Mardi Gras. Collection, 1939, 1953-2012, n.d.
Scope and Contents
The Mardi Gras Collection contains information on mainly two organizations: the Lafayette Town House-Order of Troubadours and the Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Association. There are pageant programs for both of these organizations. Other items of the Order of Troubadours include notebooks containing publicity, pageant scripts, invitations, and photographs. There are seven scrapbooks, which contain pageant programs, invitations, newspaper clippings, photographs, souvenirs, etc. The collection also includes material and artifacts about other organizations such as the Krewe of Attakapas, Krewe of Oberon, Brigands de Lafitte, and LGBTQ+ organizations such as the Krewes of Armeinius, Petronius, and Apollo.
Lyle Williams, Mario Mamalakis, and others donated this collection.
Dates
- 1939, 1953-2012, n.d.
Extent
13.8333 Linear Feet (13 feet and 10 inches of materials contained in 13 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Source
- Title
- Mardi Gras Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 11/08/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- 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