WINTER PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY Starting Points Guide to Resources on American Politics The following guide provides a list of selected

Starting Points: Guide to Winter Park

R E F E R E N C E B O O K S - Available for your use in the library, these books cannot be checked out.

R 975.924 S	A Sense of Place: Winter Park, Florida	This 1992 book of photos captures Winter Park’s residual quaint small-town charm.
R 975.924 Scu	Millenium Memories	A short overview of Winter Park history.
Fla R 975.924 W	Winter Park Florida 1888	A reproduction of an 1888 booklet made to attract visitors and residents to the “beautiful high-rolling land” of Winter Park and its “collection of beautiful villas in the midst of orange groves, upon acre-lots running to the shores of crystal lakes.”

C I R C U L A T I N G B O O K S
Fla 975.924 Cam	Winter Park Portrait	The history of Winter Park and Rollins College in photos and text.
Fla 975.924 Cha	The Absolutely Essential Guide to Winter Park	Robin Chapman’s charming history of Winter Park told via photos & postcards.
Fla 975.924 Cha	Winter Park in Vintage Postcards	The story of Winter Park through vintage postcards.
Fla 975.924 S	Winter Park’s Old Alabama Hotel	Noella Schenck’s account of The Old Alabama Hotel, built in 1921 & converted to condos in 1980-81, run by the Schenck family from 1932 until they sold it in the late 50s.
975.92 Win	I Never Had Enough Money to Leave Town	Anecdotes and remembrances of old Winter Park from native Ed Winn.

V I D E O S
Video 362.11 Hos	The Hospital that Winter Park Built	Interviews and footage of newspaper clippings and photos that tell the history of the Winter Park Memorial Hospital.
Video 748 Tiffany	Louis Comfort Tiffany Remembered	Louis Comfort Tiffany his life & work recalled by Hugh McKean & others.
DVD 975.9 Not v.2	Notables of our Time. Hamilton Holt	President of Rollins College, Hamilton Holt's life and contributions.
DVD 975.9 Not v.3	Notables of our Time. Black Churches of Winter Park.	The history of the twelve Black churches of Winter Park.

F I N D I N G B O O K S A N D O T H E R L I B R A R Y M A T E R I A L S - Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 975.924

In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog. A good subject heading for this topic is Winter Park.

e B O O K S

You may also want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks) the Library has to offer located on the Web site www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. See a reference librarian for more detail.

F I N D I N G A R T I C L E S

The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic: · The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference R 050 R. Search for articles on a subject within any given year. · EBSCOhost and InfoTrac OneFile - Access from the Library or at home using your library card number at www.wppl.org. Search for full text articles in these databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.

W E B S I T E S

Rollins College
Olin Library at Rollins College
Valencia Community College – Winter Park Campus
Winter Park Chamber of Commerce
Winter Park City Hall
Winter Park Historical Association & Museum
Winter Park Police
WPPL’s Winter Park History	Winter Park Public Library’s vast archives of Winter Park history via its Web site, and the Winter Park History Collection located on the first floor, includes maps, print and audio oral histories, obituaries, business files, home files, biographies, photos, books by Winter Park authors, Winter Park High School yearbooks, city directories, newspapers, and much more.
Cultural Institutions (Admission required)
Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens	Internationally acclaimed sculptor Albin Polasek settled in Winter Park in 1949. His home/museum at 633 Osceola Ave., is just a block from the Library.
Bach Festival Society	The music of Bach and other masters since 1935.
Cornell Museum of Fine Arts	Rollins College newly renovated fine arts museum.
Morse Museum	Jeannette Genius McKean (1909-1989) founded the Museum in 1942 and with her husband, Rollins College president Hugh F. McKean, (1908-1995) oversaw the museum’s management. It hosts the world's most comprehensive Tiffany collection as well as a major collection of American art pottery and late-19th & early-20th century American paintings, graphics, and decorative arts.
Scenic Boat Tour	Established over 50 years ago, the Boat Tour cruises through Winter Park’s lakes & canals. Tours include commentary on Rollins College, Kraft Azalea Gardens, Isle of Sicily, birds, plants, flowers & mansions.

For additional information, please see a reference librarian. sk 12/21/06
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