Archive collection, 1980.

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Archive collection, 1980.

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Recording of a program from "Folk Festival, U.S.A.", a National Public Radio series. This program from early 1980 focuses on Cajun and Creole music and culture in Louisiana. The program was hosted by Noah Adams, with commentary by Nicholas R. Spitzer, who was then Louisiana State Folklorist, and covers Cajun history and migration, the origin of the term "Creole" and differences between Cajun and Creole culture, traditions, and music.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Spitzer, Nicholas R.

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Adams, Noah

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