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
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
Tootsie 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
Arthur Blanchard Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with Arthur Blanchard in Grand Isle, Louisiana.

 Earl Robichaux Grand Isle, LA 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
Jodie Avail Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Jodie Avail and Jay Thornhill discusses the origin and history of Dupuy’s Oyster Shop. They talk about the diversification of the menu and the oyster dealers.

 Carl Brasseaux Abbeville, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
Louis Blum Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with Louis Blum in Houma, Louisiana.

 

 Don Davis, Carl Brasseaux Houma, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
Jeane Landry Louisiana Sea Grant Coastal Changes Oral History Project

Interview with Jeane Landry in Grand Isle, Louisiana.

 Earl Robichaux Grand Isle, LA Louisiana Sea Grant
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