The LA Creole Journal is published annually and distributed to current members. Back issues are available for purchase.
To view a complete index of contents for Volumes 1 – 13, click here.
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Volume 1, Issue 1 ~ 14 November 2008 (OUT OF PRINT)
- On the Wings of a Dream by Lolita Villavasso Cherrie
- The Albert DeCuir Family of Pointe Coupee Parish, LA by Ingrid R. Stanley
- Home Place Plantation: My Ancestral Home by Jari Christopher Louis Honora
- The 7th Life (a poem) by Sheila Prevost
- Euphemie Lemelle: A Woman’s Fight for Freedom by Pat Marant Schexnayder
- The Creole Family That Disappeared by Mary Gehmann
- Creole Discovery, Past and Present: The Descendants of Louis Charles Roudanez by Mark Charles Roudané
- Slavery, Resistance, and Freedom: What Genealogy Teaches Us About Race and Inequality by Angel Adams Parham
- The State of the Archives by The Archdiocese of New Orleans
- The Louisiana Archives
- Editor’s Book Review:
- One Drop: My Father’s Hidden Life—A Story of Race and Family Secrets by Bliss Broyard
- New Orleans Recipe: New Orleans Coconut Pralines
- About LA Creole
Volume 2, Issue 1 ~ 2 October 2009
- “Cast Your Eyes Upon a Loyal Population” by Jari Christopher Louis Honora
- Copy of Original Petition
- Typed Copy of Petition
- Alphabetical List of Petition Signers
- Petition, Principle, and Protest by Dr. Raphael Cassimere
- Related Documents & Notable Petition Signers
- The Boisdorés and the Economy Society by Fatima Shaik
- The Role of Free Men of Color in The Battle of New Orleans by Isaiah Edwards
- Muster Roll of the Louisiana Native Guards
- Book Recommendations (Related Reading):
- An Absolute Massacre: The New Orleans Race Riot of July 30, 1866 by James G. Hollandsworth, Jr.
- Revolution, Romanticism, and the Afro-Creole Protest Tradition in Louisiana, 1718-1868 by Caryn Cosse Bell
- Black New Orleans 1860-1880 by John Blassingame
- New Orleans Recipe : Cala (Creole Rice Fritters)
Volume 3, Issue 1 ~ 15 October 2010 (OUT OF PRINT)
- The Dolliole Family by Lynette Dolliole Johnson
- The Colored Créole Haydels and Their Contribution to Society: A Genealogical Research by Belmont F. Haydel, Ph.D.
- Evergreen Plantation by Kevin Servat and Jari Honora
- The House on Lapeyrouse Street by Lolita V. Cherrie and Catherine Ladnier
- Establishing a Community of Gens de Couleur Libres: Catalina’s Fight for Freedom by Keila V. Dawson
- Thomy Lafon (1810-1893): Remembering the Legendary Creole Philanthropist on His 200th Birthday by Ina Fandrich
- Th Chessés in Louisiana by Bruce Chesse
- Appreciating Gran’pa by Marvin Chachere
- Linking Louisiana Creole Ancestry to the American Revolution: Retired Naval Officer Makes a Historic Connection by Anita R. Paul
- Sari, a poem by Haleemon Shakd Felton (submitted by Nicole Felton Hardin)
- Vegetable Man, a poem by Sheila Provost
- Book Selections:
- A History of Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana: Murray G. Lebeau Memorial Edition by Brian J. Costello
- Posing as Nuns, Passing For White: The Gouley Sisters by Lisa Marie Brown
Volume 4, Issue 1 ~ 14 October 2011
- Enola Marie Tregre Becnel: A Transformational Educator and Citizen by Karen Becnel Moore, Ph.D.
- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants by Fernin Eaton
- Florestine “Aunt Flo” Adams: A Pillar of Inspiration by Shandria Smith
- A Historical Play with Modern Significance by Fatima Shaik
- A Daunting Task by Alexander Tureaud, Jr.
- Créoles of the Seventh Ward of New Orleans by Beverly Jacque Anderson
- Summer Tree (a poem) by Sybil Klein
- Book Selections:
- The Victor Haydel Créole Family: Plantation Beginnings and Early Descendants by Dr. Belmont Haydel
- A More Noble Cause: A. P. Tureaud and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Louisiana by Rachel Emanuel and A. P. Tureaud, Jr.
Volume 5, Issue 1 ~ 10 October 2012
- At the 1884 World’s Fair: Créole Leaders and the First-Ever “Colored Department” by Dr. Miki Pfeiffer
- The Impact of Statehood on the Free People of Color in Louisiana by Dr. Raphael Cassimere, Jr., and Professor Seraphia D. Lleyda
- Edouard Sigg & Paul Sigg: Advocates for the People by Ingrid R. Stanley
- Créole Sensibility in New Orleans and Vicinity, 1712-1803 by Dr. Ronald Dorris
- 1648: The House My Grandfather Built by Alexis Gaddis
- My Daddy: A Memoir by Dr. Ernest G. Chachere
- Switzerland? The Swiss? Créoles? In One Sentence? By Catherine Ladnier
- Book Selections:
- The War of the Pews: A Personal Account of St. Augustine Church in New Orleans by Rev. Jerome G. LeDoux, S.V.D.
