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Great Historians Oral History Project
The Young-Sanders Center and the Morgan City Archives are in the process of implementing a
new oral history program. This program is called: Great Historians and Their
Recollections. Roger Busbice, former Chief Archivist of Louisiana's Old State
Capitol, will be the chief interviewer for our oral history program. Mr. Busbice, over the
coming months and years, will interview some of America's most prestigious historians.
This project will give future students of history insights into the minds of some of the
twentieth century's most accomplished historians. We hope that the experience and
knowledge that will be contained on these tapes will enable future historians to cultivate
a better understanding of our past.
The historians will be interviewed about their major works, the current state of academia, the professors who influenced them in graduate school, etc.
Archaeological Work in South Louisiana
The Young-Sanders Center will be working closely with both the regional and state
Archaeologists on projects relating to the excavation of a number of battlefield sites in
south Louisiana. The Center will work with the landowners and other organizations such as
the Historic Fort Butler Foundation to increase our knowledge of the engagements in south
Louisiana while using appropriate archaeological methods and procedures. The Young-Sanders
Center is committed to augmenting the public's knowledge and understanding of both the
discipline of archaeology and the study of history.
Update
The Young-Sanders Center, with the permission of Atkinson Memorial Presbyterian Church,
has begun preliminary work on Fort Brashear (Fort Star) in Morgan City. This project
is being supervised by Dr. Charles McGimsey, Regional Archaeologist for the State of
Louisiana. A new map of Fort Brashear has been produced and magnetometer readings
have been taken at the site. Check this site for future updates about this important
project at one of South Louisiana's few remaining earthworks.
Web Site Expansion
The Young-Sanders Center is constantly working on increasing the amount of information
available via its web site. We are currently in the early stages of a project that will
allow us to place information from the Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and
Louisiana Confederate Commands on our web site. This will allow researchers from around
the nation to have access to this important work regarding the War Between the States in
Louisiana.
Update
The Young-Sanders Center has placed the Confederate Records Burial Database on its
web site. This database contains information on more than 10,300 Confederate
soldiers buried in over 1500 cemeteries. The information on the database was
compiled for the purpose of recording as many Confederate gravesites as possible in the
state of Louisiana. The graves of Louisiana Confederate soldiers buried in other
states has also been included. Some of the information found in this database cannot
be found anywhere else. The link to this information can be found on the home page
of this web site.
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