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Oklahoma State University Library

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Primary source materials incorporated into lesson plans created by the Oklahoma State University Library for the Teaching with Folk Sources: Counter(ing) Narratives to the American Story with Ethnographic and Oral History Collections project.

Includes items drawn from the collections of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma State University Library and the Tulsa Historical Society.

Collection Items

Interview Excerpt - Lessie Randle on her memories of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Video and text excerpt from an interview with Lessie Randle talking about her memories as a young child living in north Tulsa during the events of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

Interview with Chloe Twidwell on her observations related to the 1921 Tusla Race Massacre
Audio clip of interview with Chloe Twidwell relating her observations of the 1921 Tuls Race Massacre as an employee of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce. She both witnessed the attack on the district from a short distance and shares experiences for…

Interview with Eunice Jackson as a part of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot (Massacre) Commission investigation
Video and text from recorded testimony from Eunice Jackson as a part of the Tulsa Race Riot (Massacre) Commission survivor inquiry. Jackson was a teenager in 1921, and shares her memories of what she heard from adults around her and what she saw…

Interview with Joe Burns as a part of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot (Massacre) Commission investigation
Video and text from recorded testimony from Joe Burns as a part of the Tulsa Race Riot (Massacre) Commission survivor inquiry. Burns was a child in 1921, but shares his memories of what he heard from adults around him and what he saw from his…

Interview Excerpt: Fannie (Brownlee) Misch on her observations related to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
Audio clip of of interview with Fannie (Brownlee) Misch discussing her experience during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Mrs. Misch and her husband Julius opened the Tulsa Printing Company in 1916 located at 1011 N. Main, Tulsa, OK and are identified…
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