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University of Houston. Sonnier, Claude - Sonnier video, 1 of 1. July 23, 2003. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. June 18, 2021. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/houhistory/item/323/show/1595.

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Title	Sonnier, Claude
Creator (LCNAF)	University of Houston
Creator (Local)	Houston History Project
Contributor (Local)	Wiltz, Steven, interviewer University of Louisiana at Lafayette, project
Date	July 23, 2003
Description	This is an oral history interview with Claude Sonnier conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Claude Sonnier was born in 1918 in Scott, Louisiana, into a farming family. He attended Southwestern Louisiana Institute (SLI) from 1937-40, earning a degree in electrical engineering. After graduating, he got a surveying job with S and W Construction, but was soon drafted into the Army during World War Two, where he stayed for five years. Upon leaving the military in December 1945, he was immediately hired by Humble Oil Company (now Exxon) and soon made operator. Three years later he was put in charge of his first crew. During his career he worked in many different locations including Florida, Houston, west Texas, east Africa, and the North Sea. In 1978 he retired from Humble after working for them for 32 and a half years. He describes working on a seismic crew in the late '40s, working in the Florida marshes, new technologies (e.g., 3-D instruments), and the various animals he encountered in the field.
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	Energy development
Subject.Name (Local)	Sonnier, Claude, 1918-
Subject.Geographic (TGN)	Lafayette, Louisiana
Genre (AAT)	interviews
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Moving Image 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	Sonnier video, 1 of 1
Format (IMT)	video/mp4
Original Item Location	ID 2006-005, CD/DVD Box 5, HHA 00412
File Name	hhaoh_201207_126c.mp4
Access File Run Time	00:38:40