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Legal documents related to sale or purchase of Lafayette newspapers, the Advertiser, the Progress, and the Democrat. Photocopies. Donated by Catherine Hazel Alpha, 1990.

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This collection contains Mr. Baudouin’s personal papers, which are divided into two major series: personal files and working files. The personal files include certificates, correspondence, notes, postcards, and some education material. The working files include his writings, materials on education and politics, photographs, and audiovisual materials.

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“Bec Doux” was a weekly newspaper comic strip written in Cajun French. The strip was co-written by Ken Meaux (art) and Early Comeaux (text). It was published for the first time in The Kaplan Herald in August 1969 and ran on a weekly basis for over twenty years. The collection includes photographs of Meaux and Comeaux, as well as the artwork for the comic strips.

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This collection contains historical items that Mr. Bethard collected over the years. Items include newspaper articles, brochures, certificates, school items, and other miscellaneous materials.

Al Bethard donated the collection.

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This collection contains the writings of Alton Broussard. The first volume is the entire "Lafayette Guide" newspaper. The two scrapbooks contain his articles from other newspapers, such as the "Daily Advertiser." The list of “Points of Interests in the 'Lafayette Guide'” were compiled by Sam Broussard.

Alton Broussard’s children, Mary Perrin, Sam, and Alton “Skip” II, and his son-in-law, Warren Perrin, donated this collection.

Scope and Contents This collection includes numerous articles written by Mrs. Craig, as well as articles about her numerous civic engagements. Also included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and personal documents related to the life and work of Myrta Fair Craig. In addition to running a local newspaper, Mrs. Craig was responsible for the creation of the Rayne Frog Festival and had served as the festival’s grand marshal. The collection makes clear her important role in the history of Rayne...

Scope and Contents This collection contains files of many photographic prints which appeared in "The Daily Advertiser" dealing with local subjects. The collection is strong in news photographs but does not include sports or society subjects. It contains many supplied photographs, including some from the USL (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette) Office of Public Relations/News Services.The collection is arranged as much as possible by date of publication. Most folders include a guide to...

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This collection contains a large number of photographs and printed material on the cultivation and manufacturing of rice. Many of the photographs show rice farming, irrigation, equipment, and milling in the Crowley, Louisiana region. Most of the photographs are copy prints. The Barnett Studio of Crowley took many of the photographs. There are also newspapers including the "Golden Jubilee" edition of the "Crowley Signal", publications, pamphlets, and other printed material.

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Almost everything in the collection is a photocopy of either publications or documents from the Kurtz Collection at the Louisiana Research Library, Tulane University. There is also a framed portrait of M. Gentil.

Mrs. Olympe (Mrs. William) Butcher of Lafayette gathered the material and donated it to UAAMC.

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This collection consists of teacher’s notes, certificates, correspondence, and scrapbooks of mainly news clippings.