Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
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Blanchet's Correspondences 18
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Letter to Catherine Blanchet from Robert Gilmore, proprietor of A Symbol of Fine Sound from Acadiana Music; Feb. 5, 1977; asking for permission for using 2 songs from a collection of songs Blanchet had just given them
Letter to Catherine Blanchet from Chris Strachwitz, of Arhoolie Records; July 3, 1970; discussing records, the skin colors of McGee and Amédé Ardoin, if Blanchet would transcribe some songs for him, his knowledge of other Cajun artists and their record, and a catalog of his records
2 pages; # 2-3 (page in PDF)
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"Un, Deux, Trois" lyrics
Des Expressions Courants en Louisiane Aujourd'hui
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Preface to "Des Expression Courants en Louisiane Aujourd'hui;" Joseph Lesage Tisch; experimental edition using base French from Church Point, La
Page 1; #2 (page in PDF)
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Phrases for "Greetings"
Page 2; #3
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Phrases for "Le Temps: The Weather;" notes of other spellings of the words
Page 3; #4
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Phrases for "Manager Butin: Furnishings" and "A la Table: At Table;" notes of other spellings of the words
Page 4; #5
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Phrases for continued "A la Table" and starting " Manger: Food;" notes of other spellings of the words
Page 5; #6
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Phrases for continued "Manger" and starting "Linge: Clothing" and "Des Cousins: Relations;" notes on other spellings of the words
Page 6; #7
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Phrases for continued "Des Cousins" and starting "A la Compagne: In the Country;" filling in of the rows where words were not copied over in printing
Page 7; #8
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Phrases for continued "A la Compagne" and starting "Machines: Tools;" filling in of the rows where words were not copied over in printing
Page 8; #9
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Phrases for continued "Machines" and starting "D'Argent: Money," and "Des Animaux: Animals;" notes for other spellings of words and filling of rows where words were not copied over
Page 9; #10
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Phrases for continued "Des Animaux" and starting "Dans le Village; In Town;" filling in rows where words were not copied over in printing
Page 10; #11
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Phrases for continued "Dans la Village" and starting "Des Expressions de Fetes: Holiday Expressions," "Les Guimes: Sports," and "Fais Do Do Et Comme Ça;" filling in of rows where words were not copied over in printing
Page 11: #12
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Phrases for continued "Fais Do Do..." and starting "Les Corps: The Human Body," and "Des Malades: Sickness;" notes for other spellings of the words
page12; #13
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Phrases for continued "Malades" and starting "Les Verbs: Verbs;" notes on other spellings of words
Page 13; #14
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Phrases for continued "Les Verbs" and starting "Adverbs and Adjectives;" notes for other spellings of words
2 pages; pages 14-15; #15-16
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Phrases for "Des Expressians les Plus Communs;" notes of other spellings of words
Page 16; # 17
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Phrases for continued "Des Expressians..." and starting "L'Eglise: Church;" notes for other spellings of words
Page 17; #18
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Phrases for "Grammaire"
4 pages; pages 18-21; #19-22
The Creative Music Project for the Vocal Division
Blanchet's Notes and Lessons 1
Blanchet's Notes and Lessons 2
Binder; "French Class 1966" written on spine;
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Lyrics to french children's songs;
1. Le Petit Chaperon Rouge
2. La Noël Arrive Bientôt
3. J'avais Un Petit Noisetier
4. Solomon Grundi
5. Bo-Peep
6. Jean et Jeanne
7. Din, Don, Dis
8. Humpti-Dumpti
9. Mademoiselle Monffue
10. Trois Souris Avengles
9 pages; #2-10 (page in PDF)
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Notes: "Spelling - Feb. 21"
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Notebook arrangement:
I. Current work - (6 weeks);
All previous work;
II. Grammar
III. Vocabulary
IV. Tests
V. Miscellaneous
VI. Book reports
VII. Songs
VIII. Proverbs
[this section of notes is located inside of a green notebook]
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Song list with dates listed
2 pages; #13-15
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Lesson plans for September - December
6 pages; #16-21
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Notes from "A Book of French Quotations" compiled by Norbert Guterman, 1963
3 pages; #22-24
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List of proverbs with associated dates
2 pages; #25-26
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Song and proverb vocabulary list
4 pages; #27-30
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Note from Amelia to Catherine; chart
2 pages; #31-32
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Gradebook
5 pages; #33-38
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Index for notebooks
[end of the green notebook]
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Unprepared Dictations - 1st Year French
2 pages; #40-41
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Lesson plans for January
2 pages; #42-44
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Mistakes in book review and compositions Jan. 4
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Notes about students; Jan 20 notebooks
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Vocabulary from first term
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Index for notebook
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Vocabulary for lessons; January
2 pages; #49-52
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January 25th assignment
2 pages; #53-54
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January 26th spelling notes
2 pages; #55-56
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January and February lesson plans
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Spelling test - Feb. 7
2 pages; #58-59
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Grammatical vocabulary, spelling, and lesson plans for February and March
15 pages; #60-74
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List of books borrowed from Ruby
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Lesson plans
2 pages; #76-78
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Student letters suggesting the grade they think they deserve
10 pages; #79-88
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Outline of Grammatical Rules; various notes
14 pages; #89-105
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List of songs
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Script to "Allons au Bal!" play or skit
5 pages; #107-111
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Notes from Tuesday, March 1
#112-113
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"Le Corbeau et le Renard (The Crow and the Fox)" fable de LaFonatine; in french with english translation; 14 copies
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"La Cigale et la Fourmi (The Grasshopper and the Ant)" fable; in french with english translation; 13 copies
Blanchet's Sheet Music 3
Black folder;
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Written report on "Project in Music Supervision"
30 pages; #2-31 (page in PDF)
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"Singing Call Square Dance" (Wolverton) and "All Around the Maypole" (Mississippi folk song) sheet music and lyrics
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"Jump Jim Crow" (American game) sheet music and lyrics; game rules
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"Old Gray Horse" (coll. Scarborough) and "Go Tell Aunt Rhodey" (Trad. American) sheet music and lyrics
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"Riding" (Dutch folk song) and "Waltz Song" (Czech folk song-game) sheet music and lyrics
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"The Kewpies" (L.E.P. Moses - German) and "Lucy Locket" (Mother Goose - Trad.) sheet music and lyrics with instructions; Rhythmic action plays and dances - Moses
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"Rain, Rain, Go Away" (Russian singing game), "The Bells" (scale song), and "What Are Little Boys Made Of?" (traditional) sheet music and lyrics
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"White Carol Bells" (Round), "Instrument Song" (French folk song), and "This Old Man" (English singing game) sheet music and lyrics
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"Torn Clothes" (Uruguayan popular song) and "Cradle Song" (Columbian folk song) sheet music and lyrics
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"Siem Bam Ba" (African song), "African Counting Song" (from Scarborough), and "Chinese Boat Song" (Chinese folk song - trans. Helen Myers) sheet music and lyrics
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"The Twelve Days of Christmas" sheet music and lyrics; Old English Carols for Christmas - Bailey
2 pages; #41-42
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"A Basque Lullaby" (Basque air) sheet music and lyrics; Folk songs of Many Lands - Curwen
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"Ivon, My Delight" (Old Breton air) sheet music and lyrics; Folk songs of Many Lands - Curwen; M.C. Gillington
2 pages; #44-45
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"There Came a Little Stranger" (French carol) sheet music and lyrics; Folk songs of Many Lands - Curwen; Florence Hoare
2 pages; #46-47
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"Lullaby" (Norman Bell - SAB) sheet music and lyrics; Introduced at Northwestern by Bob Shaw - July '44; Music from library Collegiate Chorale - 1697 Bdw'y N.Y.
