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Box 7

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Contains 51 Results:

Item 437: 00437_Tucker, Larry_MMS-History, 2003

 Item — Box: 7
Dates: 2003
Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): D. Austin. Pearl River, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaI met Larry Tucker when I visited Hunt Oil Company's Eugene Island 63 platform. I flew out to the platform with Sharon Moore, a helicopter pilot for TexAir. I was given a tour of the platform and visited with the four operators and Larry who were working that shift. Larry had a break between lunch and dinner and said he would be willing to do an interview for the study.Larry Tucker...

Item 396: 00396_Savoie, Earl P._MMS-History, 2003

 Item — Box: 7
Dates: 2003
Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): J. Piekielek; S. Kennedy. Dulac, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaScott and I met Earl P. Savoie at the senior lunch in Grand Caillou and struck up a conversation with him and another couple, the Duplantis, who had been his long time neighbors. He agreed to talk with us that day, so after lunch we followed him to his house. Earl lives alone, although he has family living close by. After the end of the interview, two of his great grandchildren who...

Item 400: 00400_Schwab, Frank_MMS-History, 2002

 Item — Box: 7
Dates: 2002
Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): S. Wiltz. New Iberia, LAAffiliation: University of Louisiana at LafayetteFrank Schwab started in the oil industry in 1953 as a cook's helper for Stanolin Oil and Gas Company. Shortly thereafter, he asked for a position on a seismographic crew and worked his way through several types of positions with the same company. He spent a total of 33.5 years with the company, 22 of which were offshore. He also discusses the dangers involved in his work and some...

Item 402: 00402_Sellers, Emmet_MMS-History, 2004

 Item — Box: 7
Dates: 2004
Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): J. Christy. Morgan City, LAAffiliation: University of Houston/History InternationalEmmet Sellers was born in Abbeville, Louisiana on July 27, 1927. He was drafted by the U. S. army in 1947 but was later transferred to the Air Force as part of the 55, 000 troops "to pay back the Air Force" for troops "borrowed" during World War II. He attended Southern Louisiana Institute (now ULL) in Lafayette and then went to work as a basic engineer for the US...

Item 403: 00403_Seneca, Rene_MMS-History, 2001, 2004

 Item — Box: 7
Dates: 2001; 2004
Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): Andrew Gardner; Jamie Christy. Berwick, LA; Morgan City, LAAffiliation: University of Arizona, University of Houston/History InternationalRene Seneca was referred by Lou Trosclair. He was interviewed by Andrew Gardner in 2001 and then again by Jamie Christy in 2004.Rene Seneca was born in Bayou Chene, Louisiana in 1922. His parents were fishermen and moss-pickers, but his father also cut cypress timber in south Louisiana. He spent time in...

Item 407: 00407_Shivers, Robert_MMS-History, 2002

 Item — Box: 7
Dates: 2002
Scope and Contents Interviewer(s): A. Gardner. Patterson, LAAffiliation: University of ArizonaRobert Shivers contacted John Ryan, a previous participant, and asked about getting in touch with me. I called him when I arrived in Morgan City, and after a brief discussion, we made arrangements to meet at his office in Patterson the next day. Robert is a transplanted Texan. He was talkative, informative, and had numerous photographs. Robert got started in the oilfield in Texas. He was born...