Elbert Lent oral history interview, 1998.

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Elbert Lent oral history interview, 1998.

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Lent discusses his career with Prudential in New York State; the history and development of the life insurance industry in Louisiana; important insurance companies and salesmen in Louisiana; Sidney Marks, the head of the New Orleans Prudential office; setting up a Prudential office in Baton Rouge; his work for United Companies and the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company; the increasing professionalization of and respect for life insurance agents beginning in the 1960s; and several Louisiana insurance commissioners.

1 sound cassette (1.25 hr.)Transcript (34 leaves)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Marks, Sidney

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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...

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

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Prudential Insurance Company of America

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Rackley, R. Robert, 1936-

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United Companies.

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Lent, Elbert, 1909-

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Elbert Lent was born on December 2, 1909, and was raised in New Jersey. After graduating from high school, he moved to New York City and entered the life insurance sales field at Prudential Insurance Company. He was transferred to New Orleans in 1948 and then to Baton Rouge in 1950 to set up an office for Prudential. Lent later worked for United Companies and the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. From the description of Elbert Lent oral history interview, 1998. (Louisiana Stat...