ABSTRACT

INTERVIEWEE NAME: Nelson and Lottie McQuiston #4700.0044

IDENTIFICATION: Nelson was born in 1897. The two are married and lived in the Atchafalaya Basin. At the time of the interview they lived in Baker, Louisiana

INTERVIEWER: Sue Hebert

PROJECT: local history of the Plaquemine, Louisiana area

DATE: October 1, 1979 FOCUS DATES: 1912-1945

ABSTRACT:

Tape 54

Geographical changes in the area since 1929 because of the Atchafalaya spillway; lumbering; illnesses and how they were treated; how residents of the Atchafalaya Basin got groceries and clothes; mail service; education; boat building; housing; crops and livestock; births, weddings and funerals; fishing; picking and ginning moss

TAPES: T 54 TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 1 hr 30 min # PAGES IDEX: 2

RESTRICTIONS: None.