Finding Aid for the Cajun and Creole Culture Center Records AF-008
Maggie Harrison
Arhoolie Foundation
2023-10
10341 San Pablo Ave
El Cerrito, CA 94530
Business Number: 510-525-7471
clark@arhoolie.org
Contributing Institution:
Arhoolie Foundation
Title: Cajun and Creole Culture Center Records
Identifier/Call Number: AF-008
Physical Description:
30 Linear Feet
Date (bulk): 1988-1995
Date (inclusive): 1961-2006
Abstract: This collection contains the records of the Cajun Creole Cultural Center of Berkeley and materials related to Louisiana culture
collected by the Center's founder, Irene Tenney. Collection materials include audio and video recordings, books, festival
posters, and ephemera. The collection includes Tenney's monthly newsletter "Gossip Gumbo," which promoted Cajun cultural events
in the San Francisco Bay Area and nationwide. The collection also includes Tenney's photographs of Cajun folklife in Louisiana
in the 1980s and 1990s.
Material Specific Details: Subject files, Sound Recordings, Video Recordings, Books, Photographs, Posters, Ephemera
Physical Location: Please consult repository.
Language of Material:
English
, French
.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research.
Arrangement
Series 1: Subject Files, 1988-1995
Series 2: Sound Recordings, 1964-1994
Series 3: Video Recordings, 1983-1996
Series 4: Books, 1961-2006
Series 5: Photographs, 1986-1993
Series 6: Ephemera, mostly 1990s
Series 7: Posters, 1983-1997
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Cajun and Creole Culture Center Records (AF-008). Arhoolie Foundation.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains subject files, audio and video recordings, books, photographs, posters, and ephemera collected or
produced by Irene Tenney for the Cajun and Creole Culture Center. All items are related to Cajun and Creole music, culture,
or events.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cajun music
Cajun music--Louisiana
Louisiana--History
Songs, Cajun French
Zydeco music
Zydeco musicians
box 1, box 2, box 3
Subject Files, 1988-1995
Physical Location: Vault, shelf 22A
Arrangement
Three boxes of files, in Tenney's original order. Materials have been refoldered where necessary.
Scope and Contents
Series 1 contains three boxes of files related to the Cajun and Creole Culture Center, copies of the Gossip Gumbo newsletter,
files relating to Tenney's educational programs, and various flyers and materials about Cajun events in the Bay Area.
box 1, folder 1
Ethnic-Folk Radio
1988 to 1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 2
Contracts for SUS w/ CCCC
1992 to 1993
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 3
Gig Lists -Tasks
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 4
Art Clips
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 5
Band Guides
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 6
Mailing List
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 7
Publicity
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 8
Marc Savoy at CCCC
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 9
Cajun Creole Cultural Center Center Stationary
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 10
Mailing St
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 11
CFMA Phone Directory
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 12
Ann Galjour
1990-1992
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 13
Louisiana Catalog
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 14
New Books
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 15
New Orleans
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 16
People's Folk Dance Directory
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 17
Dennis McGee
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 18
Eggknocking
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 19
East Bay Address List
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 20
Cajun Dance Spots
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 21
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 22
French Articles
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 23
Folklife Program
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 24
Andrew Carrier article
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 25
Louisiana Galleries
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 26
Letter from Robert Sacre
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 27
Flyers of CCCC Past Events
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 28
Black Accordion Player -1826
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 29
No title
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 30
No title
1992
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 31
Learn to Cajun Dance promotional flyers
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 32
School Presentations Materials
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 33
Acadiana Map of 10-Points
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 34
Creole
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 35
International House
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 36
Cajun-Acadian History
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 37
Cajun and Creole Presentation - one hour
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 38
Mardi Gras Material
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 39
Center's Founder
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 1, folder 40
Center's Founder
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 1
No title
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 2
No title
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 3
No title
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 4
No title
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 5
Southern Register
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 6
Mamou
1990
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 7
Information on Cajun bands
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 8
Advertising request
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 9
Hadley J. Castille, John Delafose
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 10
Letter from Lisa Haley
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 11
Press Kit: McCauley, Reed and Vidrine
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 12
Press and performance agreements
