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Oral History: Virginia Ferguson
Virginia Ferguson talks about her life growing up in an orphanage in Pryor, 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: Barbara Hillyer
Barbara Hillyer talks about her experiences in the LGBT Community in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Voices: Carolyn Waterman
Carolyn Waterman talks with her daughter about their family history, early Bethany history, and their family's involvement with Bethany Nazarene College (now Southern Nazarene University).
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: 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.
Oklahoma Voices: Beverly Evans
Beverly Evans talks about her experiences in the LGBT Community in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Voices: Cliff and Bill Emert
Brothers Cliff and Bill Emert discusses their memories of growing up in Bethany in the 1930s, their family history, and more.
Oral History: James Port
James Port talks about his childhood in Iran and his adult life in Oklahoma.
Oral History: Dan Foliart
Dan Foliart talks about his career writing music and composing scores for movies and TV shows like Roseanne and Home Improvement.
Oral History Brett Young and John Gibbons
Brett Young and John Gibbons talk about owning a club and living and working in the Oklahoma City LGBT community.