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Frank Riesinger
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Stories Behind the Voices
Remembering Enoch Kelly Haney
APRIL 23, 2022The only full blood American Indian to serve in the Oklahoma Legislature, Enoch Kelly Haney was elected to both the Oklahoma State House and Senate. He became the Vice Chair of Appropriations his second…
Remembering Jasmine Moran
APRIL 5, 2022Born in St. Joseph, Missouri to European Jews, Melvin Moran grew up in Oklahoma. He attended schools in Tulsa before settling with his family in Seminole while working…
Remembering Bob Borlase
APRIL 5, 2022Bob Borlase’s service to our nation and to our state came in the form of the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office. Bob Borlase’s …
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Remembering Jay O’Meilia
APRIL 5, 2022Jay O’Meilia was highly regarded for his artistic depiction of professional and collegiate football, particularly the University of Oklahoma. Philip Jay O’Meilia was born in 1927 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Between…
Voices of Oklahoma has a new home!
JULY 29, 2021Oklahoma Historical Society Announces Partnership with Voices of Oklahoma The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is pleased to announce that it is partnering with John Erling and his oral history project, …
Remembering Clayton Vaughn
MARCH 8, 2021As a widely respected news broadcaster, Clayton was the face of KOTV News three separate times over nearly half a century. During his career, he reported from nine national political …
