Pat Cheramie oral history interview, 1994.

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Pat Cheramie oral history interview, 1994.

Cheramie discusses student life at LSU in the 1960s, including sorority and fraternity activities, her courses in journalism, and working for the REVEILLE, STATE-TIMES, AND MORNING ADVOCATE, her decision to pursue a career in television, and her work at WBRZ. She also mentions the Kennedy assassination and the impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis on LSU's homecoming.

1 sound cassette (.75 hour);Transcript (38 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...

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WBRZ-TV is a commercial television station serving Baton Rouge, La., and its vicinity. The station first signed on the air in 1955 as an affiliate of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). At that time all programs were transmitted in black and white, and most were performed live. In 1966 the station was the first in Baton Rouge to broadcast in color. WBRZ changed network affiliations in 1977 when it joined the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). From the description of WBRZ colle...

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Cheramie, Pat, 1944-

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Born in 1944 on the west bank of New Orleans, Pat Cheramie became the first in her family to attend college. She graduated from LSU in 1966 with a degree in journalism and went on to work at WBRZ in Baton Rouge, where she remained for over twenty-five years and served as station manager. From the description of Pat Cheramie oral history interview, 1994. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 262477692 ...