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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2020.182.001 |
Collection |
Oral History |
Narrator's Name |
Patty, Robert H. |
Object Name |
Recording |
Date |
02/07/2020 |
Digital Link |
Click here to listen to recording. |
Scope & Content |
Content Warning: This recording contains strong language as well as descriptions of violence and mass burials. Listening discretion is advised. Recording of an oral history interview with Robert H. Patty, conducted by Tulsa Historical Society & Museum Executive Director Michelle Place at the museum on February 27, 2020. The recording measures 01:10:03 in length. Patty talks about his discovery of historic pictures related to a mass grave during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and subsequent attempts by city officials to keep knowledge of the site unknown. He then discusses his story of reaching out to various groups to shed light on the grave, and how he has become determined to give the people resting there a proper burial. 00:00:37 introduction, background as Seminole and Irish 00:01:10 seeing pictures of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre 00:05:22 discovery of photographs of the mass grave 00:09:23 relationship with Wayburn Johnson Cotton 00:11:31 photographs may still exist 00:13:34 story behind the photos 00:17:16 person taking the pictures 00:18:38 the burial 00:19:21 location of the grave 00:20:31 identities of the deceased 00:22:03 a coverup 00:25:39 reaching out to the news 00:32:35 death threats and finding the location 00:39:34 reaching out to Tulsa news media 00:44:12 other mass graves 00:56:35 explanation of the location 00:49:50 people involved 00:52:14 the burden of remembering 00:56:12 award from the Fraternal Order of Police 01:02:45 effects of PTSD 01:03:43 revising the map of the grave area 01:07:40 speaking to Tulsa World newspaper again |
Search Terms |
mass graves search oral history interviews police Tulsa Police Department Tulsa Race Massacre Tulsa World - newspaper |
People |
Cotton, Wayburn Johnson Krehbiel, Randy Patty, Robert H. Warner, Richard "Dick" |