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Interview Information
Interviewee
Emeritte Perrett
Series
Acadian Handicraft Project
Series Information
Description
The Acadian Handicraft Project existed from 1942 until 1962, growing out of an earlier effort by the General Education Board to support French language and culture in Louisiana. In 1942, Louisiana State University's General Extension Program picked up the project. Louise Olivier (d. 1962), served as the Extension Program's field representative and purchased crafts, mostly textiles, from Acadian women and marketed them throughout the state. Interviewers Pam Rabalais of LSU's School of Human Ecology and Yvonne Olivier conducted these interviews with women who participated in the project for the Southeastern Crafts Revival at the University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum. Tapes and transcripts are also housed at the McKissick Museum.
Size
12 interviews on 16 recordings
Time Period Covered
1942-1962
Date
1992
Principal Interviewers
Pam Rablais, Yvonne Oliver
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Abstracts
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
66% of interviews are cataloged (8 of 12)
Interview Information
Interviewee
Emerson Bell
Series
McKinley High School Oral History Project
Subseries
Social Organizations
Series Information
Description
McKinley High School students, with the assistance of faculty and students from LSU's College of Education, conducted interviews focusing on the African American experience in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In1995, students began interviewing community members on the history of McKinley High School, established in 1926 as the first high school for African American students in Baton Rouge. The interviews continued in subsequent years, focusing on African American businesses during the period of segregation, the history and role of African American churches, the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott, and African American social organizations.
Size
210 interviews on 228 recordings
Time Period Covered
1920s - 2000s
Date
1995-1998, 2002, 2005, 2006
Principal Interviewers
Beau Bogart, Nedra Carter, Khary Carrell, Michael Goods, Shawnte Green, Helen Haw, Melvin Heard, Rudolph Henry, Benny Hester, Shawnda Hollins, Paula Jacobi, Shanta Jenkins, Rahshada Jenkins, Veonetta Jewell, Roderick Jones, Chastity Lovely, Heidi McGee, Toni Morrison, Carmen Posey, Tayari Kwa Salaam, Lavada Taylor, Rose Thompson, Katina Welsh
Finding Aids
Abstracts, indexes
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
33% of interviews are cataloged (70 of 210)
Interview Information
Interviewee
Emma Dell Peters
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
Emma Gilbert
Series
Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Change Oral Histories Project
Subseries
West St. Mary 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
Enola Margaret LaTour-Pitre
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
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