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 Father John Inverse
02:05 - First oil well in LA was in Jennings, found local workers in the Cajun community. (1901);
01:50 - 7 on 7 off schedule of offshore workers. Discussion about people not attending church because of work schedule and families being pulled apart;
05:00 - Demands on priests trying to help families
05:55 - Anyone can rough-neck without a college degree.
06:10 - Local workers having tougher time making a living off the land (hunting, fishing, trapping) because of damage to the environment;
08:20 - Family units and the oil industry, continuing education diminished to work offshore work;
10:40 - Pagers (beepers) interrupting mass on Sunday;
12:45 - What other industries would step in to help the southern Louisiana economy?;
13:20 - Oil companies only spoke with the church on regards to drilling around church grounds or cemeteries; Conflict with economics and the spiritual world;
22:55 - Cajuns were an assett for oil companies;
23:50 - Discussing future generation of workers: will they be spoiled by the affluence that was gained when oil was found on family land?
29:30 - Talking about early settlers in Point Misère
Interview with Father John Inverse
00:30 - Importance of religion to the Cajun Religion - The Church was the focal point of the community.
01:30 - Education affected the attendance of mass as did the harvest season
04:00 - The priest was the only one that had education when the first settlers arrived; Lawyers would bring documents that were written in French to Father John for translation.
Interview with Barry Heinen
00:30 - Family background - German, one of 8 children;
01:00 - Great-grandfather bought property in Robert's Cove from a German abbey in 1883;
03:00 - Little interaction between German and Cajun settlers until 1950-1960 then intercultural marriage began;
05:50 - Family has leased land to oil companies since the 1950's - talks about lease amounts;
08:00 - Barry, as an attorney, deals with the oil companies for his family and placement of rigs on the properties;
09:00 - The German community was hesitant to lease to the oil companies. Pugh clause and leasing acreage to the oil companies;
12:00 - Regulation on price of gas depending of depth the rig would drill, thus paying more for gas locally than out of state;
15:00 - Federal government regulating oil prices, and oil companies limiting production to make profits;
16:30 - Supply and demand on the price of gas prices; Mexico and UK not members of OPEC;
19:00 - Economic impact in Lafayette "Lafayette lives and dies in the oil field." All the money was new money coming in, not money circulating within the community;
23:30 - Comp law lowered to 25% disability for workers;
24:00 - Overall slow down in the area is due to fewer exploration in the out areas around Lafayette;
Wilma Subra
00:30 - Subra Company 4 years old in 1985;
00:55 - Main services of her company - Chemical Analysis, Environmental Services, food chemistry, etc. Funding comes from private industry and some government work;
01:50 - Her company assesses chemical spills on oil rigs and the long-term environmental impacts; They are not a "watchdog."
02:50 - Biggest problems - Potential for surface and ground water contamination, soil contamination;
04:30 - discussing who checks for leaks in casings;
05:00 - Discussing Mr. Landry - a man who had a solid waste disposal site in a marshy area. Moved his site to Big Woods for "home industry" disposal, had no soil borings for 2 years, looking for new sites to dump trash, he was accepting oil field debris/trash. These sites have been contaminated with heavy metals surrounding the dump site. The heavy metals being found are the same used for drilling. Out of state companies dumping on these sites as well;
10:30 - Environmental impacts of these disposal dumps - Groundwater, surface water, soil is all contaminated with Barium, Chromium, Cadmium, Zinc, Arsenic, Mercury;
12:15 - Super Fund investigating spills and clean up areas;
13:15 - In only Vermilion Parish, there are 55 surface disposal sites;
17:30 - Marlow Corporation - They are a commercial saltwater disposal well permitted by the LA Office of Conservation;
20:30 - Discussing the biggest challenges for the Subra Company;
29:00 - Land owner, Leo Fontenot , allowing a company to use a borrow pit for dirt and sand to heavy metal offshore waste. Gulf Coast Pre-Mix dumped in the pit for $7 a load;
30:30 - Possible solutions for dumping - Subra says more money into enforcement to stop allowing dump sites is necessary; Education is important, as well;
Interview with Sonny Qurik
00:30 - Family and biographical information - Went to LSU, was in the Marine Corps;
02:30 - Discussion about how the oil industry affected the banks;
04:45 - Lack of education and sudden income lead people to "run" through their new-found wealth; They overspent on new property and equipment;
07:00 - Some farmers received federal money to stay and farm their own land
08:30 - Oil drilling started dropping in 1983 around Washington, LA;
11:00 - Lafayette banking grew during the oil growth, larger banks began to acquire banks when oil drilling slowed down.
16:15 - Fewer oil leases but more farming around Washington
17:45 - Did smaller banks see the decline in the oil business coming?
