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Among the many activities of the Louisiana Folklife Center is the Louisiana Folklife journal, which covers many topics related to the folklore of Louisiana. Although some of the issues are no longer available, many can be purchased from the Louisiana Folklife Center. Below is a listing of the issues and the articles included in each.
To order, send a check or money order to:
Louisiana Folklife Publications
NSU Box 3663
Natchitoches, Louisiana 7149
Wells, David. "Wells Family Folklore From Sabine Parish"
Fussell, W. L. "Common Markings of Hog Ears for Identification Purposes: An Interview"
Abbey, Bel and Hubert Laster. "How Buzzard Got the Slits in His Beak"
Manshack, Barbara. "Buried Alive in Zwolle"
Mumbi, Mumanga Chibole. "Why Ananse Lives in the Corners of Houses"
Benge, Mark. "The Dugdemona Mermaid"
Dickinson, Sam. "'Hands' and Hands"
Lane, Mitchell. "The Grand Cane Snake Doctors"
Severance, Kathleen Thomas. "Communication in a Frontier Society"
Braud, Debra. "A High School Folklore Unit"
Frank, Joe. "How to Catch a Doodlebug"
Ashley, Edward. "About Jesse James"
Sepulvado, Donald Lester. "Folk Curing in a Spanish Community"
Dickinson, Sam. "Landmarks of the Koroa"
Caskey, Tessilyn. "Twelve Ghost Stories from Vernon Parish"
Fletcher, Rebecca. "Louisiana Ex-Slave Interview"
Benge, Mark. "Little Mary Fagan: A Louisiana Variant"
Gregory, H.F. "Myths and Folktales of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians of Texas" (Book Review)
Byrd, James W. "A Fair and Happy Land" (Book Review)
Locker, Helen. "Czechoslovakian Folklore from Louisiana"
Fowler, Sue. W. "Earl Kemp Long: A Louisiana Folk Hero"
"Constitution for the Folklife Society of Louisiana"
Ward, Sophia. "Acadian Spinning, Dyeing, and Weaving"
Dickinson, Sam. "One Night in a Haunted House"
Hite, Elizabeth Ross. "An Ex-Slave Narrative"
Duthu, N. Bruce. "Folklore of the Houma Indians"
Dillard, J.L. "The Afro-American Tradition in the Intimate Folklore of Clifford Blake, Sr."
Hatley, Donald W. "Calling the Cotton Press"
Byrd, James W. "Clifford Blake, Sr. and the Afro-American Folk Narrative Tradition"
Roach-Lankford, Susan. "The North Louisiana String Band"
Stokes, George A. "The Day the Whistle Didn't Blow: Folklife Resources in the Louisiana Timber Industry"
Evans, David. "Since Ol' Gabriel's Time: Hezekiah and the Houserockers"
Medford, Claude. "Crafts from the 'Back Days'"
Gregory, H.F. "Pieces and Patches -- A Whole From Many Parts"
Miller, Shari and Miriam Rich. "Folk Art in the Clifton Community"
Miller, Shari and Miriam Rich. "Traditional Medicines"
Gregory, H.F. "Native American Connections"
Hatley, Donald W. "New Growth From Old Roots: Cultural Preservation, Socialization, and Economic Development Among Clifton Choctaws."
Stokes, George. "The Blacksmith Shop"
Dillard, J.L. "Louisiana as an Area for the Study of Contact Languages"
Armistead, S.G., and H.F. Gregory. "French Loan Words in the Spanish Dialect of Sabine and Natchitoches Parishes
Lee, Dayna Bowker. "Traditional Boats of Catahoula Lake"
German, Norman. "French Epitaphs and the Historic Personages Behind Them: The American Cemetery, Natchitoches"
Hatley, Donald W. "Folklore and Survival in the Louisiana Ex-Slave Narratives"
Ayers, Norita. "Broommaking: An Art"
Pleasant, Randall L. "Hispanic Folktales and History in Northwest Louisiana"
Van Rheenen, Mary. "Elusive Indians and Evasive Gold: Cultural Value and Ethnic Conflict in Ebarb Treasure Tales"
Bergeron, Maida. "Folk Artists' Participation in the Louisiana Crafts Program"
Myers, Kathleen. "Reflections on Pelican -- Our Home"
Lee, Dayna Bowker. "Trait Continua in Historic Caddo Burials"
Medford, Claude, Jr. "Southeastern American Indian Medicinal Plant Preparation"
Savoy, Marc. Maintaining Traditions"
Pleasant, Randall L. "The Validity of Spanish Lake Oral Traditions"
Brown, Monty. "The Grigg Family and the Taylor-Griggs Louisiana Melody Makers: The History of a North Louisiana String Band"
Hunter, Donald G. "Clans and Marriage Among the Bayou Blue Coushatta of Southwest Louisiana"
LaVere, David. "Down Town: The City of Natchitoches During the Great Depression"
Ortigo, Margaret M. "The Iron Crosses of the Lower Red River Valley of Louisiana"
(All articles by Claude Medford, Jr., transcribed by Dayna B. Lee)
"Southeastern Tradition"
"Split-Cane Basketry"
"They Got Spanish Moss Hanging from the Big Oak Trees: The Uses of Spanish Moss Among Southeastern Peoples"
"Southeastern Silverwork"
"Native Basketry of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Texas, and Mexico: Historic Tribes, Modern Communities, and Contemporary Basketmakers"
"Chitimacha Split Cane Basketry: Weaves and Designs"
Benoist, Clemence. "My Native Town"
Seale, Richard. "A Brief History of Cloutierville"
Welch, Alicia. "Surviving Craft Traditions in Cloutierville"
Seale, Richard. "Pick Buzzard: Irish Tunes and Country Dances in Southern Natchitoches Parish"
Tobin, Ginny. "History of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church"
Divis, Lori Neklutin and Donald W. Hatley. "Leisure Time Activities in Cloutierville"
Welch, Alicia, Richard Seale, and Donald W. Hatley. "Heart Attack and Innertubes: Medical Traditions in Cloutierville"
Hatley, Donald W. "After the Party: Heritage Festivals and Cultural Preservation"
Hatley, Donald W. "Fisher "Bo" Snell: Kisatchie Creek Chairmaker"
Doughty, John L., Jr. "The Rolling Store"
Bernard, Shane. "J. D. Miller and Floyd Soileau: A Comparison of Two Small-Town Recordmen of Acadiana"
Seale, Richard. "The Performance and Preservation of Traditional Music in North Louisiana"
Doughty, John L., Jr. "The Hub Lake Gold: An Analysis of A Legend"
Gregory, H.F. "Pete". "Bel Abbey (1916-1992)"
Lee, Dayna Bowker. "Wilbur G. "Lefty" Williams"
Hatley, Donald W. "Ernest "Ernie" Yarbrough"
Hatley, Donald W. "Louisiana Folklife Center Archives"
Richmond, Sheila. "The Evolution of the St. Joseph Altar in Rayne, Powhattan, and DeRidder,Louisiana"
Pierrotti, Stephanie. "Theatre Folklore"
Johnson, Elaine. "Children's Songs of the church of Christ"
Charles, George W. "Ghost Stories From Webster Parish, Louisiana"
Richey, Rodger. "Crop Dusting Folklore in Central Louisiana"
Antee, Tina. "Pregnancy Folklore"
Zimmerman, Thomas. "The Performance and Function of 'Touchy' Folklore"
Durr, Lisa Sepulvado. "Folk Cures in the Ebarb Commuunity of Louisiana"
Bryant, Mark. "Roustabouts: The Forgotten Men of the Oilfield"
Roach, Susan. "African American Quiltmakers in North Louisiana: A Photographic Essay"
Kogan, Lee. "Unconventional Eloquence: The Art of Clementine Hunter"
Sturman, Janet L. "Merging the Forbidden and the Permissible: The Louisiana Easter Rock"
Dickinson, Sam. "Sister Gertrude Morgan and David Butler: Portraits of Two South Louisiana Folk Artists"
Jackson, Joyce Marie. "Singing His Praises in the Crescent City: The Dynamics of African American Gospel Music in New Orleans"
Staten, Annie. "Reverend Therlow 'T' Noble: 111 Years Old and Blessed"
Frantom, Marcy. "Book Review and Excerpt From Michael P. Smith's New Book, Mardi Gras Indians"
Reynolds, Gwendolyn. "Songs of the Fifth Grade"
Wilkie, Laurie A. "Childhood in the Quarters: Playtime at Oakley and Riverlake Plantations"
Morton, Laura E. "Troll Dolls, Rabbit's Feet, and Lucky Numbers: Superstition and Magic Ritual in Central Louisiana Bingo"
Lee, Aubra L. "Hasosa-Akalatka: A Contemporary View of the 'Little Brother of War'"
Prudhomme, Ken, Mayo Prudhomme, and Donald W. Hatley. "How General Patton Lost the Battle at Bermuda Bridge"
Twining, Mary Arnold. "We Can Do It Too: Games, Plays and Toys of Sea Island Children"
Colley, Sharon. "Barn Yard Golf"
"Selected Bibliography: Game and Play Theory, Collection, and Custom"
Elco, Peter C. "Artist Profile of Roy Gandy: Coming Out of the Woodwork: Keeping the Southern Walking Stick Tradition Alive"
Wylie, Janery. "The Big One: Deer Hunting in Northeast Louisiana"
Chance, Marvis L. "Honey in the Hollow: Hunting Wild Bees in Western Louisiana"
LeJeune, Kris. "Loyal to the Blue: Police Folklife Narratives from the Alexandria, Louisiana Police Department"
Megee, Aaron. "Coaching and Sports Superstitions at Natchitoches Central High"
Kuilan, Susie Scifres. "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone and So Have the Jodies of Days Gone By"
"The Louisiana State Championship - 1974"
Owens, Maida and Eileen Engel. “Louisiana’s Many Food Traditions and Louisiana Voices”
Lee, Dayna Bowker. “Evidence of Dual Organization in Southern Caddo Expressive Culture”
Wells, Tom. “Bousillage: Louisiana’s Mud Wall”
Davis, Kerry. “The Fabric of Family: Preserving the Parker Family’s Quilting Heritage”
Ralston, Janette. “Let’s Sing: The Role of Louisiana’s Folk Songs in Education”
Bunch, Jayme. “Daddy Drove the School Bus Down to the Baptizing Hole”
McNair, Victoria Danielle. “Mississippi Delta Juke Joint Culture”
LeBlanc-Sewell, Lori. “Cajun Foodways: Identity, Attitude, Exportation, and Co-Modification”
Bramlett, Leigh Anne. “Finding Live Oak Plantation: A Journey”