Don Davis
Interviewee | Collection Sort descending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Robert Hoy | Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Robert Hoy discusses his father's company and the many different shrimp drying platforms. He also talks about shipping the shrimp to China. He talks about his family drying fish as well. He mentions shelling and cleaning the shrimp. |
Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis | Grand Isle, LA | Louisiana Sea Grant | |
Norris Price | Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Interview with Norris Price in Chauvin, Louisiana. |
Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis | Chauvin, LA | Louisiana Sea Grant | |
Anne Karinas-Broussard | Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
The Karinas talk about their family's contribution to the seafood industry. They talk about processing shrimp on the boats before shipping them to market. They tell stories of their family members driving the shrimp to the markets and sometimes dodging the cops with their shipment. They talk about shrimping seasons. They talk about the shrimp market before and after WWII. They talk about the Portuguese and their roles in the shrimp industry. They talk about the progression of the oil industry. They talk about hurricanes and their effect on the shrim |
Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis | Unknown | Louisiana Sea Grant | |
Jodi Karinas | Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
The Karinas talk about their family's contribution to the seafood industry. They talk about processing shrimp on the boats before shipping them to market. They tell stories of their family members driving the shrimp to the markets and sometimes dodging the cops with their shipment. They talk about shrimping seasons. They talk about the shrimp market before and after WWII. They talk about the Portuguese and their roles in the shrimp industry. They talk about the progression of the oil industry. They talk about hurricanes and their effect on the shrim |
Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis | Unknown | Louisiana Sea Grant | |
Diane Karinas-Austin | Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
The Karinas talk about their family's contribution to the seafood industry. They talk about processing shrimp on the boats before shipping them to market. They tell stories of their family members driving the shrimp to the markets and sometimes dodging the cops with their shipment. They talk about shrimping seasons. They talk about the shrimp market before and after WWII. They talk about the Portuguese and their roles in the shrimp industry. They talk about the progression of the oil industry. They talk about hurricanes and their effect on the shrim |
Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis | Unknown | Louisiana Sea Grant | |
Pierre Lee | Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Lee tells the tale of his escape from Vietnam with his family after the war ended. He discusses being the first Vietnamese to transition to Abbeville, Louisiana for the warm climate and the strong Catholic influence. Although trained as a pilot and engineer, Lee began his life in the U.S. as a car washer, worked his way up to mechanic, and then became a top engineer for an oil company. |
Don Davis | Abbeville, LA | Louisiana Sea Grant | |
Dewey Lehret | Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Interview with Dewey Lehret. |
Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis | Boudreaux Canal, LA | Louisiana Sea Grant | |
Freddie Matherne | Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Freddie Matherne takes us on a trip around the bayous and coast of Louisiana in this interview about the changing coastline. He describes navigating the bayous and canals for shrimping, logging, fishing, and crabbing. With 50 years of experience shrimping, he details his process of catching and preserving the best shrimp through knowledge of the waters, cleanliness, boats, and attention to improvements in technology, like cell phones and GPS. Matherne also discusses his interactions with oil companies while shrimping and his work for shrimp drying platforms with his father at a young age. |
Don Davis | Montegut, LA | Louisiana Sea Grant | |
David Richard | Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Interview with David Richard and Kent Ledoux in Grand Chenier, Louisiana. |
Don Davis, Carl Brasseaux | Grand Chenier, LA | Louisiana Sea Grant | |
Kent Ledoux | Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project |
Interview with David Richard and Kent Ledoux in Grand Chenier, Louisiana. |
Don Davis, Carl Brasseaux | Grand Chenier, LA | Louisiana Sea Grant |