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Scope and Contents Interviews with demonstrators at the Bayou Cajun Folk Festival on traditional crafts of the bayou country. Topics on side one include carpentry (Ray Weimer, 0:00-9:01), lacemaking (unidentified woman, 9:01-15:47), and broom-making (Mr. Cancienne, 15:47-23:15). Topics on side 2 include woodworking (Mr. Guidry in English and French, 0:00-8-28); camp-making (unidentified man, 8:28-13:28); cooking, fishing, hunting, native history, trading, hurricanes, Bayou Du Large, language, religion,...

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Interview with Claiborne Talbot by Michael Foret. Topics discussed include growing up in Napoleonville at Attakapas Canal (attending school, growing and preserving food, sugar cane harvesting, transportation, and family history), attending Soule Business School, working in New Orleans as a bookkeeper, and serving the in Quartermaster Corps during World War I (camp life, traveling, and venereal disease).

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Interview with Mathilde Naquin Thibodeaux by David Plater about the E. D. White home site in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Topics discussed include the home's architecture, uses of different rooms, grounds and gardening, the Bayou Lafourche community, local history, and Mathilde's family history (83 minutes).

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Interview with Ursula Naquin Gros by David Plater at her home in Westwego, Louisiana. Topics discussed include her family history and her memories of the E. D. White home and Bayou Lafourche community (82 minutes).

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Interview with Leon Naquin, Jr. by David Plater at his home in Napoleonville, Louisiana. Topics discussed include his family history and his memories of the E. D. White house and the Bayou Lafourche community (46 minutes).

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Interview with Edward Naquin by David Plater about the E. D. White home. Topics discussed include his family history and his memories of the E. D. White house and the Bayou Lafourche community (43 minutes).

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Interview with Glenn Toups by Michael Foret discussing Toups' experience traveling by boat from Bayou Chevreuil (Chackbay, La.) to the mouth of the Mississippi River and back to Vacherie, La. in January 1986 (47 minutes).

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Interview with Raymond Fernandez by Carol Matthias. Topics discussed include Fernandez's family history, Bayou Lafourche history and culture, and his experience practicing dentistry in Lafourche Parish (54 minutes).

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Recording of James N. Poche, Jr. dicussing trips to Gheens Plantation. Other topics discussed include cherry bounce, fruit truck, tire, pop truck, and treasure hunt.

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Interview with Edmond Deramee, Sr. by Donald Ayo, Randall Detro, and Michael Foret about local history, predominantly concerning local industries and the founding of Nicholls State University.