19:00 - Short term fixed loans were most used to accommodate the oil industry
22:00 - Mr. Quirk's bank saw some profit FHA loans
23:15 - Deregulation on interest rates hurt the local farmers;
Agnes Derouen
00:00 - Grew up near Avery Island, has been at KATC for 3 years. Father was salt miner;
01:30 - Interviewed Jimmy Owens for KATC, featured in Esquire Magazine;
04:40 - Hosts "Acadiana Down Home" on KATC - Reported most of up-beat stories at the time of slower economic times;
06:20 - Younger people started doing a "Cajun Jam" but size of the crowd became so large, they moved to a night club, around Milton, at Mr Sam's Club;
07:30 - Talking about musicians Cedric Benoit, Bois-Sec Ardoin, Canray Fontenot;
08:50 - Being Cajun becoming popular across the country
12:20 - Agnes says it's a good thing to speak Cajun French out in the open, it helps people to take pride in the area and their culture;
Interview with Carl Braseaux
00:30 - Born in Opelousas, Attended Sunset High School (class of 1969);
01:10 - Both parents owned property around Sunset to Cankton, LA Highway 1776;
03:30 - Brasseaux says that Cajuns settled around Cankton, LA. It was "prime" land - land that was on or near waterways;
07:00 - First generation houses were 16'x20' raised on piers, near Coulée Croche area (Upper Bayou Vermilion);
08:50 - Jean Mouton developed the Lafayette area (Bayou Carencro);
10:30 - Small houses were doubled in size by the mid 1800's;
11:00 - Cotton was the main small farm crop;
11:35 - The federal government owned most of the land, so people squatted on the lands; Lands weren't put up for sale until late in the 19th century;
13:40 - The "marais," referred to the prairie that would flood during for a short time during rain storms;
16:30 - Rice boom in the Lafayette area around the time of the Civil War, property values spiked; Number of stores and merchants doubled around Vermillionville;
17:30 - Washington, LA was large exporter of cattle to New Orleans
24:20 - During Civil War, most soldiers foraged around the Lafayette area for food.
25:10 - During the war, the area continued producing sugar and cotton;
25:35 - Spring of 1863, the Union Army march through Lafayette, many cattle were killed, buildings were destroyed, homes were looted;
27:50 - Lafayette area very slow to recover after the Civil War.
29:15 - Citizens Bank in New Orleans was the only major bank in Louisiana. Plantation owners had to take out large loans;
30:15 - Mechanization really didn't come to the area until after WWII.
35:30 - Oil companies looked at Cajuns being lazy. Cajuns were content just being comfortable and living off the land
36:30 - The oil industry workers that came for out of state were mostly Protestant (Baptist)1960-1975, a century worth of growth in a decade and a half
43:00 - Cajuns couldn't compete with larger land plots (growers) and migrated to the oil patch;
Interview with Carl Brasseaux Part 2
00:30 - I-10 under construction in early 1970's;
01:00 - Carl worked in an auto parts store through college;
02:00 - Febuary 13th, 1986 - world news, oil prices dropping dramatically, Governor Edwin Edwards wanting to start closing different departments in the state to save money;
04:15 - Integration in the 70s
05:40 - Sixteen year olds dropping out of high school to work in the oil patch. Most with minimal skills (welders) making more money than their fathers. Bottom falls out, property values decrease, unemployment soars.
07:30 - 1980's brings more of a focus on education.
07:50 - "Don't be a rough-neck, become a petroleum engineer."
09:45 - White Collar Oil workers in Lafayette demanded higher standards for education.
10:15 - School system in Lafayette Parish has been one of the better quality systems in the state
14:30 - Thoughts on the future - People working offshore less
16:30 - Cottage industries start to spring up as oil jobs decrease. (crawfish farming, welding, restaurants, boat builders)
18:45 - Growing problem of pollution from the oil industries, Louisiana cancer rates; Waste sites not looked at until 1980;
20:35 - $30 million crawfish contract fell through because of poor water tests (standards)
21:00 - Saltwater intrusion in drinking well up to Iota, LA
22:00 - Diversification is crucial to Lafayette and the surrounding areas
Interview with Lionel Leleux
Kaplan, LA
Fiddle maker
Leleux was after Ammis Leleux, Had a General store, rice mill, racetrack, blacksmith shop from 1912 to WWII, prices of crops rose;
The Post Office and school moved from Leleux to Kalpan just after WWII;
