T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History
Collection
INTERVIEWEE
NAME: Robert Badon #4700.00555
IDENTIFICATION: [1896- 1998] New Orleans public service
employee, county agent, school teacher, WWI Veteran, 1918 agriculture graduate
of LSU
INTERVIEWER: Pamela Dean
PROJECT:
LSU History
DATES:
11 November 1995 FOCUS DATES: 1900-1995
ABSTRACT:
Born Breaux Bridge,
Louisiana; father Onnezifore [?] Badon, St. Martin Parish Sheriff 1900; early
life and schooling in St. Martinville; discussion of Broussard and Pelleran
families; St. Martinville high school teachers Sam Plauche, Miss Thomas; Badon,
bilingual, native French speaker; early transportation modes between St.
Martinville and Baton Rouge; experiences as cadet at LSU; professors at LSU
Kidder, Dalrymple, Mollen, Stromberg; description of agriculture courses at
LSU; experiences as county agent; experiences as teacher, coach, principal, St.
Martin Parish, Terrebonne Parish; qualifications for teachers, Louisiana Normal
School; Extension Act 1914; anthrax vaccinations; introduction of fertilizer in
sugar cane farming; served four months in military during WWI; spread of
information in rural areas; Theodore Roosevelt came to Iberia Parish; career
with New Orleans public service, street car fare collector, personnel
department, sales department; New Iberia Chamber of Commerce; New Iberia
housing authority; importance of education in his life; New Iberia Rotary Club
experiences.
TAPES:
T 811 TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 1 hour,
15 minutes
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PAGES TRANSCRIPT: 41
RESTRICTIONS: None