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Interview Information
Interviewee
Sylvester Magee
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 Sylvia Roberts
Interview Information
Interviewee
Sylvia Roberts
Series
Women's Council of Greater Baton Rouge
Series Information
Description
The Women's Council of Greater Baton Rouge, a nonprofit organization committed to connecting, promoting, and empowering women, conducted these interviews in preparation for a video presentation of Baton Rouge area women who have made history. Interviewees include a female attorney, a state legislator, and women's rights activists.
Size
5 interviews on 5 recordings
Time Period Covered
1930s - 1990s
Date
1995
Principal Interviewers
Margaret Parker, et al.
Finding Aids
Abstracts
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
40% of interviews are cataloged (2 of 5)

This interview is currently unprocessed.
Interview Information
Interviewee
T. Earle Johnson
Series
University History
Subseries
Distinguished Alumni
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)
Oral History T. Wayne Parent
Interview Information
Interviewee
T. Wayne Parent
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.
Oral History Tanya Jones
Interview Information
Interviewee
Tanya Jones
Series
Various Topics
Series Information
Description
These primarily biographical and regional history interviews were conducted by LSU faculty and students, by Williams Center staff under contract for interviewees' families, or were donated to the Williams Center. In addition to family history and genealogy, topics covered include: the Association for Women Historians, Lansdowne Plantation in Natchez, Mississippi, the New Llano Cooperative Colony near Leesville, Louisiana, Williams Plantation, architecture, landscape architecture, hurricanes, Mardi Gras celebrations, Louisiana fisheries, the sugarcane industry, Native American and African American artists, New Orleans history and music, and topics of international interest such as the Mexican Revolution and Nazi propaganda films.
Size
96 interviews on 157 recordings
Date
1970s - present
Principal Interviewers
Pamela Dean, David Culbert, Helen Peterson, Kathleen Kearns, Susan Tittlebaum, Shelly Wells, Tayari Kwa Salaam, Harriet Walker, Ruth Laney, Mary Hebert Price, Jennifer Abraham
Finding Aids
Abstracts
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
4% of interviews are cataloged (4 of 96)

This interview is currently unprocessed.
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