Friends of the Cabildo
Oral History Program

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Person Interviewed Subject(s) of Interview Date of Interview (1) Date of Interview (2) Date of Interview (3) Interviewer(s) Length of Interview (1) Length of Interview (2) Length of Interview (3) Notes/Comments
Laan, Cyril, Sr. Autobiography; Dutch community; Rice 1984/03/31

Annemarie van Heel



Laan, Miek Art galleries; Dutch community; Flowers; Friends of Cabildo 1984/02/09

Annemarie van Heel 90 min.


Labouisse, Carolyn (Mrs. Monroe Gay) Independent Women's Organization; New Orleans politics; Political campaigns; St. Louis Plantation 1983/01/31 1983/02/09
Dorothy Schlesinger 120 min.


Lachin, Sara (Mrs. Victor) Autobiography; Communion dress; Lachin family craftsmen; Marble setting; Father-in-law (Angelo Lachin), sculptor and wood carver; Family business; Architectural Stone Company; Harding Drive & Delgado House 1992/11/10

Dorothy Mahan 60 min.


LaFrance, Mitchell Duck carvings; Duck decoys; Hunting stories 1973

Charles Frank



LaGarde, Charles Autobiography; Banking; Civil War; Lafourche Parish; Louisiana customs; Louisiana superstitions; St. Charles Parish 1979/10/15

A. R. Salzer 60 min.


LaGarde, Marguerite C. Autobiography; Bayou Lafourche; Rural life; Homeplace sugar plantation; "Creole"; Sacred Heart Academy (Convent, La.) 1992/11/10

Peter Patout & R.P. Fitch 60 min.

Technical problems on side 1 and first few minutes of side 2
Laguaite, Jeannette The Depression; Fellman Tract; Hurricane of 1915; Mardi Gras; Neighborhood (Mid-City); New Orleans 1920s, 1930s 1990/08/14

Dorothy Mahan 45 min.


Lambert, Mrs. Rosetta Ryan Irish community; Neighborhood (Magazine Street) 1976/07/19

Louise Clarkson 20 min.


Landry, Gladys New Orleans Museum of Art 1981/01/19

Dorothy Schlesinger 30 min.

See also Queens of Comus tape
Lapeyrousse, Junious Duck decoy carving; Lapeyrousse Store


Charles Frank 15 min.

Joint interview with Lloyd Tootsie Songe; audio is extremely bad
Larrousine, Mrs. Three generations of Queens of Comus; Mrs. William Burke; Miss Larrousine; Miss Burke; Mardi Gras 1980/09/13

Adele Salzer 30 min.

See Queens of Comus summary card
Lauer, Margaret Autobiography; Women in business; Women CPA's; 1915 hurricane; Mardi Gras; the Depression; Race relations; St. Mary's Assumption School, Church, restoration; Factor's Row; 1437 Moss Street 1993/05/28

Dorothy Mahan 60 min.


Leary, Prieur Hadacol; Irish community 1978/09-10

Leonard Huber; Dorothy Schlesinger 60 min.


LeBlanc, Frederich Catholic customs; Family; Neighborhood (French Quarter) 1982/05/11

Meda Colvin



LeBreton, Dagmar Newcomb High School; Neighborhood (French Quarter 1915--); Renshaw-White genealogy; Valcour Aime; Ormond Plantation; French/Creole lifestyles; Picard Institute; Education at Ursuline Convent; Renshaw family 1974/10/17 1988/11/29 1992/12/04 Bernard Lemann, Peter Patout (2nd interview) 20 min. 45 min. 60 min. First interview, with Gladys Renshaw
LeDoux, Eugenie Friedrichs Autobiography; Family; New Orleans and Mandeville 1910-- 1988/11/03

Maclyn LeBourgeois 20 min.


Lee, Professor Harold M. Louisiana League of Constitutional Rights; Newcomb/Tulane Art School; New Orleans 1920-30s; New Orleans Police and Blacks 1984/10/02

Bernard Lemann 120 min.


LeJeune, Clement Duck carving; Hunting 1976/12

Charles Frank



Leman, Douglas Autobiography; Pontchartrain Hotel 1991/10/23

Dorothy Schlesinger



Lemann, Arthur Black/White relationships; Donaldsonville, Louisiana (1920s); Palo Alto Plantation; Plantation life 1991/01

Bernard Lemann 90 min.


Lemann, Bernard Anti-semitism; Architecture; Autobiography; Iberville Parish; Jewish customs; Neighborhood preservation; New Orleans 1920s; Tulane 1976/06/02 1976/11/08
Dorothy Schlesinger



Lemann, Lucy Benjamin Elmwood Plantation; New Orleans Symphony 1981/10/09


50 min.

Joint interview with Elise Friend (Mrs. Julius)
Lentz, Rebecca Autobiography; Ballet schools; Mardi Gras; New Orleans School of Ballet; Rebecca Webb Lentz School of Ballet; Lyle Saxon; Vieux Carre Artists 1930-1950s 1991/08/28

Ruth Smmitt 25 min.


Leon, Ethel Mathieu Black Catholics; Donaldsonville; Rural lifestyles 1989/08/14

Bernard Lemann



Levy, Charles Albert Coffee/sugar commodities; Jewish community; Louisiana State Museum; Neighborhood (Audubon Street); Temple Sinai 1978/08/08

Dorothy Schlesinger 50 min.


Loland, Oleme Agriculture; Brusley, Louisiana; Rice; Rural economics and lifestyles; Sugar industry 1989/08/14

Bernard Lemann 50 min.


Loubat, Justine (Tina) Autobiography; Mannessier's Confectionery; Neighborhood (French Quarter 1910); Robert Charles riot 1981/09/14

Dorothy Schlesinger 30 min.


Louisiana Landmarks Society Participants: Robert Cadiz, Angela Gregory, Leonard Huber, Martha G. Robinson, Sam Wilson & others) 1976/01/19

Dorothy Schlesinger 90 min.


Louisiana Landmarks Society History; 40th Anniversary Program (Sam Wilson & Pie Dufour, speakers); Projects 1990/09/13

Dorothy Schlesinger 45 min.


Lucas, Mimi Weil Autobiography; Family; Tulane School of Commerce; Women in business 1986/08/01

Adele Salzer 45 min.


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