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"Lev' Ton Pied" (French Canadian folk songs - coll. Ernest Gagnon) and "L'âne de Petit Jean" (coll. Loraine Wyman) sheet music and lyrics
2 pages; #49-50
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"Je N'ai Pas D'amant" and "Le Tambour" sheet music and lyrics; French Canadian folk songs - coll. Marius Barbeau
3 pages; #51-53
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"Sainte Marguerite" (French Canadian folk songs - coll. Ernest Gagnon) sheet music and lyrics
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"Isabeau S'y Promene" and "La Petite Hirondelle" (Ronde) sheet music and lyrics; Chansons Canadiennes - collected by Marius Barbeau, English words - Paul England
2 pages; #55-56
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"Si J'étias Petite Mère" (Berceuse) and "D'où Viens-Tu, Bergère?" (Chanson de Noel) sheet music and lyrics; Chansons Canadiennes
2 pages; #57-58
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"Laquelle Marierons-Nous?" (Ronde) sheet music and lyrics; Chansons Canadiennes
2 pages; #59-60
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"Joli Coeur de Rose" and "Papillon Tu Es Volage" sheet music and lyrics; French-Canadian folk songs - collected by Ernest Gagnon
3 pages; #61-64
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List of songs for the permanent repertory for grades 1-7
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Blanchet's Collection of Songs 6
Tan folder with "Vermilion; French Nativity - Instrumental Parts, Script, and 2 song ?" written on cover and "7/21/49" on back
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"Vive le Vent" (sure l'aire de "Jingle Bells") lyrics
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"Adeste Fideles" lyrics
2 pages; #4-5 (page in PDF)
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"Chantons Tous Noel!" lyrics to five Christmas songs
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"Adeste Fideles" lyrics and other songs
4 pages; #7-10
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Carols in French
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"Chantons Tous Noel!" lyrics to five Christmas songs
2 pages; #12-13
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"Adeste Fideles" lyrics; 3 copies
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"Le Sommeil de L'enfant Jesus" lyrics; 2 copies
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Notes for French Christmas Program (Nativity) Dec. 16, 1965 - PTA; Dec. 15, 1966 - PTA
2 pages; #16-17
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List of carols with notes for the brass section
#18-19
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"While By My Sheep I Watched By Night" sheet music and lyrics; 2 copies
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"Jacob's Ladder" sheet music
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"La Marche des Rois" sheet music
2 pages; #22-23
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"Sommeil de L'enfant Jesu" sheet music
2 pages; #24-25
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D'où Viens-Tu" sheet music
2 pages; #26-28
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"Minuit Cretien" sheet music
5 pages; #29-33
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"We Three Kings" sheet music
3 pages; #34-36
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"Adeste Fideles" sheet music
9 pages; #37-45
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"Silent Night" sheet music
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"D'où Viens-Tu" sheet music
2 pages; #47-48
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"Gloria" sheet music
4 pages; #49-52
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"Nouvelle Agreable" sheet music
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"Il Est Né" sheet music
3 pages; #54-56
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List of songs; 5 copies
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Blank papers with index card note of sheet music for "Gloria"
Fundamentals of Theatre Practice and "Chantons" Collection of Songs
Tan folder with "Old Dummy(?)...Avoyelles, LA" written on cover
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Fundamentals of Theatre Practice - Directing Demonstration Class; "Aria de Capo" dialogue
9 pages; #3-11 (page in PDF)
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"Vive la Sainte-Catherine" magazine article from La Mode Pratique; 11/15/1950
2 pages; #12-13
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"Chantons" collection of sheet music and lyrics; 8 copies;
1. Les Canards
2. Ah, Vous Dirai-Je Maman
3. Bénédicté
4. Dans la Forêt
5. Jamais On Ne Vit
6. Maudit Sois-Tu, Carillonneur
7. Dans Un Amphithéâtre
8. Chevaliers de la Table Ronde
9. La Vieux Chalet
10. Michié Préval
11. Z'amours Marianne
12. Gardez Piti Milatte-là
13. O Canada
14. Réveil de la Louisiane
11 pages; #14-24
Louisiana French Folk Music - A Resource Book
"Louisiana French Folk Music - A Resource Book" (2 copies) compiled by the students of USL Extension Course; Music 360 - LA French Folk Music; Abbeville, LA; June 24-July 13, 1984; Catherine Blanchet, instructor;
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Cover and acknowledgements; published by the Vermilion Parish School Board, Abbeville, LA 1984
List of students:
Verna Bilski, Mae Belle Boudreaux, Margaret Brailey, Delores G. Breaux, Genevia Broussard, Judy Broussard, Jules Broussard, Loretta Broussard, Beverly Butcher, Perchis Cartwright, Ozitta M. Catalon, Jerry DeHart, Connie Duhon, Betty Frederick, Charlotte Gaspard, Joe Guillory, Doris Henry, Hellon S. Hodge, John Landry, Sheran Lee, Charlotte Lege, Vickie LeBlanc Leonards, Evelyn Lewis, Maxine Levine, Eva H. Louis, Peggy Marceaux, Ann Claire Meaux, Mildred Montet, Patricia Plowden, Sylvia Plowden, Lola Potier, Audrey Reaux, Charles Robichaux, Peggy Robichaux, Catherine Robinson, Viola Sonnier, Marjorie Toups, Elaine Vincent
List of editorial committee:
Catherine Blanchet, Genevia Broussard, Charlotte Lege, Marjorie Toups
2 pages; #1-2 (page in PDF)
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Introduction; written by Catherine Blanchet, July 27, 1984
2 pages; #3-4
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Table of Contents
3 pages; #5-7
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"Concepts" chapter
12 pages; #8-19
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"Documented Information" chapter; "Our Acadian Heritage" submitted by: Loretta Broussard
5 pages; #20-24
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"Customs of the Acadians"
2 pages; #25-26
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"An Interview with Sister Edith" as related to Vickie Leonards in an interview on June 30, 1984
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"Indians Of Louisiana" with map of historic Indians of Louisiana
