Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): James Sell; Lauren Penney; Betsy Plumb. Bourg, LA and Houma, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaSelwyn Gilmore was first referred to me by Ed Henry, who knew him from their veterans' organization. Ed had contacted him and gained his prior approval for an interview in Winter 2003. He was also recommended by Lloyd Dagenhardt, who considered him a very good friend, whose friendship developed at first by radio contact alone. I was able to finally...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): D. Austin; Andrew Gardner, Colleen O'Donnell. Morgan City,LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaA couple of different people pointed me in Jake Giroir's direction. Jimmy Hebert in New Iberia suggested I catch up with him, as did Lou Trosclair. Jake also participated in our last project in the region, so he was familiar with the team. He eats breakfast every morning at Manny's, and I bumped into him there. We made an appointment to meet for an...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): A. Gardner. New Iberia, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaI met Maxie Giscliar at the Shell retiree's dinner in New Iberia, Louisiana. I was finally able to set up a time for an interview. The Gisclairs live in a nice house in one of the satellite subdivisions in New Iberia. Maxie had a stroke in 1995, and as a result, he has trouble with numbers. His wife sat in for the interview, participated, and helped Maxie through some of the questions. The...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): E. Bernier. Houma, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaRichard Goodroe lives across the street from Burleigh and Molly Ruiz. I had stopped by to visit with the Ruiz family, and Richard stopped in to bring them some fruit from his trees. We got to talking and decided that he would be a good person to interview. He worked for BJ Casing Co. for many years but had experience in many aspects of the oil industry. We set up the interview for the next week. ...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): T. Priest. Dallas, TXAffiliation: University of Houston/History InternationalRobert Graebner spent nearly all of his career at GSI, where he provided a crucial interface between research and operations. He received a bachelor's degree in engineering physics from the Colorado School of Mines in 1948 and joined GSI the next year. He became a geophysicist of international stature at GSI. He held a series of management positions at GSI, including...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): D. Austin. Thibodaux, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaI met Karen Gray and her mother, Moye Boudreaux, at the Le Fete de Ecolgie festival hosted by the Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program and Estuary Foundation in September 2001. The two women had walked under the tent to rest out of the sun and happened to see our booth. They started talking about their experiences in the oil and gas industry. I asked them if they would be willing to...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): A. Gardner. Metairie, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaI met B.T. Green in his home in Metairie. He was recommended to my by Jimmy Gibbens, who lives nearby and also worked for Texaco. B.T. was a very knowledgeable participant, and because of his position with Texaco, we covered a lot of ground in this interview that was beyond the purview of many of the other study participants. This interview includes a description of Texaco's early geological...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): S. Wiltz. Lafayette, LAAffiliation: University of Louisiana at LafayetteBorn in 1930 in Port Arthur, Texas, Ed Gremillion was raised in Sunset, Louisiana. His father worked for Humble Pipeline and his mother was a cook. He went to Southwestern Louisiana Institute to study commercial art and then entered the Navy; after his two-year trip was over the Korean Conflict erupted and he was forced to stay in until 1954. In 1956, he went to work as a sales...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): D. Austin. Morgan City, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaI met Billye Grice at the Morgan City Archives in the summer of 2003 when I was there reviewing the archives of the Morgan City Daily Review and the vertical files on the offshore oil and gas industry. Her husband, Jesse, created a business doing oilfield photography in Morgan City during the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s, and she has donated his collection to the archives. She and I began...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): T. McGuire. Golden Meadow, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaAfter several failed attempts to see Harrison Cheramie, Sr., proprietor of the Port Fourchon Marina/Motel, I drove down there one Saturday. He was there, tending the bait shop he operates at the marina. He asked me who I had been talking to and who else was on my list and scoffed at most of the names (either they didn't know anything, or that they had crossed him over past Port Commission...

Scope and Contents Interviewer(S): Rylan Higgins; D. Austin. Morgan City, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaWhile sitting around the breakfast table with a group of the men that meet at Manny's each morning, one of the gang gave me Ira Grow's name and told me to call him. When I did, he was eager to participate. We chatted for a few minutes and Ira told me to come by after dinner the same day. Cecile, Ira's wife, met me in the driveway with a big welcome to her home. Ira and Cecile...