Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1979.093.001 |
Collection |
Oral History |
Narrator's Name |
Gavin, T. Austin |
Object Name |
Recording |
Date |
12/19/1979 |
Digital Link |
Click here to listen to recording. |
Scope & Content |
Oral history interview of T. Austin Gavin recorded on December 19, 1979 by volunteer Sally Slemaker of the Junior League of Tulsa, Inc. and given to the Tulsa County Historical Society. T. Austin Gavin, longtime Tulsa lawyer, tells of his life and how the law practice has changed. Originally from Independence, KS, Gavin and his family move to Tulsa in 1913. He remembers many colorful judges, sheriffs, prosecutors, and the County Bar Association in the Tulsa legal scene. The audio recording is 01:00:25 in length. The audio quality is poor from about 00:30:00 to 00:50:00. 00:01 Gavin family moves to Tulsa, OK in 1913, Gavin's BA and law degrees, reflections on the difference between 1920s and 1970s law practice in Tulsa 12:00 Gavin remembers colorful characters in the Tulsa law scene, Tulsa County Sheriffs, and liquor laws 21:00 Gavin represented Bishop's Restaurant, and its owner, in various lawsuits, the state of jails and prisoner life in 1930s Oklahoma 30:10 (poor audio quality) Gavin tells of his many adventures in the Tulsa County Courthouse, Woodward Park litigation, coffee in the workplace 51:30 Gavin remembers colorful judges, when Tulsa got its first federal judge |
Search Terms |
alcohol attorneys Bishop's Restaurant judges legal cases oral history interviews Prohibition Tulsa County Bar Association Tulsa County Courthouse Tulsa County Judge Woodward Park |
People |
Bishop, William Edmonson, J. Howard Gavin, T. Austin Kennemer, Franklin Elmore Malloy, Patrick Martin, Loyal J. Poe, Jonathan H. Price, Charles Loren |