Built Leleux Grammar School in 1907-1911 (02:57);
Hess Oil Company occupied Leleux oil patch;
Lionel's father had a German made fiddle, which he had to sell to pay off his seed rice, early 1920's;
In 1924, his father made a agreement to pay him to water the live stock to buy a small fiddle;
"Memories of the Great Depression" (book) features the Leleux Dancehall;
Lionel would listen to the music from across the street because his father wouldn't let him go;
Cajun music modernized came about with Lawrence Waker (13:50);
Lawrence Walker learned by listening to Joe Falcon's music;
Different styes of Cajun music were influenced by trends;
The accordion would come in and out of popularity (17:20);
Joe Falcon's stringband (17:30);
Adam Hanks wrote and sang Chère Alyce - The horse that he sings about in the song was named "Henry" (18:30);
Listen to "The Country Waltz" by Lawrence Walker and then play "Chère Alyce", then you see the difference (19:45);
Oil Industry first moving into the area (22:00);
Out-of-state residences put more money into local economies (27:00);
Cajuns very welcoming to the new influx of people from Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi during 1950's on
Forked Island 1954, Chris’ Piano Lesson, Hidalgo/Vincent 1957
Unknown Singer (No note on box, Look in note cards and try to match to tape)
00:00 - "La Sainte Catherine"
01:25 - Unknown song
03:55 - "C’est un bonne rêve, Laisser-moi dormir"
06:55 - "J’ai passé dans les grands bois"
08:20 - "I Have a Good Job"
Marlin Hargrave - Forked Island Elementary School, March 17, 1954 - Recorded by Roland Broussard, teacher
09:00 - "Si j’aurais mes souliers (La cravate)"
Group of Fifth and Sixth Grade Students from Forked Island Elementary
11:20 - "La Marseillaise"
12:27 - "Je suis chrétien"
12:49 - "En avant poumpoum"
13:00 - "Saute crapaud"
13:18 - Pervis Hebert - "Devinez quoi ce qu’il y a"
14:20 - Agnes Saltzman - "Les maragoins"
14:45 - Agnes Saltzman and Burton LeMaire - "Et ou est-ce que t’es parti"
16:45 - O’neal Suire - "Un petit Bonhomme"
17:02 - Geneva Nunez - "Madame Baptiste"
17:30 - Christine Broussard - Piano Lesson - April 19, 1954
Dubs of disc recordings - Songs sung by Evangeline Saltzman, Allen James Dronet, Liben Simon, Emery Toups, Betty Lou Robert, Roland Desormeaux, Annie Lee Romero
Evangeline Saltzman - Gueydan High School, March 24, 1949 - ***Original discs transferred to tape at varying speeds***
00:00 - "Mon père m’a donné un petit mari"
01:25 - "Le premiere jour de mai"
03:50 - "O oui, grand Dieu que je suis à mon aise"
06:35 - "Mon bon vieux ‘tit homme"
07:25 - "La belle allait, oui, au matin"
10:58 - Allen James Dronet, Erath, LA, 1949 - "Trois petits gallants"
13:51 - Liben Simon, Erath, LA, 1949 - "Dédans Lyon" (Devines ce qu’il y à)
14:50 - Unknown singer - "Quatre belles oiseaux"
16:03 - Liben Simon - "Et quand j’étais petite" (La rose au bois)
17:25 - Emery Toups, Erath, LA, 1949 - "Y à t’un princess"
18:06 - Betty Lou Robert, Erath, LA, 1949 - "En arrière de chez mon père" (L’oranger)
21:10 - Roland Desormeaux, Erath, LA, 1949 - "Je suis parti au grand bois" (Jogue au plombeau)
Annie Lee Romero, Erath, LA, 1949
22:10 - "Gabrielle Waltz"
22:37 - "Lafayette est pris en feu"
23:00 - "Quand j’etais garcon"
Dubs of Disc Recordings of songs sung by Mabel Touchet, Marie Lange, Leonce Harrington, Huey Hebert, Evangeline Saltzman, Roland Desormeaux, Annie Lee Romero, Emery Toups, Betty Lou Robert, Ernest Belanger, Duprelie Boudreaux
Recordings by Various Artists:
00:00:10 - Unknown Singer - Unknown Song
Mabel Touchet, Kaplan, LA - Kaplan High School, February 7, 1947, and May 5, 1947
00:01:40 - "Un matin dans mai"
00:03:09 - "Trois petits tambours"
Marie Lange, Kaplan, LA, Kaplan High School, May 5, 1947
00:05:35 - "Mon père m’a donné qu’un petit homme" (Le petit mari)
Mrs. Léonce Harrington (née Marie Hebert), Abbeville, LA, March 3, 1949
00:06:35 - "Mon père était un jardinier"
Marie Lange
00:07:41 - "Goodbye ma chère amie" (multiple takes)
00:09:45 - "Y avait un petite homme" (Guillori)
00:12:05 - "Moi, je l’aime une petite fille"
Huey Hebert, Kaplan, LA - May 26, 1947
00:13:14 - "C’est la robe à Tante Dolie"
00:13:47 - "Les maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle (two takes)"
00:14:34 - "Je prends mon violon"
00:14:57 - "Tu m’as promis"
Evangeline Salzman - Gueydan, LA, March 24, 1949
00:15:36 - "La belle allait oui au moulin"
00:19:03 - "O oui, grand Dieu que je suis à mon aise"
00:21:52 - "Mon bon vieux 'tit homme"
