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...

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This collection consists of mostly CODOFIL Office Records, which includes correspondence, meeting agendas, photographs, press releases, news clippings, reports, etc. There are scrapbooks that contain photographs and newspaper clippings from 1966 thru 2001. These are also photographs of the 25th anniversary of CODOFIL and scholarship applications from 1990-2005.

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This collection consists of three films on CODOFIL and other material. These are handmade and contain taped interviews. The master film is at Pan American Films. The copyright is owned by Lafayette Natural History Museum.

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This collection contains files of Perrin’s correspondence with foreign governments, testimonies from Acadian descendants, numerous speeches and newspaper articles, and the Official Proclamation by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of England recognizing the injustice done to the French Neutrals (The Acadians) in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia from 1755 through 1763, commonly known as the Grand Dérangement.

Mr. Warren Perrin donated this collection.

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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.