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.
Blanchet's Book List for Research
Blanchet School French Song Books
Songs of Courtship and Marriage
Semion Touchet Song List
Blanchet's Notes 2
Blanchet's Collection of Songs 4
Blanchet's Sheet Music 1
Dévinez quoi ce qu'il ya
Dévinez
Dis Pas A Pape
Folklore Society Notes and Folk Songs
Blacnhet's Notes on Marie Theard MS. Collection
"I Went to the Market" Lyrics
Blanchet's Sheet Music 2
Blanchet's List of Brandon's Song Texts
"J'avais Promis" Sheet Music
Blanchet's Song list 1
Blanchet's Song List 2
Archives of Acadian and Creole Folklore/Oral Hisotry Worksheet
Blacnchet's Notes to "Bonne Marie"
Blacnhet's Song list 3
Blacnhet's Song List 4
Blanchet's Notes 3
Script for Unknown Play
Blanchet's Notes on Dennis McGee
Blanchet's Lessons and Dairy Day
Acadian Assembly; Miscellaneous Notes
All papers located in folder
D-BL1-044-001
Program for the "Fais Do Do" dance performance with notes from dancers; 2 copies
8 pages; #1-8
D-BL1-044-002
Note from Pat Rickels to Catherine Blanchet
D-BL1-044-003
"Acadian Assembly - Folklore 101" outline; copied; Blanchet school 1974-1976 (Acadian Assembly is the stage name for Blanchet School's course Folklore 101)
3 pages; #10-12
D-BL1-044-004
Intro to book; 1/24/1977; material contained is connected to school work from Blanchet School during 1974-75 and 1975-76; Jean Lurcat quote
D-BL1-044-005
Blank page with faint writing: "white rice"
D-BL1-044-006
"Acadian Assembly" draft of statement with notes
2 pages; #15-16
D-BL1-044-007
List of dancers for the 1974-75 session of Acadian Assembly with notes
D-BL1-044-008
Various notes listed; Letter to Dr. Pat and Dr. Milton Rickels; Catherine Blanchet address: Rd 4 by 397 - Abbeville 893-3301
D-BL1-044-009
"South Louisiana Dances and Music" program narration/speech written for Ed with notes (additions and corrections); Notes that the presentation includes Vietnamese folk dances and they are proud to present one of the first Vietnamese folk dances ever performed for a meeting of American folklorists, anywhere.
8 pages; #19-26
D-BL1-044-010
"The VE Readers"; English-Vietnamese art project from 1975-76 was VE (Very Easy Vietnamese-English) readers
4 pages; #27-31
D-BL1-044-011
"Jean Sot" introduction; Silly Jack of South Louisiana; folk tales
D-BL1-044-012
"Jean Sot Louisiana Folk Tale" script in english
4 pages; #33-36
D-BL1-044-013
Information about Acadian Assembly of the Blanchet School performing in Napoleonville on April, 17 1977
D-BL1-044-014
"Call For Papers" from Louisiana Folklore Society, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 28 1977
2 pages; #38-39
D-BL1-044-015
"Table of Contents" for unidentified program
D-BL1-044-016
"Introduction" with notes and revisions; copied
D-BL1-044-017
"The VE Readers" with notes; written on bottom of page Altha Oct. 20, 1975; Celia Nov. 29, 1975
6 pages; #42-47
D-BL1-044-018
"Joanna" art class project
4 pages; #48-52
D-BL1-044-019
"Jean Sot Conte Louisianaise" script in french
4 pages; #53-56
D-BL1-044-020
"Jean Sot" introduction with notes; copied
D-BL1-044-021
"Table of Contents" unknown program
D-BL1-044-022
"Preface" unknown program
2 pages; #59-60
D-BL1-044-023
"Aveine" sheet music and lyrics with dance instructions
D-BL1-044-024
"Raisin, Raisin" sheet music and lyrics with dance instructions
D-BL1-044-025
"Papillon" sheet music and lyrics with dance instructions
2 pages; #63-64
D-BL1-044-026
"Shoo-Fly" sheet music and lyrics with dance instructions
2 pages; #65-66
D-BL1-044-027
Notes; "Miss Noelie Guilbeau of Laf. wearing costume of her great-grandmother..."
