Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials belonging to and collected by Ms. Boutte over the years. Subjects include Cajun music and dance, festivals, plants and gardening, and Louisiana history. Much of the collection contains material related to Belizaire the Cajun.

Phyllis Boutte donated the collection.

Scope and Contents The collection contains A.J. LeBlanc’s personal and professional papers, photographs, newsclippings, audio/audiovisual music collection, correspondence, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous artifacts. Primary topic coverage includes LeBlanc’s involvement with Acadian Village, the programs he created, and his promotion of tourism throughout Acadiana. Other topics covered include: Acadian genealogy; “Central Acadiana Tourism” (website and organization); Belizaire the Cajun (film); Acadian Odyssey...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of extras’ contracts, director’s notes, script drafts, photographs, and promotional material all pertaining to Glen Pitre’s movie "Belizaire the Cajun". It includes numerous drafts of the script, including a portion of a draft in French, and handwritten pieces of drafts. The film used mostly local Acadiana talent for work as extras. There are also director’s notes on camera angles, as well as hand drawn set maps. Media coverage of Glen Pitre and "Belizaire the Cajun"...