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Oral History: Gwenda Ann Cooper
Gwenda Cooper talks about her childhood in the depression and her career as a teacher in small town Oklahoma.
Oral History: Harriet Sears & Willa Seifert
Sisters Harriet Sears and Willa Seifert talk about their family's history and about growing up in small town Oklahoma and Oklahoma City.
Earnest Hoberecht Collection 2024.20
Earnest Hoberecht (pronounced HO-bright), was an American reporter who became a major literary figure in Japan just after World War II. He was born January 1, 1918 in Watonga, Okla., where he grew up; he earned a journalism degree from Oklahoma University, then worked as a reporter for the Memphis Press-Scimitar; he quit to go to Hawaii to work as a laborer at Pearl Harbor, and from there wound up covering the occupation of Japan, eventually becoming bureau chief; by day, Mr. Hoberecht wrote news articles and tried to recruit Asian subscribers for the wire service, United Press International and wrote romance novels for a Japanese audience at night.
Oral History: Minnie Belle Churchill
Minnie Belle Churchill talks about her life growing up in Haileyville, Oklahoma and her time as a Latin teacher.
