User:Skb8721

Education & career
I have a Ph.D. and M.A. in History, and a B.A. in English, and I work as a professional historian and curator in a private archives. I have published four books about south Louisiana history and culture, and I co-wrote another with two colleagues.

Fields of interest
My primary interests on Wikipedia tend to relate directly or indirectly to south Louisiana, and sometimes to military history, although I enjoy editing any articles that could use improvement.

Achievements


Articles & stubs
Below are articles/stubs that I originated, either by creating the initial article/stub from scratch or by deleting a pre-existing one and writing a new (or almost new) one in its place:


 * Amru Sani, Jamaican singer and actress
 * Bird City, south Louisiana wildfowl refuge
 * Bob Acres, Louisiana, community in Iberia Parish.
 * Bryson Foster, child activist against muscular dystrophy
 * C. C. Adcock, south Louisiana musician
 * Cajun Navy, volunteer rescue boaters
 * Carl A. Brasseaux, south Louisiana historian
 * Céu, Brazilian singer-songwriter
 * Charles Willis Ward, conservationist and businessman
 * Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, exclusive wine-tasting society
 * Cotton factor (stub), nineteenth-century southern economic institution
 * Council for the Development of French in Louisiana, cultural activist organization
 * Christopher Manson, children's book author and illustrator
 * Don Rich (swamp pop singer)
 * Dr. Holbrook's Military School, defunct New York military boarding school
 * E. C. Hazard and Company, defunct grocery firm
 * E. R. Squibb, pharmaceutics manufacturer.
 * Edmund McIlhenny, inventor of Tabasco sauce
 * Edward Avery McIlhenny, south Louisiana businessman and conservationist
 * Esphyr Slobodkina (stub), author of children's book Caps for Sale
 * Fernand Petiot (stub), bartender and inventor of the Bloody Mary
 * Fonville Winans, Louisiana photographer
 * The Fox Nation, Internet Web site.
 * Holt Collier (stub), Mississippi hunting guide and tracker
 * Glenn R. Conrad, south Louisiana historian
 * Gordon D. Gayle, U.S. Marine
 * J. D. "Jay" Miller (stub), south Louisiana record producer
 * James "Jimmy" Domengeaux, south Louisiana politician and cultural activist
 * John Avery McIlhenny, south Louisiana businessman, soldier, and public servant
 * Jujiro Wada (stub), Japanese adventurer and entrepreneur
 * Lewis G. Merritt, U.S. Marine
 * Lewis William Walt (stub), U.S. Marine
 * The Lost Paris Tapes, Jim Morrison bootleg recordings
 * Maunsel White, south Louisiana businessman and pepper sauce inventor
 * Military Order the Carabao, semi-secret U.S. military social club
 * Paul J. Rainey, businessman, philanthropist, hunter, and photographer
 * Polycarp, local children's TV show host
 * Raymond Spencer Rodgers, educator and futurist
 * Rod Bernard, south Louisiana musician
 * Rose B. Knox (stub), children's author
 * Richard Tregaskis, author of Guadalcanal Diary
 * Royal Proclamation of 2003, a document issued by Queen Elizabeth II
 * Rynella, rural Iberia Parish community
 * Sozodont, an oral hygiene product
 * Swamp Pop, south Louisiana musical genre
 * This Should Go On Forever, swamp pop song
 * Walter Stauffer McIlhenny, U.S. Marine and businessman
 * Warren Storm, south Louisiana musician
 * Western Islands (publisher), publishing arm of the John Birch Society.

My watchlist
Other articles that are on my watchlist include:


 * Acadiana, south Louisiana region
 * Avery Island, Louisiana, south Louisiana community and landmark
 * Barry Jean Ancelet, south Louisiana folklorist and linguist
 * Cajuns, south Louisiana ethnic group
 * Caps for Sale, children's book
 * Coonass, epithet applied to Cajuns
 * Homotherium, an extinct big cat
 * Johnny Rebel (singer), south Louisiana racist musician
 * Jungle Gardens, south Louisiana tourist attraction
 * Magnolia, Mississippi, southwest Mississippi community
 * Tabasco pepper, botanical variety
 * Tabasco sauce, trademarked pepper sauce product

Images contributed
Free Use:

Fair Use:
 * Amru Sani sheet music
 * Bella Donna Boudreaux
 * Caps for Sale book cover
 * Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin logo
 * Jesus Family Tomb book cover
 * John Avery McIlhenny
 * The Lemon Pipers album cover
 * Te of Piglet book cover