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Episodes tagged "Rollins College": 1 through 4 of 4

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  1. Journey to Work: Hamilton Holt
    date 1924map Orange, Floridatags Winter Park, Rollins College, Florida, Orlando, Hamilton Holt

    Dr. Hamilton Holt, eighth president of Rollins College, passed away on April 26, 1951 at the age of 78. He died of a heart attack at night in his home, two years after he left his presidency at Rollins. During his earlier life, Holt worked for the Independent, which was a weekly magazine founded by his grandfather and other members of a Congregational Church. Eventually Hamilton Holt would become the...

  2. An Act of Heroism
    date June 2, 1948map Orange, Floridatags Susan Wesley, Rollins College

    Greeting incoming Freshman at the start of the 1943-1944 year Miss Susan Wesley assisted in the girls unpacking, settling in, and adjusting to life away from home. A dorm mother to many girls who attended Rollins College Susan Wesley was an employee for the college a total of twenty-four years. The girls depended on Susan to help them through tough times, nurse them to health when sick as well as be...

  3. Zora Neale Hurston performs "From Sun to Sun" at Rollins College
    date February 11, 1933map Orange, Floridatags Rollins College, Zora Neale Hurston, florida slave history

    On Friday, February 11, 1933 Zora Neale Hurston’s program “From Sun to Sun” was shown at the Recreation Hall of Rollins College at 8:15 in the evening. At the performance Hurston led her company of Negroes in songs of African folklore, originating from various places around the state. Such songs included “Shack Rouser,” “East Coast Blues,” and “Alabama Bound”.  The scenery for “From...

  4. Zora Neal Hurston's trials and tribulations through the Harlem Renaissance
    date December 13, 1934map Orange, Floridatags Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, Rollins College

    Zora Neale Hurston was born January 7, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama. Soon after her birth she moved to Eatonville, Florida which always remained her home throughout her life. Eatonville was the United States first incorporated black township, her father and many other African Americans were involved in the towns governance. Hurston was a very famous black author of short stories, novels and plays. Having...