Inventory - MSS 144 - Jean Lafitte National Historical Park Collection - Library Guides at University of New Orleans

JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK COLLECTION

(Mss 144)

Inventory

Earl K. Long Library

University of New Orleans

August 1997

Summary

Size: 18 linear feet

Geographic

locations: Southern Louisiana

Inclusive dates: 1774-1983

Bulk dates: 1976-1982

Summary: Source materials collected by National Park Service to document historical and cultural aspects of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park.

Though mainly of recent origin, materials pertain to period 1774 to 1982.

Audiotapes and videotapes of interviews with area residents about their social, economic, and cultural life; documents (originals and copies) pertaining to fortifications and other sites; one candle mold.

Source: Deposit, 1982

Access: No restrictions

Copyright: Physical rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.

Citation: Jean Lafitte National Historical Park Collection, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans

Series, Subseries, and Descriptions

Series I. Audiotapes, 1976-1982

Subseries I.1: Interviews with Isleñõs, 1976-1981

Interviews, mainly with Isleños, conducted by Samuel G. Armistead. Names and numbers in parenthesis were assigned by the National Park Service. There appear to be variances in spellings of narrator names.

Subseries I.2: Spanish linguistics and folklore, 1982

Spanish linguistic and folklore materials recorded in Natchitoches, Sabine, Assumption, and St. Bernard Parishes, March 1982.

Subseries I.3: New Orleans ethnic music, 1981

Series II. Videotapes, 1980-1983

Subseries II.1: Spanish linguistics and folklore, 1982

Spanish linguistic and folklore materials recorded in Natchitoches, Sabine, Assumption, and St. Bernard Parishes, March 1982.

Subseries II.2: Interviews with Isleños, 1982

Interviews with Isleños conducted by Andy Kolker.

Subseries II.3: Interviews with Slavic Americans, [198-?]

Interviews with Slavic Americans in Plaquemines Parish.

Subseries II.4: Miscellaneous interviews, [198-?]

Subseries II.5: Doyle Gertjejansen making and firing Tchefuncte pottery, 1982-1983

UNO Professor of Fine Arts Doyle Gertjejansen making and firing Tchefuncte pottery at Big Oak Island.

Series III. Fort study by Jerome A. Greene, 1774-1980

Fort study prepared by Jerome A. Greene of the National Park Service. Files include original documents, copies of documents, maps, microfilm, notes, photographs and government documents.

Subseries III.1: General fort studies, 1812-1981

Subseries III.2: Delta fort studies, 1774-1980

Container List

Series I. Audiotapes, 1976-1982

Subseries I.1: Interviews with Isleños, 1976-1981

Interviews, mainly with Isleños, conducted by Samuel G. Armistead. Names and numbers in parenthesis were assigned by the National Park Service. There appear to be variances in spellings of narrator names.

144-1 Oline Loland, Brulie Sacramento, 12/13/80 (LA 1.1)

144-2 Errin Perez, [19--] (LA 2.1)

144-3 Alex Nuñez, [19--] (LA 2.2)

144-4 Errin Perez, [19--] (LA 3.1)

144-5 Errin Perez, [19--] (LA 3.2)

144-6 I. Perez, [19--] (LA 4.1)

144-7 I. Perez, [19--] (LA 4.2)

144-8 I. Perez, [19--] (LA 5.1)

144-9 Chelito Campo, 12/19/80 (LA 5.2)

144-10 Chelo Campo, 12/19/80 (LA 6a.1)

144-11 Chelo Campo, 12/19/80 (LA 6a.2)

144-12 Chelo Campo, 12/19/80 (LA 6b.1)

144-13 Chelito, 12/19/80 (LA 6b.2); Martin Alfonso, 12/20/80 (LA 6b.2)

144-14 M. Altonso, 12/20/80 (LA 7.1)

144-15 M. Altonso, 12/20/80 (LA 7.2)

144-16 M. Altonso, 12/20/80 (LA 8.1)

144-17 Chelo Campo, 12/21/80 (LA 8.2)

144-18 Chelo Campo, 12/21/80 (LA 9.1)

144-19 Chelo Campo, 12/21/80 (LA 9.2)

144-20 C. Carupo, 12/21/80 (LA 10.1)

144-21 Charley Robin, 76 yrs., 12/26/80 (LA 11.1)

144-22 Charley Robin, 12/26/80 (LA 11.2)

144-23 Nicholas “Chico” Gonzalez, 12/26/80 (LA 12.1)

144-24 Nicholas Gonzalez, 12/26/80 (LA 12.2)

144-25 Irvan Perez, 12/27/80 (LA 13.1)

144-26 Irvan Perez, 12/27/80 (LA 13.2)

144-27 Joe Lopez, 12/27/80 (LA 14.1)

144-28 Joe Lopez, 12/27/80 (LA 14.2)

144-29 Antonio Labrana, 12/28/80 New Orleans (LA 15.1)

144-30 Antonio Labrana, 12/28/80 (LA 15.2)

144-31 Celestino Gouzelez, 12/28/80 Arzbi [sic] (LA 16.1)

144-32 Celestino Gouzelez, 12/28/80 Arzbi [sic] (LA 16.2)

144-33 Lilly Lopez, Maria Martinez, Julie Shields, 12/29/80 (LA 17.1)

144-34 Lilly Lopez et al., 12/29/80 (LA 17.2)

144-35 Lilly Lopez et al., 12/29/80 (LA 18.1)

144-36 Lilly Lopez, 12/29/80 (LA 18.2)

144-37 Lilly Lopez et al., 12/29/80 (LA 20.1)

144-38 Lilly Lopez et al., 12/29/80 (LA 20.2)

144-39 Augustina Gonzalez Fabe, 12/30/80 (LA 21.1)

144-40 Augustina Gonzalez Fabe, 12/30/80 (LA 21.2)

144-41 Miguel Perez, 12/30/80 (LA 22.1)

