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Tay-Sachs disease in persons of French-Canadian heritage in northern New England
From Palomaki et al: "This study sought to determine whether persons of French-Canadian heritage in northern New England are at high risk for the lethal infantile form of Tay-Sachs disease. In order to accomplish this, death records and laboratory diagnostic records were surveyed to ascertain Tay-Sachs deaths in a cohort of 372,000 live births between 1977-1986..." -
The Franco-Americans : Awareness of French Heritage Declines As Young Assimilate American Culture
Feature article on the cultural changes occurring among former French Canadian immigrant communities, now Franco American descendant ones, in the cities of New Hampshire. How the occurrence of the French language among New Hampshire Franco Americans is much less prevalent in 1986 than it had been in the 1940s and 1950s. Assimilation and French language loss in the context of the New Hampshire Roman Catholic Church. A brief review of historical patterns of immigration from Canada to New Hampshire. A declaration of some new attitudes towards Quebec, France, the French language, and intercultural communication.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Allenstown NH, Berlin NH, Claremont NH, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord NH, Demography, Dover NH, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Keene NH, Laconia NH, Language and Linguistics, Lebanon NH, Manchester NH, Nashua NH, New Hampshire, Religion, Rochester NH, Somersworth NH, Suncook NH -
The Franco-Americans : Awareness of French Heritage Declines As Young Assimilate American Culture
Feature article on the cultural changes occurring among former French Canadian immigrant communities, now Franco American descendant ones, in the cities of New Hampshire. How the occurrence of the French language among New Hampshire Franco Americans is much less prevalent in 1986 than it had been in the 1940s and 1950s. Assimilation and French language loss in the context of the New Hampshire Roman Catholic Church. A brief review of historical patterns of immigration from Canada to New Hampshire. A declaration of some new attitudes towards Quebec, France, the French language, and intercultural communication.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Allenstown NH, Berlin NH, Claremont NH, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord NH, Demography, Dover NH, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Keene NH, Laconia NH, Language and Linguistics, Lebanon NH, Manchester NH, Nashua NH, New Hampshire, Religion, Rochester NH, Somersworth NH, Suncook NH -
Discussion of "Reveil! Waking Up French"
A roundtable discussion led by writer Abby Paige about Franco American heritage in Vermont with respect to the themes in Ben Levine's film, "Reveil!" From the Center for Media and Democracy: " 'Réveil! -- Waking Up French' is a powerful documentary film by Ben Levine that explores the struggle for cultural survival among the French-Canadian communities of New England today. Abby Paige, writer-performer of 'Piecework: When We Were French,' will attend and lead a discussion after the film. Abby will be seeing 'Reveil!' for her first time. The film, now in the lending collection at the library, is closely related to the themes of her acclaimed 2009 play. Presented by the Fletcher Free Library community language programs." -
Other Brief Discourses
Book of poems from Vermont native and Ottawa writer and performer, Abby Paige. A sequence of writings on Samuel de Champlain's New France - through the lens of his modern returning. -
Other Brief Discourses
Book of poems from Vermont native and Ottawa writer and performer, Abby Paige. A sequence of writings on Samuel de Champlain's New France - through the lens of his modern returning. -
Présence visible et invisible de la langue française dans la littérature franco-américaine contemporaine
Pris de Glottopol, la revue de sociolinguistique en ligne: "Présence invisible dans le champ des littératures francophone et ethnique américaines, la littérature franco-américaine de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, qu'elle s'exprime en français ou en anglais, est la gardienne d'une mémoire francophone, d'un patrimoine culturel et linguistique qui réfute l'oubli. Peggy Pacini analyse la place de la langue française dans quelques romans franco-américains, qui y apparaît sous différentes formes (discours métissé, forme dialectale, français littéraire) et y occupe diverses fonctions (incise, dialogue, narration, monologue). L'image de la langue française dans ces romans permet de mieux comprendre, selon l'auteure, cette dialectique du bon et du mauvais français qui est sûrement à l'origine de la disparition de cette langue au sein de cette communauté."..."Triès peu répertoriée, la littérature franco-américaine de la Nouvelle-Angleterre est devenue une présence invisible dans le champ des littératures francophone mais aussi ethnique américaine. Néanmoins, qu'elle s'exprime en français ou en anglais, elle est la gardienne d'une mémoire francophone, d'un patrimoine culturel et linguistique qui réfute l'oubli. Il sera donc question d'analyser la place de la langue française dans ces romans, quelle que soit la forme qu'elle prenne (discours métissé, forme dialectale, français littéraire) et la fonction qu'elle occupe (incise, dialogue, narration, monologue). Pour cela, il faudra recontextualiser l'évolution de cette langue dans ce contexte nord-américain particulier et son rapport à l'idéologie de la survivance telle qu'elle était véhiculée par le clergé canadien français. De la même façon, l'image de la langue française dans ces romans permet de mieux comprendre cette dialectique du bon et du mauvais français qui est sûrement à l'origine de la disparition de cette langue au sein de cette communauté." -
Roots Always Precede Routes : On the Road, through a Glass Darkly
Critical reading of Jack Kerouac's most famous novel, "On the Road," through the lens of French mobility in America and Kerouac's Franco American cultural identity. How Kerouac's traveling characters signify and explore the "homelessness" that the article's author associates with the French Canadian and Franco American in the United States.
From the author: "This article explores the subterranean layers of 'On the Road,' firstly, approaching them from three perspectives (the dyad routes-roots, ethnogenesis and cultural geography), and secondly, considering the novel within a larger project, the 'Road' project, which allows further insight into the genesis of the 1957 edition and of the original scroll published fifty years later. This article focuses on the relationship between space, identity, travel and nation, and attempts to offer a reading of the author’s French-Canadian and Franco-American invisible ethnicity as a guiding line to the 'On the Road' proto-versions and to the themes developed (travel, mapping the land and the quest for the father[land])." -
La langue française : mourant à Augusta? (The French language : Dying in Augusta?)
Focus article on the linguistic changes evident among French speakers and Franco Americans in the communities of Augusta, Maine. Comments on language frequency within families and schools, as well as differences in French fluency among children and adults. Contains quotes from many Augusta residents. Written in the wake of a minor controversy over the elimination - then return - of a French-language Canadian television channel provided by the Augusta area cable network. -
Chez les Patenaudes, l'héritage vit encore
Article on Augusta, Maine's Patenaude's Superette, a family-run market serving people in the northern part of the city for nearly a century. A brief history of the store - its owners, their family, and the services and products offered its largely Franco-American clientele. The market atmosphere as a barometer of cultural and linguistic change within the community, seen profiled here by then third-generation owner, Tom Patenaude. -
La langue française : mourant à Augusta? (The French language : Dying in Augusta?)
Focus article on the linguistic changes evident among French speakers and Franco Americans in the communities of Augusta, Maine. Comments on language frequency within families and schools, as well as differences in French fluency among children and adults. Contains quotes from many Augusta residents. Written in the wake of a minor controversy over the elimination - then return - of a French-language Canadian television channel provided by the Augusta area cable network. -
Chez les Patenaudes, l'héritage vit encore
Article on Augusta, Maine's Patenaude's Superette, a family-run market serving people in the northern part of the city for nearly a century. A brief history of the store - its owners, their family, and the services and products offered its largely Franco-American clientele. The market atmosphere as a barometer of cultural and linguistic change within the community, seen profiled here by then third-generation owner, Tom Patenaude. -
Proving the Parentage of John Bettis: Immigrant Ancestor of Bettis Families in Vermont
Genealogical piece from the quarterly publication of the National Genealogical Society. Focuses on the Bettis, Perrin, and Vaillancourt families between the geographies of Canada and Vermont. -
Mobility, Class and Ethnicity : French Canadians in Nineteenth-Century Plattsburgh, New York
Article discussing cultural and economic factors in the development of immigrant community and identity in Plattsburgh, New York, between 1850 and 1890 among French Canadians - the largest immigrant group of the time period in Plattsburgh. The impact of French Canadian immigration on the development of Plattsburgh itself - socially, economically, politcally. Comparison between French Canadian population growth and stagnated economic and occupational mobility in the 19th century. -
Mobility, Class and Ethnicity : French Canadians in Nineteenth-Century Plattsburgh, New York
Article discussing cultural and economic factors in the development of immigrant community and identity in Plattsburgh, New York, between 1850 and 1890 among French Canadians - the largest immigrant group of the time period in Plattsburgh. The impact of French Canadian immigration on the development of Plattsburgh itself - socially, economically, politically. Comparison between French Canadian population growth and stagnated economic and occupational mobility in the 19th century. -
A Listener's Guide to Francophones in the Northeast
Linguistic guide to French dialects often heard among French speakers in New England. Essay that traces, in condensed form, the historical evolution of Indo-European language into North American and New England dialects of French. Origins of certain French dialects in New England. Comparisons between North American and European French vocabularies and pronunciations, generally, with certain examples. Linguistic explanation of southern New England dialect common vowel and consonant sounds. Includes list of "northeastern American French usages not heard in Europe" and a short bibliography. Annotations of soundtapes that are included with written material. Designed for workshop use. Divided into the following sections: The Problems The History The Language The Tapes Developed by the Bilingual Education Service Center at the University of Vermont. -
Mutt Contay Saw : About French (and English) in New England
From the author: "In New England, as elsewhere in the United States, colleges and universities offer degrees in languages, but few make courses in the history of those languages mandatory. Aside from the usual MA theses and Ph.d. dissertations - almost all of them stiffly written attempts to isolate academically 'workable' and degree-granting minutia - there is very little in print for the students of language that attempts to explain how contemporary languages in America have been and continue to be affected by their rubbing of elbows....
'Mutt Contay Saw' is about French and what has happened to it in New England. But it's also about English. It's entirely in English, even the French pronunciations are rendered in English. There's a brief history tracing the development of English." -
French Canadians in New Hampshire
Outline of dates and figures; compilation of facts and notes relevant to the history of French Canadian immigrants in the state of New Hampshire around the beginning of the twentieth century. Designed by the New Hampshire Historical Society for teachers and students. Contains brief bibliography.Tags Bibliography, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, England, Epping NH, Finland, Goffstown NH, Gonic NH, Hooksett NH, Ireland, Italy, Labor History, Lebanon NH, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Pembroke NH, Poland, Québec, Religion, Russia, Suncook NH, War, Worcester MA -
Evangeline Resource List : A Selected Bibliography, Discography, and Filmography
A list of resources relative to the epic poem "Evangeline" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, compiled by the director of the Acadian Archives at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Contains listings of different published editions of the poem, criticism and interpretations of it, and other writings or art (sculpture, painting, film, music) informed by the poem and its history. -
Uproar over 'Frenchie' puts end to comedian's radio act
WBLM (Portland, Maine) radio personality Ernie Gagne, known as "Frenchie," decided to quit his comedy act after it started a public controversy about local ethnic representation. -
Franco-Americans want radio character off the air
Orlando, Florida, coverage of Maine controversy around WBLM character "Frenchie," whose ethnically-driven humor aroused many negative public reactions. -
Uproar over 'Frenchie' puts end to comedian's radio act
WBLM (Portland, Maine) radio personality Ernie Gagne, known as "Frenchie," decided to quit his comedy act after it started a public controversy about local ethnic representation. -
Franco-Americans want radio character off the air
Orlando, Florida, coverage of Maine controversy around WBLM character "Frenchie," whose ethnically-driven humor aroused many negative public reactions. -
Pas de gêne : L'histoire d'Omer Marcoux, violoneux et sculpteur
Une histoire de la vie artistique et communautaire d'un homme franco-américain de New Hampshire. Racontée par lui-même, M. Marcoux - bûcheron, sculpteur, musicien, ami - comme vu dans les contes qui se présentent dans ses entrevues avec l'écrivain du texte. 10 chapitres, illustrée par photos et dessins en noir et blanc. Traductions de quelques phrases idiomatiques. -
Jim : L'histoire de Jim Caron jeune homme, racontée par lui-même (à 101 ans) (texte et audio)
L'histoire de Jim Caron, 101 ans, tel que raconté à Milton, New Hampshire, et rédigé par Julien Olivier. Sa famille, son travail dans les bois et dans le moulin, son école, and sa vie apriès son immigration aux Etats-Unis. Du texte: "Jim Caron m'a raconté son histoire par un jour bien froid et ensoleillé, dans la maison en campagne ou il vit depuis deux ans. Avant ca, it habitait seul, dans un petit chambre à Somersworth, New Hampshire. Maintenant, à Milton, encore au New Hampshire, il demeure avec une famille qui l'a adopté comme leur pé-pière: la mière, le pière, leurs deux fils et la petite fille que Jim aime tout, un chat et les animaux dans la grange....Il est content avec eux....C'était le 21 janvier 1977. Jim avait cent et un ans et quinze jours..."Tags Augusta ME, Berwick ME, Dover NH, Emigration and Immigration, Family, Labor History, Lake Winnipesaukee NH, Language and Linguistics, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, NMDC, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rochester NH, Somersworth NH, Waterville ME, Youth -
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Souches et racines : une introduction aè la généalogie pour les jeunes Franco-Américains
Un guide généalogique conçu pour les jeunes franco-américain(e)s et canadien(ne)s francais. Avec des ressources d'étudier les arbres de famille dans la region de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. -
Heritage Lost and Refound : Franco-Americans in Vermont
Feature article on French Canadian and Franco American heritage in Vermont. Early 20th-century discrimination and violence against French Catholics in Vermont. Characterizations of Franco American community life among other Vermont ethnic groups; testimonies of French language loss; recent attempts to revive cultural traditions in daily life. The ways in which certain interviewees find value in their cultural heritage. Includes brief interviews and personal profiles of Vermont journalist, Tena Starr; Roman Catholic Brother Adrian Bouchard; Burlington mayor, Peter Alfred Clavelle; and musician, Martha Pellerin Drury. -
Heritage Lost and Refound : Franco-Americans in Vermont
Feature article on French Canadian and Franco American heritage in Vermont. Early 20th-century discrimination and violence against French Catholics in Vermont. Characterizations of Franco American community life among other Vermont ethnic groups; testimonies of French language loss; recent attempts to revive cultural traditions in daily life. The ways in which certain interviewees find value in their cultural heritage. Includes brief interviews and personal profiles of Vermont journalist, Tena Starr; Roman Catholic Brother Adrian Bouchard; Burlington mayor, Peter Alfred Clavelle; and musician, Martha Pellerin Drury. -
DAVID B. OFFER: Bigot with spray paint leaves scar on our political process
Article on the derogatory vandalism of a political sign for Augusta, Maine, State Senate candidate, Roger Katz, that sat in Augusta's Franco-American neighborhood. Offer points out the sadness of Katz, his reaction, and the immense negative reaction of the local community in Katz's support. -
DAVID B. OFFER: Bigot with spray paint leaves scar on our political process
Article on the derogatory vandalism of a political sign for Augusta, Maine, State Senate candidate, Roger Katz, that sat in Augusta's Franco-American neighborhood. Offer points out the sadness of Katz, his reaction, and the immense negative reaction of the local community in Katz's support. -
Whose Church Is It? Ethnic Tensions and Church Organization in New England Catholic History
Journal publication of a brief presentation on the history of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, with an emphasis on the prevalence of Catholicism among ethnic immigrant communities from the 19th century onward. Certain tensions between ethic Catholic communities, particularly between Irish and French Canadians that share a common geography. Historical events and conditions surrounding the ownership and governance of church buildings and property. Definitions of "corporation aggregate" and "corporation sole" as two systems of church administration. Offered in light of, and referencing, a 1990s controversy surrounding the occupation of St. Joseph's Church by its parishioners in Worcester, Massachusetts, in protest of its demolition. -
Historic Lewiston : Its Architectural Heritage
The fifth book in a series on the history of Lewiston, Maine, Historic Lewiston, from the Lewiston Historical Commission. Historic Lewiston: Its Architectural Heritage is a 116-page overview of the architecture of the city: the depth of its history, stylistic and functional diversity, and widespread beauty. Includes a large number of photographs to accompany descriptions of historic structures. Contents: Industrial Buildings Churches Schools Public Buildings Commercial Buildings Bates College Campus Homes -
The Need for Bilingual Education in the Schools of Vermont
Argument toward implementing a bilingual education program in the public schools of the state of Vermont. Written in the context of the 1968 United States congressional discussions about funding bilingual education in general, and the scope of languages to which congress would propose attention. Uses Vermont as a case study in language demographics. Presents the author's collection of data concerning Vermont language usage, geographic distribution of children with limited English-speaking ability, and other factors pertinent to the federal legislation in question. While the dissertation engages bilingual education as a national phenomenon involving many languages other than English, the specific case of Vermont orientates the author toward the language realities of that state, the bulk of non-English speakers being represented in populations of French-speaking Franco Americans there. Contains an overview of scholarship on bilingualism.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Albany VT, Alburg VT, Bakersfield VT, Barnet VT, Barre VT, Barton VT, Bennington VT, Berkshire VT, Brandon VT, Brattleboro VT, Brighton VT, Brownington VT, Burlington VT, Canaan VT, Charleston VT, Charlotte VT, Clarendon VT, Colchester VT, Coventry VT, Demography, Derby VT, Eden VT, Education, Enosburg Falls VT, Essex VT, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fair Haven VT, Fairfax VT, Ferrisburgh VT, Franklin VT, Georgia VT, Government and Politics, Hanover NH, Hardwick VT, Highgate VT, Holland VT, Hyde Park VT, Irasburg VT, Jay VT, Jericho VT, Language and Linguistics, Lowell VT, Lyndon VT, Manchester VT, Middlebury VT, Middlesex VT, Milton VT, Montgomery VT, Montpelier VT, Morristown VT, New Haven VT, Newbury VT, Newport VT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Norton VT, Orange VT, Orleans County VT, Pownal VT, Proctor VT, Putney VT, Richford VT, Richmond VT, Rockingham VT, Rutland VT, Shelburne VT, Sheldon VT, South Burlington VT, Springfield VT, St. Albans VT, St. Johnsbury VT, Stowe VT, Sutton VT, Swanton VT, Troy VT, Vergennes VT, Vermont, Walden VT, West Rutland VT, Westfield VT, Westford VT, Westminster VT, Whiting VT, Williamstown VT, Wilmington VT, Windsor VT, Wolcott VT -
The Perception and the Reality : French is not a foreign language in Maine, so why is it taught like one?
Article on the teaching of the French language in various parts of the state of Maine. A brief explanation of the different ways by which French is conceived - its dialects, its geographies, its socioculture. Differing opinions relative to these stated varieties on how French should be taught to Maine's native speakers. The place of certain Maine dialects of the French language in schools that opt to teach Parisian locution and diction. How language diversity is faring in Maine schools, and the hopes of many public commentators for its vitality. Newspaper cover reads, "Who says Maine French isn't real French?" -
The Perception and the Reality : French is not a foreign language in Maine, so why is it taught like one?
Article on the teaching of the French language in various parts of the state of Maine. A brief explanation of the different ways by which French is conceived - its dialects, its geographies, its socioculture. Differing opinions relative to these stated varieties on how French should be taught to Maine's native speakers. The place of certain Maine dialects of the French language in schools that opt to teach Parisian locution and diction. How language diversity is faring in Maine schools, and the hopes of many public commentators for its vitality. Newspaper cover reads, "Who says Maine French isn't real French?" -
Nos Histoires de l'Ile : livre de cuisine : A Collection of Recipes from French Island in Old Town, Maine
A cookbook from the "Nos Histoires de l'Ile" group, with local and family recipes from the homes of French Island in Old Town, Maine. Compiled by the community group that provides us with the French Island history book of the same title. -
Nos histoires de l'Iêle : History and Memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine
A chronicling of French Island ("Treat and Webster Island"), Old Town, Maine, from 1800 to the late 20th century. Includes photos, selections from interviews and oral histories, historical synopses, and stories from the French Island community. A uniquely powerful piece from a section of Old Town in cultural transition. Compiled and written by a committee of persons representative of the Island at the end of the 20th century.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Alcohol and Drugs, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, French Island ME, Labor History, Milford ME, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Documentary, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Penobscot River Valley, Religion, Sports and Leisure -
Memory Babe : A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac
Biography of Lowell, Massachusetts native, poet, and author, Jack Kerouac, widely known as a founding participant in the 20th century USA literary culture that came to be called the "Beat Movement," or the "Beat Generation." Kerouac's life from birth to early death; from Lowell, to New York, to San Francisco, to Denver, to Tampa and St. Petersburg, and back again. The cultural, interpersonal, and geographic contexts for his poetry and writings of autobiographical fiction. Anecdotes and aspects of his public and private lives, and where these lives changed and converged. Well-known for the biographer's extensive use of archival materials and interviews with Kerouac's contemporaries. -
Memory Babe : A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac
Biography of Lowell, Massachusetts native, poet, and author, Jack Kerouac, widely known as a founding participant in the 20th century USA literary culture that came to be called the "Beat Movement," or the "Beat Generation." Kerouac's life from birth to early death; from Lowell, to New York, to San Francisco, to Denver, to Tampa and St. Petersburg, and back again. The cultural, interpersonal, and geographic contexts for his poetry and writings of autobiographical fiction. Anecdotes and aspects of his public and private lives, and where these lives changed and converged. Well-known for the biographer's extensive use of archival materials and interviews with Kerouac's contemporaries. -
Artist's stark portraits suited to his subjects
Article on a 1983 exhibition of art held at the University of Maine at Orono. Entitled "Calling forth the Spirits - Souffle Vital," this exhibition featured drawings and other prints created by Peter Archambault, a Madawaska, Maine native and then-resident of Edmunston, New Brunswick. Some of the artist's comments on his method and medium, and some thoughts on how his work is received. -
Artist's stark portraits suited to his subjects
Article on a 1983 exhibition of art held at the University of Maine at Orono. Entitled "Calling forth the Spirits - Souffle Vital," this exhibition featured drawings and other prints created by Peter Archambault, a Madawaska, Maine native and then-resident of Edmunston, New Brunswick. Some of the artist's comments on his method and medium, and some thoughts on how his work is received. -
The French Canadians
1889 article on the French-Canadian immigration phenomenon in the United States and the need for rapid Americanization. Author argues that French Canadians do not appear to be assimilating as well as they should. Article refers to the political and economic positions that together must be taken to facilitate the safest growth of an immigrant America while, at the same time, preventing the persecution of the newcomers. -
Canadians in New England
1885 editorial that begins with the appointment of a French-Canadian priest to a Fall River, Massachusetts, Catholic parish only after parishioners appealed to the Archbishop to overturn the diocesan bishop's Irish appointment. Devolves into a tirade against the French-Canadian immigrant population. -
French Canadian Catholics
Very brief article about the number of French-Canadian Catholics in the United States and their representation in the American Church hierarchy. -
French Canadians In New-England
Brief article taken from the Boston Commercial Bulletin that cites Boston French Canadians being granted a hearing to protest against the Bureau of Statistics labeling them the "Chinese of the East." -
Bishops for the French Canadians
Article from the Montreal Witness, January 22, about a French-Canadian American's visit to a Quebec Cardinal in order to request French-Canadian coadjutor bishops in New England, for the purpose of representing the majority Franco congregations. -
Telegraphic Brevities
Short news briefings on different subjects under a single headline. The first subject is the 1889 Fall River, Massachusetts, festival de St-Jean-Baptiste. -
The Delusson Family, Other Recent Works of Fiction
A collection of book reviews, including, as the title indicates, a review of Jacques Ducharme's 1939 novel, "The Delusson Family," about a French-Canadian immigrant family in the United States. -
Honored By Rome
1886 brief article about a Fall River, Massachusetts, man traveling to Québec and Rome as a delegate of his local Catholic parishes. -
The French Canadians in New-England
Another editorial on French-Canadian populations in the United States, their common patterns of community congregation, and what to the author seems to be a resistance to assimilation. From the text: "It is next to impossible to penetrate this mass of protected and secluded humanity with modern ideas or to induce them to interest themselves in democratic institutions and methods of government....Where they halt they stay, and where they stay they multiply and cover the earth." -
Minor Topics
An article on various minor news topics of the day. Marked for a particular selection, the sixth paragraph of the column, on French-Canadian emigration into the United States. Remarks that the movement of people southward from Québec seems to be occurring on a larger, perhaps now regular and organized, scale. Notes the difference of opinion that French- and English-Canadian newspapers have on this matter. -
French Canadians Object
1890 article on one Fall River, Massachusetts, social organization's response to the Catholic Centennial Congress's outright rejection of the existence of national societies. -
French-Canadian Protestants. Anxious to Move to South Carolina to Escape Alleged Persecution
1893 article on the letter of a Fall River, Massachusetts, French-Canadian Congregationalist minister to the governor of South Carolina, requesting information on how he and his protestant community might relocate to South Carolina and escape the persecution of his community by Roman Catholics in Massachusetts. -
The "American Laborer." What the Term Really Means in New-England. The Cry for His Protection a Hollow Sound, in Which Native Citizens Have No Interest.
1887 article on "American labor" - particularly in New England - being subsumed by immigrant workers. Contains pejorative descriptions of Irish, French-Canadian, and other working immigrant communities in the industrialized Northeast. A particularly long narrative description of the French-Canadian decision to emigrate. -
To Honor M. Laurier. Citizens of Boston Will Give Him A Great Reception
Brief 1891 article acknowledging the upcoming visit of Wilfrid Laurier, potential Canadian Prime Minister, to Boston, Massachusetts. -
The Habitant as an Ally
1889 article in which the author attempts to describe what seem to be Québec's French-Canadian allegiances: neither to England nor to the Dominion of Canada, but to the Roman Catholic Church. Author considers French-Canadian imperial federation versus the prospect of annexation to the United States vis-à -vis the concerns of the Church. -
Tracts "For-A De Monk." Home Market Club Contributions in Eastern Connecticut.
1892 article on multilingual political tracts (pamphlets) being handed out by Republicans to Italian and French-Canadian laborers in working-class areas of Connecticut. The tracts at issue in this article were attempting to illustrate the benefits of protectionism over free trade. -
Woonsocket Group Is Excommunicated. Rome Condemns Newspaper and Rhode Island French Canadians Who Sued Bishop. Friends of Israel Banned Association is Declared to Have Acted Contrary to Church's Teaching--D'Annunzio Plays Scored
1928 article on the 56 excommunications of Rhode Island's infamous "Sentinelle Affair," where certain journalists came under the Papal See's fire for highly nationalized criticisms of their bishop's attitude toward the French language. -
French-Canadians Meet. Jubilee Celebration of Society of St. John the Baptist -- 2,000 Visitors Here
1900 article on the New York City assembly of l'Union St-Jean-Baptiste in commemoration of the organization's fiftieth anniversary. -
Catholic Rule in Canada. The Present Position of French Residents. Their Efforts in the Northwest Lead to Hostility on the Part of All Progressive Canadians.
