Arnaud-Edwards, Seola (1913-1977). Collection, 1950s-1960s, 1999
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of all the negatives, positive prints, and identification of each photograph. A copy of the finished product is also included in this collection.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard (Seola) Edwards of The Woodlands, Texas donated the collection, which was delivered by Dr. Florent Hardy of the Louisiana State Archives.
Dates
- 1950s-1960s, 1999
Creator
- Arnaud-Edwards, Seola (Seola Arnaud-Edwards), 1913-1977 (Person)
- Bernard, Daniel L., Rev. (Rev. Daniel L. Bernard) (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Seola Arnaud-Edwards was a native of Arnaudville, Louisiana. She compiled and published a book of photographs taken by the Rev. Daniel L. Bernard, former Pastor of St. Francis Regis Catholic Church in Arnaudville.
Father Bernard, a native of Broussard, came to Arnaudville in 1938 when he was named assistant pastor at the Church. In 1944 he was named Pastor. He was an avid amateur photographer. In the 1950s and 1960s, he trained his lens on parishioners getting baptized, celebrating Christmas, staging plays, holding Mardi Gras balls, making first communion, singing in the choir, performing weddings, and much more. After his death, the photographs were preserved and assembled by Ms. Arnaud-Edwards into Father Bernard’s Parish Album, which was published in 1999.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet (2.5 feet of materials contained in 3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Seola Arnaud-Edwards Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 12/10/2018
- 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