144-42 Miguel Perez, [19--] (LA 22.2)

144-43 Marcial Nuñez, 12/31/80 (LA 23.1)

144-44 Marcial Nuñez, 12/30/80 (LA 23.2)

144-45 Marcela Couture, [19--] (LA 24.1)

144-46 Marcela Couture, [19--] (LA 24.2)

144-47 Marcela Couti, 1/2/81; Samuel Smith, 1/2/81 (LA 25.1)

144-48 Samuel Johnson, 1/2/81; Chelito Campo, 1/4/81 (LA 25.2)

144-49 Chelito Campo, 1/4/81 (LA 26.1)

144-50 Chelito Campo, [19--] (LA 26.2)

144-51 Tony Serigne & Josephine, 1/4/81 (LA 27.1)

144-52 Tony Serigne, [19--] (LA 27.2)

144-53 Anthony& Josephine Serigne, 1/4/81 (LA 28.1)

144-54 Anthony& Josephine Serigne, 1/4/81 (LA 28.2)

144-55 Emilio Robin - Acquired 1/4/81, Recorded by Chelo Campo (LA 29.1)

144-56 Chelito Campo - Acquired 1/4/81, tells about families in LA. Islz [sic] (LA 29.2)

144-57 Chelito, 1/4/80 (LA 30.1)

144-58 Chelito Campo - Acquired 1/4/81, Davis Johnson 1/5/81; Lilita Melerine, 1/5/81 (LA 30.2)

144-59 Lilly Melerine, 1/5/81 (LA 31.1)

144-60 Lilly Melerine, 1/5/81; Manuel Romero, 1/5/81; I. Perez 1/15/81 (LA 31.2)

144-61 Irvan Perez, 1/5/81 (LA 32.1)

144-62 Irvan Perez, 1/5/81 (LA 32.2)

144-63 I. Perez 1/5/81 (LA 33.1)

144-64 I. Perez 1/5/81 (LA 33.2)

144-65 Chelo Campo, 1/6/81; Maria Asseuedo, 1/6/81 (LA 34.1)

144-66 Maria Asseuedo, 1/6/81 (LA 34.2)

144-67 Maria Asseuedo, 1/6/81 (LA 35.2)

144-68 Carmelita Alfonso, 1/6/81 (LA 35.2)

144-69 Carmelita Alfonso, 1/6/81; Meeting (F. Fernandez) 1/7/81 (LA 36.1)

144-70 I. Perez, F. Fernandez Meeting, 1/7/81 (LA 36.2)

144-71 Ben Acosta, 2/25/81 (LA 37.1)

144-72 Laura Melerine Perez, Joe Garcia 2/26/81 (LA 37.2)

144-73 Laura Melerine Perez, 2/26/81; Joe Garcia, Melvyn Perez (LA 38.1)

144-74 Laura Melerine Perez, 2/26/81; Joe Garcia, Melvyn Perez (LA 38.2)

144-75 Eva Fernandez, 84 years; Irena Gonzalez, 80 years Nisha Garcia, 77 years. 2/27/81 (LA 39.1)

144-76 Irena Gonzalez, Nisha Garcia, [19--] (LA 39.2)

144-77 Irena Gonzalez, 80 years; Leona Garcia, 77 years, [19--] (LA 40.1)

144-78 Adam Hernandez, 78; Manuel Cavalier, 78, 3/15/81 (LA 41.1)

144-79 Manuel Cavalier, 78 years, 3/15/81 (LA 41.2)

144-80 Manuel Cavalier, 78 years, 3/15/81; Celestin Cavalier (LA 42.1)

144-81 Aeolus Martinez, 67, 3/15/81 (Donaldsonville); Dominque Cavalier and his wife Emma (Napoleonville), 3/16/81 (LA 42.2)

144-82 Dominque Cavalier, Enaul Millien, 57, 3/17/81 (LA 43.1)

144-83 Enaul Millien, [19--] (LA 43.2)

144-84 Manuel Aleman, 3/17/81; Marco Asseuedo (Hopedale) 3/19/81 (LA 44.1)

144-85 Marco Asseuedo (Hopedale), [19--] (LA 44.2)

144-86 Joe Asseuedo, Ysiloskey [sic], 3/19/81 (LA 45.1)

144-87 Joe Asseuedo, Ysiloskey [sic], 3/19/81, (LA 45.2)

144-88 Shell Beach: Martin Campo and Marcia Nuñez, [19--] (LA 46.1)

144-89 Shell Beach, [19--] (LA 46.2)

144-90 St. Bernard, John Rubin, [19--] (LA la 1.1)

144-91 St. Bernardo, John Rubin, [19--] (LA la 1.2)

144-92 St. Bernard, [19--] (LA 2a 2.1)

144-93 Lilly Melerine, Chelo Campo (LA 2a 2.2)

144-94 St. Bernard, 10/26/75 (LA 3a 3.1)

144-95 St. Bernard, 10/26/75 (LA 3a 3.2)

144-96 Pauline Diaz, 3/27/76 (LA I)

144-97 Modie de Decimae (Decime Night), 3/24/76 (LA I)

144-98 Decime Night, 3/24/76 (LA II)

144-99 Casito (Nicolas) Peres, 3/28/76 (LA II)

144-100 Casito Perez, wife-Chica, 3/28/76 (LA III)

144-101 Martin Alfonso “Casito up to 20 on fight,” 3/28/76 (LA III)

144-102 Martin Alfonso, 3/28/76 (LA IV)

144-103 Martin Alfonso, 3/28/76 (LA IV)

144-104 Martin Alfonso, 3/28/76 (LA V)

144-105 Martin Alfonso, 3/28/76 (LA V)

144-106 Martin Alphonso, “Alvis Cavilier at end,” 3/28/76 (LA VI)

144-107 “Alvis Cavalier at beginning,” Celestin Cavayero [19--] (LA VI)