1890 article accounting for some resistance to French in the Canadian northwest. Also Québec resistance to clerical rule which, says the author, is partly evidenced by the French-Canadian exodus to New England. Moreover, the author predicts the passing-away of French institutions in North America. -
Death of Francis Parkman. His Life Ended at His Home at Jamaica Plain, Mass. A Historian Who Ranks with Bancroft, Motley, and Prescott -- His Field the Lands and Period in Which the French and English Contended for Supremacy in North America -- Prosecuted His Work, Involving Immense Research, While Practically Blind
1893 obituary of historian of French in North America, Francis Parkman. Wrote, among other books, "Pioneers of France in the New World" (1871). -
The French Canadians
1889 article on the proposal of Canada to recognize English as the country's sole national language, with Québec threatening to counter with its official provincial language as French -- or, as the author tosses out, to propose annexation to the United States. Mentions New England's "various colonies of French Canadians." On this latter matter, the text reads: "In fact, the prevalance of the French Canadian in New England is regarded as a serious social and political evil...." -
Old Quebec. Sir Gilbert Barker's New Book on the Fortunes of New France
1903 book review of Sir Gilbert Barker's history text, "Old Quebec: The Fortunes of New France" (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903). -
Canada: Changes of Fifteen Years. The French-Speaking Population Influence of The Roman Catholic Clergy "A Word to The Wise" The British Army And The Young Canadians Idleness Out of Fashion Manufacturing Enterprise, &c. The Russian Army. Republican Nominations.
1874 article remarking on the social conditions of Canada, seemingly split between predominantly French- and English-speaking geographies. -
French-Canadians to Leave. Large Number Who Are Discontented May Return to Quebec from Maine Early Next Spring
Christmastime 1900 article predicting the potential mass return of immigrant workers from Maine to French Canada in the coming spring. The author cites the principal reason for relocation as French Canadians being denied Francophone priests in the Roman Catholic churches of the United States. -
School Bus Curb Asked; Augusta, Me., Group Bids Court Block Parochial Use
Article on controversy surrounding city of Augusta, Maine's allowing local private Catholic schools the use of public buses. A group of citizens opposing the measure confronts Augusta City Council members. -
The French Canadians
1889 article on the French-Canadian immigration phenomenon in the United States and the need for rapid Americanization. Author argues that French Canadians do not appear to be assimilating as well as they should. Article refers to the political and economic positions that together must be taken to facilitate the safest growth of an immigrant America while, at the same time, preventing the persecution of the newcomers. -
Canadians in New England
1885 editorial that begins with the appointment of a French-Canadian priest to a Fall River, Massachusetts, Catholic parish only after parishioners appealed to the Archbishop to overturn the diocesan bishop's Irish appointment. Devolves into a tirade against the French-Canadian immigrant population. -
French Canadian Catholics
Very brief article about the number of French-Canadian Catholics in the United States and their representation in the American Church hierarchy. -
French Canadians In New-England
Brief article taken from the Boston Commercial Bulletin that cites Boston French Canadians being granted a hearing to protest against the Bureau of Statistics labeling them the "Chinese of the East." -
Bishops for the French Canadians
Article from the Montreal Witness, January 22, about a French-Canadian American's visit to a Quebec Cardinal in order to request French-Canadian coadjutor bishops in New England, for the purpose of representing the majority Franco congregations. -
Telegraphic Brevities
Short news briefings on different subjects under a single headline. The first subject is the 1889 Fall River, Massachusetts, festival de St-Jean-Baptiste. -
The Delusson Family, Other Recent Works of Fiction
A collection of book reviews, including, as the title indicates, a review of Jacques Ducharme's 1939 novel, "The Delusson Family," about a French-Canadian immigrant family in the United States. -
Honored By Rome
1886 brief article about a Fall River, Massachusetts, man traveling to Québec and Rome as a delegate of his local Catholic parishes. -
The French Canadians in New-England
Another editorial on French-Canadian populations in the United States, their common patterns of community congregation, and what to the author seems to be a resistance to assimilation. From the text: "It is next to impossible to penetrate this mass of protected and secluded humanity with modern ideas or to induce them to interest themselves in democratic institutions and methods of government....Where they halt they stay, and where they stay they multiply and cover the earth." -
Minor Topics
An article on various minor news topics of the day. Marked for a particular selection, the sixth paragraph of the column, on French-Canadian emigration into the United States. Remarks that the movement of people southward from Québec seems to be occurring on a larger, perhaps now regular and organized, scale. Notes the difference of opinion that French- and English-Canadian newspapers have on this matter. -
French Canadians Object
1890 article on one Fall River, Massachusetts, social organization's response to the Catholic Centennial Congress's outright rejection of the existence of national societies. -
French-Canadian Protestants. Anxious to Move to South Carolina to Escape Alleged Persecution
1893 article on the letter of a Fall River, Massachusetts, French-Canadian Congregationalist minister to the governor of South Carolina, requesting information on how he and his protestant community might relocate to South Carolina and escape the persecution of his community by Roman Catholics in Massachusetts. -
The "American Laborer." What the Term Really Means in New-England. The Cry for His Protection a Hollow Sound, in Which Native Citizens Have No Interest.
1887 article on "American labor" - particularly in New England - being subsumed by immigrant workers. Contains pejorative descriptions of Irish, French-Canadian, and other working immigrant communities in the industrialized Northeast. A particularly long narrative description of the French-Canadian decision to emigrate. -
To Honor M. Laurier. Citizens of Boston Will Give Him A Great Reception
Brief 1891 article acknowledging the upcoming visit of Wilfrid Laurier, potential Canadian Prime Minister, to Boston, Massachusetts. -
The Habitant as an Ally
1889 article in which the author attempts to describe what seem to be Québec's French-Canadian allegiances: neither to England nor to the Dominion of Canada, but to the Roman Catholic Church. Author considers French-Canadian imperial federation versus the prospect of annexation to the United States vis-à -vis the concerns of the Church. -
Tracts "For-A De Monk." Home Market Club Contributions in Eastern Connecticut.
1892 article on multilingual political tracts (pamphlets) being handed out by Republicans to Italian and French-Canadian laborers in working-class areas of Connecticut. The tracts at issue in this article were attempting to illustrate the benefits of protectionism over free trade. -
Woonsocket Group Is Excommunicated. Rome Condemns Newspaper and Rhode Island French Canadians Who Sued Bishop. Friends of Israel Banned Association is Declared to Have Acted Contrary to Church's Teaching--D'Annunzio Plays Scored
1928 article on the 56 excommunications of Rhode Island's infamous "Sentinelle Affair," where certain journalists came under the Papal See's fire for highly nationalized criticisms of their bishop's attitude toward the French language. -
French-Canadians Meet. Jubilee Celebration of Society of St. John the Baptist -- 2,000 Visitors Here
1900 article on the New York City assembly of l'Union St-Jean-Baptiste in commemoration of the organization's fiftieth anniversary. -
Catholic Rule in Canada. The Present Position of French Residents. Their Efforts in the Northwest Lead to Hostility on the Part of All Progressive Canadians.
1890 article accounting for some resistance to French in the Canadian northwest. Also Québec resistance to clerical rule which, says the author, is partly evidenced by the French-Canadian exodus to New England. Moreover, the author predicts the passing-away of French institutions in North America. -
Death of Francis Parkman. His Life Ended at His Home at Jamaica Plain, Mass. A Historian Who Ranks with Bancroft, Motley, and Prescott -- His Field the Lands and Period in Which the French and English Contended for Supremacy in North America -- Prosecuted His Work, Involving Immense Research, While Practically Blind
1893 obituary of historian of French in North America, Francis Parkman. Wrote, among other books, "Pioneers of France in the New World" (1871). -
The French Canadians
1889 article on the proposal of Canada to recognize English as the country's sole national language, with Québec threatening to counter with its official provincial language as French -- or, as the author tosses out, to propose annexation to the United States. Mentions New England's "various colonies of French Canadians." On this latter matter, the text reads: "In fact, the prevalance of the French Canadian in New England is regarded as a serious social and political evil...." -
Old Quebec. Sir Gilbert Barker's New Book on the Fortunes of New France
1903 book review of Sir Gilbert Barker's history text, "Old Quebec: The Fortunes of New France" (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903). -
Canada: Changes of Fifteen Years. The French-Speaking Population Influence of The Roman Catholic Clergy "A Word to The Wise" The British Army And The Young Canadians Idleness Out of Fashion Manufacturing Enterprise, &c. The Russian Army. Republican Nominations.
1874 article remarking on the social conditions of Canada, seemingly split between predominantly French- and English-speaking geographies. -
French-Canadians to Leave. Large Number Who Are Discontented May Return to Quebec from Maine Early Next Spring
Christmastime 1900 article predicting the potential mass return of immigrant workers from Maine to French Canada in the coming spring. The author cites the principal reason for relocation as French Canadians being denied Francophone priests in the Roman Catholic churches of the United States. -
School Bus Curb Asked; Augusta, Me., Group Bids Court Block Parochial Use
Article on controversy surrounding city of Augusta, Maine's allowing local private Catholic schools the use of public buses. A group of citizens opposing the measure confronts Augusta City Council members. -
New Hampshire's French-Canadian Americans
Short history lesson on French Canadian immigration and community building in New Hampshire, covering the 19th and early 20th centuries. Concludes with discussion questions about the provided information and photographs. Designed by the New Hampshire Historical Society for teachers and students.Tags Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Québec -
Les Franco-Américains : La promesse du passé et les réalités du présent
Une collection de papiers d'un colloque NADC dans la Nouvelle-Angeleterre, 1976. La poièsie, des essayes sur l'ethnicité et la culture, des histoires, des piièces dramatiques, aussi que des pensées sur la langue et la futur francophone aux États-Unis. -
An Annotated Bibliography of Title VII French Project-Developed Instructional Materials, 1970-1975
List of educational materials designed for French and French/English American elementary education in the 1970s. Shares the titles, descriptions of content, and appropriate grade levels for language texts designed for teachers and students in Florida, Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.Tags Berlin NH, Breaux Bridge LA, Caribou ME, Education, Florida, Frenchville ME, Greenville NH, Lafayette LA, Lafayette Parish LA, Language and Linguistics, Madawaska ME, Maine, New Hampshire, St. Agatha ME, St. John River Valley, St. Landry Parish LA, St. Martin Parish LA, Van Buren ME, Vermont, Youth -
Bringing a Photograph to Life: The Story of Joseph L. Miner
Article from the New England Historic Genealogical Society periodical. Genealogical research sparked from an interest in a picture displayed in the author's grandmother's Vermont home. -
St. Anne as Symbol of Literacy in Québec Culture
Article on iconography surrounding Ste. Anne - the mother of Jesus' mother, Mary - in the Roman Catholic culture of Québec. Exploration's of the saint's importance for understanding Québec and its people more intimately, first in terms of popular belief in her healing capabilities, and otherwise in terms of her believed role in the education of Mary. Her function as a spiritual icon of education for Québec believers. Popular relationships to the saint and her imagery, and the historical development of her spiritual and artistic representations as intercessor, educator, mother, and patroness in Québec. Thoughts on the development of Ste. Anne as a symbol for education. -
St. Anne as Symbol of Literacy in Québec Culture
Article on iconography surrounding Ste. Anne - the mother of Jesus' mother, Mary - in the Roman Catholic culture of Québec. Exploration's of the saint's importance for understanding Québec and its people more intimately, first in terms of popular belief in her healing capabilities, and otherwise in terms of her believed role in the education of Mary. Her function as a spiritual icon of education for Québec believers. Popular relationships to the saint and her imagery, and the historical development of her spiritual and artistic representations as intercessor, educator, mother, and patroness in Québec. Thoughts on the development of Ste. Anne as a symbol for education. -
A Popular History of the Catholic Church in the United States
A single volume on the history of the Catholic Church in North America: from Columbus' arrival in 1492 to the French Jesuits and Native Americans of the 16th and 17th centuries, to the Irish of the 18th and 19th, up to the America of the period of the book's publication. A late-nineteenth-century perspective on the growth of Catholicism in America written by the Archbishop of New York. Some comments on the state of religious freedom in the early United States. Chapters devoted to Catholic male and female religious orders in the United States, as well as the state of Catholic education, art, print media, and other subjects concerning American Catholic expression. According to the author, published in the United States partly as an attempt to counter the decline of "public virtue" he saw evidenced in the content of newspapers and public discussion. From a review of the text published therein: "[This volume] gives a rapid and faithful sketch of the progress of the Church in North America from the days of Columbus to the present year [1876]..." (Manhattan Monthly, xviii)Tags Art and Architecture, Baltimore MD, Boston MA, Canada, Cincinnatti OH, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Fiction and Literature, German Americans, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Journalism, Native Americans, New England, New Orleans LA, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, North America, Poetry, Religion, United States -
Paul Claudel : Ambassador of French Culture
Essay describing a three-day visit of the French ambassador to the United States, Paul Claudel, to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1929. Claudel as a unique diplomat being better known for his specialties in literature. Captures the thrust of Claudel's remarks at a number of the city's colleges (College of the Holy Cross, Assumption College, Clark University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute). The ambassador's trips to other Worcester schools and social service institutions. Notes his comments on the topics of culture, engineering, and international affairs and diplomacy following World War I. His efforts at "representing France to the American people, especially those of French descent" in a Massachusetts industrial city. -
A memorial for Kerouac
Article part 2 of 2 on the recent Lowell, Massachusetts, city council vote to commemorate author Jack Kerouac with a park bearing his name. Full article title includes the line: "After years of indifference, Lowell votes to build a park." Charts Kerouac's sudden rise to fame with the publication of his novel, "On the Road." His ensuing lifestyle in the public eye, his behaviors scrutinized by many in Lowell. Kerouac's life and works as an affront to the popular values of his working-class hometown, and his apparent abandonment by fellow Lowellians. The recent apparent change in attitude toward Kerouac, though with some evidence of familiar resistance. -
A memorial for Kerouac
Article part 2 of 2 on the recent Lowell, Massachusetts, city council vote to commemorate author Jack Kerouac with a park bearing his name. Full article title includes the line: "After years of indifference, Lowell votes to build a park." Charts Kerouac's sudden rise to fame with the publication of his novel, "On the Road." His ensuing lifestyle in the public eye, his behaviors scrutinized by many in Lowell. Kerouac's life and works as an affront to the popular values of his working-class hometown, and his apparent abandonment by fellow Lowellians. The recent apparent change in attitude toward Kerouac, though with some evidence of familiar resistance. -
The Roman Catholic Diocese Boundary and American Madawaska, 1842-1870
Article discussing the impact of the 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty on the remapping of Roman Catholic diocesan boundaries in the New Brunswick and northern Maine border region. How Maine and Canadian political geography figured into the organization of Catholic space in the 19th century, and the question of whether diocesan boundaries should be figured according to political border or ethnicity. Other factors playing into Catholic Church decisions on the organization of border dioceses. -
Saving Franco culture
Letter to the editor calling upon Franco Americans and Le Club Calumet to look past the controversial 1992 Maine Supreme Court case regarding club identity and gender, and to consider the best way of using all available resources for cultural preservation. -
Saving Franco culture
Letter to the editor calling upon Franco Americans and Le Club Calumet to look past the controversial 1992 Maine Supreme Court case regarding club identity and gender, and to consider the best way of using all available resources for cultural preservation. -
L'exil américain de Louis Dantin : un intellectual au carrefour des cultures
Un essai qui examine des lettres sélectionnées d'un intellectuel et un écrivain québécois aux États-Unis au début du XXe siiècle - Louis Dantin - et ses pairs canadien-français - Olivar Asselin, Rosaire Dion-Lévesque, et Alfred DesRochers. Le contenu de ses lettres comme un motif de réflexion sur une croissance de culture littéraire américaine entre Nouvelle-Angleterre et Québec. -
Les fictions de la franco-américanité
L'introduction au numero 53 de la revue "Québec Studies," dont les auteurs décrivent le contenu comme projet dans la littérature de la franco-américanité: canadienne-française, acadienne, franco-américaine. Discussion des textes majeures dans ce canon littéraire, et de les essais qui explorent sa nature. -
Les fictions de la franco-américanité
L'introduction au numero 53 de la revue "Québec Studies," dont les auteurs décrivent le contenu comme projet dans la littérature de la franco-américanité: canadienne-française, acadienne, franco-américaine. Discussion des textes majeures dans ce canon littéraire, et de les essais qui explorent sa nature. -
Sex, Death, and Baseball
Book of poems from Wayne, Maine writer and author of the 2004 chapbook, "Children Are Ugly Little Monsters (But You Have to Love Them Anyway"). -
Sex, Death, and Baseball
Book of poems from Wayne, Maine writer and author of the 2004 chapbook, "Children Are Ugly Little Monsters (But You Have to Love Them Anyway"). -
The Belles of New England
A presentation by William Moran on his book, "The Belles of New England," as a portion of the 2002 Concord Festival of Authors, Concord, Massachusetts. From C-SPAN: "Mr. Moran discussed his book 'The Belles of New England: The Women of the Textile Mills and the Families Whose Wealth They Wove,' published by Thomas Dunne Books. The book recounts the rise and fall of the New England textile industry of the 19th century. Mr. Moran traces the experiences of the thousands of women who left New England farm towns and the Irish, Canadian and European immigrants who came to work in the textile mills. At a time when women had no political influence, these workers opposed mill owners like the Cabots and Lowells of Boston for fair wages and safer working conditions. Following his remarks, Mr. Moran answered questions from members of the audience."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Great Britain, Ireland, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Waltham MA -
The Belles of New England : The Women of the Textile Mills and the Families Whose Wealth They Wove
A history of New England women during industrialization, and the lifestyle differences among women of different economic classes. From Thomas Dunne Books: "This is a masterful, definitive, and eloquent look at the enormous cultural and economic impact on America of New England's textile mills. The author, an award-winning CBS producer, traces the history of American textile manufacturing back to the ingenuity of Francis Cabot Lodge. The early mills were an experiment in benevolent enlightened social responsibility on the part of the wealthy owners, who belonged to many of Boston's finest families. But the fledgling industry's ever-increasing profits were inextricably bound to the issues of slavery, immigration, and workers' rights....William Moran brings a newsman's eye for the telling detail to this fascinating saga that is equally compelling when dealing with rags and when dealing with riches. In part a microcosm of America's social development during the period, 'The Belles of New England' casts a new and finer light on this rich tapestry of vast wealth, greed, discrimination, and courage."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Great Britain, Ireland, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Religion, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Waltham MA -
La Bonne Croûte...livre de recettes
Une collection de recettes pour le pain, les viandes, le poisson, les gâteaux, les tartes, et des plats d'autres aliments. Partage certains des remèdes "folk" aux divers maux, aussi qu'une recette de savon. Compilée à partir de de recettes présentées par les membres de la communauté qui sont énumérés ici. Rédigé en anglais et en français. -
Le français se meurt au Vermont
Sur la présence franco-américaine au Vermont - son histoire, ses changements linguistiques, et la grande possibilité de sa disparition. Commentaires sur la discrimination raciale et linguistique, aussi que l'éducation et la télévision, comme prenant part au processus de l'assimilation des communautés franco-américaine dans cet état.
Le titre complet est ainsi libellé: "Apriès des années de relations tourmentées avec la culture québécoise, la communauté franco-américaine fait face à l'extinction." -
Le français se meurt au Vermont
Sur la présence franco-américaine au Vermont - son histoire, ses changements linguistiques, et la grande possibilité de sa disparition. Commentaires sur la discrimination raciale et linguistique, aussi que l'éducation et la télévision, comme prenant part au processus de l'assimilation des communautés franco-américaine dans cet état.
Le titre complet est ainsi libellé: "Apriès des années de relations tourmentées avec la culture québécoise, la communauté franco-américaine fait face à l'extinction." -
Histoire de Montferrand : L'Athlete Canadien and Joe Mufraw
Observations on the folklore around Joe Montferrand (Muffraw), "[Paul] Bunyan's sometimes cook and occasional opponent," whose famed lumbering strength originated in Québec lore, and whose stories moved - along with French Canadians - to New England, Minnesota, and Michigan by the late nineteenth century. -
Franco-Américains et francophones aux États-Unis
De l'auteur: "13 millions d'Américains se sont déclarés 'd'origine française' lors du recensement de 1980, et un million et demi parlent français chez eux. La notion d'origine française est relativement floue, mais la répartition selon les Etats met en valeur les deux principales zones de peuplement franco-américains: la Louisiane et la Nouvelle-Angleterre. La répartition des francophones ressemble à celle des franco-américains, mais de surcroît, elle révièle l'existence de quelques îlots de francophonie, dans les zones d'immigration contemporaine. La comparaison avec les italophones et les germanophones confirme l'originalité de la répartition des francophones et témoigne d'un développement autonome de la langue française." -
Becoming a Man : Half a Life Story
Autobiography and coming-out narrative of Paul Monette, an Andover, Massachusetts writer. Monette recounts twenty-five closeted years of alienation and invisibility, explorations of his sexual identity, and observations on the sexual prejudice and violences around him. Growing up working-class in Massachusetts; his ill younger brother; stints at prep-school and Yale in the 1960s; time spent in England; a return to Massachusetts. Written during the battle with AIDS that eventually claimed the author's life. Winner of the 1992 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Republished in 2004. -
Becoming a Man : Half a Life Story
Autobiography and coming-out narrative of Paul Monette, an Andover, Massachusetts writer. Monette recounts twenty-five closeted years of alienation and invisibility, explorations of his sexual identity, and observations on the sexual prejudice and violences around him. Growing up working-class in Massachusetts; his ill younger brother; stints at prep-school and Yale in the 1960s; time spent in England; a return to Massachusetts. Written during the battle with AIDS that eventually claimed the author's life. Winner of the 1992 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Republished in 2004. -
Kerouac : l'écriture comme errance
Oeuvre critique biographique et littéraire sur le style d'écriture de Jack Kerouac. En deux parties: "VIVRE," ou les espaces de la vie physicale, personelle, solitaire, etc., dont les oeuvres Kerouackians sont nées; et "ÉCRIRE," ou Kérouac comme personnage, auteur, figure littéraire américain au milieu d'une culture littéraire nationale, marginale, et nord-américaine. -
Kerouac : l'écriture comme errance
Oeuvre critique biographique et littéraire sur le style d'écriture de Jack Kerouac. En deux parties: "VIVRE," ou les espaces de la vie physicale, personelle, solitaire, etc., dont les oeuvres Kerouackians sont nées; et "ÉCRIRE," ou Kérouac comme personnage, auteur, figure littéraire américain au milieu d'une culture littéraire nationale, marginale, et nord-américaine. -
Readings for Writers
A collection of writings in a cultural studies reader, introduced with an essay from the instructor. Compiled for a University of Maine course in English composition. Available at the Franco-American Centre, Orono, Maine. -
Mestisaje
A collection of writings in a cultural studies reader, introduced with an essay from the instructor. Compiled for a University of Maine course in English composition. Available at the Franco-American Centre, Orono, Maine. -
Yeast
A collection of writings in cultural studies, compiled for a University of Maine course in English composition. Available at the Franco-American Centre, Orono, Maine. -
Echoes of Antiquity in Maria Chapdelaine
Article exploring Louis Hémon's classic Québec novel, "Maria Chapdelaine" (1913), in light of criticism that has considered it in terms of Québec agrarian and religious mythology. The ways in which the novel employs mythological themes that have "roots in classical antiquity"(62). How the novel can be measured by critical insights into the concept of mythology more generally. Specific comparisons of Hémon's work and characters with "The Odyssey," Greek architecture, and some of the temporal and cosmological concerns of literary antiquity as explored by modern critics. -
Echoes of Antiquity in Maria Chapdelaine
Article exploring Louis Hémon's classic Québec novel, "Maria Chapdelaine" (1913), in light of criticism that has considered it in terms of Québec agrarian and religious mythology. The ways in which the novel employs mythological themes that have "roots in classical antiquity"(62). How the novel can be measured by critical insights into the concept of mythology more generally. Specific comparisons of Hémon's work and characters with "The Odyssey," Greek architecture, and some of the temporal and cosmological concerns of literary antiquity as explored by modern critics. -
Ethnic Families in America : Patterns and Variations
Collection of essays on the sociology of the family in the United States, with a particular reliance upon the cultural diversity of ethnic immigrant groups. The 1976 edition of the text - the edition available in most libraries - contains an essay entitled "The Franco American Working Class Family," by Laurence French. From Pearson Higher Education: "Reflecting the social and political dynamics in the United States, this edited volume offers an inclusive look at multicultural diversity in the U.S. with extensive coverage of the family life styles, traditions and values of seventeen American ethnic groups. Providing unique and personal insights, each chapter is written by a contributing author representing a particular ethnic group and is structured in a similar pattern - covering the historical background, key ethnic cultural components, traditional and current ethnic family characteristics, and changes and adaptations to the ethnic family and culture."Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Maine, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Québec, Religion, Social History, United States, Vermont, Youth -
The White Ethnic Catholic Woman
Essay describing the cultural, religious, and political outlooks of Catholic women in the northeastern and midwestern United States within the women's rights framework of the Women's Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Thoughts on women workers and family orientation among ethnic Catholics, and an appeal to emphasize cultural diversity within the Women's Movement. Attempts to qualify and dispel some general misunderstandings about ethnic - especially Eastern European - Catholic tradition. Paper presentation from the proceedings of "The Challenge of the Women's Movement: American Diversity" - a 1976 conference held in New York City by the American Jewish Committee's Institute on Pluralism and Group Identity. -
Spoons' Spoons : The Life and Times of Theodore Edouard "Spoons" Michaud
Biography of Eddie "Spoons" Michaud, renowned musician from Old Town, Maine. Stories of his life, times, family, and friends from 1923 to the present. Includes black and white photographs of Michaud throughout his life, both with and without his namesake instrument - the spoons - as well as select representations of maps of Maine towns. -
Spoons' Spoons : The Life and Times of Theodore Edouard "Spoons" Michaud
Biography of Eddie "Spoons" Michaud, renowned musician from Old Town, Maine. Stories of his life, times, family, and friends from 1923 to the present. Includes black and white photographs of Michaud throughout his life, both with and without his namesake instrument - the spoons - as well as select representations of maps of Maine towns. -
The Measured Effects on Language Development of Bilinguals and Monolinguals with Varied Pre-First Grade Programs
Analysis of early education programs and their varying effects on monolingual and French/English bilingual students in the state of Maine. How the effectiveness of educational programs can be measured with regard to anglophone, francophone, and bilingual American students. -
Not private vs. public
A letter to the editor in response to Maurice Violette's "An Open Letter..." (9 October 1991), contesting Violette's fixation on the matter of "public vs. private" as the keystone of the debate surrounding Le Club Calumet's recent Kennebec County, Maine, courtroom loss, and its being forced by law to admit women to the ranks of its membership. -
Not private vs. public
A letter to the editor in response to Maurice Violette's "An Open Letter..." (9 October 1991), contesting Violette's fixation on the matter of "public vs. private" as the keystone of the debate surrounding Le Club Calumet's recent Kennebec County, Maine, courtroom loss, and its being forced by law to admit women to the ranks of its membership. -
An Explanation of "Petits Choux"
Short article describing the origins of "petits choux" as a term of endearment among francophones, and of certain myths used by Franco Americans in New England cities like Lewiston, Maine to explain to young children how new babies are brought into the world. -
An Explanation of "Petits Choux"
Short article describing the origins of "petits choux" as a term of endearment among francophones, and of certain myths used by Franco Americans in New England cities like Lewiston, Maine to explain to young children how new babies are brought into the world. -
An Acadian Heritage from the St. John River Valley
Collection of newspaper articles, essays, and images in an illustration of Acadian cultural heritage at the US-Canada border. From the Madawaska Historical Society in the St. John River Valley of northern Maine. -
State honors its Franco-American heritage
Four Maine residents - Severin Beliveau, Norman Angers, Annette Daigle, and Jean Dionne - were inducted into the Franco-American Hall of Fame at the State House in Augusta, Maine. -
LePage elected next governor of Maine
Article on Waterville, Maine native, Paul LePage, a Republican, being elected governor by a slim margin over Independent candidate Eliot Cutler. This article was printed on the Thursday - not Wednesday - following the election of Tuesday, November 2, because the final results of the vote count were not sufficient to make a judgment of victory before the Wednesday newspapers were printed. -
State honors its Franco-American heritage
Four Maine residents - Severin Beliveau, Norman Angers, Annette Daigle, and Jean Dionne - were inducted into the Franco-American Hall of Fame at the State House in Augusta, Maine. -
LePage elected next governor of Maine
Article on Waterville, Maine native, Paul LePage, a Republican, being elected governor by a slim margin over Independent candidate Eliot Cutler. This article was printed on the Thursday - not Wednesday - following the election of Tuesday, November 2, because the final results of the vote count were not sufficient to make a judgment of victory before the Wednesday newspapers were printed. -
The Girl from Peyton Place: A Biography of Grace Metalious
A biography of the New Hampshire author, Grace Metalious, whose works include "Peyton Place," "The Tight White Collar," and "No Adam in Eden."
