Bayou Lacombe Oral History COLLECTION
(Mss 309)
Inventory
Earl K. Long Library
University of New Orleans
October 2002
Summary
Size: 1 linear foot
Geographic
locations: Bayou Lacombe, St. Tammany Parish, La.
Inclusive dates: 1990-2001
Bulk dates: 1998-2001
Summary: Copies of tapes of interviews with current and former residents of Bayou Lacombe, recorded on thirty-nine (39), sixty-minute audiotape cassettes.
Source: C. Ray Brassieur, Louisiana Regional Folklorist, Louisiana Division of the Arts
Access: No restrictions
Copyright: Physical rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans. The interviews are not accompanied by releases.
Citation: Bayou Lacombe Oral History Collection, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans
Series Description / Container List
The collection consists of thirty-nine, sixty-minute tapes of interviews with current and former residents of Bayou Lacombe. The interviews were conducted at locations in St. Tammany Parish and Washington Parish, Louisiana, and Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. A complete list of the tapes, including their location, date, participants, and subjects follows in Appendix A.
Box 1
Tapes TA-01 – TA-20
Box 2
Tapes TA-21 – TA-39
Appendix A: List of Interviews
Information on the following interviews was taken from the labels on each cassette. The tape numbers are those assigned by the original project. Date refers to the date the interview was conducted.
Tape Number TA-01
Related Tape
Date 1990
Location Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel, Lacombe
Participants Fr. Brand; Fr. Hugh Baumann; Mary Couret; Alice Buckley
Subjects Fr. Balay; Fr. Rouquette; Louisiana Open House Series
Notes No month and day shown on tape
Tape Number TA-02
Related Tape
Date 6/11/1990
Location Bayou Lacombe Rural Museum
Participants A. J. DeBourg; Mary Couret; Esther Mohr; Alice Buckley; Thelma DuRoche
Subjects Establishment of Conventional Local History; Louisiana Open House Series
Notes
Tape Number TA-03
Related Tape TA-02
Date
Location
Participants
Subjects
Notes Duplicate of TA-02
Tape Number TA-04
Related Tape TA-06
Date 9/9/1990
Location Bayou Lacombe Rural Museum; Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine
Participants Alice Buckley; Fr. Hugh Baumann; Mary
Subjects Fr. Frances Balay; Louisiana Open House
Notes
Tape Number TA-05
Related Tape TA-04
Date
Location
Participants
Subjects
Notes Duplicate of TA-04
Tape Number TA-06
Related Tape TA-04
Date 9/9/1990
Location Bayou Lacombe Rural Museum; Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine
Participants Alice Buckley; Fr. Hugh Baumann; Mary
Subjects Fr. Frances Balay; Louisiana Open House
Notes Tape 2 of 2
Tape Number TA-07
Related Tape
Date 10/14/1990
Location
Participants Witham Laurent; Thomas Laurent; Peter
Subjects
Notes
Tape Number TA-08
Related Tape
Date 1/13/1995
Location
Participants Gladys Kinler; Camille Voss
Subjects Lacombe history; Bayou Lacombe bicentennial celebration
Notes
Tape Number TA-09
Related Tape
Date 3/1/1997
Location
Participants Josephine Menard Miltenberger
Subjects Lacombe history
Notes
Tape Number TA-10
Related Tape TA-11
Date 1998
Location Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine (?); Rene Beverly’s house, Mandeville
Participants Rene Beverly; Chuck DuMolin
Subjects
Notes No month and day shown on tape; Tape 1 of 2
Tape Number TA-11
Related Tape TA-10
Date 1998
Location Rene Beverly’s house, Mandeville
Participants Rene Beverly; Chuck DuMolin
Subjects Family history
Notes No month and day shown on tape; Tape 2 of 2
Tape Number TA-12
Related Tape TA-13
Date 1998
Location
Participants Greg Casmus (interviewer); Tom Aicklen (interviewee)
Subjects Fr. Rouquette
Notes No month and day shown on tape; Tape 1 of 2
Tape Number TA-13
Related Tape TA-12
Date 1998
Location
Participants Greg Casmus (interviewer); Tom Aicklen (interviewee)
Subjects Fr. Rouquette
Notes No month and day shown on tape; Tape 2 of 2
Tape Number TA-14
Related Tape
Date 5/7/1998
Location Viola Prevost’s house & Thomas Laurent’s home, Lacombe
Participants Viola Prevost; Peter Cousin; Thomas Laurent
Subjects Creoles; Family heritage; Fr. Balay, Lourdes Shrine
Notes
Tape Number TA-15
Related Tape
Date 6/3/1998
Location St. Joseph’s Abby, Covington
Participants Fr. Hugh Baumann
Subjects Diamond Jubilee of Lourdes Shrine
Notes
Tape Number TA-16
Related Tape TA-17
Date 12/3/1999
Location Peter Cousin’s home, Lacombe
Participants Peter Cousin
Subjects Library of Congress “Local Legacies” project
Notes Tape 1 of 2
Tape Number TA-17
Related Tape TA-16;
Date 12/3/1999
Location Peter Cousin’s home & Jack Batiste’s home, Lacombe
Participants Peter Cousin; Jack Batiste
Subjects “Local Legacies” project
Notes Tape 2 of 2; Tape 1 of 2
Tape Number TA-18
Related Tape TA-17
Date 12/4/1999
Location Jack Batiste’s home, Lacombe
Participants Jack Batiste
Subjects “Local Legacies” project
Notes Tape 2 of 2
Tape Number TA-19
Related Tape
Date 12/10/1999
Location Sam & Mary Beulah Cousin’s home; Clara Sylve Ordone’s home, Lacombe
Participants Sam Cousin; Mary Beulah Cousin; Clara Sylve Ordone
Subjects “Local Legacies” project
Notes
Tape Number TA-20
Related Tape
Date 12/10/19
Location
Participants Lydia Atlow Batiste
Subjects “Local Legacies” project
Notes
Tape Number TA-21
Related Tape
Date 12/12/1999
Location Lacombe
Participants Shelton LaFrere, Sr.
