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Dr. Adams Criticised: "Franco American" Writes of His Labor Article in the Andover Review
Article responding the the claims of one W.W. Adams that there exists a spiritual problem in the mill town of Fall River, Massachusetts - a town with a high French Catholic population. The article's author takes the pseudonym, "Franco American." -
Ethnic Diversity in Catholic America
Sociology of Catholic religion in the United States. Explores how ethnicity characterizes Roman Catholicism in immigrant communities in the. Abramson supports his claims with statistics compiled by the National Opinion Research Center.Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Geography, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Poland, Puerto Rico, Québec, Religion, Social History, United States -
Huge Franco-American celebration set for July: Le Festival de la Bastille, hosted by Augusta's Le Club Calumet, now occurs every other year.
Article on the biennial Augusta, Maine, celebration organized by the city's Le Club Calumet - a Franco-American community organization of nearly 100 years. -
Madawaska Centennial, 1869-1969
Softcover community publication written in celebration of the town of Madawaska, Maine's centennial year - 1969. Contains historical vignettes, local pictures, advertisements, poetry, stories, customs, definitions of local words, and more, from the town's 1869 incorporation. An acknowledgement of the town's French Acadian heritage. -
A Franco-American Overview
Volume 1 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the first of six volumes, presents 14 readings representing many perspectives--from the historical to the sociological--illustrating the thinking and feelings of those in the forefront of Franco-American studies. This volume includes the following articles: 'What is an American?' (Madeleine Giguere); 'One Piece in the Great American Mosaic' (Robert Perreault); 'Louisiana's French Heritage (Truman Stacey); 'Haiti' (Thomas E. Weil); 'The Huguenots' (Marie-Reine Mikesell); 'The Acadians of Maine' (Julie Albert); 'The French in Vermont' (Peter Woolfson); 'The Rapid Assimilation of Canadian French in Northern Vermont' (Peter Woolfson); 'The Franco-American Heritage in Manchester, New Hampshire' (Thaddeus M. Piotrowski); 'A History of Franco-American Journalism' (Paul Pare); 'Bilingual Living' (Normand C. Dube); 'Cajun French and French Creole: Their Speakers and the Questions of Identities' (Dorice Tentchoff); 'La Cuisine Chez-Nous' ('Our Cuisine,' Sr. Marguerite Cyr); and 'Louisiana's Creole-Acadian Cuisine' (Ernest Gueymard)."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Food, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Maine, Manchester NH, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Religion, Social History, United States, Vermont -
The History of Madawaska : Based on the Historical Research of Patrick Therriault and the Manuscript Notes of Prudent L. Mercure (Histoire du Madawaska d'apreès les recherches historiques de Patrick Theriault et les notes manuscrites de Prudent L. Mercure)
Translation of 1920 history text on Madawaska, Maine, and its neighboring towns. Republished through the efforts of the Madawaska Historical Society. From the preface: "We believe that Father Thomas Albert's book, 'L'Histoire du Madawaska,' is far more than a history book. It is indeed a piece of history itself. Its pages contain the spirit and pride that are the seeds of Madawaskan heritage, which, for two hundred years, have been nurtured by an undying Acadian tradition still highly visible in the St. John Valley today." From the translated text: "It is but a first sketch, the first stuttering effort in our language at least, to relate the history of our historic Valley."Tags Acadians, Baker Lake ME, Caribou ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Daigle ME, Eagle Lake ME, Emigration and Immigration, Folklore, Fort Kent ME, Genealogy, Geography, Grand Falls ME, Grand Isle ME, Madawaska ME, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Religion, Riviere Verte ME, Wallagrass ME -
Histoire du Madawaska d'apreès les Recherches Historiques de Patrick Therriault et les Notes Manuscrites de Prudent L. Mercure
L'histoire du Madawaska, Maine, et ses villages voisins du dix-huitiième siiècle jusqu'à 1920.Tags Acadians, Baker Lake ME, Caribou ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Daigle ME, Eagle Lake ME, Emigration and Immigration, Folklore, Fort Kent ME, Genealogy, Geography, Grand Falls ME, Grand Isle ME, Madawaska ME, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Religion, Riviere Verte ME, Wallagrass ME -
A Franco-American Overview : Louisiana, part 4 of 4
Volume 8 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. Concerned specifically with "French Louisiana in the Twentieth Century." Contains the following essays: "Les Acadiens au XXe siecle" - Margeurite Roman, "Acadians and Acadians" - W.C. Gaynor, " Some Population Characteristics of a Negro Village in the French Section of Louisiana" - Vernon J. Parenton, "Social Isolation of the French-Speaking People of Rural Louisiana" - Harlan W. Gilmore, "Notes on the Social Organization of a French Village in South Louisiana" - Vernon J. Parenton, "Family-Capitalism in a Community of Rural Louisiana" - Harlan W. Gilmore, "French-Speaking Farmers of Southern Louisiana" - Walter M. Kollmorgen and Robert W. Harrison, "The Country Butchery: A Cooperative Institution" - T. Lynn Smith and Lauren C. Post, "Les courses de chevaux: un sport de la campagne" - Sandra Hebert, "Naked Hell Cockfights in Acadiana" - Kenneth Paul Stewart, "Socio-Psychological Integration in a Rural French-Speaking Section of Louisiana" - Vernon J. Parenton, "Acculturation Among the Lousiana French" - T. Lynn Smith and Vernon J. Parenton, "Yesterday, Today, and Maybe Tomorrow: Pictographs in Southwest Louisiana" - Anna M. Boudreaux, "Acadian Fiddler Dennis McGee and Acadian Dances" - Brenda Daigle, "Acculturation in Cajun Folk Music" - Harry Oster, "The Influence of English on Louisiana 'Cajun' French in Evangeline Parish" - Harley Smith and Hosea Phillips, "Louisiana Creole French, Black or White?" - William J. Thomas, "Historique du journalisme d'expression française en Louisiane" - Larbi Oukada, "An Ethno-Telephonic Survey of French Louisiana" - Peveril Meigs III, "The Louisiana French" - Jerah Johnson, "The Acadian Family: Anachronism or Paradigm?" - Sarah Brabant, "The Edwards Victory" - Charles E. Grenier and Perry H. Howard.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fiction and Literature, Folklore, France, Geography, Government and Politics, Journalism, Lafayette Parish LA, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Religion, Social History, Sports and Leisure, United States -
A Franco-American Overview : Louisiana, part 3 of 4
Volume 7 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. Concerned specifically with "Postbellum Louisiana." Contains the following essays: "The Splendid Mystery of the Civil Code of Louisiana" - Albert Tate, Jr., "Early New Orleans Society: A Reappraisal" - Joseph G. Tregle, Jr., "Impact of Epidemic Yellow Fever on Life in Louisiana" - Jo Ann Carrigan, "The New Orleans Sabbath" - Lester R. Shippe (Ed.), "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" - A.L.S., "The Old-Time Mardi Gras" - Charles Lyell, "Dancing Belles and Beaux of Old New Orleans" - Mary Grace Swift, "The Golden Age of Opera, Theater, and the Performing Arts" - Leonard V. Huber, "The French Opera House" and "Opera in New Orleans in Days of Yore" - André Lafargue, "The Crescent City's Charismatic Celebrity: Louis Moreau Gottschalk's New Orleans Concerts" - Wille Prophit, "The French Literature of Louisiana" - Alcée Fortier, "Charles Gayarré and the Philosophy of Progress" - Herbert H. Lang, "A Voodoo Dance" - Charles Dudley Warner, "Voodoo in New Orleans" - Blake Touchstone, "The Opelousas Riot of 1868" - Claude F. Oubre, "The Brazil Exiles: A Forgotten Chapter in the History of St. Landry Parish" - Carl A. Brasseaux, "A Proposed Exhibition of Human Ferocity" and "Vive la France! Bastille Day at New Iberia, 1900" and "Alexandre Mouton and the Sugar Industry" - George A. Stearns, "A Late Nineteenth-Century View of Acadiana: Charles Dudley Warner's 'The Acadian Land'" - James H. Dormon (Ed.), "The Outdoor Oven in Louisiana" - Fred Kniffen, "Louisiana Acadian Domestic Architecture" - R. Warren Robison, "The Pieux Fence" - Mary Alice Fontenot, "Some Southwest Louisiana Toys of the Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" - Penny Baird, "Acadians and Anglo-American Education" and "The Acadians of Louisiana" - Robert L. Daniels.Tags Acadians, Art and Architecture, Brazil, Business and Economics, Caribbean, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fiction and Literature, France, Government and Politics, Journalism, Lafayette Parish LA, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Performing Arts, Religion, Social History, United States -
A Franco-American Overview : Louisiana, part 2 of 4
Volume 6 of a eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fourth of six volumes, presents 15 chapters representing many perspectives--from the historical to the sociological--illustrating the thinking and feelings of those in the forefront of Franco-American studies. This volume focuses on Franco-Americans in New England. The following readings are presented: 'New England French Culture' (Gerard J. Brault); 'Public or Parish: A Study of Differences in Acculturation of Franco-American Schoolchildren' (Peter Woolfson); 'An Ethnic Survey of Woonsocket, Rhode Island' (Bessie Bloom Wessel); 'Franco-American Efforts on Behalf of the French Language in New England' (Herve Lemaire); 'Sports and Franco-Americans in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 1870-1930' (Richard S. Sorrell); 'U. S. Journal--Biddeford, Maine: Ou se trouve la plage?' (Calvin Trillin); 'Ethnic Stratification in the Community' (Elin Anderson); 'Race, Ethnicity and the Achievement Syndrome' (Bernard C. Rosen); 'Living Space and the Advancement of the Generations' (W. Lloyd Warner, J. O. Low, Paul S. Lunt, and Leo Srole); 'The Socio-Economic Status of the French-Canadians in the United States' (Leon F. Bouvier); 'A Genealogical Approach to the Study of French-Canadian Fertility 1650-1950' (Leon F. Bouvier); 'Language Usage in the United States: July, 1975' (U. S. Bureau of the Census); 'Social and Economic Profile of French and English Mother-Tongue Persons: Maine, 1970' (Madeleine Giguere); 'French-Canadian Settlement in Vermont Prior to the Civil War' (Ralph D. Vicero), and 'Sentinelle Affair (1924-1929): Religious and Militant 'Survivance' in Woonsocket, Rhode Island' (Richard S. Sorrell). Appendices providing a map, research notes, and an annotated bibliography conclude the document."Tags Acadians, Business and Economics, Death and Disaster, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, France, Government and Politics, Journalism, Lafayette Parish LA, Louisiana, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Social History, United States -
A Franco-American Overview : Louisiana, part 1 of 4
Volume 5 of a eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fifth of six volumes, presents 18 chapters representing many perspectives--from the historical to the sociological--illustrating the thinking and feelings of those in the forefront of Franco-American studies. This volume focuses on Franco-Americans in Louisiana. The following readings are presented: 'France and the Mississippi Valley: A Resume' (Louise Phelps Kellogg); 'France and Louisiana in the Early Eighteenth Century' (Marcel Giraud); 'Bienville's First Administration' (Charles Edward O'Neill); 'Private Enterprise vs. Mercantilism: The Cadillac-Duclos Affair' (Carl A. Brasseaux); 'The Superior Council in Colonial Louisiana' (James D. Hardy, Jr.); 'The Development of Industries in Louisiana During the French Regime, 1673-1763' (Nancy M. Miller Surrey); 'An Adventurous Voyage to French Colonial Louisiana: The Narrative of Mother Tranchepain, 1727' (Marion Ware); 'The Establishment of a Colonist' (Antoine-Simon Le Page Du Pratz); 'From African Captivity to American Slavery: The Introduction of Black Laborers to Colonial Louisiana' (Daniel H. Usner, Jr.); 'The French and the Natchez Indians in Louisiana: 1700-1731' (Patricia D. Woods); 'La Louisiane avant Vaudreuil' ('Louisiana before Vaudreuil,' Guy Fregault) 'New Orleans under French Rule' (Sarah Searight); 'Les problemes d'installation des Acadiens en Louisiane au XVIIIe siecle' ('Settlement Problems of the Acadians in Louisiana in the 18th Century,' Jacqueline Voorhies); 'The New Orleans Revolution of 1768: A Reappraisal' (Richard Ira Matthews); 'Some Eighteenth-Century French Views on Louisiana' (Pierre H. Boulle); 'Louisiana as a Factor in French Diplomacy from 1762 to 1800' (Mildred Stahl Fletcher); 'The World Aspects of the Louisiana Purchase' (William M. Sloane); and 'The Transfer' (Pierre-Clement de Laussat)."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Death and Disaster, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, France, Government and Politics, Journalism, Labor History, Louisiana, Mills and Mill Work, Mississippi River Valley, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Social History, United States, War -
Histoire de la paroisse de Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu
Une histoire compliète d'une paroisse catholique québécoise, de la Vallée-du-Richelieu, jusqu'en 1905. -
Migration Fields of French Canadian Immigrants to Southern Maine
Article on the migrations of French Canadians in Central and Southern Maine to their precise places of departure in Québec. Includes maps that illustrate migration fields and indicate concentrations of Maine Franco Americans. From the author: "Birthplaces of French Canadian immigrants to six Maine cities during the period 1890-1925 were mapped from information in biographical summaries and naturalization documents....This study suggests that migration fields tend to persist through time, sometimes despite transportation changes, that the areal extent of fields is related to the size and rapidity of immigration rather than to the age of fields, and that fields are probably best identified by county rather than by community units."Tags Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Chaudiere River Valley, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Geography, Kennebec River Valley, La Beauce QC, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Meriden CT, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Penobscot River Valley, Portland ME, Québec, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, St. John River Valley, St. Lawrence River Valley, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME, Woonsocket RI -
Franco-Americans in Maine : A Geographical Perspective
A study of Franco Americans in Maine with respect to geography: movement, placement, population growth, and cultural stability. From the author: "The major purpose of this paper is to depict the geographic characteristics of Maine's Franco-Americans during the twentieth century and to show what changes have occurred in recent years....A second purpose of the paper is to describe certain changes in culture and social structure which have occurred as Franco-Americans have experienced assimilation to varying degrees in different places."Tags Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Caribou ME, Demography, Eagle Lake ME, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Frenchville ME, Geography, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Religion, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME, Wallagrass ME, Waterville ME, Winterville ME -
Working Late : As surely as the sun rises and sets, John Martin runs the House
Cover article subtitled, "Speaker of the House : To understand John Martin, it helps to know about the Canadian connection." Profile of Maine State Representative, John Martin (D - Eagle Lake), the multifaceted role he has played as an advocate for his district in the St. John River Valley, and his political power as a long time elected official at the state level. A brief look at his constituency and the northern part of the state from which he hails.Tags Acadians, Ashland ME, Auburn ME, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Eagle Lake ME, Emigration and Immigration, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Government and Politics, Lewiston ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, New Brunswick, Portage Lake ME, Presque Isle ME, Religion, Saco ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME -
Your Heritage; or, New England Threatened
Book length essay on assimilating French Canadian immigrants to Protestant New England, and an argument for their religious conversion. An expansion of Amaron's earlier pamphlet, "The evangelization of the French Canadians of New England." -
The Evangelization of the French Canadians of New England
Pamphlet published by Massachusetts Protestant evangelist, Calvin Elijah Amaron, toward the assimilation of French Canadian immigrants through conversion from Catholicism. Later developed and published in book form: "Your Heritage; or, New England Threatened." -
Les 50 ans d'On the Road - Kerouac voulait écrire en français
Du Devoir: "Alors qu'on célièbre le 50e anniversaire de la parution d''On the Road,' la découverte de manuscrits inédits à New York par Le Devoir montre que l'écrivain souhaitait écrire en français et qu'il avait même commencé son roman le plus connu dans sa langue maternelle!" -
"Chinese of the Eastern States," 1881
Une critique de la centiième année apriès la publication d'un rapport gouvernemental Massachusetts qui a nommé les émigrants Canadiens français dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre, "les Chinois des Etats de l'est." Une exploration de ce que ces mots et le rapport entier signifient pour la situation de la class ouvriière immigrante industrielle à la fin du dix-neuviième siiècle en Massachusetts. La question, du rapport en 1881, de la viabilité d'un journée de travail dix heures au lieu d'un sans limite horaire. -
La franco-américanie ou le Québec d'en bas
Essai sur certains rélations entre l'émigration québécoise envers les Etats-Unis, la prolétarisation d'une population francophone nord-américaine, et la montée du nationalisme au Quebec à la seconde moitié du XIXe siiècle. Comment la classe ouvriière émigrante dans des collectivités comme Woonsocket, Rhode Island, nous aident à comprendre la franco-américanie et l'histoire du Québec. L'auteur utilise des ressources écrites et orales. De l'auteur: "Par l'exemple de Woonsocket au Rhode Island, l'auteur tente d'illustrer les caractières historiques de cette partie majeure de la diaspora québécoise en Amérique du Nord; preuve de l'immense influence au XIXe siiècle, de la République américaine sur le développement d'un Québec moderne." (résumé) From the author: "...Through the example of Woonsocket in Rhode Island, the author illustrâtes the major elements of Franco-American history. As the most important component of the Québécois diaspora in North America, the New England French populations provide strong evidence, in the nineteenth century, of the enduring influence of the American Republic on the shaping of a modem day Québec" (abstract).Tags Albion RI, Biddeford ME, Blackstone River Valley, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Gilbertville MA, Greenville NH, Holyoke MA, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Pawtucket RI, Québec, Social History, Southbridge MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Brokers of Ethnic Identity : The Franco-American Petty Bourgeoisie of Woonsocket, Rhode Island (1865-1945)
Article describing the emergence of a Franco American petty bourgeoisie class in southern New England at the beginning of the 19th century, and the ability of francophone elites in this region and time period to maintain strong ties with French Canada. The interweaving of Woonsocket, Rhode Island entrepreneurial and French cultural life, including parish, fraternal, and community organizations. -
L'identité de l'immigrant québécois en Nouvelle-Angleterre : le rapport Wright de 1882
Un portrait historique de la réponse publique au rapport infa?me écrit par Carrol Wright et du Bureau of Labor Statistics du Massachusetts, 1881, dans le contexte de l'immigration canadienne-française classe ouvriière, de la communauté, et de l'identité. Des renseignements biographiques sur Carroll Wright. Activité journalistique dans les communautés franco américaines, en particulier autour de l'œuvre de Ferdinand Gagnon et Hugo A. Dubuque, à l'époque. Réactions au rapport 1881 comme éléments significatifs au notre compréhension de l'identité des immigrants en Nouvelle-Angleterre au 19ième siiècle. Référence à l'œuvre historique de Frances Early et un rapport fédéral subséquent sur le travail et le capital qui traite les travailleurs immigrants canadiens-français.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Baltic CT, Cohoes NY, Connecticut, Dunbarton NH, Fall River MA, Grosvenordale CT, Holyoke MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Plattsburgh NY, Putnam CT, Québec, Rhode Island, Troy NY, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
We Americans : A Study of Cleavage in an American City
Book-length 1937 demographic study of Burlington, Vermont - as a New England hub, as an American city in itself, and as a microcosm of American democracy. This book was a product of Vermont's 1930s Eugenics Survey that studied local demographics, and considered the use of concepts of race and class in their relationship to democratic society.The single largest immigrant group in Burlington at this time (1930s) was of French Canadian origin. From the text: "The promise of American democracy is resident in the life of local communities....We must learn more about the character of life in local American communities."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Geography, Government and Politics, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Religion, Sports and Leisure, United States, Vermont, Winooski VT -
Becoming American : An Ethnic History
A history of immigration in the United States, its national impact, and the effects of American naturalization upon immigrant ethnic identity. From the cover: "From the English settlers who founded the Jamestown colony to the recent refugees from Vietnam and Cuba, the history of American has always been tied to the fortunes of its immigrants. Thomas J. Archdeacon presents a fascinating account of the foreign peoples and cultures that for nearly four centuries have transformed America and, in the process, transformed themselves. Discussing Europeans and Asians, Africans and American Indians, he weaves their stories together, shows how they mingle and diverge, and relates their collective experience to the critical decisions we face in coping with the thousands of immigrants who continue to arrive yearly on our shores."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, African Americans, Canada, Chinese Americans, Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, German Americans, Government and Politics, Ireland, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Japanese Americans, Jewish Americans, Labor History, Mexican Americans, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Religion, Slavic Americans, United States -
Canadiens et Américains chez eux : journal, lettres, impressions d'une artiste française
Un texte par Armand Dupras (France Ariel est un pseudonyme) sur une tournée de concerts du trio musical Larrieu (de la France) aux États-Unis dans les années 1910. -
Factory Under the Elms : A History of Harrisville, New Hampshire, 1774-1969
Nearly two hundred years of history in a New Hampshire town. Harrisville's businesses and communities, the production of its farms, and the centrality of its mills. The economic, political, and social transformations of Harrisville laid out chronologically, with great emphasis on the impact of industry and immigration. From the author: "This book describes the evolution of a small mill town in New England."Tags Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Government and Politics, Harrisville NH, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Religion, Violence, War -
Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens
Gros anthologie en six tomes sur les gens acadiens. La premiière partie est un histoire des peuples, et les autres parties sont divisées par les sujets et géographies suivant: 2) Port-Royal, 3) Beaubassin, Grand-Pré, 4) Pisiguit, Cobequid, Chipoudy et Petitcoudiac, Cap-de-Sable et Pobomcoup, Rivieère Saint-Jean, Ristigouche, 5) Plaisance, Ile Royale incluant Louisbourg, Ile Saint-Jean, 6) Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Bordeaux, Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Louisiane.Tags Acadians, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Family, France, Genealogy, Government and Politics, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi River Valley, Native Americans, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nova Scotia, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Prince Edward Island, Québec, St. Lawrence River Valley -
History of the Acadians
Translation of the first volume of Arsenault's original historical collection, "Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens." This volume, "Histoire des Acadiens," attempts a comprehensive history of the Acadian people - their arrival in sixteenth-century North America, the developments of their communities in modern day Nova Scotia, and their historical persistence through expulsion and dispersion. This volume sets the context for the more intimately local and pointedly genealogical approaches to the subject of the Acadians undertaken in the subsequent volumes of Arsenault's collection.Tags Acadians, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Family, Farming and Agriculture, France, Genealogy, Government and Politics, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi River Valley, Native Americans, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nova Scotia, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Prince Edward Island, Québec, St. Lawrence River Valley, Violence -
Worcester's Union Station : The Monument and the Memories
History of Worcester, Massachusett's Union Station. Its various shapes and transformations from its initial construction in 1875 and reconstruction in 1911, through its closure in 1964, to its 1999 restoration. The place of the station in French Canadian immigration, in the travels of World Wars I & II, and through the author's memoirs. How Union Station figures into the memories of other New Englanders, as presented in their own stories and writings. Statements from the staff of Preservation Worcester and the Worcester Redevelopment Authority. Illustrated heavily in black and white photograph, with one chapter devoted entirely to a pictorial history of Union Station.Tags Art and Architecture, Auburn MA, Bedford NH, Blackstone River Valley, Emigration and Immigration, Massachusetts, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Photography, Rhode Island, Travel and Movement, United States, War, Worcester MA -
Language and Culture : Heritage and Horizons : The 1976 Northeast Conference
Summary description of the twenty-third annual meeting of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, held in New York City. The conference's theme relating to the origins and endurance of languages other than English among immigrant groups in the United States, and culminating in three reports: "Origins," "Cultural Pluralism," and "Contributions." Descriptions of conference participants and program content, with emphases on French, Spanish, and German languages. Includes brief descriptions of the work of Normand Dubé, Don Dugas, Guy Dubay, Alain Blanchet, Paul Chassé, Claire Quintal, Nelson Pepin, Joan Young, Roger Paradis, Richard Santerre, Ann Woolfson, Robert Paris, and others. -
Ex-head of La Kermesse festival sentenced for theft
Priscille Gagnon, for head of La Kermesse Franco American festival in Biddeford, Maine, is sentenced to three months in prison after being convicted of embezzling nearly $80,000 in festival funds to pay for her husband's hospital bills. -
Edwards mill fire probe done, cause not found
The Maine Fire Marshall's office finds no certain cause of Augusta, Maine's 1989 Edwards Mill fire, and mentions that either "a discarded cigarette or broken elevator" was probably what sparked the blaze. -
NH tourism division offers Franco-American tour
Brief article on a Manchester, New Hampshire, self-guided Franco-American Heritage Tour that introduces city visitors to certain aspects of the history and culture of that industrial New Hampshire city. -
Historic Lewiston-Auburn depot to be renovated
Article marking the beginning of the funded restoration of Lewiston, Maine's Grand Trunk Depot, a now-defunct train station famed for its historical role in the reception of a large percentage of Lewiston-Auburn's French Canadian immigrants in the early 20th century. The depot is referred to here as "the Ellis Island of Lewiston-Auburn." -
Cohen sponsors ethnic legislation
Article recognizing Congressman William Cohen's (R-Maine) contribution to the Emergency School Aid Act of 1975. His authorship of an amendment to the bill, which in passing would offer the same financial and educational benefits to Franco Americans as those extended to other ethnic minority groups included in the bill's language. Some of Cohen's comments on the sizeable Maine Franco American population, and the impact that Federal monies would have on the development of educational programs better suited to certain cultural specificities. -
Two Hundred Years of Freedom
USA bicentennial commemorative edition (2.2) of the official quarterly publication of l'Association Canado-Americaine, a fraternal and cultural organization based in Manchester, New Hampshire. Includes an editorial, an essay, a longer historical piece, and two songs transcribed. Contains the following pieces: "Salut aux Etats-Unis d'Amerique" par le redacteur "We shall continue" by Theodore J. Cusson "Nous continuerons" par Rosaire A. Ouellet "One Piece in the Great American Mosaic" by Robert B. Perreault "O Canada" and "La Marseillaise" -
La situation religieuse aux États-Unis : illusions et réalités
Un histoire et critique de l'église Catholique aux États-Unis du point de vue au tournant de siiècle d'un chercheur français. -
La situation religieuse aux États-Unis : illusions et réalités
Une histoire et une critique de l'église Catholique romain aux États-Unis, écrit par un scolaire français. -
Boston's French Secrets : Guided Walks That Reveal Boston's French Heritage
Travel guide to the city of Boston, Massachusetts, centered around local sites with significant French history. An effort in French archaelogical tourism. Includes brief histories of all large-scale migrations to the United States from the Francophone world, including the first of the Huguenots during the seventeenth-century Wars of Religion in Europe. -
The French in Rhode Island : A History
A brief selection related to French exploration in North America, French Canadian immigration to the United States, and Franco American histories in Rhode Island. A small chapbook-sized resource that includes segments dedicated to culture and the arts as well as a section of brief biographies on notable Rhode Islanders. Part of the prologue reads, "It is with a growing sense of urgency, however, that we must note how the viable French communities of the past are in a period of profound change. Whether this group continues unchanged as an ethnocentric entity or simply becomes part of the nebulous mainstream of American society is a phenomenon which is of concern to those of us who are active in Franco-American endeavors."Tags Albion RI, Ashton RI, Blackstone River Valley, Business and Economics, Central Falls RI, Clubs and Societies, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Esmond RI, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, France, Georgiaville RI, Government and Politics, Labor History, Maine, Manville RI, Mills and Mill Work, Natick RI, New Hampshire, New York, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Pawtucket RI, Pawtuxet River Valley, Poetry, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Slatersville RI, Smithfield RI, Vermont, War, Warren RI, West Warwick RI, Woonasquatucket River Valley, Woonsocket RI -
Roger AuClair : First fishery biologist for Moosehead Lake Region
Profile of the former lead fishery biologist for the State of Maine, Roger AuClair, of Rockwood, Maine. His statewide impact on wildlife conservation, and his lifelong relationship with the Maine outdoors. -
The Old Town Canoe Company : Our First Hundred Years
A history of Old Town Canoe Company contextualized. From the place of Old Town at the time of European explorations on the North American continent, to the logging booms of the early nineteenth century, to the prevalence of the bateau, the mass production of canoes, and the growth of the company through the twentieth century. Old Town Canoe situated in a twentieth-century boating industry, and in a certain realm of American sport, as evidenced by a chronicling of the company's local developments in marketing and design over a century's time. An emphasis on the company's Penobscot influence and local prominence. Illustrated with photos and advertisements. Intermittently narrated with lengthy quotes from Old Town Canoe enthusiasts from across the United States. -
Fête Champêtre Saint Jean-Baptiste : 1939, 23-24-25 juin, Woonsocket, R.I.
Programme-souvenir et petit-livre historique compilé à l'occasion de la Fête Champêtre 1939 de l'Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Amérique de Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Quelques biographies et photos des personnalités religieuses dans le diocièse catholique de Providence. Des profils de paroisses catholiques de Rhode Island. Les noms et les descriptions des autres associations franco-américaines dans la région. De nombreuses pages d'annonces. -
A Rich Past -- A Challenging Future : A Tribute to SS. Peter and Paul Parish (Paroisse St. Pierre et St. Paul)
A parish history of SS. Peter and Paul in Lewiston, Maine, up to the year 1996 - before the church's dedication as a basilica. An overview of the building's constructions, the parish's resident priests, and the Franco American community's involvement with the local church. -
Franco-Americans in Lewiston wanted radio programming which reflected their culture. WLAM wanted profits. Guess who won.
