by Lynne Rostochil Recently, I came across a December 1958 issue of Escapade, a pretty tame-by-today’s-standards gentleman’s magazine that I had never heard of before. From what I can tell, it was around from 1955 through the early 1980s and several prominent authors, humorists, and thinkers of the day contributed stories/columns to the magazine over the years […]
by Lynne Rostochil This is the fourth and final installment about Kamphoefner’s career. You can read all about his professional life beginning with the first post. During my research on the career of Henry Kamphoefner, I learned that there’s always been a big question mark as to why Kamphoefner, James Fitzgibbon, Terry Waugh, George […]
by Lynne Rostochil This is the second of four installments about Kamphoefner’s career. To read the first installment, go here. By the early 1940s, Henry L. Kamphoefner was one of the OU Architecture department’s most popular and prolific professors and his work was gaining a lot of national attention. In addition to his home being […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) opened as the Territorial Normal School in Edmond in November of 1891 on 10 acres of land donated by developer Anton Classen. By opening a month earlier than Oklahoma State University (OSU) that long-ago fall, UCO can claim bragging rights as the […]