The HistoryMakers video oral history with Huel D. Perkins.

Retired educator Huel Davis Perkins was born on December 27, 1924 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Perkins served in the U.S. Navy as a musician during World War II. He graduated from Southern University with highest honors in 1947. Perkins received his M.A. degree in music in 1951 and his Ph.D. in 1958,...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Perkins, Huel D. (Huel Davis), 1924-2013 (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Perkins, Huel D. > (Huel Davis), > 1924-2013 > Interviews.
Perkins, Huel D. > (Huel Davis), > 1924-2013.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Academic Administrator > Music Professor.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 31 min.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Huel D. Perkins
Huel D. Perkins
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
Retired educator Huel Davis Perkins was born on December 27, 1924 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Perkins served in the U.S. Navy as a musician during World War II. He graduated from Southern University with highest honors in 1947. Perkins received his M.A. degree in music in 1951 and his Ph.D. in 1958, both from Northwestern University. Perkins taught as an associate professor of music at Southern University from 1951 through 1960. From 1968 to 1978, Perkins served as the Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at Southern University. At Louisiana State University, Perkins served as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Executive Assistant to the Chancellor and Special Assistant to the Chancellor from 1979 through 1998. In 1996, President Bill Clinton appointed Perkins to the Board of Advisors of the J.W. Fulbright foreign scholarship program. In 2002, Perkins founded Huel D. Perkins & Associates, Inc. Perkins passed away on April 15, 2013, at the age of 88.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:02:31:00
Credits:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2008 March 26.
Source of Description:
Vendor-supplied metadata.