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Oral History: Brad Compton
Brad Compton talks about his career with the Oklahoma City Zoo working with animals like Judy the Elephant and Zeppy the Cockatoo.
Oklahoma Voices: Carolyn Waterman
Carolyn Waterman talks with her daughter about their family history, early Bethany history, and their family's involvement with Bethany Nazarene College (now Southern Nazarene University).
Oklahoma Authors: William Bernhardt
William Bernhardt talks about books, writing, and winning at Jeopardy.
Oral History: Theodore Hamlin
Theodore Hamlin talks about his life and about his grandfather, A.C. Hamlin, Oklahoma's first African American Legislator.
Oral History: Johnson "J.W." Sanford
Dr. Johnson "J.W." Sanford talks about his life and family growing up in northeast Oklahoma City, and becoming a doctor.
Oral History: Margaret Bell Tampkins and Leonard Tampkins Jr.
Born in 1916, Margaret Bell Tamkins talks about her life growing up in northeast Oklahoma City. In the second half of the interview she is joined by her son, Leonard Tampkins Jr., who talks about being a part of a group that became the first students from Douglass High School to attend the University of Oklahoma in the early days of integration.
Oklahoma Voices: Larry Nichols
Larry Nichols talks about his life in Oklahoma and about his company, Devon Energy.
Oral History: Catherine Cook
Catherine Cook talks about her career in librarianship, working in Kansas, Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma, and her time with the Oklahoma Library Association.
Oklahoma Voices: Cliff and Bill Emert
Brothers Cliff and Bill Emert discusses their memories of growing up in Bethany in the 1930s, their family history, and more.
Oral History: Sophie Palin
Sophie Palin talks about her career working with pachyderms and in security at the Oklahoma City Zoo.
Oral History Jim Clark
Jim Clark, owner of B.C. Clark Jewelers in Oklahoma City, talks about this story behind the B.C. Clark Christmas Jingle.
Oral History: Clarence Hamm
Clarence Hamm talks about his childhood growing up in Kentucky, his career as a mail carrier in Oklahoma City, his time as a minister, and more.
Oral History: Core4 Brewing
Marty Simon and Buck Buchanan from Core4 Brewing talk about opening a brewery during the beginning of Covid, and running a brewery in Oklahoma City.