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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2020.167.001 |
Collection |
Oral History |
Narrator's Name |
Ziegler, Mary Alice and James Louis "Jim" Ziegler |
Object Name |
Recording |
Date |
01/14/2020 |
Digital Link |
Click here to listen to recording. |
Scope & Content |
Recording of an oral history interview with Mary Alice Ziegler and James Louis "Jim" Ziegler at Oklahoma Methodist Manor by museum volunteer Lorretta Bertalot on January 14, 2020. The audio track is 01:05:00 in legnth. The Zieglers are brother and sister. Their father, F. C. Ziegler, started a family jewelry business in Tulsa in 1929 - the start of the Great Depression. The siblings focus on the legacy of the business which thrives to this day: F. C. Ziegler Company: America's most comprehensive church metalware supplier, soft goods and vestments, church essentials, religious articles, books and specialty services. 00:06 Mary Ziegler reads first-person account by her father, F. C. Ziegler, on the founding of his company 11:10 Miss Nelle Jackson, founder of Miss Jackson's, relied on F. C. Ziegler for his creative custom jewelry 17:16 F. C. Ziegler opened jewelry store in the Philcade building under the auspices of Waite Phillips 18:06 expands into making replicas, metalwork and bronzes 21:09 F. C. Ziegler's early years in Sioux Falls, SD 25:01 business expands into Catholic church supplies with help of Sir John Joseph Craig 47:22 legacy of current F. C. Ziegler Company, based in Tulsa |
Search Terms |
F. C. Ziegler Company Great Depression jewelers oral history interviews |
People |
Craig, John Joseph Jackson, Nelle Shields Phillips, Waite Ziegler, Frank Charles Ziegler, James Louis "Jim" Ziegler, Mary Alice |