Doug Loudenback
07-15-2010, 09:06 AM
It's been in the works for more than a year and, today, Oklahoma City's finest organization dedicated exclusively to Oklahoma City area history makes it's debut as
RetroMetro OKC
The organization's website is http://www.retrometrookc.org.
I've put together a little flash file showcasing the new organization ...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/misc/retrometro.jpg
and you can see it and learn more about the organization here: http://dougdawg.blogspot.com/2010/07/retrometro-okc.html.
Our officers are:
Steve Lackmeyer, president
Buddy Johnson, vice-president
Mark Weinmeister, treasurer
Jack Money, secretary
Our founding members (alphabetically arranged by first name) are:
A. J. Kirkpatrick, Planner, City of Oklahoma City
Blair Humphreys, urban designer
Buddy Johnson, Librarian, Downtown Library
Bunee Tomlinson, student, filmmaker
Caroline Cuskey, History professor, Rose State, director of the Atkinson Center
Catherine Montgomery, Historic Preservation Architect, City of Oklahoma City
Cody Cooper, Abandoned Oklahoma, cdc designs
Dean Schirf, retired Greater Oklahoma City Chamber executive, railroad historian
Doug Loudenback, Attorney, Blogger, author
Erin Karl, executive director Stockyards City Main Street
Jack Money, author,The Gazette (stringer)
John Michael Williams, Attorney
Justin Tyler Moore, owner of JTMstudios and Abandoned Oklahoma
Marc Weinmeister, Real Estate, Commercial OKC
Norman Thompson, history enthusiast, nursing home owner
Paul Ryckbost, City of Oklahoma City assitant planner
Pete White, attorney, Ward 4 councilman
Robert Allison, postcard and photo collector, history columnist
Steve Lackmeyer, Reporter, The Oklahoman, author
Here's the Press Release dated July 14, 2010
A year-long effort to make Oklahoma City history more accessible goes public Thursday with the unveiling of Retro Metro OKC and the group’s website, www.retrometrookc.org.
Retro Metro OKC is pending 501c3 organization whose goal is to create an online exhibit of thousands of photos and documents relating to our city’s history, culture and heritage. The website debuts with more than 1,200 such materials, and thanks to a cooperative effort with the Oklahoma Historical Society and other area historical organizations, we hope to be adding many more historical Oklahoma City images in the near future.
Retro Metro OKC operates differently from other organizations in that we have no museum, we have no physical collections, and in most instances the materials we display remain in private ownership. In a typical situation our volunteer crews go to a home or business to scan an owner’s collection and the owner participates in the project by sharing information about the photos and documents as they are being scanned. The materials never have to leave an owner’s possession – the owner is simply asked to sign a release that allows for the materials to be displayed online.
The owner of such materials is given a disc of the digitized images and documents – and copies also will be given to the Oklahoma Historical Society and the Metropolitan Library System to ensure they will be preserved for future generations.
Retro Metro OKC’s founding members include historians, authors, planners, a preservation architect, a retired Greater Oklahoma City Chamber executive, a city councilman, a city clerk, business owners, graphic designers and filmmakers. Our common history is Oklahoma City history. Our youngest member is 17; our oldest members are in their 70s.
Over the past year our members have tried to carefully assess the needs and wants of our community. In addition to creating on online display of historic materials, we’re also using our experience, talent and resources to help other history organizations. For us, we check egos at the door. It’s about the history.
Our city’s history is waiting to be revealed and enjoyed. It resides in the photos left to us by our grandparents; it can be found in the postcards, souvenirs and letters gathering dust in the attic, in the stories of our relatives and in the archeology of old places.
Our city’s history can only be truly appreciated and kept intact if it’s found, revealed, shared, enjoyed and passed on to future generations.
Please feel free to visit www.retrometrookc.org and email any comments or questions to info@retrometrookc.org. The site is interactive and allows for visitors to leave comments about photos and documents as they view specific collections. Updates about our activities can be followed via our Twitter account @retrometrookc.
- Steve Lackmeyer, president, Retro Metro OKC
I'm quite pleased to be involved with this organization which, even though in its infancy, has nothing but great expectations and prospects for things to come.
