Ordell Griffith oral history interview, 1992.

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Ordell Griffith oral history interview, 1992.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70201872

Griffith discusses her family and childhood in Baton Rouge; her education and student employment while attending LSU; the campus, faculty, and rules for students; her work in the LSU Registrar's Office after graduation; her work as an assistant field director for the Red Cross at Maxwell Air Force Base during World War II; and admission requirements and racial integration at LSU.

3 sound cassettes (4.5 hours);Transcript (200 leaves)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8011445

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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