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Make Pleas in Two Languages: Candidates Heard at Canobie Lake. Franco-Republican Club Has Cheers For All. Pothier and Lodge Given Most Applause
Article on the 1915 meeting of the Franco-American Republican Club of Massachusetts at Canobie Lake near Salem, New Hampshire, where political speakers were hosted. -
Make Pleas in Two Languages: Candidates Heard at Canobie Lake. Franco-Republican Club Has Cheers For All. Pothier and Lodge Given Most Applause
Article on the 1915 meeting of the Franco-American Republican Club of Massachusetts at Canobie Lake near Salem, New Hampshire, where political speakers were hosted. -
Une certaine Amérique aè lire : la beat generation et la littérature québécoise
Du texte: "Cette thièse porte sur l'inscription de la Beat Generation dans la littérature québécoise. J'y analyse non pas la réception de ce mouvement au Québec lors de son émergence dans les années 1950, mais bien sa réappropriation postérieure. II faut pour lire ce corpus québécois contemporain une connaissance sans faille de celui de la Beat Generation et des travaux sur le mouvement et ses écrivains. Dans cette optique, je trace d'entrée de jeu les grandes lignes de l'histoire personnelle et de l'approche littéraire des principaux auteurs de la Beat Generation, qui n'ont jamais rédige de manifeste. Par la suite, je prociède a une analyse du corpus québécois a partir de thièmes privilégies du mouvement, d'inscriptions textuelles, de citations et de références explicites ou masquées dans des noms de personnages ou de lieux. J'établis aussi les filiations entre les personnages d'un corpus et de l'autre. Il s'agit donc, toujours en restant prés des textes, d'analyser la présence « Beat» au sein du corpus québécois." -
Madawaska : A Chapter in Maine-New Brunswick Relations
History of the Madawaska border region of the Upper Saint John River Valley as a meeting point of New Brunswick and the state of Maine. Madawaska as an area of political negotiation, a borderland infused with geographic and political meaning in the middle of the twentieth century. From a review in George Findlen's "Genealogist's Handbook for Upper Saint John Valley Research" : "Although much of her work deals with the big picture of the frontier and of the relationship between Maine and New Brunswick, she still gives a lot of space to the mostly Acadian population caught in between." Republished by the Madawaska Historical Society in 1975.Tags Acadians, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, France, Geography, Government and Politics, Madawaska ME, Maine, Native Americans, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Religion, St. John River Valley, United States -
Literatures of Exile and Return : Jack Kerouac and Quebec
Critical article exploring two of Jack Kerouac's novels - "Doctor Sax" and "Satori in Paris" - in a way that emphasizes the importance of Kerouac's "translingual" identity, cultural heritage, and his relationship to the diasporic history of the people of Québec and French Canada. How Québec literary scholarship has elevated Kerouac's prose to a level unmatched in the United States, where the author argues little attention has been paid to the influence of Kerouac's cultural and linguistic identity on his American writing. A comparative close-reading of Québec writer Jacques Poulin's novel, "Volkswagen Blues," and the various debts it owes to Kerouac. -
Literatures of Exile and Return : Jack Kerouac and Quebec
Critical article exploring two of Jack Kerouac's novels - "Doctor Sax" and "Satori in Paris" - in a way that emphasizes the importance of Kerouac's "translingual" identity, cultural heritage, and his relationship to the diasporic history of the people of Québec and French Canada. How Québec literary scholarship has elevated Kerouac's prose to a level unmatched in the United States, where the author argues little attention has been paid to the influence of Kerouac's cultural and linguistic identity on his American writing. A comparative close-reading of Québec writer Jacques Poulin's novel, "Volkswagen Blues," and the various debts it owes to Kerouac. -
French-Canadian Communities in the Upper Midwest during the Nineteenth Century
Article on French Canadian immigrant and worker communities in the states of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois in the nineteenth century. How farming, lumbering, and mining communities of this era differed from the fur-trading, French Canadian frontier establishments of the same region in the eighteenth century. Figures on the cultural and linguistic assimilation of French Canadian immigrants in the Upper Midwest US. How economic success or poverty, urbanity or rurality, related to the loss or persistence of the French language and customs in these immigrant communities. Provides maps of the region from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century, with markers for trading posts, area demographics, and migration routes.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bay City MI, Bourbonnais IL, Chicago IL, Demography, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Geography, Grand Haven MI, Grand Rapids MI, Illinois, Kankakee County IL, Kansas, Michigan, Midland MI, Mills and Mill Work, Mining, Minneapolis MN, Minnesota, Polk County (Minn.), Québec, Red River Valley, US Midwest, Wisconsin -
Credit Unions : A Theoretical and Empirical Overview
Summary of the international history of the credit union, its functions, and how it operates. Covers the credit union's birth, growth, popularization around the world, and its continuing structural development. Makes mention of the significance of the Quebec and New England "caisse populaire."
Contains the following sections: Introduction Historical Development Classification and Statistical Overview Modeling the Objective Function Structure and Conduct Regulatory Environment Demutualization Concluding Comments References From the author: "In 2009 there were over 49,330 credit unions across 98 countries with more than 184 million members and approximately $1,354 billion in assets. There is a great diversity within the credit union movement across these countries. This reflects the various economic, historic and cultural contexts within which credit unions operate. This paper traces the evolution of the credit union movement...." -
The County : Land of Promise
Subtitled, "A Pictorial History of Aroostook County, Maine." A celebration of Aroostook County's 150th year. A pictorial regional history consisting of general narrative and more intimate, anecdotal accounts of the place in present-day northern Maine known widely as "the County." Illustrated with photographic and other artistic representations. From the inside flap: "Through more than four hundred photographs, drawings, paintings, and maps, the authors have brought to life the County's people in their work and play, in war and peace, in good times and bad."Tags Acadians, Allagash ME, Androscoggin River Valley, Art and Architecture, Ashland ME, Blaine ME, Caribou ME, Death and Disaster, Education, Farming and Agriculture, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Geography, Grand Isle ME, Hamlin ME, Houlton ME, Island Falls ME, Kennebec River Valley, Lille ME, Limestone ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Mapleton ME, Mars Hill ME, Music, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New Sweden ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Nova Scotia, Penobscot River Valley, Performing Arts, Presque Isle ME, Religion, Sports and Leisure, St. Agatha ME, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, Stockholm ME, Van Buren ME, War, Washburn ME, Westfield ME -
Traitors and Scoundrels: Franco-American Responses to the French-Canadian Elite
The French Canadians that settled in New England between 1850 and 1930 were hoping to maintain a French stronghold in the United States. With each wave of migration, the French-Canadian elites made speeches to their departing compatriots, encouraging them to return home. This article examines the strategies made in these speeches, varying from denigration to glorification. Franco-American authors Honoré Beaugrand and Emma Dumas countered these images by promoting positive literary representations of the French New England communities. -
The Paradox of Ethnicity in the United States : The French-Canadian Experience in Worcester, 1870-1914
Brief essay that examines the focus terms "ethnicity" and "assimilation" through a case study of the Franco American population of Worcester, Massachusetts, before 1914. McClymer tells how the French Canadian immigrant ethnic group negotiated the persistence of elements of its culture amid trends and forces of Americanization. Study is largely comprised of commentary on the statements of Massachusetts Commissioner of Statistics of Labor, Carroll D. Wright. From the author: "I will argue that there was a symbiotic relationship between ethnicity and assimilation for white immigrants to the United States in the decades between the Civil War and World War I. It is this symbiosis, between social processes usually considered to be contraries, that defines the 'paradox' of ethnicity in the United States" (16). Featured in a collection of essays on American immigration and ethnicity. -
Justice and the memory of a song
Free-lance journalist's piece on overhearing her "first French joke" among students in a Maine high school. Her experience of the joke as an outsider, and her thoughts on French ethnic humor in Maine. Recalling this joke and its effects after being moved and empowered by a performance by French-speaking Franco American musicians. -
Justice and the memory of a song
Free-lance journalist's piece on overhearing her "first French joke" among students in a Maine high school. Her experience of the joke as an outsider, and her thoughts on French ethnic humor in Maine. Recalling this joke and its effects after being moved and empowered by a performance by French-speaking Franco American musicians. -
Snowmobile Town
Documentary piece written on snowmobiling and the environment it helps to create in the border town of Jackman, Maine. The growth of the snowmobile industry and its impact on the people of northern Maine. Some profiles of local residents, their memories and thoughts on snowmobile culture.Tags Augusta ME, Caribou ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Eustis ME, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Greenville ME, Houlton ME, Jackman ME, Maine, Millinocket ME, Moosehead Lake Region, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Documentary, Nonfiction -- Sports, Rangeley ME, Rockwood ME, Spencer MA, Sports and Leisure -
Contemporary Franco Americans: A Study of Ethnic Identity, Help-Seeking Attitudes, and Values
Given the proximity to Canada, many French Canadians who immigrated to the United States between 1850 and 1950 settled within New England. This immigration resulted in a large population of French Canadian descendants, now considered Franco Americans, within this region. Despite the number of Franco Americans, mental health professionals in New England are offered limited knowledge on conceptualizing and treating this population. To respond to this need, the present study investigated the cultural values, ethnic identity, and professional psychological help-seeking attitudes of contemporary Franco Americans. It was hypothesized that Franco Americans would prioritize values in line with the group’s traditional characteristics and values; immigrant generational status would impact ethnic identity and help-seeking attitudes; and ethnic identity would be negatively related to help-seeking attitudes. Information was gathered in an online survey utilizing demographic items, Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ) and additional author-created items, Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised (MEIM-R), and Attitude Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale-Short Form (ATSPPHS-SF). Data were evaluated using descriptive statistics, correlations, and tests of difference. Results indicated that Franco Americans ranked/prioritized values in the following order: work, family, benevolence, self-direction, universalism, conformity, hedonism, achievement, tradition, stimulation, religion, and power. Generational differences did not exist with regards to ethnic identity and help-seeking attitudes, and ethnic identity was not related to help-seeking attitudes. Women prioritized family and benevolence higher than men, whereas men prioritized power higher than women. Age was positively correlated with ethnic identity, universalism, self-direction, security, and religion, and negatively correlated with hedonism, achievement, and power. Those who spoke French as their first language possessed higher ethnic identity than those who spoke English as their first language. First generation prioritized religion and tradition higher than second generation. Third generation prioritized universalism higher than fourth generation. The study concluded: that (a) contemporary Franco Americans’ values orientations are similar to those of the general American population; (b) the majority of contemporary Franco Americans identify with an ethnic label, but do not have a high level of ethnic identity in terms of exploration and commitment; and (c) contemporary Franco Americans as a group hold impartial to somewhat favorable help-seeking attitudes. -
The Teacher of French and the Franco-American Newspaper
Article describing French, French-Canadian, and Franco-American newspapers published in the US and Canada as useful classroom tools for language learning and cultural competency. Discussions of various relevant French-language periodicals, their contents, origins, and distribution. Suggestions for their use with students.Tags Alberta, Berlin NH, California, Canada, Fall River MA, Lewiston ME, Los Angeles CA, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Newark NJ, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pittsburgh PA, Québec, Rhode Island, San Francisco CA, Saskatchewan, Worcester MA -
The Teacher of French and the Franco-American Newspaper
Article describing French, French-Canadian, and Franco-American newspapers published in the US and Canada as useful classroom tools for language learning and cultural competency. Discussions of various relevant French-language periodicals, their contents, origins, and distribution. Suggestions for their use with students.Tags Alberta, Berlin NH, California, Canada, Fall River MA, Lewiston ME, Los Angeles CA, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Newark NJ, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pittsburgh PA, Québec, Rhode Isand, San Francisco CA, Saskatchewan, Worcester MA -
Growing Up Franco-American (With No Black Patent-Leather Shoes)
Intended for all, Growing Up Franco-American (with no black patent leather shoes) is the intriguing story of courageous grandparent and parent immigrants who, at once, heartily embraced their new country, the United States, yet remained inherently true to many of their cherished Old World cultural traditions -- all as transmitted to, an perceived by -- one of their first-generation American children, author Lorraine Dutile Masure. Acting as a cultural tour guide, she here tells stories of what it was really like growing up with a rich Franco heritage across multiple venues of home, family, church, school, and other settings. Seniors also will see themselves in her stories. And younger people will be amazed at how quaint life was not so long ago. Informative and, as the author reflects back through the rear-view mirror of her own life, some of it's pretty comical too! -
Folkways of Pre-Expulsion Acadians in Selected French, British, and American Writers : A Comparative Analysis of Similarities and Differences in Expressed Thought
Historiography of Acadia up to 1755. Analysis of writings on the Acadian people as they were thought to have lived in Atlantic Canada before their 18th-century expulsion. Presentation of pre-expulsion Acadian customs, behaviors, and social life as described by French, British, and American writers. Comparisons of these descriptions, and arguments on the religious and political biases evident in them. An attempt at relating the historical origins of these biases and descriptive trends in order to clarify a presentation of the pre-expulsion Acadian population.Tags Acadians, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Education, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, Fiction and Literature, Folklore, France, Government and Politics, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- Folklore, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, North America, Nova Scotia, Religion, Violence -
Come Set in the Warm: Twenty-or-so Anecdotes of Rural Vermont
Collection of folklore that, transcribed by a listener, also has the function of oral history. Concerning story, home, and rural life in Vermont. -
The Sky Is Falling Soon! (And Junior Is Agitated)
New York Times book review of Waterville, Maine native, Ron Currie, Jr.'s latest novel, "Everything Matters!" -
The Sky Is Falling Soon! (And Junior Is Agitated)
New York Times book review of Waterville, Maine native, Ron Currie, Jr.'s latest novel, "Everything Matters!" -
Ferdinand Gagnon : Biographie, éloge funeèbre, pages choisies
Des écritures et un oraison funièbre d'un homme treès significatif au mouvement survivance aux Etats-Unis, un fondateur de la presse franco-américaine dans la Nouvelle Angleterre au dix-neuviième sieècle, et rédacteur ancien de la publication, Le Travailleur. Contient une briève introduction biographique écrit par Josephat Benoit.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Burlington VT, Champlain NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord NH, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Montréal QC, New England, New Hampshire, Providence RI, Québec, Southbridge MA, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Langue et identité dans le Québec du XIXe siiècle : une écriture triangulaire
Une analyse de 44 lettres échangées en 1880 par des membres d'une famille à travers la frontiière entre les États-Unis et Canada - de la ville de Montréal aux mines de Leadville, Colorado. Quelques explications sur les notions de la famille, la religion, la langue, et le travail, telles qu'elles apparaissent dans les lettres étudiées. Une briève analyse de la grammaire et l'usage comme on le voit dans le contexte de chaque lettre. -
A Franco-American in Montréal
Martin talks about her life as a Franco-American--French Canadian from the province of Quebec, but born and raised in the US. She grew up hearing about her mother's time "in Canada." The nuns, her curfew, eating lunch with young women with names like her own--Ghislaine, Luce, Fleurette--and running through an underground tunnel to get to practicum twenty minutes later. The boxes of carres aux dattes she would buy at a bakery near school and store on her windowsill. Studying on the roof of the Hotel-Dieu, taking her boards at the Universite de Montreal. The beautiful French of those in Montreal. -
Arrhythmia
Short fiction piece about a woman's relationship with her mother illuminated in the ticks and increasing demands of her mother's heart condition. A parallel story of the woman's failed relationship with her partner, Mauricia. -
Your People's Ways
Short fiction piece told from the perspective of Rosaire, a young woman who suffers from a painful and mysterious physical injury. Movements in the relationship between Rosaire and her partner Gabriela, a graduate student, who decides to travel from their Michigan home to California, where a past boss and former lover suffers from cancer. -
Buffleheads
Short fiction piece that finds Liliane coming upon the news of a suicide within the family of a former relative, gripped still by the emotions and tensions surrounding the suicide of her own sister - her tie to this other family - decades earlier. -
Jumelage
Short fiction piece that follows Maggie - a Maine woman in Montréal - through a sudden relationship with her "jumelle interlinguistique," Noémi, and with the province and people of which she discovers she may not be a part. -
C'est la vie : Jane Martin's Franco-American Heritage
Episode of a CBC broadcast, "C'est la vie," whose feature is Franco American life in southern Maine. Biddeford, the hometown of narrator Jane Martin, is the episode's main setting. Contains interviews with Martin's aunt and parents in Biddeford and neighboring Wells Beach. Discussions about language, cultural difference, and travel between Quebec and the United States. Features the song "Cet hiver là " by Michel Rivard. -
The Back Roads
Short story narrating Maxime's detours: from a rare West Coast business trip out of Maine to visit his sister and her partner in San Francisco; from routes of his present to certain back roads of memory. -
The Back Roads
Short story narrating Maxime's detours: from a rare West Coast business trip out of Maine to visit his sister and her partner in San Francisco; from routes of his present to certain back roads of memory. -
A Franco-American Overview : Midwest and West
Volume 2 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 second of six volumes, presents 15 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 western and midwestern United States. The following articles are presented: 'French Explorers and Settlers in Northern California, 1769-1870' (William George Reese); 'The Church in Colonial America 1492-1790' (John Tracy Ellis); 'The Huguenots of Colonial South Carolina' (Arthur Henry Hirsch); 'Le Canadien-Francais et L'Amerindien' ('The French-Canadian and the American Indian,' Charles Noyes); 'Belle-Riviere, Griffon et Creve-Coeur: La Tenace Poursuite d'un Reve Imperial' ('Beautiful River, Griffin and Heartbreak: The Tenacious Pursuit of an Imperial Dream,' M. Helene Pauly); 'De Normandie en Mongolie? Nicolet chez les Etranges Winebagos' ('From Normandy to Mongolia? Nicolet in the Land of the Strange Winebagos,' M. Helene Pauly); 'The Fur Trade in Wisconsin' (Larry Gara); 'The French Residents of Wisconsin' (Louise Phelps Kellogg); 'Minnesota--A History of the State' (Theodore C. Blegen); 'The Historical Geography of Detroit' (Almon Ernest Parkins); 'The Story of Detroit' (George B. Catlin); 'Annals of St. Louis in its Early Days under the French and Spanish Dominations' (Frederic L. Billon); 'Gulf Coast Country' (Hodding Carter and Anthony Ragusin); 'Sketches of Early Texas and Louisiana' (Frederic Gaillardet); and 'Four Cents an Acre' (Georges Oudard)."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, California, Death and Disaster, Detroit MI, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Geography, Government and Politics, Journalism, Louisiana, Minnesota, Native Americans, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Social History, South Carolina, St. Louis MO, Texas, United States, Wisconsin -
« Gardons contact » : l'expérience épistolaire de Jean-Henri et de Maxime-Ovila Freniière en Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1912-1929
Une exploration de la correspondance par lettre d'un pière à son fils au début du XXe siiècle, entre deux villes de la Nouvelle-Angleterre - Rutland, Vermont et Springfield, Massachusetts. L'étude d'une correspondance privée afin de mieux comprendre l'expérience complexe de migration canadienne-française ù elle concernait le travail, la famille, et l'individu dans le début du XXe siiècle. -
Bilingualism good for the brain
Subtitled, "The longer a person has spoken two or more languages, the greater the cognitive effects." Article on the long-term benefits of bilingualism, including marked enhancements in decision-making functions, as well as longer retained brain function for bilinguals with Alzheimers. Also considers, however, the natural limits to a bilingual person's dual vocabulary. -
Bilingualism good for the brain
Subtitled, "The longer a person has spoken two or more languages, the greater the cognitive effects." Article on the long-term benefits of bilingualism, including marked enhancements in decision-making functions, as well as longer retained brain function for bilinguals with Alzheimers. Also considers, however, the natural limits to a bilingual person's dual vocabulary. -
Sports : Winning, exciting
Article on central Maine sports in and around the 1970s. Features two large action photos of Augusta North Little League baseball players. -
Sports : Winning, exciting
Article on central Maine sports in and around the 1970s. Features two large action photos of Augusta North Little League baseball players. -
Among My Souvenirs
Memoirs of a priest from the St. John River Valley, Maine and New Brunswick, who was born in the first decade of the 20th century and spent most of his late life preaching in the Roman Catholic parishes of northern Maine.Tags Alberta, Allagash ME, Baker Lake ME, Bangor ME, Calais ME, Chisholm ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ellsworth ME, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Grand Isle ME, Greenville ME, Limestone ME, Lincoln ME, Livermore ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Michigan, Millinocket ME, Minnesota, Native Americans, New Brunswick, North Dakota, Oquossoc ME, Orono ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Presque Isle ME, Québec, Rangeley ME, Religion, Rockwood ME, Rumford ME, Saskatchewan, St. Francis ME, St. Lawrence River Valley, St. Zacharie ME, Stratton ME, Wallagrass ME, Youth -
Don't Give Me No Lip : The Cultural and Religious Roots of Leo Durocher's Competitiveness
Infamous early 20th-century Major League Baseball player and manager, Leo Durocher, explored through the lens of his French Canadian Catholicism. How his various on- and off-field antics compare to his sociocultural situation on the margins of New York City immigrant Catholicism. His early support for Jackie Robinson and his later bigotry relative to popular knowledge about sportsmanship and integration during that time period. The West Springfield, Massachusetts native Durocher's unique competitive spirit in reflection of his cultural and religious roots. -
Don't Give Me No Lip : The Cultural and Religious Roots of Leo Durocher's Competitiveness
Infamous early 20th-century Major League Baseball player and manager, Leo Durocher, explored through the lens of his French Canadian Catholicism. How his various on- and off-field antics compare to his sociocultural situation on the margins of New York City immigrant Catholicism. His early support for Jackie Robinson and his later bigotry relative to popular knowledge about sportsmanship and integration during that time period. The West Springfield, Massachusetts native Durocher's unique competitive spirit in reflection of his cultural and religious roots. -
Reveêtues de Force
Le cinquantiième anniversaire de l'arrivée des Filles du Saint-Espirit (dit les Soeurs Blanches) de Bretagne, en France, à¡ la Nouvelle-Angleterre, précisement au diocièse de Hartford, Connecticut. Un récit de l'oeuvre accomplie par les soeurs à partir du moment de leur mise en place aux États-Unis. Leurs activités médicales et éducatives à travers les communautés francophones de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Avec des photos en noir et blanche.Tags Belgium, Bridgeport CT, Burlington VT, Chicopee MA, Death and Disaster, Education, England, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, France, Gardiner ME, Graniteville VT, Hartford CT, Health and Wellness, Jewett City CT, Leominster MA, Moosup CT, New Bedford MA, New Haven CT, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Pawtucket RI, Plainfield CT, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Religion, South Fitchburg MA, Swanton VT, Tupper Lake NY, United States, Warren MA, Waterbury CT, Wauregan CT, Winooski VT -
Franco-American Ethnic Identity in Maine : Mémoire de Maiêtrise
Book-length study based on demographic research and personal observations on Franco Americans in Maine. Begins with a brief exploration of the diversity of Franco American history in New England and moves into the theoretical particularities often used to talk about the common Franco-American minority experience. Ends with case-studies of Franco Americans from Brunswick, Turner, Portland, Waterville, Lewiston, and Augusta, Maine. Attempts to trace the transformation of Franco American attitudes toward their heritage. From the author: "This paper is the outcome of a nine-month observation. From September 1989 until May 1990, the observer was a French Teaching Fellow at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine...."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Cumberland ME, Demography, Eagle Lake ME, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Québec, Religion, Saco ME, St. John River Valley, Waterville ME -
Kerouac's forgettable Montreal road trip
Article recognizing the brief hype surrounding the 50th anniversary of the publication of Jack Kerouac's most famous novel, "On the Road." Discusses a much less explored event in Kerouac's life when, in 1967, the author appeared on the Montreal talk show "Sel de la Semaine." The Montreal crowd's reaction to hearing Kerouac speaking in a "rural and unlearned and folkloric" French. Other characteristics of the Lowell, Massachusetts native that the author here argues may be due to Kerouac's Québecois heritage. -
Kerouac's forgettable Montreal road trip
Article recognizing the brief hype surrounding the 50th anniversary of the publication of Jack Kerouac's most famous novel, "On the Road." Discusses a much less explored event in Kerouac's life when, in 1967, the author appeared on the Montreal talk show "Sel de la Semaine." The Montreal crowd's reaction to hearing Kerouac speaking in a "rural and unlearned and folkloric" French. Other characteristics of the Lowell, Massachusetts native that the author here argues may be due to Kerouac's Québecois heritage. -
The Role of Fr. Jean-Baptiste Proulx in the Danielson Affair and in the Manitoba School Question
From the author: "The thesis is an examination of the role of Fr. Jean-Baptiste Proulx as an intermediary for the French-Canadian laity at St. James' Church in Danielson, Connecticut in the parish discord known as the Danielson Affair, and as a secret ambassador of Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier for negotiations with Pope Leo XIII in order to settle the Manitoba School Question in 1896. The thesis re-examines the histories that have been written about Fr. Proulx's role in both historical events, and the histories that are examined are the book and dissertation by Sr. Dolores Liptak, European Immigrants and the Catholic Church in Connecticut, 1870-1920, and Robert Rumilly's Histoire des Franco-Américains and volumes eight and nine of his series, Histoire de la Province du Québec. ... The sources that are used to re-examine the histories are sources that Robert Rumilly used, such as the Papers of Fr. Proulx that are held by the National Archives of Quebec at Montreal, as well as Fr. Proulx's own account as an intermediary in the Danielson Affair, entitled: "Journal of My Steps and Walks in the Diocese of Hartford on the Subject of Danielson by the Reverend J.B. Proulx, Parish Priest of St. Lin." Also used are several contemporary newspapers in Connecticut, as well as three French-language newspapers that were published in Montreal and in Southern New England. In the analysis of the Danielson Affair and the Manitoba School Question, the thesis examines the development of several documents in light of either historical event. ... Also, the thesis analyzes two speeches from the Eleventh Convention of the Canadiens-Américains du Connecticut that was held in September 1896, and how they became two documents about the Danielson Affair that were forwarded to Fr. Proulx while he was in Rome. Other documents that are examined are the decision of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors on the contested election of lay trustees at St. James' Church in Danielson, known as 'State ex rel. George Barry vs. Eli Getty and James Reynolds,' and the response by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hartford to the said decision that changed the state laws for the incorporation of Catholic parishes, 'An Act concerning the Organization of Roman Catholic Churches' in 1903." -
Vows : The Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Their Son
The biography of a Catholic nun and a Catholic priest in Boston, Massachusetts - their work and their faith, their marriage and their family - written by their son. Moves through the author's youth and his own unique relationship with faith and doctrine. An intimate and intimately-told story of religion in America, especially Catholicism, during and after the social upheavel of the middle twentieth century. From Free Press: "'Vows' is a compelling story of one family's unshakable faith that to be called is to serve, however high the cost may be. Peter Manseau's riveting evocation of his parents' parallel childhoods, their similar callings, their experiences in the seminary and convent, and how they met while tending to the homeless of Roxbury, Massachusetts, during the riot-prone 1960s is a page-turning meditation on the effect that love can have on profound faith." -
Firefighters were called back, Mill blaze doesn't give up easily
As the discontinued Edwards Mill began to burn more strongly at the foot of Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine, in 1991, many firefighters were called back to the site from which they had already left. -
Mill's neighbors watch history go up in flames
Article on the Edwards Mill fire as a spectacle in Augusta, Maine, where neighbors, former mill workers, and descendants of those who moved to Central Maine to work in the mill watch the industrial building complex go up in flames. The blaze could be seen from up to 20 miles away. -
The mill comes tumbling down
After its abandonment and destruction by fire, the Edwards Mill on the west side of Augusta, Maine, is finally demolished. Article features picture of mill neighbor and former mill worker Edgard Violette. -
Razing starts on 5 buildings. Shabby Sand Hill houses bite the dust
Some older tenement buildings at the base of Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine, are evacuated as their demolition begins - "part of a federally funded neighborhood improvement project." -
Firefighters were called back, Mill blaze doesn't give up easily
As the discontinued Edwards Mill began to burn more strongly at the foot of Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine, in 1991, many firefighters were called back to the site from which they had already left. -
Mill's neighbors watch history go up in flames
Article on the Edwards Mill fire as a spectacle in Augusta, Maine, where neighbors, former mill workers, and descendants of those who moved to Central Maine to work in the mill watch the industrial building complex go up in flames. The blaze could be seen from up to 20 miles away. -
The mill comes tumbling down
After its abandonment and destruction by fire, the Edwards Mill on the west side of Augusta, Maine, is finally demolished. Article features picture of mill neighbor and former mill worker Edgard Violette. -
Razing starts on 5 buildings. Shabby Sand Hill houses bite the dust
Some older tenement buildings at the base of Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine, are evacuated as their demolition begins - "part of a federally funded neighborhood improvement project." -
Severin Beliveau : The power has moved from the private to the public sector
A brief profile of attorney and former Maine legislator, Severin Beliveau, from his youth to the present. Some of his remarks on the general shift of public influence from private entities to state government. Maine independent newspaper article featured in an issue titled, "The Ten Most Influential People in Maine." -
Severin Beliveau : The power has moved from the private to the public sector
A brief profile of attorney and former Maine legislator, Severin Beliveau, from his youth to the present. Some of his remarks on the general shift of public influence from private entities to state government. Maine independent newspaper article featured in an issue titled, "The Ten Most Influential People in Maine." -
The First Forty Years of Franco-American Foundations in the Lewiston Area
Historical origins of Franco American community in the city of Lewiston, Maine. Cultural heritage as related to the establishment of textile mills and shoe shops, the influence of church parishes and schools, and the concerns of local Roman Catholic leadership. Covers the period from 1860 to 1900. Based largely on primary data collected in archives and personal interviews. Includes population figures, financial data from industrial centers, and information on parochial schooling. From the author: "The problem of this study is to investigate and to systematically document the foundations of Franco-American heritage in Lewiston, Maine."Tags Art and Architecture, Auburn ME, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, East Rutland VT, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Lewiston ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Religion, Social History -
Kerouac : The Definitive Biography
Recent historical biography of Lowell, Massachusetts writer, Jack Kerouac. Based largely on primary sources. Written by an independent scholar whose childhood and later life was also spent in Lowell. -
A Land of Discord Always : Acadia from Its Beginning to the Expulsion of Its People, 1604-1755
From Down East Books: " 'A Land of Discord Always' is the history of Acadia up to the time of the grand derangement. It tells how a unique society grew and prospered in an obscure corner of North America only to be crushed in a contest between eighteenth-century imperial superpowers. Peopled with memorable men and women whose exploits make fascinating reading, it is a narrative filled with the bravery and cowardice, the foresight and foolishness, and the design and happenstance that determined Acadia's turbulent history." -
The Rise and Fall of the Ethnics
1974 article claiming the impending disappearance of ethnic enclaves in the United States. An attempt to distinguish between "race" and "ethnicity," and to mark assimilation's varying attachment to either. The Americanization of linguistically and culturally diverse communities, and the impact of this process on the shape and face of the dominant American culture. -
Voyages : A Maine Franco-American Reader
Celebrated collection of essays, stories, poems, songs, art, and other works on the history of Franco American people and their communities in Maine. Features the following writings by their respective authors, in order of appearance:
Foreword by Nelson Madore Appreciation by the Editors Preface by Michael Michaud Introduction by Barry Rodrigue and Others Gentility on the Frontiers of Acadia, 1635-1674: An Archaeological Perspective, by Alaric Faulkner Eastern Abenaki Autonomy and French Frustrations, 1745-1760, by David Ghere An Album in the Attic: The Forgotten Frontier of the Quebec-Maine Borderlands During the Revolutionary War, by Barry Rodrigue Life on the Farm and Recipes, by Luella and Eva Ashland Roderick Immigrants in a Frontier Community: Madawaska, 1785-1850, by Béatrice Craig An Acadian Odyssey, by Don Cyr Soldiers, Spuds, and Spruce: Maine's Military Roads to the Maritimes, by Barry Rodrigue Understanding the French Canadians of Lewiston, 1860-1900, by Yves Frenette Immigrant Dream - I, by Susann Pelletier Growing Up in Brunswick in the 1930s and 1940s, by Raymond Duval Petit Bois, by Claude Bonang with Katie Camiré Into the Heart of Maine: A Look at Dexter's Franco-American Community, by Dorothy Blanchard Sawdust in My Ear, by Roland Lapointe Franco-American and Lebanese Textile Workers in Waterville: La survivance economique, by Matthew Laflamme "Je ne regrette rien:" Franco-American Women in Maine: Survival, Resiliency, and Community, by Céleste DeRoche A La Mémoire de nos Ancetres (To the Memory of Our Ancestors), by Mercedes Gastonguay The French Catholics in Maine, by Clement Thibodeau Negotiating Ethnic Identity: St. Jean-Baptiste Day Celebrations in Francophone Lewiston, Maine, by Mark Paul Richard Donat Labbé - Woods Cook, by Yvon Labbé The Jackman and Moose River Mission: From France to America with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyons, 1904-1932, by Gérard Forgue A New Home, by Paul Caron A Childhood Memory: Midnight Mass at St. Peter's and St. Paul's, by Helen Lévesque Maine's Corporation Sole Controversy, by Michael Guignard The Summer I Was Thirteen, by Denis Ledoux An Introduction to "Life in the Mills" from Canuck, a Novel by Camille Lessard-Bissonnette, by Linda Pervier "Life in the Mills," Excerpt from Canuck, by Camille Lessard-Bissonnette and Linda Pervier An Introduction to Canuck and Camille Lessard-Bissonnette: Why Read It Now?, by Sylvie Charron and Rhea Côté Robbins Franco-Americans and the International Paper Company Strike of 1910, by Anders Larson An Excerpt from Papa Martel, by Gérard Robichaud J'Aimais (I Used to Love), by Jean-Paul Poulain Passing the Flame, by Cindy Larock French-Canadian Genealogical Research, by Bob Chenard Down the Plains, an Excerpt, by Rhea Côté Robbins Calice, by Greg Chabot The Lane Road, 1958, by Susann Pelletier What We Gather in November, by Susann Pelletier How Many Frenchmen Does It Take to..., by C. Stewart Doty The Lessons of Living in a Francophobic World, by Pat LaMarche French Jokes, Anonymous When Funny Might Not Be..., by Ernie Gagné One of Frenchie's Stories: In Heat, by Ernie Gagné La Graine Pousse (The Seed Sprout), by Normand Dubé Everything's Just Finophobia, by Greg Chabot Research Note: Maine "Jim Crow"? The Forgotten Maine Constitutional Amendment of 1891, by Rebecca Dirnfeld A Short Biography for My Daughter, by Raymond Luc Lavasseur Under Wintery Constellation, by Susann Pelletier A ceux qui m'ont offensé (For Those Who Have Offended Me), by Jean-Paul Poulain Franco-American Identity at the University of Maine, by Michael Serizawa Brown Beau Frog, by Peter Archambault Out of the Shadows, by Yvon Labbé Photo-Documentary: Franco-American Work Traditions, by Jere DeWaters A Québec Soldier in Maine, by Barry Rodrigue The Silent Playground, by Ross and Judy Paradis Mémere (Grandmother), by Raymond Luc Lavasseur Tourtiière (Meat Pie), by Philomiène Létourneau Simard and Diane Simard McKenney Voicing Mémière, by Kristin Langellier On Becoming a Franco-American, by Richard Pattenaude She Appears, by Jim Bishop Livres (Books), by Maureen Perry My Writing of La Souillonne (The Filthy Woman), by Normand Beaupré "Qui Chus" (Who I Am), Excerpt from La Souillonne, by Normand Beaupré Franco-Americans and a Century of Political Elections, 1892-1992, by Madeleine Giguière Ad Astra per Aspera - To the Heavens through Hardship: The Franco-American Rise to Political Power in Maine, by Christian Potholm First Campaigns, Georgette Bérubé Maine Franco-Americans in Politics, by John Martin Singing the Vernacular, Excerpts, by Paul Paré Brunswick: A Bridge and Its History, by Julianna L'Heureux Les Non Non Blues (The No No Blues), by Josée Vachon Acadian Ployes, by Emily Clavet Ouellette Martin and Sandra Dionne Croft The Neighborhood, by Michelle Morgan Why Bother? by Michael ParentTags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Fiction and Literature, Folklore, Food, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Genealogy, Geography, Government and Politics, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Music, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Nova Scotia, Performing Arts, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Poetry, Québec, Religion, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Violence, War -
Resisting the Melting Pot : The Long Term Impact of Maintaining Identity for Franco-Americans in New England
From MacKinnon and Parent - Department of Economics, McGill University: "In this paper, we look at the emigration of approximately 1 million French-Canadians who moved to the United States, with the bulk of the migration occurring between the end of the Civil War and 1930 and with most settling in neighboring New England. What makes this episode particularly interesting is the fact that the French-Canadian immigrants exerted considerable efforts to maintain their language and to replicate their home century institutions, most notably the schooling system, in their new country. This explicit resistance to assimilation generated considerable attention and concern in the U.S. over many years.... We look at the convergence in the educational attainment of French Canadian immigrants across generations relative to native English-speaking New Englanders and to other immigrants....Additionally, we show that military service was a very important factor contributing to the assimilation process through a variety of related channels, namely educational attainment, language assimilation, marrying outside the ethnic group, and moving out of New England. Finally, when we compare Franco-Americans to French-speaking Canadians of the same generations, it is clear that Franco-Americans substantially upgraded their educational attainment relative to what it would have been if they had not emigrated."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Holyoke MA, Language and Linguistics, Mexico, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Québec, Religion, United States, War -
Resisting the Melting Pot: The long term impact of maintaining identity for Franco-Americans in New England
Approximately 1 million French-Canadians moved to the United States, mainly between 1865 and 1930, and most settled in neighboring New England. In 1900 almost a fifth of all persons born in French Canada lived in the U.S. These migrants exerted considerable efforts to maintain their language and to replicate their home country institutions, most notably the schooling system, in their new country. For decades, this resistance to assimilation generated considerable attention and concern in the U.S. The concerns are strikingly similar to those often invoked today in discussions of immigration from Hispanic countries, notably Mexico. Mexicans may not be assimilating into mainstream America as European immigrants did. We look at the convergence in the educational attainment of French Canadian immigrants across generations relative to native English-speaking New Englanders and to European Roman Catholic immigrants. The educational attainment of Franco-Americans lagged that of their fellow citizens over a long period of time. By the time of the 2000 Census, they appear to have largely achieved parity. The effects of World War II, especially military service, were very important in speeding up the assimilation process through a variety of related channels: educational attainment, language assimilation, marrying outside the ethnic group, and moving out of New England. Economic assimilation was very gradual because of the persistence of ethnic enclaves. -
French Canadians in Maine
Article on the large presence of French-Canadian emigrants in Maine, yet the conspicuous lack of information about them. -
The French Canadians in New England
Introduction to French-Canadian immigration to New England in the second half of the nineteenth century. Observations on distribution of population by town and the organization of Catholic parishes. Written by a professor at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.Tags Baltic CT, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Brewer ME, Bridgeport CT, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Cambridge MA, Central Falls RI, Chelsea MA, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fairfield ME, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Fitchburg MA, Gardner MA, Great Falls NH, Grosvenordale CT, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Hudson MA, Indian Orchard MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Manchang MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Meriden CT, Millbury MA, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, New Haven CT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, North Adams MA, North Brookfield MA, Northampton MA, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Rochester NH, Rutland VT, Saco ME, Salem MA, Somerville MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Taunton MA, Vermont, Waltham MA, Waterville ME, Webster MA, Winooski Falls VT, Woburn MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
French Canadians in Maine
Article on the large presence of French-Canadian emigrants in Maine, yet the conspicuous lack of information about them. -
HEAVE HO
Captioned photo of man shoveling snow on Monroe Street, adjacent to the former Labbe's Market on Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill. -
HEAVE HO
Captioned photo of man shoveling snow on Monroe Street, adjacent to the former Labbe's Market on Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill. -
Nov. 9 Letters to the Editor: French ascendency
Letter to the editor questioning the reasoning behind Maine governor-elect Paul LePage's emphasis on his "French" heritage, and the value of his being the first elected Franco-American governor to the state. -
Nov. 9 Letters to the Editor: French ascendency
Letter to the editor questioning the reasoning behind Maine governor-elect Paul LePage's emphasis on his "French" heritage, and the value of his being the first elected Franco-American governor to the state. -
Flight from Certainty : The Dilemma of Identity and Exile
Collection of essays in cultural criticism, with specific emphases on national, ethnic, and linguistic identities in transit. Divided in the text by the geographies to which each essay pertains. From the introduction: "The authors [in 'Flight from Certainty'] have attempted to combine scholarship, personal experience, wit, and irony in dealing with questions which so far have gone unanswered: 'How far is identity modelled by the country in which people grow up and believe they have their roots? What happens to the concept of identity when a person abandons one country to live in another?'"Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Africa, Australia, Criticism and Review, Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, India, Ireland, Italy, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Louisiana, New England, New Zealand, Québec, Sanford ME, South Africa, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Violence -
The Catholic Church in Maine
Summary history of the Roman Catholic Church in Maine, with a mentioning or profile of each parish and major Catholic center in the state, beginning with the colonial period and ending in 1955. From the author: "I have selected and described what appeared to me and to others the salient features of Maine's Catholic history. Much has been omitted, some events and persons have been slighted."
Contains the following chapters:
Catholic Memories from the Colonial Period [up to 1783]
Laying the Foundation: 1783-1818
Pioneer Priests and Projects
The Jesuits in Maine: Second Phase
Maine's First Catholic Bishop, David William Bacon: 1855-1874
James Augustine Healy, Second Bishop of Portland: 1875-1900
Some Maine Converts
A Period of Expansion: 1900-1924
The Last Quarter of the First Century: 1925-1955 -
New France in New England
Essay-like general sketch of the histories of New England and New France as they move into the migration of French Canadians to the United States around the turn of the 20th century. Some comments on the general intentions of French Canadian migrants, and whether or not their culture would persist in the United States.Tags Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Europe, Fall River MA, France, Lewiston ME, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Ontario, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Southbridge MA, Suncook NH, United States, Vermont, Woonsocket RI -
Calumet should stay as it is
Letter to the editor in support of the 1989 decision of Augusta, Maine's Le Club Calumet to reject the membership application of a woman, Nancy Albert Ellis, and remain an all-male organization. -
Calumet faces big problems
Letter to the editor acknowledging the problems that would potentially arise for Le Club Calumet - an all-male Franco American social club in Augusta, Maine - if it were declared public by the judicial system, and thus forced by law to admit women as members. -
Calumet should stay as it is
Letter to the editor in support of the 1989 decision of Augusta, Maine's Le Club Calumet to reject the membership application of a woman, Nancy Albert Ellis, and remain an all-male organization. -
Calumet faces big problems
Letter to the editor acknowledging the problems that would potentially arise for Le Club Calumet - an all-male Franco American social club in Augusta, Maine - if it were declared public by the judicial system, and thus forced by law to admit women as members. -
Franco-Amérique
Tags Acadians, Alberta, Canada, Criticism and Review, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Florida, Government and Politics, Haiti, Illinois, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Native Americans, New England, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, United States -
Picking Up The Pieces of a Shattered Dream : Québec and French America
From the authors: "Contrary to the commonly held belief that following the British conquest, French Canadian society limited itself to a clearly defined geopolitical realm conceived as a stronghold into which a defeated people withdrew to build its future, Québécois civilization has been doggedly continental in scale. Events of recent years, including the successes and failures of the Quiet Revolution and the results of the 1980 referendum, lend credence to this view. Today Québec remains both of and apart from the North American continent, home to a web of kin that has been spun to even the most distant corners." -
French America : Mobility, Identity, and Minority Experience Across the Continent
Translation and expansion of "Du continent perdu..." by Dean Louder. A collection of historiographical, geographical, anthropological, and theoretical essays on francophone cultures in North America - from Québec, to New England and the US Northeast, to Louisiana, and back across the breadth of Canada. Contains the following writings: The "ungovernable" people : French-Canadian mobility and identity - Christian Morissonneau The Franco-Americans of New England - Pierre Anctil Ontarois and Québécois as distinct collectivities - Danielle Juteau When a majority becomes a minority : the French-speaking Métis in the Canadian West - Gilles Martel The French Canadians of the West : hope, tragedy, uncertainty - André Lalonde French-Canadian communities in the upper midwest during the nineteenth century - D. Aidan McQuillan Lead mining and the survival and demise of French in rural Missouri - Gerald L. Gold Maillardville : all quiet on the western front - Paul Y. Villeneuve The Acadian migrations - Robert G. Leblanc Space and sense of place : the example of the Acadians in New Brunswick - Jean-Claude Vernex The Newfoundland French : an endangered minority? - Eric Waddell, Claire Doran French Louisiana : an outpost of l'Amérique française or another country and another culture? - Eric Waddell The linguistic geography of Acadiana - Roland J.-L. Breton, Dean R. Louder The Cajuns of Canal Yankee : problems of cultural identity in Lafourche Parish - Alain Larouche The Cajuns of East Texas - Dean R. Louder, Michael Leblanc Redressing the linguistic situation : a critical analysis of Les Héritiers de Lord Durham and Deux poids, deux mesures - René-Jean Ravault An America that knows no name : postscript to a quincentenary celebration - Jean Morisset The search for home in America : an afterword - Eric Waddell, Dean R. LouderTags Acadians, British Columbia, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Geography, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Missouri, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, Newfoundland, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Ontario, Québec, Texas, Travel and Movement, US Midwest -
L'Archipel : un commentaire personnel sur deux cultures fortes mais marginales
De l'auteur: "Une mission salvatrice à l'a?ge de dix-neuf a amené l'A. à connaître l'Archipel. Cet essai trace son périple personnel, professionnel et intellectuel depuis la région culturelle mormone jusqu'à l'île principale de l'archipel francophone d'Amérique et examine briièvement certains aspects de deux cultures fortes mais marginales, l'une québécoise et l'autre mormone." -
Growing Up Franco In Lewiston
Oral interview with a woman recalling her youth and family in Lewiston, Maine. Her memories of the pervasiveness of French language and culture in the first half of the twentieth century, and her thoughts on the decline of French language and community. Recollections of her family's Catholic piety. The ways in which French language and Franco American culture remain part of her adult life. Recorded in the Story Bank mobile recording studio at the 2009 American Folk Festival in Bangor, Maine. -
Research Methods in Visual and Comparative Analysis : Transportation and Sociability in Saint-Henri, Quebec and Lowell, Massachusetts, 190545
Article analyzing how Montréal, Québec and Lowell, Massachusetts photography provides a means for exploring the relationship between patterns of transportation, public space, and social life through the early twentieth century. The history of North American urban streets as related to certain social, economic, and cultural elements of these North American cities. Suggestions for serious and selective approaches to studying photography together with historical texts. Discussion of theoretical implications for the use of photographs in historical research, with one collection of photographs from Montréal's Saint-Henri and four collections from Lowell's "Little Canada" as case studies. -
Research Methods in Visual and Comparative Analysis : Transportation and Sociability in Saint-Henri, Quebec and Lowell, Massachusetts, 1905–45
Article analyzing how Montréal, Québec and Lowell, Massachusetts photography provides a means for exploring the relationship between patterns of transportation, public space, and social life through the early twentieth century. The history of North American urban streets as related to certain social, economic, and cultural elements of these North American cities. Suggestions for serious and selective approaches to studying photography together with historical texts. Discussion of theoretical implications for the use of photographs in historical research, with one collection of photographs from Montréal's Saint-Henri and four collections from Lowell's "Little Canada" as case studies. -
Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie
Maine native Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem about "le Grand Dérangement" - the Acadian Expulsion - and one Acadian woman's rampant search for a love lost. This text also includes an introduction, a brief historical sketch of the Acadians, and a short biography of Longfellow. From the editor: "This is a special commemorative edition of the great poem to honor the Acadians as they celebrate the 400 year anniversary, in 2004, of the first Acadian settlement; remember the 250 year anniversary of the deportation in 2005; and accept the Queen's "acknowledgement of the facts of the deportation" and her proclamation of July 28 of every year as "A Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval," starting on July 28, 2005."Tags Acadians, Art and Architecture, Connecticut, Death and Disaster, England, Exploration and Colonization, France, Georgia, Language and Linguistics, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New York, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Poetry, Prince Edward Island, Québec, South Carolina, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, United States, Van Buren ME -
For Pete's sake : Calumet's sports fields to bear Gagne's name
Le Club Calumet, the Franco-American social organization in Augusta, Maine, dedicates its youth sports fields in memory of local entrepreneur Albert "Pete" Gagne. Includes pictures of the monument erected at the fields in Gagne's honor. -
For Pete's sake : Calumet's sports fields to bear Gagne's name
Le Club Calumet, the Franco-American social organization in Augusta, Maine, dedicates its youth sports fields in memory of local entrepreneur Albert "Pete" Gagne. Includes pictures of the monument erected at the fields in Gagne's honor. -
Pronunciation of the French Spoken at Brunswick, Maine
Observations and analyses of the linguistic characteristics of vernacular French in the French Canadian and Franco American community of Brunswick, Maine, in the early twentieth century. Special emphasis on word pronunciation and its relationship to the pronunciation of words in Parisian French, as measured by the contemporary linguist. Republished in book form. -
Notes on the Vocabulary of the French-Canadian Dialect Spoken in Brunswick, Maine
An exploration of French language spoken by the descendents of French-Canadian immigrants in Brunswick, Maine. Includes pronunciations and a litany of terms that differ from "standard French." -
Pronunciation of the French Spoken at Brunswick, Maine
Republication of a 1941 doctoral thesis in linguistics, presented with historical introduction from a University of Virginia scholar. Observations and analyses of the linguistic characteristics of vernacular French in the French Canadian and Franco American community of Brunswick, Maine, in the early twentieth century. Special emphasis on pronunciation and its relationship to the pronunciation of standard French, as measured by the contemporary linguist. -
The French Colony at Brunswick, Maine : A Historical Sketch
Brief history of early French Canadian immigrant community in the town of Brunswick, Maine, beginning in 1850. Written by a scholar of linguistics and author of "Pronunciation of the French spoken at Brunswick, Maine" (1949). -
The American Labor Movement
A first-person history of the American labor movement - the growth of labor unions and the development of collective worker consciousness from the middle of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth. A century of labor in primary sources. A selection of newspaper articles, government hearing transcripts, interviews, and other publications from the labor movement, its observers, and its dissenters, guided and framed by the author to clarify historical context. Brief sections from the Amoskeag Manufacturing Corporation of Manchester, New Hampshire, as well as labor and industry in other New England towns. Instances of both striking and strike-breaking.
