Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog

This searchable database provides information on images, documents, and audio and video recordings, made between 1934 and the present.

Interview with William Patton (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1.083

Gunsmoke in French; French v. English speaking audiences; Cajuns working at the station; creating ÒAcadianaÓ; French programming on other television stations; Cajun character on Combat; Policarp kids program; leads

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
radio and television programming
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
William Patton
Recording date: 
Friday, February 27, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
30:41
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

Interview with William Patton (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1.084

remote broadcasting; Dudley Leblanc; Huggy;

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
radio and television broadcast
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
William Patton
Recording date: 
Friday, February 27, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
3:58
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Dr. Amos Simpson; Marvin Ducote

Accession No.: 
BE1.085

Dr. Amos Simpson:role of women; bombing of ROTC building at USL; Cajun hippies; students cheating on tests; growth of ULL and Lafayette in 1960s; Oil CenterMarvin Ducote:speaking French in primary school; bilingual family; military service; culture shock; ÒcoonassÓ; Vietnam protest

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
ULL in the 1960s; French language; military
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Dr. Amos Simpson USL profMarvin Ducote
Recording date: 
Friday, May 1, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
23:56
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Amos Simpson

Accession No.: 
BE1.086

arrival at USL; not signing the oath at Berkley; USL desegregation; tolerance in Cajun country; incidences of violence on campus; McCarthyism on campus; hippies; misbehavior in class

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
ULL in the 1960s;
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Amos Simpson
Recording date: 
Friday, May 1, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
23:26
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Amos Simpson

Accession No.: 
BE1.087

Dr. Amos Simpson:role of women; bombing of ROTC building at USL; Cajun hippies; students cheating on tests; growth of ULL and Lafayette in 1960s; Oil CenterMarvin Ducote:speaking French in primary school; bilingual family; military service; culture shock; ÒcoonassÓ; Vietnam protestDUPLICATE OF BE1.085

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
ULL in the 1960s; French language; military
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Amos SimpsonMarvin Ducote
Recording date: 
Friday, May 1, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
23:22
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Marvin Ducote (cont.); Tom Pears

Accession No.: 
BE1.088

Marvin Ducote:hippies/protesters; atomic safety; communism lectures; basic training; Lithuanian serviceman; getting a television; French/local programming on t.v.Tom Pears:mother in radio; moving to Texas and back; GI bill; getting a job at KVOL; making connections; furniture salesman (inaudible); the Declouets build KLFY TV

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
French language; military
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Marvin DucoteTom Pears General Manager KLFY-TV 10 5/2/1998
Recording date: 
Friday, May 1, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
22:05
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Tom Pears (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1.089

working at KLFY TV; radio; baseball; broadcast towers/antenna; KPEL; Bill Patton; KVOL set up/live shows; Crossroads Jamboree; nonmusical French programming

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
radio and television programming
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Tom Pears
Recording date: 
Friday, May 1, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
19:37
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Tom Pears (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1.090

unknown woman:PearsÕ desire to represent area on TVTom Pears:politicking; local programming; the business of television; Jim Olivier; French/English/music programming; plant lady; Floyd Cormier and Jim Olivier; (inaudible)

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
radio and television programming
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Tom Pears
Recording date: 
Saturday, May 2, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
20:09
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Tom Pears (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1.091

Happy Fats; feuds; news programming

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
radio and television programming
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Tom Pears
Recording date: 
Saturday, May 2, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
5:59
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Tom Pears (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1.092

unknown woman:PearsÕ desire to represent area on TVTom Pears:politicking; local programming; the business of television; Jim Olivier; French/English/music programming; plant lady; Floyd Cormier and Jim Olivier; (inaudible) DUPLICATE FILE OF BE1.090

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
radio and television programming
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Tom Pears (cont.) General Manager KLFY-TV 10
Recording date: 
Saturday, May 2, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
19:27
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Tom Pears (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1.093

