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Magna Carta Collection
2025 History Bytes
"Pirates I Have Known"
David Futch - Recorded on Feb 12, 2025
Publisher and General Manager of the Boca Beacon
Dusty Hopkins - Recorded on Feb 19, 2025
"Boca Grande Through A Fisherman’s Eye"
Captain Van Hubbard - Recorded on Feb 26, 2025
2023-24: History Bytes
Picturing The Three Communities of Gasparilla Island
Kim Kyle, Betsy Fugate Joiner - Recorded on Feb 7, 2024
Mary Ellen Vickers Parkinson 1918 – 2004
Carolyn Parkinson Nabers - Recorded on Feb 14, 2024
Effie Sapp Joiner 1900 - 1996
Leslie Porter Joiner - Recorded on Feb 21, 2024
Living and Working in Boca Grande 1980s-Present
Viola Dyer - Recorded on Feb 28, 2024
2022-23
Weeds and Seeds: A History of Dining in Southwest Florida
Natalie A. De La Torre Salas - Recorded on Mar 21, 2023
2022-23: History Bytes
Final Rest
Crystal Diff - Recorded on Feb 1, 2023
2021-22: History Bytes
Joseph Spadaro and the Boca Grande Hotel
James Blaha, Trisha Lowe, Peg Kapustiak
Recorded on Feb 23, 2022
2021-22: Lectures
Legend of Gasparilla
Crystal Diff - Recorded on Jan 11, 2022
The Little Town That Unity Built
Dr. Martha Bireda - Recorded on Feb 17, 2022
Historic Tales of Gasparilla Island
David Futch - Recorded on Mar 22, 2022
2021-22: Let's Talk About Florida Book Discussion Recordings
Lively conversations about Florida's history featuring books from our Florida reading list.
Oranges
By John Mcphee, Recorded on Nov 16, 2021
Henry Plant
By Canter Brown, Jr., Recorded on Jan 18, 2022
Devil in the Grove
By Gilbert King, Recorded on Apr 5, 2022
COVID-19 Revisited Video Documentary
Together with Island TV, we have released a follow up documentary of 10 interviews on how COVID-19 has affected Boca Grande.
Introduction
Boca Grande Health Clinic, Gasparilla Outfitters
Royal Palm Players, Scarpa's Coastal
Boca Grande Historical Society, Boca Grande Resident
Lighthouse Methodist Church, Gulf to Bay/Sotheby's
Barrier Island Parks Society, Boca Grande Resident
Conclusion
2020-21: Lectures
Lecture: “YALE / The Sarasota School of Architecture”
Carl Abbott - Zoom Event - Recorded on Mar 9, 2021
Lecture: Race, Power, and Memory: An Oral History of Gasparilla Island’s Black Community
Kaylie Stokes - Zoom Event - Recorded on Feb 9, 2021
Lecture: David Futch Tells Stories of Old (and Not So Old) Boca Grande
Zoom Event - Recorded on Jan 19, 2021
2020-21: Let's Talk About Florida Book Discussion Recordings
Last Train to Paradise
View a lively conversation about Florida history highlighting one of the books on our Florida Reading List.
Recorded on Mar 16, 2021
River of Grass
View a discussion of this game-changing book about the uniqueness of the Everglades.
Recorded on Jan 14, 2021
A Land Remembered
View a discussion of this classic novel of a Florida pioneer family.
Recorded on Dec 3, 2020
Bad Boys: Growing Up in Boca Grande
Editing by Island TV for Boca Grande
Boca Grande, Florida: Island Jewel
Hurricanes - Nature’s Fury: Impact on Southwest Florida
COVID-19 and the Impact on Boca Grande
The Boca Grande History Center is the primary caretaker for our island’s history, and thus it was imperative that we document how the current medical crisis is impacting Boca Grande. In addition to collecting print materials and photographs, the History Center in a project partnership with Rick Montgomery of Island TV has completed a filmed documentary containing images and interviews.
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