French language -- Louisiana

This collection comprises typescripts and handwritten manuscripts for the book A Dictionary of the Cajun Language by Rev. Jules O. Daigle, as well as signed copies of the first published edition. Materials date from the early 1980s and span 3 linear feet.

This is an artificial collection created by Ellender Memorial Library from oral histories donated over a period of decades. It comprises oral histories (on audiotape and videotape) and related materials collected from residents of South Louisiana between approximately 1972 and 1998. Interviewees discuss topics relating to local history and culture, including foodways, traditional crafts, race, religion, illness and medicine, education, labor, and industry.