Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2005.135.001 |
Collection |
Oral History |
Narrator's Name |
Hewgley, Jr., James Marion |
Object Name |
Recording |
Date |
01/26/2005 |
Digital Link |
Click here to listen to recording. |
Scope & Content |
Recording of an oral history interview featuring former Tulsa Mayor James Marion Hewgley, Jr. at the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum by museum volunteer Chuck Ayers on January 26, 2005. The audio track is 28:45 in length. Hewgley discusses his life in politics and in the oil business. As mayor from 1966-1970, Hewgley discusses his involvement in the development of Port of Catoosa and in the integration of Tulsa Public Schools. Hewgley also discusses Bud Wilkinson's failed senate campaign, the repealing of prohibition in 1959, and the relationship between Tulsa and Oklahoma City. 00:01 Hewgley family moved to Oklahoma from Tennessee, father worked for Tom Slick on wildcat wells 05:00 Hewgley goes into the army in 1942, moves around Texas with the oil industry, comes back to Tulsa in the mid-1950s 10:00 Hewgley's interest in politics, headed Bud Wilkinson's senate campaign, elected Mayor in 1966, importance of the Port of Catoosa to Tulsa 19:45 Appointment to the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, end of prohibition in 1959, school integration 25:45 How people got from Tulsa to OKC before the Turner Turnpike, Tulsa's relationship to OKC |
Search Terms |
desegregation mayors McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System oilfield workers Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board oral history interviews petroleum industry Port of Catoosa Prohibition Tulsa Club Tulsa Public Schools World War II |
People |
Hewgley, Jocelyn Moser Hewgley, Jr., James Marion Slick, Sr., Thomas Baker "Tom" Wilkinson, Charles Burnham "Bud" |