Oral History Department - Oklahoma Historical Society - Research Division
Description
The Oklahoma Historical Society’s oral histories include approximately three thousand recorded interviews pertaining to a wide range of topics. The interviews date from 1956 to the present. Most of the collection dates from the early 1980s to the late 1990s.
Collections for Oral History Department - Oklahoma Historical Society - Research Division
| Title | Description | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| Ardmore Oral History Collection | The Ardmore Oral History Collection contains a collection of 42 interviews done in 1956 by a group of seniors from Ardmore High School. They focused on interviewing early Oklahomans. | |
| Carol L. Cooley Collection, 1999 | This collection contains an interview with James H. Cooley regarding his experiences in World War II. | World War II |
| Charles Sikorovsky Collection | This collection contains interviews and transcripts of conversations in 1993 between Sabra Austin Ware (daughter of W.C. Austin), William Cunningham (son of Harriet Austin Cunningham, and grandson of W.C.… | Altus |
| Dean Schirf Collection | Collection includes one oral history interview with Jim Townsend. | |
| Dennis Wiedman Collection | The Dennis Wiedman Collection is a collection of 12 interviews conducted in 1978 by Dennis Wiedman focusing on individuals who live along the Oklahoma-Arkansas border, particularly in the middle to Northern… | |
| Elizabeth Harrison Collection | Series of interviews with Herbert M. Peck, an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District Court of Oklahoma. He was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He attended Lawrence University and… | |
| George DeLong Collection | The George DeLong Collection is a series of interviews between 1988 and 2002 with George DeLong and by George DeLong regarding the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the U.S.S. Oklahoma. DeLong survived the bombing… | Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) Attack on 1941, World War 1939-1945 |
| Living Legends Collection | The Oklahoma Living Legends program was started at Oklahoma Christian College to "preserve the voices of the men and women who pioneered this land of ours." The collection is an audio archive of interviews… | Aeronautics, African American, Agriculture, Aviation, Business enterprises, Drugstores, Education--1890-1910., Five Civilized Tribes, Frontier and Pioneer Life, Indians of North America--Oklahoma, Military, Music--Oklahoma., Oil well drilling--Oklahoma, Oklahoma--History, Outlaws, Religion |
| Lydia Shockley Collection | The collection includes photographs of Lydia Shockley and the interview with Lydia Shockley in several files. | |
| Michael Hightower Collection | 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. | Banks and banking -- Oklahoma; Business enterprises; Oklahoma--History |
| Myra Traynor Collection | Conversation with Angie Debo | |
| Richard Bernard Collection | The Richard Bernard Collection is comprised of research and oral histories that he used for his book “The Poles in Oklahoma.” Transcripts for the interviews can be found in the manuscripts portion of the… | |
| State Arts Council Collection | The State Arts Council Collection is comprised of a series of oral histories and scrapbooks. The collection dates range between 1988 and 1995. The bulk ranges between 1991 and 1995. The oral history portion… | |
| Washita Battlefield Site Project Collection | The Washita Battlefield Site Project Collection has documents relating to the establishment of the site as a national historic monument. It also includes interviews conducted by the Historical Society… | |