Contains the following chapter titles: Background of Discontent Organization Responses to Unionism Weapons of Resistance Organizing the Unorganized: The 1930s Labor at Midcentury: Memories and RealitiesTags Business and Economics, Chicago IL, Colorado, Dedham MA, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Labor History, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New Hampshire, New York, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Norwich CT, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rochester NY, Social History, Taftville CT, United States, Youth -
A Clue to Somersworth : La Malle Mystérieuse
The story of a young buy from Québec - Jean-Pierre - who pays a visit to the sister city of his own Thetford Mines: Somersworth, New Hampshire. A day exploring with his new friend, Laurie, takes them to Grandpa's house, through stories of old, and into a history of the city of Somersworth. Designed for children in the bilingual education classroom. Presented in side-by-side English and French text. Illustrated with photos of Somersworth and other drawings.
L'histoire de Jean-Pierre, un garçon du Québec, qui part de Thetford Mines pour visiter la ville de Somersworth, New Hampshire. Une journée dans Somersworth avec ses nouveaux amis, Laurie et son grand-père, et une exploration de l'histoire de la ville par leurs contes et photos. Conçu pour les étudiants dans la classe bilingue. En anglais et français. Illustré par des photos de Somersworth et des autres dessins. -
'Evangeline' and bias
Short response to a question submitted to the monthly newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford regarding First Amendment politics, the Acadians, and the history of anti-Catholic prejudice in Connecticut. -
'Evangeline' and bias
Short response to a question submitted to the monthly newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford regarding First Amendment politics, the Acadians, and the history of anti-Catholic prejudice in Connecticut. -
Mill Architecture in Fall River : 1865-1880
The advent of certain southern New England manufactories, and the specific history behind the shapes and builds, the rise and fall, of the granite textile mills of Fall River, Massachusetts. Historical progression of mill development and those who spurred it in the Fall River/Rhode Island area from the early 19th century to the post-Civil War era. How the architectural planning, machinery, and industrial capacities of the Fall River mills in the 19th century owe much to the British industrial designs of that period. The independence of Fall River architects and industrial organizations, and the scope of their achievements. Specific exterior and interior design properties of some Fall River textile mills versus those of other comparable Massachusetts structures, with an emphasis on those built between 1865 and 1880.Tags Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, England, Fall River MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Art and Architecture, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Rehoboth MA, Rhode Island, Somerset MA -
British and Canadian Immigration to the United States since 1920
Dissertation on the "invisible immigrants" to the United States from Britain and Canada between the 1920s and 1960s. From the author: "Always among the most numerous groups of immigrants to the United States, until 1969, the British and Canadians seldom claimed the attention of historians, just as they caused little discussion among the American people generally. Sharing a common language and closeness of culture with the Americans, the British and Canadians remained unhyphenated--they were America's 'invisible immigrants.'...A number of important studies on the British immigrant, if not the Canadian, do exist, but they are concerned with the Britons' experiences and their contribution to the American mosaic during America's 'century of immigration,' the one hundred years from 1815 to 1914. The purpose of this study was to extend the record of British and Canadian immigration beyond the statistical reports of government departments since the hiatus of World War I and to present an interpretive commentary on the significance of these two streams of immigration--to the sending countries; to the receiving country; and to a sample of individual immigrants themselves." -
Rien n'était gaspillé dans la cuisine de ma grand-mère : Nothing Went to Waste in Grandmother's Kitchen
Collection of recipes and folk remedies from the Lausier family of Grand Isle, Maine. Introduced with a brief history of the family and its kitchen habits. Illustrated in black and white photograph. Published in English and French versions. Revised edition published in 1983. -
Historic Lewiston : Bales to Bedspreads
The sixth book in a series on the history of Lewiston, Maine - Historic Lewiston - from the Lewiston Historical Commission. Historic Lewiston: Bales to Bedspreads is a 47-page, in-depth description of the work production processes that were run by the Bates Manufacturing Company and conducted by Lewiston workers at the Bates Mill complex. Follows the production of textiles first from the usage of textile mill terminology, through the various steps involved in weaving, to task descriptions, machines and implements, and on to the final products. Full title reads, "Bales to Bedspreads: A pictorial account of the processes used by Bates Manufacturing Company." Illustrated in black and white photographs, with persons both identified and unidentified. Contents: Dedication Preface Common Mill Terms Opening Process Weaving Room Dye Room Rayon Production A Few Miscellaneous But Important Workers Packing and Shipping Products Spare Time Activities -
Réveil...Waking Up French
Documentary film about Franco American culture and language in New England. Press release from Watching Place Productions: "Explores the struggle for cultural survival among the French-Canadian, Franco-American communities of New England. It reveals the importance of history and heritage understanding and demonstrates how languages can be reacquired for personal and community renewal." -
Si je comprends bien... (If I Really Understand...)
A documentary that captures sentiments toward francophone cultures between France, Quebec, and New England in the context of Quebec's 1980 sovereignty referendum. From WorldCat: "Features interviews with French Canadians and Franco-Americans about the importance of keeping the French language alive in New England and how Franco-Americans are in danger of losing their identity if they do not." -
Deep Woods and River Roads : Voices from the Kennebec-Chaudiière Heritage Corridor
Subtitled, "An Audio Tour of Route 201 in Maine." A production of short interviews and other recordings that capture the people from each major section of Maine's historic route running north to south along the Kennebec River. Designed to accompany and advertise tourism along the Kennebec-Chaudiière Heritage Corridor. Narrated by National Public Radio's Nick Spitzer. Includes segments with artists, teachers, performers, cooks, loggers, fishermen, builders, painters, and more. Writers Wesley McNair and Richard Russo read from their work. Some history of the Penobscot Nation, Benedict Arnold's Expedition, the French Canadian immigration, Bath Iron Works, and other persons, places, and events important to the region. Audio begins geographically in Jackman, Maine, and ends at Popham Beach, Maine. CD is accompanied by a descriptive guide with regional art and summaries of each covered geographic section along the Kennebec River. Contributors listed in order of appearance. Tracks play in the following order: Introduction Maple sugaring [Somerset County] Jackman in Winter [Jackman, ME] The Old Canada Road [Pleasant Ridge Plantation and Bingham, ME] Logging [Skowhegan, ME] White water rafting [Somerset County] Fiddleheading [West Forks, ME] Birch bark canoe making [Solon, ME] Fly fishing [Oakland, ME] South Solon Meeting House [Skowhegan, ME] Grange Hall [Norridgewock, ME] Poet, Wesley McNair [Mercer,ME] Franco-Americans in Waterville [Waterville, ME] Mills [Waterville, ME] Benedict Arnold [Pittston, ME] Merrymeeting Bay [near Bath, ME] Farming [Dresden, ME] Ship building [Bath and Phippsburg,ME] Lobstering [Bath, ME] Popham [Popham, ME] OuttroTags Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Augusta ME, Bath ME, Business and Economics, Caratunk ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Dead River Valley ME, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Fishing, Folklore, Food, Forestry, Gardiner ME, Hallowell ME, Hunting, Jackman ME, Kennebec River Valley, Madison ME, Maine, Mercer ME, Mills and Mill Work, Moosehead Lake Region, Moxie ME, Native Americans, Norridgewock ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Phippsburg ME, Pittston ME, Poetry, Popham ME, Québec, Richmond ME, Seguin Island ME, Skowhegan ME, Solon ME, Somerset County ME, Sports and Leisure, Travel and Movement, Waterville ME, West Forks ME -
75th Anniversary of the Church Building : St. Joseph's Parish, Old Town, Maine, 1978
Short softcover book in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the St. Joseph's Church building in Old Town, Maine. Contains a parish directory in two forms: alphabetical list including family photographs, and alphabetical list with home address and telephone number. Includes an introductory letter from the current pastor, images of the parish staff and council, and a brief historical overview of St. Joseph's Church. -
C'est de même qu'ont parle par che' nous
Dictionary of French terms and their English translations, compiled from the "patois, metaphors, and dictions" of the towns of the St. John River Valley in northern Maine. Contains common French words and phrases that persist locally in both French and English dialogue. The second of two collections of idioms written by Don Levesque. Dictionnaire des termes français et leurs traductions en anglais, compilées à partir des «patois, les métaphores et dictions» des villes de la vallée de la riviière Saint-Jean dans le nord du Maine. Contient des mots et des phrases français qui persistent localement dans les deux dialogues en français et en anglais. Ce livre est la seconde des deux collections d'idiomes écrit par Don Levesque. -
Le Parler de Chez Nous
Sous-titre, "'C'est d'meême qu'on parle par icitte' : dictons, patois, expressions de la Valleé Saint-Jean, Maine." Un dictionnaire d'expressions familiières et de phrases locales de la Vallée St. Jean au nord du Maine. Contient beaucoup de phrases humoristiques qui sont reconnaissables au plupart de la francophonie du Maine. -
Recettes et remèdes de nos grand-mères, vallée du Haut St-Jean
Un livre de recettes et remèdes qui utilisent la végétation naturelle de la
vallée du Haut St-Jean, à la frontière du Maine et la Nouveau Brunswick. De la préface: "En 1978, après avoir appris l'herborisation de plantes comestibles, champignons, etc., pendant quatre ans, je me suis apercue que toutes plantes avaient un procédé medicinal....Qu'on le veuille ou non, le règne végétal renferme des remèdes précieux. La nature est une grande pharmacie. La pharmacie du Bon Dieu, comme je l'appelle. Ce livre est donc un besoin pour tous." -
My Blood is Quebecois
Essay on political activist and Vietnam veteran Ray Luc Levasseur's working-class Franco background from around the mills of Sanford, Maine. The pride he has built out of the integrity of his family and his experiences of discrimination. The cultural, social, and economic origins of his political activism, and how his efforts at educating himself and the public about social injustices continued even from behind prison walls. Presented at an event organized by the University of Maine Franco-American Centre.Tags African Americans, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Government and Politics, Labor History, Maine, Marion IL, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Essay, Québec, Sanford ME, Springvale ME, United States, Violence -
The Trial Statements of Ray Luc Levasseur
Ray Luc Levasseur's statements from the 1989 criminal trial where he represented himself against accusations of racketeering. He places himself and a working-class Franco (Sanford, Maine) upbringing in the course of an American class struggle, weaving his personal history through the international political tumult of the 1960s and 1970s. One published statement is now entitled "From the Shadows of the Mills," and can be read at the URL below. -
History of St. John Valley & St. Bruno's Parish, 1891-1974
A descriptive catalog of the towns of the St. John Valley in northern Maine. Includes geographic positioning, demographic information for each incorporated place, and the names and occupations of public officials. Also includes a time line of facts and events key to St. Bruno's Roman Catholic Parish in Van Buren, Maine.Tags Allagash ME, Caswell ME, Cyr ME, Eagle Lake ME, Education, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Government and Politics, Grand Isle ME, Hamlin ME, Madawaska ME, New Canada ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Portage Lake ME, Religion, St. Agatha ME, St. Francis ME, St. John ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME, Wallagrass ME, Winterville ME -
Young People's Assimilation of a Collective Historical Memory : A Case Study of Quebeckers of French-Canadian Heritage
Essay on representations of Québec history among youth. Remembrances, reconstructions, and creations of a collective past among French Canada's student-aged population as influenced by educational settings and social environments. Persistence of certain historical memories - events, ideas, attitudes - despite conditions or evidence that pose challenges to their value. -
Reference and Guide Book for the Genealogist: Prepared Especially for the Franco-Americans
From the American French Genealogical Society: "AFGS is pleased to offer you this very helpful resource book as a reference and guide book for the genealogist. It is an excellent book for both beginner and experienced researchers in the quest for genealogical information. Mr. Letourneau is a founding member of AFGS and this book offers you the benefit of his many years of research experience. Mr. Letourneau has done a complete review of how to read the various repertoires that you encounter, including Jette, PRDH, and Drouin. He has lists of counties in New England and the province of Quebec, abbreviations that you may encounter, Catholic Parishes of the province of Quebec and New England listed by name and city. Latin terms and what they mean, and lists of names written in Latin, French and English to help you when you are looking through primary source materials. He has included sections on various types of charts, on Genealogy Societies in the U.S., Canada and France, family associations and repositories and archives in the United States....In short, he has made a handbook that is sure to offer something for everyone who is researching a family name." -
Canuck
Ce roman franco-américain essentiel commence en 1900 avec l'arrivée à Lowell, Massachusetts d'immigrants canadiens-français. La nouvelle vie de travail de Victoria (Vic) Labranche, quinze ans, dans les moulins de Lowell. Ses jours dans un Petit Canada de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Son retour au Québec après avoir appris la maladie de son père. Publié à l'origine comme feuilleton par le journal Le Messager de Lewiston, Maine. Republié en 1980 par le National Materials Development Center à Bedford, New Hampshire. Traductions en anglais sont disponibles. (English translation is also available. Read more HERE)Tags Concord NH, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Family, Fiction and Literature, Gender and Sexuality, Laconia NH, Literary Works -- Fiction, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, Québec, St. Johnsbury VT, St. Martinville LA, Travel and Movement -
What Happened To Kerouac?
Documentary about Franco American writer Jack Kerouac, the American literary and cultural movement spurred on by what is known as the "Beat Generation, and the countdown of Kerouac's final days. Features support from the following persons: Allen Ginsberg, Edie Parker Kerouac, Gregory Corso, William Burroughs, Steve Allen, William Buckley, Charlie Parker, Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, Gary Snyder, Jan Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, Herbert Huncke, Fran Landesman, Ed Sanders, John Clellon Holmes, Ann Charters, Ed White, Diane DiPrima, Father "Spike" Morissette, Joyce Johnson, Robert Creeley, Lewis Yablonsky. -
ZONE LIBRE: Les Franco-Américains
du MaineDu Radio-Canada: "[Ici] Jean-Michel Leprince et Pierre Devroede ont rencontré des Franco-Américains de la communauté de Waterville, dans le Maine, qui réapprennent à parler français." -
Québec and Economic Interdependence with the United States : A Focus on Hydro-Québec
Essay on hydroelectricity as an international commerce platform, with a specific focus on the relationship between Québec and New York state - the former selling hydroelectric power to the latter. The author considers the environmental and economic benefits for the United States of using hydroelectricity generated by and purchased from Hydro-Québec.Tags Alabama, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Government and Politics, Kentucky, Language and Linguistics, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Québec, Vermont, West Virginia -
Inside, Looking Out
Memoir of famed television soap opera writer and playwright, Harding Lemay. From his tumultuous early youth - one of thirteen children - on a New York farm along the Canadian border, to his lonely escape to New York City at the age of 17 and the friends who find him there. His later military training and participation in World War II in Europe. Back to Manhattan to one failed and one successful marriage, and to live and work among books: in libraries, with publishing executives, and finally as a writer. His persistent love of books and struggles with language. -
Inside, Looking Out
Memoir of famed television soap opera writer and playwright, Harding Lemay. From his tumultuous early youth - one of thirteen children - on a New York farm along the Canadian border, to his lonely escape to New York City at the age of 17 and the friends who find him there. His later military training and participation in World War II in Europe. Back to Manhattan to one failed and one successful marriage, and to live and work among books: in libraries, with publishing executives, and finally as a writer. His persistent love of books and struggles with language. -
French-Canadian of To-Day
1900 letter to the New York Times refuting pejorative descriptions leveled on "the French-Canadian of to-day" by a New York Times editorialist who had only spent a short time in Canada. The letter covers the editorialist's attitude toward French-Canadian "superstition," "accent," and "uncleanliness," and remarks on his oversight of the strength of French-Canadian communities in the United States. -
French-Canadian of To-Day
1900 letter to the New York Times refuting pejorative descriptions leveled on "the French-Canadian of to-day" by a New York Times editorialist who had only spent a short time in Canada. The letter covers the editorialist's attitude toward French-Canadian "superstition," "accent," and "uncleanliness," and remarks on his oversight of the strength of French-Canadian communities in the United States. -
L'heritage franco-américain dans le Maine
De l'introduction de cet étudiant de France: "Afin d'approcher le sujet, trois méthodes ont été employées. La lecture de documents écrits retracent l'immigration et l'installation de canadiens français dans le Maine. Afin de mieux percevoir ce qui peut définier un franco-américain, l'outil statistique constatera certains critières économiques comme familiaux en 1990. Enfin, différentes rencontres imageront l'environnement d'un franco-américain dans le Maine en cette fin de siiècle....Bien sur, à travers des traits historiques, on obervera la continuité de quelques formes communautaires encore marquées du seau du XIXième et du début du XXième siiècle. Le rappel historique d'une immigration canadienne francophone est le prélude du phénomiène franco-américain dans les états de Nouvelle-Angleterre. Les lieux d'émigration comme d'immigration sont connus et à chaque ville dite "française", on peut déterminer les lieux d'origine des nouveaux arrivants. Qu'il se soit fait à pied ou en train, le mouvement migratoire amenait ces canadiens francophones à se regrouper en certaines villes. Des structures communautaires furent crées pour faciliter les conditions de vie des canadiens français dans le Maine....La geographie des franco-américains dans le Maine sera ensuite abordée. On cherchera à savoir si le phénomiène est uniforme. Pour cela, des outils statistiques apporteront des renseignements sur des différences régionales tant d'un point de vue géographique que sociologique....Enfin, divers aspects de la réalité franco-américaine des années 1990 seront présentés. On essayera de comprendre sur quelles bases les communautés continuent a se maintenir, et si renouvellement il y a."Tags Androscoggin County ME, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Caribou ME, Chisholm ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Dexter ME, Eagle Lake ME, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fairfield ME, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Geography, Kennebec River Valley, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Limerick ME, Limestone ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Millinocket ME, Mills and Mill Work, New Auburn ME, New Brunswick, New Canada ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Old Town ME, Portland ME, Religion, Saco River Valley, Sand Hill ME, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, Social History, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME, Winn ME, Winslow ME -
Debunking the Myth of Ethnic Solidarity in Three Franco-American Texts
From refdoc.fr: "This article examines three Francophone texts written by Franco-American authors of New England, texts that have received scant critical attention. Writing in a language other than English in the United States foregrounds issues of cultural survival. Whereas in the past Franco-American literary efforts depicted unified communities engaged in the preservation of their distinct cultural heritage-la langue, la foi, et la culture françaises-the works examined here subvert this picture of cohesiveness. In exposing the rigid class structure, dysfunctional families, and bitter disputes over language that fragment this linguistic group, they debunk the myth of ethnic solidarity in Franco-American society." -
Border Spaces and La Survivance : The Evolution of the Franco-American Novel of New England (1875-2004)
From Lees: "This dissertation examines nine texts written by Franco-American novelists of New England. Themes of migrancy, exile, and cultural survival (la survivance) ground my study. I explore the negotiations of cultural, social, political, linguistic, and gendered spaces as experienced---and chronicled in these novels---by the 1.5 million French-Canadian laborers and their families who migrated to New England between roughly 1865 and 1930."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Criticism and Review, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fiction and Literature, Gender and Sexuality, Geography, Government and Politics, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Québec, Religion -
Performances of Franco-American Identity in Mirbah : A Portrait of Precious Blood Parish
Article exploring the French language novel, "Mirbah," written by Emma Dumas in Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1910. How the words and actions of the novel's characters can be read as various performances of Franco-American identity. A portrait of Holyoke's Precious Blood Roman Catholic Parish. A particular focus on religious practice and theatrical performance in Holyoke around 1910, and their occurrence within the text, . Thoughts on Dumas's personal commitment to "la survivance," and the writerly activities of her journalistic cultural contemporaries in the early 20th century. -
Siting memory in Normand Beaupré's Le petit mangeur de fleurs
Article on the role of memory in Biddeford, Maine author Normand Beaupré's recent autobiographical novel. How memories and the act of remembering of one's youth and childhood home help to build collective cultural identity among Franco American communities, and become building block's for the author's personal, literary identity. Critical reading of the author's use of the French language, and of the personal and cultural traits upon which his story focuses. -
Siting memory in Normand Beaupré's Le petit mangeur de fleurs
Article on the role of memory in Biddeford, Maine author Normand Beaupré's recent autobiographical novel. How memories and the act of remembering of one's youth and childhood home help to build collective cultural identity among Franco American communities, and become building block's for the author's personal, literary identity. Critical reading of the author's use of the French language, and of the personal and cultural traits upon which his story focuses. -
Performances of Franco-American Identity in Mirbah : A Portrait of Precious Blood Parish
Article exploring the French language novel, "Mirbah," written by Emma Dumas in Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1910. How the words and actions of the novel's characters can be read as various performances of Franco-American identity. A portrait of Holyoke's Precious Blood Roman Catholic Parish. A particular focus on religious practice and theatrical performance in Holyoke around 1910, and their occurrence within the text, . Thoughts on Dumas's personal commitment to "la survivance," and the writerly activities of her journalistic cultural contemporaries in the early 20th century. -
Two Franco-American Writers : Dantin and Dion-Lévesque
Article exploring the author's notion of cultural "interfacing" through the French Canadian and Anglo American contexts of Montréal-born Louis Dantin (Eugene Seers) and Nashua, New Hampshire native, Rosaire Dion-Lévesque. Both authors wrote in French in early twentieth-century New England. Discussion of Dantin's best-known work, "Les enfances de Fanny," situated in Roxbury, Massachusetts; thoughts on its indifference to "American culture" and to some other themes that predominate other Franco American novels. How the later poetry of Dion-Lévesque, his French translations of Walt Whitman, and his attitudes toward "American culture" compare to the works of Dantin. -
A Shoe-Maker's Story: Being chiefly about French Canadian immigrants, enterprising photographers, rascal Yankees, and Chinese cobblers in a nineteenth-century factory town
A history of photography, shoemaking, mining, and immigration as they converged on North Adams, Massachusetts, in the 1870s. From the text: "...[this book] is concerned...with the industrialization of a New England craft at one of its key historical moments; the tumultuous and often violent debates about labor, race, class, and citizenship during the decade and a half after the Civil War..." -
We Were Not Spoiled: A Franco-American Memoir
We Were Not Spoiled chronicles the early life of a Franco-Mainer born in 1921 in Lewiston and raised there. Lucille Verreault Ledoux's life is typical of many Franco-American women of her generation, children of immigrants to the US from French Canada, and, as such, the book is an important addition to our understanding of Maine’s ethnically diverse communities in the last century. We Were Not Spoiled offers insight into Franco-American social life and identity of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. In this story of the effects of immigration to the US from French Canada, we glimpse into the lives of French-speaking women and girls in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. French Canadian culture continued to be alive in the New England girls who people this eminently readable memoir. We Were Not Spoiled reveals an eye for often neglected details, of information thought to be marginal and so too frequently lost to students of history. A basic function of memoir is to give witness to a time and a way of life gone by, and this book succeeds well at this. In its pages, we find ourselves going with Lucille into textile mills of the Northeast US, living religious orthodoxy, and creating an identity for herself as a woman, wife and mother in the context of industrial New England.. -
Can two languages survive in Québec?
Article on the concurrent usages of French and English in 1970s Québec, and opinions as to the future of the province of Québec's language landscape. Special to the CSM written by Lisbon, Maine, author, Denis Ledoux. -
Can two languages survive in Québec?