144-108 Celestin Cavalier, Front Skattry, [19--] (LA VII)

144-109 Celestin Cavalier, Front Skattry, [19--] (LA VII)

144-110 Celestin Cavalier, Adam Mardinez, [19--] (LA VIII)

144-111 Adam Martinez, [19--] (LA VIII)

144-112 Adam Hernandez, 3/29/76 (LA IX)

144-113 Adam Martines, Burly Capite, Peter Rodriguez (White Castle Road), 3/29/76 (LA X)

144-114 Albert “Jack” Sanchez (White Castle), [19--] (LA XI)

144-115 Albert Sanchez (White Castle), [19--] (LA XI)

144-116 Adam Hernandez, Belle Rose (Assumption), [19--] (LA XI)

Subseries I.2: Spanish linguistics and folklore, 1982

Spanish linguistic and folklore materials recorded in Natchitoches, Sabine, Assumption, and St. Bernard Parishes, March 1982.

144-117 Wesley Martinez, 3/14/82 (LA 47.2)

144-118 Wesley Martinez, 3/14/82 (LA 47.2)

144-119 Wesley Martinez, 3/14/82 (LA 48.1)

144-120 Wesley Martinez, 3/14/82 (LA 48.1)

144-121 Wesley and Sarah Martinez, 3/15/82 (LA 49.1)

144-122 Wesley and Sarah Martinez, 3/15/82 (LA 49.1)

144-123 Mr.& Mrs. Buddy Bustamento, Spanish Lake, 3/16/82; Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Martinez, Coon Ridge, 333/17/82 (LA 50.1)

144-124 Mr.& Mrs. Wesley Martinez, 3/17/82 (LA 50.2)

144-125 Mr.& Mrs. Wesley Martinez, 3/17.82; Irvan Perez 3/20/82. (LA 51.1)

144-126 Irvan Perez, 3/20/82; Chelito Campo, 3/21/82 (LA 51.2)

144-127 Manuel Cavalier, Belle Rose, 3/19/82 (LA 52.1)

144-128 Manuel Cavalier, Belle Rose, 3/19/82; Irvan Perez, 3/10/82 (LA 52.2)

144-129 Chelito, 3/21/82 (LA 53.2)

144-130 Chelito, 3/21/82; Irvan 3/23/82, (LA 53.2)

144-131 Leoutine Rohin, 3/23/82; Chica Perez, 3/23/82 (LA 54.1)

144-132 Chica Perez, 3/23/82 (LA 54.2)

144-133 Chica Perez, 3/23/82 (LA 55.1)

144-134 Malvina Perez (“Chica”), 3/23/82 (LA 55.2)

144-135 I. Perez, 3/23/82; Josephine Acosta (Reggio) 3/24/82 (LA 56.1)

144-136 Josephine Acosta, 3/24/82; Martin Alfonso, 3/26/82 (LA 56.2)

144-137 Louis Baudoin, Bayou Gauche, 3/25/82 (LA 57.1)

144-138 Louis Baudoin (Brulie Article), 3/15/82; Martin Alfonso, 3/26/82 (LA 57.2)

144-139 Martin Alfonso, 3/26/82 (LA 58.1)

144-140 Martin Alfonso, 3/26/82 (LA 58.2)

Subseries I.3: New Orleans ethnic music, 1981

Don Marshall, vendor copyright.

144-141 Danny Barker, 5/15/81 (14)

144-142 Harold Batiste, 4/27/81 (13)

144-143 Al Farrel, 3/29/81 (12)

144-144 Shirley Goodman, 4/2/81 (11)

144-145 Waldron “Frog” Joseph, 3/21/81 (10)

144-146 Earl King, 3/18/81 (9)

144-147 Warren Miles, 3/22/81 (7)

144-148 Leo Nocentelle, [19--] (5)

144-149 Al Pecora, 3/7/81 (4)

144-150 James Rivers, 5/28/81 (2)

144-151 Dave “Fat Man” Williams, 3/20/81 (1)

Series II. Videotapes, 1980-1983

Subseries II.1: Spanish linguistics and folklore, 1982

Spanish linguistic and folklore materials recorded in Natchitoches, Sabine, Assumption, and St. Bernard Parishes, March 1982.

144-152 Interviews conducted by Jerry Coburn with Bucktown (La.) residents, 1980, 1981 (4 cassettes).

Interviews and jam sessions conducted by Stevenson Palfie and Professor Longhair, Tuts Washington, and Alan Tousaint.

144-153 Interview with Professor Longhair, [19--] (Boogie Woogie X Three Series, Tape #2)

144-154 Interview with Professor Longhair, [19--] (Boogie Woogie X Three Series, Tape #3)

144-155 Interview with Professor Longhair, [19--] (Boogie Woogie X Three Series, Tape #4); Tape #32 Performance by Tuts Washington)

144-156 Interview with Tuts Washington, [19--] (Boogie Woogie X Three Series, Tape #5)

144-157 Interview with Tuts Washington, [19--] (Boogie Woogie X Three Series, Tape #6)

144-158 Rehearsal, [19--] (Boogie Woogie X Three Series, Tape #7)

144-159 Rehearsal, [19--] (Boogie Woogie X Three Series, Tape #8)

144-160 Interview #1 with Alan Toussaint, [19--] (Boogie Woogie X Three Series, Tape #10)

144-161 Interview #2 with Alan Toussaint, [19--] (Boogie Woogie X Three Series, Tape #11)

144-162 Wake #2, [19--] (Boogie Woogie X Three Series, Tape #21)

144-163 Wake #3, [19--] (Boogie Woogie X Three Series, Tape #22)

144-164 Performance of Tuts Washington, [19--] (Boogie Woogie X Three Series, Tape #31)

144-165 Performance of Tuts Washington, [19--] (Boogie Woogie X Three Series, Tape #32)

Subseries II.2: Interviews with Isleños, 1982

Interviews with Isleños conducted by Andy Kolker.