Article on the efforts of two Maine people - Paul Paré and Denis Ledoux - who sought out the sort of radio programming at a Lewiston, Maine, AM station that would be representative of and appeal to Franco Americans in that area. Their cultural concerns, the legalities supporting their broadcasting claims, and how they fared in their struggle with WLAM. -
History of the Huguenot Emigration to America : Volumes I and II
Late nineteenth-century historical text on the Huguenot emigration from a France in religious strife to the eastern coast of North America between the middle 16th and middle 18th centuries. According to the author, Volume 1 of this 2-volume text only concerns Huguenot history as it relates to New England. Volume 2 concerns "the Middle and Southern provinces or States - in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware - and in Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina."Tags Acadians, Antilles, Brazil, Canada, Emigration and Immigration, England, Family, Florida, France, Massachusetts, Native Americans, New England, New Rochelle NY, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Nova Scotia, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Religion, South Carolina, Staten Island NY, Switzerland, War -
The Oldest and Most Resistant Section of the Border
Article describing the historical and cultural conditions of the North American border between United States and Canada, particularly its shapes between the United States and the province of Québec. The author's argument that the Canada-US border persists precisely because of the distinctiveness of Québec culture and politics. Québec's relationship with the United States in terms of 18th and 19th century political disputes; migration; industrialization; trade; Québec's movement toward sovereignty; cultural affairs; and party politics dynamics in the 20th century. How popular attitudes toward the United States compare between Québecers and other Canadians; how international borders compare to interprovincial borders.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Emigration and Immigration, Film and Television, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Language and Linguistics, New England, New York, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, North America, Ontario, Québec, United States, Vermont -
First-Person America
Edited and annotated compilation of oral histories from the Federal Writers' Project of the 1930s Works Progress/Projects Administration (WPA) in the United States. These selections come mostly in the form of short passages that aspiring writers recorded from people in various parts of the United States during the onslaught and aftermath of the Great Depression. Banks's famous book is an indispensable part of the canon of American social history, and a testament to the efforts of recorders of local American histories in the 1930s. From the author's website: "First Person America brings together eighty oral histories gathered in the 1930's by the Federal Writers Project, including stories of a North Carolina patent medicine pitchman, a retired Oregon gold prospector, a Bahamian midwife from Florida, a Key West smuggler, Chicago jazz musicians, union organizers and others."Tags Barre VT, Chicago IL, Community: Customs and Social Life, Durham NC, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Florida, Gender and Sexuality, Labor History, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Montana, Music, New Mexico, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Oklahoma, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Social History, South Carolina, Texas, United States -
Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies
From publisher's website: "Divided into five parts, 'Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies' emphasizes that the main goal of the multicultural curriculum should be to help students develop the ability to make reflective decisions so that they can, through thoughtful action, influence their personal, social, and civic worlds and help make them more democratic and just." -
Histoire et statistiques des Canadiens-Américains du Connecticut : Congreès nationaux, 1885-1898
Livre qui présente les "minutes des Conventions Nationales des Canadiens-Américains de l'état du Connecticut," enregistrées de 13 congreès nationaux entre 1885 et 1898. Divisées par année et par rencontre, ces minutes contiennent des discussions sur la naturalistion, la langue, la religion, l'education, et aussi que le groupe lui-même comme represantant "les colonies franco-canadiennes de l'Etat du Connecticut" (Préface). Livre publie un tableau de la démographie canadienne-française par ville dans le Connecticut à 1898. Montre aussi par intermittence des portraits et des biographies d'hommes d'affaires, des prêtres et autres personnes significatives de ces réunions et aux Franco-Américains de Connecicut à la fin du 19ième siiècle. Les hommes apparaissent dans l'ordre suivant: L'Honorable Hugo-A. Dubuque Docteur Omer Larue Rév. F.-X. Chagnon M. David-Adelphie Dolbec M. Eugeène Cartier M. David-Pierre Chabot M. Roch Quessy M. Joseph M. Baril M. Octave Lanouette M. Jules Baribault Rév. J.-E. Bourret M. Louis-Joseph Tétreault Docteur A.-D. David Docteur Charles-J. Leclaire M. H.-J. Reeves M. J.-B. Vallée Rév. Charles-Ferdinand Bédard Rév. Joseph-Ubalde-Jean Papillon M. Benjamin Bonin M. Louis-J. Perreault M. Louis-P. Lamoureux Docteur James-Fabien McIntosh M. Henri Paradis M. T.-A. Paradis Rév. J.-A.-N. Grenier M. William-S. Buteau M. Alexandre Commette Rév. J.-L. Desaulniers M. Rémi Marsan Rév. Joseph-Philippe Perreault Rév. Ulderic-Oscar Bellerose M. Philéas Dion Rév. Ernest Lamontagne Docteur Joseph-N. Bellemare Rév. J.-E. Senesac Docteur L.-O. Morasse M. Wilbrod L'Heureux M. Joseph-Octave Blanchette M. F.-X. Nobert M. David-P. Comtois Docteur Arthur-O. Baribault M. Joseph Lavigne Rév. J.-H. Chapdelaine M. Théodore Potvin M. Hormisdas Dion M. Alphonse Chagnon Docteur Charles-H. Girard M. Joseph Mullen M. Edmond-A. Parent M. N.-P. Forcier M. D.-P. Auclair M. J.-N. Bernier M. Lucien PratteTags Ansonia CT, Attawaugan CT, Avon CT, Ballouville CT, Baltic CT, Beacon Falls CT, Bennington VT, Bethel CT, Branford CT, Bridgeport CT, Bristol CT, Brooklyn CT, Business and Economics, Canton CT, Central Village CT, Centreville CT, Champlain NY, Clubs and Societies, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Coventry CT, Cromwell CT, Danbury CT, Danielson CT, Danielsonville CT, Dayville CT, Demography, Derby CT, Eagleville CT, East Hartford CT, East Killingly CT, Elmville CT, Excelville CT, Fall River MA, Fishkill NY, Glasgo CT, Greeneville CT, Greenwich CT, Groton CT, Haddam CT, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Hazardville CT, Huntington CT, Jewett City CT, Journalism, Lowell MA, Manchester CT, Manchester NH, Mechanicsville CT, Meriden CT, Middletown CT, Milford CT, Montville CT, Moosup CT, Naugatuck CT, New Boston CT, New Britain CT, New England, New Hartford CT, New Haven CT, New London CT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, North Grosvenordale CT, North Haven CT, North Windham CT, Norwalk CT, Norwich CT, Norwich Falls CT, Oneco CT, Palmer CT, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Pineville CT, Plainfield CT, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Quinebaug CT, Religion, Seymour CT, Shelton CT, Somers CT, South Coventry CT, Southington CT, Sprague CT, Stafford CT, Stafford Springs CT, Stamford CT, Sterling CT, Stonington CT, Taftville CT, Thompsonville CT, Torrington CT, Versailles CT, Voluntown CT, Wallingford CT, Waterbury CT, Waterville CT, Wauregan CT, Westfield MA, Williamsville CT, Willimantic CT, Windsor Locks CT, Windsor Mills CT, Winsted CT -
Historiography of the Acadians' Grand Dérangement, 1755
Historiographical exploration of the Acadians' expulsion from their homeland region in Atlantic Canada in 1755. The roles and functions of oral and written histories on and of this time period. Description, assessment, reasoning, and judgment of the expulsion by British powers as earliest apparent in the work of 19th-century anglophone historians, and in conversation with contemporary metropolitan French historiography. The appearance of Acadian histories of the event around the beginning of the 20th century. Evolving perceptions of the event's breadth and meaning, and the impact of more recent work by scholars and literary figures of Québec and Acadia. -
Historic Lewiston : Its Government
The third book in a series on the history of Lewiston, Maine, Historic Lewiston, from the Lewiston Historical Commission. Historic Lewiston: Its Government is a 3-part, 53-page overview of Lewiston's town and city government from incorporation, to establishment as city, to 1980. Outlines past and present structures of Lewiston's municipal government. Describes the construction of the city building. Part 3, the book's longest section, provides brief biographical profiles of each of Lewiston's mayors from 1863 to 1980. Illustrated with photographs of buildings and persons. Contents: Chapter 1 Town Government Early City Government The "New" Charter Attempts to Revise the Charter The Present System of Government Chapter 2 Construction of City Building Chapter 3 Mayors of Lewiston -
Historic Lewiston : Its Fire Department
The fourth book in a series on the history of Lewiston, Maine, Historic Lewiston, from the Lewiston Historical Commission. Historic Lewiston: Its Fire Department is an 87-page overview of firefighters, firefighting, and its infrastructure in Lewiston from 1849 to the 1980s. Includes photographs and descriptions of water supplies, firefighting tools, vehicles, and stations of past and present. Describes significant social events and historic fires. Presents photographs and names of Lewiston firefighters, often associated with each person's engine, ladder, and station. Shares a timeline of events in other cities for which Lewiston firefighters provided assistance. Contents: Early Firefighting Water Supplies Alarm Systems Fire Stations Apparatus Major Fires Mutual Aid Parades, Musters, and Socials Dirty Mary and other Oddities Manpower Men Killed in Action Firemen's Relief Association Administration Bureau of Fire Prevention Emergency Reporting Communication System -
The Fragrance of Rose : The Cult of Woonsocket's 'Saint' Endures Despite Official Doubt
Report on famed Woonsocket, Rhode Island woman of Catholic piety, Marie Rose Ferron, and the faith community that developed around her during her short life and after her death in 1936. The alleged stigmatist whose shrines continue to exist; whose cult of believers lingers after she was denied sainthood, and still long after evidence has been amounted against the legitimacy of her healing powers and stigmatic wounds. -
Three French family favorites
Subtitled, "How to make tourtiière, creton and ploy, the old-fashioned way." Recipes for four meals traditional to "French American" New England - tourtiière, creton, ployes, and chicken stew. Introduced with a brief note on what these recipes mean, historically, for the author and her Maine family. -
Freeing the silenced tongue : Mainers with French-Canadian roots try to revive their banished patois
Brief profile of a Waterville, Maine, group of adults intent on reclaiming the French language that permeated their earlier lives but that - for reasons personal, political, and otherwise historical - was replaced or repressed by communication in English. Includes testimonies of the circumstances surrounding language loss from others in northern Maine's St. John River Valley, as well as from a Maine documentary filmmaker. -
A is for Allagash' : The life of a northern Maine man
Article on a recent memoir on the life and times of Louis Pelletier in the Allagash, Maine, of the past century. His family, his work in the woods, and his memories of early twentieth-century northern Maine. Co-authored by Louis and his daughter, fiction writer Cathie Pelletier. -
A? travers les frontiières : Québec and Québec Studies
From the author: "Since the onset of la Revolution Tranquille more than 25 years ago, the province of Québec has established an ever-increasing international presence, alone and in cooperation with the Canadian federal government. Provincial authorities, with assertiveness and confidence, have worked to establish the province as the heartland of the French in North America and also to present the Québécois as representing a distinctive society. This study briefly traces the evolution of the Québécois' adventurous nature and examines the various ways in which the province functions beyond its frontiers, especially within the academic milieu." -
Community-Building in Uncertain Times : The French-Canadians of Burlington and Colchester
Article characterizing the social and economic conditions surrounding Vermont's fluid French Canadian immigrant populations in Burlington and Colchester at the outset of 1850, and the ensuing decade's historical significance in the process of immigrant community definition. The difficult foundation of French Canadian national cultural institutions - school, church, and social organization - in these towns in the 1850s; and the impact of these advancements on community growth and French Canadian identity (cultural, religious, linguistic) among ethnic groups in the region. Discussion of the relevance of Burlington's early lumber and manufacturing industries - before the American Civil War - to the local immigrant workforce. -
Migrants and Millworkers : The French Canadian Population of Burlington and Colchester, 1860-1870
Article describing the growth of the French Canadian population in Vermont around the time of the American Civil War, and the differences of Canadian immigrant labor, property ownership, and political activity in select Vermont cities, as well as between those of other New England textile centers of the same time period. Steady growth of unskilled laborers and relative decline of economic conditions among Vermont's growing French Canadian population between 1850 and 1870. Separate social, economic, and political developments of Burlington, Winooski Falls, and greater Colchester that can be traced to Burlington's incorporation in the 1860s. Research on variances in property ownership among French Canadian immigrants in these locations, as well as their rates of naturalization, English fluency, and relevant voting laws. Includes tables with figures on occupational status, childbirths, and youth labor. Subtitled, "The high level of political activity of Colchester's French Canadians contrasted sharply to that of Burlington émigrés." -
Le français dans le New-Hampshire
De brièves descriptions de la situation de la langue française dans les écoles et les communautés - et de l'américanisation des canadiens-français - du New Hampshire et de la Nouvelle-Angleterre du XIXe siecle à 1919.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Boston MA, Clubs and Societies, Connecticut, Education, Government and Politics, Language and Linguistics, Manchester NH, Montréal QC, Nashua NH, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Religion, Woonsocket RI -
Le français dans le Connecticut
De brièves descriptions de la situation de la langue française dans les écoles et les communautés - et de l'américanisation des canadiens-français - du Connecticut et de la Nouvelle-Angleterre du XIXe siecle à 1919.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Clubs and Societies, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Language and Linguistics, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Religion -
Mantle of Blue : a half century of Marist apostolate, history of the Boston province, Society of Mary, United States of America, 1924-1974
A 50-year history of the Roman Catholic Society of Mary and Marist priests in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Commemorating a Transnational Hero : The 1909 Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Discovery of Lake Champlain
Article describing and comparing American and Canadian commemorations of the 17th century French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, around Lake Champlain in 1908 and 1909. Champlain as a celebrated "transnational" figure, and the imagery associated with his accomplishments from either side of the USA/Canada border. Particular elements of the celebrations and their suggestions for political, social, and memorial climates of the time. Emphasis on understanding a United States claim to Champlain as national historic figure, and the tercentenary celebration as an American and Canadian reconciliation. Local justification for celebration in New York and VermontTags Burlington VT, Canada, Crown Point NY, England, Exploration and Colonization, Fort Ticonderoga NY, France, Iroquois, Isle LaMotte VT, Lake Champlain VT, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- Travel and Tourism, Plattsburgh NY, Québec, Québec City QC, Saranac River Valley, Swanton VT, United States, Vergennes VT, Vermont, War -
The Lowell Boott Mills Complex and Its Housing : Material Expressions of Corporate Ideology
Article describing the influence of Lowell, Massachusetts' Boott Mills corporate architectures - physical, economic, occupational - on the lives of millworkers and the citizens of Lowell. Discrepancies between stated corporate commitments to the welfare of workers and the actual daily lives, living conditions, and boarding-house arrangements of mill laborers. Thoughts on "corporate paternalism." The 1835-built Boott Mills as case study in "the affective power of built environment--the total material expression of landscape and land use," including discussions of the formal economic logics behind certain divisions of labor, means of social control, and domestic provisions for workers. Brief operations, commercial, and employment history of the Boott Mills. Descriptions of millsite excavation and construction in the 19th century. -
Disobedient Ancestors
Personal and historical essay weaving a son's reflections on his Québec-born, rebellious, itinerant father through the changing shape of Catholicism in New France, Lower Canada, and Québec into the 21st century. The persistent grip of a longtime North American family's roots. His father's formative youth and later hatred of clergy, their tenuous relationship, the power of cultural narrative, and the shapes that one's departing quests from them can take. -
Guide officiel des Franco-Américains
Un répertoire/annuaire d'endroits et peuples (noms et biographes) franco-américains aux États-Unis. Des hommes d'affaires, religieuses, ou les autres personnes publiques ou importantes à leur communauté. Avec histoires des paroisses et des sociétés mutuelles. Divisé par état, ville, village, et paroisse. Mis à jour et publié neuf fois entre 1922 et 1940. -
Guide franco-américain : Les Franco-Américains et la Guerre Mondiale
Un repertoire des noms, professions, et brièves biographies des principaux citoyens franco-américains dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre, New York, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, et Minnesota. Organisé par état, diocièse catholique, ville, et paroisse. Cette édition remarque sur la participation des Franco-Américains dans la Premiière Guerre mondiale, indiquant le nombre et les noms de soldats et marins qui ont venu de chaque paroisse. Contient aussi des listes des couvents et collièges significatives pour la franco-américanie dans cette période. De l'introduction: "La guerre mondiale a fourni aux Franco-Américains une splendide occasion de montrer, non seulement aux Etats-Unis, mais au monde entier, la pureté de leur patriotisme....[N]ous croyons que le présent volume, avec les informations qu'il contient, aidera à prouver que les Franco-Américains, comme toujours ont fait leur devoir, que la cause Américaine est la leur, et qu'ils ne sont pas des étrangers dans ce pays."Tags Adams MA, Albany NY, Albion RI, Alburg VT, Aldenville MA, Alpena MI, Amesbury MA, Arctic Centre RI, Attleboro MA, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Bakersville VT, Baltic CT, Barbeau MI, Barton VT, Bay City MI, Bennington VT, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Black Brook NY, Bourbonnais IL, Bradley IL, Bridgeport CT, Bristol CT, Bristol VT, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burke NY, Burlington VT, Cadillac MI, Calumet MI, Cambridge MA, Cape Vincent NY, Caribou ME, Carolltown MI, Central Falls RI, Champlain NY, Chazy NY, Cheboygan MI, Chelsea MA, Chicago IL, Chicopee Falls MA, Chicopee MA, Claremont NH, Clayton NY, Clintonville NY, Cloquet MN, Cochituate MA, Cohoes NY, Concord NH, Connecticut, Constable NY, Cooks Mills MI, Cooperville NY, Dafoe MI, Daigle ME, Danielson CT, Dannemora NY, Death and Disaster, Detroit MI, Dodgeville MA, Dover NH, Duluth MN, East Dorset VT, Easthampton MA, Ellenburg NY, Enosburg Falls VT, Epping NH, Escanaba IL, Essex Junction VT, Everett MA, Fairfield ME, Fairfield VT, Fairhaven MA, Fall River MA, Faribault MN, Fiskdale MA, Fitchburg MA, Fort Covington NY, Fort Kent ME, Franklin NH, Frenchville ME, Gardner MA, Gardner MI, Gilbertville MA, Glens Falls NY, Gonic NH, Grand Isle ME, Graniteville VT, Greenland MI, Greenland NH, Greenville ME, Grosvenordale CT, Groveton NH, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Highgate VT, Hillsborough NH, Holyoke MA, Hooksett NH, Hudson Falls NY, Illinois, Indian Orchard MA, Ipswich MA, Iron Mountain MI, Ishpeming MI, Island Pond VT, Jackman ME, Jewett City CT, Kankakee IL, Keeseville NY, Laconia NH, Lake Clear NY, Lake Linden MI, Lawrence MA, Lebanon NH, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Linwood MI, Long Lake NY, Lowell MA, Lowell VT, Ludlow MA, Lyndonville VT, Lynn MA, Mackinac Island, Madawaska ME, Maine, Malone NY, Manchang MA, Manchester NH, Manistee MI, Manville RI, Mapleville RI, Marieville RI, Marlboro MA, Marlborough NH, Marquette MI, Martinsburg NY, Massachusetts, Menomenee MI, Meriden CT, Michigan, Millbury MA, Milton VT, Minneapolis MN, Minnesota, Moers Forks NY, Moosup CT, Morrisonville NY, Nashua NH, Natick RI, New Bedford MA, New Hampshire, New Haven CT, New York, Newburyport MA, Newport VT, Newton MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Norfolk NY, North Adams MA, North Attleborough MA, Northampton MA, Norton VT, Occum CT, Old Town ME, Onaway MI, Pawtucket RI, Perkins MI, Peru NY, Phenix RI, Piercefield NY, Pinconning MI, Pittsfield MA, Plattsburgh NY, Portland ME, Presque Isle ME, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Richford VT, Rochester NH, Rouse's Point NY, Rumford ME, Rutland VT, Saginaw MI, Salem MA, Salmon Falls NH, Sanbornville NH, Sanford ME, Sault Sainte Marie MI, Shelburne VT, Sheridan ME, Shirley MA, Skowhegan ME, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Spalding MI, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Springvale ME, St. Albans VT, St. Johnsbury VT, St. Paul MN, St. Regis NY, Suncook NH, Taftville CT, Taunton MA, Three Rivers MA, Tilton NH, Trout River NY, Troy NY, Tupper Lake NY, Turners Falls MA, Underhill VT, Van Buren ME, Vergennes VT, Vermont, Waltham MA, War, Ware MA, Warren MA, Warren RI, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Wauregan CT, Webster MA, West Springfield MA, Westbrook ME, Westport MA, Williamstown MA, Willimantic CT, Windsor VT, Winooski VT, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Prejudice and Pride : Canadian Intellectuals Confront the United States, 1891-1945
From University of Toronto Press: "As a country with enormous economic, military, and cultural power, the United States can seem an overwhelming neighbour - one that demands consideration by politicians, thinkers, and cultural figures. Prejudice and Pride examines and compares how English and French Canadian intellectuals viewed American society from 1891 to 1945. Based on over five hundred texts drawn largely from the era's periodical literature, the study reveals that English and French Canadian intellectuals shared common preoccupations with the United States, though the English tended to emphasize political issues and the French cultural issues.... Significantly, the era's discourse regarding American life and the Canadian-American relationship was less an expression of nationalism or a reaction to US policy than it was about the expression of wider attitudes concerning modernity." -
Franco-Americans in the Civil War Era, 1861-1865
French Canadians and Franco Americans in the context of the American Civil War. Includes enlistment figures in relation to immigration, as well as population figures around 1860. Considers the short history surrounding the complicated reality of new immigrants fighting in a war for their new country. From the preface: "This booklet was written in an effort to better acquaint Franco-Americans with their outstanding contribution to American life. Indeed, it is partly up to Canadian historians to reveal this heritage to French Canada's often neglected and overlooked diaspora. For too long, Franco-Americans have remained the 'forgotten Americans.' This study seeks to help remedy this unfortunate oversight. 'Franco-Americans in the Civil War Era' is the first booklet in a bilingual series called 'Études sur l'histoire des relations canado-américaines/Studies in the History of Canadian-American Relations' that explores various aspects of the historical relationship between Canada and the United States. The series' goal is to provide the reader with a more holistic understanding of Canadian and American history." -
The French Canadians Outside of Québec
Brief essay from an early twentieth-century Canadian senator on the presence of French Canadians in the United States and the provinces of Canada.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, California, Canada, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, Geography, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New Mexico, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Ontario, Oregon, Providence RI, Québec, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, US Midwest, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Histoire de la presse Franco-Américaine : Comprenant l'historique de l'émigration des Canadiens-Français aux Etats-Unis, leur développement, et leur progriès
Du texte: "Inventaire chronologique des journaul et revues publies en langue francais aux États-Unis pour les Canadiens-Français émigrés, de 1838 jusque'a 1911, et qui n'existent plus aujourd'hui." Il aussi tiens beaucoup d'images de celles publications (quotidiennes, par semaine, etc.) qui sont non seulement franco-americaines, mais sont écrit en français.Tags California, Chicago IL, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Religion, Rhode Island, St. Albans NY, Troy NY, Worcester MA -
Livre d'or des Franco-Américains de Worcester, Massachusetts
L'histoire d'un siiècle des Franco-Américains à Worcester, Massachusetts, de 1820 a 1920. Un profil de la communauté franco-américaine: ses églises et écoles, ses religieux(-ses), ses organisations, ses chefs publiques, et ses citoyens importants. -
Our Franco-American heritage
Transcript of a speech given to the mayor and town council of Loudon, France, from Maine attorney Severin Beliveau upon his trade mission there with Maine governor, John Baldacci. The speech addresses the history and breadth of Maine's Franco American communities. -
Aubuchon Hardware: Celebrating 100 Years
A newspaper supplement to the Bangor Daily News, Morning Sentinel, Kennebec Journal, Lewiston Sun Journal, Portland Press Herald, and York County Coast Star in celebration of Aubuchon Hardware's 100th anniversary. Contains a number of old photos and new essays on the company's history in New England. -
Orateurs canadiens-français aux États-Unis : conferences et discours
Un collection (1908) de discours de locales variés des Etats-Unis, offrés par des francos prominents ou des canadiens français de la gouvernment canadienne.
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Woonsocket Revisited
Arcadia's "Images of America" series revisits the pre- and post-industrial city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, with pictures that span the period from 1834 to 2000. Transitional American urban and riverbank landscapes across two centuries, through growth and decline, with photographs that capture the city's defining waves of immigration. From the back of the text: "Recall the bygone days of Rhode Island's northernmost city through the vintage images presented in 'Woonsocket Revisited.'" -
The Acadian French and their language
Article on the Acadian people of the Canadian Maritimes and the persistence of their French vernacular. The Acadian presence in North America from the 17th century; to various settlements in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; to the 18th century expulsion, later return, and the settlements that have remained up to the 20th century. Certain French vocabulary and usage that has historically characterized Acadian speech. Introduces the life and historical, linguistic work of Pascal Poirier, scholar and statesman. Discusses the historical and literary work of author Antonine Maillet. A large section dedicated to a discussion of the etymology and usage of certain Acadian French terms. -
French Neutrals in Massachusetts: the Story of Acadians Rounded up by Soldiers from Massachusetts and Their Captivity in the Bay Province, 1755-1766
Tags Boston MA, Charlestown MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Government and Politics, Hingham MA, Lexington MA, Malden MA, Marblehead MA, Medfield MA, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Plymouth MA, Religion, Roxbury MA, Salem MA, Stoughton MA, Violence, Weston MA, Weymouth MA, Woburn MA -
Long-Scorned in Maine, French Has Renaissance
2006 New York Times article on the particular history of French language in Maine and more recent attempts of many - including the founders of a Freeport elementary school - to revive it after a prolonged suppression. -
A New France in New England
Some comments from an American critic at the time of a visible wave of French Canadian immigration to the United States - especially New England - in the 1880s. Provides a favorable social and political context from the French Canada of this period. Attempts social, linguistic, and political description of both French Canadian immigrant professionals and members of the working class. Discusses immigrant attitudes toward assimilation, their reasoning and their feasibility. Thoughts on the future growth of the French Canadian population in New England. -
L'aême franco-américaine
Un livre majeur d'un défenseur triès passionné de la survivance franco-américaine, et d'un maire ancien de Manchester, New Hamshire. L'auteur de "Catéchisme d'Histoire Franco-Américaine" et "Rois ou Esclaves de la Machine." De l'auteur: "Nous nous proposons de souligner, dans le présent ouvrage, un autre prodige de vitalité française en Amérique, trop inconnu ou méconnu de nos frières de France et du Canada: la survivance française aux Etats-Unis, chez ceux qu'on a justement appelés les Franco-Américains. Dans une premiière partie, nous passerons en revue les faits qui entourent la naissance et le développement de ce groupe franco-américain, dont nous ta?cherons d'analyser l'ame nationale. Une second partie aura pour but de faire ressortir les causes de cette survivance franco-américaine. Au cours de la troisiième partie, nous exposerons en toute sincérité les obstacles qui nous semblent retarder les progriès de ce groupe ethnique et s'opposer le plus directement à la survivance des Franco-Américains."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Albany NY, Bay City MI, Boston MA, Bourbonnais IL, Burlington VT, Chicago IL, Community: Customs and Social Life, Detroit MI, Duluth MN, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, Family, Fitchburg MA, France, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Journalism, La Beauce QC, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Marquette MI, Massachusetts, Minneapolis MN, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New York, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History, Nonfiction -- History -- Intellectual, Philadelphia PA, Plattsburgh NY, Québec, Religion, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, St. Paul MN, Vermont, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Cajuns : Americanization of a People
A history of twentieth-century Southern Louisiana by way of an exploration of the processes of assimilation experienced its people of French and Acadian heritage. Descripions of the transformations of Louisiana Cajuns and Cajun culture, as well as reactions to these transformations. Chapters devoted to the World War II era, Cold War era,1960s, ethnic revivals in the 1970s, and the cultural productions of the 1980s and 1990s. From University Press of Mississippi: "The past sixty years have shaped and reshaped the group of French-speaking Louisiana people known as the Cajuns. During this period they have become much like other Americans and yet have remained strikingly distinct. 'The Cajuns: Americanization of a People' explores these six decades and analyzes the forces that had an impact on Louisiana's Acadiana."Tags Abbeville LA, Acadiana LA, Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Ascension Parish LA, Baton Rouge LA, Calcasieu Parish LA, Canada, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, France, Government and Politics, Lafayette Parish LA, Lake Charles LA, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Music, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Nova Scotia, Pointe Coupée Parish LA, Religion, St. Landry Parish LA, St. Martin Parish LA, St. Martinville LA, Vermilion Parish LA, Ville Platte LA -
Américanité-américanisation des Québécois : quelques éclairages empiriques
Une exploration du terme et du thième "américanité" en tant qu'un point focal d'identité et d'identification du Québécois francophone. Les maniières dont la géographie, la langue et la perception culturelle de soi comprendre pour les perceptions d'une relation à l'Amérique du Nord ou aux États-Unis. Des statistiques d'une enquête démographique québécoise - des réponses des quéstions du vocabulaire et l'identification culturelle de soi - présentés dans les tableaux de données. -
Intellectual Desire
Autobiographical essay that attempts to tease out intersections between class, culture, and sexuality. Bérubé recounts his past "in a way that focuses on class, ethnic, and educational migration" out of a homebase in working-class Franco America. The author writes: "I do my work now in the borderlands between social classes, between the university and the community, between heterosexual and homosexual, between educated speech and down-to-earth talk, between Franco-American and Québécois, between my family and the gay community." Reprinting of a presentation Bérubé gave at the 1992 Montreal colloquium, "La Ville en Rose: Le Premier colloque Québécois d'études lesbiennes et gaies." Also available in the anthology, "Queerly Classed: Gay Men and Lesbians Write About Class" (Boston: South End Press, 1997).Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Aldenville MA, Androscoggin River Valley, Chicopee MA, Connecticut River Valley, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Gender and Sexuality, Holyoke MA, Merrimack River Valley, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Essay, Penobscot River Valley, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Social History -
Sunset Trailer Park
Essay and stories of childhood, family life, class, and community in a New Jersey trailer park in the 1970s. Contains a mother's and son's thoughts on their lives in that time and place, their understandings of some of the outside perceptions of "Sunset Trailer Park," in the city of Bayonne, and of popular perceptions of trailer parks in general. How racial and sexual identities were observed by author in his childhood community. Featured in a collection of critical writings centered around the term "white trash" - its contexts and connotations. Also featured in "Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality : The Big Questions," edited by Naomi Zack, Laurie Shrage, and Crispin Sartwell (Malden MA: Blackwell, 1998). -
Beyond a U.S. - 'Anglo' Curriculum
Short essay describing the inability of current education models to serve the needs of Maine "native non-English bilinguals." Arguments in favor of acknowledging cultural difference through education policy and curriculum development. General suggestions based on linguistic scholarship on bilingualism and diglossia. Certain examples of French-English language realities in Maine. Featured in an issue of Maine Emphasis entitled, "Curriculum Design." -
Ellis' win will destroy club
Letter to the editor arguing that if Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American social club in Augusta, Maine, is forced by the Maine courts to admit women, and is thereby ruled a "public" organization, it will no longer be able to limit its membership based on ethnicity. -
Calumet's first-class women
Letter to the editor lauding the women who volunteer at the all-male Franco American social club, Le Club Calumet, in Augusta, Maine, without becoming club members. Comes in response to the controversy of a woman whose attempt at membership in the Club was rejected, and who appealed to the Maine Human Rights Commission to prove the Club's unlawful discrimination based on her sex. -
Club is like a private home
Letter to the editor questioning the motives of Nancy Albert Ellis, the woman who in 1989 sought entry into an all-male Franco American social club, Le Club Calumet, of Augusta, Maine. -
Southside Canadians : A Family Journey
Pictorial account of a family's immigration that begins in Europe and moves through Canada into the United States, ultimately to Chicago, Illinois's Southside in the 20th and 21st centuries. -
Franco-America's Growing Pains: The Shadows of the Trees. By Jacques Ducharme. 258 pp. New York: Harper & Brothers. $2.50.
A review of the exploratory book-length essay entitled "The Shadows of the Trees," by Jacques Ducharme, on the Franco-American experience in the United States. Ducharme attempts to explore the most prominent aspects of French-Canadian emigrant culture brought into question by life outside of Canada. -
Calumet hurt its own
Letter to the editor opposed to the Maine Supreme Court's decision in favor of Le Club Calumet barring women from membership in its Augusta, Maine, organization. -
Casavant
From a Kennebec Journal special six-part series on local history, this article focuses on Rev. Joseph Casavant of St. Augustin Roman Catholic Church in Augusta, Maine. Fr. Casavant served the parish from 1919 to 1958. -
The New England League: A Baseball History, 1885-1949
A history of the New England minor baseball league around the turn of the century. The league's rise, demise, and its place in the social and economic transitions of that era. The impact of the league on the industrial centers of New England, and vice versa. Perspectives on culture and immigration through the lens of popular athletics. From McFarland Publishing: "This book delves deep into the history of the New England League, whose years of operation spanned six decades during the pivotal early years of minor league baseball. Author Charlie Bevis, an expert on New England's baseball past, explores the complex ties to the regional economy, especially to the textile industry, and discusses the pioneering experiments with playoffs, night baseball, and integration."Tags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Haverhill MA, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Sports, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Religion, Rhode Island, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Springfield MA, United States, War, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Club lost peace pipe
Letter to the editor berating Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, for its refusal of Nancy Albert Ellis' membership bid on account of her sex. The author seeks a peaceful resolution to what became a controversial issue surrounding the inclusion of women in Club ranks. -
Granite : Artists and Their Work
Catalog accompaniment to the October 1978 Vermont exhibit of artists, stonework, and granite-inspired pieces, "Granite: Artists and Their Work." From the text: "...includes a brief introduction to the history of the granite industry and the multi-cultural heritage of Barre, and information about the artists working in granite as well as those who have used the quarries and the people of the granite industry as subject matter in their paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs" (1).Tags Art and Architecture, Austrian Americans, Barre VT, Chelsea VT, Danish Americans, Finnish Americans, Greek Americans, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Jewish Americans, Labor History, Lebanese Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Art and Architecture, Photography, Scottish Americans, Spanish Americans, Swedish Americans, Swiss Americans, Vermont -
Maine's GOP star burns hot : Fiery governor-elect LePage evokes admiration, worry
Article introducing Maine's 2010 governor-elect, Waterville mayor Paul LePage, as an outspoken newcomer to state politics, and part of the Republican party's wave of success in Maine's 2010 elections. -
'American Ghosts' : Haunted House
A review of "American Ghosts" - memoir from fiction writer and Providence, Rhode Island native, David Plante. The reviewer describes the book as "a perfect example of the cockpit autobiography," leading the reader into the thoughts and images of a writer's life from the navigational standpoint. -
Review : Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada
A review of Béatrice Craig's "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists: The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada" (University of Toronto Press, 2007). From Bittermann, provided by Project MUSE: "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists examines the history of rural life in the Madawaska region of the Upper Saint John River Valley from early non-Indigenous settlement in the 1780s to the closing years of the third quarter of the nineteenth century. Thus, although the title suggests otherwise, it is a story that unfolds primarily within the history of British North America and the United States rather than the new Canadian nation-state. Although cast in large part as an exploration of questions raised by a literature concerning the presence or absence of capitalism in rural North America, Craig's study offers valuable insights to those who have little patience with the transition debate and who believe that wading into that quagmire simply generates more mud(dle)."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Criticism and Review, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Labor History, Maine, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, St. John River Valley -
De certains Québécois, pionniers des États-Unis
Une introduction à l'histoire des prémiières Français aux États-Unis, commençant par les explorateurs historiques qui ont établis les noms français de nombreux endroits en Amérique. Le début et la fin de la Nouvelle France, aussi que la grande émigration française-canadienne à la Nouvelle-Angleterre et au Midwest. La maniière dont une dynastie vaincue française est significative aux histoires et noms de lieux aux États-Units.Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Canada, Dubuque IA, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, France, Illinois, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Michigan, Minnesota, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Québec, United States, US Midwest, War, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
'Beast' nostalgic for Quebec roots
Article subtitled, "This first novel describes the attempt of a Franco-American to find out who he is." A review of the 1984 novel "The Questing Beast" and a brief biographical sketch of its author, Richard Hébert. -
Soldiers from the Farther North : A Research Note on Canadians in the Union Army in the American Civil War
Article describing the participation of French and English Canadians in the United States Civil War. Justifications for participation - economic, political, personal, and otherwise - from primary and secondary source literature. Domestic Canadian and international implications for Canadian activity in US war. Complications of citizenship and participant moral attitudes toward nationalism, slavery, and other issues. Questions directed toward the complexities surrounding wartime immigration, travel, and/or displacement, and suggestions for further research in family and other archival collections. -
Kerouac in Black and White
An essay in exploration of Jack Kerouac's French-Canadianness in twentieth-century America. How digging into this particular ethnicity, time, and place shapes how one considers Kerouac's late-life ideas about race, his relationship with religion, or the stylings of his writing. Blaise considers Kerouac alongside other fiction writers (William Faulkner, Theodore Dreiser, William Saroyan, Thomas Wolfe) that, to Blaise, have engaged their fiction in similar conversations with both sentimentality and American diversity. From the author of "I Had a Father: A Post-Modern Autobiography" and "Lunar Attractions." Also published in "Selected Essays" by Clark Blaise (Emeryville, Ontario: Biblioasis, 2008). -
About Men : A Middle-Aged Orphan
Short essay on the recurring presence of writer Clark Blaise's deceased father - the stories he both took with him and left behind, and the impact of certain memories of this man on Blaise in his adult life. -
The Border as Fiction
Critical essay on international notions of political borders, and of the psychological borders that often take part in shaping the character of a certain place. The notion of "border" as reflected in North American literatures, with some comparisons between Canadian and American identities generally. Framed by the author's own experiences of mobility and identification with place, especially those from his youth. -
Latin Americans of the North
Essay exploring the author's personal genealogical quest in Québec. A characterization of the author's French Canadian migrant father in New England and Canada, using many themes and sentiments from Mexican author Juan Rulfo's famous novel, Pedro Páramo. How cultural inheritances straddle national borders and transform upon their crossing; the questions that lead Blaise on a search for his passed father. Written by former Director of the International Writing Program of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. -
Into the Heart of Maine : A Look at Dexter's Franco-American Community
The history of French Canadian immigration and Franco American community building in the town of Dexter, Maine. Illustrated with photos and quotes from oral interviews. From the text: "The study of French-Canadian immigration is generally centered around New England's larger cities; small towns receiving migrants are usually overlooked. This article examines the French-Canadian population in one such rural town. Dexter, Maine, serves as a microcosm of larger 'petits canadas' throughout New England, but it also projects a different type of ethnic experience. Dorothy A. Blanchard discusses the rewards and the hardships of the Franco experence in rural Maine."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Dexter ME, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Irish Americans, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Québec, Religion, Sebasticook River Valley, Sports and Leisure, Violence -
Constant Turmoil : The Politics of Industrial Life in Nineteenth-Century New England
Book-length social history exploring the development of industry, industrial life, and the power of the politics surrounding them in southeastern New England - especially Fall River, Massachusetts - in the nineteenth century. Discussions of gender in the contexts of textile mill work and labor unionism; immigrant workforces, class consciousness, and inter-worker strife. Includes a critical assessment of primary sources consulted, as well as an appendix with demographic and economic data tables referred to in the text.Tags Business and Economics, Connecticut, Coventry RI, English Americans, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Labor History, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, Meriden CT, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Norwalk CT, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Rhode Island, Social History -
Constant Turmoil : The Politics of Industrial Life in Nineteenth-Century New England
Book-length social history exploring the development of industry, industrial life, and the power of the politics surrounding them in southeastern New England - especially Fall River, Massachusetts - in the nineteenth century. Discussions of gender in the contexts of textile mill work and labor unionism; immigrant workforces, class consciousness, and inter-worker strife. Includes a critical assessment of primary sources consulted, as well as an appendix with demographic and economic data tables referred to in the text.Tags Business and Economics, Connecticut, Coventry RI, English Americans, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Labor History, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, Meriden CT, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Norwalk CT, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Rhode Island, Social History -
Actuelles : Les Franco-Américains : I & II
La transcription d'une programme de radio de série, présentée par Radio-Canada sur une période de deux semaines. Deux animateurs canadiens parlent aux personnes à travers la Nouvelle-Angleterre sur les sujets de la langue, l'immigration, la littérature, la religion, et plus encore. Divisé en chapitres suivants:
Semaine I (3-7 sept.): Les Franco-Américains L'arrivee aux Etats-Unis L'installation et les conditions de vie L'eglise catholique et les Franco-Americains: Hier et aujourd'hui Semaine II (10-14 sept.): Le peuple des invisibles Une culture nostalgique Culture, c'est aussi litterature Les Francos et la francophonie L'avenirTags Albany NY, Auburn ME, Biddeford ME, Bristol CT, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Central Falls RI, Champlain NY, Chazy NY, Cohoes NY, Concord MA, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Essex VT, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Greene ME, Hardwick VT, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Jewish Americans, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Madison ME, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Documentary, Old Orchard Beach ME, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Plattsburgh NY, Québec, Radio, Saco ME, Schenectady NY, St. John River Valley, Troy NY, US Midwest, Van Buren ME, Violence, Waterford NY, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
In search of the real Kerouac
Review of the documentary film on Jack Kerouac, entitled, "Whatever Happened to Kerouac?" (Richard Lerner and Lewis McAdam, 1987). Film is a biographical portrait of the Lowell, Massachusetts, writer, featuring interviews with Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and William S. Burroughs, among others. Article written on the occasion of the film's showing in Somerville, Massachusetts. -
The Transplanted : A History of Immigrants in Urban America
An overview of American immigration and ethnic histories from American cities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Written by the Director of Oral History Research at the University of Indiana, Bloomington. From Indiana University Press: "A major survey of the immigrant experience between 1830 and 1930, this book has implications for all students and scholars of American social history."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Austrian Americans, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Croatian Americans, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, German Americans, Government and Politics, Hungarian Americans, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Jewish Americans, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Polish Americans, Religion, Social History, United States -
[Profile] Ron Currie, Jr., Reads: Postcard from Portland, Maine
Short piece that profiles Waterville, Maine writer Ron Currie Jr. in the context of a reading of his novel "Everything Matters!" at Longfellow Books in Portland, Maine. -
Through a Glass Darkly : Ethnic Semiosis in American Literature
Critical research that questions the concept of "ethnic literature" and explores the phenomenon of ethnicities being written out in American literature. Problematizes designating "ethnic literature" as a thing apart, given the peculiar ethnic and cultural blends that run through American social life and American literature in general. Uses the authors Henry James, William Carlos Williams, and others, as examples. -
Maine : Cross-Border Tourism
Legislative document highlighting the borderland tourism industries of Maine and Canada in the 1980s. -
The Franco-American Presence in America
Interview with Professor of French at Penn State University, Gerard J. Brault. Marks his participation in a Bates College symposium entitled, "The Franco-American Presence in America." Some of his thoughts on research on Franco-Americans, his involvement with Franco-American Institutes on language and culture in the 1960s, and modern language education more generally in relation to federal educational policy. Featured in an alumnus issue of the Bates College Bulletin entitled, "Language Is The Key." -
Entre nous la neige : correspondance québécaméricaine
Une collection de lettres echangées entre deux écrivain(e)s et deux pays, Canada et les Etats-Unis, au début des années 1980. -
The Beginnings of the Franco-American Colony in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
English translation of 1920's "Débuts de la colonie franco-américaine de Woonsocket, Rhode Island." A rich and in-depth portrayal of the birth of one of Rhode Island's largest Franco-American communities. Divided into three parts: town origins, immigration and genealogy, and a contemporary portrait including biographies and modern institutions.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Blackstone River Valley, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Genealogy, Journalism, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Rhode Island, Woonsocket RI -
Débuts de la colonie franco-américaine de Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Un portrait riche et approfondie de la naissance d'un des plus grandes communautés franco-américaines du Rhode Island. Présenté en trois parties: "Histoire de l'ancien Woonsocket et de ses environs," "L'émigration des Canadiens français aux Etats-Unis en général et à Woonsocket, R.I., en particulier," et "Les Franco-Américains et le Woonsocket contemporain." Illustré avec des photos en noir et blanc, et aussi avec quelques arbres généalogiques de familles franco-américaines à Woonsocket.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Blackstone River Valley, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Genealogy, Government and Politics, Journalism, Manville RI, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, New England, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Rhode Island, Smithfield RI, Social History, War, Woonsocket RI -
UMaine solidifies Franco-American studies path
Article on the hiring of Susan Pinette, a full-time faculty person at the University of Maine at Orono, for the purpose of securing a minor academic concentration in "Franco-American studies." This academic program is one of the few of its kind. -
A French-Canadian Wanted. Parishioners Refuse to [...] Father Feron as [...].