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 13
Dewey Balfa gig
1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 14
Hackberry Ramblers
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 15
Beausoleil
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 16
Rodrigue
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 17
Willis Prudhomme
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 18
Martinique Material
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 19
Cajun Brew
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 20
Press Kit - Daigrepont
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 21
Boozoo
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 22
Mamou
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 23
Anne Gajour - Cajun Storyteller
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 24
Tourist info
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 25
T-shirts
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 26
Crawdad Festival
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 27
No title
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 28
Beausoleil
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 29
Harris Vegas
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 30
Anne Galjour
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 31
Dancing
1987 to 1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 32
Recipes - Food Guide
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 33
Mail order music catalogs
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 34
Bibliography
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 35
Cajun-Creole French Bibliography
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 36
Creole Music Bands and Articles
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 37
Advertising rates
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 38
Committee on Audit
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 39
Flyers
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 40
Bayou Talk
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 41
Music Resources
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 42
Sue Ramon
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 43
Sat Feb 18 Gig
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 44
Friday, Feb 17 Gig
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 45
File Gig
1988
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 46
Catalogs
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 47
1982 - Correspondence
1982
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 48
Winchew, Larry 269602
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 49
Gossip Gumbo Originals
February 1988 to January 1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 50
Performance Agreements
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 51
Correspondence
1988 to 1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 2, folder 52
Cajun Xmas Poem
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 1
Gossip Gumbo 1993
1993
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 2
Gossip Gumbo 1992
1992
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 3
Gossip Gumbo
1991 to 1993
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 4
Gossip Gumbo 1991
1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 5
Gossip Gumbo
1988 to 1995
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 6
Gossip Gumbo 1994
1994
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 7
Gossip Gumbo 1988-1989
1988 to 1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 8
Congres Mondial Acadien
1999
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 9
Gossip Gumbo 1990-1991
1990 to 1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 10
Gossip Gumbo 1992
1992
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 11
Gossip Gumbo 1993
1993 January to July
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 12
Gossip Gumbo 1993
1993 July to December
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 13
Gossip Gumbo 1994-1995
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 14
Louisiana Travel and Hisotry
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 15
Zydeco Flames promotional photos
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 16
Gossip Gumbo
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 17
Flyers, CCCC Materials
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 18
Digital Subject Files
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 19
Business cards
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 20
Various, section 1
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 21
Various, section 2
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 22
Newspapers and clippings
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 3, folder 23
CCCC graphic materials
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, box 5, box 6, box 7, box 8, box 9, box 10, box 11, box 12, box 13, box 14, box 15
Sound Recordings, 1964-1994
Arrangement
Sound recordings are arranged by format.
Scope and Contents
Series contains two boxes of vinyl records of Cajun music and 10 boxes of cassettes of Cajun albums and radio recordings.
box 4, folder 1
Chic & Swell, La Bottine Souriante III (vinyl record)
1988
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 2
LA LA Louisiana Black French Music, Les Freres Carriere, The Lawtell Playboys
1977
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 3
Louisiana Creole Music, Folkways Records
1978
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 4
Cajun Volume 1 Abbeville Breakdown 1929-1939
1990
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 5
Louisiana Cajun and Creole Music 1934: The Lomax Recordings
1987
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 6
This is Mamou Cajun Radio
1979
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 7
The Cajuns Volume 2, The Grand Mamou Orchestra, the Branch Playboys, Bessyl Duhon
1973
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 8
Crowley Two-Step
1985
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 9
Louisiana Cajun French Music volume two
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 10
Louisiana Cajun French Music volume one
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 11
Zydeco Trail Ride, Boozoo Chavis
1990
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 12
Zydeco Live!