144-166 Oystering with Louis Molero, Sr. and Jr., Part I: Leaving Shell Beach, Martin Campo remembers the railroad and dredging for oysters, [19--] (1)

144-167 Oystering with Louis Molero, Sr. and Jr., [19--] Part II: dredging for oysters and sacking oysters, [19--] (2)

144-168 Martin Campo in outboard oyster boat “Capt. Jim” St. Malo, Louis Molero, Sr. sewing nets, [19--] (3)

144-169 Fort Proctor; returning to Yscloskey; Frank Camp and group telling hunting stories, [19--] (4)

144-170 Interview with Charles Robin (in Spanish), [19--] Part 1 (5)

144-171 Interview with Charles Robin (in Spanish), [19--] Part II (6)

144-172 Nick Gonzales outside, with nutria skins, wife Edna on balcony, [19--] (7)

144-173 Nick and Edna Gonzales inside their home in Yscloskey, [19--] (8)

144-174 Nick and Edna Gonzales (part 3); Irvan Perez showing duck decoys (in English and Spanish), [19--] (9)

144-175 Irvan Perez talks about duck decoys and sings decimas, [19--] (10)

144-176 Irvan Perez: more decimas; proverbs, [19--] (11)

144-177 Yscloskey scenes; trapping with Irvan Perez; leaving Delacroix, [19--] (12)

144-178 With Irvan Perez on flatboat; marsh scenes; talk of wetlands and beginning trapping, [19--] (13)

144-179 Irvan Perez trapping muskrats, [19--] (14)

144-180 The end of trapping with Irvan Perez; marsh scenes; Delacroix Island, [19--] (15)

144-181 Irvan Perez skinning rats, singing decimas and talking about trapping, [19--] (16)

144-182 Julia Melerine Shields, Lilly Silvera Rayburn and Marie Molvero Martinez talk and tell stories. (Part 1), [19--] (17)

144-183 Julia Melerine Shields, Lilly Silvera Rayburn and Maria Molero Martinez talk about hurricanes (Part 2), [19--] (18)

144-184 Interview with Manuel Perez, [19--] (19)

144-185 Michael Nuñez interviewed in Spanish (Part 1), [19--] (20)

144-186 Michael Nuñez interviewed in Spanish (Part 2), [19--] (21)

144-187 Shell Beach at the end of the road with people fishing, [19--] (22)

144-188 Joe Gonzales builds a boat (Part 1), [19--] (23)

144-189 Joe Gonzales boatbuilding (Part 2), [19--] (24)

144-190 Joe Gonzales boatbuilding (Part 3); Chelito Campo interview in Spanish (Part 1), [19--] (25)

144-191 Chelito Campo signs and tells stories, [19--] (26)

144-192 Chelito Campo sings and tells stories (Part 3), [19--] (27)

144-193 Chelito Campo sings in Spanish (Part 4), [19--] (28)

144-194 Interview with Tony and Josephine “Pepita” Serigue conducted in Spanish

144-195 Interview with Tony and Josephine Serigue conducted in Spanish, [19--] (30)

144-196 Interview with Chelito Campo conducted in English (Part 1), [19--] (31)

144-197 Interview with Chelito Campo conducted in English (Part 2), [19--] (32)

144-198 Delacroix Island; Interview with M. Assevado in Spanish (Part 1), 1/6/81 (33)

144-199 Interview with Maria Campo Assevado in Spanish (Part 2), 1/6/81 (34)

144-200 Interview with Maria Campo Assevado (Part 3), [19--] (35)

144-201 Interview with Anna Mae Alfonso Reed in Spanish (Part 1), [19--] (36)

144-202 Interview with Anna Mae Alfonso Reed in Spanish (Part 2), 1/6/81 (37)

144-203 Interview with Anna Mae Alfonso Reed in Spanish 1/6/81 (38)

144-204 Delacroix Island scenes, [19--] (39)

144-205 Public Meeting at San Pedro Pescador Church; An introduction to the study of Isleños (Part 1), 1/7/81 (40)

144-206 Public Meeting at San Pedro Pescador Church; An introduction to the study of Isleños (Part 2), 1/7/81 (41)

144-207 Public Meeting at San Pedro Pescador Church; Questions about the Isleño study (Part 3), [19--] (42)

144-208 Adolfo Suarez in St. Bernard at the Museo de los Isleños (Part 1), [19--] (43)

144-209 Visit of Adolfo Suarez; food at Delacroix (Part 2), [19--] (44)

144-210 Adolfo Suarez in St. Bernard; presentation of awards (Part 3), [19--] (45)

144-211 Adolfo Suarez in St. Bernard on a boat saying goodbye (Part 4); Isleño Museum Day 1, setting up, [19--] (46)

144-212 Isleño day 2, nets; Chelito and Nuñez; decoys, [19--] (47)

144-213 Isleño day 3, Chelito and Nuñez picking pecans; Chelito storytelling, [19--] (48)

144-214 Isleño day 4; Tony Sengre; Nuñez on nets, [19--] (49)

144-215 Isleño day 5, Irvan singing and flag raising, [19--] (50)

144-216 Flag raising; Spanish recital at San Pedro Pescador (Part 1), [19--] (51)

144-217 Spanish recital (Part 2), [19--] (52)

144-218 Spanish recital (Part 3, music), [19--] (53)

144-219 Joe Gonzales talks about boatbuilding, [19--] (54)

144-220 Visuals: (Part 1) Poydras to Verret, [19--] (55)

144-221 Visuals: (Part 2) Delacroix, Bayou-side, [19--] (56)

144-222 Visuals: (Part 3) Delacroix, [19--] (57)

144-223 Lionel Serigne and pet red fish; islanders tell hurricane stories, [19--] (58)

144-224 Shrimp talk; Visuals (Part 4), Delacroix Road, [19--] (59)

