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Les Franco-Américains : 1860-1980
Un bref historique complet sur les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre jusqu'à 1980. Une étude socielle, culturelle, démographique, et historiographique, basée "sur les travaux historiques existant" états-uniniens sur ce peuple et ses communautés dans le nord-est. Le mouvement, les paroisses et voisinages, les vies et le travail d'un peuple émigrant canadien-français et ses descendants. Des pensées sur le concept de "la survivance." Écrit par un scolaire français. Des illustrations en noir et blanc (photographie; dessins).Tags Biddeford ME, Boston MA, California, Champlain NY, Chicopee MA, Cohoes NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Forestry, Geography, Glens Falls NY, Government and Politics, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Michigan, Montréal QC, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Haven CT, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Northampton MA, Ogdensburg NY, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, Syracuse NY, Toronto ON, Watertown NY, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Les Franco-Américains : 1860-1980
Un bref historique complet sur les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre jusqu'à 1980. Une étude socielle, culturelle, démographique, et historiographique, basée "sur les travaux historiques existant" états-uniniens sur ce peuple et ses communautés dans le nord-est. Le mouvement, les paroisses et voisinages, les vies et le travail d'un peuple émigrant canadien-français et ses descendants. Des pensées sur le concept de "la survivance." Écrit par un scolaire français. Des illustrations en noir et blanc (photographie; dessins).Tags Albany NY, Auburn ME, Barre VT, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Burlington VT, Cabotville MA, Central Falls RI, Chicopee Falls MA, Chicopee MA, Clubs and Societies, Cohoes NY, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Greek Americans, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Old Town ME, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Rochester NY, Rutland VT, Salmon Falls NH, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Troy NY, Waltham MA, Ware MA, White River Junction VT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
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. -
Les Franco-Américains dans la guerre : patriotisme et survivance
Article journal sur la participation militaire des canadiens-français aux conflits américains: les guerres d'Indépendence et de Sécession, les Guerres mondiales, etc. Quelques descriptions des hommes canadien-français et franco-américains bien-connus pour leur service militaire ou leurs expressions d'une patriotisme américain dans le 20e siècle. Explorations de la phénomène de la guerre comme entrée franco-américaine dans la discussion de l'identité culturelle et nationale; des attitudes franco-américains envers le Canada, le Québec, et le France; des négotiations de "l'élite franco-américain" pour un héritage français aux États-Unis par des périodes d'un patriotisme intensifié américain. La guerre américaine en tant que site de la dualité culturelle franco-américain.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Boston MA, Canada, Clubs and Societies, Cooperville NY, Fall River MA, Lake Champlain VT, Lowell MA, Malone NY, Manchester NH, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Oswego NY, Québec, Rouse's Point VT, War, Whitehall NY, Woonsocket RI -
Les Franco-Américains dans la guerre : patriotisme et survivance
Article journal sur la participation militaire des canadiens-français aux conflits américains: les guerres d'Indépendence et de Sécession, les Guerres mondiales, etc. Quelques descriptions des hommes canadien-français et franco-américains bien-connus pour leur service militaire ou leurs expressions d'une patriotisme américain dans le 20e siiècle. Explorations de la phénomiène de la guerre comme entrée franco-américaine dans la discussion de l'identité culturelle et nationale; des attitudes franco-américains envers le Canada, le Québec, et le France; des négotiations de "l'élite franco-américain" pour un héritage français aux États-Unis par des périodes d'un patriotisme intensifié américain. La guerre américaine en tant que site de la dualité culturelle franco-américain.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Boston MA, Canada, Clubs and Societies, Cooperville NY, Fall River MA, Lake Champlain VT, Lowell MA, Malone NY, Manchester NH, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Oswego NY, Québec, Rouse's Point VT, War, Whitehall NY, Woonsocket RI -
Les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre : reêves et réalités
Un texte historique complet sur les immigrants canadiens français dans la Nouvelle Angleterre, et la développement d'un indentité franco-américain aux ètats-Unis. Reportage de la période entre 1840 et 1980. Un des textes le plus bien connu, aussi que le plus exhaustif, sur ce sujet jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Pour Roby, l'idée le plus important qui est souligné dans son étude entier, c'est la question de "la survivance" vers le siiècle dernier. De Septentrion: "Yves Roby a consacré 30 ans de recherche et de réflexion à ce sujet et nous trace un portrait éclairant sur le processus d'évolution de l'identité de ces émigrés et de leurs familles en sol américain.En effet, si les premiières vagues ont maintenu tant bien que mal leur héritage, s'identifiant comme Canadiens français vivant aux ètats-Unis, il faut se demander ce qu'il en est devenu des millions de leurs descendants aujourd'hui appelés Franco-Américains ? Décrire les représentations que ces Québécois émigrés en Nouvelle-Angleterre et leur descendance se font d'eux-mêmes, tel est l'objet de cet ouvrage."Tags Adams MA, Bedford NH, Berlin NH, Beverly MA, Boston MA, Bristol CT, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Cambridge MA, Central Falls RI, Champlain NY, Chelsea MA, Chicopee MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Danielson CT, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Gardner MA, Gloucester MA, Haverhill MA, Language and Linguistics, Ludlow MA, Lynn MA, Meriden CT, Nashua NH, New England, Newton MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, North Adams MA, North Brookfield MA, Ogdensburg NY, Pittsfield MA, Plattsburgh NY, Portland ME, Prince Edward Island, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Suncook NH, Waltham MA, Ware MA, Warwick RI, Waterbury CT, Westerly RI, Willimantic CT -
Les Franco-Américains et leur héritage québécois
