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Past Florida Stories |
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MJ Burke and
Scott Nolan |
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EXTENDED AUDIO: Mary Jane Burke describes a painting given to her father by a German POW interned at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts.  Listen now |
MJ Burke and Scott Nolan
Mary Jane Burke, or MJ as her friends call her, was born in December 1937 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. As a child living in Cape Cod during World War II, she readily admits she has little recall of what day-to-day life was like for most people at that time. She spoke with friend Scott Nolan about one specific memory, though, involving her father that later became a family legacy.
(First aired on August 10, 2007, rebroadcast on March 28,
2008)
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Music Credits: Organ Grinder's Swing, Jack McDuff, Brother Jack, Prestige Records |
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Lars Dohm with his
son David |
Lars
and David Dohm
Lars Dohm was born in Denmark, and was living in Miami
by age 16. With his German father and Danish mother, he spent
his early years on the Restmor, a sailboat bound for a round-the-world
voyage at sea. Today on Florida Stories we’ll hear
from Lars as he tells his son David that what some might
consider an almost fairy-tale childhood later found him longing
for a different family experience. We open with David
asking how the journey started.
(First aired on May 18, 2007, rebroadcast on March 21,
2008)
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Music Credits: Movement 1 from Nielsen's Little Suite A minor/Movement 3 of Nielsen's Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Carl Nielsen, music performed by the Swedish Radio Symphony, Nielsen: Symphony No. 1, CBS Records |
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William Russell -
taken on Tinian
Island, 1945. |
William F. 'Rusty' Russell and Catherine Russell
William Russell was nearly 18 years old in 1943 when he tried to join the Marines at a recruitment office in Louisville, KY. After being told the quota was met the day he tried to enlist, he was sent to a Navy recruiter. He took the physical exams and when accepted was told he'd be serving with the Seabees. 'Rusty', as his wife Catherine calls him, opens the story with a description of the Seabees and his experience in the South Pacific as we continue our focus on World War II-era stories.
(First aired on August 3, 2007, rebroadcast on March 14,
2008)
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Music Credits: Movement Four from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G major, Edgar Meyer, Suites Performed on Double Bass, Sony Classical |
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Dr. Philip Adler |
Philip Adler
Pediatrician Dr. Philip Adler came to Tampa from New England in the late 1950's. He tells Maisie Tivnan of the StoryCorps oral history project how he became an agent of change to provide equal medical care to all patients in a city divided by race.
(First aired on May 5, 2006, rebroadcast on March 7,
2008)
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Music Credits: Gymnopedie, Erik Satie - arr. by Christopher Parkening, Christopher Parkening — The Great Recordings, EMI Classics |
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Martha Cameron |
Martha Cameron with Kathleen Flynn
Martha Cameron was 23 in 1941 when she graduated from nursing school in Jersey City, New Jersey. She was working in Jersey City when Pearl Harbor was attacked later that year, and she enlisted with the Army Nursing Corps as a surgical nurse, later an anesthetist. Martha spoke with friend Kathleen Flynn, granddaughter to a friend serving at the same time during the war, about arriving in Normandy in early June of 1944.
(First aired on November 2, 2007, rebroadcast on February 29,
2008) Listen now.
| EXTENDED AUDIO: Martha Cameron tells Kathleen Flynn about one of her experiences while in Normandy. Martha describes how she offered treatment to a child that had been badly injured. Listen now. |
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Kathleen Flynn
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Martha Cameron |
Music Credits: Mars the Bringer of War, composed by Gustav Holst, John Eliot Gardiner and the Philharmonia Orchestra, Gustav Holst: The Planets, Deutsche Grammophon Recordings |
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John Germany |
John Germany and John Germany Jr.
John Germany's life can be described with a number of words, but three that could easily be used: country, career and community. Germany was born in Alabama in 1923, moving with his family to Plant City, Florida soon after. From the University of Florida to Europe and Japan during World War II, then law school and back to Tampa, his career as an attorney is the cornerstone for his many professional accomplishments. He recently sat down with his son John Jr. and opened his story in 1950 in Tampa, just back from Harvard Law School.
(First aired on August 24, 2007, rebroadcast on February 22,
2008)
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Music Credits: Movement 2 from Trio No. 6 in C major, Anne-Sophie Mutter with Andre Previn and Daniel Muller-Schott, Anne-Sophie Mutter - Piano Trios, Deutsche Grammophon/Universal |
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Paul Wetmore and Patricia Shultze
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Paul Wetmore and Patricia Shultze
Paul Wetmore and Patty Shultze are brother and sister, two of three children born to parents Harry and Margaret Wetmore. They grew up in Oneonta in upstate New York, and Paul and Patty now live in Florida. They recently sat down to talk about growing up with their brother Chris, who was diagnosed with autism when he was 3 years old.
