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Oklahoma Voices: Dick Howard
Dick Howard talks about his life growing up in Muskogee, attending the University of Oklahoma, and more.
Oral History: Johnson "J.W." Sanford
Dr. Johnson "J.W." Sanford talks about his life and family growing up in northeast Oklahoma City, and becoming a doctor.
Oral History: Margaret Bell Tampkins and Leonard Tampkins Jr.
Born in 1916, Margaret Bell Tamkins talks about her life growing up in northeast Oklahoma City. In the second half of the interview she is joined by her son, Leonard Tampkins Jr., who talks about being a part of a group that became the first students from Douglass High School to attend the University of Oklahoma in the early days of integration.
Oral History Byron Gambulos
Byron Gambulos talks about the history of prohibition and the liquor business in Oklahoma
Oral History: Sophie Palin
Sophie Palin talks about her career working with pachyderms and in security at the Oklahoma City Zoo.
Oral History: Ernest Ervin
Ernest Ervin talks about growing up in Texas, and coming to Oklahoma City and opening a shop in the Farmer's Market where he began repairing old clocks.
Oklahoma Voices: Connie Cronin
Connie Cronin talks about her life growing up in New York and moving to Oklahoma.
Oral History: Core4 Brewing
Marty Simon and Buck Buchanan from Core4 Brewing talk about opening a brewery during the beginning of Covid, and running a brewery in Oklahoma City.
Oral History JoBeth Hamon
City Councilperson JoBeth Hamon talks about her life and Oklahoma politics.
Oral History: Bruce Fisher
Bruce Fisher talks about his youth growing up in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma City, about his famous mother, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, and more.