Mardi Gras Collection
Collection 80
Mardi Gras. Collection, 1939, 1953–2012, n.d.
13 feet, 10 inches; oversize
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 of the Order of Troubadours include 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 and artifacts about other organizations such as the Krewe of Attakapas, Krewe of Oberon, Brigands de Lafitte, and LGBTQ+ organizations such as the Krewes of Armeinius, Petronius, and Apollo.
Lyle Williams, Mario Mamalakis, and others donated this collection.
Series:
| A. | Lafayette Town House Order of Troubadours [LTH] | |||
| 1. | History | 1-01 | ||
| 2. | Pageant Programs | 1-02 through 1-41 | ||
| 3. | Publicity/Scripts | 2-01 through 3-19 | ||
| 4. | Costume Sketches | 3-20 | ||
| 5. | Photographs | |||
| a. | Dated | 3-21 through 4-05 | ||
| b. | Undated | 4-06 through 4-12 | ||
| 6. | Scrapbooks | Boxes 6 through 12 | ||
| B. | Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Association [SWLMGA] | |||
| 1. | Pageant Programs | 4-13 through 4-40 | ||
| 2. | Miscellaneous | 5-01 | ||
| C. | Programs Arranged by Year | |||
| 1. | LTH and SWLMGA | 5-02 through 5-29 | ||
| D. | Other Organizations | |||
| 1. | Krewes | 5-30 through 5-40 | ||
| 2. | Washington DC LA Mardi Gras Ball | 5-41 through 5-45 | ||
| 3. | Crowley Carnival Ball | 5-46 | ||
| 4. | Invitations | 5-47 | ||
| E. | Oversize | Box 13; Map Case 40-02 | ||
Inventory:
| A. | Lafayette Town House [LTH] Order of Troubadours | |
| 1. | History | |
| 1-01 | Material on LTH and Order of Troubadours | |
| 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 | ||
| A. | Lafayette Town House [LTH] Order of Troubadours | |
| 2. | Pageant Programs | |
| 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 | |
| 1-18 | Pageant program, 1968 | |
| 1-19 | Pageant program, 1969 | |
| 1-20 | Pageant program, 1970 | |
| 1-21 | Pageant program, 1971 | |
| 1-22 | Pageant program, 1972 | |
| 1-23 | Pageant program, 1973 | |
| 1-24 | Pageant program, 1974 | |
| 1-25 | Pageant program, 1975 | |
| 1-26 | Pageant program, 1976 | |
| 1-27 | Pageant program, 1977 | |
| 1-28 | Pageant program, 1978 | |
| 1-29 | Pageant program, 1979 | |
| 1-30 | Pageant program, 1980 | |
| 1-31 | Pageant program, 1981 | |
| 1-32 | Pageant program, 1982 | |
| 1-33 | Pageant program, 1983 | |
| 1-34 | Pageant program, 1984 | |
| 1-35 | Pageant program, 1985 | |
| 1-36 | Pageant program, 1986 | |
| 1-37 | Pageant program, 1987 | |
| 1-38 | Pageant program, 1988/89 | |
| 1-39 | Pageant program, 1990 | |
| 1-40 | Pageant Program, 1993, 1994 | |
| 1-41 | Pageant Program, 1995, 1998, 2000 | |
| A. | Lafayette Town House [LTH] Order of Troubadours | |
| 3. | Publicity/Scripts | |
| 2-01 | Publicity/scripts, 1954 | |
| 2-02 | Publicity/scripts, 1955 | |
| 2-03 | Publicity/scripts, 1956 | |
| 2-04 | Publicity/scripts, 1956 | |
| 2-05 | Publicity/scripts, 1957 | |
| 2-06 | Publicity/scripts, 1958 | |
| 2-07 | Publicity/scripts, 1959 | |
| 2-08 | Publicity/scripts, 1960 | |
| 2-09 | Publicity/scripts, 1961 | |
| 2-10 | Publicity/scripts, 1961 | |
| 2-11 | Publicity/scripts, 1962 | |
| 2-12 | Publicity/scripts, 1962 | |
| 2-13 | Publicity/scripts, 1969 | |
| 2-14 | Publicity/scripts, 1970 | |
| 2-15 | Publicity/scripts, 1970 | |
| 2-16 | Publicity/scripts, 1970 | |
| 2-17 | Publicity/scripts, 1971 | |
| 2-18 | Publicity/scripts, 1972 | |
| 2-19 | Publicity/scripts, 1972 | |
| 3-01 | Publicity/scripts, 1973 | |
| 3-02 | Publicity/scripts, 1973 | |
| 3-03 | Publicity/scripts, 1974 | |
| 3-04 | Publicity/scripts, 1974 | |
| 3-05 | Publicity/scripts, 1975 | |
| 3-06 | Publicity/scripts, 1975 | |
| 3-07 | Publicity/scripts, 1976 | |
| 3-08 | Publicity/scripts, 1976 | |
| 3-09 | Publicity/scripts, 1977 | |
| 3-10 | Publicity/scripts, 1977 | |
| 3-11 | Publicity/scripts, 1978 | |
| 3-12 | Publicity/scripts, 1979 | |
| 3-13 | Publicity/scripts, 1980 | |
| 3-14 | Publicity/scripts, 1981 | |
| 3-15 | Publicity/scripts, 1982, n.d. | |
| 3-16 | Publicity/scripts, 1983 | |
| 3-17 | Publicity/scripts, 1984 | |
| 3-18 | Publicity/scripts, 1985 | |
| 3-19 | Publicity/scripts, 1986 | |
| A. | Lafayette Town House [LTH] Order of Troubadours | |
| 4. | Costume Sketches | |
| 3-20 | LTH costume sketches, 1970 | |
| A. | Lafayette Town House [LTH] Order of Troubadours | |
| 5. | Photographs | |
| a. Dated | ||
| 3-21 | Photographs, 1960 | |
| 3-22 | Photographs, 1961 | |
| 3-23 | Photographs, 1967 | |
| 3-24 | Photographs, 1968 | |
| 3-25 | Photographs, 1969 | |
| 3-26 | Photographs, 1969 | |
| 3-27 | Photographs, 1970 | |
| 3-28 | Photographs, 1971 | |
| 3-29 | Photographs, 1972 | |
| 3-30 | Photographs, 1973 | |
| 4-01 | Photographs, 1974 | |
| 4-02 | Photographs, 1975 | |
| 4-03 | Photographs, 1976 | |
| 4-04 | Photographs, 1977 | |
| 4-05 | Photographs, 1978 | |
| A. | Lafayette Town House [LTH] Order of Troubadours | |
| 5. | Photographs | |
| b. Undated | ||
| 4-06 through 4-12 | ||
| Photographs, undated | ||
| A. | Lafayette Town House [LTH] Order of Troubadours | |
| 6. | Scrapbooks | |
| Box 6 | Scrapbook, Volume I, 1953-54 | |
| Box 7 | Scrapbook, Volume II, 1955 | |
| Box 8 | Scrapbook, Volume III, 1956 | |
| Box 9 | Scrapbook, Volume VI, 1958 | |
| Box 10 | Scrapbook, Volume VII, 1959 | |
| Box 11 | Scrapbook, Volume VIII, 1960 | |
| Box 12 | Scrapbook, Volume IX, 1961 | |
| B. | Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Association [SWLMGA] | |
| 1. | Pageant Programs | |
| 4-13 | Pageant Program, 1955 | |
| 4-14 | Pageant Program, 1956 | |
| 4-15 | Pageant Program, 1957 | |
| 4-16 | Pageant Program, 1958 | |
| 4-17 | Pageant Program, 1959 | |
| 4-18 | Pageant Program, 1960 | |
| 4-19 | Pageant Program, 1961 | |
| 4-20 | Pageant Program, 1962 | |
| 4-21 | Pageant Program, 1963/64 | |
| 4-22 | Pageant Program, 1965/66 | |
| 4-23 | Pageant Program, 1967 | |
| 4-24 | Pageant Program, 1968 | |
| 4-25 | Pageant Program, 1969 | |
| 4-26 | Pageant Program, 1971 | |
| 4-27 | Pageant Program, 1972 | |
| 4-28 | Pageant Program, 1974 | |
| 4-29 | Pageant Program, 1975 | |
| 4-30 | Pageant Program, 1976 | |
| 4-31 | Pageant Program, 1977 | |
| 4-32 | Pageant Program, 1979 | |
| 4-33 | Pageant Program, 1981/82 | |
| 4-34 | Pageant Program, 1984 | |
| 4-35 | Pageant Program, 1985 | |
| 4-36 | Pageant Program, 1986 | |
| 4-37 | Pageant Program, 1987 | |
| 4-38 | Pageant Program, 1989 | |
| 4-39 | Pageant Program, 1990 | |
| 4-40 | Pageant Program, 1991,1995-97, 2004 | |
| B. | Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Association [SWLMGA] | |
| 2. | Miscellaneous | |
| 5-01 | Certificate of Appreciation to the University of Southwestern Louisiana, n.d. | |
| C. | Programs Arranged by Year | |
| 5-02 | LTH Pageant Program, 1953 | |
| 5-03 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1954 | |
| 5-04 | LTH, 1955 | |
| 5-05 | LTH, 1956 | |
| 5-06 | SWLMGA, 1957 | |
| 5-07 | LTH, 1959 | |
| 5-08 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1960 | |
| 5-09 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1962 | |
| 5-10 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1963 | |
| 5-11 | LTH, 1963 | |
| 5-12 | LTH, 1964 | |
| 5-13 | LTH, 1965 | |
| 5-14 | LTH, 1966 | |
| 5-15 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1967 | |
| 5-16 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1968 | |
| 5-17 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1969 | |
| 5-18 | LTH, 1970 | |
| 5-19 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1971 | |
| 5-20 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1972 | |
| 5-21 | LTH, 1973 | |
| 5-22 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1974 | |
| 5-23 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1975 | |
| 5-24 | LTH, 1976 | |
| 5-25 | LTH and SWLMGA, 1977 | |
| 5-26 | LTH, 1977 | |
| 5-27 | LTH, 1979 | |
| 5-28 | LTH, 1985 | |
| 5-29 | SWLMGA, 1979 | |
| D. | Other Organizations | |
| 5-30 | Brigands de Lafitte | |
| 5-31 | Krewe of Attakapas | |
| 5-32 | Krewe of Gabriel | |
| 5-33 | Krewe of Oberon | |
| 5-34 | Krewe of Armeinius Photographs, 1971 | |
| 5-35 | Krewe of Armeinius Photographs, 1971 | |
| 5-36 | Krewe of Armeinius Photographs, 1971 | |
| 5-37 | Krewe of Armeinius Photographs, 1971 | |
| 5-38 | Krewe of Armeinius Photographs, 1972 | |
| 5-39 | Mardi Gras Drag Queens, 1992-2012 | |
| 5-40 | New Roads Float, 1954 | |
| 5-34 | Washington, D.C. LA Mardi Gras Ball, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969 Programs | |
| 5-35 | Washington, D.C. LA Mardi Gras Ball, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981 Programs | |
| 5-36 | Washington, D.C. LA Mardi Gras Ball, 1982, 1983, 1984 Programs | |
| 5-37 | Washington, D.C. LA Mardi Gras Ball, 1985, 1988, 1993 Programs | |
| 5-38 | Washington, D.C. LA Mardi Gras Ball, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001 Programs | |
| 5-39 | First Carnival Ball, Crowley, Louisiana 22 February 1936. News clipping from the Crowley Daily Signal, Crowley, LA. Tues. March 6, 1973. (group photo of the members) | |
| 5-40 | Miscellaneous: invitations to various balls | |
| E. | Oversize | |
| 13-01 | Krewe Of Petronius XLV, New Orleans Mardi Gras 4” Cordial Shooters, 2006 | |
| 13-02 | Krewe of Petronius 6pcs Set of 1 oz 0.999 Rounds, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1989 | |
| 13-03 | Krewe of Apollo Silverplate Favor Vintage Cup, 1959 | |
| 13-04 | Mystic Krewe of Apollo – Shreveport Coin, 1986 | |
| 40-02 | Mardi Gras Drag Queen Poster, New Orleans [autographed by Danny Wiggins], 1995 | |
| Newspaper: Mardi Gras on Map Before New Orleans, 1939 | ||
| Photographs of Mardi Gras Court, [2] 14” x 11”, n.d. | ||
| Photograph of Queens in Washington, DC, n.d. | ||