The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with William Pajaud

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with William Pajaud

8/1/2014

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2014.231

Artist and insurance executive William Pajaud (1925 - 2015 ) developed and was curator of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company’s famous African American art collection. He was also an accomplished painter and exhibited his own artwork in Los Angeles, California and across the United States. Pajaud was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 8/1/2014, in Los Angeles, California. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 8; Total Run Time: 03h 19m 12s

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Pajaud, William E., 1925-

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Artist and insurance executive William Etienne Pajaud, Jr. was born on August 3, 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father, William Etienne Pajaud, Sr., was a trumpet player and bandleader; his mother, Audrey DuCongé, a college professor of social work. Pajaud and his mother moved around in his youth, from Nashville to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and then to Tyler, Texas. He returned to New Orleans to attend Xavier University, where he graduated with his B.F.A. degree in 1946.Upon graduation, Paja...