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.

Meaux High School Quartet - 1957

Accession No.: 
BL1-013

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"

Language: 
English
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Blanchet, Catherine
Subject: 
Louisiana, Vermilion Parish, School Chorus
Creator: 
Catherine Blanchet
Recording date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1957
Coverage Spatial: 
Meaux, LA
Publisher: 
Catherine Blanchet / Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
09:55
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Original Format: 
5 inch tape
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
192 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 2

French Singing Contest - Opelousas Yambilee Festival

Accession No.: 
BL1-014

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

Language: 
English
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Blanchet, Catherine
Subject: 
Louisiana, French, Folk Songs, Ballads
Creator: 
Catherine Blanchet
Recording date: 
Saturday, October 17, 1964
Coverage Spatial: 
Opelousas, LA
Publisher: 
Catherine Blanchet / Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
22:36
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Original Format: 
5 inch tape
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
192 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 2

Interview with F. Stelly recorded by Marie del Norte Theriot

Accession No.: 
BL1-015

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;

Language: 
English
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Blanchet, Catherine
Subject: 
French, Dance, Acadians, Louisiana, Oral History
Creator: 
Marie del Norte Theriot
Recording date: 
Wednesday, March 19, 1969
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
12:33
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Original Format: 
3 inch reel to reel
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24bit
Sampling Rate: 
96kHz
Storage Location: 
Archive of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 2

Tapes 1 and 2 from Louise Olivier Collection - Copy Collected by Catherine Blanchet

Accession No.: 
BL1-018

"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

Language: 
English
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Blanchet, Catherine
Subject: 
French, Louisiana, Folk Songs, Field Recordings, Accordion
Creator: 
Louise Olivier
Recording date: 
Monday, August 29, 2022
Coverage Spatial: 
Isle Labbé, Abbeville, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
39:12
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, August 29, 2022
Digitized Date: 
Monday, August 29, 2022
Original Format: 
7 inch reel to reel
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 2

Blanchet Family Tape

Accession No.: 
BL1-019

Blanchet and Gibbins Family Tape

Contains orchestral and choral recordings as well as children singing

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Blanchet, Catherine
Subject: 
Louisiana, Orchestral, Choral, Live Performance
Creator: 
Catherine Blanchet
Recording date: 
Monday, December 20, 1965
Coverage Spatial: 
Meaux, LA
Publisher: 
Catherine Blanchet / Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
40:02
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Original Format: 
7 inch reel to reel
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 2

Blanchet Family Tape

Accession No.: 
BL1-021

Blanchet - Family Recordings:

Children singing "Happy Birthday" to Catherine
Children singing nursery rhymes

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Catherine Blanchet
Subject: 
Louisiana, Home Recordings
Creator: 
Catherine Blanchet
Recording date: 
Monday, April 1, 1963
Coverage Spatial: 
Meaux, LA
Publisher: 
Catherine Blanchet / Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
15:38
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Original Format: 
7 inch reel to reel
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 3

Interview with Mrs. Dronet

Accession No.: 
BL1-022

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"

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Catherine Blanchet
Subject: 
Loom, Cotton, Sewing, French, Ballads, Singing
Creator: 
Catherine Blanchet
Recording date: 
Wednesday, July 10, 1963
Coverage Spatial: 
Meaux, LA
Publisher: 
Catherine Blanchet / Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
01:10:38
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Original Format: 
7 inch reel to reel
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
192 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 2

Prejean Festival - Song Contest

Accession No.: 
BL1-024

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"

Language: 
English
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Catherine Blanchet
Subject: 
French, Cajun, Louisiana, Folk Music, Ballads, Round Dance, Jokes
Creator: 
Catherine Blanchet
Recording date: 
Tuesday, September 5, 1978
Publisher: 
Catherine Blanchet / Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
53:49
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Original Format: 
7 inch reel to reel
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
192 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 2

Meaux High School Presentation

Accession No.: 
BL1-025

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

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Catherine Blanchet
Creator: 
Catherine Blanchet
Recording date: 
Monday, February 22, 2021
Coverage Spatial: 
Meaux, LA
Publisher: 
Catherine Blanchet / Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
18:26
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, February 22, 2021
Digitized Date: 
Monday, February 22, 2021
Original Format: 
7 inch reel to reel
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
192 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 2

Recording of French Ballad by Catherine Blanchet and Tèrese Perram

Accession No.: 
BL1-026

Multiple takes - Catherine Blanchet sings "un chanson de rouie"

***Notes accompany tape - stored in box***

Language: 
English
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Catherine Blanchet
Subject: 
French, Cajun, Louisiana, Folk Music, Ballads
Creator: 
Catherine Blanchet
Recording date: 
Saturday, November 19, 1977
Coverage Spatial: 
Meaux, LA
Publisher: 
Charles Larroque / Louisiane à la carte
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
10:00
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, February 22, 2021
Digitized Date: 
Monday, February 22, 2021
Original Format: 
5 inch reel to reel
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
192 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 2

Songs Sung by Various Children Recorded by Catherine Blanchet for her Thesis

Accession No.: 
BL1-028

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"

