Carolyn Louise Goldsby Kolb (b. 1942)
Interviewed by Dorothy Schlesinger, May & June, 1999

Born in New Orleans (Baptist Hospital), daughter of Ethel Louise McQueen of New Orleans and Joseph Goldsby of Amite, Louisiana.

Discusses her family history (Goldsby, Lehr, McQueen, Marquar, Sanders, Powers).

Memories of Pinky Vidacovich and the Dawn Busters radio program, growing up in Bogalusa, swimming at former Governor Leche's pool in Lacombe, and high school days.

Memories of Newcomb College, the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University, the Bourbon House in the French Quarter, visiting the University of Mississippi on the day after William Faulkner's death. Also sailing at the yacht club, school desegregation crisis, civil rights struggle in Bogalusa, Tulane students involved in the Bay of Pigs invasion. Work at WDSU-TV (and later involvement in getting their film archives at the University of New Orleans) and the Times-Picayune, especially Albert Goldstein, Pie Dufour and Mabel Simmons.

Discusses Clay Shaw and Jim Garrison's investigation, the Jazz Museum (Danny Barker, Doc Souchon, Dizzy Gillespie), and the American Civil Liberties Union. Talks of Kendall and Kathy Vick, her own role as state press secretary for George McGovern's presidential campaign in 1972, and other political campaigns with her husband Kenneth. Mentions various advertising and writing assignments, the women's movement in New Orleans, and the real estate business. Discusses her children (Pherabe Elizabeth Hardin Kolb and Kenneth Hugh Carlton Kolb) and their activities, including the Children's Community co-operative nursery school, Newcomb Nursery School, Metairie Park Country Day School, and Cynthia May's music classes.

Reviews her participation in the Directions program at Tulane, the History Department at the University of New Orleans, and the Quarante Club.

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