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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2022.229.001 |
Collection |
Oral History |
Narrator's Name |
Sherry, Richard Joseph "Dick" |
Object Name |
Recording |
Date |
11/11/2022 |
Digital Link |
Click here to listen to recording. |
Scope & Content |
Recording of an oral history interview featuring Richard Joseph "Dick" Sherry and conducted at the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum by museum volunteer Lorretta Bertalot on November 11, 2022. The audio track is 01:00:50 in length. Sherry speaks concerning his involvement with the Mary K. Oxley Nature Center in Tulsa, OK. He provides background concerning the early years of the center and highlights individuals significant to the center's creation. 00:01 Sherry's childhood interest in nature 06:00 early plans for a nature center at Mohawk Park 18:25 formation of a private non-profit organization and master plan 25:20 involvement and support of John Oxley 29:55 Bob Jennings, first naturalist hired 32:40 construction of nature center building & improvements 45:40 Recreation Lake re-named Lake Sherry 47:15 educational opportunities at Mary K. Oxley Nature Center 51:15 future of nature center & funding |
Search Terms |
Bird Creek Fort Riley, KS Junior League of Tulsa Lake Sherry landfills Mary K. Oxley Nature Center Mohawk Boulevard Mohawk Park National Audubon Society oral history interviews Oxley Foundation Oxley-Yetter Interpretive Building Recreation Lake Tulsa Audubon Society Tulsa parks U.S. Army veterans |
People |
Farris, Bob Houston, Eddie Jennings, Bob LaFortune, Robert James McKnight, Hugh Nelson, Phil Oxley, John Thurman Oxley, Mary Katheryn Yetter Sherry, Richard Joseph "Dick" Zucconi, David G. |