Henry L. Fuqua, Jr. oral history interview, 1979.

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Henry L. Fuqua, Jr. oral history interview, 1979.

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This interview with Henry Fuqua, Jr., deals with his family background, living in Baton Rouge, the Flood of 1912, his educational background, and his father. Henry Fuqua, Jr. discusses his father's work as head of the penitentiary in Baton Rouge (1916) and, later, Angola; Henry Fuqua, Sr.'s run for governor (1924); and Fuqua Sr.'s work with Louisiana State University, Southern University, road building, and railroads. Fuqua identifies photos of the sugar house and other buildings at Hope Farm in New Iberia; a hospital, cotton gin, and levees in the Atchafalaya swamp for the LSU Libraries Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections; and discusses the old governor's mansion and his father's defeat of Huey Long. Individuals mentioned in the interview include Felton Clark, William H. Dalrymple, Eleanor Dalrymple, Huey Long, Thomas D. Boyd, Annie Boyd, and Hewitt Bouanchaud.

2 sound cassettes (1 hour, 20 minutes);Transcript (54 leaves);Index (1 leaf)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Henry L. Fuqua Sr. served as general manager of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (1916-1923) and governor of Louisiana (1924-1926). He was the son of James Overton Fuqua, an attorney, slaveholder, and property owner of East Baton Rouge Parish, La. From the description of Henry L. Fuqua scrapbook, 1889-1896. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 163260661 From the description of Henry L. Fuqua speech, 1923 Nov. 16. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id:...

Fuqua, Henry L. (Henry Luse), 1905-1992

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Henry L. Fuqua, Jr. was the son of Henry L. Fuqua, Sr. (1865-1926) and Laura Matta Fuqua (1866-1968). He attended the University Demonstration School in Baton Rouge, graduating in 1924, and attended LSU 1925-1927. He served in the Pacific theater in World War II and returned to Baton Rouge in 1947. He later moved to Tallulah, Louisiana. From the description of Lytle photograph collection and papers, circa 1863-1978. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244008006 ...

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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...

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