Happy Fats; feuds; news programmingDUPLICATE FILE OF BE1.091

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
radio and television programming
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Tom Pears (cont.) General Manager KLFY-TV 10 + voice of a lady
Recording date: 
Saturday, May 2, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
5:59
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Raymond Blanco

Accession No.: 
BE1.094

USL ROTC bombing; context of the 1960s; people involved in bombing; racial tensions; integration in sports; KKK; Cajun hippies; flag protests; killing the ÒfamilyÓ;

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
ULL c. 1960s and 1970s
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Raymond Blanco
Recording date: 
Monday, May 11, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
18:21
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with

Accession No.: 
BE1.095

flooding; bad roads; speaking French; bomb shelter, targets for bombs; meteor crash in Vermilion Bay; military;

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
cold war; bomb shelters
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Cleve Thibodeaux 18 september 1998 Erath, LA (interrupted)Elyse Dugas 18 september 1998 Erath, LA
Recording date: 
Friday, September 18, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Erath, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
18:36
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Barry Jean Ancelet

Accession No.: 
BE1.096

Cajun revival; two movements; Jimmy Domengeaux; CODOFIL; genteel Acadians; DomengeauxÕs efforts;fighting with the organization; French education; following the civil rights movement;

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
CODOFIL; French language
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Barry Jean Ancelet
Recording date: 
Friday, February 5, 1999
Coverage Spatial: 
Erath, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
19:05
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Barry Jean Ancelet (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1.097

Jimmy Domengeaux; problems with French education; genteel Acadians and Cajun music; Dewey Balfa changes DomengeauxÕs mind; the Faulk issue; Cajun French; bilingual education

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
CODOFIL; French language
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Barry Jean Ancelet
Recording date: 
Friday, February 5, 1999
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
18:27
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Barry Jean Ancelet (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1.098

organizing the Cajun music festival; the first festival; getting the public involved in the revival; moving the festival to the park; Festival Acadians

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
CODOFIL; French language
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Barry Jean Ancelet
Recording date: 
Friday, February 5, 1999
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
17:46
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Barry Jean Ancelet (cont.); and Carl Brassueax

Accession No.: 
BE1.099

Barry Ancelet:joining the French speaking world; writing system; bias against Cajun French; Lomax; Picard and Clifton try to get Cajun French into LSU; Voorhees; David Marcantel; people and problems; workning for CODOFIL; DomengeauxCarl Brasseaux:Cajuns in the 1960s; race and politics; bussing; Cajuns and FDR; Truman; religious divide; climate of the South; Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan; CarterÕs administration; populism; Cajuns as socially conservative; David Duke

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
CODOFIL; French language; Cajun politics
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Barry Jean Ancelet Carl Brasseaux
Recording date: 
Friday, February 5, 1999
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
30:42
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Carl Brasseaux (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1.100

Cajuns and FDR; Truman; religious divide; climate of the South; Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan; CarterÕs administration; populism; Cajuns as socially conservative; David Duke

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
Cajuns and politics
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Carl A. Brasseaux
Recording date: 
Friday, February 5, 1999
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
17:50
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Carl Brasseaux (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1.101

Cajun/French relations; images of Cajuns in the media; tourism; culture for sale; CODOFIL and Edwin Edwards; war protests;

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
Cajuns and politics
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Carl Brasseaux on Cajun politics (cont.)
Recording date: 
Friday, February 5, 1999
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
17:48
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Richard Guidry

Accession No.: 
BE1.102

CODOFIL; French education; French immersion; language retention; French teachers

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
CODOFIL; French language
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Richard Guidry
Recording date: 
Sunday, March 7, 1999
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
17:38
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Richard Guidry (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1.103

Louisiana education system; learning a second language; French/ Spanish immersion; building programs; influential persons in immersion movement; Hawaiians;

