Don Baker oral history interview, 1976.

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Don Baker oral history interview, 1976.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/239617329

Interview deals with Don Baker's personal background with Senator Leroy Percy; he comments on Percy's lifestyle and his political involvement in the community of Greenville, Mississippi in the 1920s. Mentions the Ku Klux Klan, its politics and involvement in 1923 elections; Howard Dardun, a Klan-supported politician; and other Mississippi politicians and their attitudes toward the Klan. Also discusses Percy's efforts and assistance in the Mississippi Floods of 1922 and 1927.

1 sound cassette (30 minutes);Index (1 leaf);Transcript (14 leaves)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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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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