The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Paul R. Valteau, Jr.

The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Paul R. Valteau, Jr.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (12 video files (5 hr., 56 min., 26 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:	English
Subject:	Valteau, Paul Raymond, -- 1946- -- Interviews. African Americans -- Interviews. African Americans. Internet videos. Interviews. Nonfiction films. Oral histories. Oral histories. Internet videos. Nonfiction films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11337058

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Varying Form of Title:	History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Paul R. Valteau, Jr. The Honorable Paul R. Valteau, Jr.
Other authors / contributors:	Valteau, Paul Raymond, 1946- interviewee. Gines, Denise, interviewer. Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer. Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:	digital
Digital file characteristics:	video file
Notes:	Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Denise Gines, interviewer. Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer. Recorded New Orleans, Louisiana 2010 June 11. Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2011 August 19. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Summary:	Government administrator and lawyer Paul Raymond Valteau, Jr. was born on October 5, 1946, in New Orleans, Louisiana. From 1960 to 1965, he attended St. Augustine High School, an all-boys parochial high school in New Orleans. In 1969, Valteau obtained his B.A. degree from Dillard University in Sociology, and in 1972, he received his J.D. degree from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law. From 1974 to 1976, Valteau served as a lawyer for the Louisiana legislature, then went on to work as a private practice lawyer. In 1982, Valteau was elected to Civil Sheriff of Orleans Parish, a position he would keep for twenty-eight years. From 2006 to 2009, Valteau served as Chairman of the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Committee, earning commendation from the New Orleans City Council. In 2010, Valteau retired from politics to head the private law firm Valteau, Harris, Koenig, & Mayer.