144-225 Joe Gonzales gets lumber (Part 1); Visuals: Yscloskey-Poydras, [19--] (60)

144-226 Joe Gonzales gets lumber (Part 2); Visuals: Yscloskey-Poydras, [19--] (61)

144-227 Mass at San Pedro Pescador (Part 1), [19--] (62)

144-228 Mass at San Pedro Pescador (Part 2), [19--] (63)

144-229 Mass at San Pedro Pescador (Part 3), [19--] (64)

144-230 Blessing of the fleet at Delacroix (Part 1), [19--] (65)

144-231 Blessing of the fleet at Delacroix (Part 2), [19--] (66)

144-232 Blessing of the fleet at Delacroix (Part 3), [19--] (67)

144-233 Blessing of the fleet at Delacroix (Part 4), [19--] (68)

144-234 Blessing of the fleet at Yscloskey (Part 1), 8/2/81 (69)

144-235 Blessing of the fleet at Yscloskey (Part 2), [19--] (70)

144-236 Blessing of the fleet at Yscloskey (Part 3), [19--] (71)

144-237 Blessing of the fleet at Yscloskey (Part 4), [19--] (72)

144-238 Blessing of the fleet at Yscloskey (Part 5); alligator hunt (Part 1), [19--] (73)

144-239 Alligator hunt (Part 2), [19--] (74)

144-240 Alligator hunt (Part 3), [19--] (75)

144-241 Alligator hunt (Part 4), [19--] (76)

144-242 Alligator hunt (Part 5), [19--] (77)

144-243 Alligator hunt (Part 6), [19--] (78)

144-244 Alligator hunt (Part 7), [19--] (79)

144-245 Shrimping with Joe Lopez, [19--] (80)

144-246 Spanish Heritage Festival (Part 1), 11/8/81 (I 81)

144-247 Isleño museum dedication (Part 1), 10/22/81 (I 82)

144-248 Isleño museum dedication (Part 2), 10/22/81 (I 83)

144-249 Isleño museum dedication (Part 3), 10/22/81; interview with Irvan Perez, [19--] (I 84)

144-250 Spanish Heritage Festival (Part 2), 11/8/81 (I 85)

144-251 Spanish Heritage Festival (Part 3), Queen selection, ca. 11/8/81 (I 86)

144-252 Spanish Heritage Festival (Part 4), ca. 11/8/81 (I 87)

144-253 Interview with Ralph Serignea (Part 1), [19--] (108)

144-254 Interview with Ralph Serignea (Part 2), [19--] (109)

144-255 Interview with Martin and Cecile Alfonso (Part 1), [19--] (110)

144-256 Interview with Martin and Cecile Alfonso (Part 2), [19--] (111)

144-257 Interview with Nick and Edna Gonzalez (Part 1), [19--] (112)

144-258 Interview with Nick and Edna Gonzalez (Part 2), [19--] (113)

Subseries II.3: Interviews with Slavic Americans, [198-?]

Interviews with Slavic Americans in Plaquemines Parish.

144-259 Bocce in Empire (Part 1), [19--] (89)

144-260 Bocce in Empire (Part 2), [19--] (89)

144-261 Oystering in Empire (Part 1), [19--] (90)

144-262 Oystering in Empire (Part 2), [19--] (91)

144-263 Oystering in Empire (Part 3), [19--] (92)

144-264 Oystering in Empire (Part 4), [19--] (93)

144-265 Oystering in Empire (Part 5), [19--] (94)

144-266 Oystering in Empire (Part 6), [19--] (95)

144-267 Capt. Pete Vujnovich at the oyster camp (Part 2): [19--] (96)

144-268 Capt. Pete Vujnovich at the oyster camp (Part 1): interview with elderly Mrs. Vujnovich, [19--] (97)

144-269 Capt. Pete Vujnovich at the oyster camp (Part 3), [19--] (98)

144-270 Capt. Pete Vujnovich at the oyster camp (Part 4), [19--] (99)

144-271 Capt. Pete Vujnovich at the oyster camp (Part 5), [19--] (100)

144-272 Capt. Pete Vujnovich at the oyster camp (Part 6); interview with Vujnovich (Part 1), [19--] (101)

144-273 Capt. Pete Vujnovich at the oyster camp (Part 4), [19--] (102)

144-274 Capt. and Mrs. Pete Vujnovich interview (Part 3), [19--] (103)

144-275 Capt. and Mrs. Pete Vujnovich interview (Part 4), [19--] (104)

144-276 Diamond: All Saints Day (Part 3), [19--] (108)

144-277 Diamond: Church Fair (Part 1), [19--] (109)

144-278 Diamond: Church Fair (Part 2), [19--] (110)

144-279 Diamond: Church Fair (Part 3); interview with Pat Sylve, [19--] (111)

144-280 Diamond: Church Fair (Part 4); interview with Pat Sylve, [19--] (112)

144-281 Alma Bartholemy, interview and singing (Part 1), [19--] (113)

144-282 Alma Bartholemy, interview and singing (Part 2), [19--] (114)

144-283 Alma Bartholemy, interview and singing (Part 3), [19--] (115)

144-284 Alma Bartholemy, interview (Part 4); Grand Bayou scenes (116)

144-285 Grand Bayou fishing/trapping (Part 1), [19--] (117)

144-286 Grand Bayou fishing/trapping (Part 2), [19--] (118)

144-287 Grand Bayou fishing/trapping (Part 3), [19--] (119)

144-288 Grand Bayou fishing/trapping (Part 4), [19--] (120)

Subseries II.4: Miscellaneous interviews, [198-?]

144-289 Acadian textile/weaving demonstration at the Presbytere (Part 1), [19--]

144-290 Acadian textile/weaving demonstration at the Presbytere (Part 2), [19--]

Subseries II.5: Doyle Gertjejansen making and firing Tchefuncte pottery, 1982-1983

UNO Professor of Fine Arts Doyle Gertjejansen making and firing Tchefuncte pottery at Big Oak Island.

