Catherine Brookshire Blanchet Collection

Catherine Brookshire Blanchet Collection Details

Fieldwork of American author, educator, and pioneering folklorist who lived in and primarliy documented Vermilion Parish from the late 1940s-mid 1990s. The collection includes material documenting traditional dance, French folksongs, Cajun music, Creole music, and oral histories, as well as her collected papers researching these topics. Tapes include performances and interviews by Joe and Theresa Falcon, Lula Landry, Marie Lange, Mabel Touchet, Caesar Vincent, and many others.

Collection samples:

Moi, je l'aime une petite fille
French folksong
Marie Lange
Recorded between 1947 - 1949
Accession number: BL1-003 

Un matin dans mai
French folksong
Mabel Touchet
​Recorded between 1947 - 1949
Accession number: BL1-003

Gabrielle and Lafayette est pris en feu
French folksong
Annie Lee Romero
Recorded between 1947 - 1949
Accession number: BL1-003

Still from film BL5-001, Mrs. Ambrose LeBlanc spinning, November 1974

Explore the collection - Please note that links to media files can only be accessed at the Center for Louisiana Studies physical offices