Sarah Baker oral history interview, 1974.

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Sarah Baker oral history interview, 1974.

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Sarah Baker, 113 years old at the time of the interview, discusses her life on the Magee Plantation; the treatment of field hands; and the Magee family. She mentions the end of the Civil War and the racial conflicts that followed; moving to Baton Rouge at age 47; and Mamee, voodoo lady of Baton Rouge. She also mentions the Ku Klux Klan; Rip White's plantation, near Norwood, La.; and her first impressions of the automobile and airplane.

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Baker, Sarah, 1986 or 1987-

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Sarah Baker was born and raised on the Magee Plantation, in Woodville, Mississippi. At age 47, ca. 1908, she moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. From the description of Sarah Baker oral history interview, 1974. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 239627204 Baker was born in Pasadena, California, but spent many of her years growing up in Michigan. She has three brothers and is the only daughter in her family. She is an English major at Brigham Young University, but...

Mulhern, Michael, 1940-

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

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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...