144-291 Part 1, April 30, 1982

144-292 Part 2, April 30, 1982

144-293 Part 1, August 3, 1983

144-294 Part 2, August 3, 1983

Series III. Fort study by Jerome A. Greene, 1774-1980

Fort study prepared by Jerome A. Greene of the National Park Service. Files include original documents, copies of documents, maps, microfilm, notes, photographs and government documents. In general, the titles below are the original titles given to the files by Mr. Greene. Titles enclosed in brackets, however, were assigned by Special Collections staff. Some folders are voluminous, while others contain only fragments.

Subseries III.1: General fort studies, 1812-1981

144-307 Bassett, John Spencer, ed. Correspondence of Andrew Jackson. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1927.

Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1959.

Brooks, Charles B. The Siege of New Orleans. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1961.

Brown, Wilburt S. The Amphibious Campaign for West Florida and Louisiana, 1814-1815: A Critical Review of Strategy and Tactics at New Orleans. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1969.

144-308 Cable, George W. The Creoles of Louisiana. New York: Charles Scribner & Sons, 1884.

Carter, Clarence Edwin, comp. The Territorial Papers of the United States. Vol. IX: The Territory of Orleans, 1803-1812. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1940.

Collot, Victor. A Journey in North America. Vol. II. Firenze: O. Lange, 1924. Reprint.

de Grummond, Jane L. The Baratarians and the Battle of New Orleans . Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1961.

144-309 Favrot, H. Mortimer. “Colonial Forts of Louisiana.” Louisiana Historical Quarterly 26 (July 1943): 722-754.

Federal Writer's Program. Louisiana: A Guide to the State. Rev. ed. New York: Hastings House, 1971.

144-309 Fieberger, C. J. Permanent Fortification. West Point: Henry Charnowitz, 1900.

Fortier, Alcee. Louisiana. Vol. 1-2. Atlanta: Southern Historical Association, 1909.

Frazer, Robert W. Forts of the West. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972.

144-310 Gayarre, Charles. Louisiana: Its History as a French Colony. New York: John Wiley, 1852.

Gayarre, Charles. Romance of the History of Louisiana: A Series of Lectures. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1848.

144-295 Historical Base Map, July 1981.

144-296 Historic New Orleans Collection. Laussat Collection. [19--], June 30, 1802-April 9, 1804; map of Louisiana and West Florida, ca. 1816.

Holmes, Jack D. L. “Some French Engineers in Spanish Louisian.” In John F. McDermott, ed., The French in the Mississippi Valley. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1965.

144-311 Friends of the Cabildo. Keep Sheets of Louisiana Forts, [19--]

Kendall, John S. History of New Orleans. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1922.

Latour, Arsène Lacarière. Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana, in 1814-15. A facsimile reproduction of the 1816 ed. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1964.

144-297 Library of Congress. British War Office Records, 1814-1817.

144-311 “The Life and Times of Jean Lafitte.” March 1979. LTJL Reprint, Number 1.

Lockett, Samuel H. Louisiana As It Is: A Geographical and Typographical Description of the State. Edited by Lauren C. Post. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1969.

“Louisiana Forts.” Unknown provenance, [19--]

144-298 Louisiana State Museum. Various collections, [19--], August 8, 1789-February 9, 1820.

144-299 Louisiana State University. Various collections, December 6, 1813, 1863, 1865.

144-312 Marcy, R. B., comp. Outline Descriptions of the Posts and Stations of Troops in the Geographic Divisions and Departments of the United States. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1872.

Marshall, Jessie Ames, comp. Private and Official Correspondence of Benjamin F. Butler during the Period of the Civil War. Norwood, Mass.: Privately published, 1917.

Martin, François-Xavier. The History of Louisiana from the Earliest Period. Reprint of the 1827 ed. Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing Company, 1975.

144-304 Miscellany. April 20, 1979 and March 14, 1980.

144-300 Miscellaneous War Department records, 1812-1842.

144-301 National Archives. War Department records Office of Chief of Engineers. March 19, [183?]-September 12, 1860.

144-312 Nelson, Howard J. “Walled Cities of the United States.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 51.1 (March 1961).

144-305 Notes, [19--]

144-313 Parton, James H. History of the Administration of the Department of the Gulf . . . New York: Houghton and Mifflin and Company, 1892.

Pittman, Philip. The Present State of the European Settlements on the Mississippi. Reprint of the 1770 ed. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press, 1973.

144-306 Photographs, [19--]

144-313 Prucha, Francis P. A Guide to the Military Posts of the United States, 1789-1895. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1964.

144-315 Roberts, W. Adolphe. Lake Pontchartrain. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946.

144-314 Robertson, James A. Louisiana Under the Rule of Spain, France, and the United States, 1785-1807. Reprint of the 1910 ed. Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, 1969.

Robinson, Willard B. American Forts: Architecture: Form and Function. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1977.

144-315 Rowland, Dunbar, ed. Official Letter Books of W. C. C. Claiborne, 1801-1816. Jackson, Miss.: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1917.

Rowland, Dunbar, and Albert G. Sanders, eds. Mississippi Provincial Archives, 1701-1729: French Dominion. Jackson, Miss.: Press of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1929.

144-316 Swanson, Betsy. Historic Jefferson Parish from Shore to Shore. Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing Co., 1975.

Villiers du Terrage, Marc de. Les derniers années de la Louisiane Française. Paris: Librairie Orientale & Americaine, 1904.

Villiers du Terrage, Marc de. “A History of the Foundation of New Orleans.” Louisiana Historical Quarterly. [19--]

Totten, Joseph G. Report of General J. G. Totten, Chief Engineer, on the Subject of National Defenses. New York: Arno Press, 1979. Reprint.

144-302 Tulane University. Howard-Tilton Library. Unidentified collection, [19--]

144-318 Unidentified source of fragmentary material.

