Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2005.146.001 |
Collection |
Oral History |
Narrator's Name |
Coe, Joan Agnes "Johnnie" |
Object Name |
Recording |
Date |
02/03/2005 |
Digital Link |
Click here to listen to recording. |
Scope & Content |
Recording of an oral history interview featuring Joan Agnes "Johnnie" Coe at the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum by museum volunteer Rhonda Pollard Ayers on February 3, 2005. The audio track is 39:10 in length. Coe, born in 1915, discusses her long life in Tulsa, OK. She shares memories of World War I, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and downtown stores from that period. Coe is fluent in First Presbyterian Church history, as her aunt married the founder of the church, Reverend Charles William Kerr. Coe worked for Stanolind Oil for more than thirty years and shares memories of her time at University of Tulsa. 00:01 Family history, born in 1915, memories of WWI, schooling pattern, living on the Illinois River 11:30 Memories of downtown Tulsa in the 1920s and 30s, what clothes and shoes Coe wore, her brother was a student of Adah Robinson at TU 15:30 First Presbyterian Church history, memory of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, swimming holes around the area 22:30 Life after graduation, worked with Stanolind Oil Company, women in the workforce during the mid-20th century 27:30 Memories of the International Petroleum Exposition, first parks in Tulsa, what they did for fun, dances at TU 37:30 Memories from the WWII years |
Search Terms |
Bird Creek Bishop's Restaurant Boston Avenue United Methodist Church Central High School First Presbyterian Church Horace Mann Junior High School Illinois River International Petroleum Exposition (IPE) Mayo Hotel Miss Jackson's Shop Mohawk Park oral history interviews Orcutt Park Owen Park Stanolind Oil and Gas Company Swan Lake Tulsa Lumber Company Tulsa Race Massacre University of Tulsa World War I World War II |
People |
Coe, Joan Agnes "Johnnie" Kerr, Anna Coe Kerr, Charles William Robinson, Adah Matilda |