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
CODOFIL; French language
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Richard Guidry
Recording date: 
Sunday, March 7, 1999
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
15:44
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Richard Guidry (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1.104

immersion in middle school; monetary allocations; bilingual advantage; FBI; Cajun French; Philippe Gustin

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
CODOFIL; French language
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Richard Guidry
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
16:32
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Richard Guidry (cont.); Johnnie Allan

Accession No.: 
BE1.105

Richard Guidry:learning Cajun French from parents; eating turtlesJohnnie Allan:Polycarp theme song

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
CODOFIL; French language
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Richard GuidryJohnnie Allan
Recording date: 
Monday, July 5, 1999
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
13:03
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Allen J. Lasseigne

Accession No.: 
BE1.106

make up of Battalion; Robert Mouton; joining the Battalion; two platoons; training; Pearl Harbor; heritage; Pearl Harbor; Panama; appealing to Cajun pride; ethnicity of members; battalion vs. brigade; Catahoula training; legitimacy of battalion

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
Bayou Battalion; USMCR
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Allen J. Lasseigne Member F. Bayou Battalion USMCR
Recording date: 
Tuesday, August 24, 1999
Coverage Spatial: 
New Iberia, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
16:16
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with T. K. Hulin

Accession No.: 
BE1.107

birthday; early recordings; Huey Meaux; recording for other labels; T. K.Õs Nightclub; Boure label; Smoke; Charlene Howard; nicknames;

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
swamp pop
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
T.K . Hulin (interview non-dissertation)
Recording date: 
Saturday, September 4, 1999
Coverage Spatial: 
New Iberia, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
11:02
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Warren Perrin

Accession No.: 
BE1.108

petition to have Queen Elizabeth apologize for Acadian expulsion; England apologizes for other things; three things petition calls for; letter form the IRA; conference; file repeats

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
CODOFIL
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Warren A. Perrin
Recording date: 
Monday, January 3, 2000
Coverage Spatial: 
Erath, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
37:01
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Philippe Gustin

Accession No.: 
BE1.109

moving to Louisiana to teach French; Belgians; working with CODOFIL; Jimmy Domengeaux; other teachers imported by CODOFIL; Cajun French; controversy; Domengeaux redeems himself; training Louisiana teachers; CODOFILÕs international ties; evaluating the program; immersion programs; success of immersion in Lafayette; statewide goals; older programs to save Cajun French; Raymond Rogers; Rogers/Domengeaux relationship; becomming director of CODOFIL; Claire Heymann; directors;

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
CODOFIL; Cajun French; French immersion
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Philippe Gustin
Recording date: 
Monday, February 14, 2000
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
1:02:02
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Philippe Gustin

Accession No.: 
BE1.110

being director of CODOFIL; Bertrand; CODOFIL under different directors; stepping down; Arlene Broussard; ÒcoonassÓ; Cajun shame; French presence in Louisiana; future of the Cajuns;

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
CODOFIL; Cajun French; French immersion
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Philippe Gustin
Recording date: 
Monday, February 14, 2000
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
26:58
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Interview with Edgar Mouton

Accession No.: 
BE1.111

founding of CODOFIL; McKithen Ôs support; culture catches on; petition/resolution; negative campaigns; conflicting data about resolution; Raymond Rogers; group effort; CODOSPAN; correspondence with McKithen; Beaujolais; money for French education; different strategies; Cajun French dilemma; Jimmy DomengeauxÕs career; postwar Cajun culture

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Bernard
Subject: 
CODOFIL; French language
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Edgar G. Mouton, Jr.
Recording date: 
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
52:33
Digitized Date: 
Friday, October 28, 2005
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

Moondog Matinee - Tall Tom's Radio Show on WESU

Accession No.: 
BE2-001

Moondog Matinee - Tall Tom's Radio Show on WESU

***Recording date unknown***

-Unknown song;
-"Don't Wave Goodbye" - Gene Faulk
-"Loneliest Man in the World" - Willie Mallory
-"I'm a Country Boy" - Iry Lee Jackson
-"Bye-bye, Little Angel" - Elton Anderson
-Tall Tom - radio banter
-"Highway Zydeco" - "Bon Temps" St. Marie
-"You're No Longer Mine"
-"Lean on Me" - Willie Mallory
-Tall Tom - radio banter
-"My Little Angel" - The Royal Jokers
-"Do the Best You Can"