8 pages; #28-35
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"Types of Louisiana French Folk Songs"; adapted and submitted by Viola M. Sonnier; Source: LA French Folk Songs by Irene Therese Whitfield
7 pages; #36-42
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"Appendix D - Biographical Data" list of musician's birthdates and hometowns
2 pages; #43-44
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"Cajun Instrumental Music - Tracing the Development of Instrumental Music"
7 pages; #45-51
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"Zydeco: 1920 to the Present"
5 pages; #52-56
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"Violins and Fiddles" with photos of Lionel Leleux and his violins at his workshop
3 pages; #57-59
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"The Cajun French Accordion"
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"Fais-Do-Do"
2 pages; #61-62
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"History of Louisiana Cooking"
3 pages; #63-65
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"Skills" Chapter; "Instant Literacy" written by Catherine Blanchet
4 pages; #66-69
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"Learning French Can Be Fun"
6 pages; #70-75
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Song exercises; Catherine Blanchet, Peggy Robichaux, Charles Robichaux, Ann Claire Meaux, Delores Breaux; songs: "C'est Un Petit Bonhomme"; "Je Veux Marier"; "Chaise, Chaise, Chaise"
6 pages; #76-81
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Dance instructions: "Les Lanciers - Quadrille"; "Cajun French Polka" submitted by Doris J. Henry, with the note: "These steps are illustrated on the video for the LA French Folk Music 360 at the Vermilion Parish Library, Abbeville, LA; "Hinkey Dinkey Parlez Vous" and "Hot Time In The Old Town" submitted by Sylvia A. Plowden
4 pages; #82-85
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"Hoe to Learn to Play the Violin or Fiddle" project by Hellen S. Hodge for Catherine Blanchet's Music 360 class
5 pages; #86-90
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"Teaching French Cajun Folklore in the Classroom" submitted by Elaine H. Vincent
2 pages; #91-92
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"Accordion Builders" directory
2 pages; #93-94
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"Bright New World Artists" directory
2 pages; #95-96
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"Oral Tradition" chapter; "Comparison of French and English Verses" by Mildred B. Montet for Music 360
2 pages; #97-98
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Recipes; "Pain P'y Pots, Laurent" as tolk by Mrs. Luke Boudreaux to Verna Bilski who attempted to transcribe it into standard French, July 3, 1984;
"Lye Soap Recipe" told by Lena Shaw and donated to book by Hellon Hodge, July 1984;
"Mâche Pain" from the kitchen of Mrs. Laticia S. Broussard; Sheran B. Lee and Loretta D. Broussard;
"Pig Ears (L'oreille de Cochon)" and "Salve for Burns or Diabetic Sores" collected from Mrs. Rena Broussard, July 3, 1984; Mae Belle Boudreaux, Evelyn Lewis, Ozitta Catalon;
4 pages; #99-102
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"Jean Sot - Conte Louisianaise" script from Acadian Assembly: Folklore 101
3 pages; #103-105
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Sheet music and lyrics: "Mon Amie Que J'aimais Tant", "Brass Dans L'Coushe-Choushe", "Co Co Ri Co", "J'ai Passé Devant La Porte", "Barb A' Poux", "J'irai la Voir Un Jour", "Dans Ma Joli Louisiane", "Zozo Mokeur", "L'arbe Est Dans Ces Feuilles", "Je Voudrais Me Marier", "Petit Paquet D'epingles", "L'Oranger", "J'ai Passé Dessous le Pommier", "J'ai Été Chercher Métaud", "Les Huit Jours de Mai", "Guillori", "La Rose au Bois", "Trois Petits Tambours", "Au Pont de Nantes", "Je Prends Mon Violon", "Dis Pas a Pape", "Le Petit Mari", "Mon Bon Vieux Mari"
33 pages; 106-138
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Four round dances with sheet music, lyrics, and dance instructions: "Le Joli Rosier", "Aveine", "Raisin Raisin", and "Shoo-Fly"; other songs
9 pages; #139-147
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"Bibliography" compiled by Marjorie Ann Toups, LA French Folk Music 360, Summer 1984
24 pages; #148-171
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"Address List of (Some) Publishers, Recording Studios, and Vendors"
3 pages; #172-174
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Assortment of notes between pages of book, Ascension Lutheran Church program
#175-178
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Letter from USL; Instructor grade report
2 pages; #179-180
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"Le 19eme Festival de la Musique Francaise Acadienne" program
#181-183
Blanchet's Teaching Materials 1
Blue binder; 256 pages
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The University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL) attendance sheet for a music summer class (1985) and a receipt of its accuracy sent by Louis J. Schwarz, Director
2 pages; #2-3 (page in PDF)
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3 notes on notecards from Florence Williams on copies of songs
#4
A hand written roll sheet
#5
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Empty USL envelope addressed to Catherine Blanchet
#6
A summary of a to-be published book Cajun Music: A Reflection of People by Ann Savoy; 2pages
“Effective Listening in a Classroom” class materials; 19 pages
21 pages; #7-27
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Newspaper clipping of “Le Coin des Acadiens: Le parler des Acadiens des bayous louisianais” by Harris Periou
#28
Grade report for Music 360: Louisiana French Folk Music (USL)
2 pages; #29-30
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Syllabus for Music 260: LA French Folk Music (USL); 4 copies
Overall summary of what was achieved by the class or learned
3 pages; #31-33
Article on “Thinking: A Neglected Art” by My Turn/Carolyn Kane
#34
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To-do list for a Sunday and Monday
#35
A worksheet on “les nombres and coloraige;” a list of numbers and a color by number page
2 pages; #36-37
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Lyrics for “Chansons pour L’Halloween;”
1.“C’est L’Halloween” is sung to either the tunes of “London Bridge,” “Sur, sous, dans,” “Tête épaule,” and “Frère Jacques;”
2.“Das une Maison” sung to the tune “Chevalier de la Table Ronde;”
3.”Halloween” sung to either the tunes of “Pâre Noël” or “Jingle Bells”
#38
Color by number sheet (Coloriage)
#39
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Lyrics to “Chansons pour Halloween”
#40
Worksheet for Halloween; “Les parties du corps: le monster;” name body parts of a monster
3 pages; #41-43
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Songs, lyrics and singers of songs from the Lomax recordings; 12 pages; # 44-56
