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Oral History Charles E. Gaines
Interview Information
Interviewee
Charles E. Gaines
Series
Baton Rouge Insurance Industry
Series Information
Description
Interviews conducted by R. Robert Rackley with leaders in the Baton Rouge insurance industry. Interviewees include the first woman to sell insurance in the city, Chartered Life Underwriters, and a previous director of the LSU Institute of Insurance Marketing.
Size
4 interviews on 6 recordings
Time Period Covered
1940s - 1990s
Date
1992, 1995, 1998
Principal Interviewers
R. Robert Rackley
Finding Aids
Abstracts
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
50% of interviews are cataloged (2 of 4)

This interview is currently unprocessed.
Oral History Charles E. Givens
Interview Information
Interviewee
Charles E. Givens
Series
Brusly Centennial Oral History Project
Series Information
Description
Interviews focus on the history of the town of Brusly, located in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The interview project was done in conjunction with the Brusly Centennial Committee for the celebration of the town's centennial in 2001.
Size
46 interviews on 49 recordings
Date
1996 - 2006
Principal Interviewers
Joanne Bourgeois, Lucy Landry, Rosemary Reed, Gail LeJeune Johnson
Finding Aids
Abstracts
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
4% of interviews are cataloged (2 of 45)

This interview is currently unprocessed.
Interview Information
Interviewee
Charles East
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)
Oral History Charles Fugler
Interview Information
Interviewee
Charles Fugler
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)

This interview is currently unprocessed.
Interview Information
Interviewee
Charles Gaubert
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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