Archive

The Louisiana Decima Project digital archive houses digitized field tapes made by Samuel G. Armistead in Louisiana, as well as other digital materials related to Spanish-language traditions in Louisiana.

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From the Archive

  • Isleño social life and customs with Adam Hernandez

    Cassette tape copied from original reel-to-reel audio recording

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  • Decímas sung by John Robin

    Featuring transcriptions of El Trabajo del Welfare, La Guerra de los Tejanos, and more

    Listen to the Decímas

  • Adaseño spanish dialect

    Recording focused on linguistic differences of the Adaseño dialect in Spanish Lake and Coon Ridge

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  • Interview with Irvan Pérez

    Interview with Irvan Perez discussing duck decoys and singing decímas

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