00:22:38 - "Mon père m’a donne un petit mari"
00:24:00 - "Le première jour de mai"
00:26:20 - Roland Desormeaux - Erath, LA, 1949 - Je suis parti au grand bois (Jogue au plombeau)
Annie Lee Romero - Erath, LA, 1949
00:27:18 - "Gabrielle"
00:27:45 - "Lafayette est pris en feu"
00:28:10 - "Quand j’étais garçon"
00:29:06 - Unknown singer - "Quatre belles oiseaux" (Two takes, first take mistracks)
00:30:30 - Unknown singer - "La destinée, la rose au bois"
00:31:50 - Emery Toups - Erath, LA, 1949 - "Y à t’une princess"
00:32:30 - Betty Lou Robert - Erath, LA, 1949 - "En arriere de chez mon père" (L’oranger) (Fragment)
Ernest Belanger - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947) 82 years old
00:33:00 - Unknown song
00:37:40 - "C’est la caille et la perdrix"
00:39:27 - "Sur le pont de Nantes" (La belle s’est mis en page)
00:44:30 - "Par un beau lundi" (O La belle Emelie)
00:45:23 - "J’ai trouvé c’elle que j’aime"
00:45:30 - "Sur le pont de Nantes" (Fragment)
00:47:05 - "En revenant du boulanger"
00:48:50 - "C’est la vie de la nation" (fragment)
Mrs. Duprelie Boudreaux - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947
00:50:23 - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:52:05 - "Hummed Lullaby"
Ernest Belanger
00:53:14 - "C’est la belle Sylvie"
00:55:25 - "Il y à des jolies filles" (two takes)
00:58:18 - "Il est grand temps de me marier"
01:01:13 - "O la, grand dieu, que je suis à mon aise"
01:04:18 - "Logé, j’ai attendu dire que t’es parti à l’armée" (fragment)
Tape III - Re-recordings of wax discs made in 1946 and 1947
Simeon Touchet - Meaux, LA, November 22, 1946
00:00:08 - "La-bas, oui, chez mon père" (L’oranger) (two takes)
00:02:40 - "La belle Créole"
00:05:39 - "Viens, dira-tu, belle Castilliene"
00:08:31 - "O dis moi donc, mon aimable catin"
00:11:58 - "J’avais juré" (Ta tete est courronée or La fleure de la jeunesse)
Simeon Touchet - Meaux, LA, February 8, 1947
00:15:25 - "Par un beau lundi" (Le belle Emelie)
00:19:28 - "La bas dans ces vallons"
00:22:53 - "Depuis ce jour, la belle Créole"
00:28:50 - "Petit enfant"
Simeon Touchet - Meaux, LA, May 5, 1947
00:30:10 - "Je suis la délaissée"
Simeon Touchet with Sidman Touchet Trahan
00:33:05 - "Je te donnerai un petit paquet d’épingles" (Laforte : Ma-12)
Simeon Touchet
00:35:39 - "Lisa, pourquoi refusé ma tendresse"
00:39:10 - "Le long de ces beaux bois"
00:42:20 - "C’est ue petite fille de quinze ans"
Simeon Touchet - May 24, 1947
00:50:15 - "D’un beau soir en me promenant"
Marie Hebert Touchet
00:51:57 - "O si l’amour prendrait racine" (Vive l’amour)
Simeon Touchet
00:52:48 - "Sur les trois lauriers blancs"
00:55:50 - "Blanche ma bonne lumière"
00:58:30 - "O Charles cheri"
01:01:00 - "D’un grand matin dans mon jardin"
Tape 3 Side 2 - Re-recordings of wax discs made in 1946 to 1949
Re-recordings (1946-1949)
00:00:12 - Simeon Touchet - "Allons chers camarades a l’armée"
00:02:25 - Paul Touchet - Meaux, LA, May 25, 1948 - "Je me marie en quatre semaines" (Théogene Dubois)
Sidmay Touchet Trahan
00:07:07 - "Je connais qui est une femme comme moi"
00:03:56 - "Vive l’amour"
00:04:40 - "Les Acadiens sont pas si fou"
Joe Frederick - Meaux, LA, July 8, 1949
00:04:56 - "Allons chanter un chanson"
00:08:15 - "Les cantiques de mort"
00:26:00 - "Voila l’instant toute glorieuse"
00:29:05 - "Je crois en Dieu"
Ernest Belanger - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947
00:31:58 - "Ce soir j’ai déserté" (two takes)
00:35:35 - "O, c’est la caille et la perdrix"
00:37:53 - "Sur le pont de Nantes" (La belle s’est mis en page)
00:42:52 - "O la belle Emelie"
00:43:40 - "J’ai trouvé celle que j’aime"
00:45:24 - "En revenant du boulanger"
00:47:10 - "C’est la vie de la nation"
Mrs. Duprélie Boudreaux - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947
00:48:40 - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:50:17 - "Lullaby"
Ernest Belanger - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947
00:51:28 - "C’est la belle Sylvie" (Rossignol Sauvage)
00:53:38 - "Il y à des jolies filles"
00:56:25 - "Il est grand temps de me marrier"
00:59:24 - "O la, grand Dieu, que je suis à mon aise"
01:02:25 - "Loge, j’ai attendu dire que t’es parti à l’armée"
Dubs of Disc Recordings of Mabel Touchet, Sydney Romero, Marie Lange, Huey Hebert, Catherine Duhon, Mrs. Leonce Harrington, Mrs. Alphe Hebert;
Recordings:
Mabel Touchet - Kaplan, LA, Februrary 7, 1947 and May 5, 1947
00:10 - "Mon père m’a mis à l’école" (two takes) (La rose au bois)
03:45 - "Y à trois petits tambours" (three versions)
