Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
This searchable database provides information on images, documents, and audio and video recordings, made between 1934 and the present.
Mardi Gras Project Ossun
Mardi Gras run on the road, with Captain Barry Jean Ancelet. Temperature well below freezing.
Mardi Gras Project Mamou
Couple dancing along with Mardi Gras at visit.
Mardi Gras Project Tee Mamou
Mardi Gras runner accepting gutted rabbits from a hunter along the road.
Mardi Gras Project Tee Mamou
Mardi Gras runners in bar during visit.
Mardi Gras project Tee Mamou
Mardi Gras runner (Merlene) begging through window.
Mardi Gras Project Tee Mamou
Mardi Gras runners visiting local business in nearby Evangeline.
Mardi Gras Project Tee Mamou
Mardi Gras runners receiving drinks at beer stop along the road.
Mardi Gras project Tee Mamou
Mardi Gras runners begging from Carl Lindahl.
Mardi Gras Project Tee Mamou
Mardi Gras runner begging from Carl Lindahl.
Mardi Gras Project Tee Mamou
Mardi Gras runners during visit. Note Co-Captain Claude Durio (grey jump suit left of center).
Mardi Gras project Tee Mamou
Mardi Gras runners begging from hosts.
Mardi Gras project Tee Mamou
Mardi Gras runners singing for hosts during visit.
Mardi Gras Project Tee Mamou
Mardi Gras runners in wagon on the road.
Mardi Gras project Tee Mamou
Mardi Gras runners singing during visit.
1959 National Folk Festival, Nashville, TN
1959 National Folk Festival, Nashville, TN, L-R: Mady Guillory (seated with fiddle), Eloi Landreneau (standing), Unknown, Don McGee (clown face paint), Unknow, Unknown, Bufford Perron (sitting), Cyprien Landreneau (with accordian)
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Rodius McGee (fiddle) and Don Landreneau (singing), Mamou , La Mardi Gras 1981
Rodius McGee (fiddle) and Don Landreneau (singing), Mamou , La Mardi Gras 1981
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Dominique Landreneau and Don Landreneau, Mamou, LA Mardi Gras
Dominique Landreneau and Don Landreneau, Mamou, LA Mardi Gras
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Dominique Landreneau, Mamou, La Mardi Gras
Dominique Landreneau, Mamou, La Mardi Gras
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mardi Gras 1976, Mamou, LA, Lunch Break L-R: James "Smitty" Smith, Don Landreneau, Annette Deshotel (not a participant), and Peter Augustine
Mardi Gras 1976, Mamou, LA, Lunch Break L-R: James "Smitty" Smith, Don Landreneau, Annette Deshotel (not a participant), and Peter Augustine
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Capitaine de Mardi Gras James "Boeuf" Fontenot
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Capitaine de Mardi Gras James "Boeuf" Fontenot
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La, Mardi Gras runner standing on a horse
Mamou, La, Mardi Gras runner standing on a horse
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Fuselier Family celebrating, L-R: Gabriel (son), Lloyd (father), Karen (mother), Danielle (daughter)
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Fuselier Family celebrating, L-R: Gabriel (son), Lloyd (father), Karen (mother), Danielle (daughter)
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, runners leaving town
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, runners leaving town
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Don Landreneau playing triangle
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Don Landreneau playing triangle
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Co-capitaine Michael "Happy" McGee
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Co-capitaine Michael "Happy" McGee
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Don Landreneau (black and red) and Dominique Landreneau (back towards camera)
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Don Landreneau (black and red) and Dominique Landreneau (back towards camera)
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Don Landreneau holding a chicken
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Don Landreneau holding a chicken
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Co-capitaine
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Co-capitaine
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Runners getting ready to chase the chicken
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Runners getting ready to chase the chicken
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Runners getting ready to chase the chicken
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Runners getting ready to chase the chicken
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Patricia McGee taking chickens back to town for the gumbo
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Patricia McGee taking chickens back to town for the gumbo
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Runners coming into town after the run
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Runners coming into town after the run
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Runners enjoying the music
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Runners enjoying the music
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Female onlookers
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Female onlookers
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Runners enjoying the music
Mamou, La Mardi Gras, Runners enjoying the music
C. Don and Darlene Landreneau
Contenants - Title and contents page leaf from "Atlas Ameriquain Septentional" 1778
“Contenants,” (Paris: Chez Le Rouge, 1778), the title and contents page is here signed “Mitchell King, Paris 1840,” housed in a gilt wood frame, overall dimensions 29-1/2 x 22-1/4 in.
Description: Title and contents page leaf from "Atlas Ameriquain Septentional" published by Georges–Louis Le Rouge
This set of maps can likely be traced to antebellum Georgia attorney Mitchell King, whose papers are archived at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
The German-born George-Louis Le Rouge published these maps in Paris at a time when France renewed its active participation in American affairs. The maps meticulously show a rugged North American landscape between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico with details that would aid travelers – and armies - of that era. Accordingly, the Le Rouge maps became highly prized by strategists on both sides of the American Revolution. All plates in the Atlas are copperplate engravings of the period.
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Guillaume Penn Traite Avec Les Indiens
“Guillaume Penn Traite Avec Les Indiens” (Paris: Chez Le Rouge, 1778) after Benjamin West (1772), in gilt wood frame, overall dimensions 29-1/2 x 22-1/4 in.
Description: Title and contents page leaf from "Atlas Ameriquain Septentional" published by Georges–Louis Le Rouge
This set of maps can likely be traced to antebellum Georgia attorney Mitchell King, whose papers are archived at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
The German-born George-Louis Le Rouge published these maps in Paris at a time when France renewed its active participation in American affairs. The maps meticulously show a rugged North American landscape between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico with details that would aid travelers – and armies - of that era. Accordingly, the Le Rouge maps became highly prized by strategists on both sides of the American Revolution. All plates in the Atlas are copperplate engravings of the period.
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L’Amerique, 1774 map
L’Amerique (Paris: Chez Crepy, 1774), after Charlevoix and La Condamine, in a gilt wood frame, 28-1/2 x 33 in. overall dimensions
Detail of L’Amerique (Paris: Chez Crepy, 1774)
Description: North and South America map from "Atlas Ameriquain Septentional" published by Georges–Louis Le Rouge
This set of maps can likely be traced to antebellum Georgia attorney Mitchell King, whose papers are archived at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
The German-born George-Louis Le Rouge published these maps in Paris at a time when France renewed its active participation in American affairs. The maps meticulously show a rugged North American landscape between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico with details that would aid travelers – and armies - of that era. Accordingly, the Le Rouge maps became highly prized by strategists on both sides of the American Revolution. All plates in the Atlas are copperplate engravings of the period.
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