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Mrs. Jenkins posing with children at a program honoring Martin Luther King. The photo was taken in Winter Park in 1999.

On January 9, 2002, Eula Jenkins made an appearance at the Winter Park Woman's Club. She sang a variety of musical numbers and shared memories of her life in Winter Park.

Written on the back of this photograph: "Dick Neil Batchelor, Louise Meriwether Batchelor, Mary Christian Meriwether atop old Seminole Hotel Winter Park, Fla."

In an excerpt from The Seminole Winter Park Florida, which is part of this collection,…

It wasn't known how close the old Seminole Hotel and the Batchelor House were to one another until this photograph was loaned to the Winter Park History Collection.

From the Chase Scrap Book, May 11, 1892: "De Batchelor breaks the world record in bicycling.
He made a short distance at the rate of one mile in 16 seconds, the first time he ever rode".

E. M. Meriwether was the father of Mrs. DeHaven Batchelor (Louise Meriwether). Originally
from Virginia, E. M. Meriwether came to Winter Park in 1894. He stayed in Winter Park fourteen
years and returned to Virginia where he was employed by…

Louise Meriwether Batchelor came to Winter Park in the early 1890's with her parents and two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary Christian.

DeHaven and Louise Meriwether Batchelor's grandsons, Richard E. and James D. Batchelor, pose on the lawn of the Batchelor House with their pony circa 1930s.

Bride & Groom

The newlyweds: Fred Wooley & Eda Brewer Wooley

This is a cyanotype photograph of Mary Brown and her mule, Jack.

Homestead house owned by Mary Brown and Mary McClure. The property was called "No Man's Land".

Published in 1966, this was the first book Mrs. Carruth penned. She was 85 years old when it was written. The illustrations were drawn by Herbert McClure

Mrs. Carruth was the author many articles. One of her pieces was featured in this March 1920 issue of The Open Road and was entitled: The Calendar. It was co-written by her husband, W.M. Carruth.

During the 1920s, Mrs. Carruth had several short works featured in these small publications. Some are described as monologs, others read as plays. They are only four to seven pages in length! They were published by Eldridge Entertainment House. The…

Review of "She Wanted To Read" that appeared in the Winter Park Sun-Herald, April 21, 1966.

This article, Her Mind to Her a Kingdom Is, appeared in Yankee magazine on September 4, 1938. It was written under her pen name, Delane Heath.

*Many readers assumed that the elderly woman in the photograph was indeed the mother of the author.…