Language: 
English
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Catherine Blanchet
Subject: 
French, Cajun, Louisiana, Folk Music, Ballads
Creator: 
Catherine Blanchet
Recording date: 
Monday, February 22, 2021
Coverage Spatial: 
Forked Island, LA
Publisher: 
Catherine Blanchet / Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
30:58
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, February 22, 2021
Digitized Date: 
Monday, February 22, 2021
Original Format: 
7 inch reel to reel
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
192 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 2

Catherine Blanchet Interviews Mme. Robin

Accession No.: 
BL1-029

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;

Language: 
English
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Catherine Blanchet
Subject: 
Louisiana, French, Dance
Creator: 
Catherine Blanchet
Recording date: 
Thursday, February 12, 1970
Publisher: 
Catherine Blanchet / Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
31:25
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, September 19, 2022
Digitized Date: 
Monday, September 19, 2022
Original Format: 
Reel to reel 5 inch
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
192 kHz
Storage Location: 
ACCF - Drawer 2

Recordings of Songs Sung by Simeon Touchet for Catherine Blanchet's Thesis

Accession No.: 
BL1-033

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"

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Catherine Blanchet
Subject: 
French, Cajun, Louisiana, Folk Music, Ballads
Creator: 
Catherine Blanchet
Recording date: 
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Catherine Blanchet / Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
34:30
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Original Format: 
7 inch reel to reel
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
192 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 2

Harry Oster - Tape IV - Recordings of Alma Bartholemew

Accession No.: 
BL2-001

Tape is in poor shape. Better quality recordings can be found in the Oster Collection

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Catherine Blanchet - Copies from Harry Oster Collection
Subject: 
French, Louisiana, Creole, Folk Songs
Creator: 
Harry Oster
Recording date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1957
Coverage Spatial: 
Diamond, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
01:05:32
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, May 8, 2023
Digitized Date: 
Monday, May 8, 2023
Original Format: 
Reel to Reel 7 Inch
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
192 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 2

Harry Oster - Tape III - Various Performers

Accession No.: 
BL2-002

Recordings made by Harry Oster - Various Performers

Language: 
English
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Catherine Blanchet - Copies from Harry Oster Collection
Subject: 
French, Louisiana, Creole, Folk Songs, Spirituals, Accordion, Cajun
Creator: 
Harry Oster
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
01:05:35
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, May 8, 2023
Digitized Date: 
Monday, May 8, 2023
Original Format: 
Reel to Reel 7 inch
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
192 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 2

The Colored Sacred Harp

Accession No.: 
BL2-004

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;

Language: 
English
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Catherine Blanchet
Subject: 
Spirituals
Coverage Spatial: 
Hackleburg, AL
Publisher: 
Catherine Blanchet / Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
35:08
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, May 8, 2023
Digitized Date: 
Monday, May 8, 2023
Original Format: 
Reel to Reel 7 inch
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
192 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 2

Recordings by Corrine Saucier Recorded in Avoyelles Parish - Dubbed to tape by Catherine Blanchet

Accession No.: 
BL2-012

Le mariage de la caille et la perdrix (song) - Raphael Courville (Laforte : Ma-13)

Language: 
English
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Catherine Blanchet - Saucier Collection
Recording date: 
Monday, December 12, 2022
Coverage Spatial: 
Meaux, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, December 12, 2022
Digitized Date: 
Monday, December 12, 2022

Catherine Blanchet Recordings of Lucia Broussard and Georgiana "Jo" Stauffer (1950, 1954)

Accession No.: 
BL4-001

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)

 

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Blanchet, Catherine - Cassettes
Subject: 
Folk Songs ; Louisiana French
Creator: 
Catherine Blanchet
Informants: 
Lucia Broussard ; Jo Stauffer
Recording date: 
Friday, June 11, 1954
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center to Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
12:45
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Original Format: 
Cassette
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
192 kHz
Storage Location: 
ACCF - Drawer 112 - Row 1

Catherine Blanchet Recordings of Lucia Broussard, Roberta Hardy, et al. (1953-57) / Children Happy Birthday

Accession No.: 
BL4-034

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

Language: 
English
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Blanchet, Catherine - Cassettes
Subject: 
Folk Songs ; Louisiana French ; English ; Blanchet Children Happy Birthday
Creator: 
Catherine Blanchet
Informants: 
Lucia LaBauve Bernard ; Ed Blanchet + boys ; Mrs. Lucia Broussard ; Gerogianna Stauffer ; Roberta Harder ; Frank Harder ; Blanchet Children
Recording date: 
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center to Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
01:02:50
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Original Format: 
Cassette
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
192 kHz
Storage Location: 
ACCF - Drawer 112 - Row 1

Songs and folktales by Léonel Lachassée, Madame Galbert Guidry, Selena Guidry et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-001