D-BL1-044-028
Note: "Teddy see p. 5, 22, 29, 60, 83, 87, 97 among others"
D-BL1-044-029
Letter for parents regarding costumes for dancers; map drawn on back that includes Vermilion River
#69-70
D-BL1-044-030
Notes on Acadian Costumes circa 1888
#71-72
D-BL1-044-031
Note "3 purple" and "4 purple" 5/6/74
2 pages; #73-74
Blanchet's Song list 5
Loose papers held together with paper clip
D-BL1-045-001
List of approximately 50 songs with corresponding tape numbers with name and date noted:
Tape #1:
1. Le Petit Bonhomme
2. Julie (?)
3. Mrs. Irene Bordelon Planché
Tape #2
4. Le Soldat ou la Douce Amie
5. Mon Amie Cruelle
6. 'Tite Criminelle
Tape #3
7. Allons y Belle
8. Au Moins T'auras Pas de Mes Amitiées
9. La Belle Catin
10. Les Seillet (?)
11. La Benediction d'un Pére
12. (same)
13. La Fille du Roi
Tape #4
14. La Jeune Sylve
15. La Chanson de Paresseux
16. Le Galant
17. Le Navie (?) ou la Borgue
Tape #5
18. Le Mariage
19. Le Pont d'Orleans
20. Le Pont de Nantes
21. Le Tambour
Tape #6
22. La Fille du Roi ou les Trois Soldats
23. L'hirondelle
24. Maman Je Veux Marier
Tape #7
25. ? de Vert Local(?)
26. Le Rosier
27. Ah Vous Dirais(?) Cher Maman; Le Petit Mari
28. La Confiture; La Vache Caillette; Grandpère Lapin; Le Petit Mari
Tape #8
29. Petit Papillon Volage(?)
30. Le Premier Jour de Janvier
31. M. Le Pélisse (?)
32. Marie Trempe(?) Ton Pain
33. Mon Cher Vieux Mari
34. Same
35. Venq(?) Fillettes à la Ronde
Tape #9
La Belle Main Blanche
Un Petit Bonhomme
36. Bonjour Madame
37. C'est la Ville de Monteau
38. Le Petit Navie(?)
Tape #10
39. Le 21 d'Avril
40. Les Troupes de Roi
41. Un Beau Matin
42. Bouki et Lapin
Tape #11
44. Mes Jolies s(?) Rouge
Tape #12
43. La Menage de la Caille et la Perdrix
45 Le Juif Errant
46. Le Juif Errant
47. Renaud
48. La Fille du Roi
49. Ste. Catherine
50. Potpourri
5 pages; #1-5
D-BL1-045-002
Sheet music for most of the songs previously listed
11 pages, #6-16
Square Dance Terminology
Loose paper with paper clip
D-BL1-046
Square dance terminology, typed; Instructions and explanations of steps
3 pages; #1-3
Notebook with addresses and lyrics
Legal pad;
D-BL1-047-001
Notes with names and addresses
D-BL1-047-002
"Mariez-Moi, Ma Petite Maman" lyrics; Del - probablt from Josie Mae Hidalgo, Milton 19?
D-BL1-047-003
"Le Contrat de Mariage" lyrics; Danse ronde - Josie Mae Hidalgo from his grandfather
D-BL1-047-004
"L'Assemblée Acadienne" notes; Acadiana Assembly is the performing group from Blanchet School, in Meaux, near Abbeville, LA...
D-BL1-047-005
Back cover of notebook with notes; date 3/30/74
Blanchet's Collection of songs 5
All papers in file with "Louise Olivier Material" on cover
D-BL1-048-001
Front cover "Louise Olivier Material"
D-BL1-048-002
"3rd and 5th Movements" sheet music
#2-3
D-BL1-048-003
"Les Lanciers" sheet music
#4-5
D-BL1-048-004
"Olivier Collection" Dr. Bonstein; date c. 1956; Bobby Burg, Marian Dugazé, Madame Burg, Boy Fruget;
Tape #1
1. Gabrielle
2. Les Maringouins
3. La Chanson de Cinquant Sous
4. La Fille de Quatorze Ans
5. Valse de (?) (Chere Tut Tut--added by John Olivier)
6. Allons Danser Colinda
7. Valse de Church Point
8. Johnny Kid Dance
Tape #2
9. Jolie Blonde
10. J'ai Passé Sous la Pommier
11. Fleur de la Jeunesse
12. Les Filles de Vermilion
13. Le Pagnier d'Epingles
14. J'ai Passé Devant ta Porte
15. La Noce à Josephine
Tape #3
Spoken French in Louisiana; Mrs Armand Stelly - Prairie des Femmes, Mrs. Perry Higginbotham - Prairie des Femmes...
