Aldridge Leroy McMurray Sr. oral history interview, 1979.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Aldridge Leroy McMurray Sr. oral history interview, 1979.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/238756422

Interview deals with McMurray's early life and career as a river boat pilot on the Mississippi. Focus dates of the interview are 1904-1967. McMurray recalls his father's farming on Chopin Plantation, getting to school, the flood of 1927, and work on government survey boats on the Mississippi. He describes the government's methods of controlling the River, life on the boats, and getting a pilot's license. Also mentioned is the debate regarding levees and spillways. The interview was conducted as part of a local history project for the Plaquemine area.

1 sound cassette (1.5 hour);Transcript (74 p.)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7122254

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69k845d (corporateBody)

The T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History was established in August 1991 to document the history of Louisiana State University. A department of LSU Libraries Special Collections, the Center conducts, collects, preserves, and makes available to scholars oral history interviews on Louisiana's social, political, cultural, and economic history. From the description of T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History records, 1990-1998. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 22696...

McMurray, Aldridge Leroy, Sr.,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68d35b4 (person)

Master pilot on the Mississippi River and other rivers from the 1920s-1970s. Resident of Bayou Sorrel and Plaquemine, Louisiana, and an employee of Standard Oil, later Esso. From the description of Aldridge Leroy McMurray Sr. oral history interview, 1979. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 238756422 ...

Hebert, Sue.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62z1x9p (person)