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Arnaud-Edwards, Seola (1913-1977). Collection, 1950s-1960s, 1999

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0257

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

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
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository

Contact:
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031