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Rodgers, Raymond S. (1935-2007). Collection, 1966-1972, n.d.

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0229

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of materials dealing with CODOFIL and French in Louisiana. Included are his writings and correspondence, organization minutes, by-laws, publications, and reports dealing with French in Louisiana. His paper entitled "Political Economy Aspects of the Survival of French in Louisiana" was given at Louisiana Academy of Sciences.

Raymond S. Rodgers donated this collection.

Dates

  • 1935-2007

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Raymond Spencer Rodgers was born in Great Britain and spent most of his adult life in Canada. He received his doctorate in public law from Columbia University. In 1966 he began teaching political science at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), where he became involved in the movement to save the Cajun French dialect which was in danger of being lost. He was appointed by Governor John McKeithen to map out the Quebec-Louisiana Cultural Agreement, and was appointed a member of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL) by its first President, James R. Domingeaux. Rodgers left Louisiana in 1968 to teach at the University of Winnipeg. He died in 2007.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 foot of materials contained in 4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Title
Raymond S. Rodgers Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Zack Stein
Date
10/11/2018
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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