This past year, over 51.4 million visitors from the United States and around the globe set their sights on one of the vacation capitals of the world. This kind of human traffic keeps this area’s 115,200 hotel guestrooms, 26,000 vacation rental homes, and 20,000 time-share units near capacity most of the year.
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Lured by a mild climate and a heaven of theme parks, these guests all come looking to create memories that will last them a lifetime. They can experience a world created by Walt Disney, be thrilled by a complex of pleasure buttressed by blockbuster movies from Universal Studios and take in the aquatic experience of Shamu & friends. Some even wander off the beaten tourist path to find a whole other domain full of natural wonders, coastal & inland water fun spots, or quiet out-of-doors getaway locations.
Central Florida Memory
The fact of the matter is even before the heaven of ‘worlds’ and theme parks arrived on the scene, Central Florida has long played an important part in making memories for residents and visitors. What makes the area so unique is the vast cross-section of Americans who have either vacationed, lived or worked in the region.
The state has been home to numerous military training camps, especially in the WWII and post-cold war era. Many enlisted men returned to either live in, or at least share with their new families, the place they had once been stationed for some type of training. There were also those escapees to warmer weather during cold northern winters, made easy by sunny beaches just waiting for college students with time to their hands over spring break. Or, the throngs drawn to watch each time the country defied laws of physics and hurdled humans into space from a cape named for a President who challenged us to reach for the stars.
As one of the country’s ‘common denominators’ it only made sense in 2002, when three institutions – Orange County Library System, Orange CountyRegional History Center and the University of Central Florida Libraries - partnered together to form Central Florida Memory. Preserving the memories of the Central Florida area for its residents is important. However, it is also key to insure the history of the nation’s favorite playgrounds be secured not only for today, but future generations.
A Richer, More Comprehensive Resource The mission of Central Florida Memory is to create, through collaboration among museums, libraries, historical societies, and archives in Central Florida, a comprehensive digital collection, serving the needs of scholars, students, teachers, and residents. It seeks to provide users access to textual and graphical images and objects that document the region’s historical and cultural heritage.
Through collaboration since its creation, Central Florida Memory has expanded its original membership and grown its image collection from the initial image count of 2,000 to over 80,000 images and other digital materials. It has also invited individuals interested in providing their personal photos to consider sharing their memories via the Central Florida Memory group tag on Flickr (see sample below). The site even has a place to create a collection of your own personal favorites from the variety of digitized historic materials.
The Synergy of Working TogetherCentral Florida Memory
The fact of the matter is even before the heaven of ‘worlds’ and theme parks arrived on the scene, Central Florida has long played an important part in making memories for residents and visitors. What makes the area so unique is the vast cross-section of Americans who have either vacationed, lived or worked in the region.
The state has been home to numerous military training camps, especially in the WWII and post-cold war era. Many enlisted men returned to either live in, or at least share with their new families, the place they had once been stationed for some type of training. There were also those escapees to warmer weather during cold northern winters, made easy by sunny beaches just waiting for college students with time to their hands over spring break. Or, the throngs drawn to watch each time the country defied laws of physics and hurdled humans into space from a cape named for a President who challenged us to reach for the stars.
As one of the country’s ‘common denominators’ it only made sense in 2002, when three institutions – Orange County Library System, Orange CountyRegional History Center and the University of Central Florida Libraries - partnered together to form Central Florida Memory. Preserving the memories of the Central Florida area for its residents is important. However, it is also key to insure the history of the nation’s favorite playgrounds be secured not only for today, but future generations.
A Richer, More Comprehensive Resource The mission of Central Florida Memory is to create, through collaboration among museums, libraries, historical societies, and archives in Central Florida, a comprehensive digital collection, serving the needs of scholars, students, teachers, and residents. It seeks to provide users access to textual and graphical images and objects that document the region’s historical and cultural heritage.
Through collaboration since its creation, Central Florida Memory has expanded its original membership and grown its image collection from the initial image count of 2,000 to over 80,000 images and other digital materials. It has also invited individuals interested in providing their personal photos to consider sharing their memories via the Central Florida Memory group tag on Flickr (see sample below). The site even has a place to create a collection of your own personal favorites from the variety of digitized historic materials.
Central Florida Memory has been touted as a successful model of inter-institutional cooperation, providing a common set of tools for adding weight and value to the region’s history. This cooperative community digital repository makes it is possible for those smaller cultural heritage institutions and fiscally challenged organizations, without the tools, resources, funding or expertise to implement a digital repository system to come together to make available historical documentation.
So, if you have a Central Florida Memory - or are planning on making one - be sure to visit this unique site where you can experience online the area’s history up close and personal!
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