The Interwar Period: 1919-1941
Tulsa | Registration opens 1/8/2025 12:00 AM CST
The Interwar Period has often been neglected but is very important on all fronts. The booming, but often reactionary 1920s were followed by the Great Depression and Dustbowl of the 1930s. But there was much more going on. This course will cover the politics, economics, culture, agriculture, technology, art and journalism, and more of this period.
James Showalter
Dr. James Showalter was raised in New York, Ohio, and Illinois. He holds a BA from Maryville College in Tenn., an MA from Northern Arizona University, and a PhD from OSU. He was the first curator and restorationist for the Oklahoma Historical Society of Old Central, the oldest building on the OSU campus. He taught 30 years at Langston University and one year at Southwestern University in Weatherford. He is a photographer, hiker, and carpenter and loves the West and his 1920 bungalow, which he’s renovating. He has taught about 20 or more classes for Osher.