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Acknowledgments
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It is impossible to thank all of the people who helped with this book and the television series. But we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the consultants and advisors who guided us throughout this project: Glenn R. Conrad, Light Townsend Cummins, Gaines Foster, Edward F. Haas, Michael L. Kurtz, Judith Kelleher Schafer and Charles Vincent. We received additional assistance from: Stephen E. Ambrose, Barry Jean Ancelet, William Arceneaux,, H. Parrot Bacot, John Barry, Patricia Brady, Arthur Bergeron, Carl Brasseaux, Joseph Caldwell, Anne Campbell, Raphael Cassimere Jr. , Guy Coates, Bob Courtney, Jay Edwards, Mark Fernandez, Patricia Galloway, Judith Gentry, Virginia Gould, Hiram F. “Pete” Gregory, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Kimberly Hanger, Paul Hoffman, James G. Hollandsworth, Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., Glen Jeansonne, Gary Joiner, Terry Jones, Sybil Kein, Jon Kukla, Michael Ledet, Edwin A. Lyon, Patricia Lemee Smith, David Madden, Sybil Morial, Charles Nolan, Stephen Perry, Jessie Poesch, Larry Powell, Anne Price, Morris Raphael, Henry O. Robertson, John Rodrigue, S. Frederick Starr, Ted Tunnell, Dan Usner, Christina Vella, Jack Wardlaw, and C. P. Weaver. We also wish to express our gratitude to the numerous institutions and their staff that provided research assistance: Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and The Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and Phillip J. Jones and Mary Perrault; Louisiana State Museum and Jim Sefcik, Shannon Glasheen, Nathanael Heller, Carolyn Bercier and Pauline Robertson; Louisiana State University Libraries Special Collections and Faye Phillips, Elaine Smyth, Judy Bolton, Germain Bienvenu, Mary Hebert Price, Mark E. Martin and Joseph Scott; The Historic New Orleans Collection and Priscilla Lawrence, John Magill, Mary Lou Eichhorn, Mark Cave, Sally Stassi, Jude Solomon, Jason Wiese and Jan White Brantley; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans and Roger H. Ogden, Kenneth W. Barnes and Kate Stewart; State Library of Louisiana and Thomas F. Jaques, Judith Smith, Charlene Bonnette and Marc Wellman; Louisiana Office of Tourism and Bruce Morgan, and Douglas Donne Bryant; Secretary of State Fox McKeithen, Louisiana State Archives and Florent Hardy, Jr., Sailor Jackson, Lewis Morris, Troy C. Hayes, Roger Tilley and Ellen Brown; Louisiana State University Rural Life Museum and David Floyd, Catherine White, Elizabeth Bennett and David M. Nicolosi; Southeastern Louisiana University, Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies and Archives and Samuel C. Hyde Jr., Charles N. Elliott and Victoria Mocsary; Special Collections Tulane University Library and Wilbur E. Meneray and Courtney Page Wright; Capitol City Press and Linda Lightfoot, Jill Arnold, Laura Christensen and Chris Miller; Amistad Research Center at Tulane University and Brenda Square and Heidi Dodson; Louisiana State University, Cartographic Information Center and John M. Anderson; Hogan Jazz Archive, Tulane University and Bruce Boyd Raeburn and Alma Williams Freeman; Louisiana State University Museum of Art and Steven W. Rosen, Diana Wells and Fran Huber; Louisiana State University Agricultural Center and John Wosinak; Louisiana Division of Archaeology and Nancy Hawkins; Southeast Archeological Center, National Park Service and John Jameson; Ursuline Convent Archives and Museum and Sr. Joan Marie Aycock; New Orleans Museum of Art and Gail Feigenbaum and Jennifer Ickes; Louisiana State University in Shreveport Noel Memorial Library Archives and Special Collections and Laura Conerly, Glenda Sharbono and Domenica Carriere; Prison Museum, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and