Archive

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Material Type
Collection

Oral History: Cheryl Pennington

Cheryl Pennington talks about her life growing up in northeast Oklahoma City, and her career as a teacher for the deaf.

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Oral History: Don Porter

Don Porter talks about his life growing up in Texas and coming to Oklahoma after college.

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Flood Waters on South Robinson

Flood Waters on South Robinson

Men driving a wagon team through flood waters.

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List of Buildings throughout Oklahoma City Public Schools’ History

List of Buildings throughout Oklahoma City Public Schools’ History

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Oklahoma Voices: Carol Moody

Carol Moody talks about her family, growing up during the Depression and World War II, and more.

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Earnest Hoberecht Collection 2024.20

Earnest Hoberecht (pronounced HO-bright), was an American reporter who became a major literary figure in Japan just after World War II. He was born January 1, 1918 in Watonga, Okla., where he grew up; he earned a journalism degree from Oklahoma University, then worked as a reporter for the Memphis Press-Scimitar; he quit to go to Hawaii to work as a laborer at Pearl Harbor, and from there wound up covering the occupation of Japan, eventually becoming bureau chief; by day, Mr. Hoberecht wrote news articles and tried to recruit Asian subscribers for the wire service, United Press International and wrote romance novels for a Japanese audience at night. 

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