Une sélection de présentations du programme des "Franco-American and Quebec Heritage Series" de l'Université de l'ètat de New York (Albany) entre 1983 et 1985. Imprimé dans un numéro du périodique "Vie Française: Revue trimestrielle," publié par le Conseil de la Vie française an Amérique. Présentations dans le context de l'Amérique du nord sur (political atmospheres à QC and Washington), la langue française; la chanson folklorique; la cuisine; des objets culturelles; les écritures québécois et franco-américains; ainsi qu'un essai biographique sur Jack Kerouac. En quatre parties principales: langue; musique; culture matérielle; littérature. Composé des piièces suivants: Préface, èloise A. Briière "Les Francos au carrefour de deux mutations sociopolitiques," Dean R. Louder LANGUE "La langue française en Amérique du Nord," Joan Newburger Savitt "Langue populaire et religion au Québec : les jurons," Jean-Pierre Pichette MUSIQUE "Musique du Québec : musique en Nouvelle-France," Mireille Gagné "Bref aperçu de la chanson folklorique française en Amérique," Bernard Ouimet CULTURE MATèRIELLE "Le potentiel de l'objet dans le discours," Lise Boily "Les caractéristiques et l'évolution de la cuisine française nord-américaine," Marielle Cormier-Boudreau "La ceinture fléchée," Suzanne Galaise LITTèRATURE "L'autre littérature québécoise," Maurice Poteet "La poésie de langue française aux ètats-Unis : une lecture décontractée," Susan L. Rosenstreich "Littérature et mentalités populaires : le cas des Franco-Américains," èloise A. Briière "Jack Kérouac, Franco-Américain," Richard S. Sorrell -
Les Franco-Américains et leurs institutions scolaires
Le septième colloque de l'Institut français du Collège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1990. Présentations sur l'éducation et les institutions scolaires dans les communautés franco-américaines de la Nouvelle-Angleterre; mettant l'accent sur les écoles paroissiales, les collèges catholiques, les ordres religieuses catholiques, et l'occasion de la langue française dans la salle de classe. Des profils historiques de beaucoup des écoles paroissiales catholiques dans les six états de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Brefs profils biographiques des auteurs qui ont contribué au colloque.Tags Acadia, Albion RI, Augusta ME, Beecher Falls VT, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Blackstone MA, Burlington VT, Cascade NH, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Clubs and Societies, Cohoes NY, Conference Proceedings, Connecticut, Education, Emigration and Immigration, France, Gardner MA, Gilbertville MA, Glens Falls NY, Goffstown NH, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Ipswich MA, Island Pond VT, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lisbon ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Marieville RI, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Mexico ME, New Hampshire, New London CT, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, North Adams MA, North America, Northampton MA, Ottawa ON, Pittsfield MA, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Rutland VT, Saco ME, Southbridge MA, Springvale ME, Three Rivers MA, Trumbull CT, Turners Falls MA, Tyngsboro MA, Vermont, Ware MA, Webster MA, West Warwick RI, Westbrook ME, Whitinsville MA, Willimantic CT, Winchendon MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA, Youth -
Les Franco-Américains et leurs institutions scolaires
Le septiième colloque de l'Institut français du Colliège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1990. Présentations sur l'éducation et les institutions scolaires dans les communautés franco-américaines de la Nouvelle-Angleterre; mettant l'accent sur ¹¹les écoles paroissiales, les collièges catholiques, les ordres religieuses catholiques, et l'occasion de la langue française dans la salle de classe. Des profils historiques de beaucoup des écoles parioissiales catholiques dans les six états de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Brefs profils biographiques des auteurs qui ont contribué au colloque.Composé des piièces suivants: Claire Quintal - Préface Armand Chartier - "L'enseignement chez les Franco-Américains: ses assises spirituelles et intellectuelles" Gerard J. Brault - L'oeuvre des communautés enseignantes en Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1869-1986: les écoles paroissiales franco-américaines" Maurice Poteet - "La question de l'école lors des conventions et des congriès nationaux franco-amércains: les conventions nationales" Régis Normandeau - "La question de l'école lors des conventions et des congriès nationaux franco-amércains: les conventions de l'état du Connecticut" Raymond J. Marion - "Le colliège de l'Assomption: un foyer de culture française aux ètats-Unis: 1904-1956" Marie-Jeanne Ducharme, p.m. - "'Ou nos écoles et le salut de nos enfants ou mourir': Bienheureuse Marie Rivier" Madeleine Carmel, s.s.a. - "La mission éducatrice des Soeurs de Sainte-Anee aupriès des Franco-Américains par l'école paroissiale" Florence-Marie Chevalier, s.s.a. - "La mission des Soeurs de Sainte-Anne aux niveaux secondaire et supièrieur dans la ville de Worcester et ses environs" Graziella Lalande, c.s.c. - "Les Soeurs de Sainte-Croix, émigrées avec les émigrés en Nouvelle-Angleterre" Marie Janelle, f.s.e. - "Les Filles du Saint-Espirit au souffle de l'Espirit" Félicien Letourneau - "La contribution des Frières du Sacré-Coeur à l'éducation des Franco-Américains" Paul Ambrose Fontaine, f.m.s. - "Les Frières Maristes sur le sol franco-américain" Iriène Rhéaume, r.j.m. et Jeanne de Rouen Richard, r.j.m. - "Les Soeurs de Jésus-Marie en Nouvelle-Angleterre" Simone Gareau, s.c.o., en collaboration - "Les Soeurs de la Charité d'Ottawa (Soeurs Grises de la Croix) au service des Franco-Américains" Jeanne Poirier, s.u.s.c. - "Année jubilaire: Centenaire de collaboration entre les religieuses de la Sainte-Union et les Franco-Américains" Rolande St. Jean, s.a.s.v. - "Les Soeurs de l'Assomption, éducatrices aupriès des Franco-Américains depuis bientôt un siiècle" Alma Marc-Aurièle, s.s.c.h. - "Héritage reçu de la France et transmis aux émigrés de l'Acadie et du Québec en Nouvelle-Angleterre" François Weil - "Le férule et la soutane: sentiment ethnique et écoles paroissiales franco-américaines à Chicopee (Massachusetts), 1900-1980" Albert-N. LePain - "La premiière école paroissiale de Southbridge, Massachusetts: ses origines, son évolution, son destin" Lucien-A. Aubé - "De l'école paroissiale à l'enseignement universitaire: réflexions sur le partage culturel" Raymond-G. LePage - "Réflexions sur le bilinguisme dans une école paroissiale: le point de vue de l'étudiant" Barney Bérubé - "Résultats partiels d'une enquête sur les Franco-Américains du Maine, y compris le status de la langue française dans ce même état et l'attitude des parents d'élièves envers l'enseignement bilingue" Roger Paradis - "L'américanisation des enseignants dans la région frontaliière du Madawaska" Robert-B. Perreault - "Les derniières années d'une école paroissiale franco-américaine: un témoignage personnel" Claire Quintal - notices biographiquesTags Acadia, Albion RI, Augusta ME, Beecher Falls VT, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Blackstone MA, Burlington VT, Cascade NH, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Clubs and Societies, Cohoes NY, Conference Proceedings, Connecticut, Education, Emigration and Immigration, France, Gardner MA, Gilbertville MA, Glens Falls NY, Goffstown NH, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Ipswich MA, Island Pond VT, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lisbon ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Marieville RI, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Mexico ME, New Hampshire, New London CT, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, North Adams MA, North America, Northampton MA, Ottawa ON, Pittsfield MA, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Rutland VT, Saco ME, Southbridge MA, Springvale ME, Three Rivers MA, Trumbull CT, Turners Falls MA, Tyngsboro MA, Vermont, Ware MA, Webster MA, West Warwick RI, Westbrook ME, Whitinsville MA, Willimantic CT, Winchendon MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA, Youth -
