T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History Collection

ABSTRACT

INTERVIEWEE NAME: Carolyn Steinmuller

COLLECTION: 4700.0319

IDENTIFICATION: [1927 - ] LSU graduate, member of Delta Gamma sorority

INTERVIEWER: Melisse Campbell

PROJECT: LSU History -- Sororities

DATES: 20 July 1993

FOCUS DATES: 1940s - 1960s

ABSTRACT:

Background information; decision to attend LSU; dormitory rules; describes how co-eds spent their free time; rushing Delta Gamma; describes the Delta Gamma Room in the Panhellenic Building; Delta Gamma's work to raise money to help the visually impaired; Delta Gamma sisterhood; outlines the founding of Delta Gamma at Ole Miss; Board of Supervisors to allow sorority houses at LSU; financing construction of the Delta Gamma House; describes dedication of the house; decorating the house; selecting an architect; describes the layout of the house; establishing the Delta Gamma jazz luncheon and fashion show; discusses sorority house cooks; outlines Delta Gamma annual rush parties; number of New Orleans women who join Delta Gamma; bringing the Art of the Eye exhibit to Baton Rouge; quality of education at LSU

TAPES: T448

TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 1 hour

PAGES TRANSCRIPT: 40 pages

RESTRICTIONS: None