Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2021.150.001 |
Collection |
Oral History |
Narrator's Name |
Gates, John E. & Jacque Gates Bowling |
Object Name |
Recording |
Date |
10/19/2021 |
Digital Link |
Click here to listen to recording. |
Scope & Content |
Recording of an oral history interview featuring John E. Gates and Jacque Gates Bowling, conducted at the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum by museum volunteer Lorretta Bertalot on October 19, 2021. The recording is 46:44 in length. Gates and Bowling are the son and granddaughter of Helen Viola Smith Gates, founder of Gatesway Foundation in Broken Arrow, OK. The interview focuses on the creation of the foundation, the catalyst for its inception, and the goals of the foundation. 00:00 - Helen Viola Smith Gates and her family 06:40 - mental institutions & mentally handicapped 10:22 - creation of Gatesway Foundation 20:35 - hot air balloon festival 23:30 - Helen Gates's goals for the Gatesway Foundation 25:25 - Gatesway Foundation today 37:16 - vocational training 38:12 - fundraising for Gatesway Foundation 43:15 - mission and future of Gatesway Foundation |
Search Terms |
Brooklyn, NY Down syndrome Enid State School fundraisers Gatesway Foundation hot air balloons mental health & mental institutions non-profit organizations oral history interviews Standard Oil Company Sunnyside School vocational centers & vocational training World War II |
People |
Barns, Barbara Barns, Doris Chapman, Leta Gates, Helen Viola Smith Gates, John "Jack" E. Bowling, Jacque Gates Gates, Ronald "Ronnie" Lee Gates, Roy Anthony Rogers, Roy |