Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

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    Principal Investigator:
    Roy Kron, Dianne Lindstedt

  • The goal of the project is to document through oral history how coastal changes like sea level rise, erosion, increased flooding, and disappearing wetlands are affecting the people and the culture in the region. 

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Interviewee Collection Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Jocelyn Herbert Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Joycelyn Hebert discusses the boat trips she took as a child to the different islands on the coast of Louisiana as well as Grand Isle.  She talks about her family's house and the school.

 Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis Paradis, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
Reuben St. Pierre Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with Reuben St. Pierre in Grand Isle, Louisiana.

 Earl Robichaux Grand Isle, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
Ambrose Besson Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with Ambrose Besson in Grand Isle, Louisiana.

 Earl Robichaux Grand Isle, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
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
Mark Staton Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with Mark Staton in Lafayette, Louisiana.

 Carl Brasseaux, Don Davis Lafayette, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
Frank Besson Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with Frank Besson of Grand Isle, Louisiana.

 Earl Robichaux Grand Isle, 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
Eugene Theriot Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with Eugene Theriot.  He discusses the shrimp factory, shrimp drying platforms, ice boats, hurricanes, canneries, manila village, fur trapping, oysters, seabreeze, kerosene, prohibition, storm of 1926, and shrimp strikes.

 Paula Ouder, Roy Kron Intracoastal City, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
Leoda Besson Bladsacker Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with Leoda Besson Bladsacker in Grand Isle, Louisiana.

 Earl Robichaux Grand Isle, LA 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
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