Interviewer(s): T. McGuire. Larose, LA

Affiliation: University of Arizona

Arthur "Tuts" Gautreaux had been identified by Windell Curole as the head of the Texaco retiree's group in the Lafourche area. I met with him briefly in July to explain the project; he was busy at the time, but agreed to locate other retirees for interviews. Several calls to "Tuts" in September ultimately produced not an interview with oldtimers, but a session with his son, Murphy, and one of Murphy's friends, Keith Doucet (both in their mid 50s). During the interview, in Tuts' kitchen, Tuts himself had little to say; he worked 32 years for Texaco, primarily as a safety engineer, and now keeps busy as a sales representative for a company dealing in safety equipment. Our initial discussion centered on the enhanced security at that facility following the September 11 events.