Article on Fall River, Massachusetts, French-Canadian Catholic parishioners gathering in "protest against the appointment of Father Feron, an Irish priest, as pastor of the parish." -
First Fall River Mayor of French-Canadian Descent
Article on the 1922 election of Edmond P. Talbot to the office of mayor in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts. -
To Mark Feast of St. John Wednesday. L'Union St Jean Baptiste D'Amerique to Meet
Article on the 1925 St-Jean-Baptiste Day Celebration in Greater Boston. -
Denies Cardinal in Church Dispute: Rev. J. D. Binette Says He Did Not Quote O'Connell
Article on the comments of a Bellingham, Massachusetts, pastor regarding his alleged opinion of attorney/journalist Elphege J. Daignault - a harsh critic of the local Cardinal and his position relative to national churches and schools coming under the purview of the archdiocese, no longer to be exclusively francophone. This controversy would come to be known as the "Sentinellist Affair." -
National Labor Leaders From New England: No. 8--Oliver Christian, Secretary of the National Loomfixers' Association
Article profiling Oliver Christian: a laborer who earned promotions up to the level of NLA secretary. -
Franco-American Congress Meets
Article on the meeting of the fifth military congress of the Franco-American Brigade of New England at Fall River, Massachusetts. -
L.J. Rioux Made Colonel
Article on the promotion of a Massachusetts man in the 1st regiment of the Franco-American Brigade of Volunteers of the United States out of New Bedford, Massachusetts. -
Franco-American Citizens
Article on a Massachusetts "national convention of French residents," with discussion held about political party affiliations, support for various candidates, etc. -
Great Day at Manchester
Article on a gathering of the Franco-American Board of Trade of New England held at Manchester, New Hampshire, in the summer of 1900. -
Goes to Worcester
Article on the relocation of Massachusetts' Franco-American Club from Boston to Worcester. -
K. of C. In State Convention
Article on the Knights of Columbus convention to be held at the Franco American Hall in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1907. -
Franco-American Democrats Gather
Article on a summer 1915 gathering of the Franco-American Democratic Club of Massachusetts in the coastal town of New Bedford. -
Franco-American Republicans Elect
Article on the 1917 meeting and elections of the Massachusetts Franco-American Republican Club. -
Franco-American Parade
Article on a 1911 march of Franco-American foresters in New Bedford, Massachusetts. -
By Penacook
Article on the annual gathering of the New England Franco-American Chamber of Commerce at Concord, New Hampshire, in 1903. -
Luckless, Witless, and Filthy-Footed : A Sociocultural Study and Publishing History Analysis of "The Lazy Boy"
Article on narrative motifs and patterns of historical development in the folkloric story of "The Lazy Boy" : a "male tale" traced internationally over nearly five hundred years of oral and written storytelling, through various iterations of characters and themes, and across linguistic boundaries. Author's critical analysis of "The Lazy Boy" used "to explore...questions in contemporary folk narrative research" (259). Emphasis on the roles of anger, stupidity, sexuality, and class in various of the story's versions; how the story's aspects vary in its telling between one cultural community and another. -
The Franco File : Teacher Guide
A teacher's guide to accompany 10 half-hour episodes of the children's television program, "The Franco File," produced by the Eastern Educational Television Network and New Hampshire Public Television. This program, designed to improve the self-esteem of Franco American children, explores contemporary, intergenerational Franco American life in a northeastern mill town. The teacher's guide introduces the program with summaries of each episode and profiles of each character. The guide contains intended learning objectives for each episode, a brief cultural and historical background for each episode's content, and suggested questions and materials for facilitating classroom discussions. Includes summary and guide for the following episodes: I. Songbook II. The Tutor III. It's a Long Story IV. Adieu, Millville! V. Where the Memories Live, Part VI. Where the Memories Live, Part II VII. Face the Music VIII. Les Voyageurs IX. Le Parrain X. The Election -
"Les franco-américains (1860-1980)" de François Weil et "Les franco-américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre (1776-1930)" d'Yves Roby
Un révue comparatif de deux textes historiques qui ont pour sujet les franco-américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. -
Historiographie et identité collective en Amérique française : le cas des élites francophones de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1872-1991
Un essai historiographique sur les façons dont l'identité ethnique et nationale a été imaginé, représenté, et vécue par des Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre qui ont écrit leurs histoires. Comment des textes français dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre présentent l'histoire du français en Amérique du nord, et la façon dont ces textes ont contribué à façonner l'identité franco-américaine dans leur temps. L'identité franco-américain comme précédemment produit par ceux qui l'ont écrit: prêtres, avocats, médecins, journalistes. Les étapes historiques de la représentation ethnique (canadienne-française, française, française nord-américaine, franco-américaine) dans certains écrits franco-américains, à partir de premiières publications jusqu'au fin du vingtiième siiècle.
Présenté dans les parties suivantes: «Faire oeuvre de reparation et d'honneur», 1872-1898 Une identité franco-américaine, 1899-1933 Appropriation culturelle et affirmation ethnique, 1934-1960 Difficultés, 1961-1991 -
Some Aims and Methods in Teaching French in the Elementary Schools in Louisiana : The Oakdale Elementary School Experiment
A 1938-1939 argument in favor of increasing the number of Louisiana public elementary schools that teach the French language, and some thoughts on best practices in the implementation of educational programs. From the author: "This paper contains a statement of the motives for teaching French in the elementary schools of Louisiana and the goals to be attained - together with a suggested list of projects that have proved helpful and a discussion of classroom procedures as used in the Oakdale Elementary School experiment." -
New grist for the mill: An old factory off Lincoln Street in Biddeford comes back to life as an apartment complex
Article on the redevelopment of vacant space in the Riverdam Mill of Biddeford, Maine, on the banks of the Saco River. -
La stratification sociale du groupe ethnique canadien-français aux États-Unis
Analyse démographique du groupe ethnique canadien-français aux États-Unis ou dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre entre 1830 et 1950, utlisant des chiffres de la Bureau of the Census. Déscriptions historiques de l'immigration canadienne du Québec aux États-Unis; présentation des chiffres socio-economiques par rapport à d'autres groupes ethniques immigrants avant de 1950. -
On the ethnics of newspapers
Editorial piece on the derogatory ethnocentricity of certain recent (winter, 1992-1993) newspaper publications and radio broadcasts in central Maine, and a reflection on one Waterville, Maine, mother's reaction to them in specific. -
Edwards Mill looks like bombed town, Owners say hydropower station to go back on line, damage unknown, Mill site crews still working
Article getting feedback from Mark Isaacson, vice president of the Edwards Manufacturing Co. whose Augusta, Maine, mill site was demolished by fire one month ago. Includes a picture of Isaacson in front of the mill ruins. -
Investigators have determined...Mill fire began in elevator shaft, cause still in question, official says
State officials determine where - but not yet how - the Edwards Mill fire began in Augusta, Maine, in the winter of 1989. Article also provides an update on the work being done by local firefighters to control the blaze's spread. -
Officials search for cause of mill fire
Maine state officials discuss efforts to investigate the cause of the Edwards Mill fire in the winter of 1989, on the shore of the Kennebec River in Augusta, Maine. -
Owner had been trying to sell Edwards Mill for 10 months
After the defunct Edwards Mill of Augusta, Maine, is devastated by fire in 1989, it comes to light that its owner had been trying for nearly a year to sell the property. -
Fire levels Augusta mill, Blaze causes no injuries
A fire consumes the Edwards Mill in Augusta, Maine, beginning in the afternoon of November 30, 1989. Article includes a picture of the smoke and fire at the base of Sand Hill, a neighborhood in the north part of the city. -
No cause yet for Edwards mill fire
Article recounts burning of Augusta, Maine's Edwards Mill in November and December of 1991. Discusses the melange of firefighting efforts from many parts of Central Maine, as well as the early stages of investigating the fire's cause. -
Judge rejects Ellis' request for lien on Le Club Calumet
Kennebec County (Maine) Superior Court judge rejects Nancy Ellis' bid to attach a lien to Calumet Club property in the case that, if her lawsuit against the club is victorious, the club disbands, sells land, and refuses coverage of her legal fees. -
A Brief History of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts
1931 diocesan history from a densely populated Massachusetts mill town. Dedicated in 1832, FRD's cathedral parish is St. Mary's, while the city's traditionally Franco American parish - St. Anne's - was established in 1869.Tags Acushnet MA, Assonet MA, Attleboro MA, Bass River Valley, Brewster MA, Centerville MA, Chatham MA, Dennisport MA, Dighton MA, East Taunton MA, Easton MA, Fairhaven MA, Fall River MA, Falmouth MA, Freetown MA, Hyannis MA, Labor History, Mansfield MA, Marion MA, Mashpee MA, Massachusetts, Mattapoisett MA, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, North Attleborough MA, North Dartmouth MA, Norton MA, Oak Bluffs MA, Onset MA, Orleans MA, Osterville MA, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Pocasset MA, Provincetown MA, Raynham MA, Religion, Sandwich MA, Seekonk MA, Somerset MA, Swansea MA, Taunton MA, Wareham MA, Wellfleet MA, Westport MA -
The Special NDEA Institute at Bowdoin College for French Teachers of Canadian Descent
Essay on the 1961 French Institute (Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine) held under the terms of the National Defense Education Act that was intended, by the federal government, to tap into and develop the linguistic resource of native Franco-American French speakers. Complicated by the divergence of New England French from standard Parisian French. Brault provides here a paraphrased version of the Institute's curricula, which aimed to standardize spoken French from its dialectical or vernacular forms local to Maine. -
New England French Culture
Arguments for the historical roots of the traits that customarily charge New England French culture, and the common struggles of ethnic immigrant groups in the United States. -
A Transcript of Interviews with Franco-Americans
A documentation of results from language tests given to Franco Americans in the late 1950s. Considers local vocabulary and phonetics. From the document's abstract: "The interviews were designed to illustrate the chief features of the French spoken by New England Franco-Americans and to provide useful information for facilitating instruction in standard spoken French of the New England area." ERIC title indicates a resource in two parts. -
The French-Canadian Heritage in New England
Comprehensive history of French Canadians and Franco Americans in New England, with an emphasis on the early 20th century. Introduced with a summary of early North American exploration and colonization. Spans in specific an historical period that begins at the time of the American Civil War and ends in the early 1980s. Attempts to touch upon persons and events captured in the news and collective memories of Franco Americans, as well as other historical signposts that teach about the unique persistence of French Canadian heritage and Franco American culture in New England. Contains a sizable bibliography.Tags Acadians, Art and Architecture, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, Food, Forestry, Fur-trading, Government and Politics, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Mills and Mill Work, Music, Native Americans, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Religion, Social History, Violence -
Livret du professeur de français franco-américaine : considerations sur certains problemes d'ordre linguistique et pedagogique par quelques-uns des participants de l'Institut Franco-Américain de Bowdoin College
Un petit livre de pensées sur l'enseignment de la langue française aux jeunes gens. Des problièmes, méthodes, et concernes linguistiques et culturelles qui sont nécessaires pour les enseignants à considérer dans la salle de classe, et avec les étudiants franco-américains en particulier. -
Sociolinguistics, Politics, and Language Teaching
Brief article on the integration of linguistic theory, language teaching, and sociolinguistics. Thoughts on some of the political and social implications of dialects, and questions about applying certain linguistic theories to the teaching of language. Compares teaching English in African American communities to teaching French in French Canadian, Franco American communities, and discusses issues surrounding language instruction in what the author calls "non-standard dialect." References to the author's Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, conferences for teachers of French held in the early 1960s. -
The Franco-Americans of Maine
Transcript of a presentation to the annual meeting of the Maine Historical Society held at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, on June 24, 1972. An overview of the history of Franco Americans in Maine, and an introduction to what the speaker terms "the Franco-American situation before World War II." Insights into nineteenth- and twentieth-century Québec emigration, industrial labor, Roman Catholic parishes, local French language, and other community attributes. Chiefly uses details from the cities of Brunswick and Lewiston, Maine, though with substantial references to other Maine and New England communities. Published as a Special Edition of the Maine Historical Society Newsletter.Tags Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Death and Disaster, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Fort Kent ME, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Québec, Religion, Rumford ME, Sabattus ME, Sanford ME, St. John River Valley, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME, Winslow ME, Woonsocket RI -
Le français en Nouvelle-Angleterre
Bref essai sur la langue et la démographie franco-américaine dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre dans les années 1970. Comparaisons spécifiques entre les traits de la langue française et ses usages en Nouvelle-Angleterre et au Canada, avec de brièves contextes historiques pour leur développement général. Présenté dans un recueil d'écrits sur les francophones hors de France, et avec un sentiment envers la préservation culturelle et linguistique. Suivie par une briève bibliographie.Composé des sections suivantes: Introduction Configurations spatiales du peuplement de la Nouvelle-Angleterre par les Franco-Américains Les étapes de l'histoire franco-américaine Chiffres relatifs a la population franco-américaine contemporaine Traits communs au français canadien et au français de Nouvelle-Angleterre Traits distinctifs du français de Nouvelle-Angleterre Les perspectivesTags Adams MA, Auburn ME, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Cambridge MA, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Connecticut, Demography, Dudley MA, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Killingly CT, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, North Adams MA, Old Town ME, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Québec, Rhode Island, Saco ME, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Taunton MA, Vermont, Ware MA, Warwick RI, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Webster MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
J'aime le New York : A Bilingual Guide to the French Heritage of New York State
French heritage travel and resource guide to New York state, divided by region and described by town and city. From the foreword to the text: "Continuing the tradition begun in the 17th century, French and Canadian ties flourish in New York which attracts businesses and commerce from Canada, its largest trading partner, as well as from France. This guide begins to tell the story of the memorable but half-forgotten chapters of New York State's French history which form the backdrop for today's ties with France and Canada. It was made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to the Franco-American and Quebec Heritage Series at the State University of New York at Albany." -
J'aime New York : A Bilingual Guide to the French Heritage of New York State / Guide bilingue de l'héritage français de l'état de New York
Second edition of guide to resources of French and French Canadian histories and heritage in the state of New York. Historical introduction to New York explorers, settlers, and immigrants of French heritage from as early as 1524. Guide to people, places, and events (current and historical) in each of the state's major districts, complete with resource descriptions and contact information. Presented in English and French. Guide de ressources aux histoires et héritage français et canadien-français dans l'état de New York. Une introduction historique aux explorateurs, colons, et immigrants du patrimoine français, à partir de 1524. Guide aux gens, endroits, et événements (actuelles et historiques) dans tous dans tous grands districts de l'ètat. Des descriptions des certaines ressources actuelles, informations de contact, et plus. Présenté en anglais et en français.Tags Albany NY, Blooming Grove NY, Cohoes NY, East Greenbush NY, Exploration and Colonization, France, Gardiner NY, Hudson River Valley, Huguenots, Larchmont NY, Native Americans, New Paltz NY, New Rochelle NY, New York, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Travel and Tourism, North America, Oneida NY, Onendaga NY, Plattsburgh NY, Québec, Rye NY, Saratoga Springs NY, Schenectady NY, Tivoli NY -
Les Francos, ces Américains bien de chez nous
Le douziième chapitre d'un texte historique sur le présence d'héritage français aux États-Unis jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Basé en grande partie sur les voyages des auteurs français aux États-Unis, entretiens et témoignages des états-uniens. Ce chapitre traite des <i>Francos</i> - les Franco-Américains d'héritage canadien-français dans le nord-est des États. Prémiièrement, une discussion historique sur des aspects agricoles et industriels de l'immigration canadienne-française en Nouvelle-Angleterre, et ces vagues de migration marquées par trois guerres américaines: La guerre de Sécession, la Prémiière Guerre mondiale, la Deuxiième Guerre mondiale. Un développement des communautés franco-américaines comme lié à l'autorité de l'Église catholique. L'affaire Flint et le Mouvement Sentinelliste. Deuxiièmement, témoignages des <i>Francos</i> d'aujourd'hui. Des pensées sur l'héritage culturel français - et sa rôle dans la vie quotidienne - dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre. En quelle façon des villes d'héritage franco-américain en Nouvelle-Angleterre ont transformées, et dans le Minnesota. Un accent particulier sur Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Commentaire de: Loriane, Mariette, et Elaine Castonguay; Yvon Labbé; Claire Quintal; Adele St. Pierre; Michael Rainville.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Jay ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Minneapolis MN, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Essay, Orono ME, Québec, Religion, St. John River Valley, St. Paul MN, Travel and Movement, War, Woonsocket RI -
Leaders boost Franco forum
Letter to the editor on the upcoming designation of Maine as "the location for the United States bureau of the Francophone Business Forum." This development comes after separate endeavors in the Bangor and Lewiston, Maine, encouraging that attention be paid to Franco heritage and the French language as viable economic resources. -
The Social Consequences of Writing Louisiana French
The status of French language in Louisiana over time - diversity, amalgamation, decay, revival, and current modes of expression. How the written French word in the context of Louisiana French language revival has taken on special political and social meaning. The written word as a sight for examining the connections between "social and linguistic change" in Louisiana. From the author: "Studies on language shift often refer to the demise of the ousted variety by detailing various stages of language decay and extinction. Problematic for these accounts are well-documented cases of intervening social phenomena, such as language revival movements, which can alter in some way the stages of decline. French Louisiana's situation illustrates language shift interacting with a strong revival movement. In the wake of the revival and in spite of continued shift, another trend is apparent -- the writing of Louisiana French. Whereas shift clearly represents a stage of language decline, the creation of a written code functions as a key ingredient for language maintenance. A sociolinguistic analysis of these forces reveals the complexity and the conflict involved in the choice of the written word." -
Working People in the Post-Industrial Age, 1961-Present
Article featuring selections of oral history interviews conducted with Rhode Island working people in the 1980s. Reflections on childhood in urban, industrial Rhode Island in the wake of industrial closures, changing demographic landscapes, and their impact on the state's collective identity. Stories of mill work in Pawtucket, the Narragansett Brewery, labor negotiations, the women's movement, and other social reform movements in Rhode Island in the 1960s and 1970s. Featured in Part Two of a Rhode Island History series entitled, "Working Lives: An Oral History of Rhode Island Labor."Tags Albion RI, Blackstone Valley RI, Central Falls RI, Emigration and Immigration, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Manville RI, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rhode Island, Social History, United States, Youth -
French-Canadians Strong in Numbers; Total Nearly One-Seventh of Population of New England States. Dominant in Some Cities; Eager to Keep Their Language, School and Church--A Valuable Labor Class
Brief editorial on the growth of the French-Canadian/Franco-American population in the United States relative to other cultural groups. Considers the dilemma of the French-Canadians' resistance to full assimilation alongside their healthy contribution to the American labor force. -
Parlez-vous francais? Oui, but what do you have to sell?
Cover story on the inception and early troubles of the Lewiston, Maine, office of Forum Francophone des Affaires, the world Francophone Business Forum. The attempts of French-speaking and French-heritage Maine businesspeople, through this office, to connect with buyers and sellers in francophone markets around the globe. The Maine office's early loss of state funding, among other various problems that have arisen while trying to spur the local office and Maine businesses into grand international action. The importance of the French language in Maine to this economic effort. -
Older Women Doing Home Care : Exploitation or Ideal Job?
Article exploring the contexts and conditions of older age women as increasingly common personal assistance and home care aides in the twenty-first century. This occupation at the convergence of the growing need for home care workers in American homes, with the financial insecurity of older active adults in need of supplemental income, and who are able to provide social support and physical assistance to elders in need of care-taking. Author asks: "As older women are choosing, or being forced, to work later in life, is personal care work in their best interest?" (300). Article based on mixed-methods research - the Older Worker Study - including interviews with Maine home health workers: discussion of financial status, family status, work history, and attitudes toward age and experience. Written by a Professor of Social Work at the University of Maine. -
History of the Catholic Church in the New England States : Volume 1
Lengthy 1899 historical portrait of Roman Catholic dioceses in the New England states. Includes the archdiocese of Boston, the dioceses of Providence (Rhode Island), Portland (Maine), and Manchester (New Hampshire).Tags Bangor ME, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Brighton MA, Cambridge MA, Concord NH, Damariscotta Mills ME, Dorchester MA, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, Gloucester MA, Government and Politics, Haverhill MA, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Native Americans, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Providence RI, Religion, Roxbury MA, South Boston MA, Waltham MA, War -
Minority Women of North America : A Comparison of French-Canadian and Afro-American women
A comparison of the historical situations and social positions of French Canadian and African American women. An examination of their family and community roles, cultural stereotypes, and social and politicals achievement levels. Situates the origins of each population on the North American continent - one in servitude in seventeenth-century New France, the other in forced immigration and slavery in the United States of the same time. Focuses on the phenomenon of a "double-oppression" - or the sum of one's ethnic minority and gender statuses - and what is required for the doubly oppressed to be "liberated." Acknowledgement of gendered differences in the separate gains made by each minority group. Republished in Le FAROG Forum (April 1988), University of Maine. -
English-speaking Quebec in the Light of Its Reaction to Bill 22
An evaluation of reactions to, condemnations of, and opinions relative to Québec's 1974 passage of Bill 22 - making law the preference and predominance of the French language in that province. Much of the hubbub surrounding this bill was created by its opponents who cited, among other things, its imposition on freedom of linguistic choice, or its strangulation of a parent's choice of the language in which one's child might be schooled. The author of this article used information gathered from English-speaking Québecers and English-language newspapers from the province. His ultimate argument is for the bill to be repealed, claiming, in the words of other opponents, that it is "a repressive piece of legislation" that pays scant attention to Québec's anglophone minorities. -
The Kennebec Wilderness Awakens
Historical piece on the Kennebec River and its surrounding valley towns, from the end of the American Revolution until the river's final log drive in the second half of the twentieth century. Relationships between early settlers and Native Americans. The river as an economic engine for its Maine region. The rise and transitions of the lumbering industry and the work of loggers past. Railroad life, activity around Moosehead Lake, and the characters who helped build the Kennebec River Valley north of the Maine town of Bingham. Area folklore and the river's place in it. Illustrated with regional maps, advertisements, and photographs taken by the author.Tags Augusta ME, Bingham ME, Caratunk ME, Chesuncook ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Dead River Valley ME, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Fairfield ME, Flagstaff ME, Forestry, France, Gardiner ME, Geography, Greenville ME, Holeb ME, Kennebec River Valley, Labor History, Lowelltown ME, Madison ME, Maine, Moose River Valley, Moosehead Lake Region, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Norridgewock ME, North Anson ME, Oakland ME, Pittston ME, Religion, Rockwood ME, Skowhegan ME, Sports and Leisure, Starks ME, Stratton ME, Travel and Movement, Winslow ME -
Dawn Over the Kennebec
Historical piece on the European explorers of the Kennebec River Valley and the Abenaki people of that Maine region. Highlights the relationships among British, French, and Native American, and their confrontations from the 17th century onward. The geography of the region. Includes a chapter that traces the histories of place names in the Kennebec Valley - towns, land masses, bodies of water, etc. Illustrated with photographs from the author, regional maps, and drawings.Tags Augusta ME, Bingham ME, Brunswick ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord ME, Dresden ME, Emigration and Immigration, England, Europe, Eustis ME, Exploration and Colonization, Fairfield ME, France, Geography, Georgetown ME, Hallowell ME, Kennebec River Valley, Madison ME, Maine, Moosehead Lake Region, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Norridgewock ME, Phippsburg ME, Pittston ME, Québec, Religion, Sidney ME, Solon ME, Starks ME, Vassalboro ME, War, Waterville ME, Wells ME, Winslow ME, Woolwich ME, York ME -
Black Robe on the Kennebec
Historical piece on early French Jesuits missionizing to Abenaki in Maine's Kennebec River Valley in the 17th century.Tags Acadians, Art and Architecture, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, France, Government and Politics, Illinois, Kennebec River Valley, Maine, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion -
Radicals of the Worst Sort : Laboring Women in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1860-1912
New England women's labor history text from a professor of American and New England studies at the University of Southern Maine. Focuses on Lawrence, Massachusetts, as a town with a diversity of worker and ethnic experience, and the relationship between this and gender at the beginning of the twentieth century in industrial America. From the publisher's website: "Ardis Cameron focuses on the textile workers' strikes of 1882 and 1912 in this examination of class and gender formation as drawn from the experience and language of the working-class neighborhoods of Lawrence [Mass.]. She shows clearly that the working women who unionized and fought for equality were considered the 'worst sort' because they challenged both economic and sexual hierarchies, providing alternative models for turn-of-the-century women." -
Three Architects of Early New Hampshire Mill Towns
Article describing the architectural history of Nashua, New Hampshire and its surroundings, once thought to belong largely to the work of Asher Benjamin (agent of the Nashua Manufacturing Company) in the nineteenth century. Benjamin's contemporaries - Samuel Shepherd and John D. Kimball - and their little-investigated yet significant impact on landscapes often attributed to Benjamin. The relationships between these three artists and constructors in the nineteenth century, and a call for further research into their specific architectural influences. -
New Towns of the Early New England Textile Industry
Article in vernacular architecture describing New England industrial community development in the new textile towns of the early 19th century. Emphasis on textile operations and their accompanying communities and building innovations between 1820 and 1840. An attempt at departing from the employer/employee bifuracted model of community development. Comparisons between characteristics of Providence and Boston/Waltham factory and village models; observations of imitative architectural practices in each model's region. Includes select artistic representations of early industrial towns in New England.Tags Berwick ME, Blackstone River Valley, Boston MA, Central Falls RI, Centreville CT, Chelmsford MA, Chicopee MA, Clayville RI, Concord River Valley, Connecticut, Dover NH, Fiskeville RI, Harris RI, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Moosup CT, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Art and Architecture, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Peterborough NH, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Saco ME, Salmon Falls NH, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Stow MA, Vermont, Waltham MA, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
NAME THESE MILL WORKERS
1926 photo taken of workers in the Edwards Mill (weave rooms 33 and 53), Augusta, Maine. The featured caption seeks out newspaper readers who might be able to identify the faces in the picture. -
Seamless Hosiery Industry of Laconia, New Hampshire
Article describing the state of hosiery mills in Laconia, New Hampshire in the late 1930s: obstacles to effective production, descriptions of economic advantages, suggestions for improvement. Historical background from the origins of the first Laconia hosiery in 1847. Mill closures beginning in 1923: their causes and some of their impacts. Current 1930s industrial competition between Laconia mills and similar producers in Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states: Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee. Includes black and white photographs.Tags Belmont NH, Blackstone River Valley, Franklin NH, Georgia, Hillsboro NH, Laconia NH, Lake Winnipesaukee NH, Merrimack River Valley, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- History, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Tilton NH -
A new voice : Feisty editor gives Franco pride a boost
Profile of University of Maine's Franco-American Centre director and journal editor, Yvon Labbé. Comments from Labbé on the social and linguistic conditions of New England Franco Americans, and the ways in which the Centre's journal (Le FAROG Forum) attempts to bring these and their historical backgrounds to greater public attention. Contains a brief biographical sketch, comments from certain academics, and some of Labbé's commentary on the historical circumstances of a modern Franco American cultural identity. -
The Origin of Longfellow's "Evangeline" and Hawthorne's Relation to It
1905 letter to the editor on the recent discovery that New England author Nathaniel Hawthorne had supplied fellow New England writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with the theme for his famous story in verse, "Evangeline." -
Augusta couple: The mill was their life
Article on Davilla and Yvonne Croteau, husband and wife, who together spent more than 100 years working at the Edwards Mill in Augusta, Maine. Their reminiscing here comes in the aftermath of the mill burning to the ground in the winter of 1989. Article includes pictures from the 1934 Edwards Mill strike. -
'Frenchie' confronts critics
After stepping down from his radio personality post at WBLM, Ernie Gagne, a.k.a. 'Frenchie,' takes part in a televised panel discussion about his ethnically-driven humor, its dissidents, and the cultural and historical issues it exhumes. The panel took place at the University of Maine at Augusta's Holocaust and Human Rights Center. -
'Frenchie' puts humor on cassette tape
Ernie Gagne, humorist and Maine talk radio voice of the controversial "Frenchie" character, releases a cassette tape of his ethnically-driven jokes. -
End of an era on Sand Hill
St. Augustine School, the historically Franco Catholic school on Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine, closes at the end of the 2007 school year. It is to be merged with St. Mary's School of Western Avenue, Augusta, and housed at that location, taking the new name, "St. Michael School." -
McAuley recalls the past: AARP's minority affairs person reflects on racism he saw in Augusta
John McAuley recalls his experience of racism while growing up in Augusta, Maine, in the 1930s. -
Le Club Calumet suspends brothers for backing Ellis
Nancy Albert Ellis' father and uncle, Demetrius and Henry Albert, were suspended by Le Club Calumet after refusing to appear before their executive board to discuss their public support of Ellis' controversial bid for membership in the all-male, Augusta, Maine, club. -
Age of equality
Editorial piece arguing that Le Club Calumet should, as directed by the Kennebec County Superior Court, admit women as members, and discontinue the membership policy of its Augusta, Maine, establishment that is arguably based in part on sex discrimination. -
Calumet Club loses Round 1
The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled that Le Club Calumet, an all-male Franco American social club in Augusta, Maine, discriminated when it refused membership to a woman applicant. The article contains commentary from arguing members of the Club and the MHRC councilpersons who voted unanimously to label officially the Club's decision as discrimination based on sex. -
Calumet Club faces rights hearing
A Readfield, Maine, woman who was denied membership at Le Club Calumet - a men's Franco-American social club in Augusta, Maine - appealed to the Maine Human Rights Commission on account of discrimination. -
'Frenchie' feature receives complaints
Article on certain reactions to Portland, Maine, radio station, WBLM's morning broadcast featuring humor based on "a slow-witted Franco-American" character. Differing public attitudes toward the station's program, including complaints issued by the Maine Human Rights Commission, defenses of the program offered by the station's management, and the varying opinions of some local radio listeners. -
'The sound doesn't exist in English'
Interview with Maine language teacher, Charlie Hicks, on his passion for the French language and the benefits of teaching it to young people. -
America's French Heritage
A brief history of the French presence in North America. English translation of "Une Amérique française." From the text: "When we think of the French contribution to the history of the United States, we immediately think to Lafayette, especially in the bicentennial year of American Independence. We might be prone to forget that a large part of the American territory was, in the first place, French: discovered, mapped, and colonized as such from Montreal to Quebec....A work designed for the greater public and for all types of students, 'America's French Heritage' is a vast portrait illustrating the contribution that, for more than 350 years, millions of coureurs de bois, voyageurs, missionaries, colonists, businesspeople, workers, intellectuals, and others from France and Canada have brought AND still bring to the United States...."Tags Acadians, Arkansas, Boston MA, Canada, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, France, Government and Politics, Great Lakes Region, Illinois, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montréal QC, Native Americans, New England, New Hampshire, New Orleans LA, New York, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, Québec, South Carolina, St. Louis MO, United States, War, Wisconsin -
Une Amérique française
Un exploration québécois des contributions historiques des gens français et canadiens-français à la vie quotidienne et la culture des Etats-Unis. Du texte: "Quand on parle de l'apport français à l'histoire des États-Unis, on songe immédiatement à La Fayette, surtout en cette période du bicentenaire de l'Indépendance. On est peut-être porté à oublier que la plus grande partie du territoire américain a d'abord été française : découverte, cartographiée, colonisée à partir de Montréal et de Québec. Ouvrage destiné au grand public, aux étudiants, aux éleves, 'Une Amérique française' est une vase fresque illustrant la contribution que, depuis plus de 350 ans, des millions de coureurs de bois, voyageurs, missionaires, colons, commercants, ouvriers, intellectuels, venus, de France ou du Canada, ont apportée et apportent encore, par leurs qualités françaises, à la civilisation des États-Unis. L'auteur, Jacques-Donat Casanova, est français, mais il a vécu longtemps au Québec et parcouru l'Amérique du nord. Il a déja publié avec Raymond Douville, 'La vie quotidienne en Nouvelle France' et 'La vie quotidienne des Indiens au Canada.'"Tags Acadians, Arkansas, Boston MA, Canada, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, France, Government and Politics, Great Lakes Region, Illinois, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montréal QC, Native Americans, New England, New Hampshire, New Orleans LA, New York, Newport RI, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, Québec, South Carolina, St. Louis MO, United States, War, Wisconsin -
Was it sex discrimination?
Letter to the editor that asks whether discrimination based on gender is different from discrimination based on ethnicity, and if Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American social club in Augusta, Maine, is not allowed by its private status to limit its membership based on both sex and ethnicity. -
An Analysis of Canadian Bilingual Districts Policy
A paper looking into the location and development of Bilingual Districts in Canada - meaning, the establishment of outposts of Canadian federal services that can take place in both English and French to serve a population that has significant percentages (greater than a 10% collective) of people who speak one language or the other in the minority. The author evaluates how proclaiming certain districts and not others "bilingual" can have an effect on the perception of that region, on the psychology surrounding assimilation, and on the population in that region keen to the language politics active in its surroundings. -
A Boy's Dream Come True : Becoming a Maine Woodsman
Yarmouth, Maine man's personal account of his first day - with his new small axe - in the "BIG WOODS" with Uncle Edmund, a woodsman in North Yarmouth. His uncle and grandfather, woodcutters, as role models for an author who recalls the boyhood joys of cutting and stacking cord wood. Brief guest article written and submitted by a magazine reader. -
Home is where (the heart is) I-95N ends.