Les Francos, ces Américains bien de chez nous
Le douziième chapitre d'un texte historique sur le présence d'héritage français aux États-Unis jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Basé en grande partie sur les voyages des auteurs français aux États-Unis, entretiens et témoignages des états-uniens. Ce chapitre traite des <i>Francos</i> - les Franco-Américains d'héritage canadien-français dans le nord-est des États. Prémiièrement, une discussion historique sur des aspects agricoles et industriels de l'immigration canadienne-française en Nouvelle-Angleterre, et ces vagues de migration marquées par trois guerres américaines: La guerre de Sécession, la Prémiière Guerre mondiale, la Deuxiième Guerre mondiale. Un développement des communautés franco-américaines comme lié à l'autorité de l'Église catholique. L'affaire Flint et le Mouvement Sentinelliste. Deuxiièmement, témoignages des <i>Francos</i> d'aujourd'hui. Des pensées sur l'héritage culturel français - et sa rôle dans la vie quotidienne - dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre. En quelle façon des villes d'héritage franco-américain en Nouvelle-Angleterre ont transformées, et dans le Minnesota. Un accent particulier sur Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Commentaire de: Loriane, Mariette, et Elaine Castonguay; Yvon Labbé; Claire Quintal; Adele St. Pierre; Michael Rainville.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Jay ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Minneapolis MN, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Essay, Orono ME, Québec, Religion, St. John River Valley, St. Paul MN, Travel and Movement, War, Woonsocket RI -
Les grands thièmes de l'histoire de la famille aux États-Unis
L'auteure de "Amoskeag," Tamara Hareven écrit un piièce sur les bourses d'études, ou un historigraphie, de la famille aux Etats-Unis. Elle la comprend cette histoire comme partie de la nouvelle histoire sociale: un mouvement académique du vingtiième siiècle dont le principal motif est reconnaître et comprendre meilleur la diversité de la vie populaire et des agents historiques. -
Les interprètes du beau
Un ensemble de brèves présentations littéraires et d'études sur les vies et les ouevres de plusieurs écrivain(e)s - locales et internationales, anglophones et francohpones - qui ont eu un influence sur l'auteur. Des réactions à la traduction de "Evangeline" par l'auteur, Maurice Trottier, écrits par ses lecteurs. Composé en trois segments, sur ou par les personnes qui suivent:
Poètes versificateurs: Alice Lemieux Lévesque; Rosaire Dion-Lévesque, Louis Dantin; Emilie-Jeanne Sorson, Anny Ticx, Roger Erre, Henriette Brondani, Roger Forst, Alfred Jarry; Alfred Tennyson, William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poètes prosateurs: Antoine de Saint-Exupery; Henri d'Arles; Saint François de Sales
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Les noms de famille du Canada français : origines et évolution
De l'introduction: "La grande majorité des noms de famille du Québec à l'heure actuelle sont d'origine française, et on en trouve aussi un grand nombre en Acadie. Hormis les Huguenots qui se sont établis ici et là aux Etats-Unis aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siiècles, c'est à partir de ces deux grandes régions que les noms francophones se sont répandus à travers l'Amérique. Dans la plupart des cas, ils sont les produits des patronymes que portaient les immigrants qui se sont établis en Nouvelle-France au début de la colonie. Au bout de quelque 400 ans, il n'est pas étonnant de retrouver des différences importantes tant au niveau linguistique que distributionnel entre les noms de famille que l'on retrouve en France et ceux du Nouveau Monde. En effet, on peut soutenir que la divergence entre les deux fait de la recherche onomastique en Amérique du nord un domaine tout à fait indépendant qui, étonnamment, n'a reçu que triès peu de considération si on compare tout le temps et l'effort qui ont été consacrés à l'étude généalogique de ces noms." -
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. -
Les parcours de l'histoire : Hommage aè Yves Roby
Recuil d'essaies en l'honneur d'Yves Roby, un historien québécois, par ses colliègues et ses anciens étudiants. Des études sur les sujets importants de la carriière de Roby: l'historiographie; "les espaces québecois et franco-américains;" l'immigration. Des Presses de l'Université Laval: "De son premier ouvrage sur les Caisses populaires à ses recherches sur l'évolution du discours franco-américain, en passant par ses travaux sur les relations canado-américaines, [Roby] s'est attaché à saisir les relations qui existent entre deux conceptions relevant, chacune à leur maniière, de l'espace et du temps : les champs thématiques - ceux de l'économie, du social, des idéologies, du politique - et les terrains d'enquête recouvrant des aires géographiques, notamment celles du Québec et des États-Unis...." -
Les stratégies familiales des francophones de la Nouvelle-Angleterre : Perspective diachronique
De Boudreau et Frenette: "Dans cet article, nous examinons l'évolution des stratégies familiales des francophones de la Nouvelle-Angleterre dans la longue durée. En prenant la communauté de Lewiston comme étude de cas, nous nous penchons sur trois périodes : celle de la migration de masse, caractérisée par la primauté de la famille comme unité socio-économique, celle de l'implantation ethnique, qui voit les stratégies se modifier, sous l'impact de facteurs matériels et idéologiques. Apparaît alors uni, démarcation entre les stratégies des Canadiens français originaires du Québec et celles des Franco-Américains nés aux États-Unis, la période d'acculturation rapide, ù la relation famille-individu devient inversée, les stratégies visant désormais le bien-être de l'individu. Toutefois, la famille continue d'être l'agent de socialisation de base, une fonction qui inclut parfois la transmission de l'ethnicité franco-américaine." -
Les tisserands du pouvoir
Un drame télévisé sur l'émigration canadienne française à la Nouvelle-Angleterre au début de la vingtiième siiècle, et les travailleurs des usines textiles de l'époque industrielle aux Etats-Unis.
