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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2022.182.001 |
Collection |
Oral History |
Narrator's Name |
Hoelting, Norman Carl |
Object Name |
Recording |
Date |
08/31/2022 |
Digital Link |
Click here to listen to recording. |
Scope & Content |
Recording of an oral history interview featuring Norman Carl Hoelting and his daughter, Carla Hoelting Harris, conducted for the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum by museum volunteer Lorretta Bertalot on August 31, 2022. The audio track is 57:51 in length. Norman Hoelting speaks concerning his German ancestry, his service in the U.S. Air Force, and his career as an electrician with the Federal Aviation Administration. 00:00 birth and family background 06:12 Great Depression & family farm 10:20 animosity against Germans 13:20 farm trucks & vehicles 16:10 World War II & U.S. Air Force 21:40 career with Federal Aviation Administration 29:35 early computers 33:05 later jobs and volunteer work 37:25 mechanical hobbies & tractor restoration 39:10 motorcycles 41:30 Honor Flight to Washington, DC 43:55 children 44:50 Korean Conflict 50:20 religion & disaster relief volunteer work |
Search Terms |
aviation electricians farms & farmers Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Great Depression immigrants & immigration Korean War motorcycles oral history interviews parades & processions Tulsa Riverside Airport U.S. Air Force veterans volunteers & volunteer work World War II |
People |
Harris, Carla Hoelting Hoelting, Craig Allen Hoelting, Norman Carl |