| Collection |
Oklahoma City National Memorial--Hillmann & Carr |
| Date |
03/21/2000 |
| Description |
This tape includes an interview with Jane Thomas, Collections Manager for the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.
She discusses the morning of April 19, 1995, feeling the shock wave in Guthrie, seeing the television report, comparison to post war Germany and Vietnam; going to downtown Oklahoma City; the Fence; comparison to Beirut; wrapping up her professional career; working on the Memorial Task Force; Bob Johnson; volunteering full time; Bob Blackburn, Oklahoma Historical Society; beginning to collect for the archive; Bill Welgie; Roger Harris; areas of the collection; changes in security around the country; Oklahoma Historical Society; collecting artifacts from individuals, collecting contemporary history; restrictions in the collection; Medical Examiner's Office; glass injury studies, privacy; value of archive; the Fence, morale during the rescue and recovery operation, physical conditions during the recovery; items on the fence, GSA; Intergovernmental Letter, coordination with GSA; FBI, ATF, unclaimed possessions; deciding to stay with the Memorial, beginning to go through items from the Fence.
BetacamSP
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| Object ID |
3844.185 |
| Object Name |
Cassette, Videotape |
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