Blog post which responds to the question: "Of all the places I'd choose to live, why on earth would I choose to stay in Aroostook County?" The writer's answer includes personal definitions of "culture," descriptions of community and rural life, and geographical comparisons that challenge stereotypes and rural Maine and shed a favorable light on the people and atmosphere of northern Maine's Aroostook County. -
Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens et les Canadiens aux États-Unis
Une histoire des débuts d'une paroisse nationale catholique franco-américain de Worcester, Massachusetts, dans le cadre de tous les Canadiens francophones aux États-Unis de la seconde moitié du dix-neuviième siiècle. Pensées sur le phénomiène d'immigration. Une liste des sousscripteurs de l'église de Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens. -
Some Repatriement Dilemmas
Article on the idea of repatriation as integral to the history of French Canadian community building in the United States. Certain struggles and losses accompanying Canadian repatriation from the United States in the late 19th century, after extended periods of American settlement. Examples of repatriation as considered in two different contexts: New England and the US Midwest. In Worcester, Massachusetts, journalist Ferdinand Gagnon functioning in the French Canadian press as an agent of repatration for Quebec government in 1875; the eventual shift in his political position, a rearticulation of his understandings of cultural allegiance, and his eventual American naturalization. In Michigan, Telesphore St-Pierre as journalist advocate for la survivance during a period of growth of French community and society there. The difficulties of appealing to Canadian repatriation after extended settlement. St-Pierre's eventual appeal for American nationalism and Catholic loyalty as means of retaining heritage. Transformations in the Franco American concept of "la survivance."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bay City MI, Boston MA, Cohoes NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord NH, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Great Lakes Region, Journalism, Lake Linden MI, Michigan, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Religion, Sault Sainte Marie MI, St. Ignace MI, United States, Worcester MA -
Le français en contact avec l'anglais : analyse des anglicismes dans le français parlé à Cohoes, New York
Un étude sur la présence de mots anglais dans le parole français d'un communauté franco-américain dans l'état de New York. Des données et chiffres qui correspondent aux tendances linguistiques dans ce communauté. L'influence de la langue anglaise sur un peuple américain qui a le français pour langue maternelle. -
And one who's still waiting
A commentary on the headline article of this issue, "Women in the Clubs," that elaborates a discussion of Nancy Albert Ellis. In 1988, Ellis was refused membership to the all-male Franco American social club, Le Club Calumet, of Augusta, Maine, and began a course of litigation that lasted a number of years. -
French New Bedford : A Historical Overview of Franco-Americans of New Bedford, Massachusetts
A brief history of the Franco Americans in New Bedford, Massachusetts. About half of the text is dedicated to the role of New Bedford's Catholic churches, while the remainder addresses New Bedford's community life, work, the French language, and Franco American culture. Includes photographs. -
The French in Rhode Island : Historical Overview
A brief history, unpublished, of the French presence in the Rhode Island area - from France's exploration in the 16th century, to the Huguenot communities of the 17th century, French soldiers of the late 18th in the American Revolution, and the French Canadian immigrants of the most recent two hundred years. The continuing Franco American presence in Rhode Island, the cities in which French heritage is vibrant, and the institutions that have sustained certain elements of French culture. Profiles of certain prominent Rhode Islanders.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Albion RI, Arctic RI, Art and Architecture, Ashton RI, Business and Economics, Central Falls RI, Community: Customs and Social Life, East Greenwich RI, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Frenchtown RI, Government and Politics, Lippitsville RI, Manville RI, Natick RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Pawtucket RI, Phenix RI, Providence RI, Religion, Rhode Island, Slatersville RI, Violence, War, Warren RI, West Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
That Other Yankee, The Franco American
Historical essay arguing against a lack of knowledge about French and Franco American agents in the history of the United States, and the harmful cultural and political effects such a lack of knowledge may have in this country's citizens. Touches base on many of the major French persons significant in the history of North America previous to 1776. -
La presse chez les Franco-Américains
Une collection des titres des journaux de langue française et des articles de périodiques franco-américains de la Nouvelle Angleterre. Une introduction historique de la grande variété dans la presse écrite franco-américain des 19e et 20e siiècles.Tags Bay City MI, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Bourbonnais IL, Burlington VT, California, Chicago IL, Cleveland OH, Cohoes NY, Detroit MI, Duluth MN, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Kankakee County IL, Lake Linden MI, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Marinette WI, Marquette MI, Minneapolis MN, Montréal QC, Muskegon MI, New England, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Norwich CT, Orono ME, Providence RI, Salem MA, Somersworth NH, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, St. Martinville LA, St. Paul MN, Taunton MA, Van Buren ME, Woonsocket RI -
Rhode Island's Franco-Americans in Our Pluralistic Society
Brief essay presentation summarizing much of the history of the French presence in Rhode Island. Acknowledges certain Rhode Island events, as well as political and religious figures, beginning with French explorations of North America in the 16th century, and moving into the twentieth century. Composed as a response to what the author calls the "melting pot theory," and as an argument against the author's notion of cultural assimilation. Transcript of a speech given to Le Foyer - a social organization in Pawtucket, Rhode Island - on March 21, 1973.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Central Falls RI, Coventry RI, Cumberland RI, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Government and Politics, Manville RI, Narragansett RI, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Pawtucket RI, Religion, Rhode Island, West Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
Historical Perspective on Waterville's 19th-Century Franco-Americans
Website publication. Brief essay on the beginnings of French Canadian migration to Waterville, Maine, in the nineteenth century, and the impact of later, more pervasive chain migrations on that town and its riverside industrialization before World War I. Includes at its conclusion a section entitled "Miscellaneous trivia on the Franco-Americans of Waterville and of Maine," relating bits of history extending from the migration period (1860-1930), through the twentieth century, and into the present. -
Talking Acadian : Communication, Work, and Culture
A case study in intercultural communication, with linguistic and psychological insight into the dynamics of an American Acadian community in Gardner, Massachusetts. Large emphasis on the communal value of work, or how ideas about work are situated in the grammar of Acadian American dialogue. From YBK Publishers: " 'Talking Acadian: Communication, Work and Culture' provides a look into the lives of the French-speaking American Acadians, and particularly those who left eastern Canada to settle in Masschusetts in the 1960s. This book captures their stories about family life and their values, mores and morals. It also traces the ways that they use communication to develop and maintain their culture.What the reader learns is that to talk about Acadians you must talk about work. This group gives us new insights into the world of work - a central feature of living for the Acadians and crucial to their self-definition."Tags Acadians, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Family, Folklore, France, Gardner MA, Labor History, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Nonfiction -- Performance Studies, Nonfiction -- Psychology, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nova Scotia, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Salem MA, Sports and Leisure -
The Spice of Popery : Converging Christianities on an Early American Frontier
Exploration of Maine's religious culture and various religious identities in the 17th and early 18th centuries. A study of religious eclecticism in the New England/New France borderland that complicates conventional notions of Christian orthodoxy, or of various Protestant and Catholic peoples and ways of living, in a corner of North America during the Colonial Period. The region's interactions between European Protestant settlers, Wabanaki, and French Catholics; the interplay of their various powers and religious varieties; the birth of hybrid borderland cultures; the solidification of religious identities. Particular emphasis on Catholic/Protestant conflicts in this time period and region. Illustrated with maps, portraits, and black and white photographs. Based on the 2006 dissertation of a similar title. -
Quebec and the American Dream
An examination of various and historical connections between Quebec and the United States. Beginning in the attitudes shaped during eighteenth-century struggles between France and Britain over the Canadian landmass, then moving through the American Revolution, the Great Migration period, the United States assimilation measures of the early twentieth century, and the Quebec nationalist movement, the authors reflect on the meaning of the United States for Quebec - and vice versa. From the Between the Lines Publishing: "Chodos and Hamovitch weave a blend of anecdote, quotation, and scholarship to provide an incisive historical account of the interaction between French Canada and the political economy of the United States."Tags Acadians, Boston MA, Business and Economics, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Florida, Forestry, France, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Louisiana, Madawaska ME, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Old Orchard Beach ME, Québec, Religion, United States, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Review : Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada
A business review of Beatrice Craig's "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists: The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada." The reviewer, Leslie Choquette, author of "Frenchmen into Peasants: Modernity and Tradition in the Peopling of French Canada" (Harvard University Press, 1997), is the Director of Assumption College's French Institute.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Criticism and Review, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Labor History, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, St. John River Valley -
Frenchmen into Peasants: Modernity and Tradition in the Peopling of French Canada
History text on the later migrations of the French to Atlantic Canada, written by the Director of the French Institute at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts. From Harvard University Press: "In unprecedented detail, Leslie Choquette narrates the peopling of French Canada across the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the lesser known colonial phase of French migration. Drawing on French and Canadian archives, she carefully traces the precise origins of individual immigrants, describing them by gender, class, occupation, region, religion, age, and date of departure. Her archival work is impressive: of the more than 30,000 emigrants who embarked for Quebec and the Maritimes during the French Regime, nearly 16,000 are chronicled here....In considering the pattern of emigration in the context of migration history, Choquette shows that, in many ways, the movement toward Canada occurred as a by-product of other, perennial movements, such as the rural exodus or interurban labor migrations. Overall, emigrants to Canada belonged to an outwardly turned and mobile sector of French society, and their migration took place during a phase of vigorous Atlantic expansion. They crossed the ocean to establish a subsistence economy and peasant society, traces of which lingered on into the twentieth century. Because Choquette looks at the entire history of French migration to Canada--its social and economic aspects as well as its place in the larger history of migration--her work makes a remarkable contribution in the field of immigration history."
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Parlez-vous Canadien?
Article on the comparisons made between French language varieties in Canada, France, and elsewhere in the Francophone world. -
Vermont Plans Bilingual Signs For Highways
Article on French-English roadsigns planned for Vermont highways in the 1950s. -
Big Liquor Seizures in Bennington, Vermont
Article on multiple criminal alcohol seizures from a number of Vermont social clubs in the 1910s. -
New Cotton Mill for Manville, R.I.
Article on the plans for a new cotton mill - owned entirely by French-Canadians - to be built in Manville, Rhode Island. -
French-Canadian as a Language
Article reflecting on the work of a Québec social scholar, and exploring the idea that there may or may not exist "a distinct French Canadian patois." -
French-Canadian Criers
Article on the New England institution of the "town crier" - one who yells out public announcements from a central community area to alert those in earshot. -
Republican Clubs Formed in Towns of Essex County
Article on the creation of Republican political clubs in Essex County, Massachusetts, which includes the towns of Salem, Lawrence, Lynn, Merrimac, Methuen, and others. -
Vast Crowd at Plattsburg
Article on the celebration of Franco-American Day at Lake Champlain (New York and Vermont) in 1909. -
Franco-American Republican Club Holds Convention
Article on a Lowell, Massachusetts, meeting of the Franco-American Republican Club and the election of its president. -
Franco-American Foresters Meet
An article on the meeting of the Franco American Order of Foresters held in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1909. -
By Necessity or by Right : The Language and Experience of Gender at Work
Article exploring how feminist historiography impacts interpretations of the rise of labour in the US and Canada, recognizing the divisions of gender that are fixed along the North American process of industrialization. From the text: "It is the purpose of this article to uncover the ways in which these fissures and divisions within class and organized labour either furthered or truncated the political ideal of class unity in Canada's past. How has the consideration of women's work and the problem of how industrialization reinforced cultural constructions of gender outside the workplace offered by historians over the past 25 years in 'Labour/Le Travail' either contributed to or altered the conventional views?" -
Souvenir du 50ieème anniversaire de la paroisse St. Jean Baptiste, Brunswick, Maine 1877-1927
50th anniversary tribute to the Church of St. John the Baptist, serving the Catholic communities of Brunswick and Bath, Maine. Contains photos, advertisements, and some information on St. John School (L'École Saint-Jean-Baptiste). -
Miracle at St. Joseph's
A compassionate recounting of the 1993 occupation of Worcester, Massachusetts' St. Joseph Church. The 13-month, around-the-clock vigil held at St. Joseph's by many of its parishioners - those refusing the orders of the Roman Catholic bishop that the church be shut down and boarded up on account of his evaluation of its structural disrepair. The parishioners' drawn-out battle, the growth of their public and economic support, the time leading up to their eventual eviction, and their final day in protest. The growth of the St. Joseph's faith community in spite of the closure of its physical place. Commentary from participants in the protest vigil, among others, as well as an interview with the responsible bishop, The Most Reverend Timothy J. Harrington. -
Manchester.
Subtitled, "A brief record of its past and a picture of its present, including an account of its settlement and of its growth as a town and city a history of its schools, churches, societies, banks." 1875 history of Manchester, New Hampshire. Begins with settlement, and includes a brief account of immigrant presence up to that time. -
Thrust and Counterthrust : The Genesis of the Canada-United States Boundary
History of borderlands and border disputes between the United States and Canada. Chapter 1 is dedicated to the early-nineteenth-century St. John River Valley border dispute and the Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842) that solidified the division between present day New Brunswick and Maine. -
L'Alliance française de Lowell
Une publication de conférences - historiques, artistiques, académiques, culturels - faites par divers intervenants américains et internationaux au Cercle de Lowell, une branche de la Fédération de l'Alliance Française aux Etats-Unis, entre 1929 et 1936. Ces conférences étaient publié précédemment dans L'Etoile, un périodique de Lowell, Massachusetts. Commence par une briève introduction à l'Alliance Française et son Cercle de Lowell. Du texte: "Ce livre a une mission, la meme que semble s'etre imposee son auteur tant a titre de journaliste que de travailleur social infatigable: celle de collaborer par des ouevres à la cause de la Survivance française aux Etats-Unis" (7). Contient les écrits et les conférences suivantes, dans leur ordre d'apparition: Frontispice, Dédicace, et Préface Historique du Cercle de Lowell de l'Alliance Française "Notre-Dame de Paris," Marcel Aubert "La galanterie française," Marcel Braunschvig "La valeur humaine de la culture française," André Morize "Le miroir de l'âme," Dr. Joseph Nolin "Clemenceau," Gaston Gille "La France devant la civilisation américaine," Louis Landré "La cour et les maisons royales: la vie à Versailles, Saint-Germain, Fontainebleau, Marly et Trianon," Charles Maricheau-Beaupré "Moliière, la musique et le cinéma," Léon Vallas "Un cas de conscience national," R.P. Georges Simard, o.m.i. "Le 'Malade Imaginaire,'" Chorale Saint-Jean-Baptiste "Les hommes de la Révolution, d'apriès Louis Madelin," Dr. Julien-J. Champenois "Paris et l'Exposition Coloniale," Paul-V. Donovan "Les femmes à l'époque de Moliere," R.P. Engelbert, a.a. "Relations artistiques entre la France et les Etats-Unis," Louis Réau "Impressions d'un Français au Canada en 1932," Raoul Blanchard "L'évolution de la France depuis 1870," André Allix "Esprit francais, esprit critique," André Morize "Autour de Noel: traditions, légendes, poésies," André Morize "Walt Whitman - l'homme et son oeuvre," Rosaire Dion-Levesque "Trois villes, trois mondes: Paris, Londres, New-York," Jean Canu "Napoléon, directeur de théatre," Louis Allard "L'esclave et l'enfant à travers la littérature latine et leur émancipation par l'Eglise," R.P. Engelbert, a.a. "L'enfance devant la crise," Philippe Soupault "Trois dictateurs: Mussolini, Hitler, Staline," Raymond Lange "La Cote d'Azur de Georges Toudouze," Rodolphe Pepin "Napoléon: d'Ajaccio à Sainte-Hélene," Lina-M. Gremillot "'Le presbytière en fleurs," Cercle dramatique Notre-Dame de Lourdes "Le chevalier d'Eon," Major Max Vivier "Quatre profiles d'ecclésiastiques francais: abbé Délong, Mugnier, Brémond, cardinal Baudrillart," Fernand Baldensperger "Paris sans guide," Josaphat Benoit "Film français," La Maternelle "La Fontaine et ses fables," R.P. Armand Baron, o.m.i. "Les enfants de la promesse (Chez les Franco-Américains)," H.-A. Jules-Bois "Aspects du théâtre contemporain," Albert Farmer Epilogue -
L'Alliance française de Lowell : 1937-1947
Une publication de conférences - historiques, artistiques, académiques, culturels - faites par divers intervenants américains et internationaux au Cercle de Lowell, une branche de la Fédération de l'Alliance Française aux Etats-Unis, entre 1937 et 1947. Ces conférences étaient publié précédemment dans L'Etoile, un périodique de Lowell, Massachusetts. Commence par une briève introduction à l'Alliance Française et son Cercle de Lowell. Du texte: "[On] avait déja publié en 1937 un premier volume sur l'Alliance Francaise de Lowell qu'il avait dédié 'à la gloire des canadiens-francais, nos peres au pays, qui nous ont conservés catholiques et francais' et 'à l'honneur de la génération franchement franco-américaine du XXe siecle qui arbore bien haut le flambeau de la survivance, et à l'édification des générations franco-américaines à venir pour leur persévérance dans la foi et les traditions des ancetres'." Contient les écrits et les conférences suivantes, dans leur ordre d'apparition: Frontispice, Dédicace, et Préface Historique de l'Alliance française de Lowell (1937-1947) SAISON 1936-1937 "La France telle que l'étranger ne la connaît pas: la famille française," Raymond Lange "Théâtre de Brieux," Léon Lemonnier "Napoléon et la politique étrangière actuelle de la France," Raymond Gaston-Chérau "Les cinq siièges de Québec," Lt-col. Ernest Legaré SAISON 1937-1938 "La Société française à la veille de la Révolution," Mme. Aline Caro-Delvaille "Chansons du folklore français," Mme. Adièle de Doudeuil "L'opinion publique en France: sa formation et son role," Pierre de Lanux "Tragiques amours de princesses au Moyen-Age," Duc de Lévis-Mirepoix "Les droits patriotiques des minorités," R.P.J.-Vincent Ducattillon, o.p. SAISON 1938-1939 "Concert de chansons françaises et de folklore," Le Petit Septuor de la Bonne Chanson "Louis-XIV, Roi Soleil," Le consul François Briière "Discours du novel officier d'Académie" "Noà«ls de France," Mme. Jeanne Brondel-Allen " 'Les Perles de la Couronne' " (film français) "Le portrait française de Fouquet à Cézanne," Charles Sterling " 'La Normandie,' 'Les provinces françaises' " (films français) "Grandeur de la musique française de notre siiècle," Henry Malherbe "Quelques aspects méconnus de la survivance franco-américaine," Edward-B. Ham "Dicours du nouvel officier d'Académie" SAISON 1939-1940 "En marge d'une crise: Psychologie comparée des Français et des Allemands," Frédéric Urmatt "C'est le 10e anniversaire" "Paul Claudel: l'homme et l'oeuvre," R.P. Léon Loranger, o.m.i. "Diseuse," Germaine Arosa "Sarah Bernhardt: tragédienne de l'amour," Louis Allard " 'Le Roussillon' et 'Le Veille d'Armes' " (films français) SAISON 1940-1941 "L'Acadie Louisianaise: sa langue, ses traditions, ses coutumes," André Lafargue "La France se roidit déjà pour résister au vainqueur," André Morize "Sketches monologués," André Frere "Expériences d'un Français attaché à la B E F en Flandres et à Dunkerque," Comte Jehan de Noue " 'Son premier bal,' " Cercle dramatique de New-Bedford SAISON 1941-1942 "Revue des Deux Mondes: choses vues et entendues," Mme Claude Eylan "Un prophiète qu'on n'a pas écouté: Jacques Bainville et l'Europe d'Hier," Robert de St-Jean "L'Alsace fidièle: régime français, régime allemand, situation actuelle," R.P. Jean-Baptiste Pflieger, s.j. "L'histoire de la littérature canadienne-française," Mlle. Marine Leland "Récital de chants français," Camille Girouard SAISON 1942-1943 " 'Le Curé de Village,' " Robert Choquette "L'histoire d'un livre: Maria Chapdelaine," Pauline Moll-Tougas "La démocratie française: hier, aujourd'hui, demain," Roger Picard "La France et l'Europe: les conditions du sécurité de la France," Louis Rougier "La vie intellectuelle au Canada français," Jean Seznec "L'amour dans la poésie canadienne-française," Alice Lemieux-Lévesque "Récital de chansons de folklore français," Pierre Pelletier "La Belgique et la Guerre," Dr. Robert Goffin SAISON 1944-1945 "Les légendes du Vieux Québec," Paul Rainville "La langue française en Haiti: le créole et le folklore," Son Exc. Dantes Bellegarde "Concert de chant avec trio Bilodeau," Gilberte Barrette "Du légendaire, du poétique et du satirique dans la chanson et dans la littérature de folklore françaises," Mme. Louise Arnoux "La France et l'Europe," Louis-J.-A. Mercier SAISON 1945-1946 "La vie à Paris pendant l'occupation," Serge-Paul Sotiroff "David contre Goliath ou l'intelligence française sous l'occupation," George Adam "La France d'octobre 1945," Auguste Viatte "Fantaisies théâtrales," Mme. Fernande Pontalba "Concert d'artistes franco-américains," Diane Morin-Dubé SAISON 1946-1947 "Concert," Les Petits Chanteurs de Nashua "Belle réception à neuf épousées françaises et belges" "Paul Valéry: l'homme et l'oeuvre," Raoul Pelmont "Au service d'une survivance," Abbé Adrien Verrette "Le sacrifice du matin: Des épreuves, un livre," Diner-réception au Général de Bénouville, à Mgr. Guérin et à M. Chambon "Les présentations par le Président" SAISON 1947-1948 "Mon voyage en Europe," Le R.P. Lucien Brassard, O.M.I. "L'écrivain et les grands hommes de ce temps," Le Dr. Maurice Bedel "La vie dans une ville de province en France," Mlle. Suzanna Bertillon Appendice Les Congriès de Paris et de New York "Qu'est-ce qu'une grande nation?" Georges Duhamel "Votre vie est dans vos mains," Vercors L'Alliance française de Lowell Les nouveaux membres de 1939 à nos jours "Epilogue," Albert-L. BourgeoisTags Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Europe, Fiction and Literature, Folklore, France, Germany, Haiti, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lectures, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Performing Arts, Poetry, Québec, United States, War -
Men should do it all
Letter to the editor calling for gender equality in cutural organizations. This comes in support of Nancy Albert Ellis, whose bid to join the Calumet Club in Augusta, Maine, was rejected, and ultimately denied in a decision by the Maine Supreme Court. -
Souvenirs de Chasses...dans le Maine
La publication des écrits personnels d'Annette Cogels, de son voyage 1929 du Belgique, au Canada, dans le Maine, pour chasser le chevreuil dans les bois du nord du Maine. Son temps dans la forêt du Maine qui est associé souvent avec le bûcheron et homme d'affaires beauceron, Edouard Lacroix. Illustrée dans des photos noir et blanc, et avec des commentaires du rédacteur. -
Ethnic Catholicism and Craft Unionism in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1887-1920 : A Mixed Story
Article detailing the varying relationships between labor organizing, ethnic communities, members of the Catholic Church, and local journalism in Worcester, Masachusetts at the turn of the century. How ethnic and religious community identification among Irish, Franco, and Swedish Americans - among other immigrants groups - factored into the dynamics of Worcester unionism and popular political life from the middle 19th century onward. Instances of Worcester labor strikes; the diversity of Worcester trade labor. Descriptions of various religious, labor, and ethnic modes of group identification before 1920.Tags Albanian Americans, Armenian Americans, Blackstone River Valley, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Finnish Americans, Greek Americans, Irish Americans, Journalism, Labor History, Marlboro MA, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Religion, Social History, Swedish Americans, Syrian Americans, Worcester MA -
Immigrant City : Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1845-1921
A history of the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, as a site of mass industrialization, diverse immigration, and unique dynamics of class and ethnicity around the turn of the 20th century. From UNC Press: "The violence and radicalism connected with the Industrial Workers of the World textile strike of 1912 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, left the popular impression that Lawrence was a slum-ridden city inhabited by un-American revolutionaries. 'Immigrant City' is a study of Lawrence which reveals that the city was far different....The population of Lawrence was almost completely immigrant in nature; in 1910, 90 per cent of its people were either first or second generation Americans, and they represented nearly every nation in the world. The period covered by the book--1845 through 1921--is the great middle period of American immigration, which began with the Irish Famine and ended with the Quota Law of 1921. While 'Immigrant City' concentrates on one American city, it reveals much about American immigration in general and demonstrates clearly that, in spite of the poverty that most immigrants fought, life for the foreign-born in America was not as grim as some writers have suggested."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Family, Government and Politics, Haverhill MA, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Religion, Social History, Spicket River -
Integrating Québec History into the Curriculum
Article describing several ways to integrate resources in Québec history into American university curricula on the history of the United States and North America. Historiographical summaries of historical periods and subject areas in Québec history, from exploration to the present day, with lists of selected French- and English-language texts as suggestions for students and educators. -
Le Crédit Foncier Canadien à Québec
Un article sur les développements d'infrastructure réalisés au Québec gra?ce à des investissements d'une banque franco-américaine. Construction d'un camp de bois dans la colonie d'Estcourt, et le début d'une voie ferrée entre le continent et l'île d'Orléans. Contient courtes transcriptions des correspondances entre des acteurs sur les projets et des fonctionnaires au Québec. -
Bravo! les Franco-Américains
Quelques commentaires sur le rapatriement de Canadiens français des États-Unis à Québec. Certaines investissements dans l'infrastructure au Québec, comme pris par une banque franco-américaine de Rhode Island. Des descriptions de ces investissements - de terres agricoles et de voies ferrées au Canada - comme opportunités d'affaires et l'emploi pour les rapatriés. -
Les anglicismes au Québec : Répertoire classifié
Une discussion sur les anglicismes dans le français de Québec - la grammaire, la syntax, la locution, et la vocabulaire. Pris d'un revue du texte: "La premiière édition du répertoire de Gilles Colpron, 'Les anglicismes au Québec,' est à la fois descriptive et normative. Elle est descriptive parce que l'auteur y recense les anglicismes en usage au Québec et en fait la description. Elle est également normative, car d'entrée de jeu, Gilles Colpron constate qu'il y a du travail à faire dans la lutte contre les anglicismes : « Voilà un dossier assez décourageant », affirme-t-il, apriès avoir présenté l'inventaire des anglicismes de son répertoire." -
Pour Résoudre la Crise de l'Enseignement du français dans nos Ecoles Paroissiales
Sous-titrée, "Actes du IXe Congreès des Franco-américains tenu aè Providence, Rhode Island, les 11 et 12 novembre 1966." Des actes d'un congreès de 1966 dont le but principal était une discussion sur l'état de la langue française dans les écoles paroissiales de Nouvelle-Angleterre: la rareté croissante de la langue parmi les jeunes étudiants, et quelques suggestions pour son avenir. Des orateurs (religieuses, académiques, etc.) utilisent quelques examples des enseignants, étudiants, écoles, et paroisses dans le New Hampshire et Rhode Island. Le livre est divisé en sections: Avant-Propos Proclamation du IXe Congreès des Franco-Américains Programme du IXe Congreès Bienvenue au IXE Congreès des Franco-Américains, par M. Henri-A. Melançon, président du Comité Franco-Américain du Rhode Island "Le Comité de Vie Franco-Américaine et la grande résolution du VIIIe Congreès des Franco-Américains" par M. Louis-I. Martel, président du Comité de Vie Franco-Américaine "Pour resoudre la crise de l'enseignement du francais dans nos écoles paroissiales" par M. le docteur Robert A. Beaudoin Questionnaire destiné a servir de guide aux délibérations des commissions d'études du IXe Congreès Voeux et Résolutions du IXe Congreès des Franco-americains Discours de Son Excellence Mgr Russell J. McVinney, éveque du diocese de Providence, an Banquet du IXe Congreès Remise des insignes de l'Ordre du Mérite Franco-Américain à Soeur Raymond de Jesus, F.S.E., par Antonio Prince, chancelier de l'OrdreTags Boston MA, Bridgeport CT, Burlington VT, Chicopee MA, Clubs and Societies, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Education, Fall River MA, Gorham NH, Hartford CT, Jaffrey NH, Language and Linguistics, Leominster MA, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Norwich CT, Petersham MA, Portland ME, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Religion, Rhode Island, Springfield MA, Tupper Lake NY, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Imagining New England : Explorations of Regional Identity from the Pilgrims to the Mid-Twentieth Century
The shape of regional identity in New England, from its Puritan origins, to its Yankee iterations, to its immigrant diversity. How popular conceptions of the New England region were created, established, and communicated, and how these conceptions and their imagining have been disrupted, developed, and reborn over the past four centuries. New England as a region both "historically grounded and culturally invented" (5). From the author: "Though my analysis acknowledges, indeed traces, Puritan-Yankee continuities in regional culture, it emphasizes how tradition remains, or, rather, becomes, tradition by a continual process of invention and reinvention" (5). Written by a professor of New England and American Studies at the University of Southern Maine.Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fiction and Literature, Geography, Government and Politics, Journalism, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Religion, Rhode Island, Sports and Leisure, Vermont -
Landings, Logging, & Lumbermen : Memories from St. John, Me., 1901-2001
A pictorial history of life and logging in St. John, Maine, at the beginning of the twentieth century. Includes some pictures that are featured in the book "Acadian Hard Times" (Stewart Doty, 1991), as well as many others that capture the households and working woods in the space between the Allagash and St. John Rivers of northern Maine. The transition of the population, industry, and landscape over 100 years. -
I Have Words to Spend : Reflections of a Small-Town Editor
Book-length collection of 85 selected newspaper columns and magazine pieces written by famed author Robert Cormier of Leominster, Massachusetts, published between 1951 and 1980. Writings featured in this text were printed in the "Fitchburg Sentinel and Enterprise"of Fitchburg, Massachusetts; the "St. Anthony Messenger"; or the "Worcester Telegram" of Worcester, Massachusetts. Writings on various topics, including some reflections on the writer's youth in Depression-era Leominster, in the neighborhood of French Hill. Divided into the following sections: Preface, by Constance Senay Cormier "I Have Words to Spend" Yesterday The Observer Home Away Follies and Fancies Movies, Books, and Others And So On... -
The Handbook of French Place Names in the U.S.A.
Geography and etymology of places in the United States with names of French origin. Mostly concerned with California, Louisiana, and the U.S. Midwest. -
Immigration, colonisation, et propagande : du reêve américain au reêve colonial
D'Editions MultiMonde: "L'un des traits marquants du XIXe siiècle a été le grand brassage de population qui a déversé sur les mers du globe des dizaines de millions d'immigrants. Jamais, depuis la fin de l'empire romain, n'avait-on vu un tel mouvement de masse, auquel même le Québec a participé. Construit autour d'une source originale les brochures de propagande parues en Grande-Bretagne, dans certains pays d'Europe continentale, au Canada, au Québec, aux États-Unis, en Afrique du Sud, en Australie et en Nouvelle-Zélande , l'ouvrage passe en revue les discours qui, pendant plus d'un siiècle, ont accompagné la conquête des terres neuves. Non seulement il en révièle le contenu, mais il en analyse aussi les procédés, pour en faire un objet de comparaison avec le discours québécois de colonisation et en exposer les particularités." -
Quebec : A Historical Geography
From UBC Press: "In this richly documented work, Serge Courville tells the geographical history of Quebec, from the appearance of the first human groups through to the present day. This detailed and erudite book maps the major stages of Quebec's collective development, providing a geographical record of the many social relationships that over time created a sense of place. Landscape, Courville shows, is the keeper of memory, the record of successive changes, and a witness to the genesis of the new. Places that were once agricultural, then left to waste and ruin, are today revivified by tourism. Areas that now house office buildings were long ago open playgrounds where children ruled. Drawing on vast research, Courville shows how, in spite of the turbulence Quebec often endures or perhaps because of it the land itself may be seen as an important participant in the history of its peoples." -
Canada Road artifacts find a home
Article on the Old Canada Road Historical Society's purchase of an aged home in Bingham, Maine, as a location to publicly display historical artifacts from the upper Kennebec River Valley region. -
What's next?
Observations on the 2010 Maine gubernatorial and mid-term elections, and predictions for the near future of the state's political make-up. Also, a clarification on Paul LePage being the first "elected Franco governor" of the state. -
Maine's first Franco-American governor sounds bit like second : Both Alonzo Garcelon, Paul LePage spoke of thrift, bipartisanship
Article describing the similarities of Alonzo Garcelon, a late nineteenth-century Maine governor, and the state's most recently elected governor, Paul LePage. While recent news has debated the term "Franco American" as a descriptor for both governors - the first of French American heritage, the second with French Canadian American lineage - this article aims instead at pointing out similarities in their politics and political contexts. -
Agriculture and the Lumberman's Frontier in the Upper St. John Valley, 1800-70
Essay on the interconnection of agriculture and forestry, the farming and lumbering industries, their effects on one another, and their implications on population through the nineteenth century in the St. John River Valley in Maine and New Brunswick. -
Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada
From University of Toronto Press: "In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a local economy made up of settlers, loggers, and business people from Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and New England was established on the banks of the Upper St. John River....In 'Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists,' Béatrice Craig examines and describes this economy from its origins in the native fur trade, the growth of exportable wheat, the selling of food to new settlers, and of ton timbre to Britain. Craig vividly portrays the role of wives who sold homespun fabric and clothing to farmers, loggers, and river drivers, helping to bolster the community. The construction of saw, grist, and carding mills, and the establishment of stores, boarding houses, and taverns are all viewed as steps in the development of what the author calls 'homespun capitalists.'"Tags Acadians, Business and Economics, Canada, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Government and Politics, Labor History, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nova Scotia, Québec, St. John River Valley -
Cultural Face-Off : Yankees, British, and the St. John Valley French
Comparison of descriptions of the Upper St. John River Valley and its people as found in the travelogues of British voyagers, the official reports of American agents, and the accounts of Canadian historians at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Descriptive distinctions between "Acadian" and "French Canadian." The impact of outsider-written characterizations of the St. John Valley area on general perceptions of its residents, on conceptions of the Acadians, and on American attitudes toward the British. The challenges of American officials wanting to integrate the St. John Valley French border population into the laws and customs of the United States, and the realization of these frustrations in political and journalistic description. -
Agriculture et marché au Madawaska, 1799-1850
Une histoire de l'économie de Madawaska entre 1799 et 1850, et un question de l'éxistence d'une vie de subsistance ou d'un dépendance de circuits commerciaux dans cette époche. Du texte: "Les zones de colonisation passent pour avior été pauvres et limitées aux cultures de subsistance. Distances et mauvais moyens de communication les auraient coupées des marchés. Le Madawaska ne fait pas exception a cette régle, et les historiens décrivent ses débuts comme difficiles, mais le Madawaska fait mentir le stéréotype: son agriculture fut triès tot prospière et commercial." From the text: "The areas of colonization have been thought of as being poor and limited to those cultures based solely on subsistence. Long distances and poorly developed means of communication supposedly cut off many local economies. Madawaska was no exception to this rule, and its historians describe its economic beginnings as being difficult, but Madawaska also belies the stereotype: the bulk of its early agricultural economy flourished and was highly marketable." -
Kinship and Migration to the Upper St. John Valley (Maine - New Brunswick)
Article exploring the demographic shifts of the Upper St. John River Valley - Maine and New Brunswick - through the first fifty years of the Madwaska settlement, beginning in 1785. The author uses parish records and genealogical sources - what she calls the "cohort-life history method" - to build a portrait of the early in-migration of French Canadian and Acadian Madawaska communities, their habits, and their peopling. Individual, family, and community mobility and some thoughts on the explanations behind it. -
The Land In Between: The Upper St. John Valley, Prehistory to World War I
Tags Acadians, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, France, Geography, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Madawaska ME, Maine, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, Religion, St. John River Valley, St. Lawrence River Valley -
Labor and the Shut-Down of the Amoskeag Textile Mills
Reprinting of a 1939 publication funded by the Works Progress Administration. Exploration of the economic conditions in Manchester, New Hampshire, and the economic climate surrounding the mill complex of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Corporation. The 1920s and 1930s decline of the Amoskeag company, its 1935 shutdown and subsequent business failures, and the significance of these events with regard to Manchester's organized workers.Tags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Labor History, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Social History -
Two Nations : An Essay on the Culture and Politics of Canada and Quebec in a World of American Pre-Eminence
Book-length essay by two Canadian scholars on altering and asserting the political, social, and economic strengths of Canada and Quebec, respectively, amidst "American Pre-eminence" in the late 20th century. Suggestions on efforts to reshape Canadian popular culture in a rejection of American imperial dominance. -
The Establishment of Catholic Churches in New England
Exhuastive lists of New England state dioceses, parishes, churches, and their years of establishment up to 1977. Some churches listed are associated either with the nationality/ethnicity most represented in its community, or with the population group responsible for a church's founding. -
L'Américanité, the Dual Nature of the Québécois Identity
Article exploring the notion of "américanité" in Québec: not as an extension of a USA process of "Americanization," but as a descriptive continental term that relates to, contextualizes, characterizes, and pluralizes Québécois identity. Changing ideas of "américanité" in Québec in the 20th century, and more recently considered in light of NAFTA. Presentation and preliminary analysis of survey data from Québec with questions on the vocabulary of self-identification, perceptions of the term "américain," its geographical scope, and how respondants compare themselves generally to people in the United States. -
Working-Class Community in Industrial America : Work, Leisure, and Struggle in Two Industrial Cities, 1880-1930
Based on the research for Cumbler's 1974 dissertation, "Continuity and Disruption," this text is a narrower (twenty years fewer), illustrated exploration of ethnicity woven through the working-class communities of Lynn and Fall River, Massachusetts. A local labor history of two New England mill towns. From a review of by Donald H. Stewart, SUNY Cortland: "Cumbler concentrates on two Massachusetts cities - Lynn, a late-nineteenth century shoe manufacturing center, and Fall River, a leading textile producer. Contradicting historians who argue that upward mobility and ethnic competition prevented American coherent class solidarity, he finds much of it in both municipalities."Tags Boston MA, Bowenville MA, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Labor History, Lynn MA, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Social History, Sports and Leisure -
A Living Pulsating Phenomenon : The French-Canadian Immigrant Experience in Lawrence
Descriptions of Franco American people and community in Lawrence, Massachusetts. One essay in a collection of graduate-level academic essays on immigration and ethnicity in Massachusetts and the United States. From a seminar in the study of history, "Graduate Studies in Immigration," at Salem State College. -
Franco-American loses lawsuit
Subtitled, "Judge says TDC didn't discriminate." Article relating the results of a U.S. District Court case in which a Franco American man filed suit against his former Bangor, Maine employer for unlawful hiring practices and discrimination based on ethnicity. According to the journalist, "the case...is the first discrimination case involving a Franco-American to go to trial in Maine." -
How I Became a Yankees Fan
The historical frustrations of being a fan of the Boston Red Sox baseball team - their missteps, shortcomings, let-downs. How Boston's 2004 World Series victory changed, for a time, its fans' attitudes and expectations for the team, and how the author worked through this awkward and disappointing change. Written by the Waterville, Maine, author of "God Is Dead" (2007) and "Everything Matters!" (2009) for a special baseball issue of The Southern Review. -
Things I Learned While Writing
Short essay by a writer from Waterville, Maine, in support of his recent novel, "Everything Matters!" The topic of this piece, reflected in its title, lends to the sharing of a few personal anecdotes that relate some of his experiences with family, miracles, and death, and what these things have revealed to him in writing. -
Have You Seen Ayla Reynolds?
Magazine article on the 2012 disappearance of Waterville, Maine toddler, Ayla Reynolds, as local and national news phenomenon. The missing child and her family at the center of 21st century "info-tainment," situated in the author's own hometown. Currie's reflections on growing up in Waterville, and his thoughts on the effects of the area's patterned economic depression as illustrated in the turns and characters of the Ayla Reynolds story. -
I took my dead father to a Red Sox game
Short fiction piece by Waterville, Maine writer, Ron Currie, Jr., about a trip to Fenway Park with his dead father. Published in the online magazine, "Salon," with reference to the author's recent novel, "Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles" (Viking, 2013). -
Mémoires d'une famille acadienne de Van Buren, Maine
Une histoire culturelle des Acadiens de la Vallée St-Jean dans le Maine, présentée dans les mémoires d'une famille acadienne de Van Buren. Six chapitres racontés avec les photos et les materiaux historiques d'une famille du Maine: l'émigration à l'Amérique du nord de la France; les gens acadiens et la vie agricole en Acadie; la paroisse Catholique St-Bruno de la Vallée St-Jean; la cuisine locale de Van Buren; les jeux et le folklore. -
Notre Album Culturel
Un affichage artistique de la culture acadienne quotidien dans la Vallée St-Jean du Maine. De l'auteur de, "Mémoires d'une famille Acadienne de Van Buren, Maine" Du texte: "Cet album est une collection de 'dits' et de 'faits' recueillis dans une famille acadienne." -
Essais et conférences
Une sélection des lettres, essais, et conférences d'un prêtre et un critique littéraire québécois aux ètats-Unis. Composé des piièces suivantes: A ma mière Le journalisme américain Croquis palestiniens Jérusalem En l'Isle Louis Fréchette: Son oeuvre, ses inspirations, son art La Vierge et le Perle La Vierge et la Nuée La Vierge et la Lumiière Tête d'étude Le Cimitiière de mon village Coins de nature Edmond de Nevers: Le Penseur et l'Artiste La Nazaréene Profil de Christ La culture intellectuelle Priez ainsi La Fiancée mystique Cloître en ruine Un barde précurseur: Octave Crémazie - Sa correspondance, Son journal, Ses poésies -
Holy Family Parish, Daigle, Maine, 1906-2000 : Commemorating 94 Years of Ministry
A Maine Roman Catholic parish commemorative project. Includes a brief history of the town of Daigle, Maine. Text covers from the late 19th century to the year 2000, when Holy Family Church was closed. -
A Chronological History : Fort Kent's Saint Louis Catholic Church, written for the observance of its 125th anniversary, 1870-1995
Brief parish history of the Roman Catholic church of Saint Louis and the communities surrounding Fort Kent, Maine. Text includes biographies of resident religious leaders, a history of the church building's construction and reconstruction, and a tribute to the parish lay community. -
Coming to America : A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life
Comprehensive history of immigration to the United States from the 17th to the 21st century. Divided into [ ] parts: Colonial America; The Century of Immigration (1820-1924); and Modern Times.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, California, China, Cuba, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Germany, Government and Politics, Greece, Haiti, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Labor History, Mexico, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Norway, Pennsylvania, Poland, Puerto Rico, Québec, Religion, Scotland, Sweden -
De l'origine et de l'histoire de quelques patronymes
Une enquête sur les débuts en Amérique du Nord de certains noms de famille canadien-français. Illustre l'etude de la genealogie et fournit des exemples spécifiques de la largeur de familles françaises en Amérique du Nord. Explore l'histoire des familles suivantes: Tremblay, Gagnon, Leblanc, Duhamel, et Leclerc. -
Death and Rebirth of the American Mill Town
Essay on the divisions of power and labor in industrialized American economies - more specifically, mill towns - as transformations of earlier forms of authority in America. Uses the thought-work of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber, as well as the social critics and historians who have applied these thinkers' theories to the historical present. From the author: "The problem of power in nineteenth century mill towns rests on a conflict between employer absolutism and the democratic rights of the employees. The treatment of power in recent community studies has been inadequate. This is particularly true in works influenced by symbolic anthropology, where the problem is seen to have been resolved in a consensual value system. However, the persistence of conflict in strikes and disorder compels an examination of the mechanisms of domination, as well as legitimacy. To this end, the ideas of Marx and Weber offer more valuable guidance than those of Durkheim." -
G Is for Grief
New York Times review of Providence-born writer David Plante's recent novel, "ABC." -
The Cultural and Religious History of Maine : The Catholic Contribution
Subtitled, "A Unit for Sixth Grade Students in Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Portland." A 9-week elementary school guide for teachers in Maine history, with specific emphasis on cultural content, ethnic groups, and the contributions of the Catholic Church from 1603 to 1971. Includes distinct lessons for each of nine weeks, where each lesson follows in a geographic and historical progression congruent with studies in the general history of Maine. Concludes with a timeline of historical events in the Maine Roman Catholic communities, a selected biliography of source materials, and resource write-ups for each lesson's content. Contains in the appendix a Maine map of the churches in the Diocese of Portland.Tags Acadians, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Bangor ME, Benedicta ME, Biddeford ME, Education, Ellsworth ME, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Geography, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Lewiston ME, Lille ME, Lithuanian Americans, Madawaska ME, Maine, Native Americans, New Brunswick, Newcastle ME, Nova Scotia, Old Town ME, Polish Americans, Portland ME, Portuguese Americans, Religion, Saco ME, Skowhegan ME, St. John River Valley, Syrian Americans, Waterville ME, Whitefield ME -
Le Citoyen
ècrits théologiques et philosophiques sur "l'homme" et "le citoyen" en soi, et ses relations à la société, la patrie et son Dieu, dans la perspective d'un prêtre aux ètats-Unis au début du XXe siiècle. Des réflexions sur le citoyen chrétien et francophone du Canada ainsi que des Etats-Unis - le canadien-français et le franco-américain dans son contexte historique. Contient les chapitres suivants: L'homme La société La patrie (La terre; la race; le culte des anciètres; la Constitution) Le citoyen chrétien (La subordination; le dévouement) Conclusion Table des matiières -
Franco-American Viewpoints
Illustrations of Massachusetts' Franco American cultural landscape in personal photos, personal interviews, and historical context. A local pictorial history in short form, singular in its use of quotations.Tags Acadians, Albany NY, Chicopee MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut River Valley, Easthampton MA, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Family, Fitchburg MA, Gardner MA, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Massachusetts, New Bedford MA, New England, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Northampton MA, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Religion, Springfield MA, Vermont, Waltham MA, Worcester MA -
Franco-Americans and Quebec
The first chapter in a book-length series of short essays, interviews, conversations, and journalistic explorations into the impact of Quebec's Quiet Revolution on Canada and the US. Written by a researcher from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, who makes an attempt at bridging the growing division between Franco Americans in the United States and issues and events surrounding the province of Quebec. This introductory essay contains demographic figures on Franco American people in New England, and the conditions of early French Canadian immigrant communities in the US. -
Où est Woonsocket?
Newspaper feature on the changing cultural landscape of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Comments on the city's once-predominant French Canadian population centered around its Social District. French heritage in Woonsocket as repositioned after WWII by suburban sprawl, new politicians and businessmen, and an appreciation for language and culture that adapted to American processes acculturation. Examples of cultural and linguistic idioms that are uninterpretable to many new Woonsocket residents and young people. The contemporary ways in which people in Woonsocket are working to promote their city's historic offerings. Includes references to the upcoming filming of the Montreal production, "The Mills of Power"("Les tisserands du pouvoir"), to take place in Woonsocket; l'Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste; Representative Rene Lafayette and Mayor Charles Baldelli; and Richelieu International. Featured in an issue of the Providence Sunday Journal Magazine. -
Les Franco-Américains dans la guerre : patriotisme et survivance
Article journal sur la participation militaire des canadiens-français aux conflits américains: les guerres d'Indépendence et de Sécession, les Guerres mondiales, etc. Quelques descriptions des hommes canadien-français et franco-américains bien-connus pour leur service militaire ou leurs expressions d'une patriotisme américain dans le 20e siiècle. Explorations de la phénomiène de la guerre comme entrée franco-américaine dans la discussion de l'identité culturelle et nationale; des attitudes franco-américains envers le Canada, le Québec, et le France; des négotiations de "l'élite franco-américain" pour un héritage français aux États-Unis par des périodes d'un patriotisme intensifié américain. La guerre américaine en tant que site de la dualité culturelle franco-américain.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Boston MA, Canada, Clubs and Societies, Cooperville NY, Fall River MA, Lake Champlain VT, Lowell MA, Malone NY, Manchester NH, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Oswego NY, Québec, Rouse's Point VT, War, Whitehall NY, Woonsocket RI -
The Quilted Invitation
Newspaper piece on a woman's decision to share the quilts of her Franco American mother-in-law with Brunswick, Maine's local historical society. The family stories held within the quilts, the experiences of ethnicity and socioeconomic class they signify, and the questions of what it means to pass them along to a local, not historically Franco institution of high esteem. -
A Function of Bilateral Kinship Patterns in a New England Industry
How kinship, or how certain behaviors within a distinct social group, shape interactions between persons in industrial work settings. A presentation of case study research in applied anthropology on northern New England Franco Americans at work in a brick factory in the 1940s and 1950s. Structure and process of studied brick company and industry, presented under a fictional name. How the cultural norms of both maternal and paternal kinship - "bilateral kinship" - are infused within a separate structure and system of work, including organizational and labor habits, communication among employess, staff hierarchy, and new worker recruitment. -
Bilingual Education Pays Off, New Documentary Says
Article of interview with filmmaker Marcia Jarmel on her and colleague Ken Schneider's new documentary, "Speaking in Tongues," about bilingual education in America. Features a Vimeo linked preview to the film. From the editor of New America Media: "To date, 30 states have passed English-only laws, and many American[s] are skeptical of bilingual education because they want their children to learn in English, not Chinese or Spanish. 'Speaking in Tongues,' the latest documentary by Bay Area filmmakers Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider, sheds light on the cognitive and developmental value of learning in two languages at a young age..." -
Nov. 17 Letters to the Editor: Valley in good hands
Letter to the editor congratulating the victors of the recent mid-term elections in Maine, arguing that they will be strong representatives of the St. John Valley in Aroostook County. -
A Study of Textile Mill Closings in Selected New England Communities
A study of the 1950s closings of selected textile mills from all six New England states, explorations of their local and regional economic impacts, and analyses of community adjustments to economic change. Local recovery measures taken to compensate for losses in labor, industry, and government income. Studies take into account the varying economic settings of the New England communities at hand, including their potential for economic development, their capacity to provide work opportunities to former millworkers, and their ability to withstand out-migration. Data is compiled from interviews with community members and state and local government statistics. Based on the following textile centers in their respective industrial cities: Saco-Lowell Shops, Bates Manufacturing Company, and Pepperell Manufacturing Company in Biddeford, Saco, and Sanford, Maine; Textron, Incorporated (previously Nashua Manufacturing Company) in Nashua, New Hampshire; the Fort Dummer mill (Berkshire Hathaway, Incorporated) in Brattleboro, Vermont; the Berkshire mills (Berkshire Hathaway, Incorporated) of Adams, Massachusetts; Wauregan Mills, Incorporated of Wauregan, Connecticut.Tags Adams MA, Arctic RI, Biddeford ME, Brattleboro VT, Business and Economics, Central Village CT, Clyde RI, Connecticut, Crompton RI, Danielson CT, Death and Disaster, Government and Politics, Labor History, Lippit RI, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Moosup CT, Nashua NH, Natick RI, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Old Orchard Beach ME, Pawtuxet River Valley, Phoenix RI, Plainfield CT, Providence RI, Quinebaug River Valley, Rhode Island, Riverpoint RI, Saco ME, Sanford ME, South Carolina, Vermont, Wauregan CT, West Warwick RI -
Ellis wants media attention
Letter to the editor questioning the motives of Nancy Albert Ellis in her filing suit against Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, for refusing her a membership based on her sex - a suit she eventually lost in the Maine Supreme Court. -
Being social at the social club
News article on social clubs in Lewiston, Maine - what they offer, who they cater to, how they have changed over time, and the value they still provide to many in the city. -
The French of New England Are Getting Nearly Speechless
From a separate article written by Robert C. Carroll: "A recent New York Times article, written by a Franco-American reporter, E. J. Dionne, Jr., cites uncontestable opinion as well as social research testifying to the obvious decline in the use of French outside the home in New England. While the young people may have lost or may never have acquired French as a household language, many still understand it; and growing numbers, acknowledging it as a cultural tool, want it back. Dionne does not explain in his article, however, that the loss of spoken French is not only the sign of assimilation but more precisely the result of the relatively recent assimilation induced by the decline of the parochial school system that gave instruction in the language of the home." -
Proudly French : Attack on Snowe maligns many Mainers
Article subtitled, "Does the United States now need a Franco-American Anti-Defamation League?" Editorial reaction to the recent uses of France and the French ethnicity in American politics as a derogatory stand-in for anti-nationalism. The author's personal reflection on his own Frenchness, and his anger at a "politics of intimidation" enacted through the misuse of cultural terms. Reflects emotions arisen after France's refusal to support US military action in Iraq. Discusses the newly coined term, "Franco-Republican." Reprinted from The Washington Post. -
Occupational and Educational Patterns for New Hampshire's Franco-Americans
A 1970s report seeking "to define the status of Franco-Americans in New Hampshire, and their relationships to the majority culture." With data from the US census and a variety of business and education studies (published and not), Doane seeks to get beneath the reality of the under-representation of Franco Americans on many levels of New Hampshire labor and academics. She writes: "...the Franco-American Research Project was established in April 1978 by the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union for the purpose of gathering additional information relating to the occupational and educational status of New Hampshire's Franco-American community. This report presents the findings of the project during its year of operation (1979)."Tags Allenstown NH, Bedford NH, Berlin NH, Claremont NH, Clarksville NH, Colebrook NH, Concord NH, Demography, Derry NH, Dover NH, Dummer NH, Education, Franklin NH, Goffstown NH, Gorham NH, Greenville NH, Hooksett NH, Hudson NH, Jaffrey NH, Keene NH, Labor History, Laconia NH, Language and Linguistics, Lincoln NH, Litchfield NH, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Northumberland NH, Pembroke NH, Portsmouth NH, Rochester NH, Rollinsford NH, Salem NH, Somersworth NH, Stewartstown NH -
Les Dominicains à Fall River
Un portrait des pières Dominicains qui restent aux paroisses Catholiques à Fall River, Massachusetts. Écrit par des Dominicains canadien-français, et publié dans un série de textes écrit en reconnaissance de membres du clergé canadiens. -
Private clubs can exclude
Letter to the editor on the subject of Augusta, Maine's Franco American social club, Le Club Calumet, excluding women from its membership. -
Reality or Mirage : Franco-American Stereotypes
A brief discussion of the concept of cultural stereotype, and an historical observation of stereotypes of the Franco American as they have been used historically in different contexts. Extends a discussion of stereotype into the broader domain of cultural exploitiation. Focuses primarily on the Franco Americans of Maine. -
'Monsieur Maurras est ici' : French Fascism in Franco-American New England
Essay on the Franco American elite's adopted regard for French fascist politics and sentiment in New England. How WWII heightened political divisions in the United States, and the Franco elite failed to appeal politically to working-class Franco American communities. Includes discussion of 1920s and 30s Franco American political figures, as well as an exploration of the Sentinelle Affair vis-à -vis French fascism.Tags Biddeford ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Cohoes NY, Demography, Education, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, France, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Québec, Quinebaug River Valley, Violence, War, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Future of the Franco-American Past
Suggestions of potential topics for future research on Franco Americans. Includes literature, journalism, politics, textile labor history, religious history, and more. From the author: "Focuses on the history and literature of French Americans of the Quebec diaspora in the United States. Migration and settling-in process of the diaspora. Participation of French Americans in trade union activities and politics of the country."... "This article will review what we have learned...about the history and literature of the Franco-Americans. Then, it will set forth an agenda for future research on Quebec diaspora studies and discuss the scholarly resources for performing that research....In short, if I were twenty years younger, here are some projects my students and I might take on."Tags Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Cohoes NY, Criticism and Review, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Historiography, Old Town ME, Providence RI, Québec, Quinebaug River Valley, Salem MA, Skowhegan ME, Waltham MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Robert G. LeBlanc, 1930-2001
Short piece honoring geographer and historian Robert G. LeBlanc, and introducing his two major pieces of scholarship: one on the Acadian migrations, the other on the Québec ties of the New England Franco-American elite. -
Acadian Hard Times : The Farm Security Administration in Maine's St. John Valley, 1940-1943
Collection of photos of farmers, farm families, and landscapes in the St. John Valley, Maine, taken by the federal Farm Security Administration in the early 1940s. Doty gives historical context and new captions to the photos. The book concludes with new photos from a 1980s return to the people and places visited decades earlier by the FSA.Tags Acadians, Business and Economics, Caribou ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Food, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Government and Politics, Grand Isle ME, Keegan ME, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Lille ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Sinclair ME, Soldier Pond ME, St. Agatha ME, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME, Wallagrass ME, Youth -
The First Franco-Americans : New England Life Histories from the Federal Writers' Project, 1938-1939
Selective reprinting of Franco American oral interviews from the late 1930s' Federal Writers' Project. Brief historical introductions to Manchester NH, Old Town ME, Woonsocket RI, and Barre VT, followed by the interviews with workers that took place in those cities. Rare voices from Franco American communities of this time period, in the aftermath of the Great Depression. A publication in the social and oral history traditions of Ann Banks's "First-Person America" and Studs Terkel's "Hard Work."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Alcohol and Drugs, Barre VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Folklore, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Illness, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Old Town ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Stonecutting, Woonsocket RI -
Rudy Vallée : Franco-American and Man from Maine
Biographical sketch of Hubert Prior Vallée - a.k.a., Rudy Vallée - from a young man in Westbrook and Orono, Maine, to the iconic Hollywood crooner of American film and radio, consistently true to the origins to which he ultimately returned. Also includes a history of the University of Maine "Stein Song," the popularity of which can be attributed in part to Vallée. -
How Many Frenchmen Does It Take To...?
A brief history behind ethnic slurs directed toward Franco Americans in the US Northeast. A historical contextualization of this type of discrimination in government, business, and scholarship. Some historical foundations of the "dumb Frenchman" joke. Also featured in the collection, Voyages: A Maine Franco-American Reader.Tags African Americans, Asian Americans, Auburn ME, Bangor ME, Biddeford ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Cohoes NY, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Journalism, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Mexican Americans, Nashua NH, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Old Town ME, Portuguese Americans, Quinebaug River Valley, Religion, Rhode Island, Violence, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Franco-American History Projects in the State of Maine : Oral History, Historic Photographs, and Archival Surprises
Paper describing some of Doty's scholarship on Franco Americans in the state of Maine, with a handful of specific suggestions for how material variety on Maine Franco Americans and the richness of certain historical archives could form the basis for more research and scholarship. Relates examples from Farm Security Administration activity in the St. John Valley in the 1930s, the life and works of musician Rudy Vallée of Westbrook, and the writings of priests and other Franco American elite in the first half of the twentieth century. -
The Intellectual of the Québec Diaspora : The Case of Henri d'Arles
Article on the changing roles of North American francophone intellectuals in New England in the 1920s and 1930s: from clerics and political leaders at home in Québec, to an attachment to the United States and a process of cultural conservation abroad. Profile of Québec writer, Henri d'Arles, and the movement of his nationalist interests from literary francophone Canada and France to the certain cultural and religious plights involving French Canadian expatriates in New England. How American cultural pluralism, political events, and the Sentinelliste movement, in particular, informed d'Arles's relationship with the United States and reframed his cultural and political purposes.Tags Derry NH, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Fiction and Literature, France, Goffstown NH, Lewiston ME, Manchester NH, New England, New Hampshire, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History, Nonfiction -- History -- Intellectual, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Religion, Somersworth NH, Suncook NH, Woonsocket RI -
From Evangeline to Papa, or How to Acquire a Past : A Sociological/Historical Perspective on French/Canadian Americans
A self-published, self-printed sociology project written for Goddard College. A series of journal entries from July 1976 written on an American's trip through Nova Scotia. Includes conversations, information about historical places, and general reflections on the French Acadian heritage of the region.Tags Acadians, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Emigration and Immigration, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Maine, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Nonfiction -- Travel and Tourism, Nova Scotia, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Sanford ME, Waterville ME -
Waa Nabad : Somali Community in Lewiston
Photo essay on Somali immigrant community in Lewiston, Maine -
The Lively Legacy of Blackie Langlais
Brief profile of Old Town, Maine native and recently deceased sculptor of Cushing, Maine, Bernard "Blackie" Langlais. Several photographs of his work, including one of the artist outside his home. -
The Cities on the Saco : A Pictorial History
A photo-history of the cities of the Saco River Valley in southern Maine. A heavily researched and crafted exhibition of landscapes from colonization to contemporary times, 'The Cities on the Saco' weaves a storytelling tapestry of Saco, Biddeford, and the Old Orchard regions that should be held dearly by their diverse coastal communities. From the text: "Here are the many scenes which our ancestors saw but, equally important, the images (economic, social, political) which Saco, Biddeford, and Old Orchard became. Here one catches the beauty of stately mansions and churches as a counterpoint to some of the more squalid social and industrial conditions in which lower classes lived. The spirit of the times, whether rural in the early two centuries or urban during the past hundred years, may be found here, too.... Not only is this a collection of enormously insightful photographs, it is the first comprehensive local history in a hundred years..."Tags Art and Architecture, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Casco ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Education, Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Falmouth ME, Fishing, Folklore, Forestry, France, Government and Politics, Ireland, Journalism, Kennebunk ME, Kittery ME, Labor History, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Old Orchard Beach ME, Portland ME, Portsmouth NH, Québec, Religion, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Scotland, Social History, Sports and Leisure, War, Winter Harbor ME, York ME -
Democracy and Assimilation : The Blending of Immigrant Heritages in America
An early immigrant history of the United States with a particular emphasis on the impact of World War I, and with a heavy reliance on United States marriage statistics. Drachsler evaluates the cultural and economic impacts of foreign immigration to the United States, examines immigrant community life, and proposes new measures in public policy. -
A Century of Acadian Culture : The Development of a Cajun Community : Erath (1899-1999)
History of the community of Erath, Louisiana, in the twentieth century. Introduced by a brief account of the Acadian exile in 1755. Contains snapshots of the town's economic and political development; the social life, religion, and education of its largely Cajun community; and the cultural presence and state of the town at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Erath as an historical and continuing center of Acadian and Cajun heritage in Louisiana. Contains 12 appendices regarding local officials, cultural advocacy, and Erath's Acadian Museum - from which this text was helped produced. Illustrated with photographs in black and white. -
Canadian Wave Seen Swamping Border States
Article on French-Canadian immigration as a point of concern for the American Institute of Politics, especially with regard to debt policy in the United States. -
Grade, Sex, and Ethnic Differences in Self-Concept of Franco-American and Anglo Primary Grade Students
Studies conducted by University of Maine researchers on early school-age children. Observations and evaluations of psychological self-concept. Studies measure age, sex, and ethnic heritage factors and present data and observations based on these three categories. Mentions the lack of research done on Franco American socialization, despite the amount of information on the socialization of other immigrant ethnic groups. From the authors: "The research reported here was designed to investigate grade, sex, and ethnic background differences in self-concept of 301 kindergarten and first grade children from Anglo, Franco-American, and mixed parentage families. Higher self-concept scores were found on three subscales of the Self-Appraisal Inventory (SAI) for children with two Anglo parents and lowest scores for children of mixed ethnic parentage. No sex differences were found and first graders scored higher than kindergarteners on the General Scale. Implications for research and education are discussed." -
Chez-Nous : The St. John Valley
A book written to accompany a 1982 Maine State Museum exhibit dedicated to history and life in the St. John Valley, Aroostook County, Maine. Author Guy Dubay is a member of the Maine State Franco-American Hall of Fame. From the text: "Guy Dubay's work...is the final product in a three-year project of the same name. This project also resulted in a Maine State Museum exhibit, a traveling exhibit, valuable artifactual research and a heightened awareness and appreciation of the Valley's unique place in the mosaic of Maine's history and culture." -
Lowell : The Story of an Industrial City : A Guide to Lowell National Historical Park and Lowell Heritage State Park, Lowell, Massachusetts
From the inside cover: "Lowell, Massachusetts, was America's first large-scale planned industrial community. After its establishment as a town in 1826, Lowell was celebrated for its innovative textile technology and its unique workforce of young Yankee farm women. Its mills helped transform American life with high-volume mechanized manufacturing, the rise of the corporation, and the growth of an urban working class. Lowell National Historical Park preserves many scenes of the city's industrial past. This book is both an illustrated account of the changing fortunes of Lowell's industry and its working people and a guide to surviving sites."Tags Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord River Valley, East Chelmsford MA, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucketville MA, Religion, Social History, Travel and Movement -
Women at Work : The Transformation of Work and Community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826-1860
From Columbia University Press: "In this prize-winning study, Thomas Dublin explores, in carefully researched detail, the lives and experiences of the first generation of American women to face the demands of industrial capitalism. Dublin describes and traces the strong community awareness of these women from Lowell [Massachusetts] and relates it to labor protest movements of the 1830s and 40s."Tags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Great Britain, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Social History, Waltham MA -
Transforming Women's Work : New England Lives in the Industrial Revolution
Tags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Demography, Education, Fall River MA, Family, Fitzwilliam NH, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Griswold CT, Hallowell ME, Haverhill MA, Labor History, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Rhode Island, Richmond NH, Salem MA, Sutton NH, Vermont -
Immigrant Voices : New Lives in America, 1773-1986
From University of Illinois Press: "In this richly evocative collection ten men and women of European, Latin American, and Asian backgrounds tell of their immigrant experiences. They range from a Shetland Islander who sailed to Virginia as an indentured servant before the American Revolution to a Vietnamese refugee family living in Chicago in the 1980s....Thomas Dublin presents diaries, letters, reminiscences, and oral history in a volume that memorably reflects the diversity and commonalties of two centuries of U.S. immigration. His introduction places the primary sources in a broad interpretive framework and offers readers an overview of the place of immigration in national development." -
Farm to Factory : Women's Letters, 1830-1860
From Columbia University Press: "Between 1820 and 1860, tens of thousands of single women streamed from rural New England to find work in the burgeoning factory towns of the region. In 'Farm to Factory' Thomas Dublin has selected five sets of letters in order to provide a personal view of the first generation of American women employed for wages outside their own homes. The letters he has selected provide a unique perspective on early industrial capitalism and its effects on women."Tags Business and Economics, Emigration and Immigration, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Haverhill MA, Labor History, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, Newbury VT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rochester NH, Social History, Vermont -
By-Laws of the Department of Connecticut, Franco-American War Veterans, Inc.
