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McKeithen, John J. (John Julian), 1918-. John J. McKeithen oral history interview, 1993.

Title: John J. McKeithen oral history interview, 1993.

The interview covers the life, career, political beliefs, and connections of John McKeithen up to 1993. Significant topics include race relations, development of the Louisiana economic and environmental industry, state and federal politics and political figures, and history and staff of LSU during the years of McKeithen's involvement.

ArchivalResource: 1 sound cassette (2 hours, 7 minutes);Transcript (69 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/262346277 View

Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Board of Supervisors. Louisiana State University photograph collection. Board of Supervisors, 1954-1978.

Title: Louisiana State University photograph collection. Board of Supervisors, 1954-1978.

The Board of Supervisors photographs are assorted images of athletic directors, a proposed school at Rayville, La., and several groups and committees.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237004428 View

Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Faculty Senate. Louisiana State University Faculty Senate records, 1952-2009 (bulk 1984-1998).

Title: Louisiana State University Faculty Senate records, 1952-2009 (bulk 1984-1998).

This collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and committee records generated by and about the LSU Faculty Senate. Correspondence includes letters and memorandums between senators and university administrators, as well as internal communication regarding agendas, policies, and committee duties. Meeting minutes include records of Senate meetings and committee meetings, as well as selected minutes from the LSU Board of Supervisors. Notable items include the records of the revision of Policy Statement 36 on promotion and tenure, as well as the process of developing a system for evaluating university administrators. Other items of interest include materials relating to the declaration of financial exigency, both before and after Hurricanes Rita and Katrina; the gradual revision of admissions standards at LSU; and the installation of an ombudsperson on the Baton Rouge campus.

ArchivalResource: 25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/658230572 View

Besch, Everett Dickman, 1924-. Historical chronology of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine for the period August 1, 1968 to August 31, 1988 : includes a section on some aspects of the history of Louisiana State University for the period 1870 to December 31, 1967, 1991-1993 (bulk 1991) / by Everett D. Besch.

Title: Historical chronology of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine for the period August 1, 1968 to August 31, 1988 : includes a section on some aspects of the history of Louisiana State University for the period 1870 to December 31, 1967, 1991-1993 (bulk 1991) / by Everett D. Besch.

Consists of a manuscript on the history of veterinary education at Louisiana State University and the establishment of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. Also includes some early general history of the university.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70665733 View

Spaht, Carlos G., 1906-2002,. Carlos Spaht oral history interview, 1993.

Title: Carlos Spaht oral history interview, 1993.

Spaht discusses his family background, his attendance at LSU in the late 1920s, his military cadet training, his membership in a fraternity, his views on Huey Long, his law practice, his wartime service in China, his early work as a judge and involvement in other city and statewide politics, his term as president of the LSU Alumni Federation, his campaign for governor in 1952 with his views and relationships with other Louisiana politicians, his work with Baton Rouge's Bi-Racial Committee, his tenure on the LSU Board of Supervisors, and developments within the LSU System while he was president of the board.

ArchivalResource: 4 sound cassettes (4.75 hours);Transcript (267 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70201878 View

Dore, J. Hugo (John Hugo), 1890-1953. J. Hugo Dore papers, 1935, 1938-1951.

Title: J. Hugo Dore papers, 1935, 1938-1951.

The J. Hugo Dore Papers contain Dore's judicial files and personal papers. The judicial files consist of reviews, opinions, correspondence, dockets of cases, and other related records pertaining to causes and actions appealed from the district courts together with similar material submitted by Judge Sam A. LeBlanc (1930-1949) and Judge Morris A. Lottinger (1950-1965) of the Second District of the First Circuit and by Judge C. Ellis Ott (1936-1948) and Judge Robert S. Ellis Jr. (1949-1959) of the Third District of the First Circuit. These records are organized by the name of the judge or judges serving the district and alphabetically thereunder by name of the plaintiff in the case. The personal papers include incoming and outgoing correspondence concerning personal business and some family matters, copies of letters of condolence and congratulations, and some requests for assistance on behalf of friends and constituents, 1939-1950; copies of minutes of the LSU Board of Supervisors, correspondence, and testimony primarily related to the "Louisiana Scandals," 1938-1944; lists of gubernatorial vote by parish, Louisiana senators and representatives elected, and Dore's letters to those elected; and newspapers including the 1948 acts of the Louisiana Legislature and 1949 appointments by the Evangeline Parish School Board.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 1,900 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/143316531 View

Aldrich, Ella V. (Ella Virginia), 1902-1982. Ella V. Aldrich Schwing papers, 1921-1973.

Title: Ella V. Aldrich Schwing papers, 1921-1973.

The Ella V. Aldrich Schwing Papers consist of a picture postcard, note, and clipping on the Colfax riot of 1873; an inscribed reprint of "Huey, Lyndon, and Southern Radicalism" by T. Harry Williams (1973); a clipping of "The Legacy of Knute Heldner" from the Dixie Roto Magazine (1952); 15 photographic prints of plaques bearing Schwing's name on buildings at the LSU System campuses in New Orleans, Shreveport, and Alexandria (taken in 1969); and two photographs of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, La.

ArchivalResource: 22 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/429531761 View

Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Board of Supervisors. Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors records, 1854-2001.

Title: Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors records, 1854-2001.

The Board of Supervisors records consist of minutes, agendas, correspondence, reports, and other records of the Board and its committees pertaining to the governance of Louisiana State University and the Louisiana State University System between 1854 and 2001. The records include 43 minute books (1865-1998); one book of regulations (1872); one letter book (1877-1892); and a brass plate, possibly from a portrait painting, engraved "General George Mason Graham, Vice President of the First Board of Supervisors, 1856."

ArchivalResource: 44.75 linear ft.45 v.22 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/192003685 View