Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaEdward J. Anderson found out about the oil history research project on the KATC3 News segment with Morgan Lundy. Laura Loewer responded to Edward and they set up an interview over the phone at the Petroleum Club in Lafayette. Edward was accompanied by a friend of his, Patrice, and she speaks briefly towards the middle of the interview, but leaves to get to work with about 30 minutes left in the recording.Edward James Anderson was born...

Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaFrank Barker contacted the team after he learned about the oil and gas oral history project in local the news. He was interested in being interviewed. We agreed to meet on July 17th at the Petroleum Club.Frank is originally from Jennings, LA. He got his degree in engineering and worked for General Electric and in chemical engineering. He moved to Lafayette and started working in the oilfield in 1977. Frank was in the industry for 27...

Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaWhen the research team arrived in Lafayette, Lillian Espinoza-Gala brought us to a Desk and Derrick meeting. While there, we met a lot of women who work in the administrative side of the oil and gas industry. We received contact information and shared ours with the meeting-goers. After the meeting we received a call from a Desk and Derrick member, Kay Gotte. Kay wanted to schedule a time for us to interview her boss, Al Bellaire. Al is a vice...

Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaDarren Benjamin was referred to the oil history project by his brother. Though there may have been some miscommunication, as Darren thought it might be an interview for a job opportunity as he had been recently laid off in the slump in the industry, Darren agreed to the interview.Darren Benjamin is from Lafayette, Louisiana. He first began working offshore in May 2010 as a cook. He worked mainly in deepwater and had never experienced...

Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaMike Boudreau heard about the oil history project through the news special on KATC3 Lafayette. He emailed and scheduled an interview at the Petroleum Club.Mike Boudreau’s father was in the oil industry and was transferred from to Lafayette from Houston in the 1960s. Mike attended high school and college in Lafayette. He initially went to work for service companies in Lafayette. In 1978 he started working at Exxon, retiring in his 37th...

Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaLillian Espinoza-Gala recommended that I interview her friend Martial Broussard. I had met him before at a gathering at Lillian’s house, at which he had given me his contact information. A few weeks later I called him asking if he would like to do an interview. He agreed to participate. We did the interview at Lillian’s house.Martial, a Lafayette native, started his career in the oil and gas industry during the 1980s with Teleco...

Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaWhen I first arrived in Lafayette, Lillian Espinoza-Gala took me and Diane Austin to a Desk and Derrick meeting. The club tries to have a guest speaker at every meeting. Wayne Broussard was the speaker for the meeting we attended. He gave a presentation about safety and communication. At the time I did not know what Wayne’s official position was, but some of the ladies recommended we interview him for the oral history project. I was going to...

Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaWalter Camos July 15, 2015 Lafayette, LA Type: .mp3 Interviewer: Laura Loewer Transcriber: Morgan Lundy Editor: Allison Stuewe Ethnographic Preface: Laura Loewer knew Walter Camos through the Lafayette community, and he expressed interest in the oil history project. We set up an interview at his office, where he was working as a practicing licensed professional counselor. Walter Camos is originally from Lafayette. He graduated from ULL with a...

Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaSarah Cart was referred to the research team by Phil (James) Lacasse, a neighbor and someone who had worked with Sarah. After re-scheduling once, Sarah met with Laura Loewer at her house in Iota, Louisiana.Sarah Cart is originally from Iota, Louisiana (West of Lafayette). She was born in 1958. Sarah graduated high school and began work in a sewing factory in Crowley, Louisiana, as a secretary. For two years after that, she went to...

Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaLillian Espinoza-Gala’s friend, Cherlyn Hebert, recommended I talk to her friend, Michael Castille. Michael has been in the oil and gas industry in Lafayette since the 1980s. Interested in hearing his perspective, I got Michael’s contact information from Cherlyn. I called Michael and we arranged to have the interview on July 22nd at his home.Michael is from Lafayette and started in the oil and gas industry in 1980. He worked in the...

Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaLillian Espinoza-Gala put me in contact with Andre Comeaux in order to schedule an interview with him. At the time of the interview, Andre was the vice president of Region’s Insurance, but he had a background in drilling. Interested in hearing his story, I called Andre and scheduled an interview at his office for July 31st.Andre is from Lafayette and went to school at USL/UL, where he earned his degree in mechanical engineering. He...

Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaLeslie Davis called the team after reading the article about the oral history project in the Daily Advertiser. She informed us that he father, Howard Cornay Jr. used to be an insurance executive who worked with oil and gas companies. With Leslie’s help, we scheduled an interview with her father at his house for June 23rd. Howard and his wife invited us to stay for lunch after the interview. Howard, Leslie, his son Steve, and his wife were all...

Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaSteve Cornay is the son of Howard J. Cornay Jr. Steve’s sister, Leslie Davis, had seen an article about the Oil and Gas Oral History in the Advertiser. Leslie called the research team to set up an interview with her father, who had been an insurance executive working with the industry. When we arrived to interview Howard, Steve was there as well. We quickly realized that it would be great to interview Steve about his own experiences in the...

Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaAfter I interviewed Bob Cornell, he emailed me suggesting I interview his wife, Phyllis. She has traveled and lived around the world with Bob and their children. Bob thought it was important to get his wife’s perspective of life in the oil and gas industry. I called Phyllis and arranged to do an interview with her at the Cornell home.At the time of the interview, Phyllis and Bob were living in Lafayette, but they had lived all over...

Scope and Contents Affiliation: University of ArizonaBob Cornell emailed the research team stating he was interested in being a part of the oral history project. After a few emails, we scheduled an interview for June 29th at his home in Lafayette. He thought his wife would be home to sit in and add to the interview but she was at the store during our visit. After the interview he emailed the team and recommended we interview his wife, too, which we did.Bob was born and raised in...