Shirley and Reed Landry oral history interview, 1993.

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Shirley and Reed Landry oral history interview, 1993.

In the interview, Shirley Landry recalls early life on a farm near Jeanerette, La.; Four Corners in the 1930s-1950s; the local general store and dance hall; relations with African-Americans; and Sunday traditions. Reed Landry describes technological changes in sugarcane farming; modern planting and harvesting routines; and modern varieties of sugarcane planted in Louisiana.

1 sound cassette (45 minutes);Index (3 p.)

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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...

Landry, Reed, 1949-

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LaCour-Patrick, Adrienne, 1954-

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Landry, Shirley, 1926-

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Shirley Landry, a resident of Four Corners, a community south of Franklin, Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana, was the daughter of a sugarcane farmer. She married Reed Landry (b. 1949), a sugarcane farmer. From the description of Shirley and Reed Landry oral history interview, 1993. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244444431 ...