Lorita Racca oral history interview, 1995.

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Lorita Racca oral history interview, 1995.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76173757

Racca discusses her family; her weaving, including learning to weave, the people she worked with, the materials and equipment she used, the weaving process, and prices fetched for rugs and blankets; doing weaving demonstrations in Alexandria and Shreveport; and attending the opening of an exhibit at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

1 sound cassette (1.5 hours);Transcript (69 leaves)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8150385

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Olivier, Yvonne

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New Orleans Museum of Art

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Racca, Lorita,

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Lorita Racca made rag-rugs and blankets with a spinning wheel and loom in the 1930s and 1940s. From the description of Lorita Racca oral history interview, 1995. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 76173757 ...

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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