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University of Houston. Evans, Orde - Evans video, 1 of 2. February 25, 2003. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. May 20, 2022. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/houhistory/item/696/show/1706.

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Title	Evans, Orde
Creator (LCNAF)	University of Houston
Creator (Local)	Houston History Project
Contributor (Local)	Wiltz, Steven, interviewer University of Louisiana at Lafayette, project
Date	February 25, 2003
Description	This is an oral history interview with Orde Evans conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Orde Evans was born in 1922 in Basil, Louisiana. After WWII, he moved to Lafayette in 1947, to work in rig construction. In 1979, he started his own consulting and production company called Oracle, and later expanded his business to Houston and then international markets. He was part of the Energy Committee in Washington, D.C., where they investigated different types of energy. Eventually Evans brought geo-thermal energy to southern Louisiana. An entrepreneur, he also invented many products. He also discusses the changes that the oil industry brought to Louisiana.
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	Energy development
Subject.Name (Local)	Evans, Orde, 1922-2004
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	Evans video, 1 of 2
Format (IMT)	video/mp4
Original Item Location	ID 2006-005, CD/DVD Box 2, HHA 00161
File Name	hhaoh_201207_040d.mp4
Access File Run Time	00:40:54