1.J’ai vu Lucille; Elita, Mary, and Ella Hoffpauir; New Iberia June 1943
2. Tout un beau soir en me promenant; “ “
3.Les clefs de la prison; “ “
4.La Belle et le Capitaine; Julien Hoffpauir; New Ibera June 1934
5.Le Chanson de Théogène Dubois; Fenelus Sonnier; Erath June 30 1934
6.La Chanson des Savoy; Fenelon Brasseaux, Isaac and Cleveland Sonnier; Erath June 1934
7.Trinquons; “ “
8.J’I marié un ouvier; Lanese Vincent and Sidney Richard; Kaplan 1934
9.Madame Gallien; Sidney Richard and Lennis Vincent; Kaplan 1934
10.Viens donc t’assir sur la croix de ma tombe; Segura Brothers; White Oak June 1934
11.Bye-bye, bonsoir, mes parents; Paul Junius Malveaux and Ernest Lafitte; Jennings August 1934
12.Blues de la prison; Joseph Jones; Jennings August 1934
13.Là-bas chez Moreau; Cleveland Benoit and Darby Hicks; Jennings August 1, 1934
14.Dégo; Wilfred Charles; New Iberia June 1934
15.J’ai fait tout le tour du pays; Jimmy Peters and ring dance singers; Jennings (Lake Arthur) June 1934
16.Feel Like Joining His Army; Austin Coleman, Washington and Sampson Brown; Jennings June 1934
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Sheet music and lyrics; 28 pages; #57-85
1. 22 La Violette; #57
2.31 Allons Danser Colinda; #58
3.13 L’Oranger; #59
4.Notes
5.Page numbers for music and chords
6.Misieu’ Préval; #62
7.Little David Play on Yo’ Harp; 4 copies; #63, 66, 72, 83
8.Gospel Train; 3 copies; #64-65,73
9.Don’t You Grieve After Me; 4 copies; # 67-69 and 84
10.No Devil in Our Lane; 3 copies; #70-71 and 81-82
11.Hebben Is A Shinin’; #74
12.Hard Trials; #75
13.I Feel Like Dying’ In Dis Army; # 76
14.I’m So Glad; #77
15.Dese Aller Ma Father’s Chillun; #78
16.Baptizin’, Little David, and Ain’t Dat Good News; #79
17.I’m Going Where Dere Ain’t No Mo’ Dyin’; #80
18.Cher Petit Papa; #85
Class notes, grades and materials used in Music 360 class
7 pages; #86-93
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List of Creole Songs that were published in 5 books and gives pages numbers
2 pages; #94-95
Roll Project Topic notes
#96
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Written Poems and lyrics
3 pages; #97-99
French songs used with High School students in a French Class at Meaux; 1967; lists 24 songs and either categorizes them by French or Louisiana French
#100
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Notes taken July 18-22
#101
Formal Presentation written notes on Louisiana French Folk Song (July 22)
2 pages; #102-103
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Class Notes; Thesis Notes; terms
6 pages; #104-110
Notes and outline for PIPS Louisiana French Music
3 pages; #111-114
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Song list of songs presented on June 25-29 and July 2-3 with numbers corresponding with either the songs are in the thesis, Zing Zang Do or Danse Ronde
Convre outline from June 25-29 and July 2-11
6 pages; # 115-121
A Unity Prayer Service pamphlet from July 1985 Inkster, Michigan; features a song “ I am Free, I am Unlimited” and various prayers
2 pages; #122-124
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Lesson and class notes by dates
11 pages; #125-137
List of quotes, names and dates
#138
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Syllabus pages of paper topics and writing from Music 360 class
2 pages; #139-140
History of Acadiana lecture notes
#141
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Notes on Louisiana French Folk Dances
2 pages; #142-143
Definitions of folklore terms from Webster 7th New Collegiate
12 pages; # 144-156
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Grade test of Monday July 2
4 pages; #157-160
Singing call for a square dance for June 28, 1984
#161
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Lyrics of unknown song from Inez Catalon; July 3, 1984 Folklore After Class
#162
“Petit Bonhomme” lyrics from Catherien and Anne Blanchet at a kindergarten, Lafayette Coop School; July 3, 1984
#163
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Random notes
2 pages; #164-166
List of people for interviews; 10 names
1.Grandma
2.Inez Catalon
3.Loniel
4.voodoo work
5.Nola Broussard
6.Balfa
7.friend
8.Amy Dean Broussard
9.Sr. Edith
10. Dupery
#167
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List of things borrowed
#168-169
Notes and phone numbers
#170
D-BL3-009-043
Possible topics for lectures on overall themes of Louisiana, French, Folk, and Music
4 pages; #171-174
Contact List and resource page
#175-176
D-BL3-009-045
List of roster with picked topics
2 pages; #176-179
Notes
#180-181
D-BL3-009-048
Take Home Test-Opera Book and notes
3 pages; #182-184
Same syllabus pages for Music 360 as -031
2 pages; #185-186
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Press Release from the State of Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, Office of Cultural Development; on Louisiana Traditional Music Featured on State Album Series
3 pages; #187-189
Notes in French
#190
D-BL3-009-052
Notes on Jerry Cormier, Bill Russel, Ozitta Catalon; phone numbers, when they meet
2 pages; #191-194
D-BL3-009-053
“Solomon Grundi” rhyme from Thomas Cornwell 1964
#195
Descarte quote (French)
#196
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“Un Petit Bonhomme” with certain words translated at bottom
#197
Paper “Symbols, Worlds and Folklore” #198-201
Sheet music of “Trois Fois Lassera,” “Aveine,” and “Le Joli Rosier” #202
5 pages; #198-202
D-BL3-009-057
Scanned newspaper articles by Randy Whatleys
“Gospel Music in Cajun” June 27, 1992
“Du Chicot: The Game of ‘Pain Pi Peau’”
2 pages; #203-206
Cajun Parody of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
#207
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The Vermilion Chamber Orchestra Society program for April 30, 1983 at St. Mary Church
5 pages; #208-213
“Petit Bohomme” lyrics from Margret Brailey’s grandmother
#214
D-BL3-009-061
Book List of French and Louisiana music
#215
“3 Petits Cochons” sheet music; from Catherine Marie’s teacher at Lafayette Community Cooperator School
#217
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“T’jvai La Voir Un Tour” sheet music; from Mrs. Nole Broussard-LeRoy
2 pages; #217-218
“les lanciers-Quadrille” dance instructions; map drawn on back; #219-220
1.Les Tiroirs
2.Les Lignes
3.Les Moulinets
4.Les Visites
5.Les Lanciers
D-BL3-009-065
Excerpt from Petit Manuel d’histoire d’Acadie by d’Entremont, Daigle et als. Liibrarie Acadienne, U. de Monoton, 1976
#221
Notes on tape of “Chants de Noël du Canada Francais” by Helene Baillargeon and children’s choir; recorded in Canada
#222
D-BL3-009-067
Folkways Records Album FP-918, “Chansons d’Acadie” (Songs of French Canada) chantées par Hélène Baillargeon et Alan Mills; Canadian folk songs; Lyrics and notes info sheet by Alan Mills
9 pages; #223-231
Notes on Sancier book in LA Room
4 pages; #232-237
D-BL3-009-069
D.K Wilgus article excerpt on “Anglo-American Folksong Scholarship Since 1898.” New Brunswick: N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1959.