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Letourneau's Used Auto Parts
The second in a collection of novels by this North Parsonsfield, Maine author. Set in the fictional, rural Maine town of Egypt. A series of vignettes centered around Big Lucien Letourneau, his family, and the other hardscrabble characters in their rural community. Letourneau's auto parts business and all the quirks, love, and violence between the people in his salvage yard/shantytown known as "Miracle City." -
Lettres aè mon ami, sur la patrie, la langue et la question Franco-Américaine
Collection de lettres ouvertes écrites "à mon ami" par un ancien curé pour les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre en 1930. ècrits philosophiques et théologiques sur le thième de "la question nationale" ou "la question franco-américaine," de déterminer si et comment les Franco-Américains peuvent rester français et américains aux ètats-Unis, ou si leur langue, leur religion et leur culture seraient mieux servis par leur retour au Canada. Cette question est explorée à travers le cadre des chapitres suivants, chacun étant sa propre lettre ouverte: Préface Dédicace Introduction Patriotisme Drapeau Histoire Pays Nation Gouvernment Patrie Langue Langue maternelle Traditions Nationalité L'attitude de l'auteur est peut-être capturé dans la citation suivante de sa préface: "Ils prétendent que les Franco-Américains ne peuvent conserver leur religion qu'en restant Canadiens, et ils posent en principe que, pour eux, s'américaniser, c'est se protestantiser; que perdre leur langue, c'est perdre leur religion....Que les Franco-Américains, qui ne savent l'anglais, demandent des pretres qui parlent leur langue, c'est tout naturel; aussi personne ne pense de les en blâmer, parce que c'est une nécessité que les circonstances leur imposent. Mais c'est autre chose de poser en principe absolu que les Franco-Americains, du fait qu'ils sont d'origine française, doivent être desservis en français....Il est donc souverainement important de prendre les choses telles qu'elles sont, car là seulement est la vérité....Ce que nous cherchons, vous et moi, dans cette discussion de la question franco-américaine, c'est la vérité, sachant que la vérité vraie peut seule nous rendre libres de l'erreur..."(7-9). -
Levesque: Some students will need longer school year
Article on Lewiston, Maine, Superintendent of schools, Leon Levesque, after his participation in a public forum. Levesque, raised in Augusta, Maine, has views on public education that would extend the length of the school year, and that would propose a philosophical shift in the way educators approach student achievement. -
Levesque: Some students will need longer school year
Article on Lewiston, Maine, Superintendent of schools, Leon Levesque, after his participation in a public forum. Levesque, raised in Augusta, Maine, has views on public education that would extend the length of the school year, and that would propose a philosophical shift in the way educators approach student achievement. -
Lewis Barttro : A Vermont Franco-American in the Civil War, Born Louis Berthiaume
Brief biography of a French Canadian who fought in the American Civil War as a volunteer from Richmond, Vermont. Concludes with a brief ancestry of his family extending into 17th century France, as well as a list of his descendants now dispersed across the United States. -
Lewis Hine's Photography and Reform in Rhode Island
Article on Lewis Hine's photographic work for the National Child Labor Committee, its ties with the National Consumers' League, and the photographer's place among progressive and humanitarian labor reform in early twentieth-century Rhode Island. The child welfare concerns and women and child labor reform initiatives of Alice Hunt and others of the Rhode Island Consumers' League during that time. How Hine's photographs reflect the humanitarian concerns of the political organizations with which he was associated. Examples of Hine's Rhode Island work in the publications of the NCLC, and the ways in which Rhode Island evidence of poor working and living conditions became part of national conversations about child welfare and housing reform, immigration, and, as the author puts it, "the dignity of work" (49). Illustrated with black and white photographs. Includes a list of Lewis Hine photographs held at the Slater Mill Historic Site in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.Tags Chicago IL, Emigration and Immigration, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Italian Americans, Lonsdale RI, Mills and Mill Work, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Documentary, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Pawtucket RI, Pawtuxet River Valley, Photography, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Social History, Warren RI, Youth -
Lewis Hine's Photography and Reform in Rhode Island
Article on Lewis Hine's photographic work for the National Child Labor Committee, its ties with the National Consumers' League, and the photographer's place among progressive and humanitarian labor reform in early twentieth-century Rhode Island. The child welfare concerns and women and child labor reform initiatives of Alice Hunt and others of the Rhode Island Consumers' League during that time. How Hine's photographs reflect the humanitarian concerns of the political organizations with which he was associated. Examples of Hine's Rhode Island work in the publications of the NCLC, and the ways in which Rhode Island evidence of poor working and living conditions became part of national conversations about child welfare and housing reform, immigration, and, as the author puts it, "the dignity of work" (49). Illustrated with black and white photographs. Includes a list of Lewis Hine photographs held at the Slater Mill Historic Site in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.Tags Chicago IL, Emigration and Immigration, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Italian Americans, Lonsdale RI, Mills and Mill Work, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Documentary, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Pawtucket RI, Pawtuxet River Valley, Photography, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Social History, Warren RI, Youth -
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 -
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. -
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. -
Liberty, Coercion, and the Making of Americans
From the author: "In this essay, I test the Crièvecoeurian myth of Americanization against the rich body of work produced by historians and other students of European immigration in the twentieth century. The myth consists of four distinct claims: first, that European immigrants wanted to shed their Old World ways and to become American, second, that Americanization was quick and easy because the immigrants found no significant obstacles thrown in their path, third, that Americanization 'melted' the immigrants into a single race, culture, or nation, unvarying across space and time, and fourth, that immigrants experienced Americanization as emancipation from servitude, deference, poverty, and other Old World constraints....I focus on literature generated since World War I on European immigration from 1880 to 1920, the era of the so-called new immigrants."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Austria, Boston MA, Bulgaria, Chicago IL, Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Europe, Germany, Government and Politics, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jewish Americans, Lithuania, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Poland, Portugal, Québec, United States, War, Woonsocket RI, Yugoslavia -
