T. Earle Johnson oral history interview, 1992.

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T. Earle Johnson oral history interview, 1992.

Johnson discusses his family and childhood, his early education, his attendance at the Louisiana State Normal College, his work as an elementary school teacher in Naborton, La., the early oil industry in Louisiana, and his attendance at LSU in the mid-1920s, including military training, social life, the hazing of freshmen, vandalism by freshmen, fraternity initiation, alcohol consumption by students, and the popularity of football. He also discusses his meeting Huey Long, his graduation from LSU, his work as instructor of speech at LSU, and his tenure at the University of Alabama.

4 sound cassettes (5.5 hours);Transcript (165 leaves)

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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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Johnson, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1909-1988

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T. Earle Johnson graduated from LSU in 1926 and was an instructor of speech until 1928. He received a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin and was a professor of speech at the University of Alabama from 1928 to 1969. From the description of T. Earle Johnson oral history interview, 1992. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70201869 ...

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Huey Long Pierce, Louisiana governor and United States senator, was born 30 August 1893, near Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, and died 10 September 1935. He studied law and practiced in Winnfield after 1915; served as Louisiana public service commissioner (1921-1926); was elected governor of Louisiana (1928); was elected to the United States Senate (1930); and organized the Share-Our-Wealth Society (1934) for which he had national support. On 8 September 1935 he was shot by Dr. Carl A. Weiss ...

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