(First aired on October 26, 2007, rebroadcast on February 15,
2008) Listen now.
Music Credits: Opening/Closing Piece: Nocturne in C major/Nocturne in E minor, John O'Conor, Nocturnes of John Field, Telarc |
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Linda and
William Southworth
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Linda and William Southworth
Linda Southworth has spent her life pursuing artistic expression. From private art lessons at age 10 on Long Island to her masters degree in fine arts in 1978 and living in New York and teaching as well as creating and displaying her own work, she can attest to both the challenges and rewards that go with serving her muse. She recently sat down with her father, William Southworth, to talk about her early interest in art, her influences and her own creative process.
(First aired on September 28, 2007, rebroadcast on February 8,
2008) Listen now.
| EXTENDED AUDIO: Linda describes the process she uses to create a new painting. Listen now. |
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"Trio in Iris Major"
by Linda Southworth |
Music Credits: Mvmt. 1 from the String Quartet in A major composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Melos Quartet, Deutsche Grammophon Recordings |
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Judith Viener
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Judith Viener and Laura Bamond
Judith Viener moved to Florida in 1994. In September of 1996, an injury from a cycling accident impacted her career, her personal relationships and her day-to-day life. Judith recently sat down with her attorney and friend Laura Bamond and detailed her accident, her recovery and her outlook from this point foward.
(First aired on July 20, 2007, rebroadcast on February 1,
2008)
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Music Credits: Breeze of Nostalgia, Ali Jihad Racy, Mystical Legacies, Lyrichord Discs, Inc. |
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Paul and
Mariette Chapman
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Paul and Mariette Chapman
Mariette Chapman was born in Holland in 1936. She recently spoke with her husband Paul about fond childhood memories of time spent with her grandparents, even with memories of her own family and the shadow of World War II ever-present.
(First aired on January 25,
2008)
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Music Credits: Opening/closing pieces: Prelude No. 4 in E minor/Prelude No. 3 in G major, composed by Frederic Chopin, performed by Maurizio Pollini, 24 Preludes, Deutsche Grammophon Recordings |
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Susan Adger and Isobel Keithley-Harwell
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Susan Adger and Isobel Keithley-Harwell
Susan Adger's mother Isobel Keithley-Harwell was
born and raised in Tampa. Today we'll hear her recount a
number of childhood memories including her early days in
school, the great era of dance bands in the 1930's and more.
We'll jump right in with a description of the first family
home on Washington St. in what is now downtown Tampa.
(First aired on May 11, 2007, rebroadcast on January 18,
2008)
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Music Credits: Songs listed are in order of appearance in this feature: Menuet from Le tombeau de Couperin, Robert Casedesus, piano, National Public Radio-Milestones of the Millennium, Sony Classical; Peckin', Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra-The Harry James Years, Vol. 1, Bluebird, re-released on RCA; Camel Hop-take 2, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra-The Harry James Years, Vol. 1, Bluebird, re-released on RCA |
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Tina and
Joe Russo
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Tina and Joe Russo
Joe Russo was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was 18 at the time of his military induction during World War II, headed for the South Pacific in the U.S. Navy. His chance acquaintances with a variety of people during that time helped shape his future plans. From Australia to the Philippines and finally Tampa, Joe became an area celebrity and a part of Tampa history. He recently spoke with his daughter Tina about some of those experiences, and one in particular that he recalls fondly more than fifty years later.
(First aired on January 11, 2008)
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Music Credits: Easy Does It, The Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train, Verve Records |
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Robert Bell and
Michael Harvey |
Robert Bell and Michael Harvey
Robert Bell was 11 years old in August 1942. At that time he was returning to the United States from Africa’s Gold Coast (now Ghana) on a freighter ship after serving with his mother, sister and others on a mission trip on the continent. On August 30th, the freighter was sunk by a German submarine in open water. Numerous casualties were sustained, but many passengers and crew members survived 20 days on a raft prior to their rescue. Robert Bell recently talked with his son-in-law Michael Harvey about the sinking, their subsequent days at sea, and his perception of the event many years later.
(First aired on September 7, 2007, rebroadcast on January 4, 2008.)
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EXTENDED AUDIO: Robert Bell describes the life raft the group was on for 20 days in September 1942. Listen now
Music Credits: Amazing Grace, James Galway, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, A Song of Home, RCA Victor |
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The History of StoryCorps: Recording America |
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