Ernie Fields
Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Dci People
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ernie Fields, jazz artist in Tulsa, OK, and his orchestra, 1900 - 2010
Item — Box 3
Identifier: 4327.10364
Scope and Contents
Printed in black ink, "ERNIE FIELDS AND HIS ORCHESTRA" in lower left corner on recto; Printed in black ink, "ERNIE FIELDS ARTIST 1852 N. Peoria Avenue Tulsa 10, Okla. [partially cut off]" in lower right corner on recto; Inscribed in red ink, "#23 P. 92" in upper right corner on verso; Inscribed in blue ink, ""Best Swing Band in America" Ernie Fields, Tulsa bandleader, 3rd from right holding trombone" in center on verso Curatorial Remarks...
Dates:
1900 - 2010
North Tulsa Oral History Project. Includes interviews with Jobie Elizabeth Holderness, Alfred Barnett, Thelma Whitlow, Ernie Fields, Pocahontas Greadington, Thelma DeEtta Perryman Gray, and Fannie Hill., late 20th century
Item — Box 22
Identifier: 5327.1822
Curatorial Remarks
Jobie is discussing a quilt pattern of a quilt that she possesses. Mr. Alfred Barnett is discussing his experiences as a busboy with different economic groups of Tulsa people and his ministering to residents of nursing homes. He visited three nursing homes once a week. Thelma Whitlow talks about her efforts with Opal Dargon to raise funds to create important organizations for the Greenwood area. She noted that Mrs. Whitlow and Mrs. Dargon started a fund to begin the North Tulsa Heritage...
Dates:
late 20th century