Jimmie H. Hoover oral history interview, 1999.

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Jimmie H. Hoover oral history interview, 1999.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/664801415

Hoover describes his early life and education in Arkansas, his service in the U.S. Air Force, life in Libya during the 1950s, his library science training at Louisiana State University, the politics of the LSU-Baton Rouge and LSU-New Orleans library systems during the 1960s, his work with the American Legion, and integration at LSU-Baton Rouge and LSU-New Orleans.

2 sound cassettes (1 hour, 32 minutes);Abstract (3 leaves);Transcript (53 leaves)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7958488

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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