2 pages; #238-239
Notes on the Lomax recordings; Alln and Ruth Crawford Segar, Music editor, N.Y. Macmullan Co. 1941
2 pages; #240-241
D-BL3-009-071
Outline of a talk/speech for music in schools
2 pages; #242-245
D-BL3-009-072
Outline for talk/speech for dance lessons in schools
2 pages; #246-249
Cantiques de l’Anne Devote; Verona (?) Theriot, 1854
#250
D-BL3-009-074
Speech of “Symbols, Worlds, and Folklore” and why folklore should be in education; sheet music included; 5 pages; #250-255
1.Trois Fois Passera
2.Avenine
3.Les Joli Rosier
A Study of the Folk Traditions Among the Houmas Indians
Folder binder; 18 pages
Paper of “Folk Traditions Among the Houmas Indians” by Mark Buckmaster
1.Introduction; # 3 (page in PDF)
2.History; page 1-3; #4-6
3.Folk Medicine; page 4; #7
4.Slides and Narration; page 5-9; #8-12
5.Folk Tales with notes; page 10-13; #13-16
6. Bibliography; page 14; #17
Blanchet's Teaching Materials 2
Selections from Elizabeth Brandon's dissertation;
D-BL3-010-001
Cover page for "Moeurs et Langue de la Paroisse Vermilion en Louisiane"
D-BL3-010-002
"Propositions" page
D-BL3-010-003
Lessons on French sentence structure; pages 465-511
47 pages; #3-49 (page in PDF)
D-BL3-010-004
"Chapitre III: Langue Dans les Contes Pseudo-Creoles"; pages 512-538
27 pages; #50-77
D-BL3-010-005
"Conclusion"; pages 539-542
4 pages; #78-81
D-BL3-010-006
"Bibliographie"; pages 543-558
16 pages; #82-97
Blanchet's Teaching Materials 3
Selections from Elizabeth Brandon's dissertation;
D-BL3-011-001
"XI: Glossaire" pages 421-465
45 pages; #1-45 (page in PDF)
D-BL3-011-002
"XII Appendices: Appendice I - List de Informateurs" pages 466-470
5 pages; #46-50
D-BL3-011-003
"Appendice II - Classement des Types des Contes d'Apres l'Index de Aarne-Thompson Types of the Folk-Tales" pages 471-477
7 pages; #51-57
D-BL3-011-004
"Appendice III - Liste de Paralleles des Contes et des Chansons" pages 478-488
11 pages; #58-68
D-BL3-011-005
Unknown Index "IX" pages 503-506
5 pages; #69-73
Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies Annual Review 1973
Blue booklet
D-BL3-012-001
Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies Annual Review 1973 cover; Board of Trustees National Museums of Canada; Object of the Mercury Series; Table of Contents; photo
4 pages; #1-9 (page in PDF)
D-BL3-012-002
"Forward" by William E. Taylor, Director of National Museum of Man.; pages 1-2 (page in book)
2 pages; #10-11
D-BL3-012-003
"Introduction" by Carmen Roy, Chief of Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies; photo; pages 3-5
3 pages; #12-14
D-BL3-012-004
"The Research Programme of the CCFCS" by Géza de Rohan-Csermak; pages 6-8
3 pages; #15-17
D-BL3-012-005
"Anglo-Celtic Section" by Gordon W. MacLennan; photo; pages 9-12
4 pages; #18-21
D-BL3-012-006
"French-Romance Section" by André-Richard Gauthier; pages 13-15
3 pages; #22-24
D-BL3-012-007
"German-Scandinavian Section" by Magnus Einarsson; photo; pages 16-18
2 pages; #25-27
D-BL3-012-008
"Slavic and East European Section" by Robert B. Klymasz; photo; pages 19-22
4 pages; #28-31
D-BL3-012-009
"Balkan and Baltic Research Programme" by Philip V. R. Tilney; pages 23-25
3 pages; #32-34
D-BL3-012-010
"Ethnomusicology Section" by Roxane C. Carlisle; photo; pages 26-31
6 pages; #35-41
D-BL3-012-011
"Custodial Services" by E.G. Finley; pages 32-33
2 pages; #42-43
D-BL3-012-012
"Artifact Accessions by Ethnic Group" page 34
D-BL3-012-013
"Archive Acquisitions" page 35
D-BL3-012-014
"Bibliography of Works Finished or Published by the CCFCS Staff in 1973; pages 36-38
3 pages; #46-48
D-BL3-012-015
"Conferences Attended In 1973" pages 39-40
2 pages; #49-50
D-BL3-012-016
"List of CCFCS Staff Research In 1973" page 41
D-BL3-012-017
"Geographical Map of CCFCS Staff Research Areas in 1973" page 42
D-BL3-012-018
"List of CCFCS Contractee Research in 1973" page 43
D-BL3-012-019
"Geographical Map of CCFCS Staff Contractee Research Areas in 1973" page 44
Magnus 12-16 Chord Organ Music Book: Music Selections
D-BL3-013
Magnus 12-16 Chord Organ Music Book: Music Selections
Varsouvianna and Mazurka Dance Directions
D-BL3-014-001
Varsouvianna Dance Directions
D-BL3-014-002
Mazurka Dance Directions
Les Danses Rondes - English Translations
D-BL3-015
English translations to songs from "Les Danses Rondes"; 3 copies
2 pages; #1-2 (page in PDF)
Les Danses Rondes: Louisiana French Folk Dances
Book collected, arranged and edited by Catherine Blanchet and Marie del Norte Thériot; Southwest Louisiana French Folk Series; R.E. Blanchet, Distributor; Abbeville, Louisiana; red/white cover and blue/white cover versions;
D-BL3-016-001
"Les Danses Rondes: Louisiana French Folk Dances" red and white cover; book of sheet music and lyrics;
Contents:
La Violette
Le Joli Rosier
Le Pommier Doux
Les Lauriers Sont Coupés
Papillon
Raisin, Raisin
Les Oeufs
Sur le Bord de la Rivière
Là-Bas, Là-Haut Sur Cette Montagne
Allons Au Bois
Le Petit Bois
Ah, Mon Beau Château
La Sainte Catherine
Aveine
Fli-Fla-Flon
La Petite Boiteuse
Le Tour du Rosier
Chaise, Chaise, Chaise
Shoo-Fly
About the Songs
About the Dance Directions
34 pages; #1-36
D-BL3-016-001
"Les Danses Rondes: Louisiana French Folk Dances" blue and white cover; book of sheet music and lyrics; 9 copies
Contents:
La Violette
Le Joli Rosier
Le Pommier Doux
Les Lauriers Sont Coupés
Papillon
Raisin, Raisin
Les Oeufs
Sur le Bord de la Rivière
Là-Bas, Là-Haut Sur Cette Montagne
Allons Au Bois
Le Petit Bois
Ah, Mon Beau Château
La Sainte Catherine
Aveine
Fli-Fla-Flon
La Petite Boiteuse
Le Tour du Rosier
Chaise, Chaise, Chaise
Shoo-Fly
About the Songs
About the Dance Directions
32 pages; #37-70
La Petite Poule Caille: Berceuse Louisianaise
Book by Catherine Brookshire Blanchet with illustrations by Marilyn Melançon Trahan; The Blanchet School, Abbeville, LA 1979
D-BL3-017
"La Petite Poule Caille: Berceuse Louisianaise" book; 5 copies
24 pages; #1-30
"Jean Sot - Conte Louisianaise" Play
All papers in blue, clear folder;
D-BL3-018-001
Drawing of house; black ink on blue paper
D-BL3-018-002
"Jean Sot - Conte Louisianaise" cast sheet
D-BL3-018-003
Correspondence between Catherine Blanchet and Dr. Philip; questions about script translation; April 20, 1976 and April 21, 1976(?)
