History II – The Offshore Oil and Gas History Project: 2001-2007

The purpose of this project was to study, document, and explain the evolution of the offshore oil and gas industry in an objective and comprehensive way. The project involved 2 faculty, 2 research specialists, 9 graduate students and 3 undergraduates from the University of Arizona, along with faculty and students from the University of Houston, Nicholls State University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and 7 teacher-researchers from Houma, Raceland, and New Iberia, Louisiana. Publicly available data from this study include over 450 oral history interviews (summarized in an Endnote database and also transcribed) and over 1,000 digital copies of photographs from the historical period (accompanied by an Excel worksheet listing the photos). These data are available at university and community archives in Texas and Louisiana. The results were published in 2008 in six volumes.

 

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Principal Investigators: Diane Austin, Thomas McGuire

University of Arizona researchers: Ari Arand, Emily Bernier, Justin Gaines, Andrew Gardner, Mary Good, Rylan Higgins, Scott Kennedy, Christina Leza, Dr. Karen Morrison, Lauren Penney, Jessica Piekelek, Dr. James Sell, Jeremy Slack, Joanna Stone

Community Researchers (Houma, Raceland, and New Iberia): Lois Boutte, Charlene Broussard, Norma Cormier, Nicole Crosby, Carolyn Cummings, Robyn Hargrave, Debbie Toups

Community Partners: University of Houston, Nicholls State University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

 

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