Tape #4
c. 1956; Louisiana Aces of Erath recordings, other singers included
Tape #5
4/22/55; Louice Olivier, 5 songs
Tape #6
St. Martinville
Tape #7
Bayou Buckaroos
Tape #8
Aldus Roger and his band
Tape #9
Jean Sot, des Histoires, other songs
Tapes #10
Play in Mamou: "La Bal des Noce"
10 pages; #6-15
D-BL1-048-005
Songs and dance instructions from Lafourche Parish, February 1941; Les Lanciers
D-BL1-048-006
"C'es Aujourd'hui la Fête de Notre Village" lyrics; Vermilion Parish
D-BL1-048-007
Information about Mr. Delahoussaye from St. Martinville about a dance in Arnaudville in 1890; talks about band instrumentation; additional notes
D-BL1-048-008
"Les Mardi Gras" sheet music and lyrics
2 pages; #19-20
D-BL1-048-009
Newspaper clipping "Miss Brookshire, Mr. Blanchet wed with quite, impressive ceremony" 2/4/1950
D-BL1-048-010
"Pacquet d'Epingles" lyrics
D-BL1-048-011
List of folk dance groups in US
D-BL1-048-012
List of singers the songs they sung; Dairy Day 1954
3 pages; #24-27
D-BL1-048-013
"Les Maragoins (Maringouins)" sheet music and lyrics; Ophelias Bourque 1949(?)
D-BL1-048-014
"C'es Aujourd'hui la Fête de Notre Village" sheet music and lyrics; Copied from Louise Olivier's M.S. [Gastel, Charles; Perry, LA]
D-BL1-048-015
Blank sheet music
Blanchet's Lyrics and Notes 2
Loose papers all in folder with notes written on front and back of it: "Schedule oral?..."
D-BL1-049-001
"Oh Les Belle Filles" lyrics; Simeon Touchet
D-BL1-049-002
"Je Me Fais Une Jolie Belle, Maman" lyrics; Source unknown, no tune noted (in notes with Simeon's songs)
D-BL1-049-003
"At the Bar" lyrics; (at the cross(?) - tune) (Daddy sang as a boy) Sept. 2, 1968
D-BL1-049-004
Instructions for dance steps; "Charley" (modified Va. reel); "Rise You Up"; "Sway Brown"
#6-7
D-BL1-049-005
List of songs from the re-recordings of Ernest Belanger and Mrs. Boudreaux 1947-1949
3 pages; #8-11
D-BL1-049-006
List of songs on a note card; By Onedias Morvant
D-BL1-049-007
"J'va et J'viens" lyrics
#12-14
D-BL1-049-008
"Ce Soir J'ai Diser Te Pour Aller" (#83) lyrics; E. Belanger
#15-16
D-BL1-049-009
"O Chere 'Tite Fille" lyrics; Copied from transcription by Gale Lormand
D-BL1-049-010
"I Love My Song" lyrics; Mme. Broussard; Mr/Mrs? Nunez his brother Porter in Kaplan on Lemaire near Mr. Andrew Porter's step grandmother
D-BL1-049-011
"Play the Accordion" lyrics; for Mrs. B
D-BL1-049-012
"The Time is Most Finish Hymn Song" lyrics; Mrs. B
D-BL1-049-013
"When I Get Up In The Morning" lyrics; Mrs. B
D-BL1-049-014
"Travailler Chez les Rousseau(?)" (#297) sheet music and lyrics; Mrs. Asa Broussard - Dec 29, 1969, learned it when she taught in Milton in 1920-21; A round game "Danse Ronde" danced in a ring, at some point "grabbed elbows and turned around"
D-BL1-049-015
"Bonne Eux Maman" (#298) sheet music and lyrics; sung by Arthur Bellard, grandfather of Florence B. Duhon, 1977
D-BL1-049-016
Excerpt from "Creoles and Cajuns" p. 289-290; sheet music and information for the song "Zoséphine"
