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The University of Central Oklahoma Oral History Project was conceived in the late 1980s by then university archivist Mary Bond. During her tenure as archivist, Mrs. Bond collected over 60 interviews with UCO alumni, students, administrators, faculty, and staff, as well as prominent Edmond citizens. In 2001 the project was expanded by the History and Geography Department under the leadership of Dr. Patricia Loughlin. The oral interviews that were collected under Dr. Loughlin's direction were part of a larger UCO history project that included the publication of a book updating the history of the University. It was published during Oklahoma's Centennial year with the title 'Building Traditions, Education Generations: A History of the University of Central Oklahoma.' The collection also includes three interviews by Linda Chism with Lloyd Rader conducted in 1983-1984 and fifteen interviews by Terry Hammons with Alfred Alexander ‘Jack’ Drummond from 1978-1980.

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Dates 1978 -

Interviews in UCO Oral History Project

Oral History Interview Description
Alfred Alexander 'Jack' Drummond 04/1978 & 10/1978 Rancher and entrepreneurial oil landsman in Osage County OK and the Madill OK area. In April 1978 interview, Tape 1: childhood, siblings. Tape 4: cattle business, loans, childhood, accidentally burning…
Alfred Alexander 'Jack' Drummond 1979 Rancher and entrepreneurial oil landsman in Osage County OK and the Madill OK area. In 02/1979 interview he talks about Osage County 1920s, people, and Monte Corder. In 03/1979 interview he talks about…
Alfred Alexander 'Jack' Drummond 1980 Rancher and entrepreneurial oil landsman in Osage County OK and the Madill OK area. In 01/1980 interview he talks about ranch foreman Top Hartin, Wy Spence, credit, cattle, George Stokes of Soil Conservation…
Alvin Alcorn 03/28/2006 & 04/22/2006 Administration Comptroller and UCO@125 Luminary
Annette Ryan 11/16/2005 UCO Alum, Staff, Archives and Special Collections, wife of Administrator
Barbara Henthorn 10/08/2006 UCO Faculty, Department of Nursing (1969-1991), Professor Emeritus of Nursing
Bertha Kathryn Fordice Scroggins 09/18/1993 UCO Alum, daughter of Dr. Frederick Leland Fordice and Stella Barton Fordice
Bill Lillard 10/01/2004 UCO President; 17th President of Central; UCO@125 Luminary
Bill Williams 12/06/2004 UCO Alum, grandson of Chemistry Professor John Davis. Interview covers family genealogy and history; Oklahoma educators; John and Lillie Davis' character and life experiences; family employment, war experiences,…
Billie Reeder 02/03/2006 UCO Alum, Educator
Bob Palmer 04/20/2006 UCO Faculty, Art Professor, Renowned Mural Painter. Graduated Walters, OK with 44 classmates. Interview discusses OU; East Tennessee State; OSU alumni. Murals; community projects with students; commission…
Cal Guthrie 04/06/2006 UCO Alum, Faculty, College of Mathematics and Science- Mathematics and Statistics Professor
Carl Reherman 03/28/2006 UCO Faculty, Professor of Political Science, Mayor of Edmond 1978-1989
Clarence Cecil Cain 09/06/1994 UCO Alum and Distinguished Former Student
Clifton Warren 09/08/2015 UCO Faculty, College of Liberal Arts Dean, founder of Creative Studies Department. Interview covers Creative Studies program, smoking in classrooms, focus on author and professor Marilyn Harris: writing…
Clifton Warren 11/12/2004 UCO Faculty, College of Liberal Arts Dean, founder of Creative Studies Department. Interview covers Growth of the university, rumor of African American teachers attending UCO summer school during the 1920s.…
Conrad Galey 04/04/2006 UCO Alum and Comanche Nation citizen. Galey discusses campus experience; Comanche community in Cache and Indiahoma; Blue Beaver Creek; Mennonite Church; assimilation; farming; poverty; pow wow circuits;…
Crawford 'C.H.' Spearman Sr 11/18/1994 UCO Alum, Edmond resident, owner of Gem Theater and Bronco Theater in Edmond
Dale Reeder 12/15/2005 UCO Alum, Educator
Danny Blakely 04/16/2006 OSU alum, educator talks about growing up on cattle farm, Cherokee Strip, Pioneer High School, university during Vietnam era, classroom teaching
David James 12/02/2004 UCO Alum, Faculty, Athletics, Head Wrestling Coach
David Webb 04/08/2005 UCO Faculty, College of Liberal Arts, History Professor. Interview covers Grandmother owned three Slenderella shops in Lawton, OK; father L.D. Webb, Church of Christ minister, founded Cascade College in…
Donna 'Ezzell' Guinn 03/28/2006 UCO Alum, Administration- Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs
Donna 'Skinner' Nigh 10/28/2004 UCO Alum, First Lady of UCO, First Lady of Oklahoma, UCO@125 Luminary
Dorothy Dunn 03/31/2008 Dorothy Dunn talks about WW II, anti-Japanese sentiment, and white flight to Putnam City from Oklahoma City Public Schools.
