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The Glass House Collection is a series of interviews conducted in 2016 with former employees of the Glass House Restaurant and Conoco Service Station located on the Will Rogers Turnpike near Vinita, Oklahoma. The iconic arched building opened in 1957 and was the first restaurant built over a U.S. public highway.

Subjects
Call Number SOK
Dates 2016 - 2016

Interviews in Glass House Oral History Project

Oral History Interview Description
Bill Kolb 08/05/2016 Bill Kolb, born in 1951, shares fond memories of working for his father at a full-service filling station on the Will Rogers Turnpike near Vinita, Oklahoma. He describes the work he did from servicing…
Brenda Johnson Hardgrove Miller 08/05/2016 Brenda Johnson Hardgrove Miller, born in 1944, discusses the three times she was hired by Mrs. Annabell Southern to work at the Glass House Restaurant near Vinita, Oklahoma. She describes how she came…
Charles Kirkendoll Jr. 08/04/2016 Charles Kirkendoll Jr., born in Vinita, Oklahoma, and a lifelong resident, recalls more than a decade of working at the Glass House Restaurant on the Will Rogers Turnpike. He describes working in the bakery,…
Cheryl Lansdown 08/04/2016 Cheryl Lansdown, born in 1945, talks about her youth in Vinita, Oklahoma, and her summer work as a waitress at the Glass House Restaurant on the Will Rogers Turnpike during part of her high school and…
Clifford Hornback 08/04/2016 Clifford Hornback, born in 1933, talks about living in the Vinita, Oklahoma, area for most of his life. He explains his early work as an attendant at a full-service gas station and what full-service entailed.…
Donna Parker 08/04/2016 Donna Parker, born in 1942 and a lifelong resident of Vinita, Oklahoma, discusses her life in Vinita and going to work at the Glass House Restaurant out of high school. She recalls developing a good work…
Edith Hicks 08/04/2016 Edith Hicks was born in 1939 and is a longtime resident of Vinita, Oklahoma. She discusses growing up in a large family, going through school integration, and learning to work at a young age. Edith describes…
Ethel Bohannan & Ruth Hensley 08/04/2016 Ruth Hensley and Ethel Bohannan met while working at the Glass House Restaurant near the Vinita, Oklahoma. Ruth, both in 1922, and Ethel, born in 1937, recall their youth and how they came to be waitresses.…
Frances Peetoom 08/04/2016 Frances Hightower Peetoom, born in 1951 in Vinita, Oklahoma, shares memories of her youth in Vinita and how she first came to work for Annabell Southern at the Glass House Restaurant. She describes her…
John Giles 08/05/2016 John Giles, born in 1946 and a lifelong resident of Vinita, Oklahoma, describes what it was like to work at the filling stations adjoining the Glass House Restaurant on the Will Rogers Turnpike from the…
John Schlosser 08/05/2016 John Schlosser, born in 1948, recalls going to work for the Glass House Restaurant while a junior in high School and some of the experiences he gained while there. He talks about where that start took…
Judith Logan 08/04/2016 Judith (Judy) Logan, born in 1943 in Welch, Oklahoma, describes being a Broiler Room waitress at the Glass House Restaurant during the 1960s. She talks about uniforms, tips, customers, and menu items.…
Lavon Hightower Lewis 08/04/2016 Lavon Hightower Lewis, a longtime resident of Vinita, Oklahoma, describes the foundation she received while working at the Glass House Restaurant for Annabell Southern. She recalls how she learned the…
Nancy Hudson 08/05/2016 Nancy Hudson, born in 1944, recalls her time working for Annabell Southern at the Glass House Restaurant in the 1960s. She describes the uniform, some of her tasks, and how she learned the business. Nancy…
Toni Norton-Stanley 08/05/2016 Toni Norton-Stanley, born in 1949 and a lifelong resident of Vinita, Oklahoma, discusses getting her start by working for Annabell Southern at the Glass House Restaurant. She talks about being trained…
Warren Fetter 08/05/2016 Warren Fetter, born in 1943, recalls his first job at the Glass House Restaurant at the age of sixteen. He describes working as a dishwasher, then in the bakery, and working his way up to assistant manager.…
Wayne Bowie 08/04/2016 Wayne Bowie, born in 1943, talks about spending his youth on the family farm, graduating from high school, and pursuing a college degree. He discusses working eighteen years for Conoco at the travel stop…