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Reel 1

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Contains 2 Results:

Volume 1: A scrapbook of newspaper clippings, post cards, and handwritten notes about her trip to Novia Scotia as ‘Evangeline” representing St. Martinville, 1930

 Item — Reel: 1, Object: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Two scrapbooks: one entitled “My Trip to Novia Scotia”. Mrs. Dessens was part of a group from Acadiana who left on August 13, 1930 to visit Novia Scotia. The group was going to attend the “Celebration of the 175th anniversary of the Acadians Exile.” They returned to Acadiana on August 29, 1930.Volume 1 is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes pertaining to her trip. Volume 2 is a miscellaneous collection on the Evangeline tradition in St....
Dates: Other: 1930

Volume 2: Newspaper clippings, postcards, letters, pamphlets, etc. about the Evangeline tradition in St. Martinville, making of the movie, Evangeline, etc., 1920s

 Item — Reel: 1, Object: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Two scrapbooks: one entitled “My Trip to Novia Scotia”. Mrs. Dessens was part of a group from Acadiana who left on August 13, 1930 to visit Novia Scotia. The group was going to attend the “Celebration of the 175th anniversary of the Acadians Exile.” They returned to Acadiana on August 29, 1930.Volume 1 is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes pertaining to her trip. Volume 2 is a miscellaneous collection on the Evangeline tradition in St....
Dates: Other: 1920s