ListenOK

Description

This collection contains the drafts, research materials and oral histories collected by Michael Hightower during the course of writing two books regarding banking in Oklahoma.

Subjects Banks and banking -- Oklahoma; Business enterprises; Oklahoma--History
Call Number 2014.102
Dates 2008 - 2014

Interviews in Michael Hightower Collection

Oral History Interview Description
Ben Walkingstick 11/22/2010 Ben Walkingstick discusses his family and how they got involved in the banking business. Additionally he talks about territorial lore from Hoffman, Charles, and Conklin.
Betty Rogers-Johnson 02/13/2009 Betty Rogers-Johnson discusses Midland Mortgage and their place in the banking industry.
Bill and Guy L. Berry 04/18/2012 Bill Berry discusses how his family arrived in Sapulpa and how he became involved in the banking business. Guy Berry discusses banks in Sapulpa and the depression.
Bill Crawford & Gib Gibson 04/28/2014 Bill Crawford discusses how he got into the banking business, family connections, and his time at the Oklahoma Banking Association. Additionally, he discusses the Penn Square Bank failure. Gil Gibson discusses…
Bill Jordan, Kelly Jordan, Laura Miller & Jerry Fowler 10/24/2011 Bill Jordan discusses how his family got into the banking business. They also discuss the Penn Square bank failure, working with the FDIC, and milestones in the banking industry from the 1990s-2000s.
Bob McCormack 06/22/2011 Bob McCormack discusses his time in the banking industry and focuses on Stephens County in particular.
Brian Shipp 10/26/2011 Brian Shipp discusses his family's involvement in the banking business and Idabel including the lumber industry, tourism, and population growth.
Bruce Benbrook 08/24/2010 Bruce Benbrook discusses how his family got into the banking business. Additionally, he talks about the early days of the Stock Exchange Bank of Woodward.
Bruce Hall 01/31/2012 R. Bruce Hall Discusses the Basses and talks about the history of the First National Bank of McAlester.
Carolyn Berry 08/07/2008 Carolyn Berry discusses G.A. Nichols and the Nichols family.
Charles McCall 10/25/2011 Charles McCall discusses his family history in the banking business in Atoka.
Charlie Butler & Charlotte Butler 08/19/2011 Charlie and Charlotte Butler discuss their family involvement in the banking industry.
Chris Moore 04/29/2010 Chris Moore discusses the bank including the 2006 bank robbery and the structure and ownership of the bank.
Clayton L. Buddy Green Jr. 04/17/2014 Clayton L. Green Jr. discusses his history in the banking business, the history of Liberty National Bank, and the role of the military in the Lawton economy.
Craig Buford 08/10/2011
Dannie Bea Hightower 06/28/2008 & 06/29/2008 Dannie Bea Hightower discusses the Johnson and Hightower Families.
Dave Rainbolt 06/21/2011
David Young Sr., Jimmy Eppler & Scott Estes 07/19/2010 David Young and Jimmy Eppler talk about the history of the Citizens Bank of Ada.
Dennis Brand 02/11/2014
Don Clark & Kitty Clark 01/23/2012 Don and Kitty Clark discuss the history of the bank including a woman president named Rebecca and her daughter who remained involved in the bank until her death. They also discuss Don's first banking job…
Felix Hensley & Kent Crain 03/16/2011 Kent Crain and Felix Hensley discuss the history of the American Ag Credit Association.
Frederick F. Drummond 03/17/2011 Frederick Drummond discusses his family history
G. P. Johnson Hightower 10/17/2013 & 10/22/2013 G. P. Johnson Hightower discusses his career in banking and some milestones, experiences, and personalities of the banking industry.
Gary Simpson 11/09/2012 Gary Simpson discusses his experience in the banking field, how he became OBA chair and milestones in Oklahoma banking in the 1980s and 1990s.
Gayla Sherry 03/09/2011 Gayla Sherry discusses her experience in banking in Oklahoma City.
George B. Kaiser & Stan Lybarger 08/02/2012 This interview is comprised of notes by Michael Hightower. Topics discussed in the interview are: Milestones of the Bank of Oklahoma, experiences with Penn Square Bank and 1980s depression, Tulsa and the…
George J. Records & Nancy Records 06/04/2009 & 07/16/2010 George J. and Nancy Records discuss family and their involvement in banking.
George W. James 08/14/2013
Gerald R. Marshall 03/11/2011 Gerald R. Marshall discusses his experiences at Liberty Bank and some of his other banking experiences.