Booklet of by-laws written, proposed, and adopted by members of the Department of Connecticut Franco-American War Veterans, Inc. Introduced with the organizational preamble. Contains 17 adopted articles regarding membership, dues, organization, conventions, officers, duties, and administration. According to the preamble, this group was organized "with patriotic, educational, historical, and fraternal purposes"..."to stimulate a greater interest in the principles of Americanism among the Franco-Americans of the United States of America," among other reasons. By-laws revised from the original by-laws proposed 14 February 1958. -
Chez nos freères les Acadiens : Notes d'histoire et impressions de voyage
De l'intro, "aux Lecteurs," écrit par Emile Dubois: "Au cours des vacances de 1918, en compagnie de M. l'abbe Edmond Lacroix, je faisais un séjour d'un mois au pays d'Evangeline. Au jour le jour, a mesure que je visitais les endroits illustrés par le colon francais, et que, grace aux historiens Rameau et Casgrain, se déroulaient sous mes yeux l'histoire du peuple martyr, je jetais sur le papier des notes et des impressions. Les pages qui suivent sont le fruit de ces lectures et de ce voyage." -
The Shadows of the Trees : The Story of French-Canadians in New England
Book-length reflection on a personal journey through New England to learn about French-Canadian immigration and Franco American identity there. Permeated with personal anecdotes, comments on language, race, and genealogy, and perhaps the first tempered criticisms of La Survivance. Ducharme's attempts to cover all aspects of Franco-American culture meddle in both the subtle and the explicit. Written by the author of "The Delusson Family: A Novel." From the text: "It is high time that someone wrote of [the French-Canadians in New England], to show the why and wherefore of their coming. This I hope to do in this book."Tags Art and Architecture, Biddeford ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Government and Politics, Journalism, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Essay, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Religion, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
A Translator's Journey : A Retrospective
Personal observations of a Franco American author and psychotherapist on his French-to-English translation of "Body Psychotherapy: History, Concepts, and Methods" by Michael Heller. Confronting the prospect of a translation project; reencountering the "long dormant French language" of his youth; configuring and reacquainting his body to speaking in French. -
Taftville, Connecticut and the Industrial Revolution
A 125-year history of a Connecticut town fundamentally shaped by the New England textile industry. French Canadian community surrounding the Ponemah Cotton Mills on the Shetucket River in Taftville, Connecticut. Images of the mill and its workers, Taftville Catholic churches, schools, businesses, and residents in the early and middle twentieth century. A directory of 1941 Taftville streets and residents. The birth and transformation of French Canadian and Franco American culture in Taftville. From the author: "This is a documentation of the lives and lifestyles of the French-Canadians who migrated to New England during the Industrial Revolution in the middle 1880s."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Jewett City CT, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Occum CT, Putnam CT, Religion, Shetucket River Valley, Sports and Leisure, Taftville CT -
French Canadians in Michigan
Overview of the French Canadian presence in the Great Lakes Region - from the forests of the seventeenth century to the industrial landscapes of the nineteenth and twentieth. Migration waves and community developments in this region, particularly in Michigan, over hundreds of years. From Michigan State University Press: "As the first European settlers in Michigan, the French Canadians left an indelible mark on the place names and early settlement patterns of the Great Lakes State. Because of its importance in the fur trade, many French Canadians migrated to Michigan, settling primarily along the Detroit- Illinois trade route, and throughout the fur trade avenues of the Straits of Mackinac. When the British conquered New France in 1763, most Europeans in Michigan were Francophones. John DuLong explores the history and influence of these early French Canadians, and traces, as well, the successive 19th- and 20th-century waves of industrial migration from Quebec, creating new communities outside the old fur trade routes of their ancestors."Tags Bibliography, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Detroit MI, East Lansing MI, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Food, Forestry, Fur-trading, Great Lakes Region, Houghton County MI, Lake Linden MI, Language and Linguistics, Mackinac Island, Michigan, Monroe County MI, Montréal QC, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Ottawa ON, Québec, River Raisin, Saginaw River Valley, United States, US Midwest -
The Run of the Mill : A Pictorial Narrative of the Expansion, Dominion, Decline, and Enduring Impact of the New England Textile Industry
A chronicle of centuries of labor in black and white photographs. Historical and modern perspectives on mills, industrial towns, and workers in New England from the earliest industrialization period to the 1970s. From the inside flap: "The full force of American capitalism was first released through the creation, consolidation, and incredible profitability of the New England textile industry. It was along the energetic waterways of the Northeast that the Industrial Revolution cut its teeth, there that real manufacturing initially occurred, that goods, produced on native soil, were first distributed in substantial quantities. There, in short, that the modern corporation was conceived. This fascinating, generously illustrated and extensively documented study presents the full scope of that phenomenon by concentrating on its single most powerful and successful manifestation: the textile mill. This was America's first integrated history, so immense in its concentration that in 1832, of 106 manufacturing concerns in the United States with assets of over $100,000, a full 88 were listed as textile companies.... Dunwell's survey is divided into two sections. The first, replete with 250 photographs and sketches from a wide variety of sources, gives an historical overview, a concentrated history of the textile mill in New England from the early developments in native technology to the final abandonment of the region. The second examines the living remnants of the industry...Here he presents the people who are still working in the mills..."Tags Allendale RI, Androscoggin River Valley, Arctic RI, Ashton RI, Baltic CT, Blackstone MA, Burrillville RI, Cabotville MA, Charles River Valley, Community: Customs and Social Life, Derby CT, Dover NH, Emigration and Immigration, England, Exeter RI, Fiskeville RI, Forestdale RI, Georgiaville RI, Globe Village MA, Great Falls NH, Grosvenordale CT, Hadley Falls MA, Hockanum River Valley, Kenyon RI, Labor History, Lonsdale RI, Manchang MA, Manville RI, Mechanicsville CT, Middletown CT, Mills and Mill Work, Millville MA, New London CT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, North Billerica MA, North Uxbridge MA, Olneyville RI, Pascoag RI, Religion, Riverpoint RI, Rockville CT, Sawyerville NH, Slatersville RI, Social History, Stafford Springs CT, Susquehanna River Valley, Valley Falls RI, Versailles CT, Wappingers Falls NY, Wauregan CT, Whitinsville MA, Wilkinsonville CT, Winchendon MA, Woodville RI, Wyoming RI, Yantic CT -
Franco-American Doc Treats Ethnic Wound
Article on Dr. Denis R. Baillargeon of Pomfret, Connecticut, and his recent efforts to promote Franco American culture in the light of what he describes as Quebec and French Canada's history of loss. -
Franco-Americans and Québécois : Americans Twice Over
From the author: "For the last 25 years, Franco-Americans and Québécois, two branches of the French-Canadian family, have experienced important social and cultural transformations. Although the modernization of Québec society and the redefinition of Franco-American ethnicity contributed initially to the disappearance of relations between the two, a post-Revolution Tranquille perspective brings new possibilities for interaction. Moreover, scrutiny of the experience of French Canadians on this continent opens the door to an understanding of Québec's identity based upon the Americanite of its culture." -
En quête d'Amérique
Booklet accompaniment to the 1990 exhibition, "En quête d'Amérique," created by the Museology Program at Laval University and Québec's Musée de la civilisation. A brief presentation of the contemporary French Canadian presence in North America as a series of quests and a reflection of popular mobility. Migration between Québec and New England from 1840 to 1930; between Québec and Western Canada; and to the US Midwest and West Coast. Published as an extension of the 1990 colloquium, "Le Québec et les francophones de la Nouvelle-Angleterre," sponsored by the Chaire pour le développement de la recherche sur la culture d'expression française em Amérique du Nord. -
LePage's Franco-American heritage depicted in mural
Letter to the editor criticizing Maine governor Paul LePage for his order to remove a mural depicting Maine's labor history from the walls of the Maine Department of Labor. A reference to how Maine's and LePage's Franco American history is largely intertwined with the history of Maine labor. An attack on LePage with reference to distinctions of economic class. -
Québec - Boston : Celebrating New England - Nouvelle France : 350 years of Partnership in Shaping North America
Un livre bilingue - un demi en anglais, un demi en français - qui célièbre la grande histoire de Boston et de Québec, de la Nouvelle Angleterre et de la Nouvelle France, et leurs intersections. Du dix-septiième siiècle jusqu'a 1980. La premiière partie est composé d'essais historiques sur la vie au Québec avant de la naissance des Etats-Unis comme pays nord-américain. This first half of the text, in French, shows the Quebec-Boston relationship from the perspective of New France and Canada. The second half, in English, contains essays about Boston in the 18th and 19th century is it likely concerned its Canadian neighbors. Both sections, written by a separate author, seem to take a complementary perspective of the Quebec-Boston relationship. Contains one essay entitled, "French-Canadians in New England: Franco-Americans." Prefaced with a letter written by René Lévesque. -
Mobility Potential and the Quality of Life in Working-Class Lowell, Massachusetts : The French Canadians ca. 1870
Brief essay on quality of working-class life in Lowell, Massachusetts at the end of the nineteenth century, during a period of heavy emigration from French Canada. Includes information on census research concerning French Canadians of that place and period, and discusses how a particularly French-Canadian American working-class developed out of early immigrant "peasantry." -
The French-Canadian Family Economy and Standard-of-Living in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1870
Essay on the adaptation of French Canadian farm life to the environments and economies of urban, industrialized Lowell, Massachusetts in the late 19th century. The meanings of this adaptation for living conditions, child labor, and overall family dynamics. Impacts of immigration and labor on the immigrant family's way of life. -
Country Eastern
Documentary piece written on the country music culture of bottle clubs in Maine, with a focus on Harmony Hall in North Yarmouth. Features photos and story of a Maine country music band, as well as some profiles and interviews with other Mainers who find joy in the music and dancing at Maine bottle clubs.Tags Alcohol and Drugs, Alton ME, Bethel ME, Biddeford ME, Bucksport ME, Chelsea ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Cumberland Mills ME, Friendship ME, Harrison ME, Lewiston ME, Limington ME, Maine, Mechanic Falls ME, Music, Nobleboro ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Documentary, North Yarmouth ME, Portland ME, Québec, Saco ME, Skowhegan ME, South Waldoboro ME, Standish ME, Steep Falls ME -
The French in North America, 1500-1783
Previously published under the title "France in America." From Fitzhenry and Whiteside, publishers: "This vivid account of the crucial role played by the French in the Western Hemisphere chronicles the rise and fall of the French empire on the mainland of North America and the West Indies, from the arrival of the Breton, Norman and Basque fishermen on the Grand Banks around 1500 to the sale of Louisiana to the United States in 1803. Professor Eccles depicts the establishment of Baroque civilization and the attempt of the establishment of industries and commerce from the slave plantations of the south to the fur trade posts of the far northwest, and discusses the colonists of other European powers. "Tags Acadians, Albany NY, Canada, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, France, Fur-trading, Great Britain, Haiti, Hudson Bay, Illinois, La Beauce QC, Louisiana, Montréal QC, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nova Scotia, Ottawa ON, Québec, Religion, St. Lawrence River Valley, Toronto ON, War -
Advocates defend school programs on chopping block
Supporters of a number of educational programs - including elementary French - threatened by cuts to the Augusta, Maine, city budget make their voices heard at a Board of Education public forum. -
Augusta seizes abandoned paper mill, City plans to have buildings demolished, seeks options for redevelopment
The City of Augusta, Maine seizes the eastside paper mill, formerly known as "Statler Tissue," with the stated purpose of demolition for potential development. According to the Kennebec Journal, the mill closed in 2001. -
Cuts to French curriculum run into opposition
French teachers and Franco advocates plan to speak at upcoming Board of Education meeting. Their comments will come in response to the City of Augusta, Maine, school superintendent, Cornelia Brown, in her presentation of an upcoming school budget that leaves out, among other programs, elementary French language. -
Frank Pomerleau's legacy: an 'entrepreneurial spirit'
Article on Augusta, Maine, entrepreneur, Frank Pomerleau, written soon after his death. Pomerleau's furniture and appliance store was a staple in the community for over 50 years, with Pomerleau himself being recognized for his success by business and cultural groups alike. This issue of the newspaper also contains Frank Pomerleau's obituary. -
Who Will Log in Maine's North Woods? A Cross-Cultural Study of Occupational Choice and Prestige
Study of Maine- and Québec-rooted loggers in Maine's northern woods on the Québec border. Presentation of survey results depicting the attitudes of Maine and Québec loggers toward their occupation, their understanding of public perceptions toward logging, and their predictions for the future of the industry. Survey results report information on loggers' economic conditions, educational attainment, and other demographic categories. Analyses of survey findings, with the perspectives of Anglophone and Francophone workers, presented by authors from the University of Maine and l'Université Laval. -
Cotton Was King : A History of Lowell, Massachusetts
A collection of 14 essays on the history of Chelmsford and Lowell, Massachusetts, from pre-incorporation to industrialization, into the middle 20th century. As the title suggests, an emphasis on the prevalence of mill work and immigrants cultures very much responsible for shaping life in this, one of New England's most productive industrialized cities. From the editor: "'Cotton Was King' traces Lowell's history from its Indian beginnings through two centuries of the history of the town of Chelmsford and one hundred and fifty years of urban industrial history, to the present day. The history of Lowell is, in microcosm, the history of America's Industrial Revolution. The city's history is a case study in the evolution of the corporate system, the labor movement, and the role women played in the labor force. The cotton mills of Lowell provided the first opportunity for American women to leave their farms and families and earn an independent living. The city with its enormous factories and canals also served as a magnet for the first waves of immigrants. By the mid-nineteenth century the city felt the first stirrings of both the labor and feminist movements, as Lowell entrepreneurs expanded the factory system."Tags Boston MA, Chelmsford MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord MA, Dracut MA, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Gender and Sexuality, Labor History, Lowell MA, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Religion, Social History, Waltham MA -
Language, Ethnicity, and the Schools : Policy Alternatives for Bilingual-Bicultural Education
Polarizing 1970s policy text describing structural aspects of bilingual/bicultural school programs. From ERIC: "This book presents a discussion paper of policy alternatives for bilingual-bicultural education. It also includes two critiques of the paper. Since the enactment of the Bilingual Education Act, the U.S. Office of Education has sponsored programs to help low achieving students with little or no command of English by teaching reading, math, and other subjects in the native language. Although not a failure, this approach does not demonstrate that it makes a difference in terms of student achievement, or acquisition of English...." -
"Don't I long for Montreal" : L'identité hybride d'une jeune migrante franco-américaine pendant la Premieère Guerre mondiale
De Fahri et Frenette: "Entre juillet 1917 et octobre 1918, Alma Drouin, jeune Franco-Américaine de Laconia, au New Hampshire, séjourne a` Montréal. Ce sont les perspectives de mobilité professionnelle offertes par la métropole du Canada qui l'y ont attirée, ainsi que la vie trépidante qu'elle y percevait. A`partir de sa correspondance et de son journal intime, nous avons tenté de saisir les représentations que se fait Alma de sa vie quotidienne à Montréal et de comprendre comment cette grande ville fait partie de sa cartographie mentale, qui est plus vaste; Alma Drouin est en fait porteuse d'une identité hybride et d'une conscience transnationale, qui se manifeste notamment par sa participation à un réseau épistolaire canado-américain. Tout comme son usage de la mobilité géographique à des fins de mobilité sociale, le réseau épistolaire d'Alma s'inscrit dans une tradition migratoire occidentale et canadienne-francaise. Si elle se construit dans sa correspondance et son journal intime comme une jeune travailleuse autonome, Alma dépend néanmoins d'un important réseau transfrontalier de parents, d'amis et de connaissances." -
Sands, Spindles, and Steeples : A History of Saco, Maine
A history of the coastal and industrial city of Saco, Maine, from its inception to the 1950s. Written by a Saco native. The inside cover reads: "In a rich and vivid history, documented with record, with facts bearing evidence of infinitely rewarding research, Roy P. Fairfield has depicted Saco from its beginning up to the fast-moving present wherein, even now, remains a nostalgic aura of simpler days along elm-shaded streets that have seen three centuries of pulsing life. And throughout this volume, striking for its fidelity to place and time and atmosphere, the author has never for a moment lost sight of that irreplaceable thing - the human dimension."Tags Art and Architecture, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Buxton ME, Cape Porpoise ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, England, Exploration and Colonization, France, Fryeburg ME, Government and Politics, Hollis ME, Kittery ME, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Old Orchard Beach ME, Religion, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Scarborough ME, Social History, Wells ME, York ME -
The Vermont-Quebec Border : Life on the Line
"Images of America" series pictorial history of the people and places surrounding the border that separates the province of Québec and the state of Vermont, slightly above the 45th parallel. How the international communities in this area have built and preserved relationships that defy national boundary, and how these relationships have been affected by government's concerns over national security. Pictures compiled mostly from the personal collection of the editor and captioner.Tags Alburg VT, Beebe Plain VT, Berkshire VT, Business and Economics, Canaan VT, Charleston VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Derby Line VT, Enosburg Falls VT, Franklin VT, Great Britain, Island Pond VT, Jay VT, Morses Line VT, New England, Newport VT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, North Troy VT, Northeast Kingdom VT, Norton VT, Québec, Richford VT, Social History, Sports and Leisure, St. Albans VT, Travel and Movement, Troy VT, Vermont, West Derby VT, Westmore VT -
Labbe: station, store was atop Sand Hill
Augusta, Maine, resident Paul Labbe helps the local Capital Weekly newspaper to identify a 1940s photo of a store and gas station. Article features the picture itself, as well as claims from others who attempted to make an identification of the photo. -
Don Roy, Fiddle Music, and Social Sustenance in Franco New England
Profile of the life, training, and works of expert Maine-based fiddler, Don Roy. The musical traditions in which he seats himself, and the attention he has brought to contemporary fiddle playing through public performance. The author's critique of models of cultural sustainability, cultural preservation industry, and other institutions through the example of Roy's pursuits, his community music project, "Fiddle-icious," and through his "inherited sense of music as a participatory activity" (36). Summary history of Franco American immigration and subsequent communities in southern Maine. Contains segments of interviews with Don Roy and Cindy Roy, among others. -
Écrin de pensées des Franco-Américains
Compilation des citations écrites ou parlées par la franco-américanie intellectuelle, religieuse, ou influente du XIXe et XXe siiècles. Une liste des contributeurs au livre et leurs villes respectives dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre.Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Canada, Central Falls RI, Danielson CT, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, France, Gardner MA, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, North Adams MA, North Grosvenordale CT, Pawtucket RI, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Rogers MA, Roxbury MA, Rutland VT, Salem MA, Springfield MA, Warren RI, Watertown (?), West Hartford CT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
French Contributions to America
Historical text on French, French Canadian, and Franco American persons significant to political, social, religious, and artistic life in the United States both before and after 1776 - from the early 17th century to the 1940s. Composed of descriptions of events, deeds, and works in their historical contexts; a collection of brief biographical profiles and popular lists; genealogical sketches; place names, architecture, and businesses; and illustrative quotations. Particular geographical emphases on the Midwest and Northeast/New England regions, with consideration of whole of the United States up to 1940. Includes French translations of the Star-Spangled Banner and the Declaration of Independence. Concludes with a lengthy bibliography. Contains the following chapters: French Seedling in America For God and Country Huguenots' Contributions In the Heart of America French Military Men Explorers, Frontiers' Men, Founders Expansion of Religion Versatility Outstanding Americans of French Descent Bits of French Benevolent Works Attainments Franco-American WritersTags Arctic Centre RI, Arizona, Art and Architecture, Attleboro MA, Augusta ME, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Cambridge MA, Canada, Central Falls RI, Chelsea MA, Clubs and Societies, Cohoes NY, Colorado, Everett MA, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, Fiction and Literature, Fitchburg MA, Florida, Fort Kent ME, France, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Huguenots, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iroquois, Journalism, Kennebec River Valley, Kentucky, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Music, Nashua NH, Native Americans, New Mexico, New York, Newburyport MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, North America, North Dakota, Oswego NY, Pawtucket RI, Pennsylvania, Penobscot River Valley, Plainville CT, Plattsburgh NY, Poetry, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rochester NH, Rutland VT, Salem MA, Sanford ME, Scarborough ME, Sharon Heights MA, Shirley MA, Somerville NH, South Berwick ME, South Carolina, South Dakota, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, St. Croix River Valley, St. Lawrence River Valley, Suncook NH, United States, US Midwest, Violence, Virginia, Wabanaki, Waltham MA, Wanton VT, War, Watertown NY, Waterville ME, West Warwick RI, Winooski VT, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Maine, A Guide "Down East"
State guidebook produced by the Maine Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s. Installment in the American Guide Series: a collection of state travel guides and coffee tables books. Includes extensive descriptions of Maine cities, towns, regions, landscapes, cultural elements, and notable sites in brief historical context with standout local historical anecdotes. Includes descriptions of various travel routes, local sport and recreation, maps, and illustrations. Introduced with general information about climate, geography, geology, natural resources. Republished various times (1970, 1972, 2008, 2012, etc.). From the preface: "Whatever the point of view, it should be remembered that the presentation of the many diverse elements embodied in a State the size of Maine in a single volume is necessarily of a general nature..." -
Calumet claims bias against French women legal; rights panel disagrees
Article on the arguments heard in Kennebec County Superior Court, Augusta, Maine, in a case of the Maine Human Rights Commission versus Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American fraternal organization. -
Rights panel sues le Club Calumet
The Maine Human Rights Commission fired back at Le Club Calumet by filing a lawsuit of its own (in response to the Club's suit against the HRC) contending that the Club discriminated in its refusal of membership to a woman based on her sex. -
Le Club Calumet files complaint
Le Club Calumet seeks approval from the court for its decision to exclude women from membership in its organization: one that the Maine Human Rights Commission deemed "public," and thus discriminatory in its sexed bylaws. -
Canadiens, Acadiens, and Canada : Knowledge and Ethnicity in Labour History
Essay on the relevance of French Canadian immigrant workers in the United States to the history of Canadian labor. The persistence of an emigrant French Canadian national identity in the United States; convergences of ethnic and class identities.Tags Biddeford ME, Chicopee MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Lowell MA, Marlboro MA, New Bedford MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, North Adams MA, Plainfield CT, Québec, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Suncook NH, Ware MA, Woonsocket RI -
The Great Textile Strike of 1934 : Illuminating Rhode Island History in the Thirties
Article describing the scope of the Great Textile Strike of 1934 in Rhode Island, in the midst of the Great Depression and the decline of the New England textile industry. The impact of the strike's upheavals on Rhode Island life in the 1930s. The role of the United Textile Workers (UTW) labor union in the nationwide strike, its organization in Rhode Island, and its impact on other labor unions - especially the National Textile Workers (NTW) and the Independent Textile Union of Woonsocket (ITU). Localized outbursts of Rhode Island violence and the context for their occurrence. The strike's implications for Rhode Island politics. Illustrated in black and white photographs.Tags Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Saylesville RI, Violence, War, Warren RI, West Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
The Catholic Counterculture in America, 1933-1962
Examination of immigrant Catholic influences on the traditions of Catholicism in the United States. A collection of largely biographical segments dedicated to certain influential, thought-provoking, and paradigm-shifting American Catholics from the middle of the twentieth century. The influence of these thinkers on a country not without skeptics or critics of Roman Catholicism. From UNC Press: "James Fisher argues that Catholic culture was transformed when products of the 'immigrant church,' largely inspired by converts like Dorothy Day, launched a variety of spiritual, communitarian, and literary experiments. He also explores the life and works of Thomas A. Dooley and Jack Kerouac to show that their experiences signaled a new Catholic appreciation of the American tradition of creative freedom." Contains the following chapters: "The Conversion of Dorothy Day" "Fools for Christ" : Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement, 1933-1949 The Catholic workers and Catholic culture, 1933-1949 The limits of personalism : "Integrity" and the Marycrest Community, 1946-1956 Thomas A. Dooley and the romance of Catholic anticommunism A Catholic errand in the wilderness : Tom Dooley in Laos and America, 1956-1961 Jack Kerouac and Thomas Merton, the last Catholic romantics.Tags Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fiction and Literature, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Kentucky, Laos, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Lowell MA, Minnesota, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Religion, United States -
When French became beautiful in the St. John Valley
Article describing how how the public schools of northern Maine's St. John River Valley embraced French-English bilingual education in the early 1970s. Recalls a speech in favor of a 1968 bilingual education bill given by Maine state senator, Elmer Violette (D-Van Buren), to the state's Education Committee. Tells of the positive effects of encouraging home language use in the classroom, and how the bilingual speech of students in the St. John River Valley is recognized, through bilingual program, as valuable and advantageous in their education. -
Language and Nationalism : Two Integrative Essays
From ERIC: "The extent to which the language planning that has been pursued in many localities and in many periods has been guided by nationalism, that is, by '...the social movements, attitudes, and ideologies which characterize the behavior of nationalities engaged in the struggle to achieve, maintain or enhance their position in the world' (Wirth 1936) is examined in this text. The study familiarizes the reader with the formations and the transformations of nationalism itself, and also examines how and why language commonly comes to be one of the ingredients in nationalist goals and programs..." -
Language Loyalty in the United States : The Maintenance and Perpetuation of Non-English Mother Tongues by American Ethnic and Religious Groups
Collection of essays on the linguistics of non-English-speaking immigrants to the United States. The impact of movement on language, the perpetuation of local trends, the transformation of language in transit. The variety of language loyalties in the United States explored through sociological and psychological data, and through the many political and institutional structures set in support of the cultural life of certain American communities. Includes Herve B. Lemaire's "Franco-American Efforts on Behalf of the French Language in New England." Contains the following essays, in order of appearance: The Historical and Social Contexts of an Inquiry into Language Maintenance Efforts Mother Tongue and Nativity in the American Population The Non-English and the Ethnic Group Press, 1910-1960 Foreign Language Broadcasting The Ethnic Group School and Mother Tongue Maintenance Mother Tongue Retentiveness in Ethnic Parishes Organizational and Leadership Interest in Language Maintenance Some Community Dynamics of Language Maintenance German-American Language Maintenance Efforts Franco-American Efforts on Behalf of the French Language in New England Spanish Language and Culture in the Southwest Ukrainian Language Maintenance Efforts in the United States The Process and Problems of Language Maintenance: an Integrative Review Planned Reinforcement of Language Maintenance in the United States; Suggestions for the Conservation of a Neglected National Resource Language Maintenance in a Supra-Ethnic Age: Summary and Conclusions Appendices & Indexes -
Hier et aujourd'hui : 75eème anniversaire, Société St. Jean-Baptiste de Bienfaisance de N.Y., 1850-1925
Historique de la Société St. Jean-Baptiste de Bienfaisance de New York City depuis sa fondation à 1850, publiée dans la célébration de son 75e anniversaire. Des événements majeurs impliquant la société à New York et ailleurs. Liste et photos des "dignitaires de la société de 1850 à 1925," et beaucoup des portraits et biographies de ces hommes significatifs. Une lettre de félicitations du premier ministre du Québec. Publicités imprimées de la page 103 à 136. Ecrites et compilée par le secrétaire / archiviste de la société.Tags Biddeford ME, Canada, Chicago IL, Cohoes NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Detroit MI, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, France, Glens Falls NY, Holyoke MA, New York, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Plattsburgh NY, Québec, Religion, Springfield MA, United States, War -
Keeping the Faith at St. Joseph's
Subtitled, "A century old parish and a local Jeanne d'Arc face off against the Diocese in a showdown up on French Hill." Article on the efforts of St. Joseph's Parish members to keep their Worcester, Massachusetts church open after the bishop's announcement of his decision to shut it down. Descriptions of the church building, its history, and the context for its closure. Examples of individual and collective actions taken by parishioners in their refusal to accept the decision. This drawn-out event as placed within a general trend of growing skepticism toward episcopal authority in the late 20th century. Contains a small historical insert labeled, "One Hundred Years of St. Joseph's Parish," with a timeline of major parish events between 1826 and 1991. -
Communicating Ethnic and Cultural Identity
Reader in ethnic studies. Critical approaches to ethnic, linguistic, cultural, and group identity in the United States, and the various ways they are manifest. Includes an essay by University of Maine scholar Kristin Langellier entitled, "'Where I Come From Is Where I Want To Be:' Communicating Franco-American Ethnicity." -
Woman defends 'men only'
Letter to the editor rebuffing a previous letter written by Peg Ricker (6 September 1991), and supporting the all-male membership of Augusta, Maine, social club, Le Club Calumet, for the sake of "gender bonding," among other reasons. -
MILL WATCH
Photo of a firefighter and firetruck on the site of the Edwards Mill, Augusta, Maine, as workers tended to the blaze there in the winter of 1989. -
La Survivance
Article subtitled, "Families of French-Canadian descent once regarded French Catholicism and the French language as inseparable keys to their ethnic survival." An overview of the history and culture of Franco Americans in New England, beginning with the earliest French presence in 17th century North America. How work, religion, and language, historically important to many Franco American New England communities, have changed shapes among other arguably more persistent cultural symbols. Franco American culture as it is seen in the 1980s.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Social History, St. John River Valley, Woonsocket RI -
Sur bois : Franco-American Woodcarvers of Northern New England
An examination of Franco-American history and life through the folkloric means of artistic woodcarving in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The introduction reads, "This exhibit catalogue is designed to share with the public the vitality and the symbolic power of traditional Franco-American woodcarving. There is nothing more appropriate for the celebration of Franco-American artists than to make known an art form that is still very much alive for them and to promote the cultural heritage and aesthetic expression of their community."Tags Alburg Springs VT, Art and Architecture, Auburn NH, Augusta ME, Barre VT, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Cabot VT, Concord NH, Dover NH, East Concord NH, Farming and Agriculture, Farmington NH, Folklore, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Gorham NH, Greenville NH, Laconia NH, Landaff NH, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Limerick ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Art and Architecture, Portland ME, Québec, Rangeley ME, Religion, Sanford ME, South Portland ME, Sports and Leisure, St. Albans VT, St. Francis ME, St. John River Valley, The Weirs NH, Vermont, Walden VT, Waterbury VT, West Burke VT, Winooski VT -
Frank Pomerleau's Inc. of Augusta, Maine
16-page add featured in the Kennebec Journal's 150th Anniversary Edition paper. -
Manuel du Professeur pour introduire les études Franco-Américaines
Freeman and Pelletier's self-proclaimed "manuel" (handbook) seeks to validate Franco-American Studies as a legitimate academic discipline, and to insert this discipline into the broader field of American Cultural Studies. In 284 pages, the authors suggest lesson plans for the construction of relevant curricula, particular topics of study on Franco-America, and a rationale for the inclusion of a body of Franco-American knowledge in the fabric of a social studies education for youth and adults alike. Acknowledging the plain lack of academic materials, Freeman and Pelletier not only offer an outline for students to create their own genealogies, but also encourage students to engage their Franco communities, to utilize old and build new living resources for multiculturalism in theory and practice. The handbook concludes with a bibliography of texts and an index of local people and places that might function as resources for Franco-American studies both in- and outside of the classroom. From the text: "This handbook was produced by the Canadian/Franco-American Studies Project of the University of Maine at Orono for the use of teachers in elementary and secondary schools and in adult education. Its purpose is to achieve more widespread awareness and understanding of the Franco-American presence in New England by offering teaching plans and strategies for incorporating materials designed for that purpose into the regular courses of study within the humanities curriculum.We feel that the contributions of Franco-Americans to the development of their communities, their states, and their country has been one of the nation's best-kept secrets. We also feel that exploring these areas can be a source of pride for members of the Franco-American communities and lead students of other backgrounds to a better understanding of our multi-ethnic society." -
La genièse d'une communauté canadienne-française en Nouvelle-Angleterre : Lewiston, Maine, 1800-1880
Adapté d'une plus longe forme (1988). D'Erudit: "Le présent article a pour sujet la genièse d'une communauté canadienne-française en Nouvelle-Angleterre, celle de Lewiston, Maine, avant 1880. L'auteur décrit d'abord la localité à la veille de l'arrivée des premiers Canadiens français en I860, s'attardant plus particuliièrement aux bouleversements causés par la Révolution industrielle, qui fit de Lewiston un des plus importants centres textiles des États-Unis. Il explique ensuite la nature des migrations canadiennes-françaises au 19e siiècle, et le rôle de premier plan qu'y jouaient la famille et la parenté. De fait, la famille était la cellule de base de la communauté ethnique en formation. L'économie familiale caractérisait les ménages nucléaires et se tissièrent entre ceux-ci et les manufactures de coton des liens étroits et complexes. La parenté aussi avait des fonctions économiques, sociales et psychologiques, facilitant l'adaptation des migrants dans leur nouveau milieu, un milieu ù les conditions d'existence étaient triès précaires. De cette masse de paysans devenu ouvriers émergea une petite-bourgeoisie composée d'hommes d'affaires, de professionnels et de prêtres. Ces hommes utilisièrent leur pouvoir pour intensifier le sentiment religieux de leurs coreligionnaires et pour tenter d'instiller en eux l'idéologie de la survivance culturelle. Certains prirent leur distance de la masse des migrants, alors que d'autres, le curé et les professionnels notamment, travaillièrent à la création d'un réseau institutionnel centré sur la paroisse, contribuant ainsi thnique sur des fondations solides et à transformer les migrants en immigrants." -
Understanding the French Canadians of Lewiston, 1860-1900 : An Alternate Framework
Essay on the extra-cultural forces that helped to shape the French Canadian immigrant community of Lewiston, Maine. Class and ethnicity among the peoples of urban Lewiston in the second half of the 19th century. The impact of the industrial revolution on Lewiston's population and scale. The uniqueness of the French Canadian migration to Lewiston relative to other American cities. Historical comparisons between the periods of 1860-1880 and 1880-1900 regarding community, class, and business in that city. Featured in an issue of the Maine Historical Society Quarterly entitled, "Franco-Americans in Maine."Tags Alcohol and Drugs, Auburn ME, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Irish Americans, Journalism, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Old Town ME, Québec, Religion, Social History, Travel and Movement, Violence, Waterville ME -
Les parcours de l'histoire : Hommage aè Yves Roby
Recuil d'essaies en l'honneur d'Yves Roby, un historien québécois, par ses colliègues et ses anciens étudiants. Des études sur les sujets importants de la carriière de Roby: l'historiographie; "les espaces québecois et franco-américains;" l'immigration. Des Presses de l'Université Laval: "De son premier ouvrage sur les Caisses populaires à ses recherches sur l'évolution du discours franco-américain, en passant par ses travaux sur les relations canado-américaines, [Roby] s'est attaché à saisir les relations qui existent entre deux conceptions relevant, chacune à leur maniière, de l'espace et du temps : les champs thématiques - ceux de l'économie, du social, des idéologies, du politique - et les terrains d'enquête recouvrant des aires géographiques, notamment celles du Québec et des États-Unis...." -
Why sue Club Calumet?
Letter to the editor questioning the Maine Human Rights Commission's decision to sue le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine. MHRC asserted the unlawful discrimination inherent to the Club's bylaws that restrict membership based on sex. -
Bravo! Monsieur Yastrzemski frappe un coup d'exterieur
Article on the translation of baseball into the cultural registers of French Canada and the vernaculars of the Canadian French language. -
FLES : A Comparative Study
Findings of a New England study comparing the listening comprehension, reading abilities, and general mental abilities of English-speaking, Franco American French-speaking, and bilingual fourth-grade students in parochial school French language classes. An evaluation of a specific FLES (Foreign Language in Elementary Schools) curriculum - the "Holy Ghost French Series" - used widely in the Roman Catholic elementary schools of New England in the 1950s and 1960s. Presents tables and figures comparing scores from student tests taken in 1962. Comments on inefficiencies and shortcomings of the administered tests (Otis Quick-Scoring Mental Ability Test and Elementary Reading Test), as well as the suggestions of their results for language learning among bilingual and monolingual students. -
L'image du Vermont : mythologie américaine et réalité géographique
Un profil de l'État du Vermont des années 1970. Un essai qui compare les perceptions et les mythes sur le Vermont avec les données géographiques et historiques qui ont servi à les inspirer et de les soutenir. Réflexions de l'auteur sur «les tendances américaines» - morales, économiques ou autres - qui ont en partie conduit à la naissance d'un certain image de l'état, et en quelle facon cette image influence la vie réelle dans le Vermont. -
Cultural Sovereignty, Identity, and North American Integration : On the Relevance of the U.S.-Canada-Quebec Border
Article exploring cultural policies implemented by Canada and Québec governments to both protect and promote cultural industries and indigenous cultural forms. The function of these policies in shaping national identities. The impact of these policies on Canada-U.S. relations. Canadian policy as response to American cultural industries. How international trade through the lens of FTA, NAFTA, and the WTO relate to Canadian cultural industry and identity politics. -
Immigrants to US share cultural knowledge
Article on a panel discussion in Bangor, Maine, involving participants from China, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Vietnam, and Russia sharing their observations of culture as immigrants in Maine. -
No Fiddling Around
Profile of Lisa Ornstein - recording violinist, fiddler, and director of the Acadian Archives at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Some thoughts on music and culture through her reflections on musical experiences in both Quebec and Maine. -
Franco-Americans gather for forum : French-speaking participants recall how their language drew ridicule
Article on a French-language forum about cultural heritage and viability in the St. John River Valley, northern Maine. The talk, sponsored by the Maine Humanities Council, was led by advocates for the Acadian and Quebecois heritages prevalent in Frenchville, Fort Kent, Grand Isle, and many other communities throughout northern Aroostook County and the state of Maine. -
Holy Name of Jesus Parish : 100 Years in South Worcester
Centennial history of the Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Parish in South Worcester, Massachusetts. -
A Parish Grows Around the Common : Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens, 1869-1995
History of the Roman Catholic parish of Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens (what became "Notre Dame/St. Joseph Parish") in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1869 to 1995. Presented chronologically according to the lives and service of parish pastors and the achievements of their parishioners. The role of this parish in Worcester, and its development intertwined with the change and growth of the city. Emphasis on the parish's Franco American community - its parish laity and leadership. Includes lists of pastors, associate pastors, and their terms of service at Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens; pastors and terms of services at St. Joseph, Holy Name of Jesus, and St. Anthony parishes; choir directors, organists, and concerts from 1869 to 1995. -
Madawaska : Down East With a French Accent
Expository, journalistic piece on the people of the Upper St. John River Valley, cradle of the political border between northeastern Maine and New Brunswick. The predominance of French Acadian culture there and an integrative overview of its elements more obvious to the journalist visitor: language, family, religion, food. Farming and logging as both international businesses and the economic support systems of rural communities in a North American borderland. Contains various character profiles from short personal interviews, as well as a segment on the Scotch-Irish community of Aroostook County. Grounded in historical context, oriented toward the projected impacts of industrial development and subtle acculturation on these agricultural communities in late twentieth-century America. Illustrated in vibrant photo.Tags Acadians, Allagash ME, Allagash River Valley, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Geography, Grand Isle ME, Language and Linguistics, Lille ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, New Brunswick, St. Agatha ME, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME -
French-Canadian Names: Vermont Variants
A look into the unique renditions of names of French Canadian families in Vermont, and the recent and transformative linguistic histories of these names in a largely anglophone space. -
Histoire des Franco-Américains de Southbridge, Massachusetts
Une histoire des arrivées, origines, et de la religion, la communauté, l'art et la vie politique des Franco-Américains de Southbridge, Massachusetts. ècrit en 1919. De la texte: "A l'occasion du Cinquantenaire de la Paroisse Notre-Dame, des Noces d'Or de la Societé St-Jean-Baptiste, et du retour de nos Soldats, qui ont pris part aè la guerre mondiale." -
Les "Petits Canadas" de la Nouvelle-Angleterre
De l'auteur: "La communauté franco-américaine de Nouvelle-Angleterre, ou «communauté franco», est relativement méconnue en France. L'action qu'elle conduit pour faire reconnaître son identité au sein de la région qui l'accueille offre pourtant un témoignage remarquable de ses capacités de survivance - son « réveil » actuel atteste en outre de la maturité et de l'ouverture de la société américaine d'aujourd'hui qui, apriès avoir perçu comme une menace la présence franco, l'accepte maintenant avec fierté et reconnaissance. Au XXIe siiècle, il y a un avenir pour le fait français en Nouvelle- Angleterre, il y a une place, nous disent aussi les Américains, pour la diversité culturelle au service de la cohésion nationale."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Brunswick ME, Calais ME, Castine ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut River Valley, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fort Kent ME, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Montpelier VT, Montréal QC, Mt. Desert Island ME, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Religion, Saco River Valley, Southbridge MA, St. John River Valley, Violence, Woonsocket RI -
The Mobilization of the Working Class Community : The Independent Textile Union in Woonsocket, 1931-1946
A period history of a Belgian and Franco-American independent textile union in the mills of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and the impact of this sort of independent worker organization on the ethnic communities of that city. "What follows," says the author, "is a summary of the ITU's appearance, development, success, and decline." -
Working-Class Americanism : The Politics of Labor in a Textile City, 1914-1960
45 years of labor history from the textile mills of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The relationships between the World Wars, American nationalism, and the attitudes of working-class, largely immigrant New Englanders in the first half of the twentieth century. Republished in 2002 by Princeton University Press with a new preface from the author. From Princeton University Press: "In this classic interpretation of the 1930s rise of industrial unionism, Gary Gerstle challenges the popular historical notion that American workers' embrace of 'Americanism' and other patriotic sentiments in the post-World War I years indicated their fundamental political conservatism. He argues that Americanism was a complex, even contradictory, language of nationalism that lent itself to a wide variety of ideological constructions in the years between World War I and the onset of the Cold War. Using the rich and textured material left behind by New England's most powerful textile union--the Independent Textile Union of Woonsocket, Rhode Island--Gerstle uncovers for the first time a more varied and more radical working-class discourse."Tags Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Labor History, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, United States, Woonsocket RI -
Number and Percent of Persons with French Mother Tongue : States, Counties (Parishes), Places of 10,000 or More, SMSA's of 250,000 or More, and Urban and Rural Residence, New England and Louisiana, 1970
Presentation of data acquired in the 1970 United States census. Statistics collected specifically on the populations of persons of French mother tongue in New England and Louisiana. Illustrates in table form their distribution by county, city, town, and state, and indicates percentage of each total area's population. Also mentions other states where francophones exist less prominently than in the featured states of the study. An often-cited report in the sociology of Franco Americans, compiled by a Franco American scholar from Maine.Tags California, Connecticut, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New England, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin -
Social and Economic Profile of French and English Mother Tongue Persons : Maine, 1970
Unpublished presentation of statistics on persons of French and English mother tongue in the state of Maine, adapted from 1970 United States census data. Shows figures related to family make-up, mobility, education, labor, income, state geography, and city and county demographics, all with respect to the population's mother tongue. Written by a University of Southern Maine professor of sociology.Tags Ashland ME, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Bangor ME, Berwick ME, Biddeford ME, Brewer ME, Brunswick ME, Caribou ME, Chelsea ME, Eagle Lake ME, Education, Fairfield ME, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Gorham ME, Grand Isle ME, Jackman ME, Jay ME, Kennebunk ME, Kittery ME, Lewiston ME, Limestone ME, Lisbon ME, Livermore Falls ME, Madawaska ME, Madison ME, Mexico ME, Millinocket ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Old Orchard Beach ME, Old Town ME, Portland ME, Presque Isle ME, Rumford ME, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, South Berwick ME, South Portland ME, St. Agatha ME, St. Francis ME, Topsham ME, Van Buren ME, Wallagrass ME, Waterville ME, Webster ME, Westbrook ME, Winslow ME, Winthrop ME -
Recent and Current Sociological and Anthropological Research on Franco-Americans
Current trends in social science research on Franco Americans through an analysis of several selected works (theses, articles, etc.) from the 1980s. Recognition of the turn of research toward analyses of socioeconomic class, perspectives on patterns of cultural assimilation, "la survivance," and demographics. Contains a bibliography of works mentioned. -
Resources of the Teaching of the Sociology of Quebec : A Bibliographic Essay
Challenges of teaching the sociology of Quebec to American students using English language resources. A brief annotated bibliography of suggested relevant and appropriate works, divided by sociological theme: primary resources, analytical focus, historical orientation, population, economy, stratification, family, religion, politics, ideology and nationalism, social change, and "the future." Written by a sociologist from the University of Southern Maine. -
A Franco-American Overview : New England, part 2 of 2
Volume 4 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fourth of six volumes, presents 15 chapters representing many perspectives--from the historical to the sociological--illustrating the thinking and feelings of those in the forefront of Franco-American studies. This volume focuses on Franco-Americans in New England. The following readings are presented: 'New England French Culture' (Gerard J. Brault); 'Public or Parish: A Study of Differences in Acculturation of Franco-American Schoolchildren' (Peter Woolfson); 'An Ethnic Survey of Woonsocket, Rhode Island' (Bessie Bloom Wessel); 'Franco-American Efforts on Behalf of the French Language in New England' (Herve Lemaire); 'Sports and Franco-Americans in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 1870-1930' (Richard S. Sorrell); 'U. S. Journal--Biddeford, Maine: Ou se trouve la plage?' (Calvin Trillin); 'Ethnic Stratification in the Community' (Elin Anderson); 'Race, Ethnicity and the Achievement Syndrome' (Bernard C. Rosen); 'Living Space and the Advancement of the Generations' (W. Lloyd Warner, J. O. Low, Paul S. Lunt, and Leo Srole); 'The Socio-Economic Status of the French-Canadians in the United States' (Leon F. Bouvier); 'A Genealogical Approach to the Study of French-Canadian Fertility 1650-1950' (Leon F. Bouvier); 'Language Usage in the United States: July, 1975' (U. S. Bureau of the Census); 'Social and Economic Profile of French and English Mother-Tongue Persons: Maine, 1970' (Madeleine Giguere); 'French-Canadian Settlement in Vermont Prior to the Civil War' (Ralph D. Vicero), and 'Sentinelle Affair (1924-1929): Religious and Militant 'Survivance' in Woonsocket, Rhode Island' (Richard S. Sorrell). Appendices providing a map, research notes, and an annotated bibliography conclude the document."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Genealogy, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Social History, Sports and Leisure, United States, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Youth -
A Franco-American Overview : New England, part 1 of 2
Volume 3 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the third of six volumes, presents 17 readings representing many perspectives--from the historical to the sociological--illustrating the thinking and feelings of those in the forefront of Franco-American studies. This volume focuses on Franco-Americans in New England. The French-Canadians in New England' (William MacDonald); 'French Catholics in the United States' (J. K. L. LaFlamme, David E. Lavigne, and J. Arthur Favreau); 'French and French-Canadians in the United States' (Mason Wade); 'The Acadian Migrations' (Robert LeBlanc); 'The Loyalists and the Acadians' (Mason Wade); 'The Franco-Americans in Maine: A Geographical Perspective' (James P. Allen); 'Quebec to 'Little Canada': The Coming of the French-Canadians to New England in the Nineteenth Century' (Iris Saunders Podea); 'The French Colony at Brunswick, Maine: A Historical Sketch' (William N. Locke); 'The Franco-Americans of New England' (George F. Theriault); 'The Laborers of Manchester, New Hampshire 1912-1922: The Role of Family and Ethnicity in Adjustment to Industrial Life' (Tamara K. Hareven); 'The Franco-American Working-Class Family' (Laurence French); 'Traditional French-Canadian Family Life Patterns and Their Implications for Social Services in Vermont' (Peter Woolfson); 'The Presidential Politics of Franco-Americans' (David B. Walker); 'A Profile of Franco-American Political Attitudes in New England' (Norman Sepenuk); 'The French Parish and 'Survivance' in 19th Century New England' (Mason Wade); 'The Shadows of the Trees: Religion and Language' (Jacques Ducharme); and 'French National Societies in New England' (Edward Billings Ham)."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Brunswick ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Family, Geography, Government and Politics, Journalism, Labor History, Maine, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Religion, Social History, United States, Vermont -
French and German : A Comparative Study
Essay presenting data on a study of French, French Canadian, and German immigrants in the United States; French and German language usage therein; and figures corresponding to French and German American language communities. Data on patterns in French and German language instruction in United States schools from the late 19th century to the late 20th. The relationship of the 1968 US Bilingual Education Act to French and German language instruction and usage. Some of the author's predictions for the future of French and German language in the United States. -
Toots Makes Music
Journalistic piece on Franco American musician from Biddeford, Maine, Toots Bouthot. The author's exploration of a local music icon and his community. Transcription of Bouthot's talk of music, religion, and vocation - who plays, for whom he plays, and why. The musician's descriptions of the city of Biddeford, his youth, and his growth into a life of music. -
Sentinel editorial writer inept in treatment of ethnic slurs
Letter to the editor berating Waterville, Maine's Morning Sentinel editorial staff for failing to criticize a Portland-based radio station (WBLM) that frequently included in its morning show a segment poking fun at a Franco American character. Cites an article in which the editorial staff "trivialize[d]" complaints against the radio program's arguable ethnic discrimination, and chastises the newspaper for missing an opportunity to heighten local conversation about ethnic humor and cultural stereotypes. -
The Persistance of White Ethnicity in New England Politics
Article presenting data on voting patterns in selected New England towns that indicate, in a general sense, connections between ethnic origin and voting behaviors in the early 21st century. Interpretations of statistical models that indicate the continuing relevance of white ethnic group identification to electoral politics and community formation in New England. Comparison of historical white ethnic groups in the United States to new immigrant populations. Sociological research on assimilation in the United States as related to economic class and political behavior. From the authors: "By examining the persistent effect of white ethnicity on political behavior, we seek to broaden our understanding of ethnic political development and voting. We begin our inspection by discussing the past role and prominence of white ethnicity. We then juxtapose these historic assessments of ethnic persistence and decline with the patterns observable by our empirical analysis of the effect of white ethnicity on presidential politics in over 1500 towns in six New England states."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Polish Americans, Rhode Island, Vermont -
Maine woman seeks entry into ethnic club
A Boston Globe update on the Maine Supreme Court case of the Maine Human Rights Commission and Nancy Ellis vs. Le Club Calumet, regarding the issue of a private accommodation limiting its membership based on ethnic and sex discriminations and if, as Ellis contends, the Club is in fact a public, not private, organization. -
Paroled radical glad to be back in Maine
Article on the return to southern Maine of Sanford native, Ray Luc Levasseur, after decades of imprisonment in federal penitentiary for convictions associated with his political activism. Includes a timeline from 1977 to 2004 of some of the major public events in Levasseur's life, as well as some bombings linked to activist groups in that time period. Republished in the New York Times Sunday Edition (8 August 2004). -
Assimilation in American Life : The Role of Race, Religion, and National Origins
1960s study of social life in the United States with regard to ethnic and religious characteristics and their significance to processes of assimilation. Social group observation as a means of understanding cultural conflicts based on incommensurate "value-assumptions," and as a foundation to eliminating many sources of inter-group prejudice (16). Contains information acquired from interviews with officials from numerous American organizations concerned with intercultural relations. General sociological introduction to group structures, stages of assimilation and its subprocesses, and theories for occurrences of these in the United States. The American formation and presence of the "ethclass" - "[the characteristic sub-societal unit] based on race, religion, and, to a declining extent, national origin, criss-crossed by social class stratification..." (160). Sections devoted to African Americans, Jews, Catholics, and intellectuals as functioning American "subsocietal" structures. Hypotheses and suggestions for the future of cultural and structural pluralism in the twentieth-century United States.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, African Americans, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, German Americans, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Jewish Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Religion, United States -
The Alliance Française, Empire and America
An essay describing France's Alliance Francaise, an internationally established cultural institution dedicated to promoting the French language and fostering dialogue with, about, and around French culture throughout the world. A history of the Alliance in the United States, with particular emphasis on its early 20th-century iterations, and on both the "colonial" and "republican" qualities its mission once embodied (229, 233). The Alliance's engagement with different Franco American communities, especially those in New England. From the author: "By giving voice to different constituencies within the French diasporic family, and by creating spaces for cultural exchange, the Alliance has helped to define the contours of New World Francophone identities" (abstract). Includes the segments, "French republicanism at work," "The Alliance Francaise and Franco-America," and "The Alliance Francaise and la francophonie." From the author: "The Alliance Française is in many respects an intermediary between French America's past and present" (240).Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Africa, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Connecticut, Creoles, Demography, Detroit MI, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, France, Great Lakes Region, Hanover NH, Hartford CT, Lafayette IN, Lafayette LA, Lake Champlain VT, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Orleans LA, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, Northampton MA, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Salem MA, St. Lawrence River Valley, US Midwest, Vermont, War, Waterville ME, Wellesley MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The History of the Catholic Church in Old Town, Maine
History of the Roman Catholic Church in Old Town, Maine's three parishes - St. Joseph, St. Mary, and Holy Family - from 1848 to 1994. Photographs, over time, of the St. Joseph and St. Mary church buildings and their complement structures. Profiles and photographs of significant priests and parishioners. The merger of two churches into a single Old Town Catholic parish, and some of the literature distributed among parishioners during that process in the 1990s. -
Why Can't They Be Like Us? : America's White Ethnic Groups
Andrew M. Greeley, an American Catholic priest and writer, offers in "Why Can't They Be Like Us?" a preliminary investigation of white minorities in the United States. His observations are considerate of both social formations and religious movements within ethnic communities, concluding with a prediction for the cultural futures of ethnic immigrants to the United States. -
Ethnicity in the United States : A Preliminary Reconnaissance
A Chicago, Illinois Catholic priest's view of ethnicity in the United States, with a particular emphasis on religious and political characteristics. From the author of "Why Can't They Be Like Us? : America's White Ethnic Groups" (Dutton, 1971). -
Ethnicity
A selection of essays on religion and ethnicity in international contexts. Emphasis on Catholicism. Includes pieces situated in Western Europe, North America, and French Canada, on topics ranging from church attendance, to nationalism, to biblical exegesis and religious studies. -
Holyoke, Massachusetts : A Case History of the Industrial Revolution in America
A study of labor and industry in Holyoke, Massachusetts, beginning with the city's agrarian traditions, and establishing later an emphasis on the city's industrialization at the end of the nineteenth century. Published during the Great Depression, covers also the first three decades of the twentieth century and the saddening economic decline that led to Holyoke's engagement with businesses on the state and federal levels. A case study in New England mill-town economic transition.Tags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Chicopee MA, Connecticut River Valley, Demography, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Geography, Holyoke MA, Illness, Labor History, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Social History, South Hadley MA, West Springfield MA -
Citizenship and Those Who Leave : The Politics of Emigration and Expatriation
English translation of "Citoyenneté et émigration: Les politiques du départ" (éditions de l'école des hautes études en Sciences sociales, 2006). Collection of essays on migration, expatriation, and the perpetuation of national identities abroad. The historical roles played by governments in the emigrations of their peoples. Considerations of the economic and "political perceptions of departure" (2). From the editors: "Emigration, like immigration, needs to be understood at the intersection of structural and individual agency" (8). From University of Illinois Press: "Exit, like entry, has helped define citizenship over the past two centuries, yet little attention has been given to the politics of emigration. How have countries impeded or facilitated people leaving? How have they perceived and regulated those who leave? What relations do they seek to maintain with their citizens abroad and why? 'Citizenship and Those Who Leave' reverses the immigration perspective to examine how nations define themselves not just through entry but through exit as well." Translation of French original (2006).Tags African Americans, Business and Economics, Canada, China, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Europe, Exploration and Colonization, France, Germany, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Holland, India, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Poland, Social History, United States -
On Parle Français Ici
Article on Colby College graduate ('66) and Waterville, Maine native, Gregoire Chabot, whose writings have resonated not only with the Maine Franco American communities who share the heritage that Chabot often explores, but with readers and scholars across the United States and Canada. -
L'amour de la culture française
Article in recognition of Burlington, Vermont's 2011 French Friendship Day - a gathering together of local and international francophiles and francophones to celebrate the presence of French Canadian and Franco American culture in Vermont. Contains an historical overview of French Canadian emigrant community in Burlington and its environs. Mentions a number of activities and items historically common to French Canadian and Franco American life, as well as historical instances of persecution against Franco Americans in Vermont, and contemporary efforts - like the French Friendship Day - to maintain and share Franco culture.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Barre VT, Burlington VT, Colchester VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Food, France, Government and Politics, Language and Linguistics, Leicester VT, Montpelier VT, Music, Québec, Religion, Rutland VT, St. Albans VT, Stonecutting, Vergennes VT, Vermont, West Rutland VT, Winooski VT -
Milestones from the Saint John Valley (The turn of the century)
Historical portrait of the Upper St. John River Valley, Aroostook County, Maine, through a presentation of the lives of two influential nineteenth-century figures: William Dickey of Fort Kent and Peter Keegan of Van Buren. Particular emphasis on both figures' involvement in Maine politics, infrastructual development, and the lumbering industry in the borderland forests of northern Maine around the time of the US Civil War. Contains the following chapters: The Duke of Fort Kent Fort Kent at the turn of the century Out of the forest Keegan of Van Buren Van Buren at the turn of the century -
Passing on their French heritage : Lea and Alex Bruyere growing up bilingual
Article on an Augusta, Maine family's use of the French language in their daily lives, and their thoughts on local French education and the persistence of Franco American traditions in their city. Part 3 of 3 in "a series about the evolution of the Franco American community in Augusta." -
The Newcomer: Party for Suzanne. By Cecile Pepin Edwards. Illustrated by Jane Costle. 191 pp. Abingdon-Cokesbury. $2.50. For Ages 8 to 12.