Side A

00:00:00 - Bouki et Lapin et le puits ("Bouki et Lapin et l'puits") (story) - Madame L.B. Boudreaux / Elbie Boudreaux
00:01:55 - La chasse à l'ours (story) - Léonel Lachassée
00:03:10 - "Quand je suis né" (song) - Léonel Lachassée
00:04:40 - "La Délaissée" (song) - Léonel Lachassée
00:06:10 - La viande de chevreuil (story) - Léonel Lachassée
00:06:30 - Cousins (story) - Léonel Lachassée
00:06:59 - "Je suis né" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
00:08:17 - "Je m'en irai voir mon aimable brune / Mon aimable brune" (song) - Selena "Lena" Guidry
00:09:35 - "J'ai passé une petite maison neuve" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
00:10:42 - "Paul le sellier" (song) - Galbert Guidry
00:13:32 - "La belle Créole" (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
00:17:14 - "Dieu du ciel" (song) - Célestine Morton
00:19:12 - "C'est pour aller chercher" (song) - Célestine Morton
00:21:00 - "L'enfant Jésus" (song) - Célestine Morton
00:23:08 - "La passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ" (song) - Laurent Salomon
00:25:36 - "Revenez donc pécheurs" (song) - Laurent Salomon
00:26:58 - "Adieu, Vièrge Marie" / "À Dieu, Vièrge Marie" ("Ah, Dieu, Vièrge Marie") (song) - Laurent Salomon
00:28:48 - "Il y a qu'un seul Dieu" (song) - Laurent Salomon
00:30:35 - "Je suis un homme d'une grande famille" (song) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon

Side B

00:32:12 - Petit Jean et les hommes du roi ("Tit Jean et les hommes du roi") (story) - Prestin-Joseph Primeaux
00:33:56 - Le petit garçon sans peur ("Le p'tit garçon sons peur") (story) - Ludovic "Dovie" Lachassé
00:38:30 - "Je m'ai fait un nouveau beau" ("J'm'ai fait 'n nouveau beau") (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
00:40:25 - "J'ai passé dessous le pommier" ("J'ai passé dessous l'pommier") (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
00:41:27 - "Les maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
00:41:55 - "Chanson du soldat" (song) - Madame Freddie Trahan
00:46:15 - "Je me suis levé trois heures avant le jour" (song) - Madame Freddie Trahan
00:55:12 - "Pauvre petit coin coin" - (rhyme) - Madame Pete Guidry
00:55:27 - Le conte du moqueur et hibou (story) - Madame L.B. Boudreaux / Elbie Boudreaux
00:56:11 - Petit Poucet ("Tit Poucet") (story) - Mme Pete Guidry
01:00:58 - "Pin Pi Po Laurent" / "Pan Pi Po Saint Laurent" (nursery rhyme) - Lucille Saltzman
01:01:00 - "Come, come!" / "Pin Pan" / "Dédé LaCart" / "Dédé Lacas" (nursery rhyme) - Lucille Saltzman
01:01:45 - Barbe bleue (story) - Madame L.B. Boudreaux / Elbie Boudreaux

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales; Folk music; Ballads; Canticles; Rhymes
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Monday, September 1, 1952
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
01:05:05
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1 Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Edé Adam, Fannie Lee Marceaux, Doles Saltzman et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-002

00:00 - L'histoire de la religieuse / Qui est le plus fort? / La fourmi / La froumi (story) - Edé Adam
02:33 - "Embarque, embarque" (song) - Fannie Lee Marceaux
05:35 - "M'amiliée venez avec moi" (song) - Fannie Lee Marceaux
07:49 - "Prospère" (song) - Fannie Lee Marceaux
13:26 - Petit Jean sans peur ("Tit Jean sans peur") (story) - Edé Adam
16:40 - Petit Jean et le grand géant ("Tit Jean et le grand géant") (story) - Doles Saltzman
18:09 - "Je suis parti" (song) - Barosse Hébert
21:10 - "Chanson du matelot" (song) - Fannie Lee Marceaux

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales; Folk music; Ballads
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Sunday, June 1, 1952
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
28:03
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, May 13, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Friday, May 3, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Léonore Catalon, Barosse Hébert, Madame Galbert Guidry et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-003

Side B

00:00 - "Je suis un homme d'une grande famille" (song) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
00:45 - "Aux pas, aux pas soldats" / "Aux pas soldats" (song) - Léonore Catalon
01:52 - Le mulet de 4 ans (story) - Barosse Hébert
02:47 - "Mon père, c'était jardinier" (song) - Barosse Hébert
03:38 - "La petite poule noire" (song) - Barosse Hébert
04:50 - "J'ai passé vers une cour" (song) - Barosse Hébert
06:04 - "Biron" / "Tobie Lapierre" (song) - Barosse Hébert
07:07 - "Là-bas de chez mon père" / "L'oranger" (song) - Barosse Hébert
08:43 - "Buvons, buvons" (song) - Barosse Hébert
10:26 - "Jacques Guillotte" (song) - Barosse Hébert
12:37 - L'histoire de la religieuse / Qui est le plus fort? / La fourmi / La froumi (story) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
16:46 - "Le vieux mari" (song) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
17:50 - "Le lendemain matin" (song) - Léonore Catalon
19:15 - "Par un samedi au soir" / "Par un samedi soir" ("Par un samedi z au soir") (song) - Léonore Catalon and Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
21:16 - "Le tablier blanc" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
23:35 - "Vers l'arrivée de France" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
26:38 - Minette et ses roulettes (story) - Madame Albert Doucette / Madame Albert Doucet
27:26 - "Dedans ces bois où tout c'est agréable" (song) - Madame Albert Doucette / Madame Albert Doucet
31:52 - "C'est le refrain de ma chanson" (song) - Hubert Landry, Madame Hubert Landry

