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.
Interview with Willery Lemonia
famille; le prtre; le Creole; le franais; lÕŽcole; des feu-follets; des Jayhawks; la musique; se baigner; cainique; des amusements;
Interview with Willery Lemonia
des soupers; preserver le manger;
Songs of Johnny Janot
Je suis fire dÕtre un cadien;
Cleveland Crochet - Sugar Bee and Drunkard's Dream
45 RPM on Goldband Label - Cleveland Crochet - Sugar Bee and Drunkard's Dream
Cooper Home Movie #1
NO AUDIO
Cooper Home Movie #1
New Iberia Sugar Festival Parade
Kid in marching band uniform
Queen Sugar float
Marching band
Space themed float
Naval Marching Band
Liberty themed float
New Iberia High School Marching Band
Lafayette High School Marching Band
Peacock themed float
Cake themed float
Fleur di Lis themed float
Native American themed float
Garden themed float
Star themed float
People eating and drinking around kitchen table
Kid standing at counter in a general store
Woman dancing in general store
People looking around at items in store
Showing items on shelves
Two men pretending to fight in store.
People playing around in store.
Snow on cars
People posing in the snow
Snow covering a field and nearby houses
People playing in the snow, making snowmen
Snow covered houses
Snow covered boat
Cars driving down the road
Couple leaving in a car
Kids playing basketball
Lady walking in Jean’s Café
Dogs and cats playing
Boy playing with dogs
Empty field
Kids playing
Landscape
Looking down the street
Front of the house
People in house drinking and having a good time
Toys on the ground
People unwrapping presents at Christmas
Inside of the store
Lady dancing in the store
People playing with a puppy in the store
People going in a trailer
Woman playing with dogs
Boy playing with dogs
Boy and girl walking down the street
People walking down the street
Boys hanging clothes on a line
Boys playing basketball
Men dressed in tuxedos
Well-dressed people sitting at tables
Well-dressed men and women dancing
People in line getting food while others dance
Men and women dancing
Cooper Home Movie #2
NO AUDIO
Cooper Home Movie #2
Girls dancing (dark)
Cooper Home Movie #3
Cooper Home Movie #3
NO AUDIO
Airplane taking off
Firetrucks pulling up
Two Airplanes flying
Man in Suit
People coming out of a church
Wedding- man and woman walking out of church in suit and nice dress
Cooper Home Movie #4
Cooper Home Movie #4
NO AUDIO
Marching Band in parade
Parade float with children
Women riding on a war
Borden’s float in parade
Little girl enjoying the parade
Man riding a horse
Cooper Home Movie #5
Cooper Home Movie #5
NO AUDIO
Men and women walking in a procession, women bowing to the men
Women seated in formal dresses
Past Queen sitting with flowers
New queen being crowned by past queen
Crowd watching the crowning
Cooper Home Movie #6
Cooper Home Movie #6
NO AUDIO
Wedding
Bride and groom after the ceremony
Crowd gathering outside of the church after the ceremony
Cooper Home Movie #7
Cooper Home Movies #7
NO AUDIO
Get together at home
People eating
Showing the decorations of the house
Little girl in a frilly pink dress
Women sitting around
Women trying to put a diaper on a baby doll
Cooper Home Movie #8
Cooper Home Movies #8
NO AUDIO
Women in formal dresses
Bride and groom coming out of church
Bride and groom getting into a vehicle
People standing around watching
Men standing around
Woman playing with dog
Boy and dog on the roof of a playhouse
Cooper Home Movie #9
Cooper Home Movie #9
NO AUDIO
Women in formal dresses
Men and women dressed in formal clothes walking through line of other formally dressed women
King and Queen walking through lines
Contestant number 3 bowing to royalty
Contestant number 4 walking through the line
Crowning the new queen
Crowd watching as the new queen is presented
King and Queen watching contestants
Crowd watching
Contestants shown with the new queen
Cooper Home Movie #10
Cooper Home Movie #10
NO AUDIO
Woman enjoying the sun
Kids playing in the park
Car driving down the road
Woman in white sunglasses
Cooper Home Movie #11
Cooper Home Movies #11
NO AUDIO
Woman sweeping in the living
Woman carrying child shows child to the camera
Woman and child sitting on the couch
Food and the kitchen table
Men and women sitting around a table dressed in nice clothes
Cooper Home Movie #12
Cooper Home Movie #12
NO AUDIO
Woman walking around a car
Men and women entering church
People looking at an airplane
Men and women gathering
People playing at the beach
Women talking
People playing at beach
Men proceeding into church
Woman playing Mother Mary in parade
Marching bands getting ready to march in a parade
Female dancers marching in parade
Queen riding on back of the car
Marching band in parade
King and queen sugar in parade
Contestants on floats
People playing around at the park
Boy playing with dogs
Little girl playing
Boy and girl playing with a dog
Kids dressed up for Halloween
Boy playing on a pile of snow
Boys and girls walking down the street together
Boys playing with dog
Boys playing basketball
Large crowd gathered in the park
Men and women coming out of church. Bishop digging in the ground with a shovel.
