The McLeod Lecture Series Collection

William L. “Bill” McLeod, Jr. Lecture Series Collection

Ca. 1970-2007

2.5 linear feet

Collection Number 188

Prepared by Patricia A. Threatt
August 2008

CITATION: The McLeod Lecture Series Collection, Collection No. 188, Box number, Folder number, Archives and Special Collections Department, Frazar Memorial Library, McNeese State University.

Archives and Special Collections Department
Frazar Memorial Library
McNeese State University

Historical Sketch

The McLeod Lecture Series is an annual event sponsored by the McNeese State University Banners Program and the Southwest Louisiana Legislative Delegation Archives. A steering committee guides the activities of both the archives acquisition program and the lecture series. Ann Knapp and Paul Hart Miller served as the first chairs of the steering committee. Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) tapes and airs each lecture series program. In conjunction with the lecture series, each year the steering committee chooses a student to research and write a paper about the event.

The first program on March 18, 2004 featured a roundtable discussion of the Young Turks, a group of reform-minded Louisiana legislators. The second McLeod Lecture Series (March 3, 2005) focused on the Louisiana Governor’s office, featuring David C. Treen, Buddy Roemer, and Mike Foster. The March 22, 2006 Lecture Series focused on politics and the media. The March 29, 2007 Lecture Series included John Breaux and J. Bennett Johnston discussing politics at the federal level.

Participants in the programs vary and have included Beth Courtney and Robyn Ekings of Louisiana Public Broadcasting and John Hill, a journalist for the Morning Advocate.

See also The William L. “Bill” McLeod, Jr. Papers, Collection number 159.

Scope and Content Note

The McLeod Lecture Series Collection consists of materials depicting the various activities of the lecture series, the archives program, and the oral history program.

Series A includes materials and information about the Southwest Louisiana Legislative Delegation Archives. Series B consists of the oral history interviews, television programs, transcripts, and other audiovisual materials. Students in Dr. Henry Sirgo’s Government and Political Science classes recorded the oral history interviews. Some interviews are recorded on VHS videotape and some on audio cassettes. Most are transcribed.

The remaining series focus on the annual lecture series. These materials consist of copies of LPB’s working papers for the programs, background information about the programs, promotional materials, student research papers, and photographs.

Container List

Series A. Southwest Louisiana Legislative Delegation Archives

Box	Folder	Description
1	1	Paul Hart Miller’s LPB file, 2003-2005.
	2	Paul Hart Miller’s Banners file, 2004-2005.
	3	Correspondence, lists, and notes file of Paul Hart Miller regarding the archives project, 2003-2004.
	4	Correspondence, lists, and notes file of Paul Hart Miller regarding the archives project, 2004-2005.
	5	Letterhead and CD with logo files for the lecture series and the archives, 2004.
	OS 10	Election poster for William J. Dodd, running for state superintendent of education, ca. 1964.

Series B. Oral History Interviews, Television programs, Transcripts, and other Audiovisual materials

Note: See the J. Burton Andrepont Papers for his oral history interview.