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Creoles; Ballads; Rhymes; Folk tales;
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Sunday, June 1, 1952
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
34:15
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, May 13, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Friday, May 3, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Peggy Ruth Melanson, Lucille Saltzman, Joe Saltzman et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-004

Side A

00:00 - Petit Jean et la vieille femme ("Tit Jean et la vieille femme") (story) - Peggy Ruth Melanson
05:54 - Petit Jean et les robes mystérieuses ("Tit Jean et les robes mystérieuses") (story) - Lucille Saltzman
13:38 - Barbe bleue (story) - Lucille Saltzman
19:54 - Le conte du revenant (story) - Joe Saltzman
21:11 - Le Mardi Gras (story) - Joe Saltzman
21:34 - La mort de l'homme méchant (story) - Lucille Saltzman
22:43 - "Shoo-Fly" (song) - Madame Gaston Hébert
23:40 - Le petit capuchon rouge (story) - Madame Gaston Hébert
27:30 - Petit Jean et le géant (story) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
29:24 - "Le matin quand je me lève" (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
30:08 - "Je suis parti dans le Texas" ("J'suis parti dans l'Texas") (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
30:35 - "L'autre côté du village" / "Cher Willie" (song) - Edgar Boudreaux

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales; Folk music; Ballads
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Tuesday, December 1, 1953
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
31:20
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Friday, May 3, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Laurent Salomon, Lucille Saltzman, Madame Courtney Labauve et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-005

Side B

00:00 - "C'est la noce à Joséphine" / "La noce à Joséphine" (song) - Laurent Salomon
01:24 - Cendrillon / Cendrillone (story) - Lucille Saltzman
10:10 - La mère à Petit Jean va au village / "Tit Jean" (story) - Lucille Saltzman
11:16 - La chasse (story) - Madame Courtney Labauve
12:23 - "Je veux me marier" (song) - Madame Courtney Labauve
13:46 - "Morel" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
14:33 - "Le mariage de la caille et la perdrix" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
16:56 - "Le premier jour de mai" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
20:04 - "Il y en a qui dit l'amour est un plaisir" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
21:50 - "Gabriel c'était mon parrain" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
22:19 - "Shoo-fly" (song) - Madame Henry Racca
23:15 - Le petit garçon qui jurait ("Le p'tit garçon qui jurait") (story) - Kenneth Nunez
25:51 - Mayni Mayno (tongue twister) - Izrik Campbell
26:17 - L'homme qui a été en Ville (story) - Kenneth Nunez
27:44 - La femme et son Cadillac (story) - Kenneth Nunez
29:03 - Un homme qui avait pas de fusil ("Un homme qu'avait pas d'fusil") (story) - Kenneth Nunez
30:01 - Minette (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
30:50 - J'avais un petit bonnet (story/tongue twister)
31:25 - "Hier au soir" (song) - Peggy Ruth Melanson
31:48 - "Jacques Mirot" (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
32:24 - Minette (story) - Edgar Boudreaux

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales; Folk music; Ballads; Rhymes
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Thursday, December 24, 1953
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
33:29
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Friday, May 3, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Barosse Hébert, Laurent Salomon, Madame Galbert Guidry et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-006

Side A

00:00 - Le café (story) - Barosse Hébert
02:40 - Le mulet à 4 ans (story) - Barosse Hébert
03:31 - Le bœuf (story) - Barosse Hébert
06:38 - Le chat (story) - Barosse Hébert
09:01 - Bouki et Lapin et la récolte de pistaches (story) - Laurent Salomon
17:30 - "Dedans Paris" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
21:05 - "Prospère" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry (and Madame Trahan?)

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales; Folk music; Ballads
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Saturday, August 1, 1953
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
28:11
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Monday, May 6, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Edgar Boudreaux, Lucille Saltzman, Barosse Hébert et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-007

Side B

00:00 - "L'autre côté du village" / "Cher Willie" (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
01:44 - Petit Jean et la diablesse ("Tit Jean et la djablesse") (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
08:26 - "Les Métamorphoses" (song) - Edgar Boudreaux
10:42 - Roclore (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
17:19 - Petit Jean et l'arbre et le puits du roi ("Tit Jean et l'arbre et le puits du roi") (story) - Lucille Saltzman
24:17 - "Il y avait une boiteuse" ("Y avait une boiteuse") (song) - Lucille Saltzman (Laforte : Jb-2)
28:00 - Aussi smart (tongue twister) - Lucille Saltzman
28:28 - La Louisiane (story) - Barosse Hébert
30:44 - Le beurre (story) Barosse Hébert

