TEMPORARY CLOSURE:
The Almonte Library will be closed Sat., 5/4 through Tue., 5/14, to prepare for their grand reopening in their new building on Wed., 5/15 at 10 AM.
Archive
Oral History: Glenna Miller and Maria Lemke
Glenna Miller talks about growing up in rural Oklahoma while her daughter Maria Lemke talks about her summers riding horses and her career as a biologist.
Oral History: Opal Baum
Opal Baum talks about her life growing up on a farm outside of Duncan, Oklahoma.
Oral History: Darin Behara
Darin Behara talks about his career working at various universities in and out of Oklahoma.
Oral History: John Alexander
John Alexander talks about growing up in Nowata, Oklahoma and living in Atlanta and Oklahoma City.
Oral History Kent Frates
Kent Frates tells the story of when his uncle Charles Urschel was kidnapped by Machine Gun Kelly.
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: Elijah Viewins & Frances Terry
Brother and Sister Elijah Viewins and Frances Terry talk about growing up in Bakersfield, California.
Oral History: Glen Edward Burleigh
Musician Glen Edward Burleigh talks about growing up and going to school in Oklahoma and about his life as a composer.
Oral History: Sophie Palin
Sophie Palin talks about her career working with pachyderms and in security at the Oklahoma City Zoo.
Oral History: Ernest Ervin
Ernest Ervin talks about growing up in Texas, and coming to Oklahoma City and opening a shop in the Farmer's Market where he began repairing old clocks.