Linguistic and Cultural Heritage of the Acadians in Maine and New Brunswick
Historical observations of language usage in the St. John River Valley in Maine and New Brunswick, focusing on the social, cultural, and linguistic traits maintained by the area's Acadian population. From the author: "This thesis proposes to show how and why the Acadians, particularly those of the Upper St. John River Valley, speak French with distinctive variations. To do so it will be necessary to present first a geographical outlay of locations involved in the development of the French language as well as the locations involved in the historical events of the Acadian chronicles."Tags Acadians, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, France, Geography, Language and Linguistics, Madawaska ME, Native Americans, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Nova Scotia, Québec, St. John River Valley -
Linguistic Change in Endangered Dialects : The Case of Alternation Between Avoir and être in Vermont French
Linguistic study from the University of Vermont. From Cambridge University Press: "The present study examines the pattern of the variation of the auxiliary avoir and être in the passé composé tense in Vermont French in 22 adult speakers who migrated from Québec or are first-generation Franco-Americans. The purpose of the study is to determine if the process of replacement of être by avoir in progress in Canadian French is also taking place in Vermont and which linguistic and social constraints influence this linguistic change." -
Linguistic Differences and Equal Educational Opportunity in New Hampshire
Working paper prepared for the New Hampshire Department of Education in the 1970s. An examination of the correlation between New Hampshire school districts holding students with French surnames, and New Hampshire towns wherein reside adults who have no high school education. A report on these findings, including commentary on certain individual cases and complementary historical background, as well as an analysis of what the reporter terms a "statistical coincidence." Arguments in favor of the need for studying New Hampshire's cultural diversity. Data-in-use based largely on 1970 U.S. Census Bureau demographic figures, in conjunction with data submitted by New Hampshire school districts, and presented here in table form with summary analysis. Uses Maine state figures as reference and comparison.Tags Amherst NH, Auburn NH, Bartlett NH, Berlin NH, Brentwood NH, Chichester NH, Claremont NH, Colebrook NH, Columbia NH, Concord NH, Conway NH, Derry NH, Dover NH, Education, Errol NH, Goshen NH, Greenland NH, Groveton NH, Hanover NH, Haverhill NH, Henniker NH, Hillsborough NH, Hudson NH, Jackson NH, Keene NH, Kensington NH, Kingston NH, Laconia NH, Lyndeborough NH, Madison NH, Marlborough NH, Merrimack River Valley, Milan NH, Monroe NH, Newport NH, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Orford NH, Piermont NH, Pittsburg NH, Plainfield NH, Portsmouth NH, Rochester NH, Rye NH, Salem NH, Somersworth NH, Stratham NH, Tamworth NH, Thornton NH, Waterville Valley NH, Wilton NH, Woodstock NH -
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. -
Little Canuck : The Adventures of an Immigrant Boy from Québec
Self-published memoir about life in Québec, and life after Québec. From iUniverse: "Michel learns that his father is dying. This news precipitates a nostalgic journey into the past-a childhood spent on a dairy farm in French Québec. As a sensitive boy secluded from the world, Michel wavers between forbidden exploits and heartbreaking tribulations. Catholic school is a culture shock, but it's the huge pumpkin-shaped teacher with a bad temper who terrorizes his brain most. On the farm, his young life abounds with fun and danger-mad bulls, dynamite sticks, runaway darts, lethal ice cubes, and hazardous farm equipment. After struggling with a dismal economy, his family is forced to abandon their home. They desert their isolated farmhouse and move into a cockroach-infested apartment in an English-speaking city one mile from the seductive United States border. There, Michel copes with bullies, Russian spies, and ghosts. 'Little Canuck' recounts the humorous, and at times, heartrending memoirs of a young boy on his journey through a colorful landscape of emotion. Along the way, young Michel uncovers the mysteries of female anatomy, and learns poignant truths about mortality. His most profound lessons are not learned at school.
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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. -
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. -
Little Pine to King Spruce : A Franco-American Childhood
Memoirs of Fran Pelletier. His family and his youth in rural Maine. Growing up in small town America. From the back cover: "Fran Pelletier is a rare and wonderful storyteller. He Grew up in Milford, Maine, in the 1930s....Pelletier remembers all the details in a series of stories that beg to be read aloud and shared. Authentically small-town American, yet spiced by his French-Canadian heritage, these stories will resonate in communities throughout New England." -
Living Arrangements : Race, Ethnicity and Nationality in the Liberal State
From the author: "Liberals usually argue that cultural identity can flourish in the private sphere but should not matter in public. This argument is blind to the way liberal institutions affect cultural identity, the prejudices that members of some groups face, and the need for there to be only one or two public languages in most modern states. To fill this gap in liberal theory, I divide cultural groups into three: racial, ethnic and national groups. I explore this gap by looking at four groups: American Jews, the Amish, Black Americans and French Canadians....I argue that liberal citizenship transforms ethnic identity, making it difficult though not impossible to maintain strong ethnic ties in the liberal state. I defend these effects on ethnic identity, though I also argue that there is often too much pressure on ethnics to give up their particular practices. Liberal citizenship, though, has not transformed the identity of the Amish, who maintain their identity through a voluntary radical separation from the rest of society. The Amish treasure hierarchical and patriarchal illiberal values, but liberal toleration means that the liberal state should do little about this. Black Americans also have a distinctive culture, not from voluntary separation, but as a consequence of racism. For Blacks to gain equal citizenship, the liberal state must work to make Black citizenship visible and allow Blacks to bypass the effects of racism. This is contrary to the usual liberal argument of making issues of identity private matters. If Blacks gain liberal citizenship their identity would change considerably, just as liberal citizenship has transformed ethnic identity....Many people claim their cultural identity is tied to a particular language, yet most languages have a hard time surviving in industrialized, liberal states. I explain the conditions that languages need to survive. I contend, paradoxically, that because liberalism transforms ethnic identity, liberalism increases the importance of language to the identity of some. While liberalism and nationalism are usually antagonistic, I sketch out a compromise between language-based nationalism and liberalism. I end the dissertation by pointing out the implications my argument has for educational policy and for liberal theory." -
