Volume 1: A scrapbook of newspaper clippings, post cards, and handwritten notes about her trip to Novia Scotia as ‘Evangeline” representing St. Martinville, 1930
Scope and Contents
Two scrapbooks: one entitled “My Trip to Novia Scotia”. Mrs. Dessens was part of a group from Acadiana who left on August 13, 1930 to visit Novia Scotia. The group was going to attend the “Celebration of the 175th anniversary of the Acadians Exile.” They returned to Acadiana on August 29, 1930.
Volume 1 is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes pertaining to her trip.
Volume 2 is a miscellaneous collection on the Evangeline tradition in St. Martinville, Louisiana, and on the making of the movie, Evangeline, starring Delores Del Rio, much of which was filmed in St. Martinville.
Mrs. Dessens loaned the scrapbooks to the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection with permission to microfilm for the collection.
Dates
- Other: 1930
Creator
- From the Collection: Dessens, Mildred L. (Mildred L. Dessens) (Person)
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Reels (1 35 mm reel of microfilm)
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