Blanchet's Assortment of notes, letters, and lyrics
All papers in tan folder
D-BL1-050-001
Letter to Catherine Blanchet from Seva containing picture of Ernest Adam Belanger, brother of Alcest Ambrose Belanger, grandfather of Seva Landry, French Canadien; notes and family history on back of photo
#2-4
D-BL1-050-002
Letter from Morris Roche to Catherine Blanchet; Kaplan, LA 6-11-63; looking for help recording some French songs
2 pages; #5-7
D-BL1-050-003
Small, blue notebook with list of songs and lyrics;
1. La Belle Emelie (#44)
2. L'Orangier (#40)
3. Au Clair de la Lune (#46)
4. Charles Cherie (#62)
5. J'm'ai Fait Une Jolie Belle
6. Les Belle Filles Veulent Pas de Moi
7. Blanche, Ma Bonne Lumière (#41)
8. Charles Cherie (#62)
9. Mon Aimable Catin (#42)
#8-28
D-BL1-050-004
Chart of songs with corresponding dance moves and notes on dancers
3 pages; #29-31
D-BL1-050-005
Notes explaining the background of dances
3 pages; #32-36
D-BL1-050-006
*****rescan****
D-BL1-050-007
Letter to Mr. Gobert containing translations to lyrics; Abbeville, LA 1/1/1955
2 pages; #37-40
D-BL1-050-008
Newspaper comic
D-BL1-050-009
Assortment of notes
D-BL1-050-010
English translations to songs
2 pages; #43-46
D-BL1-050-011
"The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Sur le Pont de Nantes" lyrics
2 pages; #47-48
D-BL1-050-012
Loose leaf sheets
D-BL1-050-013
List of songs from Blanchet M.S. Collection
#50-51
D-BL1-050-014
Notes on Harry Oster - LA Folksong Jambalaya LP c. 1959
D-BL1-050-015
Notebook connected to folder; "Subject Index" list of 122 (not counting variants) songs categorized by topic: l'amour, la mariage, devier(?), chants d'enfance, danses rondes, chants de soldat, chants a boire; list of songs and singers from Erath, LA
Blanchet's Notes on Elizabeth Brandon's work
D-BL1-051-001
Notes on Elizabeth Brandon's "Moeuis et Langue de la Paroisse Vermilion En Louisiane"
3 pages; #1-3
*******to be scanned******D-BL1-051-002
Catalog of Elizabeth Brandon's collection
15 pages
Elizabeth Brandon's Dissertation
Blue binder with copy of Elizabeth Brandon's dissertation "Moeurs et Langue de la Paroisse Vermilion En Louisiane" Volume II, Mars 1955, Université Laval
D-BL1-052-001
Intro and table of contents
10 pages; #2-11
D-BL1-052-002
"Note Sur la Presentation du Volume II"
3 pages; #12-14
D-BL1-052-003
"Volume II - Document Annexes"
20 pages; #15-34
D-BL1-052-004
"Formulettes"
6 pages; #35-40
D-BL1-052-005
"Proverbes"
8 pages; #41-48
D-BL1-052-006
"Metaphores"
9 pages; #49-57
D-BL1-052-007
"Dictons"
12 pages; #58-69
D-BL1-052-008
"Remedes"
14 pages; #70-83
D-BL1-052-009
"VIII - Anecdotes"
44 pages; #84-127
D-BL1-052-010
"IX - Contes"
167 pages; #128-294
D-BL1-052-011
"Transcriptions Phonetiques"
42 pages; #295-336
Blachet's Correspondences 1
Articles of Association for the Louisiana Folk Foundation
Blanchet's Correspondences 2
D-BL2-003-001
Notes on adult songs in a festival (Dairy Day?)