Link to Media
Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Benicewicz, Larry
Subject: 
South Louisiana, Music, Swamp Pop, Rhythm and Blues
Creator: 
Larry Benicewicz
Coverage Spatial: 
Middletown, CT
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
31:13
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 71

Moondog Matinee - Tall Tom's Radio Show on WESU

Accession No.: 
BE2-002

-Unknown Song - Little Junior Parker
-"It's Alright" - Unknown artist
-"I Love You So" - Elton Anderson - Lanor Records recorded at Cosimo's Studio
-"Love Repairman" - Donald Jacob
-"Little Honey" - Marvin and Johnny
-"Hot Hot Lips" - Ralph Prescott
-"House of Love" - Henry Hall and the Bellaires
-"Move on Down the Line" - unknown artist
-Unknown song - Earl Bostick

Link to Media
Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Benicewicz, Larry
Subject: 
South Louisiana, Music, Swamp Pop, Rhythm and Blues
Creator: 
Larry Benicewicz
Coverage Spatial: 
Middletown, CT
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
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Duration: 
29.41
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 71

Moondog Matinee - Tall Tom's Radio Show on WESU

Accession No.: 
BE2-003

-Tall Tom - Introduction
-"Do You Remember Me" - Jimmy Donley
-"Gee Baby - Heartbeats
-"Blow Wind, Blow" - Frankie Four and the Heartbeats
-Tall Tom - radio banter
-"The Ending of Love" - The Heartbeats
-"Love Letters" - Huey Smith and the Clowns
-"Baby, You're so Fine"
-"Baby Won't You Turn Me On"

Link to Media
Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Benicewicz, Larry
Subject: 
South Louisiana Music
Creator: 
Larry Benicewicz
Coverage Spatial: 
Middletown, CT
Publisher: 
Larry Benicewicz
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
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Duration: 
31:08
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor

Moondog Matinee - Tall Tom's Radio Show on WESU

Accession No.: 
BE2-004

-"Baby You're So Fine" - Bobby Day and Willie Dixon
-"Every Once In A While" - Huey Smith and the Clowns
-Tall Tom
-"At the Mardi Gras" - Huey Smith and the Clowns
-"Sack Dress" - Lloyd Price
-"I'm Boss"
-"Come on Home" - The Bellaires
-"Baby You Belong to Me" - Huey Smith and the Clowns
-"Driftin' Charlie"; unknown song
-unknown song

Link to Media
Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Benicewicz
Subject: 
South Louisiana, Music, Swamp Pop, Rhythm and Blues
Creator: 
Larry Benicewicz
Coverage Spatial: 
Middletown, CT
Publisher: 
Larry Benicewicz
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
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Duration: 
31:15
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor

Compilation of Rod Bernard Recordings

Accession No.: 
BE2-005

Correspondence enclosed with cassette dated January 21, 1991 from Shane Bernard to Larry Benicewicz

-00:00 - "Southland" - The Boogie Kings;
-02:15 - "Lost Love" - The Boogies Kings;
-05:00 - "Jambalaya" - Rod Bernard;
-07:00 - "Linda Gail" - Rod Bernard and the Twisters;
-09:13 - "Little Bitty Mama" - Rod Bernard and the Twisters;
-11:45 - "Set Me Free" - Rod Bernard and the Twisters;
-15:04 - "All Night in Jail" - Rod Bernard and the Twisters;
-17:35 - "A-2-fay" - The Shondells;
-19:53 - "Boo-ray" - The Shondells;
-22:35 - "Dear Buddy" - Rod Bernard;
-25:25 - "Just a Little" - Rod Bernard;
-27:45 - "Who Knows" - Rod Bernard;
-30:14 - "Lonely Hearts Club" - Rod Bernard;
-32:38 - "Little Mama" - Rod Bernard;
-35:05 - Cowboy Stew band rehearsal - Lil Buck Senegal on guitar, C.C. Adcock on guitar, Larry Jolivette on bass, Nat Jolivette on drums - "Baby, What you Want Me To Do," "Good Hearted Woman"

