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Fr. Jules Daigle & Dr. David Barry Interview (1982)

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Details

Collection:LPB

Genre: French

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1982-05-02

Duration: 00:28:21

Subjects: French language | Cajun French dialect

Contributors:

  • Fontenot, James Host
  • Daigle, Jules Interviewee
  • Barry, David Interviewee

Description

This episode of the series “En Francais” from May 2, 1982, features James Fontenot’s interview with Father Jules Daigle of Welsh, Louisiana, and Dr. David Barry, a French professor at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette. They discuss their collaboration on a Cajun French dictionary. This episode was preserved through a 2018 CLIR Recordings at Risk Grant.