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 13
Louisiana Zydeco Music, Boozoo Chavis
1986
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 14
Zydeco, Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds, Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 15
Zydeco Homebrew, Boozoo Chavis
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 16
Heartaches and Hot Steps, John Delafose
1990
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 17
Bayou Boogie, Beausoleil
1986
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 18
The Spirit of Cajun Music, Beausoleil
1977
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 19
Souvenirs, Dewey Balfa
1985
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 20
Zydeco, Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band
1976
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 21
Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band in New Orleans
1980
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 22
The Balfa Brothers play traditional Cajun Music
1964
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 23
The New York Concerts, The Balfa Brothers
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 24
A Couple of Cajuns, the Ardoin Family Orchestra with Dewie Balfa
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 25
Zydeco a La Mode, Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Band
1977
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 26
Zydeco Excitement, John Delafose
1985
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 27
The Dixie Ramblers Ensemble Encore, Octa Clark and Hector Duhan
1982?
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 28
Acadian Two-Step volume two
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 29
My Zydeco Shoes Got the Zydeco Blues, Rockin' Sidney
1984
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 30
Boozoo Zydeco!, Boozoo Chavis
1987
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 31
The Cajun Troubadour, Jo' El Sonnier
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 32
Cajun Dance Band, File
1987
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 33
2 Left Feet, File
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 34
Bayou on Fire, R.G. and Bayou Zydeco
1988
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 35
La Lumiere dans ton Chassis, Paul Daigle/Rober Elkins and Cajun Gold
1987
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 36
The Best of the Cajun Hits
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 37
Cajun Hits volume 2
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 38
Cajun Country French Classics volume 3: Great Cajun Accordianists
1987
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 39
Festival de Musique Acadienne '81 live
1982
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 40
A La Veille Facon, The Cajun Tradition
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 41
Cajun Dance Band, File
1987
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 42
La Reine de Musique Cadjine, Sheryl Cormier
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 43
Coeur des Cajuns, Bruce Daigrepont
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 44
1990
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 45
Le Nouvel Esprit de la Musique Cadien, The Jambalaya Cajun Band
1988
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 46
Let's Get Cajun, Basin Brothers
1990
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 47
Foot Stompin' Zydeco, Wilfred Chevis and the Texas Zydeco Band
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 48
Zydeco Festival
1988
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 49
Cajun Country French Classics from le sud de la Louisianne
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 50
A Tribute to the Late Great Lawrence Walker (Master of the French Accordion)
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 51
Eleves a Pillette, Les Freres Michot
1987
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 52
Cajun Soul, Eddie LeJeune
1988
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 53
Authentic Cajun French Music and Folk Songs, Ambrose Thibodeaux
1977
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 54
Folksongs of the Louisiana Acadians Volume 2
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 55
Nathan Abshire and other Cajun Gems, Volume 2
Recorded in the late 1940s and early 1950s
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 56
Cajun House Party "C'ez Cheese," Wallace "Cheese Read with Marc Savoy and Other Friends (vinyl record)
1980
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 57
Harry Choates, The Fiddle King of Cajun Swing, his original 1946-1949 recordings (vinyl record)
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 58
The Cajun Country Fiddle of Rufus Thibodeaux (vinyl record)
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 59
Fais Do Do Breakdown, Happy, Doc and the Boys, and Lee Sonnier (vinyl record)
1986
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 60
La Vieille Musique Acadienne, Sady Courville, Dennis McGee (vinyl record)
1977