144-319 United States. 24th Congress. 1st Session. Military Affairs. “Statements of the Fortifications, their Garrisons, Steam Batteries etc. . . . “ Washington: Government Printing Office.

United States. Congress. Fragments of House reports and documents, [19--], 1826, 1836, 1851, 1862.

144-320 United States. Office of the Adjutant-General. List of the Military Posts and Stations of the United States, with their Garrisons; and also the Stations of Troops by Companies. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1871.

United States. Office of the Judge Advocate General. United States Military Reservations, National Cemeteries and Military Parks. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1916.

144-321 United States. War Department. Reports of Chief of Engineers. 1867, 1869, 1870-1887, 1895-1896, 1900-1902, 1907-1909, 1911.

144-322 United States. War Department. Reports of the Secretary of War. 1845-1846, 1861, 1869.

144-323 United States. Surgeon General. Reports of the Surgeon General. 1868, 1875.

United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Record of the Union and Confederate Armies. Series III, Vol. I. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899. (Fragment)

144-303 University of California. “The Indian Policy of Carondelet in Spanish Louisiana, 1792-1797.” Excerpt from an unpublished research paper, [19--]

144-317 Wilson, Samuel, Jr. Bienville's New Orleans: A French Colonial Capitol, 1718-1768. New Orleans: Friends of the Cabildo, 1968.

Wilson, Samuel, Jr. “Colonial Fortifications and Military Architecture in the Mississippi Valley.” In John Francis McDermott, ed., The French in the Mississippi Valley. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1965.

Holmes, Jack D. L. “Some French Engineers in Spanish Louisiana.” In John Francis McDermott, ed., The French in the Mississippi Valley. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1965.

Wilson, Samuel, Jr. “Gulf Coast Architecture.” Unknown provenance, [19--]

Wilson, Samuel, Jr. “Ignace François Broutin.” In John Francis McDermott, ed., Frenchman and French Ways in the Mississippi Valley. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1969.

Subseries III.2: Delta fort studies, 1774-1980

144-326 Abbott, John S. C. “Heroic Deeds of Heroic Men.” New Harper's Monthly Magazine 33 (August 1866): 296-309.

144-334 Battery Bienvenue. Documents and serials. March 31, 1829; 1846; 1859; 1860; January 31, 1865; December 15, 1873; June 30, 1892, March, 1980.

144-326 Bragg, Jefferson Davis. Louisiana in the Confederacy. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1941.

144-326 Butler, Benjamin F. Butler's Book. Boston: A. M. Thayer and Co., 1892.

144-335 Camp Parapet. Documents, articles, pamphlets. January 31, 1863; May 3, 1930; 1976; February 7, 1977. See also 144-357.

144-327 De Forest, John William. A Volunteer's Adventures: A Union Captain's Record of the Civil War. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1970. Reprint.

Dixon, Richard R. “Mighty Forts Guarded Approaches to City.” Roosevelt Review 28 (July 1965).

Dufour, Charles L. The Night the War Was Lost. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1960.

144-328 “General Gaines' Letter to the Chamber of Commerce.” Headquarters, Western Division, near New Orleans, La., January 22, 1839. Unknown provenance.

Hammond, John Martin. Quaint and Historic Forts of North America. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1915.

144-324 Historic New Orleans Collection. Laussat Papers. March 16, 1804.

144-328 Kennon, Beverly. “Fighting Farragut Below New Orleans.” Unknown provenance.

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry. Impressions Reflecting New Orleans. Edited by Samuel Wilson, Jr. New York: Columbia University Press, 1951.

144-324 Louisiana State Museum. Louisiana East Delta Sheet, 1891.

144-329 Mahan, Alfred T. Admiral Farragut. New York: Haskell House, 1968. Reprint.

Mahan, Alfred T. The Gulf and Inland Waters. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883.

144-325 Landry, Ernest A. Landry. “The History of Forts Jackson and St. Philip with Special Emphasis on the Civil War Period.” M.A. thesis, Louisiana State University, 1938.

144-329 Meredith, William T. “Farragut's Capture of New Orleans.” Unknown provenance.

144-357 National Archives and Records Service. Camp Parapet. Post Returns, 1862-1866. (Microfilm, Roll No. 898)

144-358 National Archives and Records Service. Fort Jackson, La. Post Returns. December 1830-June 1914. (Microfilm, Rolls numbered 521 and 522.) See also 144-339.

144-359 National Archives and Records Service. Fort Livingston, La. Post Returns. 1864-1866. (Microfilm, Roll No. 639.) See also 144-340.

144-360 National Archives and Records Service. Fort Macomb, La. and Battery Bienvenue Post Returns, 1828-1866. (Microfilm, Roll No. 716.) See also 144-341.

144-361 National Archives and Records Service. Fort Pike, La. Post Returns. 1821-1914. (Microfilm Rolls numbered 1074-1076.) See also 144-344.

144-362 National Archives and Records Service. Fort St. Philip, La. Post Returns. 1821-1914. (Microfilm Rolls Numbered 1074-1076.) See also 144-349.

144-363 National Archives and Records Service. Inspection Reports of the Office of the Inspector General, 1814-1842. (Microfilm, Rolls numbered 1-3).

144-364 National Archives and Records Service. Jackson Barracks Post Returns, 1837-1914. (Microfilm Rolls numbered 524-527.) See also 144-351.

144-365 National Archives and Records Service. Petites Coquilles, La. Post Returns, 1821-1827. (Microfilm, Roll No. 906.) See also 144-343.

144-366 U.S. Corps of Engineers. Reports, 1815-1833. (Microfilm Roll No. 593.)

144-330 “Note Relative to Obstructions Designed by Col. G. T. Beauregard for the Mississippi River at Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip in February 1861.” Louisiana Historical Quarterly 2 (1919).

