Glenn R. Conrad

Glenn Russell Conrad (September 3, 1932 – June 4, 2003) was an American historian, professor, and author. He is known for his research of south Louisiana culture, as well as an expert on archival studies, nineteenth-century European history, and the history of colonial Louisiana. He taught at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia and the University of Southwestern Louisiana from 1958 until 2003, and serving as the director of the Center of Louisiana Studies at University of Southern Louisiana from 1973 until 2003.

Early life and education Glenn Conrad was born September 3, 1932, in New Iberia, Louisiana.

Career He taught at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana), where he served as director of the Center for Louisiana Studies from 1973 until 2003.

From 1973 to 1993 Conrad served as managing editor of the state academic journal Louisiana History, and he served for many years as secretary-treasurer of the Louisiana Historical Association, which published the journal.

Conrad served as town historian for New Iberia, Louisiana, where he was born and resided for most of his life.

Among other awards, Conrad received the Humanist of the Year award in 2001 from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

Works Conrad published over 40 academic articles and over 20 books. A book edited by Conrad, The Cajuns: Essays on Their History and Culture, is considered one of the first serious published works on the Cajun people. He also oversaw the publication of the 20-volume Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Series and the three-volume A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography.

Among Conrad's books are:

The French Experience in Louisiana [as editor] (1995) A Bibliography of Scholarly Literature on Colonial Louisiana and New France [with Carl A. Brasseaux] (1992) Land Records of the Attakapas District (1990) "Gone but Not Forgotten": Records from South Louisiana Cemeteries [with Carl A. Brasseaux] (1983) The German Coast: Abstracts of the Civil Records of St. Charles and St. John the Baptist Parish Parishes, 1804-1812 (1981) Creed of a Congressman: F. Edward Hébert of Louisiana (1970)