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales; Folk music; Ballads
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Tuesday, December 1, 1953
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
31:40
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Monday, May 6, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Laurent Salomon, Célestine Morton, Prestin-Joseph Primeaux et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-008

Side A

00:00 - La fille du diable ("La fille du djab'e") (story) - Laurent Salomon
08:44 - "Pin Pan" / "Dédé LaCart" / "Dédé Lacas" (nursery rhyme) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
09:05 - "C'est la noce à Joséphine" / "La noce à Joséphine" (song) - Laurent Salomon
09:53 - "La vieille femme amoureuse" (song) - Célestine Morton
10:31 - Petit Jean et ses trois chiens ("Tit Jean et ses trois chiens") / Enepho, Ataman, Ketchum (story) - Prestin-Joseph Primeaux
17:25 - Petit Jean sur sa terre ("Tit Jean su' sa terre") (story) - Prestin-Joseph Primeaux
18:18 - "Les bois verts" (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
18:53 - Le petit poisson à Marguerite ("Le tsit poisson à Ma'g'rite") (story) - Laurent Salomon
27:00 - Bouki et Lapin et Compère Chien et Compère Chat (story) - Célestine Morton
29:26 - La tortue et Lapin ("La tortsue et Lapin") (story) - Laurent Salomon

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales; Folk music; Ballads; Rhymes
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Friday, August 1, 1952
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
30:44
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Monday, May 6, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Madame Abner Hébert, Madame Albert Marceaux, Madame Galbert Guidry et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-009

Side B

00:00 - "Rossignolet sauvage" (song) - Madame Abner Hébert and Madame Albert Marceaux
04:00 - "Petit papillon volage" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
06:10 - "J'aime Jean" (song) - Pierre Meaux
09:40 - "Hélas, mon père, parent, héritier" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
10:30 - "Dieu Laurent" (song) - Léo Meaux and Madame Galbert Guidry
13:57 - "La chanson du déserteur" (song) - Pierre Meaux
16:13 - "Les deux maris" / "Le premier jour de mes noces" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
20:19 - "Aimable amie" (song) - Galbert Guidry
23:34 - "Mon bon vieux mari" / "Le vieux soulard et sa femme" ("Et y où ce que tu es parti mon bon vieux mari") (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
25:16 - Bouki et Lapin et les filles (story) - Célestine Morton
27:46 - Être broke (story) - Barosse Hébert

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales; Folk music; Ballads
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Sunday, June 1, 1952
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
30:17
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Monday, May 6, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Laurent Salomon, Madame Nicholas Benoît, Lucille Salzman et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-010

Side A

00:00 - Bouki et Lapin et la récolte (story) - Laurent Salomon
03:43 - Compère Lapin et Compère Tigre ("Compère Lapin et Compere Tsig'") (story) - Laurent Salomon
11:45 - Bouki et Lapin et le puits (story) - Madame Nicholas Benoît
14:18 - "Chère chérie" (song) - Lucille Salzman
15:19 - "La cravate" (song) - Lucille Salzman
17:21 - "Oh, c'est le vingt du mois" (song) - Elmera Hebert
19:45 - "Adieu bel ange" (song) - Elmera Hebert
21:36 - Le diable et la fille de la vieille femme ("Le djab'e et la fille d'la vieille femme") (story) - Laurent Salomon
27:10 - Bouki et Lapin et la récolte de pistaches ("Bouki et Lapin et la récol'e d'pistaches") (story) - Laurent Salomon

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales; Folk music; Ballads
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Friday, August 1, 1952
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
33:33
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Friday, May 10, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Laurent Salomon and Célestine Morton

Accession No.: 
BR1-011

00:00 - La tortue et lapin ("La tortsue et lapin") (story) - Laurent Salomon
05:00 - "Marie trempe ton pain" (song) - Célestine Morton
06:45 - "Si l'amour prendrait racine" (song) - Célestine Morton
07:45 - La fille du vieux diable ("La fille du vieux djab'e") (story) - Laurent Salomon
30:35 - "Je veux tuer ma fille" (song) - Célestine Morton
31:30 - Bouki et Lapin et le puits ("Bouki et Lapin et l'puits") (story) - Célestine Morton

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales; Folk music; Ballads
Creator: 
Eliabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Sunday, June 1, 1952
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
33:01
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, May 20, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Friday, May 10, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Laurent Salomon, Galbert Guidry, Madame Galbert Guidry et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-012

