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Interview Information
Interviewee
Dr. Frank Minyard
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
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Interview Information
Interviewee
Dr. James E. LaNasa
Series
United Houma Nation
Series Information
Description
This collection records the experiences of members of the United Houma Nation (UHN) of Southern Louisiana during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The interviewees lived in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but the dialogues also address issues dating back over one hundred before the interviews took place. Not all interviewees in the series are members of the UHN; some are Euro-Americans who worked with, taught, or interacted with the UHN, while others are members of separate Indian groups who lived in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes. Nevertheless, the oral testimonies of those interviewed reflect social and economic conditions of southern Louisiana as they affected (and continue to affect) Native Americans in general and the UHN in particular. All interviews were conducted by Daniel d'Oney for research on his dissertation. Further interviews took place to turn the dissertation into a monograph.
Size
22 interviews on 38 recordings
Date
1996, 1997, 2003, 2009, 2010
Principal Interviewers
Daniel D'Oney
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
Unprocessed collection; see note below

This interview is currently unprocessed.
Interview Information
Interviewee
Dr. Kenneth Klaus
Series
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Change Oral Histories Project
Subseries
Thibodaux High School
Series Information
Description
Louisiana's coast is washing away at an alarming rate, and as the land disappears, residents are effected economically and culturally. In 2012, Louisiana Sea Grant partnered with the Williams Center and implemented an oral history project in which high school students in South Louisiana recorded information on coastal change and explored the implications of this change on their communities. One primary goal of the project, beyond creating primary resources documenting this phenomenon, was to increase environmental literacy among students who live in communities at risk and to engage them in a stewardship project that would help them interact with community elders through the use of oral history.
Size
20 interviews on 20 recordings
Time Period Covered
1920s - 2010s
Date
20,122,013
Finding Aids
Abstracts, indexes
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
All interviews are cataloged
Interview Information
Interviewee
Dr. Vance Byars & Nell Byars
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
Dudley Fricke
Series
University History
Subseries
Rural Life Museum
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)
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