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Oral history interview with Thelma McCarty

Title

Oral history interview with Thelma McCarty

Subject

Indians of North America

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School--Alumni and alumnae

Off-reservation boarding schools

Boarding school students

Description

Thelma McCarty (Ponca), a 1955 graduate of Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, discusses her upbringing in rural Oklahoma and her fond memories of Chilocco. She describes her adjustment to boarding school, her vocational choice of cosmetology, meeting her future husband, as well as some of the trouble she got into as a teenager. McCarty recalls the early years of marriage and the moves that she was required to make for work. She comments on the closing of Chilocco and concludes by adding tidbits about the yearly reunions.

Format

video

Identifier

okso_sok_372

Interviewer

Pearson Little Thunder, Julie

Interviewee

McCarty, Thelma

OHMS Object

access interview in full screen

Interview Keyword

Career

Cosmetology

high school band

Ponca heritage

Social Bookmarking

Citation

“Oral history interview with Thelma McCarty,” Chilocco History Project, accessed April 25, 2024, https://chilocco.library.okstate.edu/items/show/2680.