Gladys Clark oral history interview, 1995.

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Gladys Clark oral history interview, 1995.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122264931

Clark details her family history along with descriptions of weaving for the Acadian Handicraft Project and traveling to demonstrate weaving in festivals around Louisiana with Louise V. Olivier, a division field representative of the project.

1 sound cassette (1 hour);Transcript (75 leaves)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6677423

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Olivier, Yvonne

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Clark, Gladys, b. 1918,

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Gladys Clark (née LeBlanc), born in 1918, was an accomplished spinner and weaver in the Acadian tradition. She received numerous awards and accolades, including the Acadian Folk Heritage Award from the Acadiana Arts Council (1996), a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (1997), and the Governor's Arts Award from Louisiana's Lieutenant Governor Mitchell Landrieu (2004). Clark is one of the last traditional Cajun weavers of coton jaune (literally "yellow cotton," ...