Sydney Romero - Kaplan, LA, Februrary 7, 1947
10:30 - "Si tous les garcons du monde"
12:30 - "Faites monter les pigeons blancs" (Vive l’amour)
Marie Lange - Kaplan, LA, May 5, 1947
13:22 - "Y avait un petit homme" (Guillori)
15:34 - "Moi, je l’aime une petite fille"
17:13 - "Goodbye ma chère amie"
18:25 - "Mon père m’a donné qu’un petit homme" (Le petit mari)
Huey Hebert - Kaplan, LA, May 26, 1947
19:24 - "C’est la robe à Tante Dolie"
19:50 - "Les maragoins ont tout mange ma belle" (two takes)
20:30 - "Je prends mon violon"
20:55 - "Tu m’as promis"
Catherine Duhon - Meaux, LA, 1947
21:27 - "Y avait un petit bonhomme"
Mrs. Leonce Harrington (nee Marie Hebert) Abbeville, LA, March 3, 1949
22:00 - "Mon père était un jardinier"
Mrs. Alphe Hebert - Abbeville, LA, March 3, 1949
23:05 - "Et ou tas-tu charmant Billy"
Dairy Day French Song Contest - Abbeville, LA - 1953, Ballads Sung by Forked Island School Children
Judged by Louise Olivier, Louise Verret, Dr. Arceneaux
Side 1 - Children’s Division, Oct 16, 1953
00:00:10 - Intro
00:01:53 - Annie Catherine Broussard - "La fête de Dairy Day"
Raywood Morvant
00:03:49 - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
00:05:14 - "La cravate"
00:06:50 - "J’ai passé dessous le pommier"
00:08:56 - Herman Babineaux - "Papillon"
00:10:29 - Daisy Foster - "J’ai étais au bal"
00:12:15 - Jimmy Morvant - "Je veut marrier"
00:14:17 - Harry Touchet - "Danser Colinda"
00:15:38 - Rita Cecile Landry - "Frère Jacques"
00:16:20 - Amy Dean Meaux - "Savais-vous planter des choux"
Burton LeMaire
00:18:49 - "La marseillaise"
00:20:00 - "Saute Crapaud"
00:20:15 - "Frère Jacques"
00:21:07 - James Broussard - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:23:10 - Amy Dean Meaux - "Quand j'étais petite"
00:27:00 - Catherine Blanchet - Winners announcement
Side 2 - Adult Division - Oct 17, 1953
Raywood Morvant
00:29:40 - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
00:31:18 - "La cravate"
Joe “Nonc Joe” Harrington
00:34:37 - "Ne pleure pas, vierge de France"
00:37:35 - "La caille et la perdrix"
Ulysses Broussard
00:41:05 - "Madame ??, donne-moi ta fille"
00:43:45 - "Et ou c’est qu’elle est, la malheureuse"
Caesar Vincent
00:45:28 - "O le printemps de Jules Bitière" (sp) (Tobie Lapière)
00:50:06 - "C’est une vieille"
Lelia Labauve
00:53:15 - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:55:20 - "J’ai passé dessous le pommier"
00:56:30 - "Bonjour belle Rosine"
00:58:54 - Andre Pommier - "Allons à Lafayette"
01:01:00 - Mme. Joe Falcon - "Jolie Brune"
01:02:02 - Joe Falcon - "Allons à Lafayette"
Mme. Sylvan Romero
01:04:19 - "Mes trois camarades"
01:06:20 - "Les maragoins"
01:06:55 - "La petite poule caille"
01:08:05 - Clevinis Touchet - "Mon aimable catin"
01:10:42 - Alan Richard - "Dans la Louisiane"
01:!2:20 - Roy Theriot - "Les maragoins"
01:18:20 - Caesar Vincent - "Fais do-do, petite"
01:19:50 - Winners announcement
Forked Island School Children - Mar 17, 1954
01:21:27 - Marlin Hargrave - "Si j’aurais mes souliers" (La cravate)
Forked Island Elementary Fifth and Sixth Grade School Group
01:23:35 - "La Marseillaise"
01:24:30 - "Je suis chrétien"
01:24:52 - "En avant, poumpoum"
01:25:03 - "Saute Crapaud"
01:25:20 - Pervis Hebert - "Devinez quoi ce qu’il y a"
01:26:18 - Agnes Saltzman - "Les maragoins"
01:26:40 - Agnes Saltzman and Burton LeMaire - "Et ou est-ce que t’es parti"
01:28:30 - O’neal Suire - "Un petit bonhomme"
01:27:48 - Geneva Nunez - "Madame Baptiste" (version of Madame Bosso)
Dairy Day French Song Contest - Abbeville, LA - 1953, Ballads Sung by Forked Island School Children
***Note: This tape was in awful condition, and it was almost impossible to get a good pass on it***
BL1-006 contains the same performances from Abbeville Dairy Day 1953
00:00:05 - Introduction
00:01:56 - Annie Catherine Broussard - "La fête de Dairy Day"
Raywood Morvant
00:03:50 - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
00:05:14 - "La cravate"
00:06:50 - "J’ai passé dessous le pommier"
00:08:53 - Herman Babineaux - "Papillon"
00:10:24 - Daisy Foster - "J’ai étais au bal"
00:12:15 - Jimmy Morvant - "Je veut marrier"
00:14:15 - Harry Touchet - "Danser Colinda"
00:16:30 - Rita Cecile Landry - "Frère Jacques" (00:15:30) - Tape mistracks badly. Restarts song at around (00:16:30)
00:17:38 - Amy Dean Meaux - "Savais-vous planter des choux"
Burton LeMaire
00:19:52 - "La marseillaise"
00:20:48 - "Saute Crapaud" (fragment)
00:21:18 - "Frère Jacques"
00:22:11 - James Broussard - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:24:16 - Amy Dean Meaux - "Quand j'étais petite"