Livre d'or des Franco-Américains de Worcester, Massachusetts
L'histoire d'un siiècle des Franco-Américains à Worcester, Massachusetts, de 1820 a 1920. Un profil de la communauté franco-américaine: ses églises et écoles, ses religieux(-ses), ses organisations, ses chefs publiques, et ses citoyens importants. -
Livret du professeur de français franco-américaine : considerations sur certains problemes d'ordre linguistique et pedagogique par quelques-uns des participants de l'Institut Franco-Américain de Bowdoin College
Un petit livre de pensées sur l'enseignment de la langue française aux jeunes gens. Des problièmes, méthodes, et concernes linguistiques et culturelles qui sont nécessaires pour les enseignants à considérer dans la salle de classe, et avec les étudiants franco-américains en particulier. -
Log Drive, 1933-1934
Film footage of woodsmen at Riviière Rouge in St. Jovite, Québec, on the log drive. Timber moves from the stump, to the trails, to the river's flow, and on to the mills. Black and white silent film with scrolling text introduction. -
Long-Scorned in Maine, French Has Renaissance
2006 New York Times article on the particular history of French language in Maine and more recent attempts of many - including the founders of a Freeport elementary school - to revive it after a prolonged suppression. -
Long-Scorned in Maine, French Has Renaissance
2006 New York Times article on the particular history of French language in Maine and more recent attempts of many - including the founders of a Freeport elementary school - to revive it after a prolonged suppression. -
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 -
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. -
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. -
Love, Loss, and the Sacred in Maria Chapdelaine
Article discussing the role of the sacred in Louis Hémon's classic Québec novel, <em>Maria Chapdelaine</em>. Textual evidence of transcedence in Hémon's language and narrative, perhaps "markings" of a traditioned religious sensibility. A reading of the novel that traces sacredness as a sub-theme, and attends to character spirituality in the recurrence and development of religious - namely Roman Catholic - imagery, attachment, and detachment. How a religious narrative compounds the author's novel of loss and tradition in rural Québec. -
Love, Loss, and the Sacred in Maria Chapdelaine
Article discussing the role of the sacred in Louis Hémon's classic Québec novel, Maria Chapdelaine. Textual evidence of transcedence in Hémon's language and narrative, perhaps "markings" of a traditioned religious sensibility. A reading of the novel that traces sacredness as a sub-theme, and attends to character spirituality in the recurrence and development of religious - namely Roman Catholic - imagery, attachment, and detachment. How a religious narrative compounds the author's novel of loss and tradition in rural Québec. -
Lowell : The Story of an Industrial City : A Guide to Lowell National Historical Park and Lowell Heritage State Park, Lowell, Massachusetts
From the inside cover: "Lowell, Massachusetts, was America's first large-scale planned industrial community. After its establishment as a town in 1826, Lowell was celebrated for its innovative textile technology and its unique workforce of young Yankee farm women. Its mills helped transform American life with high-volume mechanized manufacturing, the rise of the corporation, and the growth of an urban working class. Lowell National Historical Park preserves many scenes of the city's industrial past. This book is both an illustrated account of the changing fortunes of Lowell's industry and its working people and a guide to surviving sites."Tags Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord River Valley, East Chelmsford MA, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucketville MA, Religion, Social History, Travel and Movement -
Loyal but French : The Negotiation of Identity by French-Canadian Descendants in the United States
The birth of the French Canadian community in Lewiston, Maine, and the developments of a Franco American identity there. Argues for the reexamination of the social history of French Canadians and their descendants in Lewiston, Maine - that Franco American culture and cultural identity are products of a historical process where ethnic Americans negotiated citizenship, tradition, and personhood by a variety of cultural terms more complex than those found in a simple understanding of United States assimilation. Follows the life, transition, and death of the Lewiston periodical "Le Messager," often as a marker for the state of the Lewiston Franco community's vitality. A history of French Canadian institutions in Lewiston. Based on Richard's doctoral dissertation, "From Canadien to American: The Acculturation of French-Canadian Descendants in Lewiston, Maine, 1860 to the Present." Richard is a Lewiston, Maine, native and associate director of the Center for the Study of Canada/Institute on Quebec Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh. -
Lucien
Novel set near Trois-Rivières, Québec, that begins with the birth of a first child - a daughter, Lucien - to Marie Charbonneau, whose husband Léonce despairs for not having a son to work on their farm. Two hundred miles away, the first-cousins Phonce and Pierre are married and forced to leave their home, later giving birth to a son. The lives of both families and their subsequent children as they come to live side-by-side on neighboring farms. The later life of a maligned Lucien. Winner of the 1938 Avery Hopwood Prize at the University of Michigan. From the author of "Not Without Honor" (1941). -
Lucien
Novel set near Trois-Rivières, Québec, that begins with the birth of a first child - a daughter, Lucien - to Marie Charbonneau, whose husband Léonce despairs for not having a son to work on their farm. Two hundred miles away, the first-cousins Phonce and Pierre are married and forced to leave their home, later giving birth to a son. The lives of both families and their subsequent children as they come to live side-by-side on neighboring farms. The later life of a maligned Lucien. Winner of the 1938 Avery Hopwood Prize at the University of Michigan. From the author of "Not Without Honor" (1941). -
Luckless, Witless, and Filthy-Footed : A Sociocultural Study and Publishing History Analysis of "The Lazy Boy"
Article on narrative motifs and patterns of historical development in the folkloric story of "The Lazy Boy" : a "male tale" traced internationally over nearly five hundred years of oral and written storytelling, through various iterations of characters and themes, and across linguistic boundaries. Author's critical analysis of "The Lazy Boy" used "to explore...questions in contemporary folk narrative research" (259). Emphasis on the roles of anger, stupidity, sexuality, and class in various of the story's versions; how the story's aspects vary in its telling between one cultural community and another. -
Luckless, Witless, and Filthy-Footed : A Sociocultural Study and Publishing History Analysis of "The Lazy Boy"