Gordon Greer 11/13/2012
H. E. Gene Rainbolt 10/18/2011
Homer Paul 04/20/2010 Homer Paul discusses his life as well as his banking career.
James D. Pittman & Kirk Pittman 08/23/2011 James D. and Kirk Pittman discuss their experiences and their family's history in banking in Dewey.
James R. Hamby & Denver Davison 07/19/2010 James R. Hamby and Denver Davidson tell the story of Jack Conn getting fired from the Oklahoma State Bank, their respective jobs at the Vision Bank of Ada, and Denver Davidson's family involvement in the…
Jim Bowles 04/10/2012
Jimmy Webster 08/18/2011 Jimmy Webster discusses his time with the City National Bank of Guymon and tells of the history of the bank.
Joel Champlin 04/27/2011 Joel Champlin discusses his family's history in banking and commerce in Northwest Oklahoma.
John Massey 10/25/2011 John Massey discusses his family's history in banking.
Ken Ferguson 04/26/2010 Ken Fergeson discusses his work in the banking industry, sharecropping in West Texas, and the community role of the bank.
Larkin Warner 07/30/2012 Dr. Larkin Warner discusses the Oklahoma economy in the 1980s and 1990s and BancFirst.
Les Greathouse 10/13/2011
Lindel Pettigrew 08/15/2011 Lindel Pettigrew discusses his career in banking and Chickasha Bank and Trust Company and its branches.
Margery Bird 07/16/2010 Margery Bird discusses her family's history with First National Bank and important families and landmarks of Tulsa.
Marilyn Myers & Clint Elliott 11/17/2010 Marilyn Myers discusses her family involvement in the bank. Clint Elliott discusses life in Northwest Oklahoma and how the bank got involved with the community.
Mark White 03/17/2011 Mark White discusses Osage Federal Bank in Pawhuska.
Matt Jackson & Linda Christensen 08/17/2011 Matt Jackson discusses the history of the bank as well as his own career in banking. He focuses on the ag credit aspect. Linda Christensen discusses the day that the FDIC walked in a locked the door to…
Meg Salyer 04/23/2012 Meg Salyer discusses her experience in banking in Oklahoma and specifically her experiences with regards to Penn Square Bank in the 1980s.
Michael Rogers 04/18/2012
Mick Thompson 02/06/2012 Mick Thompson discusses his role of the department in the banking industry
Mike Leonard 04/17/2012
Mike Stidham, Lee Stidham & Robert Jennings 11/16/2010 Mike and Lee Stidham discuss their family history, the role of technology in the banking industry. Robert Jennings discusses the community role of a bank and regulations.
Nick Berry 09/05/2013 Telephone interview. Nick Berry discusses the excess of the 1980s.
Patricia Loosen & Joyce Treece 08/30/2010 Both women discuss the culture of Okarche, especially the German aspects as well as the First Bank of Okarche.
Paul Freeman 08/19/2011 Paul M. Freeman discusses his family's involvement in Oklahoma banking and how he came to be in Texhoma.
Ralph McCalmont 10/17/2011
Roger Beverage 06/21/2011 Roger Beverage discusses his time with the Oklahoma Bankers Association.
Roma Lee Porter, Teresa Heate & William Paul Ellwanger 08/23/2010 Roma Lee Porter discusses his family's history in the banking industry, the history of City National Bank and the relationship between Fort Sill and Lawton.
Steve Baggerly 08/18/2011 Steve Baggerly discusses his career in the banking business. He had previously been a rancher and a retailer.
Steve Plunk 08/03/2012 Steve Plunk discusses his history in Oklahoma banking. He discusses examining Penn Square Bank.
Tim Barnes 08/18/2011 Tim Barnes discusses his family's involvement in the banking business in the Panhandle.
Tom Loy 11/05/2012 Tom Loy discusses BancFirst and the interest rate story of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Additionally, he discusses the Bert Lance scandal of the Carter administration.
Tracy Kelly 07/08/2010 Tracy Kelly discusses his family and how they started in the banking business
V. Pauline Hodges 08/19/2011 V. Pauline Hodges discusses banking and commerce and the early days of Beaver County.
W. Carlisle Mabrey III & John Mabrey 10/24/2011 John and Carlisle Mabrey discuss their family history in banking and the Citizens Security Bank of Bixby.
W. R. Moon 05/02/2011 W. R. Moon discusses the Citizens Bank of Velma, and his time in the banking industry in Oklahoma.
Wayne Cardwell 01/31/2012