Earl Rice & Loree Rice 12/14/2004 UCO Alum, Faculty, Science and Math Chair, English Professor, Class of 1937 and 1945, Educators. Interview covers early days as educators, faculty and campus experience, colleagues and mentors
Ed Pugh 05/04/2005 UCO Administration, Faculty, College of Liberal Arts, History and Geography Department, Geography Professor
Edward 'Eddie' C. Evans 12/10/2004 UCO Alum, Head Basketball Coach, father of Terry Evans Head Basketball Coach. Interview covers 1978 - 1982, Douglass, Millwood, John Marshall, and Northeast High Schools. Bowling, Booster Club dissolution,…
Elaine Bartgis 11/10/2005 Faculty, first female police officer in Edmond
Elaine Lower 11/30/2004 UCO Alum, B.S. Elementary Education, M.A. Special Education; b. 1938; Central High School, Oklahoma City; 1957 Homecoming Queen; 2017 Homecoming Grand Marshall with husband Gary Lower.
Elizabeth 'Hilton' Threatt 12/03/2004 UCO Alum, educator, owner of Threatt Filling Station, Langston Class of 1954, UCO Class of 1959, first class of African American graduate students, UCO@125 Luminary
Elizabeth Ann 'Flesher' Love 08/12/1991 UCO Alum, Class of 1935
Elwood Hubbard 05/31/1991 UCO Alum 1938-1942, brother of Floyd Hubbard who replaced the clock hands on Old North
Elwyn Baptiste 09/18/1992 Edmond resident
Emma May Pierce 09/28/1995 UCO Alum, Pastor Edmond First Church of Nazarene. Mary Bond's student at Bethany Nazarene College (Southern Nazarene University or SNU)
Florine Howard Clemens, Marty Clemens & Vera Daniels Cagle 10/01/1988 UCO Alum
Fredona McCauley Baker, Wynona Marks Holmes, Howard Holmes, Marcus Marion 'Ship' Marks, John Marks, Whit Marks, Freddy Marks & Marsha Marks 06/25/1993 Alumni 1910s - 1940s; 1912 alum and family patriarch Fred McDauley, former 101 Ranch employee. 1920s-1940s on-campus experiences. Dancing with six maypoles at the training school. Myrtle E. Oakes; English…
Garland Godfrey & Jocille Godfrey 09/11/2004 UCO Administration, 16th President and First Lady of UCO. Love story of Garland and Jocille Godfrey.
Garland Godfrey 09/11/2004 UCO Administration, 16th President of UCO, and UCO@125 Luminary. Interview discusses Garland's bio.
Gary Howard 04/29/2004 UCO Faculty, Kinesiology and Health Studies Coach, and UCO@125 Luminary
Gary Lower 11/30/2004 UCO Alum, Class of 1958, UCO Faculty. Born Shawnee, Northeast High School
George Nigh 10/28/2004 President, 18th President of UCO, UCO@125 Luminary. In second interview on 10/28/2004 he also talks about UCO First Lady.
