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Interview Information
Interviewee
Dang Van Song
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
Interview Information
Interviewee
Daniel Johnson
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 Daniel Lestage
Interview Information
Interviewee
Daniel Lestage
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)

This interview is currently unprocessed.
Interview Information
Interviewee
Daren Dotson, Sr.
Series
Mossville History Project
Series Information
Description
This project is a collaboration between the Imperial Calcasieu Museum and LSU Libraries to document the history of Mossville, a historic African American community in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Many Mossville residents today are descendants of families who settled in what was known as "Shoat's Prairie" until 1916, when it was renamed Mossville after James Moss, a descendant of the original settlers. Many Mossville residents today are descendants of original families, yet they have been largely absent from any written or oral records. Adjacent to Lake Charles, Sulphur, and numerous industries, this community has been the focus of much media attention in relation to environmental justice issues, especially since the ‘90s.
Size
59 interviews on 77 recordings
Time Period Covered
1940s-1990s
Date
2015-2017
Principal Interviewers
Chelsea Arseneault, Jennifer Cramer, Jamie Digilormo, Stephanie Dragoon, Rebecca Cooper, Douglas Mungin, Teresha Ussin, Elizabeth Gelvin, Kathleen Donner
Finding Aids
Abstracts
Audio Availability
MP3
Interview Information
Interviewee
Daryl & Cathy Chauvin
Series
Voices in the Storm: Hurricane Katrina Survivors in Pointe Coupee Parish
Series Information
Description
These interviews were sponsored by the Julien Poydras Museum and Arts Council and were conducted in 2007, just two years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans residents who relocated to Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, after Katrina discuss their unique perspectives and experiences of the storm, recount their struggles with evacuating, displacement, loss, and dealing with the state and federal systems in place such as FEMA, the Red Cross, and the Louisiana Recovery Authority. Interviewees speak of their lives after the hurricane in Pointe Coupee Parish, and how they started over, developed a new sense of community, and regained stability.
Size
9 interviews on 9 recordings
Time Period Covered
2005 - 2007
Date
2007
Principal Interviewers
Blanche Jewell, Myrna Matherne, Mary Price, Jennifer Abraham, Betty Wooddy, Angie Juban
Finding Aids
Abstracts
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