The Lsu Rural Life Museum and Windrush Gardens

by Phillips, Faye

• ISBN13: 9781596297562
• ISBN10: 1596297565
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-21
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

In 1830, Louisiana settler William S. Pike established an incredible five-hundred-acre plantation five miles from the heart of present-day Baton Rouge. His progeny continued to cherish the land for generations, all while pursuing unique and active lives. William Stephen Pike Burden Jr. became an amateur magician, and Ollie Brice Steele Burden, inspired by the formal gardens of Europe, designed Windrush Gardens. Today, the land is home to Louisiana State University's Rural Life Museum and houses rare collections of Louisiana folk life and working plantation materials. In this comprehensive history of LSU's beloved landmark, archivist Faye Phillips brings to life the hardships and toils, vision and determination of families in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Louisiana.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Beginnings	p. 19
Ollie Brice Steele Burden (1870-1958)	p. 26
William Stephen Pike Burden Jr. (1898-1965)	p. 29
Ione Easter Burden (1896-1983)	p. 33
ôAll I Ever Was in My Life Was a Yard Manö	p. 43
Ollie Brice Steele Burden (1900-1995)	p. 43
City Park Work	p. 50
LSU Work	p. 52
Beginnings of the Rural Life Museum	p. 55
Work for Private Homeowners	p. 60
Storyteller	p. 61
Mr. Steele, the Artist	p. 63
Louisiana Rural Life	p. 67
The Plantation Section	p. 71
The Folk Life Section	p. 85
ôTo Preserve the Rural Settingö	p. 105
Notes	p. 115
Index	p. 123
About the Author	p. 127
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