Block, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, move, protect, rollback
57,799
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 20:
Line 20: − + − She joined the NSU faculty at the age of twenty-seven in 1963 as an instructor of social science. She was promoted to assistant professor of history in 1965, associate professor in 1970, and full professor in 1973. In 1980, she was named to succeed Donald Moses Rawson as chairman of the NSU Department of History after president Rene Bienvenu tapped Rawson as the Dean of the Graduate School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2207102?uid=3739920&uid=2129&uid=2134&uid=2485183163&uid=2485183153&uid=2&uid=70&uid=3&uid=3739256&uid=60&sid=21104955297203|title=Historical News and Notices|page=156|publisher=jstor.org: ''The Journal of Southern History'', Vol. 47 (No. 1)|date=February 1981|accessdate=October 18, 2014}}</ref> LeBreton left the chairmanship in 1983, when the department was renamed Social Sciences. She returned to teaching and was still on the history faculty in the spring of 2009 when she was stricken with a brief but fatal illness. + − LeBreton authored ''Northwestern State University: A History 1884-1984,''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://openlibrary.org/b/OL2555618M/Northwestern_State_University_of_Louisiana__1884-1984|title=''Northwestern State University of Louisiana, 1884-1984: A History''|publisher=openlibrary.org|accessdate=October 5, 2009}}</ref> which was published in 1985 by the NSU Press for the university centennial.<ref name=author>{{cite web|url=http://northwesternalumni.com/s/859/images/FileLibrary/dec14401-49cc-4210-9014-8f8462345151.pdf|title=Author of NSU History Dies|publisher=northwesternalumni.com|accessdate=October 5, 2009}}</ref>+
no edit summary
==Background==
==Background==
LeBreton (pronounced LE BRETTON) was born in [[New Orleans]] to the late Edmond Jules and Barbara Martin Logan LeBreton. She received her [[Bachelor of Arts]], [[Master of Arts]], and [[Ph.D.]] in history from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. She had two brother, one is Arthur LeBreton, and nine nieces and nephews.<ref name=legacy>{{cite web|url=http://natchitochespreservation.ning.com/forum/topics/remembering-dr-marietta|title= Remembering Dr. Marietta LeBreton, professor, historian and mentor at NSU-LA|publisher=Natchitoches Preservation Network|accessdate=October 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name=legacy/>
LeBreton (pronounced LE BRETTON) was born in [[New Orleans]] to the late Edmond Jules and Barbara Martin Logan LeBreton. She received her [[Bachelor of Arts]], [[Master of Arts]], and [[Ph.D.]] in history from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. She had two brothers and nine nieces and nephews.<ref name=legacy>{{cite web|url=http://natchitochespreservation.ning.com/forum/topics/remembering-dr-marietta|title= Remembering Dr. Marietta LeBreton, professor, historian and mentor at NSU-LA|publisher=Natchitoches Preservation Network|accessdate=October 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name=legacy/>
==Career==
==Career==
LeBreton joined the NSU faculty at the age of twenty-seven in 1963 as an instructor of social science. She was promoted to assistant professor of history in 1965, associate professor in 1970, and full professor in 1973. In 1980, she was named to succeed Donald Moses Rawson as chairman of the NSU Department of History after president Rene Bienvenu tapped Rawson as the Dean of the Graduate School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2207102?uid=3739920&uid=2129&uid=2134&uid=2485183163&uid=2485183153&uid=2&uid=70&uid=3&uid=3739256&uid=60&sid=21104955297203|title=Historical News and Notices|page=156|publisher=jstor.org: ''The Journal of Southern History'', Vol. 47 (No. 1)|date=February 1981|accessdate=October 18, 2014}}</ref> LeBreton left the chairmanship in 1983, when the department was renamed Social Sciences. She returned to teaching and was still on the history faculty in the spring of 2009 when she was stricken with a brief but fatal illness.
She authored ''Northwestern State University: A History 1884-1984,''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://openlibrary.org/b/OL2555618M/Northwestern_State_University_of_Louisiana__1884-1984|title=''Northwestern State University of Louisiana, 1884-1984: A History''|publisher=openlibrary.org|accessdate=October 5, 2009}}</ref> which was published in 1985 by the NSU Press for the university centennial.<ref name=author>{{cite web|url=http://northwesternalumni.com/s/859/images/FileLibrary/dec14401-49cc-4210-9014-8f8462345151.pdf|title=Author of NSU History Dies|publisher=northwesternalumni.com|accessdate=October 5, 2009}}</ref>
LeBreton authored "The Acadians" chapter of Stephan Thernstrom's ''Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups.'' She also wrote a geographic and historical article about [[Dorcheat Bayou]], a scenic wonder in southwestern [[Arkansas]] and Webster Parish, Louisiana, in the book ''Rivers and Bayous of Louisiana." She wrote "The Burr Conspiracy", a chapter of the ''Readings in Louisiana History," of which she was also the associate editor.<ref name=author/>
LeBreton authored "The Acadians" chapter of Stephan Thernstrom's ''Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups.'' She also wrote a geographic and historical article about [[Dorcheat Bayou]], a scenic wonder in southwestern [[Arkansas]] and Webster Parish, Louisiana, in the book ''Rivers and Bayous of Louisiana." She wrote "The Burr Conspiracy", a chapter of the ''Readings in Louisiana History," of which she was also the associate editor.<ref name=author/>