Collection:LPB

Genre: Documentary

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: The Burden Foundation

Date Issued: 2016-08-29

Duration: 00:38:48

Subjects: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) | Windrush Gardens (Baton Rouge, La.) | LSU Rural Life Museum (Baton Rouge, La.) | Louisiana State University Agricultural Center. Burden Center | Burden, Steele, 1900-1995 | Burden, Ione Easter, 1896-1983

Contributors:

• LaFleur, Donna Narrator
• Laudun, Tika Producer
• Laudun, Tika Writer
• Laudun, Tika Director
• Fortenberry, Rex Q. Photographer
• Fortenberry, Rex Q. Editor
• Hillyard, Frank Photographer
• Crews, Keith Photographer
• Esneault, Mike Composer
• Monroe, John Interviewee
• Youngblood, Juliet Steele Interviewee
• Floyd, David Interviewee
• Paccamonti, Jane Interviewee
• Murrill, Paul Interviewee
• Kuehny, Jeff Interviewee
• Crowder, Florence Interviewee
• LeBlanc, Ellen Interviewee
• Fontenot, Kathryn Interviewee
• Tauzin, Mary Interviewee
• Marshall, Meg Interviewee

This documentary from August 29, 2016, focuses on the Burden Family’s donation of Windrush Plantation and 440 acres of land in Baton Rouge to Louisiana State University (LSU) for the benefit of future generations. It covers: the history of Windrush Plantation and the Burden Family; the three siblings who donated the land, Ione Easter Burden, William Stephen Pike Burden, Jr., and Ollie Brice Steele Burden; Steele Burden’s development of the gardens around Windrush Plantation; the Burden Foundation’s donation of the land to LSU with the stipulation that it cannot be developed; the establishment of the LSU Rural Life Museum on the property; the museum’s focus on the working classes in the 18th and 19th centuries; the LSU AgCenter’s role in maintaining the property; the Botanic Gardens; and the educational programs available to the public. It includes interviews with: John Monroe, Burden family member; Juliet Steele Youngblood, Burden family member; David Floyd, the director of the LSU Rural Life Museum; Jane Paccamonti, curator of Windrush Gardens, LSU AgCenter; Paul Murrill of the Burden Foundation; Jeff Kuehny, director of the Botanic Gardens, LSU AgCenter; Florence Crowder of the Baton Rouge Camellia Society; Ellen LeBlanc, Education Coordinator, Trees and Trails Program, LSU AgCenter; Kathryn Fontenot, Associate Professor, LSU AgCenter; Mary Tauzin of the East Baton Rouge Parish Master Gardener Association; and Meg Marshall, docent at the LSU Rural Life Museum.