Article on narrative motifs and patterns of historical development in the folkloric story of "The Lazy Boy" : a "male tale" traced internationally over nearly five hundred years of oral and written storytelling, through various iterations of characters and themes, and across linguistic boundaries. Author's critical analysis of "The Lazy Boy" used "to explore...questions in contemporary folk narrative research" (259). Emphasis on the roles of anger, stupidity, sexuality, and class in various of the story's versions; how the story's aspects vary in its telling between one cultural community and another. -
Lucky Yvon : How a starving Yosemite ironmonger became the King of Patagonia
Magazine feature on American climber, outdoors enthusiast, and entrepreneur, Yvon Chouinard, founder of the Patagonia company. Profile of Chouinard's climbing adventures, his company's successes, and the convergence of a love for the outdoors with a knack for business. How Patagonia has changed the climbing industry, and how a climber relates to the business world. Chouinard's image featured on magazine cover. -
Lucky Yvon : How a starving Yosemite ironmonger became the King of Patagonia
Magazine feature on American climber, outdoors enthusiast, and entrepreneur, Yvon Chouinard, founder of the Patagonia company. Profile of Chouinard's climbing adventures, his company's successes, and the convergence of a love for the outdoors with a knack for business. How Patagonia has changed the climbing industry, and how a climber relates to the business world. Chouinard's image featured on magazine cover. -
Lumbering and the Maine Woods : A Bibliographical Guide
Bibliography of texts related to lumbering, woodcutters, and their environments in Maine from the middle 19th century to the 20th. Contains lists of manuscript collections, articles, comprehensive historical texts, town histories, unpublished theses, and some fiction. Many citations are annotated. -
Madame Athanase T. Brindamour , raconteuse
Roman composé d'histoires de vie et de la famille à Manchester New Hampshire, tel que racontées par le personnage-titre et son épouse : Marie Solfège Desruisseaux Brindamour et Athanase T. Brindamour. Les voix, personnalités, et communautés de deux raconteurs - femme et homme - franco-americains. Créé par auteur et créateur de "la Souillonne." Comme écrit l'auteur, chacun de ces trois caractères parlent "en dialecte franco-américain." -
Madame Simone Lavoie
Short fiction set in the author's Bateston, Maine. Madame Simone Lavoie narrates suppertime at home with her family - daughter, son-in-law, and grandson. Mémère's illness and some of the changes it has forced on her routine. Dinner conversation. Part II of The Façade, a novel in progress. -
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 -
Madawaska : Down East With a French Accent
Expository, journalistic piece on the people of the Upper St. John River Valley, cradle of the political border between northeastern Maine and New Brunswick. The predominance of French Acadian culture there and an integrative overview of its elements more obvious to the journalist visitor: language, family, religion, food. Farming and logging as both international businesses and the economic support systems of rural communities in a North American borderland. Contains various character profiles from short personal interviews, as well as a segment on the Scotch-Irish community of Aroostook County. Grounded in historical context, oriented toward the projected impacts of industrial development and subtle acculturation on these agricultural communities in late twentieth-century America. Illustrated in vibrant photo.Tags Acadians, Allagash ME, Allagash River Valley, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Geography, Grand Isle ME, Language and Linguistics, Lille ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, New Brunswick, St. Agatha ME, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME -
Madawaska : Down East With a French Accent
Expository, journalistic piece on the people of the Upper St. John River Valley, cradle of the political border between northeastern Maine and New Brunswick. The predominance of French Acadian culture there and an integrative overview of its elements more obvious to the journalist visitor: language, family, religion, food. Farming and logging as both international businesses and the economic support systems of rural communities in a North American borderland. Contains various character profiles from short personal interviews, as well as a segment on the Scotch-Irish community of Aroostook County. Grounded in historical context, oriented toward the projected impacts of industrial development and subtle acculturation on these agricultural communities in late twentieth-century America. Illustrated in vibrant photo.Tags Acadians, Allagash ME, Allagash River Valley, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Geography, Grand Isle ME, Language and Linguistics, Lille ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, New Brunswick, St. Agatha ME, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME -
Madawaska Centennial, 1869-1969
Softcover community publication written in celebration of the town of Madawaska, Maine's centennial year - 1969. Contains historical vignettes, local pictures, advertisements, poetry, stories, customs, definitions of local words, and more, from the town's 1869 incorporation. An acknowledgement of the town's French Acadian heritage. -
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." -
Madawaska, Maine: Family Reunion Trees
A chronicling of the living monuments planted in honor of local families in Madawaska, Maine, during the town's annual Acadian Festival and Family Reunion celebrations. Beginning in 1980, a tree was planted and a stone engraved each year in commemoration of the persistence of a different Acadian or French-Canadian family descended from Madawaska's original settlers. -
Maine : Cross-Border Tourism
Legislative document highlighting the borderland tourism industries of Maine and Canada in the 1980s. -
Maine : Un gouverneur francophile
Un bref article sur le nouveau gouverneur du Maine, M. Paul LePage. Son histoire personnelle, son héritage française, et sa promesse de soutenir le Congriès mondial acadien de 2014, à Madawaska, Maine. -
Maine : Un gouverneur francophile
Un bref article sur le nouveau gouverneur du Maine, M. Paul LePage. Son histoire personnelle, son héritage française, et sa promesse de soutenir le Congriès mondial acadien de 2014, à Madawaska, Maine. -
Maine Court Due to Weigh Augusta School Bus Tilt
Article on a controversy surrounding the city of Augusta, Maine's allowing local private Catholic schools the use of its public buses. -
Maine Court Due to Weigh Augusta School Bus Tilt
Article on a controversy surrounding the city of Augusta, Maine's allowing local private Catholic schools the use of its public buses. -
Maine River Drivers
Short poem about the sort of men who worked to drive logs down the rivers of Maine to its many lumber mills, and the natural dangers these men encountered. Written by a Maine writer and published in the 15th collection from the Maine Writers' Conference at Ocean Park, Old Orchard Beach, Maine. -
Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks: Franco-Americans in Photos
Maine Public Broadcasting Network television show focusing on news, events, and people important to the state of Maine. Here, part two of a three-part episode. "Franco-Americans in Photos" is an interview with journalist Dyke Hendrickson, author of the book "Quiet Presence" (1980), on his more recent publication entitled "Franco-Americans of Maine," a cultural photo history.
