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Archive
Oklahoma Voices: Donnita Dewey
Donnita Dewey talks about her experiences in the LGBT Community in Oklahoma.
Covid 19 Oral History: Daniel McCloud
Daniel McCloud talks about running a small business during a pandemic.
Oral History: Norma Aloe
Norma Aloe talks about growing up in Edmond, Oklahoma during the Great Depression.
Oral History: Vivian Degan
Vivian Degan talks about her life growing up on a farm in rural Oklahoma.
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.