Interview with Raymond Mahfouz
World War II; draft; military service; Arkansas; Lafayette; jobs / work; differences between Louisiana and Arkansas
World War II; draft; military service; Arkansas; Lafayette; jobs / work; differences between Louisiana and Arkansas
Great Depression; World War II; daily life in Crowley; education; food / diet / cuisine; recreation; chores / duties; travel
daily life in rural St. Landry and Evangeline parishes; French language / Cajun French; use of French language in residences and at school; education; German prisoner of war (POW) camps in the Eunice area;food / diet / cuisine; recreation / entertainment / duties / chores; travel
radio; politics; school; orphans; work in field Ñ wages were $2.00 a day; clothing / homemade clothes; self-sufficiency / grew own food; sold eggs to the local store; brothers served in World War II; French language / Cajun French; telephones Ñ party lines; electric lights / electricity; punished at school for speaking French;education; water wells; outhouses; material culture; G.I. Bill
Jennings; World War II; high school football Ñ 6-man teams; rice farming; self-sufficiency of local farmers;sold eggs to store for hard currency; work Ñ began working at the age of twelve years; recreation / entertainment Ñ listened to battery powered radio; no telephones; daily life; moved from Jennings to Lafayette on April 1, 1950; outhouses; water wells; rural electrification / REA; French language / Cajun French; education Ñ students punished for speaking French; Acadiana Bottling Company
New Orleans; World War II Ñ U.S.O.; Gentilly; multi generational households; food; costume / store bought clothes; food / diet / cuisine; started working at the age of twelve; telephones Ñ party lines
Great DepressionWorld War II
Linzey Comeaux:
Leo L. Lafleur:
***Date unknown, only estimation***
***There is a dub cassette Maxell Communicator Series C60. Copy is worse quality than the Memorex tape, but the interview is more complete (there is more information) on the Maxell tape***
Fernest Crochet (born 1895) with Louis Delhomme?: