Alvin Lee Bertrand oral history interview, 1995.

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Alvin Lee Bertrand oral history interview, 1995.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71223373

Bertrand discusses growing up with Cajun French language and culture in rural Southwest Louisiana; the loss of rural lifeways in Louisiana; his attendance at LSU including student life, deans, and faculty; the College of Agriculture and Department of Sociology; the study of rural sociology at LSU; his own research in rural health care in Louisiana; and his relationships with faculty members, especially T. Lynn Smith, Fred C. Frey, and J. Norman Efferson.

5 sound cassettes (7.5 hours);Transcript (276 leaves)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8079433

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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