Becoming Louisiana: British & Scots-Irish (Lecture Series)
Join us at the Louisiana State Archives for a deep dive into British and Scots-Irish origins in Louisiana!
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The Friends of the Louisiana State Archives and the Friends of the Old State Capitol are excited to invite you to the next lecture in the Becoming Louisiana series focused on the British and Scots-Irish, given by Dr. Samuel C. Hyde, Jr.
Becoming Louisiana is an ambitious historical exploration tracing the many origins that converged to create the Louisiana we know today and will continue to become.
We hope to see you there! Free admission.
About the Speaker
Dr. Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., Professor of History at Southeastern Louisiana University, is the Director of the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies and holds the Leon Ford Endowed Chair in Regional History. Hyde, a northern Tangipahoa Parish native who has extensively studied the history of the Florida Parishes, is the author of Pistols and Politics: Feuds, Factions, and the Struggle for Order in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes 1810 – 1935.