00:00 - Bouki et Lapin et la récolte de pistaches ("Bouki et Lapin et la récol'e d'pistaches") (story) - Laurent Salomon
03:59 - "Les bois verts" (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
09:44 - "La délaissée" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
12:28 - "Le matin quand je me lève" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
14:47 - "Dans ces prés, dans ces bois" (song) - Elmera Hebert
17:30 - "Bonjour Madame l'Autel" (song) - Alto Vincent
18:41 - "Belle Rosine" (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
20:50 - "Je m'ai fait un petit beau" ("J'm'ai fait z un petit beau") (song) - Avid Mire
23:25 - "L'enchanteresse" (song) - Avid Mire
25:52 - "Le matin quand je me lève" (song) - Avid Mire
26:48 - "Mon père m'a mis à l'école" (song) - Avid Mire
29:04 - Le nain et le géant (story) - Dionnet Schexnyder

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales; Folk music; Ballads
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Tuesday, June 1, 1954
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
31:01
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, May 20, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Friday, May 10, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Dionnet Schexnyder, Madame Courtney LaBauve, Essé Leblanc et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-013

00:00 - Le Devineur (story) - Dionnet Schexnyder
03:48 - "T'es petite, t'es mignonne" (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
04:20 - Deux hommes et l'ourse (story) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
05:05 - "Papier d'épingues" / "Paquet d'épingles" (song) - Essé Leblanc
06:49 - "Je prends ma vieille selle" (song) - Essé Leblanc
07:32 - faith healing / traitement / traiteurs / jambe de lait / thrombophlebitis / blood clots / varicose veins / Jean Mouton / Madame Steiner (anecdote) - Edgar Boudreaux
09:40 - Cherokees / Chéroquis / Cherokee roses / Wild Irish rose bush / Chickasaw rose bush (anecdote)
10:54 - Un homme et trois imbéciles (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
14:20 - Le mouton dans la savane (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
14:46 - La serrure (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
15:44 - Le vieux nègre qu'était paré à mourir ("Le vieux nègue qu'était paré à mourir") (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
16:31 - Le garçon qui a demandé la fille en mariage (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
19:08 - La douzaine de crabes (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
20:16 - Jean le Fort (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
20:28 - L'homme dans la malle (story) -Edgar Boudreaux
22:53 - L'homme dans le baril (story) -Edgar Boudreaux
24:54 - "J'étais chercher Métaud" (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
27:11 - Gris-Gris (story) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
29:05 - Couche couche (recipe)

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales; Folk music; Ballads
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Tuesday, June 1, 1954
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
33:25
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, May 20, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Friday, May 10, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Interview with Henry Saltzman, part 1

Accession No.: 
BR1-014

Side A

00:00 - les hacks, les habitations, charrettes, la récolte, la volaille, les serpents congo
-Kaplan, Lichtenstein, Groundhog's Day, la Chandeleur, les crêpes, Saint-Joseph, le Carême

05:00 - les feux follets
09:34 - Un revenant à la télévision (story) - Henry Saltzman
11:00 - Une maison hantée (story) - Henry Saltzman
12:00 - Isle Nègre ("Isle Nègue") (story) - Henry Saltzman
13:35 - Trésor caché (story) - Henry Saltzman
15:50 - Le trésor de Lafitte au Lac Blanc (story) - Henry Saltzman
18:06 - Jean Lafitte (story) -Henry Saltzman
22:18 - rougarou / lougarou / loup-garou
23:40 - Un conte pour un revenant (story) - Henry Saltzman
28:00 - les revenants, le trésor enterré
29:51 - conjo / condjo / conja / condja / coundja, les gris-gris
31:00 - Conjo (story) - Henry Saltzman

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Friday, October 1, 1954
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
32:03
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, May 20, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Friday, May 10, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Interview with Henry Saltzman, part 2

Accession No.: 
BR1-015

Side B

00:00 - conjo / condjo / conja / condja / coundja, luck piece, gris-gris
03:50 - Un conjo (story) - Henry Saltzman
06:20 - trésor caché, Mr. Girouard
09:00 - fortune tellers, Dr. Broussard
10:15 - Saltzman raconte une histoire d'un jeune homme qui est amoureux d'une femme mariée, qui achète un conjo
11:30 - Brandon raconte une histoire d'une jeune fille qui a mis un conjo dans l'armoire de son père
12:00 - Brandon raconte une histoire d'une femme qui envoie à son ex-fiancé une effigie avec une épingle dans le cœur
13:20 - traitements, traiteurs, mal de poignet, l'Afrique
15:38 - traitements pour les bébés, pièces de monnaie, dents de cocodril, jaunisse, l'herbe à malo, les marrons, les bénédictions, l'Église catholique
18:40 - endoyer / ondoyer un enfant (emergency baptism)
20:44 - la chasse aux lapins, les chiens de chasse
23:40 - bow and arrow hunting
25:00 - la chasse aux cocodrils, le casse-tête, écorcher un cocodril, Lac Blanc, taxidermy
31:45 - la chasse aux ouaouarons / wawarons
32:35 - les informations sur la soutenance de thèse d'Elizabeth Brandon

Language: 
English
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Friday, October 1, 1954
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
34:09
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, May 20, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Friday, May 10, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs by Amy Dean Meaux, Caesar Vincent, Lula Landry et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-016

Side A

00:00 - "Là-bas de chez mon père" / "L'oranger" (song)
01:58 - "La cravate" (song) - Madame Morvant
04:00 - "Jean Gringalet" (song)
05:47 - "Billy Boy" / "Ayoù vas-tu, charmant Billy" (Et où vas-tu, charmant Billy) (song)
07:51 - Unknown / "Un matin" (song)
09:04 - Unknown / "Pour aller voir ma belle" / "La cravate à zigue-zague" (song)
09:43 - "La noce à Josephine" (song)
12:50 - "Mon père c'était jardinier" (song) - Caesar Vincent
14:17 - "Fais do do mon bébé" (song) - Caesar Vincent
15:18 - "Bonjour Madame l'Autel" (song)
16:17 - "La cravate" (song) - Caesar Vincent
18:33 - "Mon adoré" (song) - Lula Landry
20:15 - "Je m'ai fait un petit beau" ("J'm'ai fait z un petit beau") (song)
21:35 - "Je m'en irai voir mon aimable brune" / "Si l'amour prendrait racine" / "Mon aimable brune" (song)
23:57 - "Mon bon vieux mari" / "Le vieux soulard et sa femme" ("Et y où ce que tu es parti mon bon vieux mari") (song)
25:30 - "O dis moi, donc mon aimable catin" (song)
27:10 - "L'oranger" / "Là-bas de chez mon père" (song)
29:18 - "La petite poule noire" (song) - Amy Dean Meaux (?)
30:09 - Unknown / "Mon chapeau" (song) - Amy Dean Meaux (?)

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folk music; Ballads
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
31:21
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, May 20, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Friday, May 10, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs by Ernest Belanger, Lula Landry et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-017

Side B

00:00 - "Dévinez quoi ce qu'il y a" / "Dévinez ce qu'il y a" (song)
01:09 - "Je m'ai fait un nouveau beau" (song)
03:11 - "J'étais chercher Métaud" (song) - Courtney LaBauve (Laforte : Lb-1)
05:27 - "J'ai passé dessous le pommier" (song)
06:37 - "Je l'aime et je l'adore" (song)
08:38 - Unknown / "La première est le soleil, la deuxième est la pluie, la troisième est la fleur qui fleurit dans la prairie" (song)
09:32 - "La petite poule noire" (song)
10:20 - "Au pont de Nantes" / "Au pont de L'Anse" (song)
14:35 - "Ne pleure pas vièrge de France" (song) - Ernest Belanger
17:20 - "Adieu la fleur de ma jeunesse" (song) - Lula Landry

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folk music; Ballads
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
20:02
Cataloged Date: 
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Friday, May 10, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Christmas Recital - Abbeville High School

Accession No.: 
BR1-018

00:00 - Louise Collet, marionnettes, pièce de théâtre, Abbeville High School, Noël / Christmas / Chrismisse / Chrismusse / Chrismeusse, Père Noël
02:08 - "Ah ! vous dirai-je, maman" (song) - "Vixen, la renne fidèle de Père Noël," Abbeville 6th grade
03:17 - "Il était un petit navire" (song) - "Marie la Petite Canadienne," Abbeville 6th grade
04:34 - "Il était un petit navire" (song) - "Marie la Petite Canadienne" and "Vixen, la renne fidèle de Père Noël," Abbeville 6th grade
05:35 - "La bonne aventure" / "Je suis un petit poupon" - "Marie la Petite Canadienne," Abbeville 6th grade
06:23 - "La bonne aventure" / "Je suis un petit poupon" - "Marie la Petite Canadienne" and "Vixen, la renne fidèle de Père Noël," Abbeville 6th grade
07:09 - "La bonne aventure" / "Je suis un petit poupon" - "Marie la Petite Canadienne," "Vixen la renne fidèle de Père Noël" and "Harry l'âne paresseux," Abbeville 6th grade
07:56 - "Sur le pont d'Avignon" - "Marie la Petite Canadienne," "Vixen la renne fidèle de Père Noël" and "Harry l'âne paresseux," Abbeville 6th grade
08:36 - "Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre" - "Marie la Petite Canadienne," "Vixen la renne fidèle de Père Noël" and "Harry l'âne paresseux," Abbeville 6th grade
10:35 - "Un oiseau moqueur" (poem) - Lydia LaBauve
15:54 - "Belle Rosine" (song) - Abbeville 1st grade
17:20 - "J'ai perdu le dos de ma clarinette" (song) - Abbeville 1st grade
19:18 - "J'ai passé dessous le pommier" ("J'ai passé dessous l'pommier") (song) - Abbeville 1st grade
20:35 - "Barbapoux" (song) - Abbeville 1st grade
22:57 - Pete Seeger songs

Language: 
English
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folk music; French traditional songs; children's songs
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
31:19
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Galbert Guidry, Madame Galbert Guidry, Elmera Hebert et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-019

00:00 - "Les bois verts" (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
03:07 - "La délaissée" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
05:47 - "Le matin quand je me lève" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
08:19 - "Dans ces prés, dans ces bois" (song) - Elmera Hebert

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folk music; Ballads; partial copy of BR1-012
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Tuesday, June 1, 1954
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermillion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
11:07
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Madame Abner Hébert, Madame Albert Marceaux, Madame Galbert Guidry et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-020

00:00 - "Rossignolet sauvage" (song) - Madame Abner Hébert and Madame Albert Marceaux
04:57 - "Petit papillon volage" ("Petit papilion volage") (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
07:31 - "J'aime Jean" (song) - Pierre Meaux
11:06 - Le vieux bon homme qui avait 8 garçons (story) - Léo Meaux
11:37 - "Hélas, mon père, parent, héritier" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
12:29 - "Dieu Laurent" ("Djieu Laurent") (song) - Léo Meaux and Madame Galbert Guidry
15:57 - "La chanson du déserteur" (song) - Pierre Meaux
18:13 - "Les deux maris" / "Le premier jour de mes noces" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
22:20 - "Aimable amie" (song) - Galbert Guidry
25:35 - "Mon bon vieux mari" / "Le vieux soulard et sa femme" ("Et y où ce que tu es parti mon bon vieux mari") (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
28:38 - La Louisiane (story) - Barosse Hébert
30:50 - Le beurre (story) - Barosse Hébert
31:48 - Le café (story) - Barosse Hébert
34:20 - Le mulet à 4 ans (story) - Barosse Hébert
35:10 - Le bœuf (story) - Barosse Hébert
38:23 - Le chat (story) - Barosse Hébert
40:45 - Bouki et Lapin et la récolte de pistaches (story) - Laurent Salomon
49:13 - "Dedans Paris" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
52:48 - "Prospère" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry (and Madame Trahan?)
59:53 - "Rossignolet sauvage" (song) - Madame Abner Hébert and Madame Albert Marceaux

Language: 
French
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales; Folk music; Ballads; overlap with BR1-009 and BR1-006
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Sunday, June 1, 1952
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
1:00:29
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Monday, November 10, 2014
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

Songs and folktales by Alto Vincent, Madame Courtney LaBauve, Avid Mire et al.

Accession No.: 
BR1-021

00:00 - "Bonjour Madame l'Autel" (song) - Alto Vincent
01:18 - "Belle Rosine" (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
03:30 - "Je m'ai fait un petit beau" ("J'm'ai fait z un petit beau") (song) - Avid Mire
06:08 - "L'enchanteresse" (song) - Avid Mire
08:37 - "Le matin quand je me lève" (song) - Avid Mire
09:33 - "Mon père m'a mis à l'école" (song) - Avid Mire
11:52 - Le nain et le géant (story) - Dionnet Schexnyder
13:42 - Le Devineur (story) - Dionnet Schexnyder
17:29 - "T'es petite, t'es mignonne" (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
18:01 - Deux hommes et l'ourse (story) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
18:47 - "Papier d'épingues" / "Paquet d'épingles" (song) - Essé Leblanc
20:34 - "Je prends ma vieille selle" (song) Essé Leblanc
21:18 - faith healing / traitement / traiteurs / jambe de lait / thrombophlebitis / blood clots / varicose veins / Jean Mouton / Madame Steiner (anecdote) - Edgar Boudreaux
23:28 - Cherokees / Chéroquis / Cherokee roses / Wild Irish rose bush / Chickasaw rose bush (anecdote)
24:42 - Un homme et trois imbéciles (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
28:09 - Le mouton dans la savane (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
28:33 - La serrure (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
29:34 - Le vieux nègre qu'était paré à mourir ("Le vieux nègue qu'était paré à mourir") (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
30:23 - Le garçon qui a demandé la fille en mariage (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
33:52 - La douzaine de crabes (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
35:00 - Jean le Fort (story) - Edgar Boudreaux
36:11 - L'homme dans la malle (story) -Edgar Boudreaux
37:37 - L'homme dans le baril (story) -Edgar Boudreaux
39:49 - Unknown Jewish folk song (song) - Samuel Kaplan
40:45 - Unknown Jewish song (song) - Samuel Kaplan
41:59 - Unknown Jewish song (song) - Samuel Kaplan and daughter
44:20 - "Skip to my lou" (song) - Anne Brandon
45:51 - "Itsy Bitsy Spider" (song) - Anne Brandon
46:30 - There was a little turtle in the box / The turtle is living in a box (song) - Anne Brandon
47:08 - "Frère Jacques" (song) - Anne Brandon
47:31 - "Peter Peter Penguin" (song) - Anne Brandon
48:04 - "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" (song) - Elizabeth Brandon and Anne Brandon
48:55 - "Ziga Zaga" (song) - Elizabeth Brandon and Anne Brandon

Language: 
English
French
Other
Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Brandon
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folktales; Folk music; Ballads; Rhymes, Jewish folk songs, children's songs; faith healing; overlap with BR1-012 and BR1-013
Creator: 
Elizabeth Brandon
Recording date: 
Tuesday, June 1, 1954
Coverage Spatial: 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Meta Information
Duration: 
49:37
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Monday, November 10, 2014
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--5"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1, Shelf 3

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