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Interview Information
Interviewee
Heather Runnels
Series
Our Lady of the Lake, "Under Pressure: A Louisiana Hospital's COVID-19 Experience"
Series Information
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped daily life, placing immense strain on healthcare workers, families and communities. At Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, administrators, physicians, nurses, researchers and frontline staff faced profound uncertainty—adapting in real time while continuing to care for patients and support one another. To ensure these experiences are preserved for future generations, Our Lady of the Lake partnered with LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication and LSU Libraries to create Under Pressure: A Louisiana Hospital’s COVID-19 Experience–an oral history project documenting the challenges, innovations and resilience of those on the front lines. Doctors, nurses, and administrators on staff at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital and LSU researchers discuss a variety of topics, including day-to-day operations in a rapidly changing environment, difficulty communicating information to the public, patient care and treatment amid changing protocols, risks to healthcare workers, rewarding experiences interacting with patients’ family members who were subject to visitation restrictions, equipment shortages, fear and uncertainty in the early days of the pandemic, coping with, misinformation regarding vaccines, and working with an Army disaster medical assistance team.
Size
13 interviews on 13 recordings
Time Period Covered
2020-2022
Date
2024
Finding Aids
Abstracts
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
92% of interviews are catalogued (12 of 13)
Oral History Helen Bradley
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Interviewee
Helen Bradley
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

This interview is currently unprocessed.
Oral History Helen Cobb
Interview Information
Interviewee
Helen Cobb
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 Helen Haw
Interview Information
Interviewee
Helen Haw
Series
Civil Rights Series
Series Information
Description
These interviews document the Civil Rights Movement in Baton Rouge and the surrounding parishes. Topics include the experience of African Americans in Baton Rouge during the period of segregation, the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of 1953, sit-ins in the1960s, Baton Rouge's Biracial Committee, the desegregation of schools and public facilities, voter registration, and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in rural parishes.
Size
53 interviews on 107 recordings
Time Period Covered
1930s - 1970s
Date
1993 - 2003
Principal Interviewers
Greta de Jong, Mary Hebert, Miranda Kombert, Marc Sternberg
Finding Aids
Abstracts
Audio Availability
MP3
Processing Status
11% of interviews are cataloged (6 of 53)

This interview is currently unprocessed.
Oral History Helen Haymon
Interview Information
Interviewee
Helen Haymon
Series
University History
Subseries
Women at LSU
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.
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