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...
Oral history interviews conducted for the book by Chris Strachwitz and James Nicolopolous. Interviews feature Lydia Mendoza, her siblings, and several other individuals.
This collection contains poetics scholar James "Jaime" Nicolopulos's research files on Mexican and Tejano border music. Nicolopulos was a professor of American Literature and Spanish at the University of Texas at Austin. He was a frequent collaborator of Chris Strachwitz...
Writings, correspondence, photographs, and field recordings created by folklorist and record producer Harry Oster.
Audio interviews with Louisiana musicians conducted by Ann Savoy for the book . Interviewees include significant figures in the history of Cajun, Creole, and Zydeco music.
This collection contains photographs and sound recordings by folklorist Robert Stone. These materials document the Sacred Steel gospel tradition from two African American Pentecostal churches in Florida: the House of God, Keith Dominion and the Church of the Living God,...
Papers and audiovisual materials relating to the career of Chris Strachwitz, music producer, documentarian, record collector, and founder of Arhoolie Records.