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November 2024
Washita Love Child: The Rise of Indigenous Rock Star Jesse Ed Davis (2024) book release with Douglas K. Miller
The Oklahoma Historical Society is thrilled to host the book release for Washita Love Child: The Rise of Indigenous Rock Star Jesse Ed Davis (2024) by Douglas K. Miller on the evening of Tuesday, November 12. Dr. Miller will discuss his research on Jesse Ed Davis, a Kiowa/Comanche guitarist who collaborated with music legends such as Bob Dylan, B.B. King, and John Lennon. The book chronicles Davis’s rise from Oklahoma to international fame in the 1960s and 70s, examining his…
Find out more »The Shoemaker book discussion and signing with author Retired Major Joe Lee Todd
In honor of Veterans Day, the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division will host a special presentation of The Shoemaker on Wednesday, November 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Musser Learning Lab.
Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame member Rt. Major Joe Lee Todd will discuss Louis Kerbel’s life and times. Todd is the author of The Shoemaker (2021, New Forums Press), a biography of Kerbel based on hours of recorded interviews.
Louis Kerbel was a Russian Jewish man born in Ukraine in 1888 in the village of Roshen. He worked as a shoemaker in Russia. Kerbel lived through unimaginable violence before coming to the United States in 1911 with only 75 cents in his pocket. In 1914, he moved to Oklahoma, where he opened a shoe shop in downtown Tulsa. Due to the violence he endured in Russia, Kerbel felt compelled to assist many African Americans during the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921 by concealing them in his shoe shop.
Find out more »February 2025
A Life on Fire: Oklahoma’s Kate Barnard author talk with Connie Cronley
On Saturday, February 8, at 1:30 p.m., the Oklahoma Territorial Museum will host an author talk with Connie Cronley. Copies of her book A Life on Fire: Oklahoma’s Kate Barnard (2021) will be available for purchase in the museum store at the event. About the Author Cronley is the author of A Life on Fire: Oklahoma’s Kate Barnard, which the Oklahoma Historical Society named the best history book of 2021. Born in Nowata and currently residing in Tulsa, Cronley is an…
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