Box	Interviewee	Interviewer(s)	Format	Date	Notes
2	Alan Bradley	Logan Bistok	Audio	2/15/2005	Transcribed
	John Breaux	Dr. Henry Sirgo and Christina Engolia	Audio	3/8/2007	Transcribed. Partial interview only.
	James A. Cox	Henry Sirgo	Video (VHS) Audio	5/6/2005	Transcribed
	Rep. Larry Currie	Keith Welch	Audio	2/28/2005	Transcribed
	Rep. James L. Dennis *	Jermaine Guillory and Dr. Henry Sirgo	Micro-audio Audio	Ca. 2/2004	Transcribed
	Elcie Guillory	Darren Allen	Audio	3/14/2005	Transcribed
	John Hainkel	LPB	Video (VHS)	Ca. 2/2004
	U.S. Rep. Jimmy Hayes	Dr. John Keeling Shannon McCall	Video (DVD)	4/3/2008	Transcribed
	Rep. E.L. “Bubba” Henry *	Jermaine Guillory and Dr. Henry Sirgo	Micro-audio Audio	Ca. 2/2004	Transcribed
	Rep. E.L. “Bubba” Henry	John Hill	2 Videos (VHS)	Ca. 2/2004
	Mark Herbert of Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office	Sarah Puckett	Audio Video (VHS)	11/4/2005	Transcribed
	Kay Iles	Lauren Mosher	Audio	2/4/2005	Transcribed
	U.S. Rep. Chris John	Dr. John Keeling Shannon McCall	Video (DVD)	4/3/2008	Transcribed
	Sen. J. Bennett Johnston	Dr. Henry Sirgo and Christina Engolia	Audio	3/12/2007	Transcribed
	Horace Lynn Jones and Sandra J. Treme	Michael Spell	Audio Video (VHS)	2/10/2006	Transcribed
	Sen. Robert G. Jones	LPB	Video (VHS)	Ca. 2/2004
	Sen. Robert G. Jones	Alexis Stevens	Video (VHS) Audio	2/28/2005	Transcribed
	Sara Judson	Stephanie Phillips	Audio	11/8/2005	Transcribed
	Chuck Kleckley	Cody Nowocin	Video (VHS) Audio	3/27/2007	Transcribed
	KPLC-TV Program about Jesse Knowles' memorial service	n/a	Video	4/27/2006
	KPLC-TV Program about the History of the Police Jury System. Includes a short interview with Dr. Henry Sirgo.	n/a	Video	6/21/2007
	Rep. J. Kenneth Leithman *	Jermaine Guillory and Dr. Henry Sirgo	Micro-audio Audio	Ca. 2/2004	Transcribed
	Mayor Ron Leleux	Crystal Turner	Audio Video (VHS)	3/14/2006	Transcribed
	Seth Lyons	Dr. Henry Sirgo	Video (VHS) Audio	3/14/2005	Transcribed
	Michael McHale	Dr. Henry Sirgo	Video (VHS) Audio	2/27/2007	Transcribed
	McLeod Lecture Series. Archival footage provided by the Louisiana State Archives for LPB	n/a	2 Videos (VHS)	Ca. 2/2004
	McLeod Lecture Series. Young Turks Roundtable Discussion filmed by LPB.	n/a	Micro-audio 2 copies Video (VHS) Audio	3/18/2004	Transcribed
	McLeod Lecture Series. La. Governors Roundtable Discussion filmed by LPB.	n/a	Audio Video (VHS)	2005	Transcribed
	McLeod Lecture Series. La. Politics and the Fourth Estate Roundtable Discussion filmed by LPB.	n/a	Audio Video (VHS)	2006	Transcribed
	McLeod Lecture Series. La.'s Influence in Washington Roundtable Discussion filmed by LPB.	n/a	Audio Video (VHS)	2007	Transcribed
	McLeod Lecture Series. The Congressional Record: Four Louisianians share their perspective (U.S. Representatives). Roundtable Discussion filmed by LPB.	n/a	Video (DVD)	4/3/2008	Transcribed
	Cissie McLeod	Edwin Crosby Jr.	Audio Video (VHS)	11/11/2005	Transcribed
	Rep. Ralph Miller *	Jermaine Guillory and Dr. Henry Sirgo	Micro-audio Audio	Ca. 2/2004	Transcribed. Partial interview only. Remainder of tape has an interview with Paul Hart Miller about the other interviews.
	Rep. P.J. Mills *	Jermaine Guillory and Dr. Henry Sirgo	Micro-audio Audio	Ca. 2/2004	Transcribed
	Sen. Willie Mount	Dr. Henry Sirgo	Audio Video (VHS)	2/21/2006	Transcribed
	Sen. Cliff Newman	Cindy Bullock	Audio Video (VHS)	12/2/2005	Transcribed
	Rep. Vic Stelly	Jennifer Robinson	Video (VHS) Audio	1/31/2005	Transcribed
	Rep. Dennis Stine	Amanda McFarland	Video (VHS) Audio	4/11/2005	Transcribed
	Rep. Tim Stine	Kelly Vastine	Audio	4/25/2005	Transcribed
	Dr. Thomas D. Watson	Dr. Henry Sirgo	Video (VHS) Audio	2/13/2007	Transcribed
	Transcripts of oral history interviews and television programs.*	n/a	n/a	2004-2006	n/a
	Photographs of Alan Bradley, Larry Currie, Dan Flavin, and Elcie Guillory	n/a	n/a	2005	n/a

* See also Box 1, Folder 11 for summaries of the oral history interviews with the Young Turks, Henry Sirgo, and Jermaine Guillory, 2004.

Series C. 2004 Lecture Series: The Young Turks

Box	Folder	Description
1	6	Newspaper clippings regarding Jim Dennis, the Young Turks, and the new Louisiana Constitution, 1967-1970, 1991, n.d.
	7-9	LPB Production notes and background information on the Young Turks, ca. 1970-2004.
	10	Photographs of the Young Turks, the first McLeod Lecture, the McLeod family, and the wives of the Young Turks, ca. 1970-2004.
	11	Correspondence, lists, and clippings of Paul Hart Miller regarding the Young Turks. Also includes summaries of the oral history interviews with the Young Turks, Henry Sirgo, and Jermaine Guillory, 2004.
	12	Young Turks program, promotional materials, and clippings, 2004.
	13	“Blazing a New Trail: Louisiana’s Young Turks and their reforms in the state legislature.” Student research paper for the first McLeod Lecture by Jermaine Guillory, March 18, 2004 (4 copies).
	OS 10	McNeese Alumni newsletter, Spring 2004, article about the lecture series and archives.

Series D. 2005 Lecture Series: Louisiana Governors

Box	Folder	Description
1	14	Correspondence with the Louisiana Governors, notes, and task list file of Paul Hart Miller, 2004.
	15	Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities grant application file of Paul Hart Miller, 2004.
	16	Correspondence, program, promotional materials, and clippings file of Paul Hart Miller, 2004-2005.
	17	“La.’s Governor: Leadership … Legacy … Lessons Learned.” Student research paper for the second McLeod Lecture by Michael J. Mallett, February 25, 2005 (5 copies).

Series E. 2006 Lecture Series: Louisiana Politics and the Fourth Estate

Box	Folder	Description
1	18	Program, promotional materials, and clippings, 2006.
	19	Contact sheet and CD of images from McNeese Office of Media Services, 2006.

Series F. 2007 Lecture Series: Louisiana's Influence in Washington

Box	Folder	Description
1	20	Program from the lecture with photos of John Breaux and J. Bennett Johnston. "Members of Congress," student research paper by Christina Engolia, 2007 (3 copies).