Florida Public Health Oral History Project
In 1997, Dr. Charles Mahan, then dean of the USF College of Public Health, Sam Fustukjian, director of the USF Libraries, and Dr. E. Charlton Prather, a former Florida health officer, established the Florida Public Health Oral History Program. Dr. Prather interviewed administrators, physicians, laboratory managers, epidemiologists, nurses, and many other experts, prominent in the field of public health in Florida. The interviews were conducted at Florida Department of Health units in Tallahassee, Jacksonville, and West Palm Beach from 1997-2002.
In this collection, the 60 interviewees discuss their motivation to pursue a career in the field, their education, the challenges and highlights of their jobs, and their determination to ensure the health of the people of Florida despite organizational upheaval and the vicissitudes of state politics.
Note: Audio files for all of the interviews are currently available online, but transcripts are not yet available for all interviews. The Oral History team is working on the transcripts and the transcript pdfs will be added as they are completed.
Submissions from 2016
Aldrige M. McMahan Oral History Interview, Aldridge McMahan
Alma Vause Oral History Interview, Alma Vause
Andrew J. Rogers Oral History Interview, Andrew J. Rogers
Arthur Lewis Oral History Interview, Arthur Lewis
Audrey L. Ryals Oral History Interview, Audrey L. Ryals
A.W. Morrison Jr. Oral History Interview, A. W. Morrison Jr.
Bill Tennant Oral History Interview, Bill Tennant
Carl Brumback Oral History Interview, Clarence L. Brumback
Charles Mahan Oral History Interview, Part 1, Charles Mahan
Charlie Rhodes Oral History Interview, Charles Rhodes
Delores Wennlund Oral History Interview, Dolores Wennlund
Donald L. Price Oral History Interview, Donald L. Price
E. Charlton (Skeeter) Prather Oral History Interview, Charlton E. Prather
Embree Walker Oral History Interview, Embree Walker
Emily Gates Oral History Interview, Emily Gates
E. Russell Jackson Jr. Oral History Interview, E. Russell Jackson Jr.
Everett H. Williams Oral History Interview, Everett H. Williams
Gertrude Lee Oral History Interview, Gertrude Lee
Howard N. Jacobson Oral History Interview, Howard N. Jacobson
Jack Wroten Oral History Interview, Jack Wroten
James T. Howell Oral History Interview, James T. Howell
J. Basil Hall Oral History Interview, J. Basil Hall
Jeff Ragan Oral History Interview, Jeff Ragan
John Mulrennan Oral History Interview, John Mulrennan
Larry Dodd Oral History Interview, Larry Dodd
Marianne B. McEuen Oral History Interview, Marianne McEuen
Minnie Schreiber Oral History Interview, Minnie Schreiber
Myra Lentz Bomba Oral History Interview, Myra Lentz Bomba
Richard Ames Oral History Interview, Richard Ames
Robert A. Schoonover Oral History Interview, Robert A. Schoonover
Robert Emerson Windom Oral History Interview, Robert Emerson Windom
Robert Hamlin Oral History Interview, Robert Hamlin
Samuel P. Bell and John B. Phelps Oral History Interview, Samuel P. Bell III and John B. Phelps
Walter R. Livingstone Jr. Oral History Interview, Walter R. Livingstone Jr.
Willard Galbreath Oral History Interview, Willard Galbreath
William J. Weber Oral History Interview, William J. Weber
Submissions from 2015
Bessie Fowler Oral History Interview, Bessie Fowler
Charlotte Maguire Oral History Interview, Charlotte Maguire
Emory D. Lord Oral History Interview, Emory D. Lord
Henry T. Janowski Oral History Interview, Henry T. Janowski
Lawrence C. Manni Oral History Interview, Lawrence C. Manni
Mildred Kaufman Oral History Interview, Mildred Kaufman
Richard Hodes Oral History Interview, Richard Hodes
Thelma W. Deason Oral History Interview, Thelma W. Deason
Wilson T. Sowder Oral History Interview, Wilson T. Sowder
Submissions from 2014
Carolyn Hall Oral History Interview, Carolyn Hall
David Crane Oral History Interview, David Crane
Dwight Frazier Oral History Interview, Dwight Frazier
E. E. Buff Oral History Interview, Elsie E. Buff
Eldert Hartwig Oral History Interview, Eldert Hartwig
George Gehres Oral History Interview, George Gehres
Glenn M. Dykes Oral History Interview, Glen M. Dykes
Jerome N. Conger Oral History Interview, Jerome Conger
John Dame Oral History Interview, John Dame
Nathan Schneider Oral History Interview, Nathan Schneider
Patricia Cowdery Oral History Interview, Patricia Cowdery
Peg Barnes Oral History Interview, Peg Barnes
William J. Bigler Oral History Interview, William J. Bigler
Submissions from 2013
Charles Mahan Oral History Interview, Part 2, Charles Mahan
Donna Petersen Oral History Interview, Donna Petersen
Elisabeth Beck Oral History Interview, Elisabeth Beck
