Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): S. Wiltz. Lafayette, LAAffiliation: University of Louisiana at LafayetteBorn in 1915, A. G. Domingue was raised in Carencro in a farming family. He began working as a roustabout for Superior Oil Company the summer before his senior year of high school in 1934. Although he received a scholarship to go to college, he decided to continue working in the oil industry. In 1941 he was drafted into the military and he served in the Pacific Theater during World...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): S. Wiltz. Lafayette, LAAffiliation: University of Louisiana at LafayetteEddie Domingue was born in 1927 on the outskirts of present day Lafayette. He did not finish high school, because he tried to enlist in the Merchant Marines, but then decided not to do that and got training in marine and radio electronics. After finishing his training, he got a job with Keystone Exploration in about 1942 on a seismic crew and doing electronic work; although they...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): E. Bernier. Houma, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaDoughty Dominique learned that we were collecting oral histories from the librarians at the Terrebonne Parish Library. He worked in the industry for 48 years and volunteered to tell his story. In addition, his father had worked in the industry, beginning in Texas, so his interview discusses both his and his father's experiences.Doughty was raised in Raceland, Louisiana. His family moved...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): James Sell; Lauren Penney; Colleen O'Donnell. Houma, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaAJ Doss was discovered by CJ Christ, who was doing personal interviews of anyone who had seen any U-boat activity in the Gulf of Mexico. AJ had gone with his drilling crew to look at a ship (the David McElvey, torpedoed May 27, 1942) that had been torpedoed near his rig and was photographed on deck with his crew. In the course of his interview about that...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): A. Gardner. New Iberia, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaCharles Tisdale recommended I talk with Manson Doucet. I met Manson at his house on Julia Street. We had a nice conversation on his back porch. He provides a great overview of his job, the kind of problems they would typically run into, and the cooperation necessary to fix these problems. Manson was also on city council for several decades, and we talk a lot about the growth in New Iberia,...

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Interviewer(s): Tyler Priest

Affiliation: University of Houston/ History International

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): A. Gardner. New Iberia, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaThis was a great and enjoyable interview. Harold Dugas was referred to my by Jimmy Hernandez. I met Harold at his house in New Iberia. We got along really well, and we ended up driving out to see his land camp after the interview. He's got a couple photographs from Cameroon in his scrapbook. We covered the typical topics, and he was able to deal with all the questions quite well. There are...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): J. Piekielek. Boothville, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaI had met Flora Duncan the day before the interview, when the coordinator at Boothville Senior Center introduced me to her. We talked briefly and she agreed to do the interview. Although she seemed initially a little hesitant at our first meeting, Flora Duncan was more than happy to talk during the interview. Flora Duncan seemed much younger than many of the other folks at the Senior...

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Interviewer(s): J. Pratt; B. Beauboeuf. Columbus, TX

Affiliation: University of Houston/History International

Patt Dunn graduated from Ohio State with a Masters in Civil engineering and began working for Shell in 1961. He headed Shell's offshore Design group in 1969. He designed offshore structures for mainly the Gulf of Mexico for 31 years.

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): A. Gardner. Morgan City, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaClarence Duplantis was recommended to me by Jerry Cunningham, one of the teacher-researchers in Morgan City. Jerry grew up next door to the Duplantis family, and they've been friends for a lifetime. His experience in the oilfield is not extensive - he spent most of his career in the grocery business - but he did dabble in fabrication for a bit in the 40's and 50's. Because of this, much of...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): S. Wiltz. Lafayette, LAAffiliation: University of Louisiana at LafayetteElmer Duplantis was born and raised in Chauvin, Louisiana. His father worked for Texaco for nearly 30 years. He received a scholarship to Northwestern State College, but after a year volunteered for the military service where he worked mainly in Europe during the time period after World War Two. He got out of the service in 1948 and got a job with Texaco. In 1949, wanting to better...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): J. Piekielek. Dulac, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaI met Irvin and Drusella Duplantis at the Grand Caillou senior lunch held at the gym near the library in Grand Caillou. They were both eager to talk during lunch and agreed to meet at their house the following day to do an interview. They have a home on Grand Caillou Road, a few houses north of the Combon Bridge. In the front yard they have two porch swings and at least once I saw them on...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): R. Higgins. Bayou Vista, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaEdward was recommended to me by Ray Boykin, who is Ed's neighbor. Though the two of them did not know each other well back in the early days of offshore oil, they socialize now on occasion. Ray told me that Ed helped start the first fab yard in Morgan City and made the initial call to contact Ed. I called Ed the next day and his wife told me to come on over. They live in an old two-story home...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): E. Bernier. Houma, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaMr. Dennis Dupre lives with his wife at Terrebonne House Nursing Home in Houma, LA. The Terrebonne House's manager, Gail Wink, was wonderful in trying to get the stories of the people who live there. She went through the files and found out that Dennis worked in oil for years and then introduced me. Dennis and his wife were sitting watching TV coverage of the September 11th attacks. Dennis is in a...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): D. Austin. Cut Off, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaI was referred to Linwood "Boz" Cheramie by his coworker, George St. Pierre. George had recommended that I talk with Boz because he was known as the practical joker on the rigs, so I was looking forward to hearing his stories. I talked with Boz's wife on the phone, and she was hesitant at first because Boz had fallen on his head and also suffered a mild stroke, and he has trouble with his memory....