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Larrieu, George C. (1925-2017). Photograph Collection, 1943-1964

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0452

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photographs that were taken at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. This collection was donated by George C. Larrieu.

Dates

  • 1943-1964

Biographical / Historical

George C. Larrieu was born on February 12, 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the son of James August Larrieu and Katherine Carlisle Larrieu. George graduated from Lamar High School in Houston, Texas in 1943. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and served until his honorable discharge as a Private First Class on July 21, 1945. He studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology from 1945-1947. From 1947-1957, he was self-employed as a free-lance publicity photographer. He also attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now The University of Louisiana at Lafayette), receiving an Air Force ROTC Commission in 1951.

George spent his career as an information officer, with assignments in Hawaii, Nebraska, and Alabama. In 1963, he returned to the University of Southwestern Louisiana under Operation Bootstrap and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1964. In 1965, he attended the USAF Information Academic Program conducted by Boston University School of Public Communications. He retired in 1981. He passed away on June 7, 2017 at the age of 92. Interment was at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

Extent

387 Megabytes

Language of Materials

English

Title
George C. Larrieu Photograph Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Jane Vidrine
Date
10/19/2017
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository

Contact:
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031