Article on the concurrent usages of French and English in 1970s Québec, and opinions as to the future of the province of Québec's language landscape. Special to the CSM written by Lisbon, Maine, author, Denis Ledoux. -
Franco-American Marriages of New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1865-1920
55 year marriage repertory from Franco-American parishes of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Updated version of Albert Ledoux's original 1977 edition. -
Convicted terrorist Raymond Luc Levasseur denied permission by parole commission to travel to Amherst
Article on Ray Luc Levasseur's suspended invitation to speak at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2009. Levasseur, a Maine resident, is serving a paroled sentence in that state for his alleged involvement in politically-motivated crimes in the 1970s and 80s. The talk at UMass, scheduled to continue without his participation, was on the topic of the 1989 sedition trial in which he was acquitted. -
Convicted terrorist Raymond Luc Levasseur denied permission by parole commission to travel to Amherst
Article on Ray Luc Levasseur's suspended invitation to speak at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2009. Levasseur, a Maine resident, is serving a paroled sentence in that state for his alleged involvement in politically-motivated crimes in the 1970s and 80s. The talk at UMass, scheduled to continue without his participation, was on the topic of the 1989 sedition trial in which he was acquitted. -
Le Foyer Fortieth Anniversary Souvenir Book : 1936-1976
Historical anniversary portrait of Pawtucket and Central Falls, Rhode Island, Franco American fraternal organization, Le Foyer. Includes English transcripts of three significant speeches held at organization events; a section of facts about the group; and brief biographies of all past presidents. Presented in the following sections: Introduction 1939 Reception for French Consul -Speech by R. deBlois LaBrosse 1957 Past Presidents' Night -Speech by Louis H. Paquin 1976 Fortieth Anniversary Mass and Banquet -Speech by Henri Leblond Did You Know? Past Presidents' Biographies -
A Critical Survey of Recent Geographical Research on la Franco-Américanie
Conference presentation outlining the major contributions of geographers to Franco-American studies in the 1980s and early 1990s. Critical comments on efforts in Canadian, American, and francophone cartography; local-level demographic studies; research on landscape and material culture preservation; Cajun studies; and a spatial/temporal model of the development of French North America, in progress at Laval University. Hypotheses for the future of Franco American studies, based on cultural and historical trends.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Alburg VT, Art and Architecture, Cajuns, Chicago IL, Demography, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, Geography, Louisiana, Madawaska ME, Mills and Mill Work, Minneapolis MN, New Brunswick, New England, New York NY, St. John River Valley, Texas, US Midwest, Vermont -
Regional Competition for Franco-American Repatriates, 1870-1930
Article describing the logics and methods of Québec repatriation from the United States around the turn of the century. The establishment of the Eastern Townships as a Québec repatriation colony, active solicitation of Franco Americans in the United States, and other efforts of the Québec government to redress a "demographic imbalance" between anglophones and francophones in the region after 1870. Perspectives on repatriation from the standpoint of Québec's various political, cultural, and economic goals; Manitoba and western Canada's goals; as well as from Franco American communities in New England. How French Canadian naturalization in the United States, and French cultural pride in New England, effectively combatted Canadian efforts of repatriation. -
The Acadian Migrations
A concise account of the Acadian migrations between 1750 and 1800, including intercontinental migration routes, community prevalance, and the political context that motivated such a tumultuous half-century in and out of Atlantic Canada.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, England, Exploration and Colonization, France, Geography, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Newfoundland, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, Québec, South Carolina, St. John River Valley, St. Lawrence River Valley, Violence -
A French-Canadian Education and the Persistence of 'La Franco-Américanie'
From the author: "The migration of one million French Canadians from Québec to the United States between 1840 and 1940 was different from the migrations of other ethnic groups. The proximity of Québec made possible the maintenance of intimate social and cultural relationships between emigrants and their homeland. Thousands of Franco-Americans were educated in the colleges classiques of French Canada, assuring an ideological conformity between elite groups on both sides of the border and delaying the Americanization of Franco-Americans for several decades." -
The Francophone "Conquest" of New England : Geopolitical Conceptions and Imperial Ambition of French-Canadian Nationalists in the Nineteenth Century
From the author:" 'Les Canadiens Français de la Nouvelle-Angleterre' (1891) by the French Jesuit Edouard Hamon is representative of Quebec imperialist thought. Hamon envisioned a peaceful conquest of New England by a surplus French-Canadian population, capable of resisting Americanization, laboring in the mills, and farming the countryside. Hamon suggested bonds between established Quebec churches and churches in northern New England. He favored a sovereign nation formed out of Quebec and Franco-American New England. Hamon's work was warmly received by French Canadians and Franco-Americans, although it awakened nativist suspicion in the United States."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Criticism and Review, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Labor History, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Québec, Religion, United States -
Regional Competition for Franco-American Repatriates, 1870-1930
Article describing the logics and methods of Québec repatriation from the United States around the turn of the century. The establishment of the Eastern Townships as a Québec repatriation colony, active solicitation of Franco Americans in the United States, and other efforts of the Québec government to redress a "demographic imbalance" between anglophones and francophones in the region after 1870. Perspectives on repatriation from the standpoint of Québec's various political, cultural, and economic goals; Manitoba and western Canada's goals; as well as from Franco American communities in New England. How French Canadian naturalization in the United States, and French cultural pride in New England, effectively combatted Canadian efforts of repatriation. -
La configuration spatiale de Maria Chapdelaine ou Louis Hémon et l'expression française de l'americanité
Preséntation qui analyse le roman québécois, Maria Chapdelaine, comme exploration de la notion d '«espace» en Amérique du Nord, entre le Québec et les ètats-Unis. -
The Acadian Miracle
Book on Acadian genealogy written by a former Louisiana state senator. Primarily a draft of his family tree. -
Writing an Ethnic Identity between Worlds : Claiming and Maintaining a Franco-American Self
Historical trends, social dynamics, family systems, and psychological traits characteristic of Franco Americans and their communities. Examples from the author's life and family history; relevant psychological research; scholarship in Franco American studies. Observations of the psychosocial implications of the cultural notion of "la survivance," New England Franco Americans' dense communities, and their proximity to Canadian places of ancestry in Québec and Acadia. Includes descriptive content from interviews with several Franco American poets and writers: Beverly Matherne, Darrell Bourque, Jim Bishop, Rhea Côté Robbins, Denise Duhamel, Christine Gelineau, Chad Parenteau, David Surette, and Paul Marion.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Language and Linguistics, Leominster MA, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Essay, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction -- Psychology, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Poetry, Québec, Religion, Webster MA, Worcester MA -
French Canada's Diaspora and Labour History
Review of Jacques Rouillard's text, "Ah les Etats!: les travailleurs canadiens-français dans l'industrie textile de la Nouvelle-Angleterre d'apriès le témoignage des derniers migrants" (Boreal Express, 1985) couched in a brief reflection on Franco-American history. From the text: "More than ever it struck me as to just how elitist French Canada's historiography has been and to a large degree remains. The constitutional, nationalist, neo-nationalist, and ideological schools have all been recycling the same elitist hash: in essence a Whig interpretation from the loser's perspective. Rouillard's emigrants, however, were the survivors in the grand tradition of la survivance. Personal interests came first..." -
A History of Rumford, Maine, 1774-2000
Comprehensive history of the city of Rumford, Maine. Revised edition of the text that spanned from pre-incorporation to 1972. Updates extend to the year 2000. The Androscoggin River city in western Maine - its people, significant events, the paper industry, and the Oxford County landscapes. Includes over 100 pictures of the town. -
Historic Lewiston : A Textile City in Transition
The second book in a series on the history of Lewiston, Maine, Historic Lewiston, from the Lewiston Historical Commission. Historic Lewiston: A Textile City in Transition is a 60-page overview of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine's industrial history and post-industrial developments, situated on the banks of the Androscoggin River. -
Historic Lewiston : Franco-American Origins
The first book in a series on the history of Lewiston, Maine, Historic Lewiston, from the Lewiston Historical Commission. Historic Lewiston: Franco-American Origins is a 47-page overview of Lewistonâ's Franco American past, divided into two parts. Part one focuses on the prevalence of social organizations, the plethora of Lewiston/Auburn Roman Catholic churches, and the work-a-day normalcy of nearly two centuries of French in Lewiston. Part two is a building survey, dedicated specifically to Franco-American architecture, giving one an artistic glimpse into the Lewiston buildings of old that have been retained only in part up to the present day. Contains a variety of photographs and other images. Contents: Preface 1. Lewiston's Franco-Americans: Their Origins and Early History 2. Little Canada and Vicinity: A Building Survey -
Emigration: A Franco-American Experience (or, du Québec aè la Nouvelle-Angleterre)
Numéro du Magazine OVO de Montréal - une revue de la photographie - dédié aux Franco-américains dans le New Hampshire, et les phénomiènes de l'immigration canadienne française et américaine du travail au 20ième siiècle. Photos de 1895 à 1982. Issue of Montreal's Ovo Magazine - a periodical in photography - dedicated to Franco Americans in New Hampshire, and to the phenomena of French-Canadian American immigration and work in the 20th century. Photographs from 1895 to 1982. -
Emigration: A Franco-American Experience (or, du Québec aè la Nouvelle-Angleterre)
Numéro du Magazine OVO de Montréal - une revue de la photographie - dédié aux Franco-américains dans le New Hampshire, et les phénomiènes de l'immigration canadienne française et américaine du travail au 20ième siiècle. Photos de 1895 à 1982. Issue of Montreal's Ovo Magazine - a periodical in photography - dedicated to Franco Americans in New Hampshire, and to the phenomena of French-Canadian American immigration and work in the 20th century. Photographs from 1895 to 1982. -
Tableaux synoptiques de l'histoire de l'Acadie
Une briève histoire de l'Acadie entre 1412 et 1800 (entre colonisation, le Grand Dérangement, et repopulation). Certaines descriptions d'événements significatives dans la courte durée de vie des premiières communatés Acadiennes de la Nouvelle-Ecosse. Deuxiième édition.Tags Acadians, Brazil, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, England, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, France, Government and Politics, Labor History, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Portugal, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Spain, St. John River Valley, Vermont -
La crise de l'enseignement du français dans nos écoles paroissiales
Sous-titrée, "Actes du VIIIe Congreès des Franco-Américains tenu aè Manchester, New Hampshire, les 15, 16, et 17 october 1965." Des actes d'un congreès de 1965 dont le but principal était une discussion sur l'état de la langue française dans les écoles paroissiales de Nouvelle-Angleterre: "une crise grave, aigue, urgente," la rareté croissante de la langue parmi les jeunes étudiants, et quelques suggestions pour son avenir. Des orateurs (religieuses, académiques, etc.) utilisent les examples générales des enseignants, étudiants, écoles (paroissialles et publiques), et paroisses aè Massachusetts, dans le New Hampshire et Rhode Island. Le livre est divisé en sections: Avant-propos Proclamation du VIIIe Congres "La crise de l'enseignement du français dans nos écoles paroissiales", par le R.P. Thomas-M. Landry, o.p. Exposé présenté par M. le docteur Robert A. Beaudoin Exposé présenté par la Révérende Soeur Raymond-de-Jésus, F.S.E. Exposé présenté par M. l'abbé Joseph Martineau, pretre Voeux et Résolutions du VIIIe Congres des Franco-Américains les 15, 16, 17, octobre 1965 Sermon de Monseigneur Paul-Emile Gosselin, P.D. -
Le Festival de la Bastille, 1986 - July 11th,12th,13th
A supplement to the daily newspaper that includes a history of the Central Maine celebration, statements of prominent club members, advertisements, a song, as well as a 1986 schedule of events, the parade route, and pieces on popular performers to appear. -
Le Festival de la Bastille
A supplement to the daily newspaper that includes a history of the Augusta, Maine, celebration, statements of prominent club members, advertisements, as well as a 1987 schedule of events, the parade route, and pieces on popular performers to appear. -
Celebrating our 53rd year....Le Club Calumet
Advertisement for Augusta, Maine's Le Club Calumet, featured in the 150th Anniversary Edition of the Kennebec Journal. -
Le Festival de la Bastille, 1986 - July 11th,12th,13th
A supplement to the daily newspaper that includes a history of the Central Maine celebration, statements of prominent club members, advertisements, a song, as well as a 1986 schedule of events, the parade route, and pieces on popular performers to appear. -
Le Festival de la Bastille
A supplement to the daily newspaper that includes a history of the Augusta, Maine, celebration, statements of prominent club members, advertisements, as well as a 1987 schedule of events, the parade route, and pieces on popular performers to appear. -
Celebrating our 53rd year....Le Club Calumet
Advertisement for Augusta, Maine's Le Club Calumet, featured in the 150th Anniversary Edition of the Kennebec Journal. -
Franco-Americans of the State of Maine, U.S.A., and Their Achievements : Historical, Descriptive, and Biographical
From the text: "This volume is published chiefly for the purpose of showing the achievements of the Franco-American citizens of Maine to-day. Written from an independent viewpoint, the work seeks to make familiar to English reading people the status of those of French-Canadian birth or parentage in the professions - business, religious, and social affairs of our state." -
History of Jay, Franklin County, Maine
1912 history of the city of Jay in Franklin County, Maine, situated alongside the Androscoggin River. Gives a brief background sketch of the Native American presence there; historical profile detailed from the town's 1795 incorporation to the turn of the century. Contains a concise local genealogy in its appendix. -
L'émigration des Canadiens aux États-Unis avant 1930 : mesure du phénomiène
Une analyse des principles sources statistiques sur l'émigration de peuples canadiens aux ètats-Unis avant 1930. Des tableaux et des graphiques démographique; des notes evaluatives par l'auteur sur leur signification et leur importance pour comprendre le processus de cent ans de migration. Des données provenant de sources informatiques gouvernmentales de Canada et des ètats Unis, de recherche académiques, et d'autres sources ; des explications et comparaisons des données. Accent géographique sur ¹¹le mouvement au Nord-Est américain. Table des matiières:
Introduction 1 - Les statistiques migratoires des ètats-Unis
2 - Les recensements américains
3 - Les recensements canadiens
4 - Les enquêtes gouvernmentales
5 - Les statistiques et les enquêtes non officielles
6 - Confrontation des principales sources statistiques en vue de determiner le volume de l'émigration des Canadiens aux ètats-Unis
Conclusion
Bibliographie
Listes des tableaux et des graphiquesTags Biddeford ME, Bridgeport CT, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, California, Canada, Central Falls RI, Cohoes NY, Colorado, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Government and Politics, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Haven CT, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, North Adams MA, North Dakota, Northampton MA, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Rutland VT, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Taunton MA, Troy NY, Vermont, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Winooski Falls VT, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
L'émigration des Québécois aux États-Unis de 1840 à 1930
Un petit livre qui présente un compte général, des chiffres démographique, et un étude historique sur l'émigration québécoise à la Nouvelle-Angleterre et le Midwest dans le 19ième siiècle et début du 20ième. Rédigé à partir d'un point de vue du Québec. Présentée avec des tableaux et graphiques, des photos de paysages et de publications passées, et statistiques provenant de diverses études antérieures. Documentation du Conseil de la langue française, Gouvernement du Québec. Contient les sections suivantes: Introduction I - Les débuts du dépeuplement L'enquête de 1849 L'enquête de 1857 II - La montée du mouvement Des chiffres, mais... Les paroisses nationales et le mode de vie des Franco-Américains III - Le sommet (1880-1890) Une enquête dans le comté du Champlain Des réactions dans le milieu d'accueil IV - Déclin et renversement du mouvement Les Franco-Américains du début du XXe siiècle: une population à prédominance masculine et qui vieillit Les rentrées massives au pays et l'immigration américaine Conclusion BibliographieTags Albany NY, Biddeford ME, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Cohoes NY, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Gender and Sexuality, Holyoke MA, Kansas, Lake Linden MI, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Meriden CT, Minnesota, Missouri, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Photography, Québec, Rhode Island, Rutland VT, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Taunton MA, Troy NY, US Midwest, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Winooski Falls VT, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
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Awake
Book of poems from Augusta, Maine native and creative writing teacher at North Carolina State University. Contains foreword by Philip Levine. Republished in 2007 by Carnegie Mellon University Press. -
Woman in a Bar
Short story about a friend who, always when visiting the narrator, is eager to find a bar. From the author of the poetry collections, "Awake," "What We Carry," "Smoke," and "Facts About the Moon." Appears in the online literary magazine, SmokeLong Quarterly. -
Woman in a Bar
Short story about a friend who, always when visiting the narrator, is eager to find a bar. From the author of the poetry collections, "Awake," "What We Carry," "Smoke," and "Facts About the Moon." Appears in the online literary magazine, SmokeLong Quarterly. -
Awake
Book of poems from Augusta, Maine native and creative writing teacher at North Carolina State University. Contains foreword by Philip Levine. Republished in 2007 by Carnegie Mellon University Press. -
Critics jumped on 'frog power:' Joual row scuttled U.S. bilingual plan
Article on the discord surrounding a French/English bilingual education program - its funding, leadership, and controversial activism - in the public schools of Lewiston, Maine. Commentary from the former director of the failed program, Don Dugas, and Franco American activist, Paul Paré. Reference to the short-lived Lewiston alternative weekly newspaper, Observations. Brief profile of the Franco-American Resource Opportunity Group (FAROG) at the University of Maine at Orono, with commentary from its director, Yvon Labbé. The final piece in a series of Montreal Star articles on Franco Americans. -
Critics jumped on 'frog power:' Joual row scuttled U.S. bilingual plan
Article on the discord surrounding a French/English bilingual education program - its funding, leadership, and controversial activism - in the public schools of Lewiston, Maine. Commentary from the former director of the failed program, Don Dugas, and Franco American activist, Paul Paré. Reference to the short-lived Lewiston alternative weekly newspaper, Observations. Brief profile of the Franco-American Resource Opportunity Group (FAROG) at the University of Maine at Orono, with commentary from its director, Yvon Labbé. The final piece in a series of Montreal Star articles on Franco Americans. -
Companions of Champlain : Founding Families of Québec, 1608-1635
A remembrance of the French colonists to accompany explorer Samuel de Champlain to North America in the seventeenth century, and some observations on the particular developments of their transplanted culture and society. The first decades of the French in North America, and an historical context for the French in Canada. Provides genealogical information on these early colonists and their families. Appended with maps, images, references, and lineages. From the author: "Companions of Champlain: Founding Families of Quebec, 1608-1635, was produced to honor the 400th anniversary of the founding of Québec City and to enable North Americans on both sides of the political divide to appreciate more fully their French-Canadian heritage. "Companions of Champlain explains in clear language the reasons for the New-World explorations of Samuel de Champlain in the 1600s and the unique culture that resulted from the establishment of a trading post in the wilds of North America in 1608. "Appendices provide an alphabetical list of French genealogical terminology and an example of citation notation for use when filling in ancestral charts, one of which is provided for reproduction. The full-reference citation method described in the book is unique in that it is keyed from the numbering sequence on commonly used charts and does not require the superscripts and complex systems often found in genealogy. "Included in the volume are maps, an illustration of Champlainâ's 1603 astrolabe, references, five appendices, lineage and pedigree charts with citations, and an index." -
Franco-Americans and the International Paper Company Strike of 1910
The case of a 1910 paper industry labor strike - its success among the millworkers of Livermore Falls, Maine, and its relative failure among those of nearby Rumford Falls. Certain observations of attitudes espoused by Franco Americans toward labor unions and striking. A brief historical overview of New England Franco American participation in labor unions and the pulp and paper industry, including comments on factors of place and gender. Social contexts of Livermore Falls and Rumford Falls around the time of the concerned strike, and the impact of the strike on the communities in both towns. Includes local demographic data.Tags Androscoggin River Valley, Business and Economics, Chesterville ME, Chisholm ME, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Irish Americans, Jay ME, Labor History, Latvian Americans, Lawrence MA, Lithuanian Americans, Livermore Falls ME, Livermore ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Mexico ME, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Polish Americans, Riley ME, Rumford Falls ME, Rumford ME, Scottish Americans, Social History, Woonsocket RI -
French and Francophone : The Challenge of Expanding Horizons
The preface to an issue of Yale French Studies. Part of the text reads: "This volume of Yale French Studies is concerned with the emergence of new relations between 'French' and 'Francophone' in institutions, in pedagogy, and in interpretations of literature and culture." -
Ethnicité, pêche et petrole : les Cadjins du bayou Lafourche en Louisiane francophone
Une étude de la relation entre l'industrie, l'économie, et les formes de l'ethnicité en Louisiane. Utilisant le population et des établissements de la village de Golden Meadow comme étude de cas, ce profil socioéconomique interpriète la croissance économique et industrielle en relation avec les concepts d'identité, la culture et l'assimilation dans un milieu rural et majoritairement francophone de la Louisiane. Des changements entre les établissements culturels - linguistiques, communautaires, les entreprises, la famille - qui ont pris effet aux côtés de certaines modernisations technologiques et économiques, en particulier dans la pêche et les industries pétroliières. Monographie numéro un dans une série de trois. ècrit prémiièrement pour une thièse maîtrise à York University, 1980. Du texte: "Le pierre angulaire de notre etude est donc sans contredit, le phenomene de l'industrialisation et de la modernisation d'une petite communaute rurale, mis en parallele avec le phenomene de l'ethnicite" (11).Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Cajuns, Demography, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Geography, Golden Meadow LA, Government and Politics, Lafourche Parish LA, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Petroleum -
Je me souviens ... aussi: Microethnicity and the Fragility of Memory in French-Canadian New England
From the author: "This bilingual article explores the possibilities of post-bilingual 'Canadian' memory and identity through the literary and cultural history of Canada's largest extraterritorial diasporic community: the French-Canadians of New England. In examining textual sources through which New England French-Canadians have imagined their affinities and differences in relation to other ethnic groups and nationalities, from the mid-19th century up to the present day (e.g., Tremblay, Beaugrand, Kerouac, Plante, Proulx), an alternative model for the 21st century emerges: a politics of alterity in which an increasingly fragile 'microethnic' memory continues to be rearticulated across linguistic and national borders to serve as a parallel narrative to metropolitan discourses of identity, exceptionalism and survivance." -
The History of the Development of Catholic Education in the State of Maine from 1604-1933
Historical look at Catholic Education in Maine from the time of the first French explorers and missionaries in the Americas to the author's present - before World War II. Covers elementary though college educations, from the northern tip of the state to York County at the southern border. -
The Rise of the Unmeltable Francos
Article subtitled, "'We were allowed to keep our faith and our language,' one Franco-American says - 'and our place.'" Feature on Franco American history in New England through the author's reflections on her family, her commentary on the 1983 "Rassemblement des Artistes Franco-Américaines," and a profile of Yvon Labbé - director of the Franco-American Centre at the University of Maine. Featured in the magazine section, "Local Color." -
The Rise of the Unmeltable Francos
Article subtitled, "'We were allowed to keep our faith and our language,' one Franco-American says - 'and our place.'" Feature on Franco American history in New England through the author's reflections on her family, her commentary on the 1983 "Rassemblement des Artistes Franco-Américaines," and a profile of Yvon Labbé - director of the Franco-American Centre at the University of Maine. Featured in the magazine section, "Local Color." -
The Design of a Franco-American Restaurant as a Community Education Device
Master's thesis proposing a restaurant whose design and theme aim toward public education about Franco American culture. How this project is situated in a larger, national discussion about "the value of ethnic identity" (1). A demographic background on Franco Americans, and how cultural information about them might be used in a public history program. Sketches of the restaurant's physical structure. How the building's layout and contents relate to experiential learning: about traditional French Canadian architectures and histories, Franco American foodways, and modern Franco American life. -
Identité et cultures nationales : l'Amérique française en mutation
Une collection d'essais sur l'évolution du fait français en Amérique du Nord. La langue, les histoires, et les cultures de communautés francophones au Canada et aux ètats-Unis. Origines des expressions culturelles à l'époque actuelle. Articles divisés en texte par géographie: le Canada français, l'Acadie, la communauté franco-ontarienne, la communauté franco-américaine, et le Québec.
Les titres suivants:
Remerciements - Simon Langlois
Présentation - Simon Langlois
Un cas typique de mutation de la référence nationale : le Canada français - Simon Langlois
Lâ'ethnographie au secours de la nation. Mobilisation de la culture populaire par les lettrés canadiens-français (1850-1900) - Gérard Bouchard
Le Québec et le Canada français : histoire dâ'une déchirure - Fernand Harvey
Naissance, déploiement et crise de lâ'idéologie nationale acadienne - J. Yvon Thériault
Lâ'historiographie et lâ'identité acadienne aux XIXe et XXe siiècles - Jean Daigle
Des racontars des vieux à lâ'autobiographie postmoderne : une prise de parole identitaire acadienne - Lise Ouellet
La langue française en Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick, symbole dâ'appartenance, mais pas seulement… - Annette Broudreau
Lâ'historiographie et la construction de lâ'identité ontaroise - Jean Lapointe
Les Franco-Ontariens ont-ils droit au discours identitaire ? - François Paré
Les Franco-Ontariens vus à travers leur littérature - Jules Tessier
De Canadiens français des Etats-Unis à Franco-Américains : une analyse des discours de lâ'élite franco-américaine - Yves Roby
Historiographie et identité collective en Amérique française : le cas des élites francophones de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1872-1991 - Sylvie Beaudreau et Yves Frenette
La littérature et la construction de lâ'identité nationale : la Franco-Américanie - J.-André Senécal
La double identité de Jack Kérouac - Catherine Wells
Les Franco-Américains, la langue française et la construction de lâ'identité nationale - Gérard J. Brault
En québécois : langue de traduction, discours de lâ'identité - Annie Brisset
Identité et pluralisme libéral au Québec - Guy Laforest
Bibliographie sélective commentée sur lâ'identité et la nation dans lâ'Amérique française - Jean LamarreTags Acadians, Burlington VT, Canada, Connecticut, Danielson CT, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fiction and Literature, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Nashua NH, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, North Brookfield MA, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Suncook NH, United States, Vermont, Violence, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
French Canadian Families
Publication in psychotherapy on the historical backgrounds and cultural registers of a variety of ethnic subcultures in the United States. One essay on communicating with Franco Americans, acknowledging traditional familial roles, and understanding cultural trends. From the text: "'Ethnicity and Family Therapy' represents a good beginning in breaking through the barriers toward honest dealing with the psychology of America's still vibrant subcultures. The findings and practices described here are sure to be controversial, especially when our emotions are ignited by what we read about our own group. As a guide to practicing family therapists and to other general readers interested in cultural systems, the material presented here will prove to be endlessly fascinating and eminently useful." -
Storytelling in Daily Life : Performing Narrative
Performance studies theory text. Maine Franco American case studies in a discussion of the methods and forms of storytelling. Written by two University of Maine professors. From Temple University Press: "The authors ably guide readers through the complex world of performing narrative. Along the way they show the embodied contexts of storytelling, the material constraints on narrative performances, and the myriad ways storytelling orders information and tasks, constitutes meanings, and positions speaking subjects. Readers will also learn that narrative performance is consequential as well as pervasive, as storytelling opens up experience and identities to legitimization and critique. The authors' multi-leveled model of strategy and tactics considers how relations of power in a system are produced, reproduced, and altered in performing narrative....The authors explain this strategic model through an extended discussion of family storytelling, using Franco Americans in Maine as their exemplar. They explore what stories families tell, how they tell them, and how storytelling creates family identities. Then, they show the range and reach of this strategic model by examining storytelling in diverse contexts: a breast cancer narrative, a weblog on the Internet, and an autobiographical performance on the public stage. Readers are left with a clear understanding of how and why the performance of narrative is the primary communicative practice shaping our lives today."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bangor ME, Criticism and Review, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Maine, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Performance Studies, Old Town ME, Performing Arts, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, St. John River Valley -
"Somebody's Got to Pick Eggs" : Family Storytelling About Work
Article in performance studies exploring the ways in which "family storytelling" performs, addresses, and complicates cultural markers among and between family members. How ideas of race, class, gender, and sexuality appear in family storytelling, especially as such stories approach the topic of work. Study focuses mainly on a conversation between the author-interviewer and the Gagnons: a large, working-class, Franco American family in rural Maine. -
The Politics of Personal Narrative Methodology
Performance studies theory essay that explores in specific an interview with a Franco-American woman in Maine. From Peterson and Langellier: "Any study of personal narrative involves researchers and performers in contested, hence political, concerns of context and power. These concerns tend to be obscured methodologically by three commonplace assumptions: personal narrative is a text, personal narrative can be fully transcribed and analyzed, and personal narrative is not performance. This essay examines these assumptions and illustrates their methodological implications with an excerpt from an interview narrative with a breast cancer survivor." -
Performing Family Stories, Forming Cultural Identity : Franco American Mémière Stories
Performance studies essay on Franco American grandmothers and the formation of cultural identity through storytelling. Written by Mark and Marcia Bailey Professor at the University of Maine and co-author of "Storytelling in Daily Life" (Temple University Press, 2004). -
Responding to Ethnicity: Franco-American Studies in Maine
Essay discussing the particular engagements - with theory, academia, community - of Franco-American Studies initiatives at the University of Maine. How community/classroom collaborative programming and discussion-based research participate in what some scholars call a communicative "responsibility," where interpersonal relationships engage honestly with elements of power underwritten in cultural, class, or social relations. How universities are, are not, or must be "responsible" to their home communities. -
Franco-American Folk Traditions and Popular Culture in a Former Milltown : Aspects of Ethnic Urban Folklore and the Dynamics of Folklore Change in Lowell, Massachusetts
From Lane: "Being Americans of French-Canadian descent, the Franco-Americans of New England possess a rich and original traditional culture which has been little documented up to now, especially in English....As a result, this dissertation, which is a study in ethnic folklore and popular culture, attempts to provide an overview of the folk-traditions of French expression still existing today among the Franco-American community of Lowell, Massachusetts....This work is basically divided into two parts. The first two chapters of Part I deal with the general historical and cultural background of the Franco-Americans of New England, in general, and Lowell, in particular, while the third chapter looks at previous research in the domain of ethnic folklore and, more specifically, Franco-American folklore. Aspects of folklore performance and context are considered from the historical point of view of the Lowell Franco-American community....Part II, on the other hand, deals mainly with the documentation of the various realms of Franco-American folk-traditions, here classified according to genre. Traditional narratives ("contes"), popular jokes ("histoires droles"), children's songs and rhymes, and elements of oral history as well as aspects of traditional singing, music and dance are consecutively considered with sample texts of each genre given and analyzed. Further supporting documents are also presented in the appendices....Because Franco-American culture (and therefore Franco-American folklore and popular culture) is the historical result of successive migrations (from France to what is known today as Canada and, from Canada to New England) this study also takes into account the phenomenon of cultural continuity as well as some aspects of the dynamics of culture change which are viewed here as a process resulting from the conflict having taken and still taking place between two opposing forces: cultural maintenance and assimilation....Most of all, however, this work is a first step into the field of Franco-American oral-traditional genres, popular culture and an homage to ethnic creativity."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bedford NH, Burlington VT, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Folklore, France, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Social History, Woonsocket RI -
Mission catholique et française en Nouvelle-Angleterre
Une collection de discours, sermons, des papiers, des émissions de radio, articles de journaux, les manifestes, et d'autres présentations sur le thième de soutenir et de préserver la religion catholique et la culture franco-américaine dans le vingtiième siiècle. Présentée à l'origine dans différentes villes en Nouvelle-Angleterre et au Québec, mais représentée ici en grande partie par des paroles et écritures de l'auteur, le curé Thomas-Marie Landry, à Fall River, MA. Des opinions concernant les thièmes de la foi, l'ethnicité et la citoyenneté.