A review of the 1952 children's book, "Party for Suzanne," written by Cecile Pepin Edwards and illustrated by Jane Costle. Edwards and Costle attempted to create a book that talks about a French-Canadian child's experience in a New England public school. -
The Franco-Americans : The Relationship Between Ethnic Identification and Political Behavior
An undergraduate honors essay written for the Department of Government at Bowdoin College. Observations into the "low assimilation rate among Franco-Americans" as determined by French Canadian migration patterns, and partly evidenced in what the author argues to be the consistency of a Franco American voting bloc. From the author of, "La Foi, La Langue, La Culture: The Franco-Americans of Biddeford, Maine."Tags Biddeford ME, Canada, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Social History, St. Lawrence River Valley, Travel and Movement, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Maine's Corporation Sole Controversy
Study of a brief period in the history of the Roman Catholic Church in the state of Maine at the beginning of the twentieth century. A political portrait of the "Corporation Sole" controversy - a drawn-out public dispute between the bishop of the Diocese and Portland and a number of Franco American parishioners seeking authority over the management of certain Maine national parishes. Named the 1972 Maine Historical Society Prize Essay, and printed in the 1973 MHS newsletter.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Business and Economics, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Journalism, Maine, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Québec, Religion, Sanford ME, Slovak Americans, Violence, Waterville ME -
La Foi, La Langue, La Culture : The Franco-Americans of Biddeford, Maine
Edited and updated book version of a dissertation published five years earlier ("Ethnic survival in a New England Mill Town," Syracuse University, 1977), with a foreword by author and Biddeford resident, Norman Beaupré. A Franco American history from immigration to community development, cast through the lens of the town of Biddeford, Maine, or the "Mill City."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Geography, Government and Politics, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Religion, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Social History -
Un théaêtre francophone dans un milieu franco-américain
Une histoire de théaêtre - ses peuples et ses spectacles - franco-américain à Holyoke, Massachusetts, et dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Met un accent sur la période entre 1900 et 1940.Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Fall River MA, Holyoke MA, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Montréal QC, New England, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Art and Architecture, Northampton MA, Performing Arts, Religion, Social History, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, Suncook NH, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Essai de Journalisme
Essai-livre sur la journal (quotidien, hebdomadaire, etc.) de la langue francaise pour les Franco-Américains dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre dans la fin du XIXe et du début du XXe siiècles. Son importance historique et culturelle. Dédié en grande partie aux efforts d'un journal en particulier - "La Justice" de Holyoke, Massachusetts - et à son leadership éditorial. Conclut avec des sélections de poésie d'un éditeur de La Justice, Joseph Lussier. Les annexes comprennent des listes de romans-feuilletons, des poiètes, des poièmes, et certains articles de la prose publiés dans cette revue de Holyoke. Table des matiières: Le journal franco-américain Le contenu et la forme des journaux La presse franco-américaine de Holyoke Les journaux d'une existence éphémière Louis Tesson: journaliste, romancier, et linguiste Le journalisme franco-américain à Holyoke: 1900 à 1963 La Justice: 1903 à 1963 -Circulation géographique -La role de la religion -Joseph Lussier: écrivain doué, orateur renommé -L'héritage français -Le format et le contenu -Jacques Ducharme -Roméo D. Raymond 1941 à 1963 Conclusion Notes La poésie de Joseph Lussier Appendices A, B, CTags Arlington MA, Concord NH, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fiction and Literature, Fitchburg MA, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Journalism, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Norwich CT, Plattsburgh NY, Poetry, Religion, Somersworth NH, Waterbury CT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Do it this way, Nancy
Letter to the editor chastising Nancy Albert Ellis, the woman who in 1989 sought entry into the all-male Franco-American social club, Le Club Calumet, of Augusta, Maine. -
Backing Calumet Club
Letter to the editor regarding the 1989 Le Club Calumet controversy sparked by a woman's seeking entry into the all-male club. Offers a measure of support for the Augusta, Maine, Club in its rejection of the woman's request. -
New England's Franco-Americans : Vive la difference?
Article on the plight of Franco American cultural activists in New England. The variety of the troubles confronting them, and their energy in relation to the seeming decline of the historically supportive Franco cultural establishments as seen in churches, schools, and large families. Contains an historical overview, demographic figures from the 1970 US census, and the considerations of Francos in the public sphere across New England. Tagline below the article title reads, "Some say the fight to preserve French identity in New England is being lost without a struggle. But that's only one side of the story..." Article featured in the United States bicentennial issue of Yankee magazine.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Burlington VT, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Greenville NH, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Fitchburg MA, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Berlin : Ville industrielle du nord (texte et audio)
Le deuxieme texte de la collection "Villes franco-américaines de la Nouvelle Angleterre." Une histoire de la ville de Berlin, New Hampshire - son peuple et son paysage. Introduit par Céline Fortier de Berlin. Ecrit pour les jeunes pour l'apprentissage de la langue française. Accompagné d'un enregistrement audio du texte narré par Céline Fortier. The second text in a series entitled, "New England Franco American Cities." A profile of the city of Berlin, New Hampshire - its people and its landscape. Introduced by Celine Fortier of Berlin. Written for the French language-learning classroom. Accompanied by an audio narration of the text by Celine Fortier. -
Resources for the Teaching of Franco-American Culture
Essay encouraging the French language teachers in the US - primarily in the Northeast and Lousiana - to "raise their 'cultural consciousness'" of the Franco cultural heritage populations in which they potentially teach. A brief layout of accessible resources on Franco-American history, language, culture, and the curricula designed to teach them. Brief annotations of a short list of texts; a list of local organizations; some suggestions for class exercises. -
The Richford Experience : French Bilingual Education as a "Basic" Approach to Language Competence
Article describing the French-English bilingual elementary education program as developed and instituted by the Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union of Franklin County, Vermont. Bilingual education as a response to certain educational and developmental needs of the Franco youth population of northern Vermont; as a means of educating appropriately with state-mandated "basics"; and as a successful example of alternative education for all students. Descriptions of the basic program, course content, teacher training, and parental involvement. Results of program evaluations in the early 1980s, including data from student competency tests. Summaries of student and parent attitudes toward their experiences of bilingual education. -
Le Club Calumet deems Adams outstanding citizen
Article on the recipient of the annual Outstanding Citizen Award proffered by Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine. 2010's recipient, Jay Adams, played a large role in including the cultural reality of Franco Americans in the historical tourism of Maine's capital city. -
Some credit union members oppose bank merger, 'We don't want to lose our identity'
With a merger pending between Kennebec Savings Bank and KV Federal Credit Union - both of Augusta, Maine - some credit union members voice their opposition, citing the historical value of their institution, its assistance to the Franco-American communities of the area, and the economic role it has played in helping to form the region's identity. -
Demolition of tissue mill in full swing
The demolition of the Augusta, Maine, east-side paper mill, which began June 2010, continues in plain view on the bank of the Kennebec River. -
Cities make varying efforts to preserve French culture
Article describing the specific efforts of four Maine cities - Augusta, Lewiston, Waterville, and Biddeford - to preserve Franco American history and honor their French heritage communities. Includes interviews with locals who describe in detail their city's projects - festivals, heritage centers, social groups, and others. -
Last two nuns retiring from St. Michael : Sister Rachel and Sister Joan each dedicated 50-plus years to education
Article on the retirement of two Sisters of the Presentation of Mary from their school in Augusta, Maine. Describes the early lives and teaching journeys throughout New England of Sister Rachel Boucher and Sister Joan Desmarais, and gathers some of their thoughts on community and education in the 21st century. -
Former workers recall the mill
In the aftermath of the burning of the Edwards Mill in Augusta, Maine, some former workers look back on their many years spent there during its time of operation. This article focuses on the stories of Edward Doyon, Valmond Rodrigue, Robert Beaudoin, and Fr. Gilbert Patenaude. -
A date which will live in infamy, Augusta man was survivor: Poulin 'never saw so many planes'
On the fiftieth year following the 1941 Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Lucien Poulin of Augusta, Maine, tells of his experience of the surprise bombing and his subsequent involvement in World War II. -
Readfield woman denied Calumet membership will not appeal
Nancy Albert Ellis, a woman whose membership application to Le Club Calumet in Augusta, Maine, was denied based on her sex, and who lost a legal battle with the Club that was taken all the way to the Maine Supreme Court, does not appeal the decision to a higher court. -
Court rules Calumet can exclude women
In May, 1992, the Maine State Supreme Court ruled that Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American men's club in Augusta, Maine, can exclude women as members from its organization. This decision was based on the court's finding that the Club was, in fact, a private accommodation, not a public one. Laws regarding the private status of ethnicity-based social clubs allow such clubs to limit their membership based on a number of unique characteristics - including sex. -
Calumet appeal argued in court
Le Club Calumet, a Franco American men's social club in Augusta, Maine, appealed to the Maine Supreme Court a decision made by the superior court that would have forced the club to admit women as members. This article covers the beginning of the arguments heard at the highest court in Maine. -
State's highest court to hear Calumet appeal
Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, appealed to the Maine Supreme Court to overturn a superior court decision forcing it to change its organizational bylaws and admit women as members. -
Calumet Club cancels celebration
Augusta, Maine's Le Club Calumet canceled its 1991 anniversary celebration. The Club cited a lack of participation. -
Calumet told it must let women join: Calumet loses bid to keep women out
In a 1991 ruling, the Kennebec County Superior Court decided that Le Club Calumet, a Franco American fraternal organization in Augusta, Maine, was a public organization , and therefore could not exclude women from its membership - as it had done for 69 years, and as had been the provisions of its bylaws. -
Calumet members make no decision yet on admitting women
After the Maine Human Rights Commission deemed Le Club Calumet - an Augusta, Maine, Franco-American men's club - discriminatory for not admitting women as members, the Club was forced to decide if it would change its policies regarding membership or face litigation. -
Some Calumet Club members may vote to admit women, attorney says
After the Maine Human Rights Commission ruled that she had been discriminated against when denied membership at Le Club Calumet, a Franco American social club, Nancy Albert Ellis considered filing charges in court. Many members of the Club, in her support, claimed that they would vote to change club legislation, allowing the full admission and membership of women. -
AGAINST ALL ODDS: LIFE ON THE HILL: Places that provided common heritage gone or declining
Part 4 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 4 includes two pieces: one acknowledging the vast changes that have taken place in the community since the early 20th century, the other acknowledging the still present voice of Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American social club, that has undergone its own sort of struggle. -
AGAINST ALL ODDS: LIFE ON THE HILL: St. Augustine School changes with the times
Part 3 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 3 is a brief look into St. Augustine School, the educational foundation - alongside Sylvio J. Gilbert Public School - for Hill residents. St. Augustine School opened in 1888 and closed in 2008, to be merged with St. Mary's School into a single Augusta Catholic Diocesan school - St. Michael. -
AGAINST ALL ODDS: LIFE ON THE HILL: St. Augustine Church - the spiritual, social center
Part 2 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 2 focuses on St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, the unifying center for many in the parish spread up and across this part of north Augusta. -
AGAINST ALL ODDS: LIFE ON THE HILL: A neighborhood held together by common bonds
Part 1 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 1 gives the cultural background of the Hill and looks to a few of its community members to provide some personal anecdotes and an intimate neighborhood history. -
Bates College officials shocked : Didn't know certain workers barred from speaking French
Article relating the reaction of Bates College officials to being made aware, after student protests, of a rule forbidding campus employees to speak French in the company of non-French-speakers. The college president and dean's apologies for the practice and the ban, and the commitment to draft new policies protecting the language rights of French-speaking employees. -
The Library of the Association Canado-Américaine
A description of Manchester, New Hampshire's ACA library: its holdings, its scholars, and its intentions. Refers also to Woonsocket, Rhode Island's Union-St-Jean-Baptiste Library. Written by a 1930s Yale scholar. -
French National Societies in New England
Article on the early-twentieth-century establishment of Franco American social organizations, and their implications for cultural heritage preservation, or the idea of "la survivance." Refers to already-established social organizations in Québec as developmental models for emigrant French Canadian and Franco American communities in New England.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Boston MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Fitchburg MA, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Maine, Malone NY, Manchester NH, Michigan, Montréal QC, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, Nova Scotia, Religion, Springfield MA, Vermont, Waltham MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
French Patterns in Québec and New England
Thoughts on political and cultural attitudes in Québec with particular reference to the war effort. Ham interrogates New England French Canadian minority culture to examine more intimately the general political thought-processes of WWII-era Québec. From the text: "...no critic should attempt an estimate of Québec internationalism without reference as well to the French-Canadian attitude in New England." -
Dictionnaire des auteurs de langue française en Amérique du Nord
Index d'auteurs (biographique, bibliographique) nord-américains qui écrivent dans la langue française. -
Lettres aè mon ami, sur la patrie, la langue et la question Franco-Américaine
Collection de lettres ouvertes écrites "à mon ami" par un ancien curé pour les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre en 1930. ècrits philosophiques et théologiques sur le thième de "la question nationale" ou "la question franco-américaine," de déterminer si et comment les Franco-Américains peuvent rester français et américains aux ètats-Unis, ou si leur langue, leur religion et leur culture seraient mieux servis par leur retour au Canada. Cette question est explorée à travers le cadre des chapitres suivants, chacun étant sa propre lettre ouverte: Préface Dédicace Introduction Patriotisme Drapeau Histoire Pays Nation Gouvernment Patrie Langue Langue maternelle Traditions Nationalité L'attitude de l'auteur est peut-être capturé dans la citation suivante de sa préface: "Ils prétendent que les Franco-Américains ne peuvent conserver leur religion qu'en restant Canadiens, et ils posent en principe que, pour eux, s'américaniser, c'est se protestantiser; que perdre leur langue, c'est perdre leur religion....Que les Franco-Américains, qui ne savent l'anglais, demandent des pretres qui parlent leur langue, c'est tout naturel; aussi personne ne pense de les en blâmer, parce que c'est une nécessité que les circonstances leur imposent. Mais c'est autre chose de poser en principe absolu que les Franco-Americains, du fait qu'ils sont d'origine française, doivent être desservis en français....Il est donc souverainement important de prendre les choses telles qu'elles sont, car là seulement est la vérité....Ce que nous cherchons, vous et moi, dans cette discussion de la question franco-américaine, c'est la vérité, sachant que la vérité vraie peut seule nous rendre libres de l'erreur..."(7-9). -
Les Acadiens du Madawaska
Article describing the town of Madawaska, Maine, in the St. John River Valley, through the perspectives of three generations of the Hébert family. Introduction to Acadian history in the St. John Valley, the twentieth-century industrialization of Madawaska, the role of language and tradition in local communities. The relationship of each interviewee - Jeanne, son Réal, grandson Duane - to the French language, and their personal thoughts on Madawaska's changing cultural and linguistic shapes. -
Les Canadiens-français de la Nouvelle-Angleterre
Du texte: "Dans ces pages, l'auteur a cherche: 1er: A? donner une idée exacte de la situation materielle et religieuse des Canadiens établis dans les États-Unis de l'Est. 2me: A? faire connaitre les efforts heureux de ces catholiques, pour conserver leur réligion et leur langue. 3me: Enfin à examiner les chances d'avenir et les resultats probables d'une migration si extraordinaire." Une deuxiième partie du texte est "l'histoire des Paroisses Canadiennes de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1851-1890" et un indice d'officiels de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. -
A Pictorial History of Immigration
American immigration history in photos by the author of the award-winning historical piece, "The Uprooted." -
Immigration as a Factor in American History
Varied selections of scholarship, speeches, interviews, and articles that, according to the author, "attempt to illustrate the immigration contribution to American civilization and the forces which brought the movement to a close" (Handlin, intro). Pays homage to the impact of immigration on the entirety of the United States, and looks to federal government's role in stemming the inflow of people to the States in the middle of the twentieth century. Oscar Handlin won a Pulitzer Prize in 1952.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Social History, United States -
Children of the Uprooted
Sequel to Handlin's monumental text, "The Uprooted." Voices of first-generation Americans: the children of immigrants to America. In addition to pieces from Theodore Dreiser, Carl Sandburg, Louis Brandeis, and Reinhold Niebuhr, "Children" features the writing of prominent tabloid journalist Emile Gavreau - the child of French-Canadian immigrants to the US Northeast. From the introduction: "The most significant variations among the children of the uprooted were those created by changes in the society in which they lived. Their writings have therefore been arranged chronologically by the date of their birth, on the assumption that the significant attitudes were shaped in childhood and youth." -
Maine Court Due to Weigh Augusta School Bus Tilt
Article on a controversy surrounding the city of Augusta, Maine's allowing local private Catholic schools the use of its public buses. -
Missing minority
Short article on the absence of Franco American employees in the Maine media industries, particularly print and television journalism. Includes brief interviews with managers and journalists from some of Maine's most prominent news outlets, as well as some stark commentary from the author on his own findings. -
Les grands thièmes de l'histoire de la famille aux États-Unis
L'auteure de "Amoskeag," Tamara Hareven écrit un piièce sur les bourses d'études, ou un historigraphie, de la famille aux Etats-Unis. Elle la comprend cette histoire comme partie de la nouvelle histoire sociale: un mouvement académique du vingtiième siiècle dont le principal motif est reconnaître et comprendre meilleur la diversité de la vie populaire et des agents historiques. -
Amoskeag : Life and Work in an American Factory-City
History of the former Amoskeag mills and Manchester, New Hampshire, through the eyes and mouths of their laborers and citizens. Contains worker interviews, as well as a detailed study of mill divisions and processes. From the book jacket: "The book focuses on the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, once the largest textile factory in the world. The shells of its awesome mills still extend for two miles along the Merrimack River in Manchester, New Hampshire. Never before have we known so vividly what it was like to live a life in the closed world of a single gigantic industrial entity, from the first moment a child set foot in a mill carrying his father's or mother's lunchpail to the moment he retired or was laid off 60 years later."Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Labor History, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Social History -
Family Time and Industrial Time : The Relationship Between the Family and Work in a New England Industrial Community
Study of the complex relationship between family dynamics and demanding mill work. Takes as its focus the industrial city of Manchester, New Hampshire, its vast mill complexes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the worker families that inhabited its communities and spun its wheels of industrial production. A theoretical look at family in American social history. A discussion of oral history as historical form and methodology. Originally published by Cambridge University Press. From University Press of America: "The myth that industrialization broke down traditional family ties has long pervaded American society. Professor Hareven, a leading social historian, dispels this myth and illustrates how the family survived and became an active force in the modern factory. In this book, Hareven examines the multiple roles that the workers' families fulfilled in facilitating their adaptation to the pressures of changing work patterns and new modes of life in an industrial city. She reconstructs family and work patterns among immigrants as well as native textile laborers over two generations during a crucial period in the transformation of American industry from the late nineteenth century....A case study based on what was the world's largest textile plant - the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in Manchester, New Hampshire - the book integrates a wide array of documentary evidence with oral testimony. It examines the lives of real people - the way they acted, the way they perceived their lives, and the kinds of decisions they made when pacing their lives in relation to the demands of the industrial system."Tags Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Labor History, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Social History -
The Laborers of Manchester, New Hampshire : The Role of Family and Ethnicity in Adjustment to Industrial Life
An essay on how Manchester, New Hampshire, mill workers "[adapted] to industrial conditions" in the early twentieth century, taking special consideration for the relationships between work, ethnicity, family, and their influences upon one another (250). A certain history of the Amoskeag Corporation of Manchester - its programs of worker welfare and efficiency, their effectiveness, the populations of workers to which they were directed, and their identifiable ambivalence toward ethnic diversity. Worker agency in an industrial milieu: the mobility of laborers and their families between Manchester and other New England industrial communities; the importance of ethnicity and kinship ties in the workplace. The sources and impacts of the labor strike at Amoskeag in 1922.Tags Brunswick ME, Danielson CT, English Americans, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Gender and Sexuality, German Americans, Greek Americans, Irish Americans, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Polish Americans, Scottish Americans, Swedish Americans, Woonsocket RI -
The Search for Generational Memory
Essay describing the popularity of American search efforts for "generational memory" - or the shape of one's personal and social origins - through genealogy, oral history, and the new social history movement of the middle twentieth century. Uses the example of Alex Haley's 1976 book, "Roots," as an influence on such popular efforts, and an instance of American historical and cultural identity-searching whose precedents can be traced to the beginning of the twentieth century. Exposition on the craft of oral history and the type of knowledge it generates. Written by the author of "Amoskeag: Life and Work in an American Factory-City" (1978), which focuses on the Amoskeag Mills of Manchester, New Hampshire and its workers. -
Family and Population in Nineteenth-Century America
A collection of papers on family history and demography in the United States. Based on 1974 Williams College seminar. Coedited by the author of "Amoskeag": a study in oral history on millwork in Manchester, New Hampshire. From a review of "Family and Population" written by Lois Horton, featured in the journal, Ethnohistory: "This volume of essays brings the perspective of family history to the study of urbanization and industrialization. The authors draw on a wide variety of approaches and data sources to examine marriage, fertility, family and household composition, and life style in rapidly changing nineteenth-century America....The essays in 'Family and Population in Nineteenth Century America' clearly demonstrate the shortcomings of other studies which draw conclusions about family and household patterns from the study of the social facts contained in aggregate data. Their greatest strength is the illumination of the complexities of human behavior and the importance of factors which can only be discovered by examining smaller units of social organization." -
LaCasse Bats gets a boost from Subway : Madison native to receive ESPN plug during Bangor event
Madison, Maine, native, Jesse LaCasse, operates a wooden baseball bat business out of the nearby town of Skowhegan. His products and company "teamed up with Subway Restaurants" for a joint advertising bid at the Senior League World Series in Bangor, Maine. -
France to honor local man for WWII service
New Gloucester, Maine, man receives the French Legion of Honor medal for his military service during the United States military's participation in the liberation of France during World War II. Growing up speaking French, he was able to translate for American and French soldiers. -
'It felt like something from a movie'
The fire at the Cowan Mill in Lewiston, Maine, as a spectacle: the crowds watching it blaze, the memories of its workers from long ago, the impact of its burning on the city's daily routine. -
Brewing for Baxter
Profile on Maine engineer and brewer, Michael LaCharite. The founder of Portland, Maine's Casco Bay Brewing company, LaCharite was sought out to help develop the varieties of beer now produced by Lewiston, Maine's Baxter Brewing. LaCharite cites a family tradition of home-brewing as one of the foundations for his passion and talents. -
French consul visits Old Town
François Gauthier, former French consul to Boston and New England, and Françoise Gauthier visit Old Town, Maine, and the University of Maine's Franco-American Centre to learn more about Maine's French heritage. -
New Hampshire : Crosscurrents in Its Development
From University Press of New England: "A classic history of New Hampshire's economic and political development, now updated for the twenty-first century....From fiercely ambitious and independent colonial towns to the media circus of the Presidential primary, from prosperous masting trade to high-tech industry, this book traces the colorful political and economic crosscurrents of New Hampshire's history....Both informative and entertaining, the book tells the story of the state's development from the first European settlements through the dawn of the twenty-first century. This new, updated edition addresses such topics as the Claremont school funding case; the impeachment of Justice Brock and the U.S. Supreme Court appointment of David Souter; and especially the boom and bust of the '90s and early '00s, including discussion of such major industries as Tyco and Cabletron and their role in the state's economy. The book also offers a timeline of important events and an updated bibliography...."Tags Business and Economics, Concord NH, Dartmouth NH, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Exeter NH, Fishing, Forestry, Government and Politics, Labor History, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Portsmouth NH, Seabrook NH, Woodbury NH -
Haute Cuisine Goes to College
Article focusing on Brunswick, Maine, native, Bowdoin College director of dining services, and chef extraordinaire, Laurent C. "Larry" Pinette. How he has achieved success in the college kitchen among the great menu of transitions that have taken place within the 1980s' college student's dietary norm, and within nutritional standards in American colleges. Subtitled, "Bowdoin students once subsisted on sea bread and salt fish - or worse. Larry Pinette changed all that." -
The Politics of Codeswitching and Language Choice
From the author: "Using data from ethnographic studies of the use of French and English in Ontario and Quebec (Canada) in a variety of settings (hospital, factory, school, etc.) over the period 1978-1990, I discuss language choice as a political strategy, especially as a strategy of ethnic mobilisation. More broadly, I argue that codeswitching must be understood in terms of individual communicative repertoires and community speech economies, particularly as these are tied to a political economic analysis of the relationship between the availability and use of linguistic varieties, on the one hand, and the production and distribution of symbolic and material resources on the other." -
Franco-Americans of Maine
An "Images of America" pictorial history that illustrates parts of the Franco-American experience in Maine, Maine's people, and the things and places that occupied their lives. Chapters run as follows: 1)Work, 2)Family, 3)Religious Life, 4)Community, 5)Sports and Recreation, 6)Arts and Entertainment, 7)Education, 8)Franco-American Pride, 9)The Acadians. This is Dyke Hendrickson's second book on Franco-Americans, the first being "Quiet Presence: Dramatic, First-Person Accounts: The True Stories of Franco-Americans in New England" (1980)Tags Acadians, Allagash ME, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Eagle Lake ME, Education, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Grand Isle ME, Journalism, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Lille ME, Madawaska ME, Mills and Mill Work, New Auburn ME, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Sanford ME, Sinclair ME, Sports and Leisure, St. Agatha ME, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME, Wallagrass ME, Westbrook ME, Youth -
Quiet Presence : Dramatic, First-Person Accounts : The True Stories of Franco-Americans in New England
Historical overview of Franco Americans in New England. 27 interviews that lend personality, locality, and intimacy to the author's history. Hendrickson's work has led to his being quoted as a commentator on immigrant labor history in an exhibit of millworkers featured in the Museum of National Heritage at Ellis Island, New York.Tags Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Caribou ME, Eagle Lake ME, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Mansfield MA, Manville RI, Methuen MA, Mills and Mill Work, New Brunswick, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Rochester NH, Saco ME, Sand Hill ME, Sanford ME, Somersworth NH, Springvale ME, War, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI -
State's top seat historically elusive to Francos: With the exception of Alonzo Garcelon in 1879, the governor's seat has been difficult to win for those of French heritage
Article on the absence of a Franco American in the Maine governor's seat. Observes the one-year term of Alonzo Garcelon in the 19th century, the losses of past Francos vying for election, and the contemporary case of Waterville, Maine, mayor Paul LePage's bid for a 2010 gubernatorial victory. -
From "Acadien" to "Cajun" to "Cadien" : Ethnic Labelization and Construction of Identity
An essay on the origins and historical transformation of the term "Cajun" in the context of French Louisiana. An historical etymology of "Cajun" and an analysis of its usage from its 17th century iterations to those of the present day. An attempt at framing the historical context for a definition of Cajun ethnicity. The linguistic development and social impact of an ethnic label. -
Louisiana Francophones : Origins and Evolution since 1673
Changing face of the francophone presence in Louisiana - from French colonial rule beginning in the 17h century, to the Acadian migrations of the 18th century, through Spanish and eventual American rule, and meshed into the assimilative forces of contemporary anglophone America.Tags Acadians, Alabama, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, Fishing, France, Germany, Government and Politics, Haiti, Ireland, Louisiana, Mississippi River Valley, Mobile AL, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Spain, United States -
American Perceptions of Québec
Article describing popular American ideas of Québec and Canada in the 1970s and 1980s. The appearance of Québec in USA print and television media; attitudes of the American business community toward Canadian and Québécois economy; American understandings and misunderstandings of Québec linguistic and cultural identities. Low interest among Americans in Québec and Canadian politics, and the changing perceptions of Québec among American economists and foreign policy analysts amidst Québec separatist energies in the 1980s. Comparisons between Québec and the historical make-up of the USA Confederacy and the American South. -
Mills kept selling even in Depression. Franco-Americans filled mill jobs
An article on the mills of the Kennebec River in central Maine, the immigration wave at the turn of the century, and the Franco-American workforce. Featured in the 150th Anniversary edition of the Kennebec Journal. -
Kill the Devil or Marry an American : Descent and Consent among the Cajuns
Article exploring the development of Cajun ethnic identity through its iterations in modern theatrical performance in Louisiana, in a period of apparent ethnic revival. How Cajun theatre and its use of the French language function in terms of shaping and defining Cajun identity in Louisiana, abroad, and in the dramatic arts. -
Teaching French to Franco-Americans : A Controversial Problem
Brief article on bilingualism among third-generation Americans of French Canadian heritage in Maine, and the common instances of their superior French language skills in school. Thoughts on psychological approaches toward teaching French to Franco Americans among non-francophone students, with suggestions for specific educational methods in phonetics, vocabulary, grammar, and cultural studies. -
'Try to Blend In:' French in Maine Bear Bias Quietly
Feature article attempting to characterize the historical plight of the Franco American people of the state of Maine. Contains brief quotes from social leaders and commentators in Bangor, Lewiston, Van Buren, and Orono. Abridged version of the article reprinted later in the Providence Journal-Bulletin ("Maine's Franco-Americans take in stride the discrimination that permeates their lives"). -
Maine's Franco-Americans take in stride the discrimination that permeates their lives
Reprinted segment of Los Angeles Times feature article ("French in Maine Bear Bias Quietly") attempting to characterize the historical plight of the Franco American people of the state of Maine. Contains brief quotes from social leaders and commentators in Bangor, Lewiston, Van Buren, and Orono. -
Feature Obituary: John Margarones, 87, OOB historian, retired Bates professor
Obituary of longtime Old Orchard Beach, Maine, resident and local historian, also a professor of education at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. -
Lewiston : Off the Tourist Track to a Pretty Nice, Pretty French City
Documentary piece on Lewiston, Maine, illustrated in black and white photo. Fluid city descriptions and drawn-out interviews with Lewiston residents spanning three generations enter readers into the life of the early twentieth-century industrial Maine city: its mills, its neighborhoods, its homes. First-person accounts of textile mill work and working-class family life. The texture of Lewiston-Auburn's historically French cultural landscape, and the changes endured by this culture from its American inception to 1990. Featured in an issue of "Salt" entitled, "Maine's Ethnic Groups: Part 2 - Franco-Irish-Swedish-Americans."Tags Androscoggin River Valley, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Bangor ME, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Mills and Mill Work, Portland ME, Sanford ME, Social History, Vermont, Waterville ME, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Role of Culture in the Medical Encounter
Short piece of health-related scholarship in cultural studies. Describes three instances in which medical professionals' lack of knowledge about their patients' cultural background had a negative impact on medical judgment and personal treatment. Published by Katahdin Area Health Education Center, University of Maine at Orono. Reprinted from "The Maine MOSAIC," Spring, 1989. -
New England and the Maritime Provinces : Connections and Comparisons
Collection of essays by various scholars on New England, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island - critical geographies to what has emerged in historical studies in recent decades as the field of North American "borderland studies." Essays consider the histories between these regions both before and after the establishment of political borders in a culturally diverse space. The implications of regionalism, nationalism, and business for neighboring spaces within two countries. Contains the following writings: Introduction - Stephen J. Hornsby and John G. Reid Pre-European Dawnland: Archaeology of the Maritime Peninsula - David Sanger Spaces of Power in the Early Modern Northeast - Elizabeth Mancke Passamaquoddy Identity and the Marchall Decision - William Wicken New England Soldiers in the St. John River Valley, 1758-1760 - Geoffrey Plank Before Borderlands: Yankees, British, and the St. John Valley French - Béatrice Craig Comparative Economic Advantage: Nova Scotia and New England, 1720s-1860s - Julian Gwyn Variations on a Borderlands Theme: Nativism and Collective Violence in Northeastern North America in the Mid-Nineteenth Century - Scott W. See Nova Scotia and the American Presence: Seeking Connections Without Conquest, 1848-1854 - D.A. Sutherland The Command of Money in Shaws'Borderlands, 1859-1887 - Jacques Ferland Re-Examining the Economic Underdevelopment of the Maritime Provinces: A Case Study of Portland, Maine, and Saint John, New Brunswick - Robert H. Babcock Maine-Maritimes Folklore: The Lumberwoods Connection - Edward (Sandy) D. Ives Canadaian and American Policy Making in Response to the First Multi-Species Fisheries Crisis in the Greater Gulf of Maine Region - Deborah C. Trefts More Buck for the Bang: Sporting and the Ideology of Fish and Game Management in Northern New England and the Maritime Provinces, 1870-1900 - Bill Parenteau and Richard W. Judd The "Boston States": Region, Gender, and Maritime Out-Migration, 1870-1930 - Betsy Beattie Borderlands, Baselines, and Big Game: Conceptualizing the Northeast as a Sporting Region - Colin D. Howell The Epic of Greater North America: Themes and Periodization in North American History - Reginald C. Stuart and M. Brook Taylor Peeping Through the Cracks: Seeking Connections, Comparisons, and Understanding in Unstable Space - Graeme WynnTags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Canada, Connecticut, Criticism and Review, Death and Disaster, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fishing, Folklore, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Geography, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Maine, Massachusetts, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Nova Scotia, Portland ME, Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, Sports and Leisure, St. John River Valley, United States, Vermont, Violence -
An Exploratory Study of the Purchasing Habits of French-Surnamed Americans in the State of Maine
Report of 1973 survey research conducted on the purchasing, consumption, and leisure habits of Franco Americans in Maine. Analyses of shopping patterns - brand selection, store location, and more - based on data from 10 sample communities. Also contains data on family size and structure, income, and education of survey participants. General recommendations for further demographic and economic research. Tables (31) containing all collected data, as well as a sample of the survey/questionnaire received by informants. -
Brunswick's French Connection
Historical essay marking the links between the Franco American community of Brunswick, Maine, and the city's historic liberal arts institution, Bowdoin College. Details of Brunswick's French history alaongside notes on Bowdoin's Franco American enrollment, college employees, and various historical commitments to local research and local people. Introductory notes on immigration from Québec, labor in local industry, community life, and the diverse ethnic make-up of neighboring cities. Illustrated in black and white photograph. Based on research conducted for an exhibition of the Pejepscot Historical Society entitled, "Pejepscot's Little Canadas: Franco Americans of the Region." Featured in the official magazine of Bowdoin College. -
The Quiet Revolutionaries : How the Grey Nuns Changed the Social Welfare Paradigm of Lewiston, Maine
From Routledge: "The book recognizes the achievements by a nineteenth-century community of women religious, the Grey Nuns of Lewiston, Maine. The founding of their hospital was significant in its time as the first hospital in that factory city, and is significant today if one desires a more accurate and inclusive history of women and healthcare in America..." -
French women must unite
Letter to the editor calling upon "all women of French ancestry" to unite in response to the Maine Supreme Court's decision to allow the Calumet Club of Augusta, Maine, to refuse membership to women. -
French Canada in Transition : The Effects of Anglo-American Industrialization upon a French-Canadian Small Town
From Oxford University Press, 2009 edition: "'French Canada in Transition' is a landmark study of the impact of rapid industrialization on small French Canadian communities. First published in 1943 by the University of Chicago Press, it remains one of the most widely cited works of Canadian Sociology. Hughes's careful study of a typical Quebec city revealed trends and developing fault lines that would only make themselves apparent to less perceptive observers two decades later with the flowering of the so-called 'Quiet Revolution.' " -
L'Amérique du Nord française dans les archives religieuses de Rome 1600-1922 : Guide de recherche
Guide de recherche qui souligne des connections religieuses historiques entre l'Amérique française et la Rome ponitificale, visible dans des documents d'archives de Rome. Caractières majeurs de la durée de vie de l'histoire ecclésiastique des archives du Vatican. Descriptions des fonds - des archives au Vatican, archivistes, et projets historiques pertinents au l'église catholique. Produit d'un colloque en 1999 au Québec.
