Scope and Content NoteMaterials include interviews recorded on cassettes, a field report, survey forms, photographs, project proposal, release forms, fliers, research articles, and clippings. Additionally there are promotional materials for and a DVD of a Laotian New Year celebration. Digital materials include 581 JPEGs, recordings of interviews in WAV and MP3 formats, and a copy of the video of the New Year's celebration (VOB).
The following is a list of the audio recordings included in this sub-series in order of tape number:
1752. Laotian Community Meeting, 02/04/2007
1753. Choune Phommasaeng, 03/11/2007
1754. Somvaang Somemangkshala, 03/11/2007
1755. Bouasone Ounechith, 03/18/2007
1756. Bounmy Liamkeo, 03/18/2007
1757. Douang Rajapho, 03/18/2007
1758. Chanthlay Lauangsuphon, 03/18/2007
1759. Khamsone Phoumyley, 03/18/2007
1760. Vihoureth Rajpho, 03/18/2007
Administrative/Biographical History ElementDocumentation of the Laotian immigrant community in Lanexang Village in northern Iberia Parish. Conducted by Dr. Hardy Jones, Jr., this project took place in 2007 over 13 weeks. Jones documented activities at Wat Thammarattanaram in Lanexang Village through interviews and photographs including community meetings, a festival, beauty pageant, and parade. Dr Jones' subsequent
article based on this research may be found on the
New Populations page of the Louisiana Folklife Program website.
System of Arrangement
Materials may be found in the following series within the Louisana Folklife Program Project Files:
General NoteCollection is available for review at LSU Libraries Special Collections,
Hill Memorial Library, Baton Rouge, La.
