Interview with Judge Allen Babineaux

Accession No.: 
BE1-077

00:00 - Parents opened a store in the early 30's - Corner of Mills and Gloria Switch Road;
01:15 - regional French dialects;
02:30 - Talks about his grandfather - Educated himself in English and French;
03:30 - Visiting Grand Pré in the early 1960s;
08:25 - Tom Arceneaux and Roy Theriot;
10:00 - influential persons in the Cajun renaissance (1950s era) - Louise Olivier, Jeanne Castille, Anna Belle Kruetz, Ruth Hamilton, Dudley LeBlanc;
11:40 - James Domengeaux
12:55 - Acadiana Bicentennial;
15:30 - introduction of English into daily life;
16:30 - "gentile Acadians";
17:00 - Law careeer - Finished law school in 1950, practiced until 1972 when he was elected judge
17:50 - Elected to the state legislature in 1956;
23:00 - French in the court room;
22:20 - Acadian bicentennial celebration - they rarely used the word Cajun when promoting events;
25:30 - Emmaline LaBiche - Evangeline controversy;
29:45 - Groups working to preserve French in Louisiana prior to CODOFIL
31:00 - First International Acadian Festival

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
French Language; CODOFIL; Acadians
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Judge Allen Babineaux
Recording date: 
Friday, February 27, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Shane K. Bernard
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
31:32
Digitized Date: 
Thursday, February 2, 2006
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore