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| Mardi Gras Collection | ||||||||||||
| Collection 80 Mardi Gras Collection, 1953- 12 ft. 5 in. |
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| The Mardi Gras Collection contains information on mainly two organizations: the Lafayette Town House-Order of Troubadours and the Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Association. There are pageant programs for both of these organizations. Other items on the Order of Troubadours includes notebooks containing publicity, pageant scripts, invitations, and photographs. There are seven scrapbooks which contain pageant programs, invitations, newspaper clippings, photographs, souvenirs, etc. The collection also includes material about other organizations such as the Krewe of Attakapas, Krewe of Oberon, Brigands de Lafitte, etc. Donated by Lyle Williams, Mario Mamalakis, and others. |
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| Series | ||||||||||||
| A. | Lafayette Town House - Order of Troubadors [LTH] | |||||||||||
| 1. | History | 1-01 | ||||||||||
| 2. | Pageant Programs | 1-02 through 3-08 | ||||||||||
| 3. | Publicity/Scripts | 3-09 through 7-08 | ||||||||||
| 4. | Costume Sketches | 7-09 | ||||||||||
| 5. | Photographs | |||||||||||
| a. | Dated | 7-10 through 9-05 | ||||||||||
| b. | Undated | 9-06 through 10-04 | ||||||||||
| 6. | Scrapbooks | Box 11 through 17 | ||||||||||
| B. | Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Association [SWLMGA] | |||||||||||
| 1. | Pageant Programs | 18-01 through 19-09 | ||||||||||
| 2. | Miscellaneous | 19-10 | ||||||||||
| C. | Programs Arranged by Year | |||||||||||
| 1. | LTH and SWLMGA | 19-11 through 21-05 | ||||||||||
| D. | Other Organizations | |||||||||||
| Inventory | ||||||||||||
| A. | Lafayette Town House [LTH] - Order of Troubadors | |||||||||||
| 1-01 | Material on LTH and Order of Troubadors | |||||||||||
| includes: Lyle Williams, "A Brief Look at the Town Balls, 1953-1968." 72 pp, typescript; list of royalty material on LTH: clippings; photographs; legal documents related to Spanish Lake Club. |
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| 1-02 | LTH Pageant program, 1953 | |||||||||||
| 1-03 | Pageant program, 1954 | |||||||||||
| 1-04 | Pageant program, 1955 | |||||||||||
| 1-05 | Pageant program, 1956 | |||||||||||
| 1-06 | Pageant program, 1957 | |||||||||||
| 1-07 | Pageant program, 1958 | |||||||||||
| 1-08 | Pageant program, 1959 | |||||||||||
| 1-09 | Pageant program, 1960 | |||||||||||
| 1-10 | Pageant program, 1961 | |||||||||||
| 1-11 | Pageant program, 1962 | |||||||||||
| 1-12 | Pageant program, 1963 | |||||||||||
| 1-13 | Pageant program, 1963 | |||||||||||
| 1-14 | Pageant program, 1964 | |||||||||||
| 1-15 | Pageant program, 1965 | |||||||||||
| 1-16 | Pageant program, 1966 | |||||||||||
| 1-17 | Pageant program, 1967 | |||||||||||
| 2-01 | Pageant program, 1968 | |||||||||||
| 2-02 | Pageant program, 1969 | |||||||||||
| 2-03 | Pageant program, 1970 | |||||||||||
| 2-04 | Pageant program, 1971 | |||||||||||
| 2-05 | Pageant program, 1972 | |||||||||||
| 2-06 | Pageant program, 1973 | |||||||||||
| 2-07 | Pageant program, 1974 | |||||||||||
| 2-08 | Pageant program, 1975 | |||||||||||
| 2-09 | Pageant program, 1976 | |||||||||||
| 2-10 | Pageant program, 1977 | |||||||||||
| 2-11 | Pageant program, 1978 | |||||||||||
| 2-12 | Pageant program, 1979 | |||||||||||
| 2-13 | Pageant program, 1980 | |||||||||||
| 2-14 | Pageant program, 1981 | |||||||||||
| 3-01 | Pageant program, 1982 | |||||||||||
| 3-02 | Pageant program, 1983 | |||||||||||
| 3-03 | Pageant program, 1984 | |||||||||||
| 3-04 | Pageant program, 1985 | |||||||||||
| 3-05 | Pageant program, 1986 | |||||||||||
| 3-06 | Pageant program, 1987 | |||||||||||
| 3-07 | Pageant program, 1988 | |||||||||||
| 3-08 | Pageant program, 1990 | |||||||||||
| A. | LTH - Order of Troubadours: Publicity/Scripts | |||||||||||
| 3-09 | Publicity/scripts, 1954 | |||||||||||
| 3-10 | Publicity/scripts, 1955 | |||||||||||
| 3-11 | Publicity/scripts, 1956 | |||||||||||
| 3-12 | Publicity/scripts, 1956 | |||||||||||
| 4-01 | Publicity/scripts, 1957 | |||||||||||
| 4-02 | Publicity/scripts, 1958 | |||||||||||
| 4-03 | Publicity/scripts, 1959 | |||||||||||
| 4-04 | Publicity/scripts, 1960 | |||||||||||
| 4-05 | Publicity/scripts, 1961 | |||||||||||
| 4-06 | Publicity/scripts, 1961 | |||||||||||
| 5-01 | Publicity/scripts, 1962 | |||||||||||
| 5-02 | Publicity/scripts, 1962 | |||||||||||
| 5-03 | Publicity/scripts, 1969 | |||||||||||
| 5-04 | Publicity/scripts, 1970 | |||||||||||
| 5-05 | Publicity/scripts, 1970 | |||||||||||
| 5-06 | Publicity/scripts, 1970 | |||||||||||
| 5-07 | Publicity/scripts, 1971 | |||||||||||
| 5-08 | Publicity/scripts, 1972 | |||||||||||
| 5-09 | Publicity/scripts, 1972 | |||||||||||
| 6-01 | Publicity/scripts, 1973 | |||||||||||
| 6-02 | Publicity/scripts, 1973 | |||||||||||
| 6-03 | Publicity/scripts, 1974 | |||||||||||
| 6-04 | Publicity/scripts, 1974 | |||||||||||
| 6-05 | Publicity/scripts, 1975 | |||||||||||
| 6-06 | Publicity/scripts, 1975 | |||||||||||
| 6-07 | Publicity/scripts, 1976 | |||||||||||
| 6-08 | Publicity/scripts, 1976 | |||||||||||
| 6-09 | Publicity/scripts, 1977 | |||||||||||
| 6-10 | Publicity/scripts, 1977 | |||||||||||
| 6-11 | Publicity/scripts, 1978 | |||||||||||
| 7-01 | Publicity/scripts, 1979 | |||||||||||
| 7-02 | Publicity/scripts, 1980 | |||||||||||
| 7-03 | Publicity/scripts, 1981 | |||||||||||
| 7-04 | Publicity/scripts, 1982 | |||||||||||
| 7-05 | Publicity/scripts, 1983 | |||||||||||
| 7-06 | Publicity/scripts, 1984 | |||||||||||
| 7-07 | Publicity/scripts, 1985 | |||||||||||
| 7-08 | Publicity/scripts, 1986 | |||||||||||
| A. | LTH - Order of Troubadours: Costume Sketches | |||||||||||
| 7-09 | LTH Costume Sketches, 1970 | |||||||||||
| A. | LTH - Order of Troubadours: Photographs - Dated | |||||||||||
| 7-10 | Photographs, 1960 | |||||||||||
| 7-11 | Photographs, 1961 | |||||||||||
| 8-01 | Photographs, 1967 | |||||||||||
| 8-02 | Photographs, 1968 | |||||||||||
| 8-03 | Photographs, 1969 | |||||||||||
| 8-04 | Photographs, 1969 | |||||||||||
| 8-05 | Photographs, 1970 | |||||||||||
| 8-06 | Photographs, 1971 | |||||||||||
| 8-07 | Photographs, 1972 | |||||||||||
| 8-08 | Photographs, 1973 | |||||||||||
| 9-01 | Photographs, 1974 | |||||||||||
| 9-02 | Photographs, 1975 | |||||||||||
| 9-03 | Photographs, 1976 | |||||||||||
| 9-04 | Photographs, 1977 | |||||||||||
| 9-05 | Photographs, 1978 | |||||||||||
| A. | LTH - Order of Troubadours: Photographs - Undated | |||||||||||
| 9-06 through 10- 04 | Photographs: undated | |||||||||||
| A. | LTH - Order of Troubadours: Scrapbooks | |||||||||||
| Box 11 | Scrapbook, Volume I, 1953-54 | |||||||||||
| Box 12 | Scrapbook, Volume II, 1955 | |||||||||||
| Box 13 | Scrapbook, Volume III, 1956 | |||||||||||
| Box 14 | Scrapbook, Volume VI, 1958 | |||||||||||
| Box 15 | Scrapbook, Volume VII, 1959 | |||||||||||
| Box 16 | Scrapbook, Volume VIII, 1960 | |||||||||||
| Box 17 | Scrapbook, Volume IX, 1961 | |||||||||||
| B. | Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Association [SWLMGA]: Pageant Programs | |||||||||||
| 18-01 | Pageant Program, 1955 | |||||||||||
| 18-02 | Program, 1956 | |||||||||||
| 18-03 | Program, 1957 | |||||||||||
| 18-04 | Program, 1958 | |||||||||||
| 18-05 | Program, 1959 | |||||||||||
| 18-06 | Program, 1960 | |||||||||||
| 18-07 | Program, 1961 | |||||||||||
| 18-08 | Program, 1962 | |||||||||||
| 18-09 | Program, 1963 | |||||||||||
| 18-10 | Program, 1965 | |||||||||||
| 18-11 | Program, 1967 | |||||||||||
| 18-12 | Program, 1968 | |||||||||||
| 18-13 | Program, 1969 | |||||||||||
| 18-14 | Program, 1971 | |||||||||||
| 18-15 | Program, 1972 | |||||||||||
| 18-16 | Program, 1974 | |||||||||||
| 18-17 | Program, 1975 | |||||||||||
| 18-18 | Program, 1976 | |||||||||||
| 18-19 | Program, 1977 | |||||||||||
| 19-01 | Program, 1979 | |||||||||||
| 19-02 | Program, 1982 | |||||||||||
| 19-03 | Program, 1984 | |||||||||||
| 19-04 | Program, 1985 | |||||||||||
| 19-05 | Program, 1986 | |||||||||||
| 19-06 | Program, 1987 | |||||||||||
| 19-07 | Program, 1989 | |||||||||||
| 19-08 | Program, 1990 | |||||||||||
| 19-09 | Program, 1991 | |||||||||||
| B. | SWLMGA: Miscellaneous | |||||||||||
| 19-10 | Certificate of Appreciation to U.S.L., n.d. | |||||||||||
| C. | Programs Arranged by Year | |||||||||||
| 19-11 | LTH Pageant Program, 1953 | |||||||||||
| 19-12 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1954 | |||||||||||
| 19-13 | LTH, 1955 | |||||||||||
| 19-14 | LTH, 1956 | |||||||||||
| 19-15 | SWLMGA, 1957 | |||||||||||
| 19-16 | LTH, 1959 | |||||||||||
| 19-17 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1960 | |||||||||||
| 19-18 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1962 | |||||||||||
| 19-19 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1963 | |||||||||||
| 19-20 | LTH, 1963 | |||||||||||
| 19-21 | LTH, 1964 | |||||||||||
| 19-22 | LTH, 1965 | |||||||||||
| 20-01 | LTH, 1966 | |||||||||||
| 20-02 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1967 | |||||||||||
| 20-03 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1968 | |||||||||||
| 20-04 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1969 | |||||||||||
| 20-05 | LTH, 1970 | |||||||||||
| 20-06 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1971 | |||||||||||
| 20-07 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1972 | |||||||||||
| 20-08 | LTH, 1973 | |||||||||||
| 20-09 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1974 | |||||||||||
| 20-10 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1975 | |||||||||||
| 20-11 | LTH, 1976 | |||||||||||
| 20-12 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1977 | |||||||||||
| 20-13 | LTH, 1977 | |||||||||||
| 20-14 | LTH, 1979 | |||||||||||
| 2-015 | LTH, 1985 | |||||||||||
| 20-16 | SWLMGA, 1989 | |||||||||||
| D. | Other Organizations | |||||||||||
| 21-01 | Brigands de Lafitte | |||||||||||
| 21-02 | Krewe of Attakapas | |||||||||||
| 21-03 | Krewe of Gabriel | |||||||||||
| 21-04 | Krewe of Oberon | |||||||||||
| 21-05 | Washington, D.C. LA Mardi Gras Ball, 1976-77 Program | |||||||||||
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