Gerry Cherry 05/25/2006 UCO Alum, Director of Grants. Jackson College of Graduate Studies and Research. Title III Activity Director. Cherry talks about expectations for 'nice girls' on UCO campus in 1963: no pants or shorts,…
Gerry Pinkston 12/01/2005 UCO Faculty, Softball Coach, College of Education and Professional Studies, Kinesiology and Health. Interview covers childhood in Chickasha and Minco, OK; Tennis; OSU alum; Mentor Billie Joe Jones; Coach…
Glenn Voegelein 10/16/1985 Edmond resident, grandson of Reverend Job Ingram, lecturer for prohibition and organizer of First Baptist Church in Kingfisher and Lawton, OK. Interview covers Grandfather's travels, family homestead in…
H. Innerarity 05/12/1986 UCO Administration- Comptroller at Central State College 
Hall Duncan 12/03/2007 & 12/17/2007 Faculty- Journalism Department, Cartooning and Advertising Design, and UCO@125 Luminary.
Herman Fullgraf 04/12/2005 UCO Faculty, History Professor, and OSU alum. Interview he talks about migrating to Ridgecrest, CA to teach; 1958 UCO masters graduation; 1961 UCO professor; campus experience; Dr. Fred Graves; Lucy Hampton.
Hubert Priest 08/01/1984 Oklahoma resident, Educator, ECU alum. Interview covers father George Henry Priest educator in Indian Territory; subscription schools grades 1-8; Pontotoc County; Millcreek; Ada; Centralhoma
Iona Teague 12/07/1990 UCO Alum, Class of 1940. Interview covers campus life; financing college; boarding house; National Youth Association; rural housing; Great Depression
Jack Welch & Pat Welch 05/02/2007 Patrons of Oklahoma Artist George E. Calvert. Interview covers George Calvert's influence on regional artists and art educators, and Calvert's bio and character.
James Baker 04/14/2005 UCO Faculty- History & Geography
James Copenhaver 04/08/1995 Alum of Central State College
Jennabell 'Stoner' Varbel 06/04/1985 Daughter of Elbert S. Stoner who authored The Spirit of '89 (History of Cashion, OK), Published by Old North Books.
Jerel Cowan 05/08/2008 UCO Faculty, College of Education and Professional Studies, Kinesiology and Health Studies Department
Jimmy Reeder 02/03/2006 UCO Alumni: Billie, Dale, and Jimmy Reeder. Twenty-one family members graduated UCO and nineteen became educators.
Jimmy Reeder, Dale Reeder & Billie Reeder 02/03/2006 UCO Alum, Educator, Bronze Book queen. Interview covers Educator in Slick, Bristow, North Tulsa, Bixby, Billie Trickle, Broncho Theater, C.H. Spearman
Jocille Godfrey 09/11/2004 UCO Administration, First Lady of UCO. Jocille's bio
Joe Jackson 11/17/2004 UCO Administration, VP of Academic Affairs; UCO@125 Luminary
John Kessler 10/11/1994 UCO Alum, Class of 1929; President of Alumni Association; Mayor of Edmond; UCO@125 Luminary
John Kessler 10/14/1994 UCO Alum, Class of 1929; President of Alumni Association; Mayor of Edmond; UCO@125 Luminary
Juanita Delbridge & Winifred Stayton 02/20/1986 UCO Alum, Faculty
Juanita Kidd 10/14/2004 & 10/28/2004 UCO Administration, Prospective Student Services Director. In 10/28/2014 interview, Kidd talks about Father Superintendent of Asher Public Schools, mother artist, science teacher at Putnam City, and strong…
Kathleen 'Kelley' Mansfield 06/24/1991 UCO Alum, Class of 1924. b. 1903; teaching in Calumet, OK; Mound Valley school; WPS road repairs under Governor Alfalfa Bill Murray
Kathryn 'English' Atkins & Ruth Fielding Welch 04/24/1989 Descendants of Fred and Ohla (Hunt) English, early Edmond residents.
Kathryn 'English' Atkins, Stanley Christmas & Ruth Fielding Welch 06/12/1995 Descendants of Fred and Ohla (Hunt) English, early Edmond residents.
Kathryn Kunc 10/12/2004 & 11/16/2004 UCO Alum, Faculty, Art Professor, and UCO@125 Luminary
Lee Hicks 04/06/2006 UCO Faculty, Theater Department
Lillian Ivey 10/10/2004 UCO Faculty, College of Education- Speech and Language Therapy; Professor; Cherokee citizen
Linda Jones 10/05/2004 UCO Administration; Public Relations Director; longtime Edmond resident. Grandfather production foreman at Vans Bakery.
