At the end of July, I traveled to Oklahoma City and had a pleasant lunch with Bill Webb, the grandson of Sallie Capps, the woman who I wrote about in my 2021 book. Mr. Webb, a retired engineer who graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington, was very interested in my research and enthusiastically praised the biography (he had given copies of Sallie Brooke Capps: Education Trailblazer in North Texas to his sons and close friends). Since he was born one year after Sallie's death and had only heard short stories of his grandmother's distinguished career, he was delighted to find out that my book filled some holes in his own genealogy research. We had a fantastic conversation on the close relationship he had had with his dad, Count Brooke Capps (Sallie's son), who unfortunately passed away from pancreatic cancer when Mr. Webb was a child. After lunch I gave Mr. Webb a signed copy of my book. I am tremendously grateful for the support I have received from Mr. Webb and Ms. Grace Byrd, and will cherish the memories of our fond conversation for a long time!! I stayed the night in Oklahoma City at a Best Western Hotel, and visited a few antique shops and tourist destinations while I was in the Sooner State. At the end of the day, this was a brief yet productive and exhilarating excursion to Oklahoma, where I discovered a paradise and further cemented my interest in studying local women's history.
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| Mr. Bill Webb and I, July 2022. Mr. Webb has been a generous supporter in my research and I can not thank him enough for publicizing the book I wrote about his now-famous grandmother! Author's Collections. |
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| Whilst in OK City, I visited the state Capitol, which was constructed in 1917. The building is topped with a statue of a Native - Oklahoma was known as the Indian Territory for several decades. Author's Collections. |
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| A funny, cute photograph of my cat Pink. Author's Collections. |
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| A silly photograph of my dog Jessie, July 2022. I missed my pets while I was out of town. Author's Collections. |
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| My wife was invited to a science/mathematics conference in Boston a week after my Oklahoma trip and I was lucky to travel with her. I will be documenting my Boston trip in future blog posts. Here I am pictured outside the Boston Tea Party Museum - Sam Adams, leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty, looms over my shoulder. Author's Collections. |