#1-2 (page in PDF)
D-BL2-003-002
Kaplan State Bank receipt to R. C. Rinzler for $100 from the Louisiana Folk Foundation; June 1, 1965
#3-4
D-BL2-003-003
Letter to the Gazette from Paul Tate, president of Louisiana Folk Foundation; March 31, 1965; thanking for 500 letterheads and envelopes
#5
D-BL2-003-004
Louisiana Folk Foundation financial statement as of March 19, 1965
D-BL2-003-005
Letter to Catherine Blanchet from Gene Griffin of the sales manager for KSIG Broadcasting Co., Inc.; Nov. 17, 1964; about the tape recorded for the Rice Festival; hand written notes
D-BL2-003-006
Letter to Paul Tate from Larry Vidrine, Lions Club President; Oct. 19, 1964; names of the winners and money prizes for the French Music Contest in Ville Platte on Oct. 15; hand written notes
D-BL2-003-007
Letter to Catherine Blanchet from Robert Brinkman; Nov. 19, 1964; names of the winners and money prizes for the Yambilee Acadian Folk Music Contest; hand written notes
2 pages; #9-10
D-BL2-003-008
List of winners of the "Chic a la Pie" Mardi Gras at Kaplan in the Acadian Music Competition; March 2, 1965; typed onion skin/carbon copy and hand written versions
2 pages; #11-12
D-BL2-003-009
Letter to Catherine Blanchet from Paul Tate; March 1, 1965; list of winners from the Church Point Celebration of Mardi Gras on Feb. 28, 1965
3 pages; #13-15
D-BL2-003-010
Letter to Catherine Blanchet from Paul Tate; March 3, 1965; about the sound problems and shortages in the equipment
D-BL2-003-011
Tate's copy of the winners and contestants in Big Mamou Mardi Gras Music Contest (1965)
D-BL2-003-012
Deposit notes from August to March
Blanchet's Correspondences 3
Correspondence between Catherine Blanchet and various people;
D-BL2-004-001
2 Letters written by Catherine Blanchet concerning the Board of Trustees of the Louisiana Folk Foundation meeting: 1. at the Rickels' home, 4 pm June 22, 1965; 2. at the Blanchet residence, 7pm Jan. 30, 1965; handwriten copy with typed notes on the back concerning Miscellany editor Darwin Shrell
3 pages; #1-4
D-BL2-004-002
"Articles of Association were adopted by the foundation" written by Catherine Blachet; notes on Mardi Gras; Louisiana Folk Foundation (LFF) newsletter
#5-6
D-BL2-004-003
Notes and drawings on an envelope; Church Point, Mamou, Kaplan
#7-8
D-BL2-004-004
"Articles of Association - The Louisiana Folk Foundation" January 30, 1965, signed by president, Paul Tate, and secretary, Catherine Blanchet
3 pages; #9-11
D-BL2-004-005
Letter from Catherine Blanchet to LFF board members: Paul Tate, Drs. Rickels, Richard Wagner, Wade Martin, Roy Theriot; January 12, 1965
D-BL2-004-006
"Articles of Association - The Louisiana Folk Foundation" copy with notes: Tentatively presented at Sept 20 meeting
3 pages; #13-16
D-BL2-004-007
Letter from Catherine Blanchet to LFF board members, September 16, 1964
D-BL2-004-008
Letter from Catherine Blanchet to festival directors:
Mr. and Mrs. Alden Soirez - Dairy Festival
Mr. Eli Ardoin - Eunice Yambilee
Mr. Bob Brinkman - Opelousas Yambilee
Mr. Byron Core - Crowley Rice Festival
Mr. Robert Miranda - New Iberia Sugar Cane Festival
Mr. H. J. Quartemont - Marksville livestock and Pasture Festival
September 16, 1964; Invite to attend a meeting of the board of directors of the LFF
2 pages; #18-19
D-BL2-004-009
Acadian Folk Foundation board of directors and advisory committee members meeting; typed note; August 21, 1964
2 pages; #20-21
D-BL2-004-010
Letter from Catherine Blanchet to the members of the advisory committee of the Acadian Folk Foundation; August 12, 1964; 2 typed letters and one handwritten draft
3 pages; #22-24
D-BL2-004-011
LA Folk Foundation (Acadian scratched out) ground rules for Acadian music contests
2 pages; #25-26
D-BL2-004-012
First Acadian Folk Foundation (Louisiana Folk Foundation) meeting notes and minutes; 5:50 pm, Saturday, July 18, 1964at home of State Comptroller Roy Theriot; with copies
