Bayou State Periodical Index (BSPI). Collection, 1985-2005, n.d.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of worksheets, publications, correspondence, financial records, and thesauri.
Donated by Jean S. Kiesel.
Dates
- 1985-2005, n.d.
Creator
- Bayou State Periodical Index (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Series B: Financial Records (Box 1: Folders 18 through 30 and Box 5: Folder 1 through 5) are restricted.
Biographical / Historical
The Bayou State Periodical Index is a subject index to articles in nearly ninety Louisiana periodicals published between 1958 to the present. Jean S. Kiesel, former Louisiana Room Librarian/Reference Archivist at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, began this project in 1985. She served as editor from 1985 until her retirement in 2017. Heather Plaisance, Head of Reference of Edith Garland Dupré Library at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, is the current editor.
The database can be searched by keyword, subject heading, author or title. It is sponsored by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the Louisiana Library Association.
Extent
3.208333 Linear Feet (3 feet and 2.5 inches of materials contained in 5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Source
- Title
- Bayou State Periodical Index (BSPI) Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 12/07/2018
- 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