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 61
Good Times Killin' Me, Nathan Abshire (vinyl record)
1978
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 62
A Cajun Tradition Volume 2, Nathan Abshire
1978
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 63
Jole Blon: The Original Cajun Fiddle of Harry Choates
Recorded in 1946
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 64
Cajun Rendezvous
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 65
The Legendary Iry LeJune volume 2
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 66
The Legendary Iry LeJune volume 1
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 67
Zydeco Thunder, Fernest and the Thunders
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 68
Creole Belles, The Chesapeake Minstrels
1982
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 69
Louisiana: A State of Musical Excitement
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 70
The House We Live in, Volume II, Nancy Raven
1987
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 71
Live at Montreux, Clifton Chenier
1984
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 72
Crawfish Got Soul, Willis Prudhomme and the Zydeco Express
1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 73
Lawrence Ardoin and Lagniappe featuring 10 year old Chris Ardoin
1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 74
Let's Go to P.T.'s, Wilfred Chevis and his Texas Zydeco Band
1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 75
Zydeco To Go, Al Rapone and his Zydeco Expressmen
1990
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 76
Let's Go to the Mardi Gras (and Zydeco), Herman Guiee
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 77
Another Saturday Night: Classic Recordings from the Louisiana Bayous
1990
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 78
Hot Chili Mama, Beausoleil
1987
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 79
Paul Daigle, Robert Elkins, and Cajun Gold
1986
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 80
The Cajun Experience, Paul Daigle, Mike Doucet, Robert Elkins
1985
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 81
Saturday Night Cajun Music! The Sundown Playboys
1988
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 82
Coeur Farouche (Wildheart), Paul Daigle, Robert Elkins, Cajun Gold
1988
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 83
Cajun Born
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 84
Louisiana Cajun French Music Association volume 1
1986
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 85
Louisiana Cajun French Music Association volume 2
1987
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 86
Harry and the Cajuns
1988
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 87
"Est-ce Que Tu Pleur?" Paul Daigle/Robert Elkins and Cajun Gold
1990
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 88
D.L. Menard and the Louisiana Aces
1988
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 89
Tous Les Dimanche Apres Midi, Johnny Sonnier
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 90
Traditional Cajun Music, The Cankton Express live
1988
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 91
Looking Back, Zachary Richard
1987
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 92
Wayne Toups! ZyDeCAJUN
1986
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 93
Johnnie Can't Dance, ZyDeCAJUN
1988
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 94
Camey Doucet-Jimmy Thibodeaux et Musique
1975
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 95
Louisiana Cajun Music Underneath the Green Oak Tree, Dewey Balfa, March Savoy, and D.L. Menard
1977
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 96
La Musique, L'Amusement, L'Amour et La Misere, Phil Menard and the Louisiana Travelers
1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 97
Miss Ann Goodly and the Zydeco Brothers
1990
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 98
Stir up the Roux, Bruce Daigrepont
1987
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 99
Harry and the Cajuns
1988
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 100
Oh What a Night, Marc Savoy
1981
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 101
C'est Fun!, Jambalaya Cajun Band
1990
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 102
Bayou Cadillac, Beausoleil
1989
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 103
Les Harias Home Music, Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
1983
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 104
Traditional Cajun Music, McCauley Reed Vidrine
1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 105
The Sun's Going Down, Zydeco Force
1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 106
Folksongs of the Louisiana Acadians Volume 2
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 107
200 Lines: I Must Not Speak French, Hadley J. Castille
1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 108
Cajun Fiddling, David Greely, Cajuns Are Tuff! Johnny Janot
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 109
Folksongs of the Louisiana Acadians Volume 2