7 pages; #27-33
Blanchet's Correspondences 4
Binder clipped; 30 pages
D-BL2-005-001
Letter to Robert Brinkman from Catherine Blanchet; Feb. 2, 1965; about the money prizes for the contestants in the Yambalee Acadian Folk Music Contest
D-BL2-005-002
Letter to Gene Griffin from Catherine Blanchet; Feb. 2, 1965; the delay of the checks for the money prizes
D-BL2-005-003
Letter to Paul Tate, president of the Louisiana Folk Foundation, from Catherine Blanchet; Feb. 2, 1965; about the copies of her letters and typing up minutes of the last meeting
D-BL2-005-004
Letter to Mrs. Frank Hardee from Paul Tate; Feb. 2, 1965; accepting the sponsorship for the Acadian Folk Music and Talent Contest, the Chic a la Paille Mardi Gras Celebration at Kaplan
2 pages; #4-5 (page in PDF)
D-BL2-005-005
Letter to Mayor John Olivier from Paul Tate; Feb. 2, 1965; inquiring about the folklore collection of Louise Olivier
D-BL2-005-006
Letter to Catherine Blanchet from Paul Tate; Feb. 13, 1965; reply to a past letter and forwarded John Olivier's letter
D-BL2-005-007
A news release of "Acadian Music and Talent Competitions" by Paul Tate
2 pages; #8-9
D-BL2-005-008
Letter to Paul Tate from Catherine Blanchet; March 8, 1965; problems with money for prizes and recaps of success in other contests
D-BL2-005-009
Reply letter (-008) to Catherine Blanchet from Paul Tate; March 15, 1965; where additional funds are, test of new stationary, and answering other small questions
2 pages; #11-12
D-BL2-005-010
Hand written letter to the Blanchets from Grace Hardee; March 16, 1965; a thank you on behalf of the Krewe Chic a la Pie
D-BL2-005-011
Letter to Shirley Bergeron from Catherine Blanchet; March 22, 1965; the prize money for the Acadian Music Contest at Church Point
D-BL2-005-012
Reply letter (-009) to Paul Tate from Catherine Blanchet; March 22, 1965; enclosed checks, the Kaplan winners, the Foundation's work for the year, and other house keeping
D-BL2-005-013
Letter to Ralph Rinzler from Paul Tate; March 26, 1965; possible help in funds (refers to letter-008 and 009)
2 pages; #16-17
D-BL2-005-014
Letter to Paul Tate from Catherine Blanchet; May 21, 1965; had received the check from Rinzler and possible plans for next month when Rinzler tours the South (refers to letters -008, -009, and -013)
D-BL2-005-015
Letter to Catherine Blanchet from Paul Tate; May 27, 1965; confirming a telephone call and the board meeting
D-BL2-005-016
Letter to Newport Folk Foundation from Paul Tate; May 27, 1965; asking for sponsorship for a list of Louisiana festivals and a budget request from 1965-66
2 pages; #20-21
D-BL2-005-017
Letter to Ralph Rinzler from Catherine Blanchet; June 1, 1965; plans for a dinner when Rinzler comes to the South (refers to -014)
D-BL2-005-018
Letter to Paul Tate from Ralph Rinzler; June 8, 1965; declining a meeting and will be taking a call instead
D-BL2-005-019
Copy of letter to Louisiana Folk Foundation from Newport Folk Foundation; June 8, 1965; asking to include both "negro and white artists" in order to receive the funding asked from Newport
D-BL2-005-020
Hand written letter (copy) to Paul Tate from the Blanchets; June 24, 1965; resignation letter from the Louisiana Folk Foundation, in reply from the Newport Foundation's letter (-019)
2 pages; #26-27; bottom cut off on second page
D-BL2-005-021
Reply letter (-020) to the Blanchets from Paul Tate; June 30, 1965; confirming of receiving their resignation
D-BL2-005-022
Letter to Ralph Rinzler from Catherine Blanchet; July 5, 1965; Blanchet's problems with the letter Newport sent to the Louisiana Folk Foundation and her resignation (refers to letters -019 and -020)
D-BL2-005-023
Written draft letter to Ralph Rinzler from Catherine Blanchet; same as -022
2 pages; #29-30