University History
Size: 322 interviews on 681 recordings
Time period covered: 1908 - present
Dates of interviews: 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)
Access Restrictions: See individual abstracts
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.
Interview Abstracts
Charles Alexander
Charles Alexander and Roothogs, Charles McClendon
Charles & Frances Barney
George Bevan, Mike Anderson, Warren Capone
Martin "Doc" Broussard (by D. Mahaffey)
Martin "Doc" Broussard (by Scott Purdy)
Billy Cannon and Jim Taylor
Tommy Casanova and Ronnie Estay
Chinese Bandits (defensive group on 1958 team)
Paul Dietzel, Lynn LeBlanc, Gus Kinchen, Don Purvis, Mike Rhoades
John Ferguson (by Melisse Campbell)
John Ferguson (by Scott Purdy)
Tom Hodson, David Browndyke, Eric Hill, Joseph "Nacho" Albergamo
Bud Johnson
Bert Jones, Tyler LaFauci, Brad Davis, Boots Garland
Gaynell "Gus" Kinchen
Tyler Lafauci
Carl Maddox
Philip Moses
Wilbert Moss
Alan Risher, Lance Smith, Malcolm Scott
Merle Schexnaildre
Marvin Stewart
Jim Taylor
Gaynell Tinsley
Gaynell Tinsley, Marvin "Moose" Stewart, Ken Kavanaugh
Roy Winston, Fred Miller, Jerry Stovall
1942 Class 5oth Reunion
Smiley Anders
Adrian Angelette
Paul Arst
H. Parot Bacot
Charles Barre
Lee Berwick
Fred P. Bordelon
Malva Huson Brown
Gordon Cain
Patty Spear Calvert
Virginia Lanier Martin Carmouche
Richard "Ray" Cart
Powell Anna Casey
Edmond Cheramie
Jewel Claitor
Charles Craig, Jr.
J.D. DeBlieux
Sue Brown Dietrich
Mary Frey Eaton
Claude Martin Enright
Norman Ferachi
Charles Fugler
Herbert Graves
E.L. Henry
Ethel James
J.P. Jewell
Dean Johnson
George Jones
Libby Falk Jones
Kenneth Land
Frances Landry
Margaret Lane
Rufus J. LeBlanc, Sr.
Jack Lord
Bill Lynch
Jean McCandless
Frank Middleton
James Peltier
Jack Pulwer
Sammy Ray
Vernon Schexnaydre
Carlos G. Spaht & Leona Spaht Huff
Albert St. Dizier
Dorothy St. Dizier
Hans Sternberg
Bingham Stewart
Raymond Strother
John Tarver
Richard H. Wiggins
Lew Williams
Alvin Bertrand (by Everett Besch)
Wilma Blackwell
Arnold Bouma
Vance Bourjaily
C.C. "Cliff" Cameron
Charlie Campagna
Rosario (Roe) James Cangelosi
John Capdevielle
Mark T. Carleton
Doyle Chambers
A.B. Clark
Jesse Coates (by Scott Purdy)
Jesse Coates (by James Traynham)
Helen Cobb
Quinn Coco
Quinn Coco, et al.
Edwin Davis, Sr.
Gresdna Doty, et al.
Jean Ford, et al.
Polly Gibbs
A.O. Goldsmith
Ordell Griffith (by Kathleen Jenkins)
Ordell Griffith (by Everett Besch)
William G. Haag & G. Quimby
Robert Haspel
Murry F. Hawkins
Elsie Hebert (by Charles Wade)
Elsie Hebert (by Melisse Campbell)
Harold Heck
Peter Herlihy
Katherine Huckaby
Charles Hyneman & Melvin Dakin
Nick Kalivoda (by Mary Hebert)
Nick Kalivoda (by Melisse Campbell)
Fred B. Kniffen (by Susie Crews)
Fred B. Kniffen (by Sally Kuzenski)
Helen Levy
John Loos
Mary Manhein
Sig Mickelson
Grover Murray
Paul Murrill
Paul Murrill et al.
Claude Jean "C.J." Naquin
T. Wayne Parent
Robert Reich & Max Conrad
Oscar Richard (by Everett Besch)
Oscar Richard (by Angie Juban)
Roger Richardson & Carrie Richardson
E.B. Robert
Frances Roper
Douglas A. Rossman
George Schwab
Josephine Scurria
David Senior
Claude Shaver (by Jack Fiser)
Claude Shaver (by unknown interviewer - 1983)
Lewis Simpson
Cecil G. Taylor (by Pamela Dean )
Cecil G. Taylor (by Kay Harrison)
Cecil G. Taylor (by Jack Fiser)
John Thompson
Everett Timm
Jess Walker
Philip W. West
Martin Woodin (by Susan Teddlie)
Martin Woodin (by Everett Besch)
Mrs. Anonymous
Demetris "Dee" Williams Howard
Joanna D. Lamotte
John McNeese
Adrian Vaughn Mitchell
Pearl H. Payne
Dolores R. Spikes
Quinn Becker
Alvin Bertrand (by Jennifer Abraham)
William Bigler
Frank C. Collins, Jr.
A. Harry Conrad, Jr.
John A. Cox
Jerry Daly
David H. Garland
Charles Hair, Jr.
John Jolissaint
Marion Kirby
E. B. Kitchens, Jr.
Robert LeBlanc
Daniel Lestage
Dalton S. Oliver
Fred Palmer III & Bob Wooten
Carey A. Randall
Louie Reinberg (by Jack Fiser)
Loiue Reinberg (by Mary Hebert)
R.G. Richard
Fred Schuber
Wiltz Segura
James W. Wilson, Jr.
Dalton Woods
William R. Wray
Steele Burden (by Suzanne Turner)
Steele Burden (by Kathy Grigsby)
John A. Cox
John Dutton
David Floyd
George Fraley
Annette Duchein
Dorothy Farwell
Cheryl Greeson
Nina Nichols Pugh
Kenneth Deshotel
Alfred Glassell
Abe Mickal
Hugh O'Connor
Evelyn Norman Raser
Theodor "Ted" Schirmer
Jimmy Stoker
David E. Walker
Marian Berkett
Malva Huson Brown
Sheryl Campbell
Celine McGinn Geary
Sarah Sue Goldsmith
Helen Haymon
Sara Hinkel
Nancy Jane Honeycutt
Anne Howe
Dorothy Howell
Gloria Hodge Johnson
Dee Walker Jones
Jane McGowan
Carolyn Bennett Patterson
Nancy Prothro
Grace Ramke
Sterling Rolfe & Lea Lanier
Tommy Collier Simmons
Jeanette Singleton
Dixon Smith
Annie Spencer
Dorothy Sutz
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