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Oral History John Capdevielle
Interview Information
Interviewee
John Capdevielle
Series
University History
Subseries
Distinguished Faculty & Administrators
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 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)
Interview Information
Interviewee
John Cooksey
Series
Louisiana State Medical Society
Series Information
Description
The Louisiana State Medical Society (LSMS) was founded in 1878, to advance healthcare in the state of Louisiana. In 2014, Dr. Trenton James began an oral history project to continue the heretofore written history of the LSMS, where he has served as an active member for many years. People interviewed for the project include not only physicians, but also nurses, a clinic director, a hospital CEO, a social worker, a lobbyist/director in Maternal & Child Health, the editor-in-chief of the LSMS journal, and physician spouses. Areas of focus include changes in technology and the evolution of practices in the fields of pediatric care, anesthesiology, pathology, plastic surgery, ophthalmology, dialysis, cardiology, radiology, and more. Other topics include changes in medical training, costs of medical care, insurance companies, and new developments in the healthcare system over time. Narrators also discuss the intersection of politics, culture, and medicine, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the internal politics of the LSMS, the Charity Hospital System, wartime service as medical professionals, and involvement in state, national, and international organizations. In 2022, the LSMS provided funding for the Center to process the following collections, housed in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections (LLMVC).
Size
12 interviews on 16 recordings
Time Period Covered
1930s-2019
Date
2014-2019
Principal Interviewers
Trenton James and Geraldine Leche
Finding Aids
Abstracts
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
100% of interviews are catalogued (12 of 12)
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
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