00:27:55 - Catherine Blanchet - Winner's announcement
Side 2 - Adult Division - Oct 17, 1953
Raywood Morvant
00:30:36 - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
00:32:10 - "La cravate"
Joe “Nonc Joe” Harrington
00:35:22 - "Ne pleure pas, vierge de France"
00:38:18 - "La caille et la perdrix"
Ulysses Broussard
00:45:28 - "Madame ??, donne-moi ta fille". Tape mistracks and restarts
00:48:03 - "Et ou c’est qu’elle est, la malheureuse"
Caesar Vincent
00:49:50 - "O le printemps de Jules Bitière" (sp) (Tobie Lapière)
00:54:26 - "C’est une vieille"
Lelia Labauve
00:57:33 - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:59:35 - "J’ai passé dessous le pommier"
00:56:30 - "Bonjour belle Rosine"
01:03:05 - Andre Pommier - "Allons à Lafayette"
01:05:13 - Mme. Joe Falcon - "Jolie Brun"
01:06:38 - Joe Falcon - "Allons à Lafayette"
Mme. Sylvan Romero
01:08:30 - "Mes trois camarades"
01:10:30 - "Les maragoins"
01:11:06 - "La petite poule caille"
01:12:10 - Clevinis Touchet - "Mon aimable catin"
01:14:45 - Alan Richard - "Dans la Louisiane"
01:16:27 - Roy Theriot - "Les maragoins"
01:22:23 - Caesar Vincent - "Fais do-do, petite"
01:24:00 - Winner's announcement
01:25:30 - Family recordings begin
Unidentified child singing with Ed Blanchet
Tape mistracks, corrects at (01:36:20)
01:39:05 - "Happy Birthday"
01:41:00 - "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
Recording made at Catherine’s parents’ home / #6, Roy Theriot's office, 1953, Back: ?/56, Rev. Martin, Oct/53, Roy Theriot's Office
Recordings:
00:00:00 - Reverand Martin talking about Catherine at her parents' home
00:06:50 - Same man paraphrases something that he read and sings an unidentified French song
00:08:53 - Unidentified French Song
00:11:35 - "I Trust In God"
00:16:40 - Poem
00:22:05 - Religious chants
Roy Theriot’s office - Abbeville, LA, October 23, 1953
00:25:18 - Joe Harrington - "Au pont de l’Anse" (Nantes)
Caesar Vincent
00:30:09 - "O dis moi donc, mon aimable catin"
00:33:17 - "L’oranger"
00:35:50 - "Je chante une chanson" (Sur le bord de l’eau)
00:40:05 - "O nous avons qu’un temps a vivre"
00:41:28 - "Les maragoins" (La valse de vieux Ropopio)
00:42:30 - "Si j’avais mes ons souliers" (La cravate)
Mrs. Sylvan Romero
00:44:22 - "Y a trois de mes camarades"
00:46:25 - "Par un beau dimanche" (Ouvre la porte)
00:48:45 - "C’est ma petite poule caille"
Caesar Vincent
00:49:45 - "Charmante Eloise"
00:52:05 - "C’est une jeune fille"
"Marie-en-sange, femme jolie" (Mariansan)
01:00:25 - "O viens-tu, doc"
"Par un dimanche matin"
01:05:30 - "En arriere de chez mon pere" (Dig et don don)
Catherine Blanchet Recordings of Lucia Broussard
Lucia Broussard, 1954:
Les œufs
Sur le bord de la rivière - Lucia Broussard
Là-bas, là haut sur cette montagne
Little Boys:
Silent Night
Recording made at Catherine’s parents’ home / #6, Roy Theriot's office, 1953, Back: ?/56, Rev. Martin, Oct/53, Roy Theriot's Office
***Copy of BL-009***
00:00:00 - Reverand Martin talking about Catherine at her parents' home
00:06:50 - Same man paraphrases something that he read and sings an unidentified French song
00:08:53 - Unidentified French Song
00:11:35 - "I Trust In God"
00:16:40 - Poem
00:22:05 - Religious chants
Roy Theriot’s office - Abbeville, LA, October 23, 1953
00:25:18 - Joe Harrington - "Au pont de l’Anse" (Nantes)
Caesar Vincent
00:30:09 - "O dis moi donc, mon aimable catin"
00:33:17 - "L’oranger"
00:35:50 - "Je chante une chanson" (Sur le bord de l’eau)
00:40:05 - "O nous avons qu’un temps a vivre"
00:41:28 - "Les maragoins" (La valse de vieux Ropopio)
00:42:30 - "Si j’avais mes ons souliers" (La cravate)
Mrs. Sylvan Romero
00:44:22 - "Y a trois de mes camarades"
00:46:25 - "Par un beau dimanche" (Ouvre la porte)
00:48:45 - "C’est ma petite poule caille"
Caesar Vincent
00:49:45 - "Charmante Eloise"
00:52:05 - "C’est une jeune fille"
"Marie-en-sange, femme jolie" (Mariansan)
01:00:25 - "O viens-tu, doc"
"Par un dimanche matin"
01:05:30 - "En arriere de chez mon pere" (Dig et don don)
Mrs. F.W. Kerkseick 1969, Mrs. Milton Nunez 1969
Mrs. F.W. Kerkseick & Mrs. Milton Nunez:
Mrs. F.W. Kerkseick - Performing old Irish songs that Irish construction workers sang
01:00 - "The Old Chaw"
01:48 - Two verses from other songs
Mrs. Milton Nunez
04:57 - "Le matin, quand je me lêve" (Les amours et les beaux jours)
-Learned from Ms. Eunice Langlinais
06:45 - "Jouais l’accordion"
07:55 - Same tune played on accordion and harmonica
10:47 - "Le temps et proche finis" (Cantique)