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Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Benicewicz, Larry
Subject: 
Swamp Pop
Creator: 
Larry Benicewicz
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
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Duration: 
42:36
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 71

Interview with Rod Bernard

Accession No.: 
BE2-006

Rod Bernard:

-00:00 - Getting started with Mercury records
-01:00 - "This Should Go On Forever" - Floyd Soileau not being able to keep up with orders
-02:00 - Working with Huey Meaux on distribution of "This Should Go on Forever;"
-04:00 - Management contract with Bill Hall, discussion about Bill's various music business endeavors. Hall Records; Mentions of J.P. Richardson "The Big Bopper,"
-08:40 - Recording for Argo Records
-12:00 - Recording with Johnny and Edgar Winters
-14:40 - Beginning work at KVOL
-16:40 - Cutting "Colinda" for Bill Hall - discussing the successes of the record
-18:30 - Discussing the title "Swamp Pop" - John Broven
-19:15 - The Shondells with Skip Steward and Warren Storm, Carol Rachou, La Louisianne Records
-20:50 - Jimmy Donley
-23:15 - Discussion about drug abuse, burnout and retiring from performing
-25:00 - Discussing his tenures with KVOL and KLFY
-27:00 - "Boogie in Black and White" - album that Rod made with Clifton Chenier; Discussing Clifton's music and style
-30:00 - Returning to part-time public performances and potentially recording again
-37:00 - Awards - One award at Acadian Village, One award from the Times of Acadiana
-39:20 - Arbee Record Lable - Label that Carol Rachou and Rod made together
-42:45 - Going into treatment for substance abuse
-44:00 - Discussing his job at the station

Link to Media
Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Benicewicz, Larry
Subject: 
Swamp Pop Music, South Louisiana, Oral History, Zydeco, Record Labels
Creator: 
Larry Benicewicz
Informants: 
Rod Bernard, Shane Bernard
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Larry Benicewicz
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
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Duration: 
47:14
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor

Interview wth Rod Bernard

Accession No.: 
BE2-007

Rod Bernard:

-00:00 - Background information
-00:50 - Early musical influences, First guitar paid for by picking and shelling pecans
-02:30 - Playing on an amateur radio show - Sponsored by Red Bird Sweet Potatoes
-04:25 - Upgraded to a Harmony brand guitar
-05:40 - Musicians getting their starts very early in life
-05:30 - Playing with the Twisters - Mike Genovese, "This Should Go On Forever"
-07:45 - Bobby Charles influence on Rob
-09:30 - Working at KSLO after school in high school
-11:40 - Guitar Gable and Bernard Jolievette "King Karl" - Recording "This Should Go On Forever" for Excello
-14:30 - Recording "This Should Go On Forever" - released on Jin
-15:30 - J.D. Miller recording songs and sending them to Excello to release what they felt would sell well
-18:50 - Cashbox and Billboard reviews of "This Should Go On Forever"
-19:45 - Chess Records, promotion of the record
-24:45 - Bill Hall - Managing Rod
-27:45 - Recording in Nashville - Cliff Parmon, Boots Randolph, The Jordanairs, Grady Martin
-29:40 - Cutting "Colinda" at Bill Hall's studio, Sold 40,000-50,000 copies
-30:45 - Jack Clement - producer and engineer - adding a rock 'n roll feel to Cajun songs
-31:35 - "Fais do-do"
-32:45 - Rod didn't want to cut "Colinda" - a lady across the street from the studio helped him with the French words
-33:50 - Kids being punished for speaking French at school. Rod never learned French when he was young, popularity of Cajun music over the years
-36:50 - Never wanted to play music for a living
-38:00 - Working at KLFY - Writing and producing tv commercials
-41:08 - Rod's "comeback;" Making a Country "flavored" album
-42:40 - "Sometimes I Talk in my Sleep"

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Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Benicewicz, Larry
Subject: 
Swamp pop, South Louisiana Music
Creator: 
Larry Benicewicz
Informants: 
Rod Bernard, Shane Bernard
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Larry Benicewicz
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
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Duration: 
46:51
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor

Interview with Floyd Soileau

Accession No.: 
BE2-008

Floyd Soileau:

-01:45 - Changes in the recording industry
-02:10 - Floyd's relation to Leo Soileau
-02:30 - Speaking about the town of Ville Platte
-03:45 - How Floyd got involved in recording - started out as a disc jockey with KVPI, opening a record store
-04:30 - Cajun records got Floyd into making recordings (1957); First recording was made at a house party
-05:20 - First Swamp Pop recordings - Boogie Kings, Rod Bernard and the Twisters, Tommy McLain
-06:55 - Rockin' Sidney - sent to Floyd from Eddie Shuler
-08:00 - Early label - VeePee, Forming Swallow, Jin, Maison de Soul
-11:30 - Dave Allen - releasing his album
-14:20 - Johnny Winters, Sessions he was involved in at Bill Hall's studio
-17:00 - artists breaking contracts
-18:45 - Dego Rutledge - Bobby Charles recording for him
-20:40 - Jivin' Gene
-22:00 - Floyd's recording studio - Mono and 2 track tape
-25:00 - Donnie Jacobs, Jerry Devillier "Booksack" playing harmonica on the record
-29:30 - Lil Bob and the Lollipops
-34:30 - Rod Bernard
-38:40 - Johnnie Allan
-44:30 - Flat Town Music

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Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Benicewicz, Larry
Subject: 
Swamp pop, South Louisiana Music, Record Labels
Creator: 
Larry Benicewicz
Informants: 
Floyd Soileau
Coverage Spatial: 
Ville Platte, LA
Publisher: 
Larry Benicewicz
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All rights reserved
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Duration: 
46:48
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor

Interview with Eddie Shuler

Accession No.: 
BE2-009

Eddie Shuler:

-01:00 - Talking about his new 24 track console
-01:15 - Love Bug Pellerin
-04:10 - Background information
-07:00 - Managing a record store in Lake Charles
-08:30 - Joining the Hackberry Ramblers as a singer
-11:00 - Chicken wire between musicians and spectators at clubs
-14:00 - Mothers chaperoning daughters at dances
-16:25 - Singing in French but not being able to speak it
-17:00 - Early versions of the Hackberry Ramblers - Edwin Duhon, Luderin Darbonne, Cheek? Widcamp, ?? Gentry, Johnny Fab
-19:00 - Ramblers on KPLC radio, Producing advertisements
-24:00 - Leaving the Ramblers, moving to Houston and trying to start a new band
-25:45 - Moving back to Lake Charles, forming the Reveliers
-26:30 - Forming Goldband Records
-28:15 - Meeting Iry Lejeune - First time Eddie had seen an accordion
-29:25 - Eddie reprimanded for putting Iry on the radio
-31:40 - Producing Iry Lejeune's records - 24 78 rpm records; Reissuing Iry's recordings
-34:45 - Pressing plants Eddie used
-38:00 - Recording process before the studio was built
-40:30 - Boozoo Chavis, Sidney Brown
-42:00 - Zydeco music
-43:00 - Hiring Classie Ballou to play with Boozoo, Discussion about Boozoo's recording sessions
-46:35 - Folkstar Record Label

Link to Media
Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Benicewicz
Subject: 
South Louisiana, Music, French, Cajun, Zydeco, Swamp Pop, Stringband
Creator: 
Larry Benicewicz
Informants: 
Eddie Shuler
Coverage Spatial: 
Lake Charles, LA
Publisher: 
Larry Benicewicz
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
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Duration: 
1:02:06
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor

Interview with Eddie Shuler

Accession No.: 
BE2-010

Eddie Shuler:

-00:00 - Starting the Folkstar label
-01:00 - How he was separating artists between Goldband and Folkstart labels
-01:40 - Starting Goldband Records
-02:55 - Cookie and the Cupcakes
-04:55 - Phil Philips - "Sea of Love"
-05:45 - George Khoury - Publishing company that George and Eddie started but never used
-06:30 - Publishing companies - Eddie's first publishing company - K-Mar; Fort Knox Publishing, TEK Publishing
-09:45 - Rockabilly Music
-12:15 - Katie Webster - discussing her early session work with Barbara Lynn
-15:00 - Rockin' Sydney - Eddie cut 156 sides with him through the 60's, Sydney changing to playing the accordion
-17:00 - Eddie expanding his studio to 16 track capability
-18:55 - "Juke Boy" Bonner - Hitch hiking to Lake Charles from California "I Can't Hardly Keep From Crying"
-19:40 - Jimmy Wilson
-22:20 - Hop Wilson - Rhythm and Blues played on lapsteel guitar
-24:10 - Guitar Jr. - "Family Rules"
-27:00 - Why many artists were gravitating to recording for Eddie over others
-28:00 - Bill Parker, Miss Peggy, Ole Yvonne
-30:25 - Don Pierce
-40:00 - Respect that Eddie has built - talking about his legacy, Wayne Shuler
-43:50 - Missing out on recordings because he was out of town. Rod Bernard - "This Should Go On Forever" and J.P. Richardson "Chantilly Lace"

Sea of Love

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Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Benicewicz, Larry
Subject: 
South Louisiana, Music, Record Label, French, Cajun, Zydeco, Swamp Pop, Stringband
Creator: 
Larry Benicewicz
Informants: 
Eddie Shuler
Coverage Spatial: 
Lake Charles, LA
Publisher: 
Larry Benicewicz
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
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Duration: 
46:59
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor

Interview with Eddie and Wayne Shuler

Accession No.: 
BE2-011

Eddie and Wayne Shuler:

-00:00 - Eddie makes statement to Wayne Shuler - naming Wayne as successor to Goldband / TEK companies
-01:30 - Eddie talking about not wanting to work for other people
-02:55 - Eddie's thoughts on how to be successful in the record business - approaching big companies; finding artists; leasing songs
-08:50 - Zydeco music
-10:00 - Speaking about the longevity of any given artist
-13:25 - Conversation between Eddie and Wayne - Wayne discussing his vision for Goldband's future
-16:30 - Record collectors
-17:15 - Goldband being known for Cajun and Zydeco genres
-18:50 - Finding the right song for a particular artist
-19:05 - Goldband Blues releases - market for Blues genre
-20:30 - Record labels overextending themselves and going into debt
-23:30 - Market for Country music - tough market to break into
-26:30 - Herman G., Rockin' Sidney
-29:30 - Management business, working with other labels and distributors;
-34:20 - Hackberry Ramblers - prestige for the label - Issues with Luderin Darbonne not wanting to work with Goldband
-38:50 - Finding a select group of artists to work with and push
-43:00 - Existing catalogue; selling lesser-known artists

Link to Media
Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Benicewicz, Larry
Subject: 
South Louisiana, Music, Record Label, French, Cajun, Zydeco, Swamp Pop, Stringband
Creator: 
Larry Benicewicz
Informants: 
Eddie Shuler and Wayne Shuler
Recording date: 
Saturday, December 1, 1990
Coverage Spatial: 
Lake Charles, LA
Publisher: 
Larry Benicewicz
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
47:39
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--90
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor

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