The Personal Collection of Colonel Claude S. Buchanan

Sarah M. Boye is a historian and author whose work focuses on memory, community history, and the cultural landscape of Central Florida. She has contributed to publications including Reflections magazine and the Orlando Sentinel, and her research has been featured at the National Council on Public History and the Florida Historical Society. Sarah serves as Project Manager for UCF’s Public History Central internship program and as a board member of the Central Florida Genealogical Society, where she chairs the Cemetery Committee. Her current projects include collaborations with the City of Orlando, digital initiatives such as the Greenwood Cemetery Digital Walking Tour and Parramore Speaks, and the forthcoming podcast Beneath the City Beautiful.

Elio Singer is a junior studying history and anthropology at UCF with a primary interest in Apopka, Florida's Black community bonds during the turbulent era of Jim Crow Central Florida. His research focuses on preserving the material legacy left behind by Michael Gladden Jr., Apopka's foremost Black businessman and community leader, in collaboration with community historian Ms. Francina Boykin and the Apopka Historical Board. Having worked in museums and archives since the age of 14, Elio currently serves as the team lead of the Mission Memory initiative with UCF's Public History Central, having designed every aspect of this digital exhibit. He hopes to design a similar digital exhibit for the Gladden Collection in Spring 2026.

Aiyana Gross is a Senior Undergraduate student at UCF pursuing a BA History degree and an Anthropology minor. Her research interests and specializations involve medieval scribal culture, women in history, and gravesite preservation as well as documentation. She also works extensively with archival preservation of paper-based ephemera.  She is currently serving as an intern with the Public History Central team at UCF.

Dianelys Nunez is an undergraduate student at University of Central Florida with a major in history. She currently is a public history intern with the UCF history department. Her area of interest is twentieth century American history with an emphasis on World War II.