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records: Individuals Without Surnames
Volume 6, Issue 1 ~ 28 December 2013
- Miss Le Pearl by Patricia Duroncelet-Ralph
- Is a Woman of Color a Lady?: The Case of Josephine Decuir by Florence M. Junonville
- 19th Century Louisiana Créole Migration to Mexico by Mary Gehman
- Victor Séjour: Identity and Representation in the 19th Century by Devyn Ariel Tyler
- Under the Dying Moss (a poem) by Ronald Dorris
Volume 7, Issue 1 ~ 6 December 2014
- From Generation to Generation: The Colin LaCour Family of Erwinville, Louisiana by Gina Colin Greenlee
- The Lure of Créole Superstitions by Madeleine Aubert Gex
- Unearthing Broken Roots of My Father’s Past: A Journey by Elizabeth Blandin
- Shuckin’ ‘n’ Jivin’ (for Alvin Aubert) (a poem) by Ronald Dorris
- Alvin Aubert: Framing South Louisiana by Ronald Dorris
- The Last Hours of Estelle Dupré (a poem) by Alvin Aubert
- Cultural Translator: Lafcadio Hearn by Hephzibah Roskelly
- New Orleans – A Whole Lot More (a poem) by Madeleine Aubert Gex
Volume 8, Issue 1 ~ 23 October 2015
- Special Issue: LA Creole remembers KATRINA
- Prologue by Ingrid R. Stanley
- Stroking Midnight (a poem) by Dr. Ronald Dorris
- Old Community – New Community by Fatima Shaik
- Surviving Katrina by Mary Gehman
- Epilogue by Pat Schexnayder
Volume 9, Issue 1 ~ 21 October 2016
- Jazz, a poem by Sybil Kein
- Country Life with Brother Henry and Sister Carrie: A Memoir by Barbara Ricard Landix
- Papere’s Legacy by Alice Doucette Twillie
- History Becomes Personal Through Genealogy by Henry J. Ferrand
- Searching for Duplin and Zoe amid the Contradictions of Being Slave and Free by Eva Semien Baham, Ph.D.
- Rose: From Slave to Matriarch by Pat Marant Schexnayder
- Growing up in the Tremé: the early life of Lloyd Walter Bennett, Jr. by Katherine Krejsa Benett
- Creole Have Their Day in Court by Ingrid Rogers Stanley
- Restoring Stolen Legacies: Dr. Alfred Lawless, Jr. and the Valena C. Jones School by Brenda Billips Square
- Book Selection:
- Legacy of a Creole Treasure by Marthell T. Robinson Adams
Volume 10, Issue 1 ~ 20 Oct 2017
- The Praline Seller, a poem by Margaret Dashiell
- Atla’s Story by Kathryn Coleman Labat
- Piecing Together My Grandmother’s Past: A Memoir of My Genealogical History by Kenya Key Rachal
- The New Orleans Mystique by Madeline Aubert Gex
- Researching Slaves & Free People of Color on the German Coast by Mary Gehman
- Transfixed by her Eyes: Race, Memory, and the World that Made New Orleans by Mark Charles Roudané
- Status Report on the Georgetown Memory Project by Judy Riffel
- Travelers’ Tales: How Antebellum Tourists Got Free People of Color Wrong by Emily Clark, Ph.D.
- Physical Descriptors and Racializers: the Evolution of Identity in Creole Louisiana by Christopher Landry, Ph.D.
- The Birth of the Pythian Temple by Keith Weldon Medley
- Book Selection:
- American Routes: Racial Palimpsests and the Transformation of Race by Angel Adams Parham
Volume 11, Issue 1 ~ 26 Oct 2018
- 1724, La Nouvelle-New Orleans by Sybil Kein
- The Gumbo That Is Creole by Rodney Sam
- From New Orleans to the Attakapas and Back Again: The Aubry Family Migration by Angela D. Aubry
- Born in New Orleans: Creole Musicians and America’s Civil Rights Movement by Nick Douglas
- Creoles Without Borders: The Integration of America’s Darker Brothers into the Creole Community by Fatima Shaik
- My Ancestral Mothers by Patricia Boissiere Ferrand
- Louisiana Homesteader: The Story of a Black Louisiana Homesteader’s Journey to Acquire Land by Bernice A. Bennett
- Remembering Louise Gibson, A True Creole Lady by Beryl W. Zerwer
- A Family in Turmoil: A story of abuse, runaways, murder, theft and racial identity by Ingrid R. Stanley
- Book Selection:
- Glimpses of Black Life Along Bayou Lafourche: Brief Stories of How Black People Lived, Worked and Succeeded during Challenging Times by Curtis J. Johnson
Volume 12, Issue 1 ~ 25 October 2019
- LA Creole’s Tribute to the Queen of Creole Cuisine by LA Creole
- Queen, a poem by Arthur Pfister
- Ignorance, a poem by Henry Louis Rey
- A Glimpse into Moments with Marcus Bruce Christian by Madeline Aubert Gex
- Henry Louis Rey, Spiritualism and Creoles of Color in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans by Melissa Daggett
- Felicite by Kathryn Coleman Labat
- A Tribute to Arnold Bertonneau by Joan Abshear Brown
- The Wedding Picture by Wanda Hains Ripoll
- Uncovering Hidden Gems: A Dubuclet-Dessalles Family Story by Pat Marant Schexnayder
- The African Diaspora and New Orleans Canary Islanders / Isleños by Dr. Nancy Dixon
- The Afro-Creole Clarinet Tradition in Early New Orleans Jazz by Michael G. White, Ph.D.
- The Road Trip by Harold Baquet
- Book Selection:
- Tracing Their Steps by Bernice Alexander Bennett
Volume 13, Issue 1 ~ October 2020