2 pages; #4-5 (page in PDF)
D-BL3-018-004
"Jean Sot" background and press release by Catherine Blanchet; 2 copies
D-BL3-018-005
Handwritten notes about props and costumes
D-BL3-018-006
Edited version of "Jean Sot" script with corrections by Catherine Blanchet; 2 copies/versions
4 pages; #8-17
D-BL3-018-007
"Jean Sot" script; typed
4 pages; #18-21
D-BL3-018-008
"Jean Sot" script; handwritten
2 pages; #22-23
D-BL3-018-009
Written purpose for creating the play; January 24, 1977 at 4:30 pm; some of the Acadian lore dates back prior to 1604
Blanchet's Thesis: Louisiana French Folk Song Among Children In Vermilion Parish 1942-54 1
Hardcover book copy with black cover;
D-BL4-001-001
Note about thesis with zerox page numbers
#1-2 (page in PDF)
D-BL4-001-002
Catherine Blanchet's thesis: Louisiana French Folk Song Among Children In Vermilion Parish 1942-54; "Presented to the Graduate Faculty of the University of Southwestern Louisiana in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree Master of Music...January 1970"
Cover pages and acknowledgments
3 pages; #4-6
Table of contents
3 pages; #7-9
Chapter I: Introduction
9 pages; #10-18
Chapter II: The Songs
132 pages; #19-150
Chapter III: Observations On The Music
13 pages; #151-163
Chapter IV: Traditional Acadian Singing
8 pages; #164-171
Chapter V: Acadian Instrumental Music
8 pages; #172-179
Chapter VI: A Survey Of French Folk Music Study In Louisiana
15 pages; #180-194
Chapter VII: Conclusions
6 pages; #195-200
Appendix A: History Of The Collection On Which This Thesis Was Based
11 pages; #201-211
Appendix B: Index Of Sources
9 pages; #212-220
Appendix C: Index Of Titles And First Lines
3 pages; #221-223
Vita and Abstract
2 pages; #224-225
Total: 221 pages; #3-227
Blanchet's Thesis 2: Louisiana French Folk Song Among Children in Vermilion Parish, 1942-54 2
Red Thesis book; 26 scanned pages; differences between other printed thesis, mostly loose papers stuffed inside the book
****Refer to D-BL4-001 for complete scan of thesis****
D-BL4-002-001
A note of Emily Simon with address and phone number; found on page 91 in book
D-BL4-002-002
Notecards of blank sheet music bars; found on page 136 in book
D-BL4-002-003
Notes on Joseph Hickerson in Library of Congress, folklorist and the National Museum of Canada in “Archives de Folklore;” found on page 171 in book
2 pages; #3-4 (page in PDF)
**stuffed in back of book**
D-BL4-002-004
Notes on Vietnamese sentence structures
D-BL4-002-005
Letter to Catherine Blanchet from Alan Jabbour; April 15, 1970; reply letter on duplication projects in the Archive of Folk Songs in the Library of Congress
D-BL4-002-006
Letter to Catherine Blanchet from the National Museums of Canada (Musées Nationaux du Canada); June 1970; envelope and information on their archives
5 pages; #7-11
D-BL4-002-007
Blank form of Order of Duplication Services from the Library of Congress and a schedule of chargers for said services
2 pages; #12-13
D-BL4-002-008
Letter to Catherine Blanchet from Elizabeth Brandon; June 2 1970; setting up meetings with other people, and contact people for Blanchet’s thesis and envelope
5 pages; #14-22
D-BL4-002-009
Letter to Catherine Blanchet from Alan Jabbour; Dec. 5, 1969; listing of Louisiana folk music collections in the Library of Congress
2 pages; #23-24
D-BL4-002-010
Newspaper clipping of “Who Says Cajun Is Bad French? Some Think it Deserves Respect”
Program for the New France Tour by the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Council for the Traditional Arts
D-BL5-001
Program/brochure for the New France Tour by the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Council for the Traditional Arts
8 pages; #1-8
Crutchfield's Live Oak Gallery Pre-Showing Open House Invite and Program
D-BL5-002
Crutchfield's Live Oak Gallery Pre-Showing Open House Invite and Program
7 pages; #1-8
Blanchet Miscellaneous 1
Blue Horse brand notebook with photo of horse on it;
D-BL5-003-001
Notes on tape #1; tape of Simeon Touchet discs; 7 and a half ipm; recorded by Harry Oster from 1946-47 records; list of 10 songs
D-BL5-003-002
Outline and notes for a workshop
3 pages; #3-5 (page in PDF)
D-BL5-003-003
Note: " LA - Sec. of State, Wade O. Martin"
D-BL5-003-004
Notes on tape #16; Mrs. Kerkseick, 1969 - Irish songs from her father's father; Mrs. Milton Nunez, 7/26/1969 - 3 songs singing/accordion/harmonica
D-BL5-003-005
Notes of hymn numbers in unknown hymnal; doodle/numbers on other side
#8-9
D-BL5-003-006
Note: "Ask about: T'en a eu, t'en aura p'us, Allons Danser Colinda, Compagnions de la Maryolaine(?), Saute Crapaud"
Blanchet Miscellaneous 2
3 papers;
D-BL5-004-001
"A Cajun Toast" poem by Bob Hamm, 1973
D-BL5-004-002
"Mariez-moi, Ma Petite Maman" lyrics
D-BL5-004-003
"Elaine K. Flannery presents in recital Nancy Sullivan, violinist, assisted by Suzanna Stennett, pianist...Sunday, July 27, 1969; Baptist Student Union, USL Campus"
Directions for Editing Music in a Program
D-BL5-005
Directions for editing music in a program
3 pages; #1-3 (page in PDF)
Blanchet - Copied Pages from Unknown Source
D-BL5-006
Copied pages from unknown book/source in French; page numbers 489-494
6 pages; #1-6 (page in PDF)
Blanchet - Copied Pages from Unknown Source
D-BL5-006
Copied pages from unknown book/source in French; page numbers 489-494
6 pages; #1-6 (page in PDF)
Louisiana Folk Foundation Envelopes and Letter Heads
D-BL5-007-001
Louisiana Folk Foundation envelopes; blank; 30 copies
D-BL5-007-001
Louisiana Folk Foundation Letter Heads; blank; 40 copies;
List of Board of Trustees: Paul Tate - President, Dr. Patricia K. Rickels - Vice President, Catherine Blanchet - Secretary, Edward Blanchet - Treasurer, Dr. Milton Rickels, Richard Wagner, Wade O. Martin Jr., Roy Theriot;
List of Advisory Commitee: Mrs. C. E. Hamilton, Hosea Phillips, Floyd Cormier, Mary Alice Fontenot, Annabelle Hoffman Krewitz, Harry Oster Ph.D., Elizabeth Brandon Ph.D., Ralph C. Rinzler, Dean Tom Arceneaux, George Brown, Edith Dupre, Irene Whitefield Holmes, Jeanne Castille, Revon J. Reed, George Reincke, Dick Allen, Leslie Burris, Mary Alice Cox, Harriet Sento, Gladys Calhoun Case, Larry Vidrine, Gene Griffen, Robert Gilmore, Jeanne Gilmore, Marie Del Norte Theriot Hains
Acadian Newport Folk Foundation Staff Photos
D-BL5-008-001
Louisiana Yambilee Newport Folk Foundation supper, at Roy Theriot home Abbeville, LA 1964;
(From left standing) Flyod Chormier, Dr. Hosea Philippe, Paul Tate, and Kenneth Deshotel; (from left sitting) Mrs. Deshotel and Mrs. Wallett;
A 4x5 ½ black and white photo
D-BL5-008-002
Newport Folk Foundation supper for Louisiana Yambilee, Abbeville, LA 1964;
(From left) Charlie Thompson, Roy Theriot, Mrs. Thompson and W. A. Walcott;
A 3x4 (58%) black and white photo
D-BL5-008-003
Acadian Newport Folk Foundation supper for Louisiana Yambilee, Abbeville, LA 1964;
(from left sitting) Mrs. Richard Wagner, Dr. Milton Rickels; (from left standing) Richard Wagner, Dr. Patricia Rickels and Elsie Jane Wallett;
A black and white photo
D-BL5-008-004
Acadian Newport Folk Foundation supper for Louisiana Yambilee, Abbeville, La 1964;
(from left) Dr. Hosea Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Blanchet;
A 5x4 (54%) black and white photo
Blanchet's Architecture Research
In folder that’s labeled “Architecture;” 49 pages
D-BL5-010-001
Paper on “Cultural Syncretism in the Louisiana Creole Cottage” by Jay Edwards at Louisiana State University; 43 pages’ #2-44
1.Introduction; pages 1-4
