clippings, planning documents, and other materials pertaining to LGBTQ+ activism in the Central Florida area, and personal items from Strack such as a jean jacket and letters. Joel Strack was born in Sycamore, Illinois on February 29, 1960. In 1982, he moved to Orlando to start at the Disney College program at Magic Kingdom. Strack worked in several areas at the Walt Disney World parks as an entertainer and a training and development specialists. His career at Disney World spanned about three decades. In 1990, Strack joined the Orlando Gay Chorus as a founding member. The following year, Strack helped to organize GayDays® at Disney World, an event where participants wear red shirts to theme parks to be visible amongst the crowds. Joel also held the role of Vice President for Gay Community Services (GCS), later known as Gay and Lesbian Community Services (GLCS). He later resigned from the role to focus attention into other projects to better serve the Gay and Lesbian Community. Joel played a role in founding of We the People, The Gay and Lesbian Coalition for Human Rights for All People. Joel passed from a longtime illness on July 15, 2019. In September 2021, Joel Strack was posthumously awarded the Orange County Regional History Center's John Young History Maker Past Award.

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Joe Merman Sheet Music Collection, 1909-1999 8.50 Linear Feet 41 boxes other_unmapped

Joe Merman was a composer, pianist, orchestrator, and arranger of popular Jewish and American music. The Joe Merman Music Collection includes 1000 pieces of sheet music; all scores are unpublished, single-copy manuscripts and represent his diverse talent in writing different combinations of big band charts and pieces for theatre and radio orchestras. The collections also includes two scrap books that contain numerous images, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and correspondence spanning across Joe Merman

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John Albright Collection on Paul Dirac, 1912-1990 2 Linear Feet 2 boxes

Albright, John

Materials collected and created by John Albright in researching the biography of Paul Dirac, including correspondence, photographs, monographs, scholarly publications, and a 1988 draft of Albright's biography of Dirac.

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John and Ellen Sheppard Historical Fort Myers Collection, bulk 1865-2000s 4.5 Linear Feet

Includes an array of family items spanning the history of the Woolslair and Sheppard families, including personal correspondence, photographs, and publications.

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John B. Butz, 460th Bomb Group, 760th Squadron, Pilot, 1945-2002 01.0046 - Box 25, Folder 013

Miscellaneous papers of Pilot John B. Butz of the 460th Bomb Group, 760th Squadron. Papers include his crew assignment orders, military record and report of separation, enlisted record, Army qualification record, and a certificate of service. Also included is a copy of the letter he wrote to the wife of one of his former crew members, Philip, after he passed away in 1998, and a letter to the widow and son of his former navigator, Ralph (who passed away in 1976), detailing their mission experiences during the war.

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John Boda Collection, 1945-2001 2 Linear Feet

Boda, John, 1922-2002

This collection contains information on John Boda's musical works, audio recordings, and nearly 100 manuscript reproductions of his compositions.

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John B. Sozzio Correspondence, Photographs, and Photocopied Journal, 1944-2010 10.0058-Box 1, Folder 002

This folder contains materials originally donated by John B. Sozzio on August 25, 2010. The materials include two letters from Sozzio explaining the contents of this donation and a summarized history of his service. Also, original photographs are included from Sozzio's time during Basic Training at Camp Crowder, MO and the European campaign. Sozzio also included photocopies of pages from his 9th Traffic Regulation Group journal he maintained during his time in the European campaign upon which he elaborated in his correspondence.

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John B. Sozzio papers, 1944-2002, bulk 1944-1945 1.00 boxes

Sozzio, John B., 1920-2017

This collection relates to Technical Sergeant John B. Sozzio who served with the Transportation Corps, 9th Traffic Regulation Group, in the European Theater during World War II. Sozzio was awarded the Bronze Star medal for his actions during the Ardennes offensive in December 1944 through January 1945. The collection includes a handwritten daily railway log of activities that was maintained by Sozzio, memoirs, photographs, handwritten notes, and military-related documents.

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John Carpenter collection, 1957-2018, Date acquired: 00/00/2018 6.67 Linear Feet 5 boxes

Carpenter, John

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John D. Griffin papers, 1938-1990, Date acquired: 09/06/2019 1 folders 1 accordion-style folder containing 5 individual folders

This collection relates to John D. Griffin, a World War II memorabilia collector who assembled this collection. This collection contains letters and documents related to a German soldier who was killed in action on the Russian front in 1943, German death notice cards, Japanese propaganda, Honorable Discharge forms and certificates, Pretzel, Gillepsie and Stouffer letters discussing their time in China, the initiation of the Pretzel Stouffer Law Firm, and photographs at the China House in Chongqing, China.

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