Who started the archives?
The Frazar Memorial Library Archives and Special Collections Department began in 1980 when Richard Reid was the director of the library. Reid began the Department at the request of Dr. Robert D. Hebert, McNeese State University President. When it began, it consisted of one collection – the Rosa Hart scrapbooks that were saved from a fire at the Lake Charles Little Theatre. Kathie Bordelon volunteered to work with the collection on a part-time basis. Since then, the department has flourished, proving Dr. Heberts premise that there was a need for an archives in the University that would serve the entire Southwest Louisiana community. Kathie has directed the archives since its inception and is now joined by an assistant archivist, Pati Threatt.