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 110
Musique Traditionnelle du Haut Poitou
1980
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 111
Music of French America, recorded at the Brandywine Mountain Music Convention
1977
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 112
Cajun Social Music
1990
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 4, folder 113
Old Fais Do Do Songs, Allen Fontenot and the Country Cajuns
1980
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 1
"Two Step D'amadee" (side A), "Reviens a Port Arthur" (side B), Richard LeBouef and Two Step
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 2
"In the Barn" (side A), "Till a Tear Becomes a Rose" (side B), Johnny Sonnier
1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 3
"Zydeco Baby" (side A), "Don't Go Away" (side B), Hideaway Zydeco
1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 4
"Bayou Club Special," "Old Fashion Christmas," Touchet Brothers and Eva
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 5
"All I Wanted (Was Your Love)" (side A), "Feel Like I Feel Like Tonight" (side B), Eugene Alfred
1991
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 6
"Ma Seul Vie (My Only Living)," "Changer Les Annees (Change the Years)," Terry Cormier and the Louisiana Aces
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 7
"Ma Seul Vie (My Only Living)," "Changer Les Annees (Change the Years)," Terry Cormier and the Louisiana Aces
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 8
"Le Two Step de L'ance Meg (L'ance Meg Two Step)," "Souhait de Veuve (Widower's Wish)," Jamie Berzas and the Cajun Tradition
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 9
"Cajun Fever," "The Bottle," Sheryl Cormier and Cajun Sounds
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 10
"C'est Pour Ca Que Je T'aime Autant," "Je Suis Toute Pour Toi (The Cajun Wedding Song)," Le Band Passepartout
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 11
"La Joie de Vie," "Mon Coeur et Mon Amour," Sheryl Cormier and Cajun Sounds
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 12
"Old Fais Do Do," "Musician Waltz," Gervis Soileau and Lennis Soileau and the American Aces
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 13
"Lafayette Waltz," "Shamrock," Lennis Soileau and Gervis Soileau and the Friendly Cajuns
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 14
"Unknown Two-Step," "I Dreamed Last Night," Lennis Soileau and Gervis Soileau and the Friendly Cajuns
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 15
"Je Ne Suis Pas Cajun," "Je Voudrais," Buddha and The Cankton Cajuns
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 16
"Return to Your Friend" (side A), "Around Midnight" (side B), Helen Boudreaux
1992
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 17
"Loan Me Your Handkerchief," "Broken Hearted," John Delafosse
1986
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 5, folder 18
"Cajun - American," "J'ai Un Larme Dans Ma Biere," Fred Charlie and the Acadiana Cajuns
undated
Physical Description: 1 folders
box 16, box 17
Video Recordings, 1983-1996
Arrangement
VHS tapes are boxed together.
Scope and Contents
Series 2 contains two boxes of VHS tapes. Mostly recordings of television programs about Cajun culture, a couple of videos
that appear to have been recorded on Tenney's trips to Louisiana, and festival recordings that may have been filmed by Tenney.
box 18, box 19, box 20, box 21
Books, 1961-2006
Arrangement
Books are arranged into three subjects: cooking and cuisine, Louisiana history, and music and dance.
Scope and Contents
This series contains books related to Cajun culture. Box 1 contains Cajun cookbooks and food-related books. Box 2 contains
books about Louisiana and Cajun history. Box 3 contains books about Cajun music, dance, and culture. Box 4 contains various
books, including books about Cajun music and dance, Cajun guides and informational books, Cajun-themed novels, and a Cajun
language dictionary.
box 22, box 23, box 24, box 25, box 26, box 27, box 28, box 29, box 30, box 31, box 32
Ephemera, 1986-1993
Arrangement
Ephemera is boxed together and arranged by material type.
Scope and Contents
This series contains festival ephemera. Four boxes of festival t-shirts, one box of banners/flags, one box of travel brochures,
one box of periodicals, one box of license plates and decals, one box of pins, mugs, and various ephemera from Cajun cultural
events.
box 33
Photographs, mostly 1990s
Scope and Contents
This series contains one box of photographs taken by Irene Tenney. Most photographs were taken on visits to Louisiana and
document festivals and events like Mardi Gras.
Arrangement
Original folders are retained where possible. Loose photographs remain loose.
folder 1, folder 2, folder 3, folder 4, folder 5, box 34, object Mounted Posters (16)
Posters, 1983-1997
Arrangement
Posters are arranged by subject.
Scope and Contents
This series contains posters and graphic materials. Folders: Maps, Lafayette, Festival Acadiens, Various, Boozoo Chavis' posters,
oversize posters, and mounted festival posters.