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Table des matiières: Rome et l'Amérique du Nord française / Pierre Hurtubise et Roberto Perin
Archivistes, Historiens et Archives Romaines / Luca Codignola et Matteo Sanfilippo
Description des fonds / Luca Codignola, Matteo Sanfilippo, et Giovanni Pizzorusso
Chronologie d'histoire civile et religieuse, 1600-1922 / Fernand Harvey et Luca Codignola
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L'Héritage français dans la vallée du Mississippi
Publication sur l'histoire de l'exploration et la colonisation française en Amérique du Nord, et les emplacements américaine dans laquelle les constructions et les noms de lieu françaises persistent dans le présent.Tags Canada, Detroit MI, Duluth MN, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, France, Geography, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Great Lakes Region, Green Bay WI, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi River Valley, Mobile AL, Native Americans, New Orleans LA, Ohio, Ontario, Pittsburgh PA, Québec, St. Louis MO, St. Paul MN, Texas, Vincennes IN, War, Wisconsin -
Memoirs of a Xenophobic Boyhood
Personal essay on the class and racial lines of immigrant, industrial New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the twentieth century, as mirrored in the dynamics of the author's family. Explains where the Civil Rights Movement and McCarthyism fit into the way working-class people in certain New England towns thought about themselves and others in terms of race. How such a conversation itself illuminates the role of race in places of little racial diversity, and among families like the author's, whose class conditions seemed to preclude the speaking authority afforded wealthier New Englanders. Featured in a special issue of the independent news weekly, The Village Voice, dedicated to exploring questions of "whiteness." Also published in a reader entitled, Identity Matters: Rhetorics of Difference (Prentice Hall, 1998).Tags Augusta ME, Brattleboro VT, Business and Economics, Coles Grove NH, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Government and Politics, Haverhill MA, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, Salisbury MA, Youth -
Francophone Literatures : An Introductory Survey
From Oxford University Press: "The canon of French literature has undergone substantial transformation in recent years and francophone literature is now an increasingly important element in French literature courses. This study introduces the diverse literatures from the numerous French-speaking areas around the world, including Africa, French Canada, and both the Caribbean and Indian Ocean Creole islands, among others. Moving region by region, Jack details the ways in which the most important authors establish a post-colonial and linguistically and culturally unique literary tradition while they subvert--through rewriting, parody, and pastiche--the established French literary tradition. More importantly, she suggests a new critical approach for understanding these various French-speaking cultures and, consequently, the French culture which they recast and subvert." -
The Social Context of Franco-American Schooling in New England
Article aimed at informing teachers about students of Franco-American heritage, and recounting the particular past experiences of ethnic Francos in New England schools. Recent public efforts at bilingual and bicultural education in New England. Includes a list of predominantly Franco-American New England towns, as well as a list of vernacular phrases and their Parisian correspondents.Tags Adams MA, Auburn ME, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Cambridge MA, Canaan VT, Caribou ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Connecticut, Danielson CT, Demography, Derby VT, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Franklin VT, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Greenville NH, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Jewett City CT, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Norton VT, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Palmer MA, Pawtucket RI, Pittsfield MA, Plainfield CT, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Rhode Island, Richford VT, Saco ME, Salem MA, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, St. John River Valley, Taftville CT, Taunton MA, Vermont, Ware MA, Warren RI, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Webster MA, West Warwick RI, Willimantic CT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Standards and Local Curriculum : A Zero-Sum Game?
Function and impact of Maine Learning Results educational plan in elementary schools of rural Maine. Includes a segment on Walters School in the St. John Valley, and discusses its elementary French language program as it becomes incorporated in MLR methods. From the author: "Many rural educators and researchers have not embraced standards-based reform warmly. Some are wary of standards driving out unique and locally responsive curriculum. Others cast standards as one more example of a reform largely geared toward urban and suburban schools but foisted on rural schools regardless of applicability. These arguments are mostly rhetorical. Few studies have looked at the effects ofstandards' implementation on the classroom practices of rural educators. In this paper, I examine the impact ofa state standards-based reform, the Maine Learning Results, on curriculum and instruction in four rural schools. I focus on the impact that standards have on locally responsive curriculum in the schools. I suggest that state standards and locally responsive curriculum ultimately may not be as incompatible as many scholars and practitioners suggest." -
A Society Of Two Worlds : Une Société des Deux Mondes
Article subtitled, "French-Canadian Life And Culture In Vermont." A profile of French Canadian and Franco American communities in the state of Vermont, through the eyes of some Vermonters and academics. Large emphasis on the roles of family, religion, and traditional music as perpetuated cultural norms. What generational changes to these things mean to Franco Americans in Vermont. Contains captioned images.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Averill VT, Beebe VT, Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Derby Line VT, Emigration and Immigration, Essex Junction VT, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Isle LaMotte VT, Lakeside VT, Mills and Mill Work, Music, Newport VT, North Troy VT, Northeast Kingdom VT, Norton VT, Québec, Religion, Rutland VT, South Burlington VT, Vermont, Winooski VT, Youth -
Notes on North America : Agricultural, Economical, and Social, Volume 2
A British scholar's notes on life in New Brunswick, New England, New York, and the Upper Midwestern U.S., based on extensive travel in those regions in the middle 19th century. Volume 2 of 2. -
Notes on North America : Agricultural, Economical, and Social, Volume 1
A British scholar's notes on life in New Brunswick, New England, New York, and the Upper Midwestern U.S., based on extensive travel in those regions in the middle 19th century. Volume 1 of 2. -
A Map of Mexico City Blues : Jack Kerouac as Poet
From Southern Illinois University Press: "In this pioneering critical study of Jack Kerouacâ's book-length poem, 'Mexico City Blues' a poetic parallel to the writerâ's fictional saga, the 'Duluoz Legend' James T. Jones uses a rich and flexible neoformalist approach to argue his case for the importance of Kerouacâ's rarely studied poem....After a brief summary of Kerouacâ's poetic career, Jones embarks on a thorough reading of 'Mexico City Blues' from several different perspectives: he first focuses on Kerouacâ's use of autobiography in the poem and then discusses how Kerouacâ's various trips to Mexico, his conversion to Buddhism, his theory of spontaneous poetics, and his attraction to blues and jazz influenced the theme, structure, and sound of Mexico City Blues....Jonesâ's multidimensional explication suggests the formal and thematic complexity of Kerouacâ's long poem and demonstrates the major contribution Mexico City Blues makes to post–World War II American poetry and poetics."
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Languages in Conflict : Canada, 1976
An explanation of 1970s Canadian census figures specifically regarding language, birth rates, and geography. From the author: "Canada is an ideal country in which to study the progress of language transfer and other factors affecting minority survival, because the decennial census includes three questions on language and one on ethnic origin. From census data, it will be shown that two-thirds of Canada's population live in English dominated regions, within which minorities of all other languages are dwindling through assimilation, but that there is also a French Canada, within which it is the use of the English language that is declining. The two languages co-exist only within a narrow bilingual belt." -
Your New Country
Transcription of a Biddeford, Maine, woman's life as told by her in brief stories to interviewers. Her youth in Quebec - being the oldest child of a large family - and her community there. Her marriage and snippets of her later life in Maine. Some daily habits and holiday traditions. A documentary profile, illustrated in black and white photo. -
Marie-Rose, Stigmatisée de Woonsocket' : The Construction of a Franco-American Saint Cult, 1930-1955
From a publication of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association. Essay that situates the early-twentieth-century "mystic stigmatic" figure of Marie-Rose Ferron in a Franco American religious history. Using Ferron's biography as measure, Kaell sees the fringe cult around her, as well as her failed canonization, in contrast with the popular saintly tradition of the Canadian Thérièse of Lisieux. Kaell teases out this and other comparisons between Franco and Québécois religiosity and nationalism using Ferron's life and history. From the author: "First, this paper is an examination of how a hagiographer, Onésime Boyer, worked to create a saint cult that ultimately ended in failure. Second, and more importantly, this paper uses Boyer's construction of Rose's cult to provide a window into Franco-American Catholic culture that was incorporating wider trends, like 'victimhood,' and anchoring itself firmly in an American milieu. Finally, this paper raises a number of questions for further study, urging more comprehensive analyses of Franco-American history and religion."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Criticism and Review, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Gender and Sexuality, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Ogdensburg NY, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Religion, Social History, War, Woonsocket RI -
Franglais, a case of lexical bilingualism
Brief article on instances of "lexical biligualism," with particular emphasis on the measured impact of American English on the French language in France. Attitudes developed in France between 1950 and 1970 toward this linguistic influence, and toward international variations on the French language, and some efforts aimed at managing them during said period. -
Vermont's Hidden Heritage : French-Canadian Culture Sinking From View
Article on Franco American culture in Vermont: from its perceived "decline" to concerted efforts at its revival in different parts of the state. Suggestions on the potential cultural and political reasons for local assimilation. Particular emphasis on French heritage in the city of Winooski. Comments from University of Vermont professors, André Sénécal and Peter Woolfson; St. Michael's College professor, Anne McConnell; musician, Martha Pellerin Drury; former mayor, Ronald "Pete" Lacourse; and Vermonter, Marc Choiniière; among others. -
Summer reading : Ron Currie Jr. on David Foster Wallace
From the Los Angeles Times literature blog, "Jacket Copy." Transcript of a brief interview with a novelist from Waterville, Maine, centered around his one-time choice of a book for summer reading. Includes bits about Currie's youth, his father, Waterville, and his preferences as a reader and writer. -
The French Régime in Wisconsin and the Northwest
Reprinted in 2007 by Heritage Books. A history of the French in North America - particularly what would become the US Midwest - from colonization to the middle 18th century. Contains semi-biographical pieces on explorers from that period. Focuses mainly on Wisconsin.Tags Canada, Death and Disaster, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Great Lakes Region, Illinois, Mississippi River Valley, Montréal QC, Native Americans, Ottawa ON, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Religion, St. Lawrence River Valley, US Midwest, War, Wisconsin -
Nine Lives for Labor
A biographical tribute to nine members of the Textile Workers Union of America, represented in mills across the industrial United States. Characterization of conditions at various mills, including those in Fall River, Massachusetts, and Cohoes, New York.Tags Bedford MA, Cohoes NY, Fall River MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Lynchburg VA, Memphis TN, Mills and Mill Work, Nashville TN, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Philadelphia PA -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : L'Evêque de Burlington
Un bref article sur la mort de Monseigneur John Steven Michaud, évêque du diocièse catholique romain de Burlington, Vermont. Pas un piièce biographique, mais triès politique. Contient un certain nombre de prédications pour son successeur "[n'etant] pas de sang canadien-français," en dépit d'une présence franco-américain sur le conseil diocésain local. Certains critiques des Franco-Américains de Vermont qui ne sont pas intéressés "de sauvegarder leurs interets nationaux" (286). -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : Les Franco-Américains du Connecticut
Les données démographiques du diocièse catholique romain de Hartford, au Connecticut, tels que compilés par Dr. C. J. Leclaire sous la direction de la Comité Permanente. Les statistiques démographiques, divisé par la paroisse, présenté en fonction du total des relations franco-américaines personnes dans chaque paroisse, respectivement; l'origine ethnique des prêtres et vicaires qui préside, et une observation générale sur les ethnies de chaque paroisse.Tags Attawaugan CT, Ballouville CT, Baltic CT, Bridgeport CT, Bristol CT, Central Village CT, Connecticut, Danielson CT, Dayville CT, Demography, Grosvenordale CT, Hartford CT, Irish Americans, Jewett City CT, Mechanicsville CT, Meriden CT, Moosup CT, New Hartford CT, New Haven CT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Norwich CT, Plainfield CT, Putnam CT, Religion, Stafford Springs CT, Taftville CT, Thompsonville CT, Waterbury CT, Wauregan CT, Williamsville CT, Willimantic CT -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : Les Franco-Américains du Maine
Les données démographiques sur les Franco-Américains dans l'État du Maine tels que compilés par Odule Laplante sous la direction de la Comité de la Cause Nationale. Les statistiques démographiques divisées par comté, présentées selon le nombre de familles, nombre d'enfants, les propriétaires fonciers, les valeurs des propriétés, et les populations totales du comté. Les chiffres de Laplante - 91,567 personnes en totale - ont été publiés en série dans "Le Messager" de Lewiston, Maine.Tags Androscoggin County ME, Bangor ME, Bath ME, Belfast ME, Brewer ME, Caribou ME, Cumberland County ME, Demography, Dexter ME, Eastport ME, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Franklin County ME, Gilead ME, Hancock County ME, Hastings ME, Jackman ME, Kennebec County ME, Knox County ME, Lincoln County ME, Lincoln ME, Maine, Montague ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Oquossoc ME, Orono ME, Oxford County ME, Penobscot County ME, Piscataquis County ME, Portland ME, Religion, Sagadahoc County ME, Somerset County ME, Vanceboro ME, Waldo County ME, Washington County ME, Winn ME, York County ME -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : Feu J.B. Rouilliard
Piece sur "l'ancien inspectuer-général des mines dans la province de Québec" et un journaliste formidable du 19e siiècle, à l'occasion de sa mort à Fall River. Des caractérisations de la patriotisme québécoise de son projet journalistique. -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : Le Gouverneur Pothier
1908 annonce de l'élection de M. Pothier au bureau du gouverneur de l'état de Rhode Island. Fournit quelques citations pertinentes d'un journal de Montréal, La Patrie. -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : La population française des États-Unis
Une réimpression d'un article en vedette dans "L'Opinion Publique." Un examen d'une analyse statistique réalisée par M.C.H. de Fosse sur des personnes résidant aux Etats-Unis dont la langue maternelle est autre que l'anglais, un accent particulier sur ceux du patrimoine canadien-français. Les chiffres sur la population nationale de langue française (environ 1,5 millions). Certains groupes d'États américains et de leur population par rapport aux chiffres du nombre total d'Américains de langue française.Tags Arizona, Arkansas, Canada, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Demography, Florida, France, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Native Americans, Nebraska, Nevada, New England, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, United States, US Northwest, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming -
The end of EDWARDS. The day after: memory takes over
Selection of pictures and a brief article on the sentiments surrounding the burning of the Edwards (cotton) Mill in Augusta, Maine. -
Drum Roll, Please
Photo of the 1947 St. Augustine Drum and Bugle Corps performing in Augusta, Maine. The caption includes a list of members of the corps from that period. -
St. Michael Parish
A special supplement to the daily newspaper on the merging of previously separate Roman Catholic parishes in the central Maine region. Includes brief histories of the parishes, letters from clergy, pictures, and a preview of the new unified Catholic elementary school, St. Michael School, formed in Augusta by the former St. Mary's and St. Augustine Schools. Includes a piece on the historically Franco St. Augustine Church and School, situated on the face of Sand Hill. -
Calumet Club vows to fight court ruling
After being forced by the Kennebec County Superior Court to admit women members, Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, objected, and claimed to consider filing an appeal. -
Cease and desist, Le Club Calumet
Editorial piece arguing that Augusta, Maine, fraternal organization Le Club Calumet, appealing a ruling that charged it with sex discrimination, should reconsider its position and "alter its men-only policy for membership." -
Celebrating Our 50th Anniversary: Le Club Calumet, 1922-1972
A supplement to the Daily Kennebec Journal in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Le Club Calumet, a (then) men's-only Franco American social club in Augusta, Maine. Includes many advertisement congratulations from local businesses, pictures of club events, among other pieces. 24 pages long. -
Augusta 200/Days remembered
A captioned image from within Pomerleau's Bakery that sat on Franklin Street in Augusta, Maine, in the 1940s. The Kennebec Journal celebrated Augusta, Maine's bicentennial (1797-1997) throughout that year by regularly featuring city images from days long past. -
More Than Petticoats : Remarkable Maine Women
A collection of biographical sketches of Maine women with unique accomplishments, and of those who have made significant contributions to their communities and to the state at large. One of the many books in the "More than Petticoats" series, the collection of which is comprised of books particular to each state in the USA. From Pequot Press: "This book recreates the life-and-times of thirteen inspiring and independent women in fascinating, brief biographies. Meet Marguerite "Tante Blanche" Thibodeau Cyr, the "mother of Madawaska," whose bravery and kindness during one brutal winter saved her frontier settlement; botanist-artist Kate Furbish, who tramped Maine's wilderness, collecting, classifying, and painting all of its flowering plants; and Florence Nicolar Shay, a Penobscot basketmaker who demanded and succeeded in gaining rights for her people."Tags Acadians, Brunswick ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Eagle Island ME, Family, Farmington ME, Gender and Sexuality, Madawaska ME, Maine, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Portland ME, Religion, Rockland ME, Skowhegan ME, South Berwick ME -
Ils se souviennent, They remember : The quiet presence of New England's Franco-Americans
Article describing modern impressions of Franco American culture in New England, including recent and diverse efforts undertaken to preserve certain of its aspects - language, food, music, and others. Presents descriptions of how Franco American assimilation, and Franco Americans' attitude toward it, are sometimes understood.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Amherst MA, Barrington NH, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Food, Genealogy, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Language and Linguistics, Leominster MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Orono ME, Religion, Webster MA, Woonsocket RI -
A Modern-Day Voyageur Family : Paddling the 3,000 Mile Fur Trade Canoe Route Across the U.S. and Canada
From the author: "When Kevin and Ben Kent were ages seven and five, their parents conceived an exciting, enriching, and educational project for the family. As a team, they began paddling the 3,000 mile length of the mainline fur trade canoe route across the U.S. and Canada, retracing the steps of their French ancestors. This ancient native route, which consisted of an extensive series of rivers and lakes, stretched from Montreal to the Great Lakes to Ft. Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca, in northern Alberta. This was the primary highway on which most fur trade, military, and religious personnel had traveled and hauled cargo into and out of the interior regions of North America during the entire fur trade era. Successfully paddling this ancient water highway from end to end over a series of fifteen consecutive summer trips, the Kent family experienced daunting challenges and terrifying calamities, as well as innumerable thrills and a great deal of satisfaction. In the process, the members of the family also absorbed much geography and history, and, most importantly, developed an appreciation of their own inner strengths. This engrossing and thought-provoking account of the adventures of the family incorporates a considerable amount of fur trade history, in which their direct French ancestors participated from about 1618 to at least 1758. 'A Modern-Day Voyageur Family,' written by one of the pre-eminent historians of the fur trade era, serves as both a source of inspiration and a guidebook for other families, couples, and individuals who wish to paddle all or portions of the historic route, or various other wilderness waterways. It also provides vicarious experiences and myriad lessons for those individuals whose venturing usually takes place in a safe reading chair on land. This work consists of a vivid adventure story, a how-to guide, and a primer on virtually all aspects of the French fur trade, all in one volume." -
Out of Work : The First Century of Unemployment in Massachusetts
A history of unemployment and the unemployed in Massachusetts during the hundred years previous to the stock market collapse of 1929. A study of the jobless - their backgrounds, conditions, and the social and political climate of their day - in Boston, in the state of Massachusetts, and in the United States more broadly. Attempts to fill a gap in scholarship on Massachusetts unemployment before 1930. Presents some untapped research data from that earlier period as a preface and fitting segue to a segment on the federal economic and labor reforms of the 1930s. Includes charts, graphs, and maps with respect to Massachusetts labor and unemployment statistics. Unemployment with respect to age, gender, naturalization status, the state of organized labor, and urbanity or rurality. Contains a rare sketch of Boston and New York City social justice activist, Urbain J. Ledoux - a.k.a. "Mr. Zero."Tags Boston MA, Brockton MA, Business and Economics, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Labor History, Lynn MA, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Portuguese Americans, Social History, Springfield MA, Youth -
Children's and Mothers' Wage Labor in Three Eastern U.S. Cities, 1880-1920
Article on the dynamics of class and ethnicity as related to the labor of women and children in the northeastern United States around the turn of the century. Statistical relationship between family and economy in urban, industrialized America during a period of heavy immigration. Emphasis on child labor as varying by type of family, ethnicity, and the relevant legal structures of different locales. A gradual replacement of children's wage labor by the employment of women. Statistics based on U.S. census data from 1880, 1900, and 1920. From the author: "The battle over child labor fought in the United States at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries pitted emerging understandings about children's well-being against those of the rest of the family....This article explores the variations in children's and mothers' labor in three very different settings: Pittsburgh, Fall River, and Baltimore between 1880 and 1920. It finds that child labor and education legislation resulted in a decrease in children's employment and increased the likelihood that mothers would take paid jobs."Tags African Americans, Baltimore MD, Business and Economics, Chicago IL, Demography, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Fishing, Gender and Sexuality, German Americans, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Labor History, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh PA, Polish Americans, Portuguese Americans, Sharpsburg PA, Slavic Americans, Youth -
Les droits linguistiques des Franco-Américains aux états-Unis
Une histoire légale moderne sur la langue française à la Louisiane, la Nouvelle Angleterre, le Midwest É.U., et des autres états qui contiennent les grandes populations francophones. -
Pepperell's Progress : History of a Cotton Textile Company, 1844-1945
An organizational, corporate, and industrial history of the Pepperell Manufacturing Company, whose Boston-run mills operated in the coastal city of Biddeford, Maine, and in the other industrial towns of Lewiston, Maine, Laconia, New Hampshire, and Lowell and Fall River, Massachusetts. Broadly, a collection of the history of business procedures with only slight emphases on the lives of Pepperell's workers. A large argument claiming Pepperell's unprecedented positive impact on American industry and economy, and a fact- and record-heavy examination of the business offices that propelled the company into worth. -
Madawaska Twin Barn
From the authors: "Virtually unique to the upper St. John Valley of Maine, the Madawaska twin barn is a large structure consisting of two parallel sections joined to form an "H." Although the form has its origin in a restricted barn building tradition of nineteenth century Québec, oral history research and detailed survey suggest that the barn is not the product of direct diffusion. Rather it is a symbol of French Canadian culture adopted during the period between the 1880s and 1930s when French valley residents were eager to assert their "Franco-American" identity. The Madawaska twin barn displays some affinity to American barns in Aroostook County and particularly the Yankee symbol, the connecting barn. However, its appearance is also French Canadian. The distribution of the twin barn defines an area of French Canadian and American interaction which remains distinct." -
Border Culture, the Boundary Between Canada and the United States of America, and the Advancement of Borderlands Theory
Discussion of "border culture" as a product of both the divisions and the transnational cultural and political relationships apparent in societies that share a geopolitical boundary. Exploration of "borderlands theory" as a means for considering the origins, functions, and development of national borders in a globalizing world. Specific focus on the boundary between the United States and Canada, on what the authors call "the multiple layers of border" - political, social, economic, legal, cultural - and how they are woven organically though communities on each side of the dividing boundary. How borders shape and help us to think about human culture. From the authors: "In the process of globalization it is border culture that ultimately sustains linkages, assures continuity and maintains prosperity between bounded states. In this essay we explore how border culture works, and how the conceptualization of border culture advances our understanding of how borders work. Our approach is to establish a place for the consideration of culture in the more extensive debates about border theory through a focus on the Canada-U.S. border, and how this border advances our knowledge of border culture and border theory." -
Review : Béatrice Craig, Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada
A review of Béatrice Craig's "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists: The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada" (University of Toronto Press, 2009). The reviewer, Robert Kristofferson, is a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Criticism and Review, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Labor History, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, St. John River Valley -
Doesn't make it right
Short letter to the editor written against Maurice Violette's letter of May 28, 1992, coming in the wake of Le Calumet Club's rejection of a woman vying for membership in the Augusta, Maine, all-male organization. -
Juliana L'Heureux: Reawakening French at UMaine at Augusta
Article on University of Maine at Augusta professor, Chelsea Ray, and her commitment to French language, comparative literature, and the Franco-American communities in which she finds herself immersed as teacher. -
Franco-Americans include five cultures
Article about the focus on Franco-American cultures during Appreciating Diversity Day at Falmouth Middle School in southern Maine. -
Poutine and pate Chinois for Holy Week
Article on the culinary creations adapted by French Catholics for the meatless Holy Week before the Easter celebration. -
New Consul General of France makes visit to Maine
Christophe Guilhou, new General Consul (Boston) of France visits Maine, Governor John Baldacci, and Maine's honorary French consular, Severin Beliveau. -
'Quiet Presence' still resonates with cultural awareness
Article on Dyke Hendrickson's 1980 oral history book, "Quiet Presence," and its perceivable resonance into the present day. -
Notre Manuel : La Société Canadienne Française du Minnesota
Manual for a French Canadian cultural heritage organization based in Minnesota. Contains a narrative of the organization's own brief history, its constitution and by-laws, the function of its head members, and a listing of member contact information. Also holds some photos and an article about the society's founders. -
Franco-American Student Affairs at the University of Maine at Orono
Original text of a presentation included in "The French in New England, Acadia, and Quebec," a 1972 conference sponsored by the New England-Atlantic Provinces-Quebec Centre at the University of Maine, Orono, Maine. Considers the birth, plight, and collective efforts of a newly formed Franco American student group at the University of Maine. Reprinted in a Summer 2010 issue (35.1) of Le Forum, a publication of the Franco-American Centre, University of Maine.
A redacted version of this presentation can be found in the published conference proceedings: "The French in New England" -
Le Club Calumet will appeal order for female membership
Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, decided to appeal a decision of the Kennebec County Superior Court that deemed the Club a public organization, and thus prevented by law from excluding women from its historically all-male membership. -
Calumet Club claims law permits limited private ethnic membership
Article on public comments made by Le Club Calumet following its lawsuit against the Maine Human Rights Commission. Maine HRC previously ruled that the Club was breaking a law of public organization when it refused to admit a woman as a member. -
Sad chapter in the story of French in America
A sympathetic review of the anthology, "Voyages: A Franco-American Reader" (Gardiner, Maine: Tilbury House, 2007). Discusses a few of the entries and their importance to the whole of American Studies. -
Une journaliste franco-américaine au seuil de l'avant-garde : l'espace des possibles d'Yvonne Le Maître (1876-1954)
Un article sur les oeuvres et la vie sociale d'une journaliste franco-américaine de Pierreville, Québec et Lowell, Massachusetts - Yvonne Le Maître - aux États-Unis, au Canada, et en Europe. La particularité de sa variété d'écriture dans le cadre de son travail comme journaliste, aussi de sa mobilité , "à partir de l'état actuel des connaissances sur les écrivaines canadiennces-françaises" (79). ù ses lettres et piièces journalistiques se sont préoccupés avec les thièmes critiques et artistiques du "futurisme," "cubisme," et la modernité. En quelle façon sa contexte franco-américaine - ou "franco"et "américain" - concerne les formes de son travail. Un accent sur l'impact de son temps passé dans les cercles sociaux internationaux, spécifiquement en Paris. -
Questions actuelles : L'Assimilation dans la Nouvelle Angleterre
Certains critiques de l'avis de M. l'abbé Magnan sur les concepts d'assimilation et le nationalisme ù ils concernent les catholiques franco-américaines dans une langue minoritaire. Arguments de Magnan en faveur de la préservation de la diversité du catholicisme américain, tout en conservant les "traditions ancestrales" (245) de diverses communautés catholiques d'une maniière qui empêche les hostilités intergroupes. Des questions de l'auteur de ces réclamations. Son témoignage d'une dérogation de l'Eglise américaine envers les organisations franco-américaines, et ses lamentations des luttes persistantes de catholiques francophones en Nouvelle-Angleterre. -
La politique dans le Rhode Island
Sur Aram J. Pothier, candidat républicain au poste de gouverneur du Rhode Island, comme il a été décrit par New England Magazine. Un dirigeant local - culturellement, politiquement, économiquement. Aussi quelques mots sur l'homme comme écrit dans La Revue des Deux-Frances. Comment bien qu'il est «américain» en donnant aux discours à la Providence, Boston et Biddeford, Maine. Un argument en faveur de son élection, en dépit de sa naissance canadienne, et aussi des mots à l'appui de l'égalité politique générale pour les immigrants aux États-Unis. -
LEWISTON MILL FIRE; MILL FIRE RATTLES LEWISTON: Teen arsonists eyed; onlookers tie up city
Kennebec Journal printing of article on Lewiston, Maine's Cowan Mill fire by Lewiston Sun Journal writer, Mark LaFlamme. -
Fire ties up traffic in city
Effect of the Cowan Mill fire on traffic in the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine.