Myron Falk oral history interview, 1993.

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Myron Falk oral history interview, 1993.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/246727611

The interview describes Falk's family history, his education at Tulane, editing Tulane's newspaper, Hullabaloo, in association with Harnett Kane and Betty Werlein. Falk describes his wife, Roberta's, family history, her work on LSU's student paper, The Reveille, her impressions of LSU's School of Journalism, her Master degree in Social Work from Tulane, her career in social work and her job with the Louisiana Conference of Social Welfare. Also described are Falk's work for the Transients and Migrants program during the Depression, the impact of the Depression on college graduates, his writings, and his presentations before the U.S. Congress.

1 sound cassette (.75 hours);Transcript (24 p.)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Tulane University. School of Social Work

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Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). School of Social Welfare

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Falk, Myron S. (Myron Samuel)

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Falk, former director of the United Way in Baton Rouge, was a writer and advocate of social welfare and endowed a scholarship in the School of Journalism, Louisiana State University. From the description of Myron Falk oral history interview, 1995. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 247010337 Falk, a writer and advocate of social welfare, endowed a scholarship in the School of Journalism, Louisiana State University. From the description of Myron Fal...

Kane, Harnett T. (Harnett Thomas), 1910-1984

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American journalist and author of books about the southern United States. From the description of Correspondence, 1948-1963, nd. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122590240 A New Orleans native and writer, Kane wrote novels, travel books, and non-fiction works about New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and the South in general. Some of his best known works include LOUISIANA HAYRIDE: THE AMERICAN REHEARSAL ...

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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...

Campbell, Melisse Lynn, 1970-

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Falk, Roberta

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