Education & career
editI have a Ph.D. and M.A. in History, and a B.A. in English, and I work as a professional historian and curator in a private archives. I have published four books about south Louisiana history and culture, and I co-wrote another with two colleagues.
Fields of interest
editMy primary interests on Wikipedia tend to relate directly or indirectly to south Louisiana, and sometimes to military history, although I enjoy editing any articles that could use improvement.
Achievements
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This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than ten years (since 2006). |
Numismatics barnstar | |
For participating in the 2019 US Banknote Contest. - ZLEA T\C 19:14, 1 January 2020 (UTC) |
Bronze Wiki | |
For taking third place in the 2019 US Banknote Contest. - ZLEA T\C 19:26, 1 January 2020 (UTC) |
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Contributions
editArticles & stubs
editBelow are articles/stubs that I originated, either by creating the initial article/stub from scratch or by deleting a pre-existing one and writing a new (or almost new) one in its place:
- Amru Sani, Jamaican singer and actress
- Bird City, south Louisiana wildfowl refuge
- Bob Acres, Louisiana, community in Iberia Parish.
- Bryson Foster, child activist against muscular dystrophy
- C. C. Adcock, south Louisiana musician
- Cajun Navy, volunteer rescue boaters
- Carl A. Brasseaux, south Louisiana historian
- Céu, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- Charles Willis Ward, conservationist and businessman
- Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, exclusive wine-tasting society
- Cotton factor (stub), nineteenth-century southern economic institution
- Council for the Development of French in Louisiana, cultural activist organization
- Christopher Manson, children's book author and illustrator
- Don Rich (swamp pop singer)
- Dr. Holbrook's Military School, defunct New York military boarding school
- E. C. Hazard and Company, defunct grocery firm
- E. R. Squibb, pharmaceutics manufacturer.
- Edmund McIlhenny, inventor of Tabasco sauce
- Edward Avery McIlhenny, south Louisiana businessman and conservationist
- Esphyr Slobodkina (stub), author of children's book Caps for Sale
- Fernand Petiot (stub), bartender and inventor of the Bloody Mary
- Fonville Winans, Louisiana photographer
- The Fox Nation, Internet Web site.
- Holt Collier (stub), Mississippi hunting guide and tracker
- Glenn R. Conrad, south Louisiana historian
- Gordon D. Gayle, U.S. Marine
- J. D. "Jay" Miller (stub), south Louisiana record producer
- James "Jimmy" Domengeaux, south Louisiana politician and cultural activist
- John Avery McIlhenny, south Louisiana businessman, soldier, and public servant
- Jujiro Wada (stub), Japanese adventurer and entrepreneur
- Lewis G. Merritt, U.S. Marine
- Lewis William Walt (stub), U.S. Marine
- The Lost Paris Tapes, Jim Morrison bootleg recordings
- Maunsel White, south Louisiana businessman and pepper sauce inventor
- Military Order the Carabao, semi-secret U.S. military social club
- Paul J. Rainey, businessman, philanthropist, hunter, and photographer
- Polycarp, local children's TV show host
- Raymond Spencer Rodgers, educator and futurist
- Rod Bernard, south Louisiana musician
- Rose B. Knox (stub), children's author
- Richard Tregaskis, author of Guadalcanal Diary
- Royal Proclamation of 2003, a document issued by Queen Elizabeth II
- Rynella, rural Iberia Parish community
- Sozodont, an oral hygiene product
- Swamp Pop, south Louisiana musical genre
- This Should Go On Forever, swamp pop song
- Walter Stauffer McIlhenny, U.S. Marine and businessman
- Warren Storm, south Louisiana musician
- Western Islands (publisher), publishing arm of the John Birch Society.
My watchlist
editOther articles that are on my watchlist include:
- Acadiana, south Louisiana region
- Avery Island, Louisiana, south Louisiana community and landmark
- Barry Jean Ancelet, south Louisiana folklorist and linguist
- Cajuns, south Louisiana ethnic group
- Caps for Sale, children's book
- Coonass, epithet applied to Cajuns
- Homotherium, an extinct big cat
- Johnny Rebel (singer), south Louisiana racist musician
- Jungle Gardens, south Louisiana tourist attraction
- Magnolia, Mississippi, southwest Mississippi community
- Tabasco pepper, botanical variety
- Tabasco sauce, trademarked pepper sauce product
Images contributed
editFree Use:
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Ansel Prewitt
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Avery Island, Louisiana
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Bayou Teche
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Bird City, Louisiana
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Charles Willis Ward
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Dale & Grace
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Dr. Holbrook's Military School
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E. C. Hazard and Company
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E. C. Hazard and Company
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General Lew Walt
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General Lewie G. Merritt
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General Gordon D. Gayle
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Holt Collier
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Homotherium fossil
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Homotherium fossil
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Jivin' Gene
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Jujiro Wada
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Jungle Gardens
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Maunsel White
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Military Order of the Carabao medal
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Paul J. Rainey
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Richard Tregaskis and Maj Gen Vandegrift
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Sozodont
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Sozodont cologne
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Tabasco ad (ca. 1895)
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Sting from caterpillar.
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Tabasco ad (1905)
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"This Should Go On Forever" 45 RPM single
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Walter S. McIlhenny
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Wheel of Fortune motif