The Joe Wood Berry Photographs

Ca. 1975

.1 linear feet

 Collection Number 178

 Prepared by Patricia A. Threatt
June 2004

CITATION: The Joe Wood Berry Photographs, Collection No. 178, Box number, Folder number, Archives and Special Collections Department, Frazar Memorial Library, McNeese State University.

 Archives and Special Collections Department
Frazar Memorial Library
McNeese State University

Biographical Sketch

Joe Wood Berry is part of the husband-and-wife lobbying team known as Joe Wood & Associates. Berry’s political career began in 1964, when she worked for Louisiana Governor John J. McKeithen. Soon after, she became the first woman to lobby the Louisiana Legislature.

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of five photographs, including images of Berry, Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, U. S. Representative Buddy Leach, State Representative Harry Hollins, State Senator Bob Jones, State Representative Conway LeBleu, State Senator Bill McLeod, State Director of Highways W. T. Taylor, U. S. Senator Allen J. Ellender, State Senator James David Cain, and State Representative Armand Brinkhaus.