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Subjects: O SHEE, RICHARD | PEOPLES, MORGAN | LONG, EARL (GOVERNOR) | LONG, HUEY (GOVERNOR) | RUSTON, LOUISIANA | LOUISIANA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE | MCGINTY, GARNIE W. (PROFESSOR) | KURTZ, MICHAEL (SE LA PROF) | PEA PATCH FARM | LECHE, RICHARD (GOVERNOR) | GREMILLION, JACK (ATTN GEN) | LOUISIANA HAYRIDE | MAESTRI, ROBERT (MAYOR OF NO) | WEISS, SEYMORE | MARCELLO, CARLOS | JONES, SAM (GOVERNOR) | TREEN, DAVID C. (GOVERNOR) | GAMBLING | DOUCET, D.J. "CAT" (SHERIFF) | SPAHT, CARLOS | KENNON, ROBERT (GOVERNOR) | MORRISON, DELESSEPS "CHEP" | PEREZ, LEANDER (JUDGE) | DAVIS, JIMMIE (GOVERNOR) | STARR, BLAZE | NOE, JAMES (GOVERNOR) | MCSWEEN, HAROLD (CONGRESSMAN)

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• Peoples, Morgan Interviewee

Oral history with Morgan Peoples, historian and biographer of Governor Earl Long. In this interview, Peoples discusses his life, his education, his career in higher education, and some history on Earl Long. Peoples co-authored "Earl K. Long: The Saga of Uncle Earl and Louisiana Politics" (LSU Press, 1990) alongside Southeastern Louisiana University history professor Dr. Michael J. Kurtz. Peoples also provides some background on some other important figures in Louisiana history.