Sue Hebert Series

Information


Size: 14 interviews on 14 recordings


Time period covered: 1900 - 2000s


Dates of interviews: 1979, 2006


Principal Interviewers: Sue Hebert


Finding Aids: Abstracts, indexes


Audio Availability: MP3


Processing Status: 64% of interviews are cataloged (9 of 14)


Access Restrictions: See individual abstracts


Description: This series documents the local history of the Atchafalaya Basin area, including Plaquemine, Bayou Sorrel, and Bayou Chene. Interviewees discuss lumbering, ginning moss, the Plaquemine Locks, harvesting sugarcane, and social life and customs of the area in the early twentieth century.

Note: These interviews are also available at the Iberville Parish Library.


Interview Abstracts


Louis J. Clement


Edward Coussou


Leander Curry


J.E. Druilhet


Frank Gilchrist


Ray W. Gilchrist, Sr. (1979)


Ray W. Gilchrist, Sr. (2006)


Shine Larson


Aldridge Leroy "A.L." McMurray, Sr.


Nelson and Lottie McQuiston


Samuel McQuiston


Jules Noel Sr.


Alfred Ricard II


Bill Lindon Rivet


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