ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The curators are grateful to the following people and institutions for assistance and cooperation in preparing the exhibition:

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ADDITIONAL ITEMS DISPLAYED

Artifacts on loan from the LSU Rural Life Museum:

A TRADITION OF RESEARCH

Research has been and remains vital to the survival of the sugar industry. The Audubon Sugar Institute and the Sugar Experiment Station, which merged in 1988, have been key players along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in sustaining the tradition of research which revived the industry when it was nearly wiped out by the mosaic virus in the 1920's.

BIRTH OF THE MODERN INDUSTRY

EARLY SUGAR PLANTATIONS:

ANTECEDENTS AND BEGINNINGS:

INTRODUCTION: