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Today, we are going to highlight the Louisiana Colonial Records Collection here in Special Collections.

Collection 59 - Louisiana Colonial Records contains materials regarding mostly 18th-19th century events occurring in colonial Louisiana, especially governing processes and the Cabildo. The collection contains photocopies of correspondence, legal papers, and land and slave sales. This collection contains physical items that are available for study.

Today we are going to celebrate the creation of Evangeline parish!

On June 15, 1908, the Louisiana Legislature voted to carve Evangeline Parish out of Northern St. Landry Parish. It was passed by unanimous vote and signed into law by Governor Sanders.

An election was held in Dec. of 1909 for voter approval and for voters to determine the parish seat. Voters overwhelmingly approved the creation of the new parish and chose Ville Platte as the parish seat.

Despite these overwhelming victories for the new parish, there were also a few setbacks.

The library will be CLOSED Monday, June 20 in observance of Juneteenth.

Today we are beginning a weekend celebration of Creole culture. We begin with today’s post and will end the weekend with a display at Vermilionville’s Creole Culture Day.