Lloyd Ellis, Joyce Ellis & Henry Etta Ellis Chaney 10/03/1994 UCO Alum. Interview talks about Ellis Building (Lawyers Building), Nyart and Myall families, Wheatland, OK postmaster, postal system, dust bowl, depression refugees, and Route 66.
Lloyd Rader 07/09/1983 & 10/24/1983 & 08/25/1984 Director Oklahoma Department of Human Services. The interview on 7/9/1983 covers early employment, building supervisor near SWOSU, stories of prominent and interesting people and experiences, Governor…
Lucalia Hinson 09/24/1994 UCO Alum, student employee of Professor Francis Corum Oakes
Marguerite Kaiser & Marjorie 'Bennett' Scott 10/01/1988 UCO Alumni, Classes of 1939, 1940, 1959. Rembrances of Murdaugh Hall; Acee Blue Eagle murals in Mitchell Hall; female professors Jessie Newby, Jessie Hampton, Estill Harbour, and Leda Davis.
Marilyn Govich 02/10/2006 UCO Faculty, Voice Instructor and Head of Opera Music Theater Division. Interview also discusses Marlow, OK; Alan Klinkscales; Joseph Benton (Joseppi Bentonelli), OBU, and OU.
Mary Bond 02/03/2004 UCO staff archivist 1982-1995
Mary Helen Lillard 03/02/2005 UCO Alum, UCO First Lady. In interview she talks about Class of 1945; WWII; dorms became miliatry barracks; women's sports; ration stamps; Emma Plunkett; teaching in Bartlesville and Oklahoma City; President's…
Mildred Faulk Estes, Betty Jane Yates Johnston & Rita Kanaly Williams 09/24/1994 UCO alum. Interview talks about early 1940s, Vista student newspaper editor, WWII, PBX campus telephone system, Jessie Newby, Y Chapel of Song fundraising, Les Chefettes Home Economics Club, Kirkland Hall,…
Murray Samuel Butler III 02/14/2006 UCO Alum and first African American Undergraduate. UCO@125 Luminary.
Myrtle E. 'Oakes' Jacobson 11/29/1988 UCO Alum, daughter of Professor Francis Corum Oakes
Myrtle Lovella 'Gower' Thomas 02/04/1993 Edmond resident, Educator, Counselor, Gower descendant responsible for establishing Gower Cemetery with the National Register of Historic Places. Interview covers Gower Memorial Cemetery, National Register…
Narasinga Rao 03/02/2006 UCO Administration, Dean of College of Graduate Studies and Research, Physics Professor. Interview covers early life and education in rural India, nuclear physics, engineering, math, Indian Independence,…
Otto Owens & Hazel Owens 09/24/1994 Alum, Class of 1934. Interview covers cross country, track, library, and campus life.
Pam Husky 03/11/2002 UCO Faculty, Assistant Chair of Art Department. Discusses Murrah Federal Building Art Collection housed in UCO Chambers Library.
Patricia LaGrow 02/17/2006 UCO Administration, Faculty, Nursing
Patrick McGinnis 05/03/2005 UCO Faculty, History and Geography, College of Liberal Arts; b. 1939; grad school 1960; 1964 ABD at University of Arkansas Monticello before joining CSU 1968-2000. Early retirement in 2000, stayed on as…
Paul Elkin & John Kessler 09/24/1994 UCO Alum, Ellis Myall Nihart Collection. Talks about 1920s-30s campus hangouts, D & M or Devereaux’s Drug Store, OU School of Medicine, and Great Depression.
Paul Forsythe 10/04/1991 & 9/30/1994 UCO Alum, former Edmond dentist and archives donor. The 10/04/1991 interview covers homestead at Danforth and Midwest Boulevard; Coffee Creek; trapping quail and prairie chicken dinners; Lenape, Kansas;…
Paul Lehman 02/20/2006 UCO Faculty, English, Dean of Graduate College, first UCO African American professor, UCO@125 Luminary. French-speaking family from Louisiana, childhood in NE OKC (Dunbar, Edwards, and Douglass schools),…
Paul Lehman 12/08/2004 UCO Faculty, English, Dean of Graduate College, first UCO African American professor, UCO@125 Luminary. In 12/8/2004 interview, he talks about military service; young adulthood in Los Angeles; pathway…
Peggy 'Craig' Guthrie 04/06/2006 UCO Faculty, College of Mathematics and Science- Biology Professor
Phil Ball 10/08/2004 UCO Staff athletics, football coach
Preston George 07/30/1987 Preston George is an Edmond resident.