“One Night's Work, April 20, 1862. . . .” Magazine of American History 15 (March 1886).

“The Opposing Forces in the Operations at New Orleans, La.” Unknown provenance.

Porter, David D. “The Opening of the Lower Mississippi.” In Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1956. Reprint.

144-330 Scharf, J. Thomas. History of the Confederate States Navy. Albany: Joseph McDonough, 1894.

“The Surrender of the Forts.” New Orleans Daily Crescent, April 30, 1862.

144-331 U.S. Senate. 44th Congress. 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 8. “Letter from the Secretary of War.” [Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875 or 1876.]

144-336 U.S. War Dept. “English Turn.” Reference article, 1899.

U.S. War Department. [Fort at Chef Menteur.] See Fort Macomb.

U.S. War Department. [Ft. Beauregard.] See Fort Proctor.

U.S. War Department. [Ft. Bourbon.] See Fort Jackson.

U.S. War Department. Ft. Bourgogne (Burgundy). [Folder empty when received from National Park Service]

U.S. War Department. Ft. Butler. [Folder empty when received from National Park Service]

U.S. War Department. Ft. Darby. [Folder empty when received from National Park Service]

144-337 U.S. War Department. Fort de la Boulaye (Ft. du Mississippi). Reference articles, 1861, 1936-1937, 1944, 1952, 1974, 1977.

144-338 U.S. War Department. Ft. Dupre (Martello Tower, Tower Dupre). Miscellaneous documents and maps, 1842, 1848, 1856, 1860-1861, 1866-1867, 1872-1873, 1875, 1878, 1972.

144-339 U.S. War Department. Ft. Jackson (Ft. Bourbon). Miscellaneous documents and maps, [19--], 1803-1920, 1926. See also Ft. Proctor (Ft. Beauregard).

144-340 U.S. War Department. Ft. Livingston. Miscellaneous documents and maps, 1833, 1838, 1842, 1856-1858, 1860, 1874, 1923, 1974, 1982.

144-341 U.S. War Department. Ft. Macomb (Ft. Wood). Miscellaneous documents and maps, [19--], 1831, 1842, 1846, 1860, 1865-1866, 1890, 1894, 1913, 1969, 1979.

U.S. War Department. [Ft. Martello]. See Ft. Dupre.

144-341 U.S. War Department. [Ft. Massachusetts]. See Fort on Ship Island.

144-342 U.S. War Department. Fort on Ship Island. May 20, 1846.

144-343 U.S. War Department. Ft. Petites Coquilles (Fort Pike, Fort de Rigolets). Profile of Fort, [19--]

144-344 U.S. War Department. Ft. Pike (Ft. Petites Coquilles). Miscellaneous articles, notes, documents, and maps, [19--], 1834, 1848-1860, 1863-1865, 1870, 1888, 1894, 1927, 1979.

U.S. War Department. [Ft. Plaquemines]. See Ft. St. Philip.

144-345 U.S. War Department. Ft. Proctor (Ft. Beauregard, Proctor's Landing, Proctor's Tower). Photographs, maps, and documents, [19--], 1845-1846, 1848, 1855-1858, 1865, 1873, 1892, 1922, 1976, 1978.

144-346 U.S. War Department. Ft. St. Charles. Notation, [19--] See also New Orleans Fortifications.

144-347 U.S. War Department. [Ft. St. Ferdinand]. See New Orleans Fortifications.

144-347 U.S. War Department. Ft. St. John (Spanish Fort, Bayou St. John, Ft. St. Jean). Documents, 1880, 1882.

144-348 U.S. War Department. Ft. St. Leon. Reference material, [19--]; February 28, 1963.

U.S. War Department. Ft. St. Louis (San Luis). [Folder empty when received from the National Park Service]

144-349 U.S. War Department. Ft. St. Philip. Documents, maps, articles, and notations, [19--], 1795, 1804, 1846, 1856, 1865-1867, 1873, 1875-1876, 1885, 1889, 1897-1899, 1904, 1963, 1977-1978.

144-350 U.S. War Department. Ft. San Bernardo. Notation, [19--]

144-351 U.S. War Department. [Ft. Wood]. See Ft. Macomb.

U.S. War Department. Jackson Barracks. Documents and articles, [19--], 1887, 1907, 1910, 1912, 1917-1919, 1972.

144-352 U.S. War Department. La Balize. Documents and articles, [19--] 1774, 1790, 1793, 1927, 1978-1979.

144-353 U.S. War Department. Masonry, Fort Sources. Notation, documents, and articles, [19--], 1746, 1863, 1970, 1973-1975, 1977.

144-354 U.S. War Department. New Orleans Fortifications. Photographs, maps, documents, articles, [n.d.], 1708, 1736, 1744, ca. 1770, 1777-1779, 18814-1842, 1860, 1863, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1898-1899, 1968, 1973.

144-331 U.S. War Department. Office of Adjunct General. General Orders and Circulars. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903.

U.S. War Department. Office of the Quartermaster General. Outline Description of U.S. Military Posts and Stations in the Year 1871. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1872.

144-332 U.S. War Department. Office of the Surgeon General. “A Report on Barracks and Hospitals with a Description of Military Posts.” Washington: Government Printing Office, 1870.

144-356 U.S. War Department. Oversized xerographic copies of drawings of Louisiana forts.

144-355 U.S. War Department. Post Manchac articles, [19--], 1969.

U.S. War Department. [Tower Dupre]. See Ft. Dupre.

144-333 U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Confederate Armies. Series I, II, 1880; VI, 188?, XV, 1886; XVIII, 1904; LIII, [19--]

144-367 Candle mold.

Index Terms

Folklore—Louisiana

Forts—Louisiana

Gertjejansen, Doyle

Greene, Jerome A.

Isleños

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park

Linguistics—Louisiana

Spanish in Louisiana

Tchefuncte pottery

MSS 144 - Jean Lafitte National Historical Park Collection: Inventory