Fred Bowerman Kniffen oral history interview, 1990-1991.

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Fred Bowerman Kniffen oral history interview, 1990-1991.

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Kniffen discusses his experiences at LSU, including the formation of the Department of Geography and Anthropology, various presidents of the university, social life of faculty in the 1930s, and Huey Long and LSU. He also describes his career, especially his work with fellow LSU professor Richard Russell. He also describes the LSU campus in the late 1920s.

2 sound cassettes (1 hour);Transcript (58 p.)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7158442

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Fred B. Kniffen, professor of geography and anthropology, retired from Louisiana State University in 1970, after a career that spanned 41 years. Considered a pioneer in the field of cultural geography, he rose to the rank of Boyd professor in 1967. A prolific writer, Kniffen wrote several articles and books on the cultures of the world and America. Among his publications are CULTURAL DIFFUSION AND LANDSCAPES (1990), LOUISIANA; ITS LAND AND PEOPLE, THE INDIANS OF LOUISIANA, LOUISIANA HOUSE TYPES,...

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Russell, Richard Joel, 1895-

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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...