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Sidebar "OSU Presidential Spaces"

David Peters, Head of the Oklahoma State University Archives, highlights the different spaces on campus designed for the presidents of the University. Purchase a copy of STATE to read other…

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Can I Have This Dance?

In the 1920s, dances were a major part of the social life of sororities, fraternities, residential halls and other social groups. Dance cards were used to organize the order of dances and to…

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ARCHIVES: Nancy Randolph Davis, First African-American Enrollee at OSU

Nancy Randolph Davis was a pioneer in Oklahoma higher education and holds a special place in the history of Oklahoma State University. In the summer of 1949, she was the first African-American…

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ARCHIVES: Bob Kurland on Meeting Coach Henry Iba

Robert A. Kurland was born December 23, 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from high school in Jennings, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and then headed to Oklahoma A&M College (OAMC).…

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ARCHIVES: Dr. Rollins on Joining OSU’s English Department in the 1970s

Peter C. Rollins graduated from Harvard University and was commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served three years, including duty in Vietnam. In 1966 Peter returned to Harvard to pursue a…

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ARCHIVES: Early History of the OSU Center for Veterinary Health Sciences

Dr. Jonathan Friend was a pioneer in helping establish and build Oklahoma State University’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences. Course work for the college was initiated in March, 1948, and…

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ARCHIVES: Impact of the Great Depression on Students During the 1930s

Russell Pierson enrolled at Oklahoma A&M College in 1929. While he was active in athletics, making the varsity track and cross country teams, Pierson was also involved with the Aggie Society and…

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ARCHIVES: Walt Garrison and OSU Football in the 1960s

Walt Garrison grew up in Lewisville, Texas. In high school, while working for the American Nut Company, Walt made a strong impression on the company owner, who helped arrange a scholarship…

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ARCHIVES: Special Memories from Animal Sciences with Dr. Totusek

Bob Totusek has been associated with Oklahoma State University for more than a half century and has known OSU graduates whose lives span more than a century. As student, professor and Head of the…

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ARCHIVES: Remembering the First Pistol Pete Mascots

As of 2015, Bill F. Smith is the oldest living former Pistol Pete mascot. He served in this role during his sophomore year at OSU in 1959-60. In this oral history interview excerpt from the O-STATE…

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ARCHIVES: Looking Back on the Tragic Plane Crash of OSU President Henry G. Bennett

Judge Thomas E. Bennett moved with his parents, two brothers and two sisters to Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 1928 when his father, Dr. Henry G. Bennett, became the President of Oklahoma A&M College.…

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ARCHIVES: President Bennett Saves Old Central

Judge Thomas E. Bennett moved with his parents, two brothers and two sisters to Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 1928 when his father, Dr. Henry G. Bennett, became the President of Oklahoma A&M College.…

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ARCHIVES: Remembering the Early Years of OSU’s Child Development Lab

Richard Dermer was born at his home 100 feet from the OSU campus in 1939. Dermer’s memories of OSU begin in 1943 when he started attending the preschool lab on campus, now the Child Development…

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ARCHIVES: Orlando Hazley, First African-American Letterman at OSU

Orlando Hazley was an outstanding student athlete and the first African-American letterman at Oklahoma State University in the late 1950s. He was a world class sprinter and is a member of the OSU…

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ARCHIVES: Bob Adams Discusses His Father and Uncle, the First Students to Enroll and Graduate at OSU

Robert L. "Bob" Adams is a member of a family that is historically significant to Oklahoma State University. Bob’s father, James Homer Adams, and uncle, Arthur Wesley Adams, were…

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ARCHIVES: Remembering Dean Nora Talbot

Rita Copeland Matthews was born in Idabel, Oklahoma. As a young girl, Rita has fond memories of Oklahoma A&M College as her mother was a student on campus in the 1940s. In this oral history…

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