La charrue: Poésies (Editions de la Nouvelle Acadie) (French Edition)

Doucet, Carol J

Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana

"This collection contains microfilm copies of manuscript materials deposited in various French and Spanish archives, as well as several Louisiana courthouses and churches. These materials relate primarily to the French and Spanish occupation of the Mississippi Valley (1682-1803) and, to a lesser extent, New France, Acadia, Saint-Domingue, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Cayenne."

A selected bibliography of scholarly literature on colonial Louisiana and New France

Conrad, Glenn R.

The New Orleans riot of 1866: Anatomy of a tragedy

History

VANDAL, GILLES

Americas

A history of the German churches in Louisiana: (1823-1893)

Deiler, J. Hanno

Europe

Biography of a man who in many ways typified N. Louisianians a century ago. Based in part on a vast family manuscript collection, is essentially the story of the people of N. Louisiana during the nineteenth century.

E.M. Graham: North Louisianian

Thompson, William Y.

Excerpt from Introduction: St. John the Baptist Paris is located on the Mississippi River about halfway between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The west bank of the parish is a small, fairly isolated area. The three small towns on the west bank, Lucy, Edgard, and Wallace, are located along the River Road, and the remainder of the west bank is field, forest, and swamp. Because of this relative isolation, these communities have retained many old customs and have maintained a population largely descendant from the the original settlers.Folklore is that whole body of knowledge passed down from one generation to the next by the spoken word or by example and practice. This collection of the folklore and customs of the west bank of St. John the Baptist Parish does not deal with history, per se, but with what the people have to say about their past, the folk tales, folk songs, customs, attitudes, superstitions, traditions, legends, and other items of folklore. The main areas included in this study are holiday customs; rituals surrounding birth, marriage, and death; lore of the river and levee; folklore concerned with the Catholic church in Edgard; superstitions, folk medicine, and cures; folks tales, folk songs, and folk games; and tales of slavery and other black experiences. The emphasis in the collection is on what the people have to say about their folklore and customs and how they interpret events in the past and in their own lives. Since some of the items collected and interviews are in French, they are presented in French with an accompanying English translation.

Tales from the levee: The folklore of St. John the Baptist Parish (Louisiana folklife series)

Gaudet, Marcia G

Love's legacy: The Mobile marriages, recorded in French, transcribed, with annotated abstracts in English, 1724-1786 (English and French Edition)

<p>New Iberia LA was founded by the Spanish in 1779. The town, which is now a city, has experienced a rich and stimulating history. This book is about that history, and the history of the families who have lived there.</p>

New Iberia: Essays on the Town and Its People, 2nd Edition

<p>Growing up in downtown and uptown New Orleans in the 1930's and 1940's. Free tracking.</p>

Uptown/Downtown: Growing Up in New Orleans

Martinez, Elsie & Margaret LeCorgne

Introduction by Charles L. Dufour

From Geilenkirchen to Acadia Parish: A history of the Germans of Roberts Cove, 1880-1987

Kondert, Reinhart

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