Subjects “Local Legacies” project
Notes
Tape Number TA-22
Related Tape TA-23
Date 12/29/1999
Location Sal & Judy’s Restaurant; Cliff & Connie Glockner’s home, Lacombe
Participants Salvador Impastato; Cliff Glockner; Connie Glockner
Subjects “Local Legacies” project; Lake Pontchartrain
Notes Tape 1 of 2; Also 12/30/1999
Tape Number TA-23
Related Tape TA-22
Date 12/30/1999
Location Cliff & Connie Glockner’s home, Big Branch Marsh, Lacombe
Participants Cliff Glockner; Connie Glockner
Subjects “Local Legacies” project; Lake Pontchartrain, “Save Our Lake” campaign
Notes Tape 2 of 2
Tape Number TA-24
Related Tape TA-25
Date 7/22/2000
Location St. Augustine Church, Cane River
Participants
Subjects Metoyer Family Reunion
Notes Tape 1 of 2
Tape Number TA-25
Related Tape TA-24
Date 7/22/2000
Location St. Augustine Church, Cane River
Participants
Subjects Metoyer Family Reunion
Notes Tape 2 of 2
Tape Number TA-26
Related Tape TA-27
Date 2/3/2001
Location Al Burn’s home, Abita Springs; Willie Maylie’s home, Mandeville
Participants Albert G. Burns; Willie Maylie
Subjects “Lacombe Creole Heritage” project
Notes Tape 1 of 2; Also 2/20/2001
Tape Number TA-27
Related Tape TA-26
Date 2/20/2001
Location Willie Maylie’s home, Mandeville
Participants Willie Maylie
Subjects “Lacombe Creole Heritage” project
Notes Tape 2 of 2
Tape Number TA-28
Related Tape
Date 2/24/2001
Location Mandeville Parish Complex
Participants Chief Warhorse
Subjects “Lacombe Creole Heritage” project
Notes
Tape Number TA-29
Related Tape
Date 2/27/2001
Location
Participants Dr. Chris Michaelides
Subjects “Lacombe Creole Heritage” project; Fr.
Notes
Tape Number TA-30
Related Tape
Date 4/XX/2001
Location North Lake Nature Center, Lacombe
Participants Larry Burch; Walter Clifton; Jason Ecquyer
Subjects “Lacombe Creole Heritage” project
Notes No day shown on tape
Tape Number TA-31
Related Tape TA-32
Date 4/3/2001
Location Bill Aicklen’s home, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Participants William Albert Aicklen
Subjects “Lacombe Creole Heritage” project
Notes Tape 1 of 2
Tape Number TA-32
Related Tape TA-31
Date 4/3/2001
Location Bill Aicklen’s home, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Participants William Albert Aicklen
Subjects “Lacombe Creole Heritage” project
Notes Tape 2 of 2
Tape Number TA-33
Related Tape TA-34
Date 4/7/2001
Location Cassidy Park, Bogalusa
Participants Flute Keepers; Tdom Boh Tdoem Kyee; Wilene Thompson; Nadine (?); Creasie Heart
Subjects “Lacombe Creole Heritage” project; Honor the Ancestors Pow Wow
Notes Tape 1 of 2
Tape Number TA-34
Related Tape TA-33
Date 4/7/2001
Location Cassidy Park, Bogalusa
Participants Frank Coolidge; Sherri Coolidge; Broken Eagle; Danny Johnson
Subjects “Lacombe Creole Heritage” project; Honor the Ancestors Pow Wow
Notes Tape 2 of 2
Tape Number TA-35
Related Tape
Date 4/27/2001
Location St. Stanislaus College, Bay St. Louis; Lacombe Park
Participants Monroe Cuevas
Subjects “Lacombe Creole Heritage” project; Living Word Assembly picnic
Notes Also 4/5/2001
Tape Number TA-36
Related Tape TA-37
Date 5/17/2001
Location Baton Rouge
Participants Lillian Beverly
Subjects “Lacombe Creole Heritage” project
Notes Tape 1 of 2
Tape Number TA-37
Related Tape TA-36
Date 5/17/2001
Location Baton Rouge
Participants Lillian Beverly
Subjects “Lacombe Creole Heritage” project
Notes Tape 2 of 2
Tape Number TA-38
Related Tape TA-39
Date 7/16/2001
Location Lacombe
Participants Harvey E. Sbisa
Subjects “Lacombe Creole Heritage” project
Notes Tape 1 of 2
Tape Number TA-39
Related Tape TA-38
Date 7/16/2001
Location Lacombe
Participants Harvey E. Sbisa
Subjects “Lacombe Creole Heritage” project
Notes Tape 2 of 2
Index Terms
Bayou Lacombe, La.
Folklore—Louisiana
St. Tammany, La.