Lafitte Country
Scope and Contents
This resource contains microfilmed copies of unpublished, original typed accounts based on interviews conducted with Louisiana residents of “Lafitte Country” (near Barataria) in 1939. Topics include Berthoud (Berchaud) Cemetery, All Saints Day, St. Joseph’s Day, Voodoo, Adams Family Cemetery, trapping and fishing, shrimp fleet blessing, piroque races, and water funerals. Items written by Breaux.
Dates
- 1939-1940 and undated
Creator
- Louisiana Writers' Project (Organization)
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Physical rights are retained by Nicholls State University. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Historical Note
The Works Progress Administration implemented the Louisiana Writers Project during The Depression as a part of the New Deal. Lyle Saxon served as the project's director. The project employed out-of-work journalists and was active in Louisiana from 1935 until 1943.
Extent
1 Reels (1 reel microfilm)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
The original materials from which these copies were made are housed in the Federal Writers Project Collection at the Cammie G. Henry Research Center, Watson Memorial Library, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, La.
Sensitive Materials Statement
This collection may contain material(s) with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Ellender Memorial Library and Nicholls State University assume no responsibility.
Creator
- Louisiana Writers' Project (Organization)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Ellender Memorial Library
Nicholls State University
906 E 1st St.
Thibodaux Louisiana 70310 USA
985-448-4621
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