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Swamp pop music

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Allan, Johnnie (1938- ). Papers, 1958-2012, n.d.

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0314
Scope and Contents This collection consists of correspondence, articles, periodical issues, and ephemera on Johnnie Allan. All material in this collection has been digitized except for the correspondence. Digital copies are available with the collection.The Cajun and Creole Music Collection houses a complete collection of his commercial recordings and his photograph collection used in the production of his book "Memories." The Center for Louisiana Studies Image database holds digital versions of...
Dates: 1958-2012, n.d.

Bernard, Rod (1940-2020). Collection, 1956-2022

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0478
Scope and Contents

This collection contains material related to Rod Bernard’s music, radio, and television career, including articles, song sets, lyrics, photographs, and scrapbooks. The materials were donated by his children, Shane K. Bernard and Shannon Bernard Bourg.

Dates: 1956-2022

Bernard, Shane K. (1967- ). Collection, 1907, 1950s-2022, n.d.

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0181
Scope and Contents This collection contains mostly material on swamp pop music gathered initially as research for his M.A. thesis. It contains correspondence, photographs, magazine and newspaper articles, flyers, promotional materials, notes, and miscellaneous materials. Also, the collection contains material on CODOFIL, Cajun music, and Louisiana history. Included are photocopies of handwritten Civil War letters from various soldiers. These were given to Dr. Bernard by fellow New Iberia resident Bill...
Dates: 1907, 1950s-2018, n.d.

Malcolm L. Comeaux and Lauren C. Post Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CCMC-ARCH-COLL-0007
Scope and Contents This collection contains commercial audio recordings from the personal record collections of Malcolm L. Comeaux and his cousin, the late Lauren C. Post, geographers, authors, and researchers of Louisiana Acadian and Cajun cultures. Some of the recordings were given to Comeaux by Post. Musical genres and styles in the collection include Cajun, Creole, swamp pop, zydeco, country, western swing, and folk music. Also included are a number of commercial recordings of Cajun humor and tales. Rare...
Dates: 1928-2003

Darby, Huey P. ( - ). Papers, 1958-1965

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-MSS-0143
Scope and Contents

Contains the diary of Huey P. Darby, a swamp pop musician with the bands Randy & The Rockets and Rod Bernard & The Twisters from September 1961 to March 1965. There are also additional notes on performances from May 1968 to September 1961. Photocopied. Donated by Shane K. Bernard, courtesy of Huey P. Darby.

Dates: 1958-1965

Jerry Embree Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CCMC-ARCH-COLL-0010
Scope and Contents This collection consists of digital audio recordings of radio program transcriptions and accompanying reference materials for two programs created and produced by musician and producer, Jerry Embree: “The Creole Gumbo Radio Show” (1992 and 1993) and “South to Louisiana! A Cajun and Zydeco Music Show, Hosted by Michael Doucet” (1995 and 1996). The audio materials include original production and broadcast recordings on digital audio tape, and digital preservation transfers and access copies...
Dates: 1992-1996, 2007-2009

Nick Spitzer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CCMC-ARCH-COLL-0009
Scope and Contents This collection consists of audio sound recordings, textual and promotional materials, photographs, and other creative works and publications by or about folklorist, scholar, and producer Nick Spitzer. In September 2005, after Hurricane Katrina, American Routes creator and host, Nick Spitzer, along with staff of the national public radio program, relocated to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Seven radio broadcast episodes of "After the Storm" were produced in Lafayette with local...
Dates: 1992-1995, 2005-2006, 2016

Vidrine, Lionel J. "Chick" (1928-1994). Collection, 1974-1992, n.d.

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0431
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of band contracts between the club and band, financial records, correspondence, flyers, and much more.

Dates: 1974-1992, n.d.