LATE OPENING:
Due to the Memorial Marathon, the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library will open at 12pm on Saturday, April 27th and at 2:30pm on Sunday, April 28th.
Archive
Oral History: Nancy L. Davis
Nancy L. Davis talks about her life growing up around Spencer, Oklahoma and more.
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).
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.
Oral History: Angry Scotsman
Angry Scotsman Brewing's Stephanie Harper talks with us about starting and running a brewery in Oklahoma City.
Oral History Sherri Williams and Lawrence Naff
Sherri Williams and Lawrence Naff talk about life in Northeast Oklahoma City.
Oral History: Nancy R. Davis
Nancy R. Davis talks about growing up in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, her experience as the first African-American student at Oklahoma A & M University, her career as a teacher, and her work in the Civil Rights movement.
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.
Oklahoma Voices: Anthony Ziegler
Anthony Ziegler talks about his life growing up in Northeast Oklahoma City.
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.
Oral History: Elk Valley
Elk Valley Brewing's John Elkins and Will Perry talk about opening a brewery in Oklahoma City.