Carlos Spaht and Leona Spaht Huff oral history interview, 1995.

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Carlos Spaht and Leona Spaht Huff oral history interview, 1995.

Spaht and Huff discuss their family history; German immigrants in America; their family's life on their farm near Albany, Missouri; their memories of World War I; the family's move to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and their farm on Highland Road; the children's attendace at LSU; and Carlos Spaht's service in China during World War II.

2 sound cassettes (2.5 hours);Transcript (140 leaves)

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Spaht, Carlos G., 1906-2002.

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Siblings Carlos Spaht and Leona Spaht Huff moved with their family from Missouri to Louisiana in 1925. Carlos graduated from LSU Law School and served with the U.S. Army in China during World War II. He was president of both the LSU Alumni Federation and Board of Supervisors. He unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1952. Leona Spaht Huff studied home economics at LSU. She taught home economics and English in Berwick, Louisiana, and later worked for the Emergency Relief Association as a caseworker....

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...

Huff, Leona Spaht, 1909-2002,

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Leona Spaht Huff moved with her family from Missouri to Louisiana in 1925. She studied home economics at LSU. She taught home economics and English in Berwick, Louisiana, and later worked for the Emergency Relief Administration as a caseworker. From the description of Leona Spaht Huff oral history interview, 1995. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 71223372 ...

O'Neil, Katherine Huff,

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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 ...