Oklahoma Oral History Research Program
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Amplified Oklahoma shares voices from the OSU Library's oral history collections and examines a variety of topics related to Oklahoma history and culture. It is a production of the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at the Oklahoma State University Library.
A student stands knee-deep in Theta Pond's duck poop, and suddenly your history class has witnesses.
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Oklahoma outlaw history shaped by family memory, hard details, and the thin line between hero and villain.
Amplified Oklahoma traces how Oklahoma outlaw stories moved from remembered encounters into legend. The episode centers on early bank robbers, horse thieves, and desperados, including Jesse James, the Marlowe brothers, and the Dalton brothers, whose hideout lives on through a…
North Tulsa artists connect history, representation, and community service through art with a public purpose.
North Tulsa's art scene lands here as a living argument for history, community, and the right to shape a place's memory. The episode links the Greenwood District and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre with the Art is Activism in North Tulsa Oral History Collection, keeping attention…
Title IX becomes tangible through budgets, institutional change, and the women who helped build modern athletics.
Title IX comes through in the everyday machinery of college sports: who got the chance to compete, how teams traveled, and whether a budget matched the people it was meant to support.
Richard Dermer's risky $10,000 purchase on credit turns a struggling Stillwater pizza shop into an OSU landmark.
Richard Dermer's $10,000 purchase on credit gives the original Hideaway a compact American business story: a struggling Stillwater pizza restaurant, shaped by student labor and late-night demand, becomes an OSU memory point before growing into an Oklahoma-based chain with…
Theta Pond's muddy campus lore turns a familiar OSU landmark into a vivid piece of local history.
Theta Pond comes through as an OSU landmark with a messy, memorable past, where campus ritual met mud, duck droppings, and one possible alligator.
Taiwan, remembered through conversation.
This episode explores interviewees' memories of Oklahoma outlaws and the intersection of truth and fable in conflicting narratives.
This episode explores the motivations of everyday people who portray Santa Claus, featuring interviews with a carpenter and a retired Air Force manager.
This episode explores the art scene in North Tulsa and how artists use their work to address the history of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and promote community activism.
This episode explores the history and impact of Title IX on women's athletics at Oklahoma State University.
This episode explores the cultural and historical significance of coyotes in Oklahoma, featuring stories and an interview with a wildlife biologist.
Bethany Marino reflects on four semesters and 22 episodes as a podcasting intern for the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at Oklahoma State University Library.
Amplified Oklahoma's Episode 91 examines oral history work at the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program and Oklahoma State University Library.
This episode explores the life of Frank Eaton, the real-life cowboy who inspired Oklahoma State University's mascot Pistol Pete.
This episode explores how three Native American artists from Oklahoma use their art for activism and social justice.
This episode explores the life and art of Choctaw Chickasaw watercolorist Norma Howard through an oral history interview.
This episode explores political activism at Oklahoma State University during the 1960s, featuring interviews with alumni from a campus activist group.
This episode explores the experiences of women working on the home front and in the military during World War II through oral history interviews.