Interviews with Allen Simon (cont.); Elmo Authement

Accession No.: 
BE1-064

00:30 - Was in the Reserves after WWII, was called to serve in the Korean War - was assigned to troop transport;
01:45 - Worked at Nicholls University starting in 1960, was an LSU Junior college at that point;
02:00 - Nicholls was founded for servicemen who wanted degrees after serving;
03:20 - Nicholls was integrated in 1968;
04:10 - McCarthyism;
05:30 - Rumor that he was rooting out Liberals while he was at Nicholls;
06:30 - Dudley LeBlanc;
07:30 - James Domengeaux;
09:10 - Integrating Nicholls, talking about Native Americans on campus;
10:45 - Authement's involvement in preserving French in LA - Domengeaux, Paul Tate;
11:30 - His role in starting CODOFIL;
14:00 - French in schools - teachers were imported. French started in the 4th grade;
14:55 - Success of the Immersion method
15:30 - Kirby Jambon;
16:00 - Census stats;
17:20 - CODOFIL backlash;
18:45 - Examples of differences between Standard and Louisiana French;
21:00 - Early years of CODOFIL
22:30 - Strategies for teaching French - Says he approves having teachers from different regions, says that different accents will only help;
23:30 - CODOFIL chapters and membership;
27:00 - French speakers in the family;
30:10 - More discussion on James Domengeaux and CODOFIL

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
French language; Armed Services
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Allen Simon; Elmo Authement
Recording date: 
Tuesday, September 16, 1997
Coverage Spatial: 
Abbeville, LA
Publisher: 
Shane K. Bernard
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
30:56
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, February 5, 2024
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore