Veterans of Southeast Louisiana Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of interviews with veterans residing in the following parishes of Louisiana: Assumption, Jefferson Davis, Lafourche, Orleans, St. Martin, and Terrebonne. Each interview showcases the life and military experience of the veteran and is stored in digital video format. The collection includes photographs, monographs, military awards and memorabilia, as well as telegrams, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
Dates
- 1917-2019
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Physical rights are retained by Nicholls State University. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Biographical / Historical
This collection comprises oral histories collected as part of the Veterans of Southeast Louisiana Oral History Project (a project of the Nicholls State University Archives), along with other materials donated by local veterans and their families. At the time of this project, over 75,000 veterans were residing in a twelve-parish area in the southeast region of Louisiana. This area includes the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, and Terrebonne.
Extent
20 Linear Feet (29 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Online Access
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online through the Louisiana Digital LIbrary.
Sensitive Materials Statement
This collection may contain material(s) with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Ellender Memorial Library and Nicholls State University assume no responsibility.
- Ackerman (Miss.)
- Armed Forces -- Officers.
- Baton Rouge (La.)
- Bay City (Mich.)
- Bayou Dularge (La.)
- Berwick (La.)
- Blanchard, Mrytle L. (Myrtle Louviere)
- Bora-Bora (French Polynesia)
- Boudreaux, Irvin Robert. (Bobby)
- Brownsville (Tex.)
- Buffalo (N.Y.)
- Camp Kaiser (Unchon-ni, South Korea)
- Caviness (Tex.)
- Chackbay (La.)
- Chauvin (La.)
- Cheramie, Joseph R. (Joseph Roy), 1923-2007.
- Chiasson, Huey P., Sr., 1924-2011.
- Chiasson, Roland M., 1921-2008.
- Choctaw (La.)
- Choupic (La.)
- Crown Point (La.)
- Cut Off (La.)
- Davidson, Charles H., 1921-2011.
- Davis, W.J. (William Joseph)
- Donaldsonville (La.)
- Downer, Hunt B., Jr. (Huntington Blair)
- Eunice (La.)
- Foret, Alcide J., 1922-2013.
- Gilmore, Selwyn P., Jr. (Sonny)
- Gilmore, Selwyn P., Jr. (Sonny)
- Glenn Orange (La.)
- Golden Meadow (La.)
- Hamburg (Ark.)
- Hamlet (N.C.)
- Hession, Charles R. (Charles Ray)
- High Point (N.C.)
- Houma (La.)
- Intrepid (Aircraft carrier)
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns -- Iraq -- Fallūjah.
- Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991.
- Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.
- Jefferson Parish (La.)
- Korean War, 1950-1953.
- Labadieville (La.)
- Lacombe (La.)
- Lafourche Crossing (La.)
- Lafourche Parish (La.)
- Lake Arthur (La.)
- Larose (La.)
- Leeville (La.)
- Lognion, Peter D. (Peter Dallas), 1922-2011.
- Maringouin (La.)
- Medicine, Military -- United States.
- Montegut (La.)
- Morgan City (La.)
- Naples (Tex.)
- Napoleonville (La.)
- Natchez (Miss.)
- New Orleans (La.)
- Nicholls State University
- Nursing -- Practice -- United States.
- Ostheimer, L.R. (Lucius Raymond), 1928-2012.
- Patterson (La.)
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Campaigns -- Iraq.
- Plaisance, Raymond, 1922-2012.
- Point au Chene (La.)
- Prisoners of war -- Germany.
- Prisoners of war -- Italy -- Sicily.
- Raceland (La.)
- Redmond, Russell J., 1921-1943.
- Robichaux, R. Gibbens, (Richard Gibbens)
- Ruffin, Louis, 1917-2012.
- Saint Martinville (La.)
- Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944.
- Schriever (La.)
- Shreveport (La.)
- Simmesport (La.)
- Sunset (La.)
- Thibodaux (La.)
- United States. Air Force. -- : Aviation mechanics.
- United States. Army Air Forces.
- United States. Army Nurse Corps.
- United States. Army. -- : Infantry.
- United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps.
- United States. Coast Guard.
- United States. Marine Corps.
- United States. Navy. -- : Dental technicians.
- United States. Navy. -- : Enginemen.
- United States. Navy. -- : Gunner's mates.
- United States. Navy. -- : Medical care.
- United States. Navy. -- : Petty officers.
- United States. Navy. -- : Yeomen.
- Vacherie (La.)
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Waterproof Plantation (La.)
- Whitecastle (La.)
- Wisconsin (Battleship : BB-64)
- Women and the military -- Louisiana.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Blacks -- Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Belgium.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Ellender Memorial Library
Nicholls State University
906 E 1st St.
Thibodaux Louisiana 70310 USA
985-448-4621
clifton.theriot@nicholls.edu