Acadian Village: Cajun Bands (edited), Featuring: 1) Sundown Playboys, Evangeline Special, and Iry LeJeune; 2) Blackie Forester, Lacassine Special, Iry LeJeune, and LA Aces; 3) Cajun Five, Creole Stomp, and Joe Falcon; 4) Di La Di Lo and Clement Bro; 5) Branch Playboys, and Iry LeJeune, n.d.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains A.J. LeBlanc’s personal and professional papers, photographs, newsclippings, audio/audiovisual music collection, correspondence, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous artifacts. Primary topic coverage includes LeBlanc’s involvement with Acadian Village, the programs he created, and his promotion of tourism throughout Acadiana. Other topics covered include: Acadian genealogy; “Central Acadiana Tourism” (website and organization); Belizaire the Cajun (film); Acadian Odyssey Knit (Tourism program); Lafayette Bicentennial Celebration; Marquis de Lafayette Bicentennial celebration; Acadian/Cajun and Creole, Zydeco, and swamp pop music and musicians; and miscellaneous information about local history and culture.
Dates
- Other: n.d.
Creator
- From the Collection: LeBlanc, Antoine J. “A.J.” (Antoine J. “A.J.” LeBlanc), 1929-2018 (Person)
Extent
From the Collection: 13 Linear Feet (13 feet of materials contained in 13 boxes and 4 oversized laminates)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu