Addendum note to Ethnographic Interview with ...

Addendum note to Ethnographic Interview with Audrey Vaughan Please note that the while not explicitly stated, the purpose of the interview with Ms. Vaughan was to gather information on the use of Freshwater Bayou and maritime transportation by residents of Pecan Island, Louisiana. This interview was meant to enhance a submerged cultural resources chapter of a larger report by illustrating the island's dependency on watercraft other than those used for work, such as their shrimp boats, oyster boats, and trawlers, which were addressed in the same chapter. Thus stated, it was never the intent of the interviewer to extract the minute details of day to day social, economic, leisure, and labor activities of residents on Pecan Island. In hindsight, a more in-depth interview or series of interviews should have been performed in order to extract as many early to mid twentieth century recollections of this unique enclave of Louisiana before all was lost.