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Interview Information
Interviewee
John Christopher Brown
Series
Perique Tobacco
Series Information
Description
Persephone Hintlian conducted these interviews document the cultivation and processing of Perique tobacco, one of Louisiana's most unique agricultural products. In the past, Perique tobacco has been one of St. James Parish's most important cash crops. The Percy Martin family of the Grand Point area ensured the survival of the crop. In 1999, Percy Martin almost left the Perique production industry but entered in a partnership with Christopher Brown and Matthew Nichols, both of New Orleans. Martin then continued to plant and process Perique tobacco.
Size
3 interviews on 7 recordings
Time Period Covered
1990s and prior
Date
June and August 2000
Principal Interviewers
Persephone Hintlian
Finding Aids
Abstracts
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
33% of interviews are cataloged (1 of 3)
Oral History John Desmond
Interview Information
Interviewee
John Desmond
Series
Baton Rouge History and Culture
Series Information
Description
Interviews in this series focus on topics relating to the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Size
5 interviews on 17 recordings
Date
1990s, 2000s
Principal Interviewers
Mary Price, Pamela Dean
Finding Aids
Abstracts
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
20% of interviews are cataloged (1 of 5)

This interview is currently unprocessed.
Interview Information
Interviewee
John Doucet
Series
Bayou Lafourche Oral History Project
Series Information
Description
Dr. Mike Pasquier partnered with the Williams Center on this project, and also with LSU's Coastal Sustainability Studio, and Communication across the Curriculum (CxC) program. Pasquier's goal is to use these interviews to garner a better understanding of how the culture of south Louisiana is being affected by wetland loss. Interviewees from Lockport, Thibodaux, Cut Off, and other towns discuss growing up in Golden Meadow, the role of religion and local churches, careers in sugar cane farming, paper milling, and the oil and gas business, fishing and hunting, the changing landscape of the bayou, local plantations, and many other topics.
Size
21 interviews on 21 recordings
Time Period Covered
1920s - 2010
Date
2010
Finding Aids
Abstracts, indexes
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
All interviews are cataloged
Oral History John Dutton
Interview Information
Interviewee
John Dutton
Series
University History
Subseries
Rural Life Museum
Series Information
Description
Interviews with faculty, staff, and alumni conducted by Williams Center staff, LSU Recording Services, volunteers, and graduate students, focusing on the history of Louisiana State University. Various topics are covered and since interviews are often life narratives, multiple topics arise, including major historic events outside of the scope of LSU history, including, for example, the 1927 Flood, the Great Depression, Governor Huey Long, military history, and civil rights.
Size
322 interviews on 681 recordings
Time Period Covered
1908 - present
Date
1970s - present
Principal Interviewers
Jennifer Abraham; Everett Besch, Melisse Campbell, Susie Crews, Pamela Dean, Jack Fiser, Mary Hebert, Sally Kuzenski
Finding Aids
Abstracts, indexes
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
37% of interviews are cataloged (120 of 322)

This interview is currently unprocessed.
Interview Information
Interviewee
John E. McCarroll
Series
Americans in Vietnam
Series Information
Description
LSU Professor Beatrice Spade and students conducted these interviews with American servicemen and a few Vietnamese civilians living in America. The interviewees discuss their experiences in Vietnam and their attitudes toward American involvement in Southeast Asia. In addition, the soldiers, representing a variety of ranks and all branches of the military, discuss their military training and contact with the Vietnamese people and their culture, and the civilians relate their background and the experience of immigrating to the United States.
Size
60 interviews on 77 recordings
Time Period Covered
1963 - 1975
Date
1974 - 1977
Principal Interviewers
John Davis, Mike Humphreys, Dudley Meier, Paul Moore, Robert Talley, Dale Jenkins and Bailey Vinson
Finding Aids
Abstracts, indexes
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
All interviews are cataloged
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