Jenny Borders; Beauregard Community Action and Beauregard Tourist Commission and Velmer Smith and Susan Fahr; The National D-Day Museum and Marth Morgan and Jeremy Collins; Iberia Parish Library and Susan Hester Edmonds; Office of Public Information Southeastern Louisiana University and Claude Levet; Louisiana Division New Orleans Public Library and Irene Wainwright and Wayne Everard; Xavier University Archives, New Orleans and Lester Sullivan; Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Watson Library and Mary Linn Wernet; Law Library of Louisiana and Carole Billings and Janice Shull; RiverRoad Historical Society, Destrehan Plantation and Nancy J. Robert; Louisiana State University Geological Survey and Byron Miller and Reed Bourgeois; Jennings Carnegie Public Library and Emma Goodreau; The Shreveport Times and Mike Silva, Jessica Leigh and Robert Ruiz; McNeese State University and Kathie Bordelon; Mississippi Department of Archives and History and Sandra Boyd; Grand Village of the Natchez and Jim Barnett; Library of Congress and Erica Kelly; North Wind Picture Archives and Nancy Carter, Susan Dean and Monique Downs; Associated Press Wide World Photos and Camille Ruggiero; Art Resources, NY and Tim McCarthy, Isabelle Silva and Daisy Hu; Army Art Collection, U.S. Army Center of Military History and Renee Klish; National Audubon Society and Kara Grobert and John Bianchi; The Louisiana State Policeand Karen Kleinpeter; The Consulate of The Republic of France in New Orleans and Bernard Maizeret and Adam Steg; and a very special thank you to Alice Dale Cohan, Robert Dafford, Glenn R. Ducote, Charles East, The Griffith Family, Joey Kent, Elemore Morgan, Jr., Adrienne Mouledoux Rasmus, Ernest Ritchie, C. P. Weaver and Bob Winans for loans from their personal collections. Additional Film and Video Collections Include: Brooks Read Film Collection, WBRZ-TV, Baton Rouge Collection, WWL-New Orleans Film Collection, Louisiana Old State Capital Center for Political and Governmental History, a division of Louisiana’s Secretary of State’s office; Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board; Historic Films; The National Archives; Louisiana Division, New Orleans Public Library; Zachary Richard; Tulane University Special Collections; Orleans Parish School Board Collection; Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans; UCLA Film and Television Archive; WAFB-TV, Baton Rouge; WDSU-TV New Orleans; WPA Film Library; WVUE-TV, New Orleans Collection, New Orleans Public Library; WWL-TV, New Orleans; WYES-TV, New Orleans. We received generous support and assistance from our own staff at LPB: Research Assistants Teresa Bergen, David Clausen, Barry Erwin, Melissa Hardy, Bryant Langlois, Danielle Louviere, Benjamin Price, Rex Rose, Debbie Strange and Allegra Yancey; Proof Readers Sally Budd, Patricia Moore and Abigail M. Richard; Development Director Lisa Stansbury and Assistant Lexin Fontenot; Graphics Artists Tammy Crawford and Jeanne Lamy; Director of Business Services John Tarver with Leigh Davis, Joanne Gaudet, Kimberly Dinecola and Robyn Zalfen; Promotions Manager Bob Neese; Production Manager Ed Landry; Director of Educational Services Claudia Fowler; Executive Producer Clay Fourrier and Former Deputy Director Cindy Rougeou; LPB CEO and President Beth Courtney. We would like to thank the members of the Louisiana Educational Television Authority Board for their continued support throughout this project: William Arceneaux, Jesse H. Bankston, Wayne O. Berry, Lucile Blum, Fr. James C. Carter , Carl K. Crowe, Bob Davidge, Barbara DeCuir, Clara Duhon, Mary Frey Eaton, Frank France, Felicia Harry, Betty Lauricella, Bill Miller, Jim Nickel, Sue Rainer, W. Clinton Rasberry Jr., Jennifer Eplett Reilly, Deano Thornton, Sissie Villaume, and James E. White, Jr.
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