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University of Houston. Robin, Russell - Robin audio, 1 of 1. June 13, 2002. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. May 27, 2022. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/houhistory/item/1077/show/1075.

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Title	Robin, Russell
Creator (LCNAF)	University of Houston
Creator (Local)	Houston History Project
Contributor (Local)	DiTucci, David, interviewer University of Louisiana at Lafayette, project
Date	June 13, 2002
Description	This is an oral history interview with Russell Robin conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Russell Robin was born in 1931 in Breaux Bridge. At 17 he got a job on a dredging crew with McWilliams Company and five years later served in the Korean War for 2 years. He was discharged in 1954, came back home, got married, and resumed his work dredging. Less than half a year later, he got a job as a deckhand with Phillips Petroleum Company on a drilling rig off of Eugene Island (35 miles offshore) where he worked until he was laid off. In 1961, he went to work for Tidewater and over the course of a year was promoted from deckhand to engineer, from engineer to captain. He left Tidewater in 1971 to go to work for McDermott as a boat captain; he retired from McDermott in 1990. He also discusses unionization, the cultural impacts of the oil industry, and how he earned his pilot's license.
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	Energy development
Subject.Name (Local)	Robin, Russell, 1931-
Subject.Geographic (TGN)	Lafayette, Louisiana
Genre (AAT)	interviews
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Sound Text
Original Collection	Oral Histories - Houston History Project
Digital Collection	Oral Histories from the Houston History Project
Digital Collection URL	http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/houhistory
Repository	Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL	http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections
Use and Reproduction	Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner. For more information please see the UH Digital Library Fair Use policy on the "About" page of this website.
File Name	index.cpd

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Title	Robin audio, 1 of 1
Format (IMT)	audio/mp3
Original Item Location	ID 2006-005, CD/DVD Box 5, HHA 00376
File Name	hhaoh_201207_114a.mp3