Apriès l'avant-propos, les écritures qui suivent:
"Garde le dépot que l'on t'a confié" (sermon, 1942) Réflexions sur le role du pretre chez les Franco-Américains (allocution, 1942) La situation actuelle des Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre (rapport, 1946) "La véritable situation des Franco-Américans de la Nouvelle Angleterre" (rapport, 1952), M. Laure B. Lussier "Y aura-t-il demain une vie franco-américaine en Nouvelle-Angleterre?" (rapport, 1952) La situation franco-américaine (rapport, 1955) Le Franco-Américain de la Nouvelle-Angleterre en cette fin d'année 1958 (causerie) Aux origines de notre destin français (discours, 1958) Les minorités françaises sont-elles viables en Amérique du Nord? (causerie, 1960) Les conditions essentielles à notre survie (discours, 1949) Notre vie franco-américaine (doctrine, 1949) Un manifeste (1955) Solidarité ethnique et fierté nationale (rapport, 1957) Solidarité ethnique et éducation franco-américaine (rapport, 1957) Selon quels sens faut-il diriger l'évolution de notre vie franco-américaine? (discours, 1959) Le clergé franco-américain et les besoins de l'heure présente (article, 1949) La paroisse franco-américaine (sermon, 1952) La mission de la femme franco-américaine d'aujourd'hui (Projet de Manifeste, 1951) Pourquoi cette Fédération féminine franco-américaine? (étude, 1951) La jeunesse franco-américaine à la croisées des chemins (discours, 1948) A quelle école envoyer mon enfant? (conseils, 1950) Conseils à de jeunes étudiantes (discours, 1955) A nos amis, les Artisans (sermon, 1950) La Société des Artisans, les Franco-Américains et le Comité d'Orientation (discours, 1950) Et vous, chers Canado-américains (sermon, 1952) Le journal franco-américain (temoignage, article, 1955) Radio française et vie franco-américaine (1957) Leçons de la fete patronale (allocution, 1945) "Reflexions et remerciements" (allocution, 1954) Trois petits mots d'ordre (allocution, 1954) Voeux et souhaits de Bonne Année (Message du Nouvel An, 1954) Hommages et Voeux (1955) Quelques "remontrances" (causerie, 1956) Souhaits de Bonne Annee (causerie, 1957) La sainte de France (hommage, 1956) Les Saints Martyrs Canadiens (sermon, 1950) Le prêtre (sermon, 1955) Le prêtre-religieux (sermon, 1956) Un curé de chez-nous (éloge, 1947) Et un vicaire (éloge, 1952) Nos religieuses (sermon, 1955) Médecins franco-américains (éloge, 1951) Le docteur Georges A. Boucher (éloge, 1956) Nos magistrats (hommage, 1957) Adieu, chers paroissiens (sermon, 1957)Tags Boston MA, Brockton MA, Burlington VT, California, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Demography, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Florida, France, Gender and Sexuality, Hartford CT, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, New England, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Springfield MA, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA, Youth -
Subtractive Bilingualism: The Case of FrancoAmericans in Maine's St John Valley
Presentation of research on "ethnolinguistic vitality" among French-English bilingual students in the schools of Maine's St. John River Valley. Data supporting the trend there toward "subtractive bilingualism," where the use of one language is preferred at the expense of another. From the author: "The study, carried out in two school districts of the St John Valley in the state of Maine in the Unites States, compares three subgroups of francophones and anglophones on measures of the strength of their network of linguistic contacts in French and English, their communicative and cognitive-academic linguistic proficiency in these languages, their vitality beliefs concerning the francophone and anglophone communities, the strength of their ethnolinguistic identities and their degree of use of French and English in various social domains. The results, which are interpreted within the framework of a macroscopic model of the determinants of additive and subtractive bilingualism, are very conclusive in showing that bilingualism for these Franco-American students is strongly subtractive." -
Contes Populaires Canadiens (Quatriième Série)
Une sélection de contes populaires (24) issus de la collection d'un folkloriste canadiens-français en Nouvelle-Angleterre au 19e siiècle: Adélard Lambert. Des contes tels qu'ils ont été racontés par M. Lambert ou des membres de sa famille, ainsi que des contes de deux autres conteurs: Alexandre Poudrier et M. Bernier. Histoires brièves de l'émigration de ces trois conteurs du Québec vers les ètats-Unis.Comprend les contes suivants: De la famille LAMBERT: "Les trois petits moutons" "La tuque percée" "Madeleine et l'ogre de la forêt" "Morvette" "L'abeille et le crapaud" "L'aiguille qui parle" "La bonne Madeleine" "Le queteux" "Le Petit-Poucet" "Jacquot" "Jean-le-sot" "Richard-sans-Peur" "Rendez-moi ma bourse" "Le coq, le cochon et le boeuf" "Les cornes d'or" "La Belle et la Laide" D'Alexandre POUDRIER: "Quatre-poils-d'ors-dans-l'dos" "Les deux voisins" "Le veau vendu trois fois" "Pauvreté et misière" De M. BERNIER: "Jean-Ratoureux" "Le Petit bonnet rouge" "Le dragon et les nains" "Les trois rechanges" -
Les Canadiens français et leurs voisins du sud
Un livre d'essaies sur les relations politiques et culturelles entre Canada et les ètats-Unis, ou Québec et les ètats-Unis, et une exposition sur l'immigration canadienne francaise aux "états." Du texte: "...il presente pour la premiière fois une analyse soutenne et methodique du role joué par les Français du Canada dans cette grande action collective." Les textes suivants: L'Acadie et la Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1603-1763 - Gustave Lanctoêt Relations anglo-francçaises dans la vallée du Saint-Laurent - Raymond Parent Le Québec et les colonies américaines, 1760-1820 - Gustave Lanctoêt Le roêle des Canadiens francçais dan la traite des fourrures, les explorations et les missions, 1763-1846 - Benoiêt Brouillette Influences américaines sur la politique du Bas-Canada, 1820-1867 - Jean Bruchesi Léxpansion religieuse des Canadiens francçais aux états-Unis - Georges Robitaille Le Québec et les états-Unis, 1867-1937 - Gustave Lanctoêt -
Language Planning and Language Use : Canada's National Capital Area
Discussion on Canadian government service "language planning" in light of its official bilingual status. Particular attention is paid to the percentage of federal employee positions that, before unilingual, are now slated and anticipated to be held by bilingual people. Other attention is paid specifically to where efforts at bilingual accomodation are made to preserve Canadian confederation from, for example, the growing percentage of francophone Quebecers reliant solely upon unilingual provincial services, or anglophone Canadians resistant to minority language. Some distinction is made between what the author terms the "personality" and the "territorial" principles of bilingualism. -
From Working Daughters to Working Mothers : Production and Reproduction in an Industrial Community
From the author: "The increased participation of women in the paid labor force in the 20th-century United States has been marked by a transition from an era of 'working daughters' to one of 'working mothers.' Using data from a New England industrial community, I trace the connection between this transition and the growth and decline of the textile industry, the incorporation of immigrants into a hierarchical production process, and family strategies for allocating productive and reproductive labor. While the era of working daughters left the allocation of reproductive labor (housework and child care) intact, the wage work of recent immigrant mothers has had a more profound impact on families by reallocating some of 'women's work.' Nevertheless, many families have continued to maintain an ideology that values the husband's authority, emphasizes respect for parents, and stresses differences between men and women, all of these in the face of considerable changes in actual behavior."Tags Business and Economics, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Gender and Sexuality, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Mossasuck River Valley, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Weaverton RI, Wierville RI -
Language Attitudes in a French-American Community
From ERIC: "[The text] examines these questions: how do America's ethno-linguistic groups adjust to the bicultural demands made on them? How are speakers of local varieties of French as opposed to other forms viewed by French-Americans? Does participation in a bilingual education program influence children's attitudes?" -
Psychological Approaches to the Study of Language : Part II : On Second-Language Learning and Bilingualism
Essay on certain psychological aspects of language-learning influenced by social contexts. Based on research conducted among students in the bilingual city of Montréal. Includes comparative case studies with Franco American students in Louisiana and Maine. Case studies explore not only students' intellectual capacity, but the impact of one's social orientation toward a non-Anglophone cultural community on one's abilities and attitudes toward learning that community's language - in these cases, French. Comments on new research in second-language development. Presents new findings that compare test scores on cognitive ability in monolingual and bilingual students. Includes the sections, "A Social Psychology of Second-Language Learning" and "A Psychology of Bilingualism." -
L'harmonica dans la musique traditionnelle québécoise : histoire, techniques, partitions, musiciens
Un histoire de la musique québécoise et de l'harmonica. Des techniques de jouer l'harmonica du facon québécois traditionel. Des biographies d'un quatre-vingtaine de musiciens québécois. -
Brothers and Heroes : A Chronicle of Military Service of Six Americans
Military stories and individual histories of the military duties of six Augusta, Maine brothers - Armand, Laurent, Paul, Jean, William, and Louis Lambert. Written by the family's youngest son, George. Narrative covers enlistment periods and active duty between 1941 and 1988. Appendices contain diary entries, court proceedings, individual chronologies of service, individual stations of duty, photographs, bibliography, and other information. -
Journal d'un bibliophile
Témoignage autobiographique d'un homme à Manchester, New Hampshire et sa relation avec les livres. Son accumulation à vie de milles de livres de "Canadiana" et "Franco-Americana," et les histoires qui l'accompagnent, vers leur lieu de repos à l'Association Canado-Américaine. Sa vie comme collectionneur de livres. Comprend aussi des lettres et des articles de journaux relatifs à la Collection Lambert. Note: La Collection Lambert réside maintenant à Saint Anselm College à Manchester, New Hampshire. -
Rencontres et entretiens
Des contes de la mémoire de la jeunesse de Lambert, un émigré canadien-francais aux États-Unis au but du vingtiième siiècle. L'idée de la survivance reste à l'arriere-plan du texte. Le fin de livre contien des messages accueillant écrits aux immigrants canadiens par des Américains proéminants (e.g., Teddy Roosevelt).
De Lambert: "Ces écrits contenaient une foule de notes prises au hasard sur le fait et gestes des premiers Canadiens établis dans les Etats de la Nouvelle Angleterre." -
Journal d'un bibliophile
Témoignage autobiographique d'un homme à Manchester, New Hampshire et sa relation avec les livres. Son accumulation à vie de milles de livres de "Canadiana" et "Franco-Americana," et les histoires qui l'accompagnent, vers leur lieu de repos à l'Association Canado-Américaine. Sa vie comme collectionneur de livres. Comprend aussi des lettres et des articles de journaux relatifs à la Collection Lambert. Note: La Collection Lambert réside maintenant à Saint Anselm College à Manchester, New Hampshire. -
The French Canadians of Michigan : Their Contribution to the Development of the Saginaw Valley and the Keweenaw Peninsula, 1840-1914
From Wayne State University Press: "'The French Canadians of Michigan' looks at the factors behind the French Canadian immigration by providing a statistical profile of the migratory movement as well as analysis of the strategies used by French Canadians to cope with and adapt to new environments. Using federal manuscript censuses, parochial archives, and government reports, Jean Lamarre closely examines who the immigrants were, the causes of their migration, their social and geographical itinerary, and the reasons they chose Michigan as their destination."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Family, Forestry, Fur-trading, Great Lakes Region, Illinois, Keweenaw Peninsula MI, Labor History, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Minnesota, New England, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Ohio, Québec, Religion, Saginaw River Valley, US Midwest, Wisconsin -
La migration des Canadiens français vers le Michigan, 1840-1914 : leur contribution au développement socioéconomique de la région
Ce texte a devenu le livre "Le Canadiens français du Michigan" (2000), ou "The French Canadians of Michigan" (2003). Du résumé: "Cette thièse a pour objet la migration des Canadiens français vers le Michigan de 1840 à 1914. Elle s'intéresse de maniére plus precise aux Canadiens français qui se sont dirigés vers deux régions caracteristiques du développement industriel de l'Etat, soit la vallée forestiière de la riviere Saginaw et la peninsule miniière de cuivre de Keweenaw. Au-dela d'établir un profil statistique du mouvement migratoire, cette these cherche a mettre en lumiere la contribution des Canadiens français au développement socioéconomique du Michigan, à connaitre de quelle facon les Canadiens français se sont adaptés à la realité industrielle changeante du Michigan et à identifier les strategies qui furent adoptées pour y parvenir....Nous posons d'abord comme cadre general d'analyse que la mobilite spatiale des Canadiens français sur le continent nord-americain a été sous-estimée et que cet aspect de la realité socioéconomique et culturelle des Canadiens français commence à peine à être révelé dans toute sa dimension. L'analyse de leur migration vers le Michigan éclaire de maniière encore plus évidente cet aspect et permet d'inscrire ce mouvement migratoire en parfaite continuité avec la culture de mouvement et de travail qu'ils ont acquisé au fil de leur expérience de vie et de travail sur le continent. Nous avons d'abord constaté que les Canadiens français ont contribué de façon marquée à toutes les étapes du développement socioéconomique et politique du Michigan. Nous avons découvert que l'adaptation des Canadiens français à la realité industrielle au Michigan s'est exprimée de maniière différente dans le marche du travail forestier et dans celui du travail minier. Dans le premier cas, la culture de mouvement, conjuguée à une longue expérience de travail dans ce domaine, a fait en sorte que les Canadiens français se sont sentis rapidement à l'aise dans ce milieu et que cette confiance a influencé leur comportement. Que ce soit dans leur communauté, face à leurs élites ou au sein du marche du travail, l'assurance qu'ont affichée les Canadiens français leur a permis de prendre une distance face aux préscriptions clericales visant la survivance et l'isolement, pour participer activement à la société globale, s'y impliquer, s'adapter et réagir aux changements majeurs qui sont survenus sur le marche du travail industriel....Dans le secteur minier, l'absence d'expérience de travail des premiers migrants ne leur a pas permis d'afficher une aussi belle assurance. Les Canadiens français sont démeurés en marge du travail minier alors qu'ils se sont concentrés dans les secteurs connexés du travail forestier pour lequel ils avaient une expérience de travail. Ils ont également cherché à s'isoler socialement se concentrant dans des villages comme celui de Lake Linden ù ils ont constitué longtemps plus de la moitié de la population totale et ù ils ont pu ainsi maintenir un certain controle sur leur réalité socioéconomique et politique....Mais dans les deux cas, les Canadiens français n'ont pas été passifs, ni victimes de la situation. Aux changements de toute nature qui se sont produits, ils ont constamment réagi en faisant appel à leur culture de vie et de travail et aus ressources familiales pour s'adapter afin de faciliter leur integration socioéconomique."Tags Business and Economics, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Geography, Government and Politics, Labor History, Michigan, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Social History -
Entre Amis
Collection de lettres envoyées par P. Louis Lalande, S.J., à son ami Arthur Prévost, du Québec, du Canada, des fois aux États-Unis, et d'ailleurs. Rend une chronique de la vie du prêtre et de sa relation avec son ami. Publiée sept ans apriès la mort de M. Prévost.
<br/><br/>Contient une piièce décrivant l'émigration canadienne-française en Nouvelle-Angleterre et de la croissance dans ce lieu de la communauté francophone et catholique. (pp. 62-67) -
Le mouvement Sentinelliste : réflexions sur un probleème de survivance
Une theèse maitrise sur le mouvement Sentinelliste: une grande réaction journalistique aux droits linguistiques et réligieuses d'une dioceèse catholique dans le Rhode Island, et dans les églises du sud de la Nouvelle-Angleterre au début du 20e siiècle. La rélation entre l'église catholique américaine, l'église catholique québécoise, et le pont de Rome. Certains défis réligieuses à la cause de la survivance franco-américaine. -
L'Étoile blanche
Le carnet de route d'une artiste qui a quitté son mari et ses enfants à Boston afin de voyager vers la France et l'Italie. "L'Étoile blanche" est le nom qu'elle donne au navire qu'elle prend à travers l'Atlantique. Comprend une partie de la poésie de l'artiste. -
Les "Chinois" de l'est, ou, la vie quotidienne des Québécois émigrés aux États-Unis de 1840 aè nos jours
Lafleur prends la phrase "les Chinois de l'Est" d'une description pejorative de la franco-américanie et l'utilise aè illustrer la vie et l'histoire franco-américaine. Le texte concerne la Nouvelle-Angleterre en totale, mais sa centre primaire est la ville de Watertown, Connecticut. De son intro et sa conclusion: "Enfin, ce travail est loin d'etre exhaustif et n'a pas la prétention d'un étude scientifique et objective. Il se veut simplement la voix de ceux et celles qu'on a parfois considérés comme des 'traitres aè la patrie.'...Le retour aux sources et la passion de se connaitre font qu plusieurs Franco-Américains se tournent aujourd'hui vers le Québec, berceau du sang francais en Amérique du Nord. Pourquoi leur faire la sourde oreille?"Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Journalism, Labor History, Laconia NH, Louisiana, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Pittsfield MA, Québec, Religion, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Swanton VT, United States, Ware MA, Waterbury CT, Watertown CT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
From Colony to Class : The Changing Consciousness of Franco-American Textile Workers in Waterville, Maine, 1934-1954
Thesis examining the textile workers of Waterville, Maine during the New Deal Era. Descriptions of an observable transition in the Franco American community from an ethnicity-based cohesion to a consciousness and way of life organized by class. An attempt to situate the origins of assimilation and social disintegration of the Franco American communities in the early 20th century. A labor history of the Waterville, Maine area in the early 20th century. The changes in Waterville's workers' attitudes toward organized labor, especially following the 1934 general strike along the American East Coast. The development of class identity as seen in Waterville worker demonstrations in the later 1930s. -
Cowan Mill burns. Thousands watch fire in Lewiston
The Cowan Mill, on the shore of the Androscoggin River between Lewiston and Auburn, Maine, goes up in flames. The Cowan building is one of many in the vast Bates Mill complex. -
Fire ties up traffic in city
Effect of the Cowan Mill fire on traffic in the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine. -
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. -
Cowan Mill burns. Thousands watch fire in Lewiston
The Cowan Mill, on the shore of the Androscoggin River between Lewiston and Auburn, Maine, goes up in flames. The Cowan building is one of many in the vast Bates Mill complex. -
Fire ties up traffic in city
Effect of the Cowan Mill fire on traffic in the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Seeking an "Entente Cordiale": Prosper Bender, French Canada, and Intercultural Brokership in the Nineteenth Century
A physician by training, Prosper Bender (1844–1917) achieved prominence through his written work on French Canadians. In the 1870s, he joined the flourishing literary scene of Quebec City, a period that culminated with his Literary Sheaves (1881) and Old and New Canada (1882). Then, for more than a quarter-century, Bender lived in Boston, where he practiced homeopathic medicine and again played the part of an intercultural broker. Doubts concerning his native land’s future led him to promote the American annexation of Canada; he also wrote for American readers articles on French-Canadian culture. More than a century later, Bender’s body of work reflects the challenges facing post-Confederation Canada and the struggle for mutual understanding between French Canadians and their English-speaking neighbours. -
The Lost Wor(l)ds of Franco-America
Patrick Lacroix gives a talk on the history, language, and culture of Franco-Americans. -
Franco-Americans and Racial Discourse in Historical Perspective
French Canadian immigrants to the United States and their Franco-American descendants faced discrimination and marginalization due to their religious faith, their language, and their customs. From the late nineteenth century to the Second World War, they occupied an ambiguous place in the country's ethnic and racial landscape. Their uncertain status resulted from their dual identity as a people of Western European descent and as North American settlers whose racial belonging was contested. Steering through that ambiguity and seeking a full-fledged whiteness, Franco-Americans at times accepted the racial litmus tests established by the dominant Anglo-Saxon group, not least by distancing themselves from East Asian migrants, African Americans, and Indigenous peoples. -
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. -
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). Où ses lettres et pièces journalistiques se sont préoccupés avec les thèmes 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. -
Oral Tradition : New England and French Canada
Paper outlining a proposed bibliography of New England French folklore. Describes an inventory of materials on New England French popular tradition - folklore, folk song, legend - being collected and cataloged at the Archives de Folklore, l'Université Laval, in Québec City. Certain examples of New England French Canadian and Franco American folklore, its themes and content; its researchers; and some accessible sources. Concludes with a chart comparing the different types of folklore found in each New England state, New England generally, Mississippi, Michigan, and Louisiana, as well as Ontario, Québec, and Acadia.
Presented 5/2/1972 at a conference entitled,"The French in New England, Acadia, and Quebec," and also included in the full conference proceedings published under the same name. -
St. Jean-Baptiste, Lowell, MA, 1869-1910
Marriage index of all persons wedded in St. Jean-Baptiste Roman Catholic Church, Lowell, Massachusetts, in the period from 1869 to 1910. The text includes over 1,600 marriages. This parish was terminated on June 30, 1993. -
The Necrology of St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine
List of persons interred at St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine. Volumes 1 and 2 have names of persons interred between 1870 and 1976. Volume 3 contains names of those interred between 1977 and 1992. -
Oak Island : An Acadian Tale
Historical novel driven by a love story, with a search for treasures extending from the 11th-century Crusades and the Knights of Templar, to the Acadians and Mi'kmaq of 17th-century Atlantic Canada, to colonial Boston. Includes illustrations, maps, ancestry charts of historical characters, depictions of settings in 18th-century Boston and Nova Scotia. -
Oak Island : An Acadian Tale
Historical novel driven by a love story, with a search for treasures extending from the 11th-century Crusades and the Knights of Templar, to the Acadians and Mi'kmaq of 17th-century Atlantic Canada, to colonial Boston. Includes illustrations, maps, ancestry charts of historical characters, depictions of settings in 18th-century Boston and Nova Scotia. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
FAROG Group : Québékiss discussion
Recording of a 1973 FAROG (Franco-American Resource Opportunity Group) student meeting at the University of Maine at Orono. Beginning in the early 1970s, the group would meet on a regular basis and, among other things, involve themselves in exploratory discussion. This particular meeting begins with a reflection on the song entitled "Québékiss," and turns into an exploration of identity, of college, and of ideas about "freedom." -
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" -
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. -
Chantons!
Livret de titres de chansons françaises et anglaises et de leurs paroles. Booklet of French and English song titles and their lyrics. -
Les objectifs de Paul LePage à titre de gouverneur du Maine
Une vidéo des nouvelles sur le début de l'administration du gouverneur Paul Lepage dans l'État du Maine, et certains de ses visions pour l'avenir de l'Etat. -
'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. -
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. -
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. -
Franco-Americans include five cultures
Article about the focus on Franco-American cultures during Appreciating Diversity Day at Falmouth Middle School in southern Maine. -
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. -
'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. -
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. -
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. -
Franco-Americans include five cultures
Article about the focus on Franco-American cultures during Appreciating Diversity Day at Falmouth Middle School in southern Maine. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 -
Franco-American Health-Related Bibliography
Bibliography of books and articles related to the health and wellness of Franco-Americans and people of French-Canadian descent. From the foreword: "The following bibliography hopes to unite health-care providers with the growing body of knowledge focusing on the interdependence of culture, society and medicine. As is true with all bibliographies, this is not an exhaustive list of all resources available. It is the result of a combination of other bibliographies and databases for the specific purpose of creating a Franco-American health-related bibliography...." -
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." -
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." -
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. -
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. -
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 -
Religion, Education, and Language as Factors in French Canadian Cultural Survival
Dissertation on the cultural life of French Canada, from the 16th century until the middle 20th, and the specific roles that religion, education, and language have played in its minority preservation in and outside of Quebec. Historical background of the French in Canada. The importance of the Catholic Church, the educational system, family, literature, and government as structures for supporting the three factors observed. According to the author, written to fill a gap in English language scholarship on the history of French Canada.Tags Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Family, Fiction and Literature, France, Government and Politics, Language and Linguistics, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Québec, Religion, War -
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 -
The Art of Fiction, No. 41
Transcript of 1968 interview with writer Jack Kerouac in his Florida home, shortly before his death in 1969. Conducted by three visitors - principally, poet Ted Berrigan - and with the participation of Jack's wife, Stella Kerouac. Part of a Paris Review series of author interviews, and featured in a Paris Review published anthology of other interviews with literary figures, Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, 4th series (1976), edited by George Plimpton. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2659470 -
Selected Letters , 1940-1956
Collection of selected correspondence between writer Jack Kerouac and family, friends, and other literary figures before 1956. Includes letters to and from William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg; to Kerouac's mother, Gabrielle Kerouac; Neal Cassady; Alfred Kazin; and many others. Contain references to early writings, travels, relationships, etc. Letters presented chronologically, annotated, and linked with editor commentary. Includes biographical chronology and editor introduction. -
Windblown World : The Journals of Jack Kerouac, 1947-1954
Edited selections from the personal, previously unpublished writings of writer Jack Kerouac, from 1947 to 1954. Daily thoughts and travel logs presented together with more formal musings. Contains two sections of personal journal entries and work logs corresponding with the writing of some of his earlier works, "The Town and the City" and "On the Road." Selected reprints of handwritten pages. Many selections dated. Introduced by the editor; presented with brief explanations of the names of people included in the journals. -
Selected Letters , 1957-1969
Collection of selected correspondence between writer Jack Kerouac and friends, other literary figures, and some family from 1957 to the author's death in 1969. Includes letters to William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Sterling Lord; Robert Giroux; and many others. References to publications, writings, travels, etc. Letters presented chronologically, annotated, and linked with editor commentary. Includes biographical chronology and editor introduction. -
Safe in Heaven Dead : Interviews with Jack Kerouac
Short compilation of selected, transcribed segments of interviews conducted with Jack Kerouac between 1957 and 1969. Some of Kerouac's thoughts on ancestry, the Beat Generation, literature, his writing, Buddhism, Catholicism, family, and his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts. Index of sources where interviews were originally printed. -
Atop an Underwood : Early Stories and Other Writings
Selections from Jack Kerouac's (1922-1969) earliest imaginative and other writings composed between 1936 and 1943, with introduction and commentary from poet and editor, Paul Marion. Includes notes, poetry, creative and journalistic prose, and an excerpt from Kerouac's early novel, "The Sea Is My Brother." Written during Kerouac's youth in Lowell, Massachusetts, during his time at Columbia University, later as a merchant marine, and elsewhere. Presented in three chronological sections: Pine Forests and Pure Thought, 1936-1940; An Original Kicker, 1941; To Portray Life Accurately, 1942-1943. -
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." -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Quebec to New England : The Life of Monsignor Charles Dauray
Biography of a priest who emigrated to New England from Quebec and became an instrumental figure in the Providence, Rhode Island, Roman Catholic diocese. His early life in Canada, his movement to the United States on account of illness, and his lifelong attention to Rhode Island's Roman Catholics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His pastoral leadership of Most Precious Blood Parish in Woonsocket. From Bruce Humphries, Inc., Publishers: "The career of Monsignor Charles Dauray is actually the history of the French-speaking population of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, from 1872 to 1931." -
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. -
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. -
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." -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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." -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Franco-American Studies: A Resource Guide
What the author calls "an annotated bibliography of materials about Franco-Americans and French Canada which are available in the greater Waterville (Maine) area." She writes: "In this bibliography an attempt has been made to take advantage of previously available bibliographical materials while at the same time adding all other items of which [we] have first-hand knowledge, with annotative commentary for everything." -
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 -
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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). -
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 -
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 -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Phonological Variables in a New England French Speech Community
From the author: "The first section of the present study consists of a historical survey of the Franco-American community, examining those factors, such as the existence of a network of bilingual parochial schools, which were significant for language maintenance efforts. It is observed that French/English bilingualism in New England has seriously declined in the last twenty years, and that organized attempts to provide for its survival are now limited primarily to the state of Maine. The second section of this study specifies the lexical, morphological and syntactic characteristics which distinguish New England French (NEF) from Standard French (SF), based on a corpus of written and oral documents of recent origin. The results obtained are compared with those reported in studies of Canadian French, and in earlier studies of NEF. It is shown that no structural innovations have emerged in NEF which are not also attested in Canadian and other popular varieties of French. The influence of English is primarily restricted to the borrowing of words, but the use of anglicisms is often subject to ridicule. Systematic change in NEF tends to be in the direction of convergence with SF. Synchronically, a continuum of speech style is observed, whose lower or informal levels are characterized by features shared with the French of rural Québec, and whose higher or more formal levels are characterized by corresponding features of SF....The third section consists of an analysis of the present state of the phonology of NEF, and is based on a corpus collected in interviews with six informants in Manchester, New Hampshire. Sixteen phonological rules are formulated, defining elements which distinguish NEF from SF. It is shown that some of these features are being lost as NEF incorporates standard elements. Many of these elements which are avoided in formal speech situations by speakers with more exposure to SF, however, tend to occur frequently or predominantly in less formal situations. The sixteen phonological processes are subjected to partial ordering in terms of an implicational scale, according to whether they are more or less resistant to change. It is shown that those processes which entail only superficial (phonetic) differences between NEF and SF are more likely to be retained, while those processes which entail underlying (morphophonemic) differences are more likely to be lost."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Brunswick ME, Caribou ME, Education, Fall River MA, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Québec, Salem MA, St. John River Valley, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Alphonsine
Historical novel introducing the author's great-great-grandparents' from Montréal, Québec, and their family's new life after immigrating to Rapid City in the Black Hills area of South Dakota, USA. Begins with the mother - Alphonsine - and her children as they leave Montréal to reunite with the father who had left long before to seek work. Family life in the United States in the 19th century. Illustrated in black and white drawings. Contains an epilogue charting the later lives of Alphonsine, her husband Charles, and their several children. -
Alphonsine
Historical novel introducing the author's great-great-grandparents' from Montréal, Québec, and their family's new life after immigrating to Rapid City in the Black Hills area of South Dakota, USA. Begins with the mother - Alphonsine - and her children as they leave Montréal to reunite with the father who had left long before to seek work. Family life in the United States in the 19th century. Illustrated in black and white drawings. Contains an epilogue charting the later lives of Alphonsine, her husband Charles, and their several children. -
Processes of Immigration : The Franco Americans of Manchester, New Hampshire, 1875-1925
From Kanzler: "The Black History movement of the 1960s, the White Ethnic awareness of the 1970s and current developments in the Hispanic and Asian communities throughout the United States emphasize the significance of ethnicity as a major factor in the analysis of American nationality. These circumstances along with an increasing appreciation of social history as a critical area of research have stimulated new quests into the complexity and ramifications of the social processes of becoming an American....This study focuses on the various processes implied in the migration and settlement of French Canadian immigrants in Manchester, New Hampshire 1875-1925....The second part of the work applies the historical research in an educational setting to test the effectiveness of case study methodology. Using the historical findings in fictionalized form, a French Canadian family is traced from its migration to Manchester through processes of acculturation and adjustment. Control and experimental groups in two secondary U.S. History classes are tested for cognitive achievement and positive attitudes toward cultural diversity."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Labor History, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Québec, Religion, Social History -
French Canadians in the United States
Essay on general attitudes toward French Canadians and Franco Americans in the United States, and descriptions of the customs of this immigrated ethnic group in the 1940s.Tags Bellechasse PQ, California, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Holyoke MA, Illinois, La Beauce QC, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Meriden CT, Michigan, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Salem MA, Social History, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Vermont, War, Wisconsin, 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. -
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 -
Floor Models
Short short fiction piece of a Lewiston, Maine grandmother, mother, and daughter; family stories whose narrator captures family maladies and how they extend across time. Published for the web on New England Review, NER Digital. -
Loup Garou
Short story narrated by a writer frequently at odds with her spiny and somewhat distant lover on their roadtrip from Oregon to the East Coast. -
Loup Garou
Short story narrated by a writer frequently at odds with her spiny and somewhat distant lover on their road trip from Oregon to the East Coast. -
Floor Models
Short short fiction piece of a Lewiston, Maine grandmother, mother, and daughter; family stories whose narrator captures family maladies and how they extend across time. Published for the web on New England Review, NER Digital. -
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. -
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. -
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." -
Use My Name: Jack Kerouac's Forgotten Families
From ECW Press: "With this fascinating new book, Jim Jones debunks many of the myths surrounding the life and times of Jack Kerouac. Jones concentrates on those whose lives were most affected by Kerouac: daughter Jan Kerouac, wives Edie Parker, Joan Haverty, and Stella Sampas, as well as nephew Paul Blake Jr. 'Use My Name: Jack Kerouac's Forgotten Families' takes its title from advice given to Jan during her second and final meeting with Jack, who encouraged her to profit from the surname she shared with the famous author of 'On the Road.' Sadly, not one of these individuals so closely tied to Kerouac seems to have benefited from the connection, as Jones discovers in his in-depth interview with Jan. She discusses at length her 15 months as a prostitute, her own divorces, her hospitalization, and her life as an author, including a wild European book tour for [her novel] 'Baby Driver.' Although Kerouac is one of the most 'biographied' American writers of our time, Jones offers a new perspective on the King of the Beats and his generation, one in which formerly marginalized figures in the Kerouac storyparticularly womenbecome strong, central characters. He also exposes the cut-throat wheeling and dealing that has plagued the Kerouac estate and that continues today as the various players do battle over the legacy of one of the counterculture's biggest idols." -
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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Le milieu, l'appartenance et l'integration à la société américaine : la littérature comme outil de connaissance des Franco-Américains
Thièse de premier cycle qui explore les écrits de Jack Kerouac, Robert Perreault, Gérard Robichaud, et Rhea Côté Robbins. Une analyse de leurs littératures comme oeuvres franco-américaines, ou exemples de «littératures mineures» qui offrent un commentaire unique sur la géographie et l'idée d'un «sentiment d'appartenance». Undergraduate thesis that explores the writings of Jack Kerouac, Robert Perreault, Gerard Robichaud, and Rhea Cote Robbins. Examines their literature as Franco-American works, and as examples of "minor literatures" that offer a unique commentary on one's geography and "sense of place." -
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. -
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. -
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 -
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 -
"You're Putting Me on": Jack Kerouac and the Postmodern Emergence
Article exploring the self-referential literature of Jack Kerouac as cause, commentary, and resistance to his "Beat Movement" celebrity in the 1950s and 1960s. How Jack's engagement with fame is exercised in his literature, or in other public appearances, and signals a literary ground on which American letters can begin to see characteristics of what would become known as "postmodern." Analysis of Kerouac's television appearance on The Steve Allen Show; emphasis on his novels "Vanity of Dulouz," "Visions of Cody," and "The Subterraneans," with constant reference to the success and interpretation of "On the Road." Explorations of critical thinker Michel Foucault's ideas on the concepts of "guilt" and "punishment," and of Jean Beaudrillard's notion of the "simulacrum." -
The Voice Is All : The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac
Biographical portrait of Jack Kerouac, with uniquely heavy emphasis on the suggested influence of his French Canadian heritage - and the French language - on the style and content of his creative works. Written by a Kerouac contemporary and former friend. Covers from Kerouac's early life and those of his parents, to 1951, shortly after the publication of his first novel, The Town and the City. -
The Voice Is All : The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac
Biographical portrait of Jack Kerouac, with uniquely heavy emphasis on the suggested influence of his French Canadian heritage - and the French language - on the style and content of his creative works. Written by a Kerouac contemporary and former friend. Covers from Kerouac's early life and those of his parents, to 1951, shortly after the publication of his first novel, The Town and the City. -
ISLE : A Magazine for the Arts
Small publication featuring poetry, fiction, and visual art from students at Johnson State College in Johnson, Vermont.
Contains the following works:
POETRY:
"It Was Haunted Wood," "He Works Unhurried" by Robert Chamberlain
"Daydream," "Opiated Lover" by Ted Creighton
"If I Say That I Love You" by Jill Gallant
"Your Touch Is Too Gentle," "Never Before Have I Seen," "The Morning's Softness Is Arriving" by Glenda Haskell
"The Candle Flame Wavers" by Susan Marzbanian
"Inkling" by John Mason
"Watching People" by Ann Odell
"American-City-Sidewalk-Superintendent-Blues" by H. Romero
"Letter," "When She Only Had Her Thoughts," "You Make the Confusion" by Robert Searles "Time (Again)" by Linda Shaw
"First Snow," "Cottage," "Sometimes at Night" by Valerie Stoddard
"The Story," "Heritage," "Donna Whispers," "Memere Would Sit" by Liliane Tetreault
PROSE:
"A Time of Winter" by Leon Betts
short fiction by Frederick Fisher
VISUAL ART:
photograph by Dana Carlson
photographs by Ted Creighton
cover art by Peter Flint
painting and drawing by Jay Hoyt
drawing by Jim LaBelle
"Manners" by Simon McGann
drawing by Wendy Wells
photograph by Jaimie Wolf -
Little French Mary
Short story about a French Canadian family newly arrived to Dulham, in New England, and its six-year-old daughter, Mary, who captures the hearts of Dulham's old men. First published in The Pocket Magazine in 1895. Reprinted in The Life of Nancy (1969) (http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47340) and published online by Coe College: http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/lon/mary.htm. -
The Gray Mills of Farley
Short story that finds a textile mill agent caught between the greed of his directors, the powerlessness and plight of his workers, and the wisdom of a priest around the time of a New England mill's cut-back and shut-down. A New England manufactory-town setting and its diverse characters around the turn of the century. Written by a South Berwick, Maine native and author of The Country of the Pointed Firs. Featured in the following collections:
American Local-Color Stories, edited by Harry R. Warfel. 1941. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1188060
Uncollected Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett, edited by Richard Cary. 1971. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227485
The Irish Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett, edited by Jack Morgan and Louis A. Renza. 1996. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34475664 -
Little French Mary
Short story about a French Canadian family newly arrived to Dulham, in New England, and its six-year-old daughter, Mary, who captures the hearts of Dulham's old men. First published in The Pocket Magazine in 1895. Reprinted in The Life of Nancy (1969) (http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47340) and published online by Coe College: http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/lon/mary.htm. -
Acadian Festival: Celebrate the St. John Valley's French Acadian Heritage
From Crown of Maine Productions: "'Acadian Festival' is a lively, one-hour show that features the French of the St John Valley, Maine, celebrating their Acadian history from a re-enactment of the arrival of the Acadians in 1785 to fascinating demonstrations of Acadian traditions that could be taken straight from the pages of 'Evangeline.'...Music, dance, food, spinning, weaving, basket and snowshoe making are just a few of the Treasures of the Valley featured in this film." -
The Story of the Acadians: A Tale of Discovery, Tragedy, and Determination
From Crown of Maine Productions: "'The Story of the Acadians' is a tale of discovery, tragedy and determination of a peace loving people who never give up. Learn how the first French settlers brought with them pre-fabricated homes from France to North America in 1604, hear about their strong relations with the native people whose alliances helped to save their lives, witness the innovative designs of the French in the construction of the unique fortresses they built, as well as the intricate system of dykes they introduced into North America....Most of all, learn how the French became Acadians with a culture of their own a culture of family values, of hard work and of a determination never to be destroyed despite numerous attacks by the British assaults which culminated in one of the worst human tragedies of all time the Deportation from Nova Scotia." -
Greetings from Aroostook: Postcard DVD
From Crown of Maine Productions: "'Greetings From Aroostook' is a seventeen minute DVD featuring spectacular scenery, people and wildlife of The County set to music. The DVD includes scenes throughout the area from the Million Dollar View south of Houlton to Ramsey Ledge in The Allagash. It's narrated by Layne Longfellow, relative of the poet. It includes activities from different seasons of the year from skiing and snowmobiling to hiking and kayaking. Various cultural events are included from the Acadian Festival in The Valley to the Midsommar Festival in New Sweden, and, of course, Fort Fairfield's Potato Blossom Festival. It even has a scene of youngsters picking potatoes at harvest time. It's a wonderful reminder of life in The County - 'The Way Maine Used To Be,' as some say. And it's a great gift idea for friends and family who live outside the area to give them a taste of home, or to entice them to visit." -
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." -
French All Around Us: French Language and Francophone Culture in the United States
French is literally everywhere - in our history and values, in our families, and in our neighborhoods and communities, from the croissant or macaron in our local café or bistro to family and place names across the country. These are the stories of French language and Francophone culture in the US, but, even more importantly, the stories of Franco-Americans - ranging from descendants of the earliest French explorers and French-Canadian immigrants to the newest arrivals in the US from throughout the Francophone world. This book is of interest to all of us, whatever our background, as the experience of French language and Francophone culture in the US has similarities to and intersects with the many languages and cultures that have contributed to the American experience -
Visions of Kerouac
Biography of Jack Kerouac published in his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Speaking in Tongues
Documentary film on multilingual and multicultural education in the United States. The personal, social, and political implications of teaching in languages other than English, and the complex realities of immigrant families' hopes for their children's education. Set in California, in the context of various states considering "English only" legislation. Considers the developmental benefits of multilingual youth education. From PatchWork Productions: "In a time where 31 states have passed English Only initiatives, one urban school district is exploring the provocative notion that speaking a foreign language can be a national asset. We follow four diverse students and their families as they encounter the challenges and delights of becoming fluent in two languages. As we witness their journey, we see how speaking more than one language changes them, their families, their communities, and maybe even the world." -
Ethnic Working Class Protest : The Textile Strike of 1922 in Rhode Island
Dissertation on ethnicity and working-class life in early-twentieth-century Rhode Island. Particular emphasis on the causes and effects of a violent 1922 strike at B.B. and R. Knight Mills on the banks of the Pawtuxet River in Natick, Rhode Island. The strike involved an extended mass protest, the intervention of the state militia, and the eventually successful pleading of a local Catholic priest.Tags Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Italian Americans, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Natick RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtuxet River Valley, Religion, Rhode Island, Violence -
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 -
Emigration of Canadians to the United States
1923 article on emigration statistics from the whole of Canada into the United States. Complete with tables and commentary. Geographic distribution of Canadians in the United States. Sites French Canadians as "less migratory," or less prone to emigrate than other Canadians.Tags Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Geography, Government and Politics, Lowell MA, Manitoba, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Saskatchewan, United States -
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." -
French and English Canadians in "Milltown" : A Pilot Study of the Organizational and Interactional Aspects of a Bicultural and Bilingual Town
Dissertation analyzing the social dynamics of an Ontario "pulp and paper town" with significant French- and English-heritage populations. A comparative sociological study in how ethnicity impacts community structures and interrelations in Canada. How the phenomena of dual social organizations divided along ethnic lines relate to industry, town economics, and politics. Comments on observable forms of inter-communal relations and the status of inter-ethnic interaction in the studied town. Presents a local case in a national, Canadian context, with reference to notions of acculturation and histories of group conflict. From the author: "The argument is that interethnic relations can be considered from the perspective of social organization and/or interorganizational relations because the characteristics of organized ethnic collectivities are crucial to the understanding of intergroup relations" (iii).Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Language and Linguistics, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Ontario -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Quittons Pour Mieux Vivre, Let's Leave for a Better Life : A Story of Franco-Americans in Maine
Dramatic student portrayal of French Canadian immigration to Maine at the beginning of the twentieth century. Contains scenes of family life in Quebec, dramatic reenactment of work in the mills of Maine, prayer and party in the United States, and various music and dance. Film adaptation of a stage production. -
Maine's Acadia : Young Writers Celebrate a Heritage
A collection of student writings in celebration of the 200th year of the Acadian settlement at St. David, Maine, in the northern St. John River Valley. Created during a 1985 Madawaska, Maine summer program for gifted and talented students - MEGA Magnified - under the direction of Gloria Hutchinson.
Includes the following pieces:
Introduction, Gloria Hutchinson
"The Acadians," by Msgr. Gilman Chalout
Sneak Previews
"The Sanctuary," by Robert P. Cyr
"The Time for When to Go," by Carol Dufour Baker
"Oui, Je Me Souviens," by Carol Dufour Baker
"Give Me a Spot in Northern Maine," by Jane Martin
"Growing Up on the Border," by Kim Geraghty
"Two Languages Are Better Than One," by Janet Hebert
"Daigle-Boone: A Game Behaviorist," by Christian Cyr
"Yesterday Came Suddenly," by Mary Marin
"Are Acadians Becoming Americanized?" by Joey Keller
Student Pictures
"The Accursed," by Gina Miranda
"Raindrops from the East," by Lori Ann Albert
"The Vengeance of Three-Fingered Willie," by Shawn Guerrette
"A Pair of Star-Cross'd Lovers," by Tina Chasse
"Crossing the Threshold," by Gary Albert
"In the Name of Honor," by Jenny Albert
"Notes from a Terrorist," by T. Mark Kelly
"Valley Images" (Selected Poems), by T. Chasse, R. P. Cyr, C. Baker, G. M. Miranda, G. Hutchinson
"In Memoriam," by Christian CyrTags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Allagash ME, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fiction and Literature, Folklore, Fort Kent ME, Language and Linguistics, Literary Works -- Anthology, Madawaska ME, Maine, Native Americans, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Poetry, Religion, St. Agatha ME, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, Wallagrass ME -
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
Annexe 1 - Annexe 2 - Bibliographie - Liste des cartes et figures - Liste des collaborateurs -
The Structure of the Canadian French Consonant System
Discussion of consonantal traits characteristic of Canadian French, excluding the dialectical traits of the Acadians typically heard in Northern Maine and the Maritime Provinces in Canada. Brief references to French Creole and New England Franco-American French. From the author: "The purpose of this study is to discuss the structure of the consonant system of Canadian French, especially in its more archaic (i.e., less assimilated to the standard language) form, in order to show that a seemingly complex set of allophonic and phonemic developments, of different origins, bear witness to a single tendency toward greater economy of distinctive features in the phonological system." -
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.' " -
The Heflingers and the Lamoures : A Microcosm of United States Social History from the 1850's through the 1950's
From Huggins: "This thesis traces the history of two immigrant families from the mid-1800's through the mid-1900's. The social and economic factors of Germany and French Québec are studied to determine reasons for the movement of people from these countries to the United States during the 1800's. Family histories are used to follow the author's ancestors from their arrival through the following one hundred years....The narrative style is used to record family stories and reactions to historical events. The major contribution of this thesis is its furthering of the understanding of the impact of these two immigrant groups on America. Also the assimilation of Germans and French Canadians into American society is demonstrated."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Family, Genealogy, Germany, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, North Dakota, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec -
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 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. -
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..." -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 -
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. -
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. -
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 -
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 -
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. -
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. -
Social Photography
Text of a brief talk given by acclaimed photographer of American working life - and famously, child industrial labor - during the first half of the twentieth century. Thoughts on the role and function of the photographer and "social photography" in light of Hine's thoughts on the injustices endured by urban children in poverty, at work. Included in a 1980 book of essays on photography, with a brief biographical introduction from the editor. Originally published as "Social Photography ; How the Camera May Help in the Social Uplift" in the "Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction at the Thirty-sixth Annual Session held in the City of Buffalo, New York, June 9-16, 1909," Alexander Johnson, ed., (Fort Wayne, Indiana: Press of Fort Wayne, 1909). -
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. -
'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. -
'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"). -
Francoamerican Cultural Identity: A Resource Guide
Compilation of information on resources, repositories, references, and research tools available for the study of Franco American history and cultural identity in New England. Lists specific archival collections and their locations; library collections of current materials; French-English bilingual education programs and resources across the United States. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 makeup of the USA Confederacy and the American South. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 -
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 -
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." -
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." -
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." -
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 -
The Questing Beast
Novel told in parallel stories of a father and son. An American artist's eventual return to Canada in search of an identity in the place of his father's birth and death; the father's youthful departure from Quebec to New England many years before. Each man's personal "quest" forward and backward, and the pressures he endures.
From McClelland and Stewart: "'The Questing Beast' traces the lives of a father and son - heirs to a mysterious family disgrace - and their obsessive attempts to appease the specter of their past. Each of them is guided by enigmatic, even mystical, women as their separate journeys take them from the asbestos pits of Thetford Mines, Quebec, to the lush gardens of Miami Beach and, ultimately, back to the same destination."Tags Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Fiction and Literature, Gender and Sexuality, Hartford CT, Literary Works -- Fiction, Lynn MA, Miami FL, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Québec, Taunton MA, United States, Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
Whisper My Name: The Darby Chronicles #3
The institution of town meeting, the beauty of the landscape, and the enduring qualities of the architecture all give the New England town the power to shape the identity of its inhabitants—in a good way. This premise is put on trial—and to a vote—in Whisper My Name, the third novel in Hebert's Darby Chronicles.The story unfolds as seen through the eyes of three men: the reporter Roland LaChance, the farmer Avalon Hillary, and the founder of a land trust, Raphael "Reggie" Salmon. Magnus Mall, a national corporation, wants to buy the Hillary farm and transform the property into a mall to serve western New Hampshire and eastern Vermont. The aging Hillary is torn between the traditions of his family and "the thought of the money." LaChance is not only chasing down leads in his reportage on the mall—he's chasing down the story behind his own origins. Along the way he falls in love with Sheila "Soapy" Rayno, an aphasic girl from Darby whose origins are equally mysterious. As usual, the Jordan clan plays a pivotal role in this rousing tale of greed, power, and lust.This third novel in the Darby Chronicles will appeal to anyone interested in the clash of cultures in small-town America. -
Never Back Down
Novel set in Keene, New Hampshire between the 1950s and early 2000s. Young baseball prospect Jack Landry comes of age with the Catholic sensibility and working-class ethos of his upbringing. Landry confronts stereotype, forbidden love's trials, and the perils of his personal success under the looming ethereal presences of an ancient event and his tragically killed Memere. A man's life between New England and New Orleans, configured through the guiding motto of his youth: "Never back down, never instigate."Tags Acadians, Cajuns, Death and Disaster, Family, Fiction and Literature, Florida, Gender and Sexuality, Irish Americans, Keene NH, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Fiction, Mexico ME, Mills and Mill Work, Mississippi, Native Americans, New Hampshire, New Orleans LA, Religion, Rumford ME, Sports and Leisure, White River Junction (Vt.), Youth -
Never Back Down
Novel set in Keene, New Hampshire between the 1950s and early 2000s. Young baseball prospect Jack Landry comes of age with the Catholic sensibility and working-class ethos of his upbringing. Landry confronts stereotype, forbidden love's trials, and the perils of his personal success under the looming ethereal presences of an ancient event and his tragically killed Memere. A man's life between New England and New Orleans, configured through the guiding motto of his youth: "Never back down, never instigate."Tags Acadians, Cajuns, Death and Disaster, Family, Fiction and Literature, Florida, Gender and Sexuality, Irish Americans, Keene NH, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Fiction, Mexico ME, Mills and Mill Work, Mississippi, Native Americans, New Hampshire, New Orleans LA, Religion, Rumford ME, Sports and Leisure, White River Junction VT, Youth -
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. -
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. -
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. -
'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. -
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. -
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. -
'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. -
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. -
Crossing the Divide : Representations of Deafness in Biography
An exploration of the lives and texts of three francophone biographers, each struggling in her own way through the difficulties of deafness. Includes a segment on Franco American author Corinne Rocheleau-Rouleau. From Gallaudet University Press: "This remarkable volume examines the process by which three deaf, French biographers from the 19th and 20th centuries attempted to cross the cultural divide between deaf and hearing worlds through their work. The very different approach taken by each writer sheds light on determining at what point an individual's assimilation into society endangers his or her sense of personal identity." -
Tradition and Change in the Gilded Age : Political History of Massachusetts, 1879-1893
Massachusetts politics during fifteen years within the industrial and early immigration periods of the late 19th century. From Harmond: "As this study seeks to show, Massachusetts confronted a dual set of challenges in the post-Reconstruction era. In the first place, the Irish-Americans and workingmen, provoked by their marginal status, united in a political revolt to obtain greater recognition and benefits for themselves. From 1878 to 1883 this ethnic-labor insurrection, led by Benjamin F. Butler, was the focus of Massachusetts politics....Secondly, the accelerated tempo of industrial and technological change spawnwed a spirirt of on-rushing materialism which threatened the Commonwealth's traditional business and political mores. Investors in the newly-developed water gas process, and the electric trolley, for example, resorted to extensive lobbying to secure favors from the legislature. One result was a series of scandals in the middle and later 1880s endangering the state's relatively high level of public morality....On the whole, Massachusetts met these challenges well. Under the leadership of members of the Yankee establishment, a conservative, but realistic, attempt was made to accomodate the needs of a new day to the Bay State's intellectual and political heritage." -
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. -
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.