2.Syncretism in Architecture; pages 4-6
3.The Louisiana Creole Cottage; pages 6-11
4. Origins; pages 11-13
5.haitian Creole Houses; pages 13-15
6.West African Contributions; pages 15-18
7.Conculsion; pages 18-25
8.References; pages 26-32
9.Titles and Captions; pages 33-43
D-BL5-010-002
Article on “Space-Filling, Closed-Packing Systems” by J. F. Gabriel; from the Syacuse (?) University School of Architecture; only pages 3-5
4 pages total; #45-48
A Child's Louisiana: Create & Color Coloring Book
Coloring book about “the diversity of Louisiana’s lands and peoples and does it with humor and social concern”; 42 pages
“A Child’s Louisiana: Create & Color” (La Louisiane Vue Par un Enfant);
By Kathleen Bordelon Duplantier and Norman Marmillion; Illustrated by Norman Marmillion
The Pretzel Press: New Orleans, 1980, 37 pages
C is for Cajun: English-French Coloring Book
Conversational Cajun French 1; Cajun French Lesson Book
A lesson book on Cajun French in conversations, book 1; 41 pages
By Randall P. Whatley and Harry Jannise; published by the Chicot Press
Table of Contents (using page # in PDF, not book)
1.Introduction; #8-14
2.A Word from the Authors; #15
3.Days of the Week and Months of the Year;#16
4.Holidays; #16
5.Numbers; #17-19; Cardinal numbers, Ordinal numbers, Fractions, Telling Time, Making change, Weights and Measurements
6.Parts of the Body; #19-20; External and Internal
7.Clothing; #20-21
8.Colors; #21
9.The House; #21-23; The living room, The kitchen, Bedroom, The bathroom, The outside
10.Food; #23-24
11.Animals; #24-26
12.Fruits, Vegetables, and Crops; #27
13.Tools, Machinery, and Building Materials; #27
14.Plants; #28-29
15.Trees; #29
16.Useful Expressions; #29-39
17.Old Cajun Names; #39-40; Men and Women
Blanchet's Miscellaneous Materials 3
Brown packing envelope with various notes on them; 18 pages
D-BL5-014-001
**not scanned yet**
D-BL5-014-002
Article on Acadian marriage customs in the Attakapas country
2 pages; #3-4 (page in PDF)
D-BL5-014-003
Written draft of an article on wedding feasts
5 pages; #5-11
D-BL5-014-004
Letter to Elizabeth or Keith from Catherine Blanchet; March 7, 1977; trying to set a time and date to meet to give information on plan certain plans made
#12
D-BL5-014-005
List for Madewood Arts Festival’ 77 from Madewood Arts Foundation in New Orleans
D-BL5-014-006
Notes
2 pages; #14-15
D-BL5-014-007
Attakapas Gazette Vol. III, No. 3 September 1968; wrote a table of contents
D-BL5-014-008
Attakpas Gazette Vol. III, No. 4 December 1968; wrote a table of contents and marked page with Blanchet Baptism records
2 pages; #17-18
The Blanchet School Stationary Paper
Interview with Griff Lee; Alvin Dyson
Don Davis is interviewing Griff Lee and an unidentified woman (Lee's wife?);
00:00:05 - Cattle industry;
00:02:00 - Davis is reading a document about Cameron Parish; Grand Chenier; Treasure legend of Jean Lafitte; Pecan Island; Money Island;
00:04:05 - The Philips were the first white family in Grand Chenier; Hurricane in 1824; They all drowned; Indian man warned the family about the weather, but they didn't listen;
00:05:05 - First settlers in Grand Chenier from the eastern states: McCaul, Armstrong, Smith, Lindstrom, Harris, Carter, Weatherhill, Root, Haul, Hall, Sweeney, Barnson, Tanner, Graves, Broussard, Miller, Durr, Doxy, Stanford, McDonald, Weatherford; Later French settlers: Audoin, Dupuis, Dyson, Meyer, Landry, Trahan, Boudreaux, Monty;
00:06:15 - Building materials were unavailable, so lumber was imported on the river; Cattle industry; Hurricane Audrey;
Another interview starts; Interview with Alvin Dyson on October 23rd at his home in Cameron, Louisiana;
00:07:33 - Introduction;
00:08:15 - Johnsons Bayou; Cattle ranchers; Cotton farmers; Trappers;
00:10:00 - Alvin's paternal great-grandfather, Thom Dyson, moved to Chenier au Tigre after the Civil War; He had 13 children and trapped and hunted alligators;
00:11:00 - He was born in Pecan Island; Moved to Cameron Parish after the trapping season of 1929;
00:13:20 - Oil companies started digging canals and it changed the habitat and marshes; 1932 survey of the land;
00:15:15 - Trapping business; In 1936, they leased some land to the oil companies; Trapping mink in ditches;
00:18:20 - Nutria introduced by McIlhenny then they migrated west and became primary animal; Mink, racoons, muskrats;
00:19:35 - Oil companies dredge bigger canals; Drainage systems; 15 million muskrats per year produced in Louisiana, which was more than anywhere else in the USA; Trapping industry declined due to the environmental impact of the oil industry;
00:22:40 - Miami Corporations boundaries; Vermilion Parish; Sweet Lake, Blind Lake; Discuss canals around Calcasieu Lake; Chocolate Canal;
00:25:00 - Canals built by Sweet Lake Land Company approximately between 1910 and 1920; Land reclamation; Commissary Point;
00:27:22 - Land west of Calcasieu Lake belonged to the Orange Cameron Land Company; Canals in that area; Levees;
00:30:20 - Minkem Sr. owns oil rights; Many of the canals west of Calcasieu Lake were primarily built to improve trapping; Magnolia Vacuum Canal; West Cove Canal; Stark;
00:33:20 - Trapping ditches; pirogues; Mud boats;
00:36:50 - Camps in the marsh; Little Chenier, Grand Chenier, Creole; Cost $50 a day to build a pirogue ditch (about 8 miles a day); Today it costs $300-$400 a day;
00:39:00 - South of Sweet Lake; Duck hunting; Nutria took out saltgrass;
00:41:55 - Hunting lease used to cost $50/section, now $200/section; Hog Bayou and Grand Lake; Millers Canal; Club Canal; Crab Lake;
00:45:50 - The Cranes dredged the canal as a right-of-way in the 1930s; Dr. Miller built some canals to improve cattle grazing; Eugene Miller;
00:48:55 - Chain of ridges from the end of Grand Chenier to Pecan Island; Little Chenier Canal; Mermentau Mineral Lane; Chenier Perdu ridge;
00:52:00 - Creole Canal; Cotton gin in Creole and two or three cotton gins in Grand Chenier; Eugene Miller owned a lot of cattle; Mr. Wakefield, Mr. Davis, Mr. Henry;
00:54:00 - Most people settled after the Civil War; Lot of English people married French people; People primarily raised cotton, but people with more land raised cattle; People harvested sugar cane for personal use; Blue ribbon cane;
Another interview – Henry St. Pierre;
00:57:30 - Cypress; Squirrels; 13 families lived in the swamp near Blind River; Bayou Manchac;
Back to interview with Alvin Dyson;
01:00:30 - Not much rice farming in the area; Crane brothers; Lists oil companies;
01:04:00 - Cameron Orange Land Company; Camps west of Holly Beach; Using dynamite to make canals;
01:08:00 - Blackfish Lake; first inter-coastal canal joined multiple lakes; Canals; Mosquitos;
01:13:00 - Mosquito control commission; Insecticides; He served four years on the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission;
01:17:40 - Trapping between Calcasieu Lake and Sabine; People would burn the marsh to hunt alligators; The Steinbergs; Stories about his time in the trapping business;
01:29:15 - Davis asks about a rundown building down the road; Monkey Island;
Back to interview with Henry St. Pierre;
01:33:30 - Cooking chicken;
01:35:00 - Born in Grand Point; He's been to California twice;
01:37:00 - Sugar cane; He raised tobacco; Talks about his siblings;
01:44:15 - Difference between a bayou and a slew; Davis asks about a place on the river called the Red Church; Pierre Part;
Interview with Don Gary
Don Davis and Don Gary (?)
