Two projects of interest on the offshore oil and gas industry in South Louisiana:
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana , Interim Report: Volume I-III. Diane Austin (vols. I, II), Tom McGuire (vols. I, II, III); and Bob Carriker, Joseph Pratt, Tyler Priest, and Allan G. Pulsipher (vol. I). (2004) 98, 147, and 74 p. Available from GOM on compact disc ($15) and on the Internet.
The multi-year oral history project conducted by scholars from the University of Arizona , the University of Houston , the University of Louisiana at Lafayette , and Louisiana State University collected hundreds of oral testimonies and life stories from people who participated in or were affected by the offshore industry. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) supported a substantial portion of the effort. Contact the aforementioned universities’ archives for availability of research material.
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana , Interim Report: Volume I, Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry (OCS Study MMS 2004-049):
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/PI/PDFImages/ESPIS/2/2994.pdf
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana , Interim Report: Volume II, Bayou Lafourche—An Oral History of the Development of the Oil and Gas Industry (OCS Study MMS 2004-050):
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/PI/PDFImages/ESPIS/2/2995.pdf
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana , Interim Report: Volume III, Samples of Interviews and Ethnographic Prefaces (OCS Study MMS 2004-051):
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/PI/PDFImages/ESPIS/2/2996.pdf
OCS Oral History Project at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette . Online exhibit.
The History and Geography Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is conducting research on the history of the offshore oil and gas industry in South Louisiana . The project, available on line, focuses on the development of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and its impact on the region. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS).
http://www.louisiana.edu/Academic/LiberalArts/HiGe/OCS/index.htm
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