Ruth Laney, Sr. oral history interview, 1994.

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Ruth Laney, Sr. oral history interview, 1994.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71223366

Laney discusses her childhood, family, and friends in White Castle; her social life while attending LSU, especially dating, dances, sports, and Greek clubs; her memories of Huey Long; and many individuals she knew at LSU, including Carl Maddox.

5 sound cassettes (7 hours);Transcript (226 leaves)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8079428

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935

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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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Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

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Arthur Taylor Prescott (1863-1942) graduated from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., in 1884. He became commandant of the student cadet organization at the University of Virginia in 1887, the first president of the Louisiana Industrial Institute at Ruston in 1894, and professor of government at Louisiana State University in 1899. From the description of Arthur T. Prescott receipts, 1880-1885. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 308362360 ...

Laney, Ruth Hunley, 1944-

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Maddox, Carl, d. 1996.

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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...