00:00:10 - Directions for a place in St. Tammany Parish (sounds like they are driving?);
00:06:42 - May 21, 1976; Don Gary from Slidell; Automobile mileage 41,564;
00:07:15 - Talked to people at Reading Real Estate (3705 Pontchartrain Dr., Slidell); Most of the residents are from New Orleans; Bayou Liberty and Bayou Lacompte;
00:08:20 - Man from Northshore said a camp would cost about $40,000; Property descriptions; Talked with Mr. Foster and Mr. Henry about camps in the marsh; Salt Point;
00:12:40 - Roger Vincent and Miami Land Company; Listing different people who they talked to about camps; Russell Gary;
00:17:00 - Hunting is popular recreational activity; Photos of Holly Beach after the 1957 hurricane; Increase in costs of land and camps;
00:21:40 - Area near Grand Lake is popular for crabbing; Isaac White from Hackberry said that camps were used by trappers;
Interview with Mr. Theriot; Levy Charpentier
Interview with Mr. Theriot;
00:00:08 - Natural medicine; Gall bladder, kidney remedies;
00:01:26 - Davis asks how Leeville got its name, but he doesn't know; Smuggling alcohol during prohibition; Talk about the Chinese population in the area;
00:04:00 - The houses were built with planks and most of the wood came from Valentine; Describes how they built houses;
00:06:00 - He says if he had a good education, he would have written a big book; He's almost 72 years old;
00:07:40 - Camps in the marsh; The boats were big enough to have a cabin on the boat;
00:08:50 - Building canals; They didn't have machines to do the work for them like today; They only had a sailboat; Push pull boat;
Interview with Levy Charpentier (Levi?); Tuesday, June 12, 1973 at his home in Cutoff; Dean Charpentier, student at Nichols, acting as translator; It sounds like his wife might be there too;
00:12:25 - Introduction; Davis starts by saying he wants Charpentier to talk about the old times; He was born in ? (can't understand); He got married in 1923 and in 1925 he bought his place in Cutoff; Raised his family here;
00:14:00 - His father was a farmer and a carpenter; He farmed corn, potatoes, and raised honey bees; Sold the wax for $0.25 per pound; His dad delivered it by boat to New Orleans; He would go to New Orleans too; The boat had a motor, but he remembers having a boat without a motor;
00:16:30 - After 1905, they had no fresh water; He was 6 years old in 1905; Levees;
00:17:45 - His father had 1 and 1/3 arpent of land to farm; Cutoff; Names of families in the area: Guidry, Autin, Chouest; Milton Chouest from Golden Meadow;
00:19:10 - Trapping and fishing; They would trap in the winter; Him and his brother Oliver (who passed away) would get oysters;
00:20:55 - He never went to New Orleans on a push pull boat; His father was born and grew up around Cutoff; Felicite Island on the west side of Bayou Lafourche; Bayou Terrebonne; Bayou Cane; His father married Joe Chouest's daughter;
00:22:45 - His mother told him there were about ten houses on Felicite Island; People lived in Leeville, Chenière Caminada; Hurricane in 1893 wiped out Chenière Caminada; 1,800 people drowned; People were living in Grand Isle, Felicite Island, Esquine (?) was above Felicite Island; His grandmother was a Plaisance; Bayou Fala;
00:26:15 - Duck hunting camp; Sold ducks in New Orleans; Using bird feathers (plumes);
00:27:15 - Work cycle; They would trap from December to February; May to October they would fish (?); November they would prepare for trapping season; They trapped, fished, and raised crops;
00:28:40 - They leased land to trap;
00:30:05 - Lumber to build their houses; They would cut wood in the summer to use in the winter; Wood stove (no gas); French oven in the yard; Bousillage, bousiller; They used to build houses with bousillage before they started using wood;
00:33:10 - No one lived in house boats during that time; They would take there oysters out at Timbalier Island; Manila Village; There was a platform there to dry the shrimp;
00:34:15 - Senator Joe Fischer had a platform; 40 to 50 people at Basa Basa (?); They had a store; Chinese, Sabine, Filipino people living there;
00:35:50 - Platforms at Manila Village, Basa Basa, Grand Bayou, Bayou Collas (?), Camp Dewey; People lived year round at the platform;
00:36:40 - They would get lumber in Houma to boil the shrimp;
00:36:55 - He would bring oysters from Brush Island (La Brosse Island) to Houma on Bayou Terrebonne and Lake Barre; Man named Boyne who was born on Brush Island;
00:39:15 - Cemeteries on Bayou Louis (L'Ourse?) for people who lived on these islands; Kings Ridge; Jesse Bourg;
00:41:40 - Building his home; Bousiller before timber; Building boats; His dad built boats; The house he grew up in was built by his father with pegs and no nails; Notches;
00:45:30 - It would take about 2 to 4 years to build a house;
00:46:14 - They would put a sail on the boats; Levy and Dean speaking in french; Talking about sails;
00:48:18 - Trapping; They started with 250 traps; Bayou Pierrot (Perot/Pero); 450 traps; His wife and family would go with him during trapping season; They would go stay at a camp; They would build a camp every place they would trap; Put planks in the boat; Bayou Zin Zin (?);
00:51:00 - They trapped for 8 years in Bayou Zin Zin; Fished in Timbalier; Shrimping;
00:52:50 - When he was a kid, he worked in the fields for $.10 per day; They built their own platform; Boil and dry the shrimp;
00:54:05 - No one would deliver wood to the platform, they had to bring it themselves; His 50th wedding anniversary is coming up;
00:55:05 - Changes in the marsh overtime; Storms wiping out land; Timbalier used to be a big island; Groceries while trapping;
00:56:25 - Working with oysters; Tong oysters; Put them back in the water and tong them again; They would sell them for $0.35 to $0.40 a sack; They couldn't sell raw oysters at the that time;