Randal Ice 04/06/2006 UCO Faculty, Department of Finance Chair and Professor of Finance, and Great Depression historian. Discusses WPA history dissertation, and depression-era typing and reading programs
Reba Collins 10/27/2004 UCO Alum, Faculty, Professor of Journalism and Editor of Vista student newspaper. UCO@125 Luminary
Richard Peters 05/02/2005 UCO Faculty, College of Liberal Arts, History Professor. Interview covers Childhood farm life; WWII; Wichita State alumni; tennis; Western Electric; Korea; Professor George Benz; AAUP; UCO history department;…
Roger Webb 05/17/2006 UCO's 19th President, UCO@125 Luminary, NSU President, OSU and OU Law alum. Interview covers childhood in Heavener, OK; family history farming and coal mining; education; football; early employment; NSU…
Ronald Paddack 10/29/2007 UCO Administration, Director and Founder of International Student Services; UCO@125 Luminary. Interview discusses ECU and Baylor alumni; classroom teacher; DOD educator abroad; issues in international…
Royce Peterson 03/22/2005 UCO Faculty, History and Geography Department, Laboratory of History Museum. Interview covers travelling Texas with father, a Methodist circuit minister; Scots-Irish music; WWII; journalism work; OU alum;…
Rubye 'Hiner' McAdams 11/03/1995 UCO Alum, Class of 1934; mother Class of 1909; Annabelle Capshaw Hiner
Ruth Adamson Netz & Vesta Adamson Walters 07/07/1989 Two sisters discuss growing up in Waterloo, Pleasant Hill, Chisholm Creek, and Watonga, Oklahoma during the early 1900s. UCO alum and Edmond resident. 
Sandra McKenzie 01/22/2006 President and Director of Margaret LeFranc Foundation, Choctaw citizen, author, screenwriter. Parents worked for Bureau of Prisons; masters in screenwriting from Florida University; process of managing…
Saundra Naifeh 02/02/2006 Edmond resident, UCO Alum, first female Mayor of Edmond, UCO@125 Luminary
Sidney Crocket Bray 01/07/1985 & 04/28/1986 Edmond resident, Director of WWII Bond drives in OK. In the April 28, 1986 interview, Bray discusses family history.
Stan Hoig 10/11/2004 UCO Faculty, College of Liberal Arts- Journalism Professor
Stanley Christmas & Judy Christmas 04/07/1995 Grandson of Ohla and Fred English and son of Dorothy English and John Christmas. Discusses campus property, buildings, trees, and locations. (recording has poor sound quality)
Steven Paul Wells 05/28/1991 Alum, Class of 1976, Educator, great grandson of Thomas Marada, former City Marshall of Edmond and maintenance worker who wound the clock at Old North. Interview covers family geneaology and history; campus…
Vern Lee Phillips 01/29/1988 Edmond farmer, Educator. Interview covers Farm life: food preparation, horses, wheat, cattle, beds made from sunflower stalks; WWI; OU alum; classroom teacher; Walker Farm; cousin Governor Leon Phillips;…
Victoria Santana 11/16/2005 Blackfeet citizen, Law Librarian at Oklahoma City University School of Law. Interview covers childhood in Chicago; occupation of Alcatraz; American Indian Movement strategies; federal treaties; American…
Virginia Peters 09/28/2004 UCO Faculty, Alum, Coach, Director of Women's Athletic Program, Chair of Kinesiology, UCO@125 Luminary. Born Drumright, OK. Interview covers swimming, tennis, basketball, and field hockey at CSU. Intercollegiate…
Walter Jung 03/30/2005 UCO Faculty, College of Liberal Arts- History and Geography Department. Jung talks about Korean military service; Vietnam vet; OU Urban and City Planning Graduate 1984; economic development; geography…
William Radke 02/23/2006 UCO Administration, Faculty, Provost, UCO@125 Luminary
William Van Osdol 11/15/2004 UCO Faculty, College of Education, Special Education Chair. Interview covers navy experience, Northern Junior College at Tonkawa, OU Law School, coaching, teaching, flight instructor at Boeing, UCO administration,…