Boys and girls playing
Girls posing for camera showing off dresses
Little girls dressed up in white dresses
Kids playing in a garden
Men and women dressed in formal dresses dancing and eating
Men and women posing for a picture
Football Homecoming court being presented on the field
Band and dancers performing on a football field
Men and women hanging out on the street showing off their clothes
Queens and ladies curtsying in formal gowns
Men and women celebrating
“Woody Wood Pecked and the Invisible Woody”
Women posing in front of the camera
Men and women enjoying the park
Kids playing
Mean cleaning up (after a wreck possibly)
The after math of a train wreck
Over turned train cars
Men walking around trying to help clean up
At a military base (possibly for an air show)
Women posing in front of the camera
Fishing Boat
La Butte de Coquilles
J.B. Courville Plays Tunes on the Fiddle at Home, Songs Recorded From Radio, Recording of an Unnamed Live Band
00:00 - Scott Playboy’s Special;
04:30 - La valse de ‘tit Maurice;
Recordings Made From Radio;
06:09 - Amédé two step\I’m Gonna be a Wheel Someday (Lee Benoit);
10:45 - Two different versions of Amédé two step
Recording of an Unnamed Live Band
14:55 - Cankton Waltz;
18:49 - Allons à Lafayette;
22:10 - La valse des grand meches;
26:10 - Instrumental two step (Theme Song);
J.B. Courville Plays Tunes on the Fiddle
00:20 - Les veuves de la coulée;
02:09 - Les veuves de la coulée;
04:40 - Unknown Waltz;
Live Performance by Kermit Venable and the Church Point Playboys
Live Recording of Kermit Venable and the Church Point Playboys
00:00 - Cajun de Church Point;
02:50 - Don’t Mess With My Toot Toot;
06:20 - Bayou Teche two step (With Bee Cormier or potentially Matthew Cormier on Accordion);
08:45 - La valse de Bayou Teche;
11:27 - J’ai étais au bal;
14:28 - La valse de Bélizaire;
18:30 - La chanson de Mardi Gras;
21:12 - Unidentified Waltz;
25:22 - Battle of New Orleans;
28:58 - Les flammes d’enfer
Live Performance by Kermit Venable and the Church Point Playboys Continued
00:00 - Macaque sur mon dos
02:51 - Over the Waves;
08:55 - Tante Na Na;
12:40 - Waltz?
17:05 - La porte en arrièrre;
20:28 - La valse des misères;
24:30Jolie Blonde;
28:00 - La valse des grand bois
30:15 - Cajun de church point (portion)
Live Performance by an Unknown Band - Christmas 1976
00:00 - La valse de Reno;
03:48 - Les ‘tits yeux noirs;
06:55 - Les flammes d’enfer (instrumental)
10:00 - Waltz?
