What Endures… Podcast
1) H. Jesse Walker, In Memoriam
By Jennifer A. Cramer The Center was honored to take part in the H. Jesse Walker Honorary Symposium and 14th Annual Evelyn Pruitt Lecture held on campus on January 15, 2016, to honor LSU Boyd Professo...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Jazz Fest Oral History Project
The Williams Center continues its four-year partnership with Dr. Helen Regis in the LSU Department of Geography & Anthropology and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Archi...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Louisiana Loses Noted Historian, Michael Mizell-Nelson
Louisiana has truly lost a great man, an advocate for public history, and a beloved University of New Orleans professor. Michael Mizell-Nelson died at the age of forty-nine this week in New Orleans. H...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) “As I walked in water up to my chest I promised that … I would never again get caught in a storm.”
Stories and memories keep events alive so that we might learn and become stronger and smarter for the next time we face adversity. The Center holds several oral history collections documenting events ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) Jumpstart Your Studies With Help From Oral History
Welcome back, LSU students! From freshmen to seasoned graduate students, we wish you well in your academic endeavors this semester. As classes get underway, you’ll soon have papers due and project dea...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) “Holding the Welfare of Three Million People in Your Hands”: The British Voices from South Asia Series
By Erin M. Hess Today marks the sixty-seventh anniversary of the Indian Independence Act of 1947, and the establishment of India and Pakistan as sovereign nations after nearly ninety years of British ...Show More
7) LSU Oral History Bids Farewell to Elaine Smyth
By Jennifer Abraham Cramer Elaine Smyth retires soon from LSU after serving for over twenty-six years. To see her accomplishments, of which there have been many, I encourage you to check out this blog...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) OSBR Site Shares McKinley High School Oral Histories Online
The Old South Baton Rouge Community Dreaming website is including several of the Center’s interviews that belong to the McKinley High School Oral History series. Select interviews from the co...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) “Let’s Go. Regardless.” Ralph Sims’ D-Day Bomber Missions
Seventy years ago this week, the liberation of Europe began with the largest invasion force ever assembled. The costs and risks of attacking the most heavily defended coastline in the world were high,...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) The Telling Tide: Inception to Completion of the Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Change Oral Histories Project
By Darcy Wilkins Hi! My name is Darcy Wilkins and I am a Research Associate at Louisiana Sea Grant. As part of a collaboration between Louisiana Sea Grant and the LSU Williams Center for Oral History...Show More
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