Meaux High School Quartet - 1957
Meaux High School Quartet:
00:00 - "Father, Carry Me Home"
00:47 - "Tap, Tap, Tap"
03:51 - "My Lady Sleeps"
06:56 - "Tap, Tap, Tap"
08:29 - "Students talking"
French Singing Contest - Opelousas Yambilee Festival
French Song Contest - Matches recording from Ralph Rinzler - RI1-001
Emmeline Broussard
02:00 - "Le chevalier du roi"
03:45 - "La petite Jacqueline"
05:10 - Tex Parent - "La Magalon"
07:10 - Debra Couvillon - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
Amy Dean Meaux
07:50 - "Papa m’a donné un petit mari"
09:25 - "J’ai étais au bal hier au soir"
11:48 - "La chanson de cinquante sous"
14:15 - "Allons dancer Colinda"
Joseph Schexneyder
16:00 - "Oh ma belle"
17:25 - "J’ai perdu mon mama"
Master of Ceremonies (name unknown)
20:20 - "Nora, Darling"
Ending
Interview with F. Stelly recorded by Marie del Norte Theriot
Presumed to be a recording made by Marie del Norte Theriot. Copy dubbed by Catherine Blanchet;
00:20 - Mardi Gras chant with a quick description of a Mardi Gras run;
02:40 - Discussion about old ways of dancing - Quadrilles, Lanciers;
06:05 - Talking about a novel written in 1888 by a Delahoussaye- This novel gives an account of the Acadians;
07:30 - Account of traditional Acadian clothing;
Tapes 1 and 2 from Louise Olivier Collection - Copy Collected by Catherine Blanchet
"Olivier Collection" Dr. Bonstein; date c. 1956; Bobby Burg, Marian Dugazé, Madame Burg, Boy Fruget;
Tape #1
1. Gabrielle
2. Les Maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle
3. La Chanson de Cinquant Sous
4. La fille de quatorze ans
5. Chère tout tout
6. Allons Danser Colinda
7. La valse de Church Point
8. Johnny Can't Dance
Tape #2
9. Jolie Blonde
10. J'ai passé sous le pommier
11. La fleur de la jeunesse (Lula Landry)
12. Les filles de Vermilion (Lula Landry)
13. Pagnier d'épingles
14. J'ai passé devant ta porte
15. La noce à Josephine
Blanchet Family Tape
Blanchet and Gibbins Family Tape
Contains orchestral and choral recordings as well as children singing
Blanchet Family Tape
Blanchet - Family Recordings:
Children singing "Happy Birthday" to Catherine
Children singing nursery rhymes
Interview with Mrs. Dronet
Recording made in Loom Room
***Needs to be cataloged more in-depth***
Interview with Mrs. Dronet - Discussion about how to work a loom while demonstrating the process
Song Fragments - Mrs. Dronet and Catherine Blanchet singing
01:04:30 - "La fleur de la jeunesse"
01:05:15 - Unidentified ballad
01:07:55 - "La belle Emelie"
Prejean Festival - Song Contest
Presented by Mr. Robert Prejean, Director:
Daniel Deville - Accordion
00:50 - "La valse des musiciens"
02:30 - "Madame Sosthaine"
03:40 - "Les traces de mon bogué"
04:57 - "Acadian Stomp"
Mme Lynnwood Vincent - Evangeline, Louisiana
06:09 - "Zing Zang Zon" (Danse ronde)
06:35 - "Ce nes plus un rêve"
07:40 - "La fête printanière" (Colinda et Colin)
10:15 - "Evangeline"
12:08 - "Galine, Galine, Gallow"
Marcus Landry - Harmonica, Accordion and Vocals
13:55 - "Hier aprés-midi le char à tué Fido"
15:22 - "Saute Crapaud"
16:20 - "La valse à grand chenier"
Mme. Curly Richard - Vocals
20:10 - "Ma Louisiane"
22:37 - "J'ai passé devant ta porte"
23:30 - "Pays dans la jogue"
Sabry Guidry - Harmonica and Vocals, Stories (Recorded extensively by Barry Ancelet - See Ancelet Collection)
25:09 - "Je me sens seule"
27:28 - "La 'tite jogue jaune"
28:38 - "Pas dessus les larmes"
30:15 - "Joke about a horse"
Mme. Catherine Blanchet - Vocals - Les danses rondes
32:05 - "La jolie rosier"
32:30 - "Papillion"
33:06 - "Shoo Fly"
Marcus Landry - Harmonica and Vocals
33:50 - "Je prends mon violon"
Mme. Steve Broussard (Amy Dean Meaux)
36:25 - "Mon petit mari"
37:58 - "J'étais au bal hier au soir"
39:42 - "J'ai passé dessus le pomier"
Mr. Klaby Meaux - Accordion
42:00 - "Les 'tits yeux noirs"
44:24 - "Grand Mamou"
46:32 - "Mon bon vieux mari"
James E. Fontenot - Operatic vocals and guitar
49:07 - "Mon bon vieux mari"
51:08 - "J'ai fais tout le tours du grand bois"
51:59 - "J'ai passé devant ta porte"
Meaux High School Presentation
Meaux High School:
00:00 - Introduction and singing of "Star Spangled Banner"
01:30 - "It's Me, It's Me, It's Me, O Lord" fragment
01:49 - Description of Meaux High School
02:40 - Quick descriptions of what students will learn in each grade
06:00 - Description of "upper elementary grades" and readings of essays
08:35 - High School - Language Arts, Mathematics, Agriculture, Science and Home Economics descriptions
12:30 - Electives and Extracurricular classes
