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Interview Information
Interviewee
Joseph Dale
Series
University History
Subseries
Ole War Skule: The Military Tradition
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)
Interview Information
Interviewee
Joseph Davis
Series
Adrienne LaCour - Four Corners Series
Series Information
Description
Interviews for this series were conducted by Adrienne LaCour as part of the research for her MA thesis in landscape architecture at LSU. Interviews focused on the experience of both blacks and whites on sugarcane farms at Four Corners, an unincorporated community south of Franklin, Louisiana, and near New Iberia, Louisiana. LaCour was interested in land use patterns and community history in the predominately African-American community of Four Corners.
Size
14 interviews on 16 recordings
Time Period Covered
1920 - 1993
Date
1993
Principal Interviewers
Adrienne LaCour
Finding Aids
Abstracts, indexes
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
85% of interviews are cataloged (12 of 14)
Interview Information
Interviewee
Joseph Emile Dupont Jr.
Series
Military Series
Series Information
Description
This ongoing interview series documents Louisiana's military tradition and focuses primarily on World War II. Veterans of the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf Wars are also interviewed.
Size
75 interviews on 116 recordings
Time Period Covered
1930s - 1970s
Date
1992 - present
Principal Interviewers
John Capdeveille, Jack Fiser, Adele Foster, Mary Hebert, Peter Soderbergh, Tara Zachary, Jennifer Abraham, Matt Mullenix
Finding Aids
Abstracts
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
17% of interviews are cataloged (13 of 75)
Interview Information
Interviewee
Joseph Favret
Series
Michael Mulhern Centenarians Series
Series Information
Description
Michael Mulhern, an LSU graduate student specializing in Civil War History, conducted these interviews with centenarians. His first interview, with former slave Sylvester Magee, led him information on other former slaves, Polly Mason and Sarah Baker. He also interviewed Spanish-American War Veteran, Joseph Favret. Mulhern donated his interviews to the Williams Center in the 1990s.
Size
4 interviews on 7 recordings
Time Period Covered
1870s - 1970s
Date
1969, 1971, 1974
Principal Interviewers
Michael Mulhern
Finding Aids
Abstracts, indexes
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
All interviews are cataloged
Oral History Joseph Hightower
Interview Information
Interviewee
Joseph Hightower
Series
West Baton Rouge Parish Remembrance
Series Information
Description
Interviews focusing on the history, experiences, and contributions of the African American community in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. This project was funded through a grant to the West Baton Rouge Parish Library in Port Allen, Louisiana, from the West Baton Rouge Museum.
Size
14 interviews on 27 recordings
Time Period Covered
1930s - 1970s
Date
1995-1997, 1999
Principal Interviewers
Judy Boyce, Brenda Morgan
Finding Aids
Abstracts
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
14% of interviews are cataloged (2 of 14)

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