2002-07-24

Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston

This is an oral history interview with William Craig conducted as part of the Houston History Project. William Craig earned a bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering at Louisiana State University. He worked for the Arkansas and Louisiana Gas Company for two years, joined the Army Air Corp until 1945, and returned to the Company for five more years. He did consulting work beginning in 1951, first in Texas, then in Lafayette in 1956. He discusses the changes that the Oil Center brought to Lafayette, and how it was different from when he visited the city as a child. He also talks about economic changes that the oil industry brought to Louisiana. Interviewer: David DiTucci.

interviews

Energy development; Petroleum industry and trade; Craig, William

Lafayette, Louisiana

Oral Histories from the Houston History Project

University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

English

Collection
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Houston History Archives
Oral Histories from the Houston History Project

Preservation Location: ark:/84475/pm6552w583p