UL Archives may be Acadiana's attic

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What do these things have in common? The original drawing of Clovis Crawfish, legal documents from Great Britain written on sheepskin, a L'il Abner cartoon depicting Ambassador Jefferson Caffery, hundreds of documents dealing with the rice industry, Ernest Gaines' typewriters, papers relating to the Ku Klux Klan, and the catechism used by the young girl who was cured in the miracle of Grand Coteau. The answer is that all of them are housed in the UL Archives, a treasure trove of documents and photographs and artifacts that are connected to the history and culture of Acadiana. The archives, on the third floor of the Edith Garland Dupre Library on the UL campus, house millions of documents ranging from family diaries to business records, to one-of-a-kind historical records - and is always looking for more, provided there is some connection to South Louisiana. I. Bruce Turner, director of the archives, says he wants documents that reflect the full spectrum of life here. The rest of the story Jim Bradshaw jbradshaw@theadvertiser.com

[Pirogue]

Brad kemp, a photographer from the daily Advertiser for 20+years... has boxes and boxes of negatives that he said he wished he could give to the library and have it archived... it would include a pretty comprehensive record of UL sports as well as the city of Lafayette that spans at least 3 different decades

[cjr3888]

I would definately pay to see those