Medicine -- Louisiana

This is an artificial collection created by Ellender Memorial Library from oral histories donated over a period of decades. It comprises oral histories (on audiotape and videotape) and related materials collected from residents of South Louisiana between approximately 1972 and 1998. Interviewees discuss topics relating to local history and culture, including foodways, traditional crafts, race, religion, illness and medicine, education, labor, and industry.

This collection consists of the papers of the T. I. St. Martin family. The majority of the papers concern T. I. St. Martin's career as a writer and doctor, as well has his military service. The collection also contains the papers of his wife, Gladys St. Martin, and his adopted daughter Cecele Edsberg. The collection includes correspondence, military records, medical records, manuscripts, photographs, printed materials, notes, and ephemera.