13:10 - 1st graders singing "La petite poule caille"
14:40 - Band performance
Recording of French Ballad by Catherine Blanchet and Tèrese Perram
Multiple takes - Catherine Blanchet sings "un chanson de rouie"
***Notes accompany tape - stored in box***
Songs Sung by Various Children Recorded by Catherine Blanchet for her Thesis
Catherine Blanchet - Recordings of children singing:
00:00 - Roland Touchet - "Enterre-moi pas" - fragment
00:27 - Isodore Touchet - "Mon bon vieux mari"
01:35 - Oscar Joseph Foster - "La chanson de 50 sous"
03:20 - Beverly Jane Fontenot, Juanita Gail McDaniel - "Frères Jacques"
04:15 - Ophelius Bourque and Roland Touchet, Juanita Gail McDaniel - "Saute crapaud" (multiple takes)
07:10 - Unidentified singer - "J'ai casser le do de mon clarinette"
07:50 - Roland Touchet - Unidentified song
10:20 - Ophelius Bourque - "Les maringoins ont tout manger ma belle"
11:07 - Isodore Touchet - "Bosco Stomp"
12:00 - Isodore Touchet - "Lovesick Waltz"
12:55 - Isodore Touchet - "Colinda"
13:44 - Roland Touchet - "Frères Jacques"
14:34 - Roland Touchet - "Madame Sosthaine"
15:30 - Ophelius Bourque - "Touts les deux pour la même"
16:15 - Janelle Duhon, ?? Guidry - Unidentified song
16:30 - Henry Doucet, Jr. - "Je veut marrier"
17:00 - Henry Doucet, Jr. - French stories
19:50 - Lena Abshire - Unidentified songs
23:35 - Barbara Frederick - "Dedans la Louisiane"
27:52 - Unknown singer - "Pine Grove Blues"
Catherine Blanchet Interviews Mme. Robin
00:00 - Classification of Acadian Folk Dances - Circles, contra lines, with partners, unaccompanied by music;
01:55 - Square dances and les lanciers - Mentions that she found an example in the Olivier Collection;
02:50 - Les jolies tambours;
03:40 - Mazurkas - She mentions that the Louisiana version of the Mazurka is almost unrecognizable compared to what they call a Mazurka in Europe;
05:00 - Description of the Acadian Waltz;
07:00 - Mazurka - Came to France from Poland, was a fashionable dance at some point, the French called the dance the "Warsaw." Descriptions of Mazurka steps;
09:40 - Current dances used with Cajun music - Polka, Waltz, 1940's "fad" dances;
12:30 - Definition of "fad dances;"
14:20 - Les danses rondes as seen in Breaux Bridge;
16:15 - Acadian dances with wooden shoes;
21:00 - More descriptions of Waltz, Mazurka, and Polka dances;
22:35 - Solo dances during Mardi Gras;
22:50 - Danse de mouchoir;
24:10 - Danse du marier;
25:00 - Colinda;
27:00 - Reconstructing old European dances;
Recordings of Songs Sung by Simeon Touchet for Catherine Blanchet's Thesis
Simeon Touchet - Meaux, Louisiana
00:00 - "Je suis la délaisse"
03:08 - "Je te donnerai un petit paquet d'épingles" (with Sidmay Touchet)
06:20 - "La belle Créole"
09:30 - Unnamed song learned from Louis Hebert
12:35 - "D'un grand matin dans mon jardin"
14:58 - "Allons chers camarades à l'armée"
20:44 - "La bas dans ces vallons" (with Sidmay Touchet)
24:30 - "Par un beau Lundi" (La belle Emelie)
28:45 - "Le long de ces beaux bois"
33:00 - "O, Chère Chèrie"
Harry Oster - Tape IV - Recordings of Alma Bartholemew
Tape is in poor shape. Better quality recordings can be found in the Oster Collection
Harry Oster - Tape III - Various Performers
Recordings made by Harry Oster - Various Performers
The Colored Sacred Harp
00:00 - Florida Storm;
04:15 - Give Me Just a Little More Time;
06:20 - The Mercy Seat - Fairview Church near Hackleburg, AL - 3rd Sunday in April;
09:12 - The Spirit Shall Return;
Recordings by Corrine Saucier Recorded in Avoyelles Parish - Dubbed to tape by Catherine Blanchet
Le mariage de la caille et la perdrix (song) - Raphael Courville (Laforte : Ma-13)
Catherine Blanchet Recordings of Lucia Broussard and Georgiana "Jo" Stauffer (1950, 1954)
From reel-to-reel
1. La-bas, la haut sur cette montagne
2. Les oeufs
3.Sur le bord de la riviere
4. C'est pas les raisins pourris
5. Clara se marie
6. C'est un blond que mon coeur aime
7. J'etais a la fontaine
8. Pendant la contre danse
1950 - from wire
9. Je m'eloigne de lui que j'aime
10. Allons au bois, mesdames
11. Sur le bord de la riviere
12. Dais do-do minette - Georgiana Stauffer
13. Nicolas (fragment)
Catherine Blanchet Recordings of Lucia Broussard, Roberta Hardy, et al. (1953-57) / Children Happy Birthday
Side A :
Lucia LaBauve Bernard
Ed Blanchet + boys
Mrs. Lucia Broussard
Gerogianna Stauffer
Roberta Harder
Frank Harder
Side B:
Blanchet Children
Happy Birthday
ABC
Il est ne
D'ou viens-tu
Adeste fideles
Down by the Station
Sing a Song of 6 Pence
Jesus Loves Me
3 Billy goats & Boy