Interview with George Visser

Accession No.: 
BE4-001

00:00 - Visser was a former schoolboard member
00:35 - Working for Union when he wanted to go back to school. He ended up not going back to school and worked for Union for 42 years;
02:40 - First contact with the oil industry in 1940 - Started as a roustabout; Laid pipelines by hand in the marsh;
03:30 - Describing how they built drill rigs;
04:45 - Cajuns were used to the marsh and did well working in marsh conditions - Talking about their impact on the oil industry

Tape degraded badly, Audio breaks up

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Beard, Jack
Subject: 
Oil Industry; Offshore; Louisiana; Gulf of Mexico
Creator: 
Jack Beard
Recording date: 
Tuesday, October 9, 1984
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
34:55
Digitized Date: 
Monday, September 19, 2011
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 10 Row 4