Audio recording of interview with Chloe Marie Twidwell about the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot.

Chloe Marie Twidwell Interview

Audio recording of interview with Elsie Gubser about the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot.

Elsie Gubser Interview

Audio recording of interview with Fannie Misch about the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot.

Born in Nodaway, Iowa on January 6, 1886, Fannie Brownlee was a notable Tulsa historian. 

Fannie Brownlee came to Tulsa in 1913 and married Julius Misch. Together they opened Tulsa Printing Company in 1916, which was located at 1011 N. Main. Mrs. Misch began researching local history and writing everything from book-length histories to articles for newspapers.

Mrs. Misch served as president of the Tulsa History & Literature Club from 1939-1941, a precursor of the Tulsa Historical Society.

Oral Histories

Fannie Misch Interview

Audio recording of interview with Mayor L.C. Clark about the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot.

L.C. Clark was the 27th Mayor of Tulsa from 1954- to 1956. He was a long-time businessman and civic leader. Mayor Clark understood downtown business and was a leader in the Chamber of Commerce. He helped the installation of the city Civil Service program and Personnel Department. He completed much-needed improvements to Tulsa's water system and created a long range plan. He established a city sewer tax, which brought much needed revenue.  

During his administration, he purchased land for the Riverside airport. He acquired Gilcrease Museum with city bonds and acquired the Tulsa Garden Center. 

Source: City of Tulsa.

Mayor L.C. Clark Interview

Audio recording of interview with Mozella Franklin Jones, about the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. Recorded January 16, 1980.

Wife of Waldo Jones, Sr., sister of John Hope Franklin, daughter of B.C. Franklin.

Mozella Franklin Jones Interview

Audio recording of interview with Virginia Waters Poulton.

Virginia Waters Poulton Interview

Audio Recording of interview with W.R. Holway about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. 

William Rea Holway (April 29, 1893 – April 23, 1981), commonly known as W. R. Holway, was an American civil engineer who became prominent in Oklahoma. He is best known for his work on major water supply projects for the city of Tulsa, and on the Pensacola Dam at Grand Lake o' the Cherokees.

Holway came to Tulsa in 1918, where he became the city waterworks engineer. In 1920, he was hired as a consulting engineer to plan a pipeline to carry water from Lake Spavinaw to Tulsa. He founded the firm W. R. Holway and Associates in 1922.

He and his family also contributed to other aspects of Tulsa's development. In 1922, he was a co-founder of All Souls Unitarian Church, with Richard Lloyd Jones, owner of the Tulsa Tribune, In 1922, his wife founded the Tulsa Little Theater, which was later renamed Theatre Tulsa.

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W.R. Holway Interview

Audio recording of interview with William Danforth Williams about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

Race Massacre Survivor, and son of John and Loula Williams. The Williamses were a prominent Greenwood family - they owned a confectionery, the Dreamland Theater, the East End Garage, and the Williams Building.

W.R. Holway Interview

Tulsa Historical Society & Museum

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