Please check it out and start looking through the more than 1,000 images and videos that are there so far ... thousands more are soon to come!
RetroMetro OKC
The organization's website is http://www.retrometrookc.org.
I've put together a little flash file showcasing the new organization ...
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/misc/retrometro.jpg
and you can see it and learn more about the organization here: http://dougdawg.blogspot.com/2010/07/retrometro-okc.html.
Our officers are:
Steve Lackmeyer, president
Buddy Johnson, vice-president
Mark Weinmeister, treasurer
Jack Money, secretary
Our founding members (alphabetically arranged by first name) are:
A. J. Kirkpatrick, Planner, City of Oklahoma City
Blair Humphreys, urban designer
Buddy Johnson, Librarian, Downtown Library
Bunee Tomlinson, student, filmmaker
Caroline Cuskey, History professor, Rose State, director of the Atkinson Center
Catherine Montgomery, Historic Preservation Architect, City of Oklahoma City
Cody Cooper, Abandoned Oklahoma, cdc designs
Dean Schirf, retired Greater Oklahoma City Chamber executive, railroad historian
Doug Loudenback, Attorney, Blogger, author
Erin Karl, executive director Stockyards City Main Street
Jack Money, author,The Gazette (stringer)
John Michael Williams, Attorney
Justin Tyler Moore, owner of JTMstudios and Abandoned Oklahoma
Marc Weinmeister, Real Estate, Commercial OKC
Norman Thompson, history enthusiast, nursing home owner
Paul Ryckbost, City of Oklahoma City assitant planner
Pete White, attorney, Ward 4 councilman
Robert Allison, postcard and photo collector, history columnist
Steve Lackmeyer, Reporter, The Oklahoman, author
Here's the Press Release dated July 14, 2010
A year-long effort to make Oklahoma City history more accessible goes public Thursday with the unveiling of Retro Metro OKC and the group’s website, www.retrometrookc.org.
Retro Metro OKC is pending 501c3 organization whose goal is to create an online exhibit of thousands of photos and documents relating to our city’s history, culture and heritage. The website debuts with more than 1,200 such materials, and thanks to a cooperative effort with the Oklahoma Historical Society and other area historical organizations, we hope to be adding many more historical Oklahoma City images in the near future.
Retro Metro OKC operates differently from other organizations in that we have no museum, we have no physical collections, and in most instances the materials we display remain in private ownership. In a typical situation our volunteer crews go to a home or business to scan an owner’s collection and the owner participates in the project by sharing information about the photos and documents as they are being scanned. The materials never have to leave an owner’s possession – the owner is simply asked to sign a release that allows for the materials to be displayed online.
The owner of such materials is given a disc of the digitized images and documents – and copies also will be given to the Oklahoma Historical Society and the Metropolitan Library System to ensure they will be preserved for future generations.
Retro Metro OKC’s founding members include historians, authors, planners, a preservation architect, a retired Greater Oklahoma City Chamber executive, a city councilman, a city clerk, business owners, graphic designers and filmmakers. Our common history is Oklahoma City history. Our youngest member is 17; our oldest members are in their 70s.
Over the past year our members have tried to carefully assess the needs and wants of our community. In addition to creating on online display of historic materials, we’re also using our experience, talent and resources to help other history organizations. For us, we check egos at the door. It’s about the history.
Our city’s history is waiting to be revealed and enjoyed. It resides in the photos left to us by our grandparents; it can be found in the postcards, souvenirs and letters gathering dust in the attic, in the stories of our relatives and in the archeology of old places.
Our city’s history can only be truly appreciated and kept intact if it’s found, revealed, shared, enjoyed and passed on to future generations.
Please feel free to visit www.retrometrookc.org and email any comments or questions to info@retrometrookc.org. The site is interactive and allows for visitors to leave comments about photos and documents as they view specific collections. Updates about our activities can be followed via our Twitter account @retrometrookc.
- Steve Lackmeyer, president, Retro Metro OKC
I'm quite pleased to be involved with this organization which, even though in its infancy, has nothing but great expectations and prospects for things to come.
Please check it out and start looking through the more than 1,000 images and videos that are there so far ... thousands more are soon to come!