Interview with Albert Cormier and Edith Barousse
Cajuns; importance of family; education; food / diet / cuisine; family gatherings; mules; parties; chores / work; daily life; coffee; ground pepper; bread; school lunches
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Interview with Joe Richard
00:02:30 - Family information - 11 siblings, their house was pretty large, boys and girls each had their own rooms.
00:03:00 - Parents were farmers - Sugarcane, potatoes, cotton. The kids helped around the farm
00:04:00 - flood of 1927 - Says they weren't affected badly. Commodities during the depression - food, diet,cuisine;
00:05:00 - Says they had plenty to ear during the depression
00:05:45 - Education - finished high school, parents wanted the kids to all get an education;
00:06:30 - Whole family was bilingual - Only used English in school;
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Interview with Merlin Fontenot
00:45 - Married for 61 years, His mother was a McGee; mentions that he was related to Dennis McGee;
01:30 - Talking about WWII - Attended infantry training in Kentucky, transferred to Fort Ord in California, then took a troop transport ship out of Seatlle to Hawaii for more training;
03:00 - Shipped to Guam then Okinawa, talks about his service time in Japan;
09:00 - Mentions the dropping of the atomic bombs
11:15 - Talks about being honorably discharged after WWII, he didn't want to join the Army Reserves;
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Interview with Whitney (Eunice Gould) Pousson
00:50 - Family Information - Four brothers and one sister - Lived in Roberts Cove
01:30 - Great Depression - Farmed Cotton, Corn, Potatoes, other vegetables
02:30 - Description of Family Home, Talks about food they'd eat during the depression;
03:40 - Clothing - Her mother sewed most of what they wore, had two pair of shoes;
04:40 - Went to school until the 7th grade, says she needed to work around the house;
06:25 - Talks about entertainment; would go to dances when they got older;
07:55 - Describing a typical day during the depression
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Interview with Andrus (Doo) Henry)
00:40 - Family information - Lived on a farm in Lyons Point - 4 brothers, 4 sisters
01:10 - First memories of the Great Depresssion - Says they had no shows, few pieces of clothing. They fished, hunted blackbirds, rabbits, marsh hens. His mother would make bread;
03:00 - Grew beans, okra, corn, whatever other vegetables they wanted.
04:00 - Describes the family home - Had a water pump, no plumbing, no electricity;
04:55 - Cush cush with biscuits for breakfast, they ate rabbit and blackbirds or anything they could hunt.
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Interview with Mrs. Odey (Virgie Guidry) Leleux
01:00 - Family information - Lived with foster parents;
01:40 - Great Depression - remembers hearing old people complaining, Foster Family grew their own food and they had a car;
02:25 - Would fish for crawfish, hunt for ducks and geese. They had a community garden - certain number of rows per family in the area;
03:35 - Attended Lyons Point Elementary - There was one room per each grade, went up to grade 7; Says she never missed school, was valedictorian;
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Interview with Mrs. Adam (Bernice Liebersiht) Hebert
01:00 - Father's family came from France and settled near Abbeville, had 6 siblings, her grandparents lived with them for a time;
01:55 - Earliest memories about the Great Depression - They only went to school for 7 months during her senior year of high school because the school board ran out of money, didn't wear robes to graduation, just dressed up in their Sunday clothes;
02:30 - Her father had two businesses - He made wagons and also had a sawmill;
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Interview with Milta Sonnier
01:10 - Born July 29, 1926, First memories of the Great Depression;
02:15 - She graduated from high school, went to college for a few semesters;
02:35 - Sweet potatoes were the most common food on the table during the depression for them;
03:00 - Role of the radio during this time - her family had a battery operated radio, they'd listen to Dudley LeBlanc and news;
03:45 - Parents wanted her to work at home rather than go to SLI;
04:15 - Speaking about how the depression affected her family and community;
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Paroles et musique
Parole et Musique II (Presentation Litteraire a la maison Francaise de USL):
-Le Plat Pays--Chanson de Jacques Bruel;
-Des Gestes Demesures--Pome de Queneau dit par Evelyne Lautonne (France);
-Je comprends pas--Chanson de Jacques Dutronc interprétée par Frank Bruynbroek (Belgique) et Mary Mahone (Louisiane);
-Dame Pétrole (histore);
-La Jambe me Fait Mal--Chanson interprétée par Gerard Philippeau (France);
-En Rouge dans Le Texte--Pome Quebecois;
-Histoire sans paroles--Musique de Fleur de Lys (Quebec);
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Paroles et Musique
Paroles et Musique II (Presentation Littéraire à la Maison Française a USL):
-Cher Bon Dieu--Poème de Beaucarne lit par Aline Porerie (France);
-Elle--chanson de Chelon interpretée par Frank Bruynbroek (Belgique) et Mary Mahone (Louisiane);
-Monsieur interroge monsieur--Poème de Tardieu lit Marie-Joelle Levignat, Donimique Martin et Catherine Le Cour (France) (5:21);
-Medley Acadienne--Musique de Beausoleil (Louisiane) (9:22);
-Reel Canadienne intitulé/Reel de Coquin/The Rabbit Stole the Pumpkin/Acadian Two-Step;
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