13:30 - J’ai étais au bal;
16:15 - Chère Alice;
20:55 - Tit Maurice;
24:49 - Pauvre Hobo;
27:40 - Touts les soirs;
Live Performance by Kermit Venable and Band - Christmas 1976 (Continued)
00:00 - Swing tune;
01:35 - La valse de la Louisiane;
09:38 - Hathaway two step;
12:03 - J’vas m’ennuyer;
16:35 - Lovebridge Waltz;
19:44 - Instrumental two step fragment;
21:05 - Unknown waltz
25:25 - Chez ‘tit Maurice
Live Performance by Kermit Venable and Beau Basin with Lionel Leuleux on fiddle;
Kermit Venable and Beau Basin with Lionel Leuleux on fiddle;
00:00 - Bayou Pon Pon;
03:11 - La valse des misères;
07:08 - Amédé Choupique two step;
10:44 - La valse des Guillbeaux
13:30 - Le blues Francais;
16:55 - Step It Fast;
20:12 - Kaplan Waltz;
24:15 - Home Sweet Home;
26:55 - La valse de malchanceux - acoustic version with accordion, fiddle and t-fer;
30:20 - Evangeline Special;
Live Performance by Kermit Venable and Beau Basin with Lionel Leuleux on Fiddle (Continued)
00:00 - Mamou two step;
04:30 - Chère Alice;
08:41 - Bosco Stomp;
12:22 - Reno Waltz;
16:35 - Allons à Lafayette;
20:30 - Les ‘tits yeux noirs;
24:01 - Lacassine Special;
27:38 - La branche de murier;
“Bal Chez Belisaire – L’accordeon Cajun: Nonc Allie Younge avec Besyl Duhon. Recorded By Gerard Dole in 1975
00:00 - La valse de Belizaire;
04:43 - Discussion - Nonc Allie's dad purchasing his first accordion, Playing fais do do’s in early days with first band;, Sterling and Monarch accordions;
07:00 - Jolie Blonde;
09:25 - Discussion - Mayeus LaFleur;
09:50 - Ton papa ma jeté dehors;
13:13 - La valse criminelle;
16:22 - Discussion - Les mazurkas, polkas, et des contredanses
17:50 - Allons danser, Colinda;
20:10 - La valse de Duralde;
13:14 - Allons a Lafayette;
26:20 - Les ‘tits yeux noirs;
“Bal Chez Belisaire – L’accordeon Cajun: Nonc Allie Younge avec Besyl Duhon. Recorded By Gerard Dole in 1975
00:00 - Mamou two step;
02:36 - Chére Alyce;
05:35 - Reno Waltz;
07:42 - Madeline;
10:12 - Chez ‘tit Maurice;
12:20 - Madame Sosthaine;
14:47 - La branche du murier;
18:02 - J’etais au bal;
20:45 - C’est dur à croire;
The following songs are from a 45 RPM release from 1985 with Lee Manuel on vocals;
23:10 - Un Cajun de la Louisiane;
25:52 - La souhait du veuve;
Jam Session Recording - Participants unknown
01:23 - Les ‘tits yeux noirs;
05:00 - La valse de Duralde;
06:18 - Crowley two step;
09:03 - Jolie Blonde;
12:27 - La valse des Cherokees;
15:07 - Bosco Stomp;
15:48 - Chère bébé Créole;
18:48 - La valse de marriage;
21:45 - Eunice two step;
23:55 - Grand Mamou - Instrumental version;
27:06 - Lacassine Special;
28:19 - Reno Waltz;
Live Performance by the Cankton Cajuns at Bobby Hebert's with Errol Guilbeau
Kermit Venable - Accordion and Vocals
00:00 - Theme song;
01:57 - J'ai fait mon idée;
05:05 - La porte en arrière;
10:14 - La valse des misères;
15:04 - J'ai étais au bal;
18:25 - La valse de la Louisiane;
21:28 - Reno Waltz;
25:00 - Cajun de Church Pointe;
29:03 - Chère tout tout
Folktales told by Glen Pitre and Madame Évelia Boudreaux
Stories told by Glen Pitre;
00:01 - La truie maline;
02:42 - take 1 - Le marron de mon grandpère;
05:18 - take 2 - Le marron de mon grandpère;
07:48 - Take 1 - Les giraumont;
09:49 - Take 2 - Les giraumont;
11:50 - Le vent du nord;
Mme. Évelia Boudreaux recorded by Barry Ancelet;
12:21 - Les bêtes;
15:07 - La vie dans la campagne;
16:15 - L'histoire de 'tit poucette;
23:30 - Les amusements;
24:50 - La famille des ouararons;
Folktales told by Madame Évelia Boudreaux / Interview with Lionel Leleux;
Mme Évelia Boudreaux
Le renard et le raisin;
Le comis voyageur;
sa grandmère malade;
Le vieux homme;
Jeune homme au collège;
La vielle veuve et la vielle fille;
L'homme riche;
Monsieur Leleux au cimitières au St. Martin;
Des Jayhawks;
Les vigilantes;
Interview with Lionel Leleux by Barry Ancelet for the CODOFIL Radio Show
00:00 - François Leleux - Lionel's great grandfather served in the Civil War;
04:00 - Lionel recounts how he became interested in violins;
06:15 - Story about Lionel's first 3/4 sized violin, purchased for $4.50, 50 cents per week;
09:25 - His bow hair eventually broke, so he purchased a hank of bow horsehair for 22 cents to rehair his bow, that was his first rehair job;
10:10 - Was given a fiddle in 1927 that needed repair, that became his first repair job;
12:15 - Lionel's fiddle playing idol was Bascom Mouton;
15:20 - Story about how he would look for pictures of violins in his early school textbooks, stopped school in the eighth grade;
18:00 - Lionel recounts finding books that explain how to make a violin;
19:20 - Violin varnish;
20:00 - Talks about why he regretted leaving school, missed out on math and chemistry knowledge that could've helped him in the violin trade;
25:30 - Discusses his favorite woods to use;
29:00 - Arching and graduations of the violin plates;
Interview with Lionel Leleux by Barry Ancelet for the CODOFIL Radio Show Part 2
00:30 - Listing people who he played with - Felix Trahan; Nathan Abshire; Angélas Lejeune;
01:30 Story about "La valse á tit Dom Hanks / Chère Alice;
03:10 - Joe Brasseaux, Black Alleman;
03:30 - Return of fiddle music; Bascom Mouton; Rayne-Bo Ramblers;
04:00 - Stopped playing music when his first daughter was born. When the kids graduated school, he started playing again;
04:40 - Played with Adolph Martinez, "Tee Neg" Broussard when he started playing again;
06:30 - Finding and playing with Angelas LeJeune again after 30 years apart;
07:00 - Playing with Joe Falcon
08:30 - Don Montoucet; Lawrence Walker
09:00 - Amédé Breaux;
10:00 - Lists different places around the world where he's performed - Washington D.C., Canada, Nicaragua, Peru, Panama, Chile, Brazil, Columbia, etc;
15:00 - Different words used in standard French during his travels;
17:30 - Talks about his first car - 1926 Pontiac convertable;
19:00 - Recounts how house dances would work;
Interview with Lionel Leleux / Interview with Marie Inez Catalon
Lionel Leleux;
00:00 - Explaining the different parts of violin bows;
Inez Catalon;
11:20 - Introduction - Born in Vermilion Parish;
12:15 - Story - Mae West;
13:40 - Story - Le bourgue qu'était planter sur le coin;
14:30 - Story - Les bananes;
15:30 - Story - Les vigilantes;
23:10 - Les esclaves;
Interview with Marie Inez Catalon by Barry Ancelet
Storytelling by Inez Catalon
Interview with Marie Inez Catalon / Interview with Carrol Moreau
Storytelling sessions with Inez Catalon and Carrol Moreau
Interview with Carrol Morreau
Des maisons; la cuisine; le lait; la nourriture; le Depression; les clos d'huile; le francais Cadien;
Michael Doucet Performs the Theme Song for the CODOFIL Radio Show
Theme song and intro for radio show;
-Tape needs to be baked and redigitized;
Stories told by Hubert "Anatou" Clement Sr.
Storytelling by Hubert "Anatou" Clement, Sr.