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Maine woman seeks entry into ethnic club
A Boston Globe update on the Maine Supreme Court case of the Maine Human Rights Commission and Nancy Ellis vs. Le Club Calumet, regarding the issue of a private accommodation limiting its membership based on ethnic and sex discriminations and if, as Ellis contends, the Club is in fact a public, not private, organization. -
Maine woman seeks entry into ethnic club
A Boston Globe update on the Maine Supreme Court case of the Maine Human Rights Commission and Nancy Ellis vs. Le Club Calumet, regarding the issue of a private accommodation limiting its membership based on ethnic and sex discriminations and if, as Ellis contends, the Club is in fact a public, not private, organization. -
Maine-Quebec Lumber Trade : A Discussion
Transcript of a 1983 conference panel discussion on forest industry and cross-border lumber and timber trade between Quebec, New Brunswick, Maine, and other New England states. Certain perspectives on American wood in the mills of Canada, Canadian workers in the northern Maine woods, international economics, and the significance of North American wood as a natural resource. Includes presentations from businesspeople, economists, Quebec and Maine officials, and others, as well as a discussion among panelists and a question-and-answer session with the audience. Based largely on reactions to a report entitled, "The Export of Maine Sawlogs to Quebec," written by Jack Aley of the Maine Forest Service in the Department of Conservation. Publication concludes with a list of selected topical readings. -
Maine, A Guide "Down East"
State guidebook produced by the Maine Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s. Installment in the American Guide Series: a collection of state travel guides and coffee tables books. Includes extensive descriptions of Maine cities, towns, regions, landscapes, cultural elements, and notable sites in brief historical context with standout local historical anecdotes. Includes descriptions of various travel routes, local sport and recreation, maps, and illustrations. Introduced with general information about climate, geography, geology, natural resources. Republished various times (1970, 1972, 2008, 2012, etc.). From the preface: "Whatever the point of view, it should be remembered that the presentation of the many diverse elements embodied in a State the size of Maine in a single volume is necessarily of a general nature..." -
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 -
Maine's Corporation Sole Controversy
Study of a brief period in the history of the Roman Catholic Church in the state of Maine at the beginning of the twentieth century. A political portrait of the "Corporation Sole" controversy - a drawn-out public dispute between the bishop of the Diocese and Portland and a number of Franco American parishioners seeking authority over the management of certain Maine national parishes. Named the 1972 Maine Historical Society Prize Essay, and printed in the 1973 MHS newsletter.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Business and Economics, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Journalism, Maine, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Québec, Religion, Sanford ME, Slovak Americans, Violence, Waterville ME -
Maine's first Franco-American governor sounds bit like second : Both Alonzo Garcelon, Paul LePage spoke of thrift, bipartisanship
Article describing the similarities of Alonzo Garcelon, a late nineteenth-century Maine governor, and the state's most recently elected governor, Paul LePage. While recent news has debated the term "Franco American" as a descriptor for both governors - the first of French American heritage, the second with French Canadian American lineage - this article aims instead at pointing out similarities in their politics and political contexts. -
Maine's first Franco-American governor sounds bit like second : Both Alonzo Garcelon, Paul LePage spoke of thrift, bipartisanship
Article describing the similarities of Alonzo Garcelon, a late nineteenth-century Maine governor, and the state's most recently elected governor, Paul LePage. While recent news has debated the term "Franco American" as a descriptor for both governors - the first of French American heritage, the second with French Canadian American lineage - this article aims instead at pointing out similarities in their politics and political contexts. -
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. -
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. -
Maine's GOP star burns hot : Fiery governor-elect LePage evokes admiration, worry
Article introducing Maine's 2010 governor-elect, Waterville mayor Paul LePage, as an outspoken newcomer to state politics, and part of the Republican party's wave of success in Maine's 2010 elections. -
Maine's GOP star burns hot : Fiery governor-elect LePage evokes admiration, worry
Article introducing Maine's 2010 governor-elect, Waterville mayor Paul LePage, as an outspoken newcomer to state politics, and part of the Republican party's wave of success in Maine's 2010 elections. -
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. -
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Man and His World
Book of international short stories rooted in Montréal and the US Northeast. Written in English with a recognizable play of languages, especially French and German. From renowned fiction writer and essayist, Clark Blaise, author of such books as "I Had a Father," "A North American Education," and "Tribal Justice." Blaise is the former director of the International Writing Program at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. -
Man in the Middle
Short personal essay written by a journalist from Maine. Reflections on leaving Maine early in life, eventually for New York City, and returning for his retirement. His early commitment to mastering English in spite of his home French, and both the personal and the more general, historical issues that this choice and language loss raised for him upon his return. Arguments bolstered by events surrounding the mispronunciation of his French name, the cultural insensitivity he still finds in his home state, and the attempts of others to reckon with discrimination toward French cultures in Maine. First published serially in Le FAROG Forum , in three parts. Later included in a 1970s collection of materials entitled, "Franco American Resources in Education" developed by Claire Bolduc. As part of this collection, the essay is followed by six discussion questions related to issues raised by the author. -
Manchester
A pictorial history of Manchester, New Hampshire created from images featured on aged postcards. Compiled by the author of several other texts on Manchester and Franco Americans in New England, Robert B. Perreault. From Arcadia Publishing: "Here, for the first time exclusively through the medium of vintage postcards, the people, streets, businesses, institutions, and recreational areas of bygone Manchester return to life. Manchester presents images of the world's largest producer of textiles, which attracted a patchwork of cultures from many lands. It tells where the first telephone conversation by a U.S. president occurred. It evokes the city that colorful individuals such as a nearly lifelong hermit, the smallest married couple in the world, a famous comic strip cartoonist, a best-selling novelist, the founders of cosmetics and fast-food empires, and a comedic superstar all called home." -
Manchester : The Mills and the Immigrant Experience
Pictorial history of the communities in and around the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company's mill complex in Manchester, New Hampshire. The rise and fall of Amoskeag, in photos. A volume in the broad-ranging "Images of America" series of books. Previously published under the title "A World Within a World." From Arcadia Publishing: "This fascinating and moving book brings to life the industrial and immigrant experience which gave birth to Manchester in the nineteenth century and continued to shape the city's destiny well into the twentieth century. More than a hundred years ago, thousands of immigrants from Europe and Canada were drawn to the mills of Manchester by the promise of a better life. In stirring photographs and text, 'Manchester: The Mill and the Immigrant Experience' examines the aspirations, the struggles, and the everyday adventures of Manchester's immigrant families. Reaffirming the power of photography to move and inform us, 'Manchester: The Mills and the Immigrant Experience' creates a vivid picture of life during nearly a century of rapid industrial change. We join the bustle of Elm and Hanover Streets in the 1880s, witness children working at the mighty Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, enter a Greek coffeehouse in the early 1900s, get caught up in the bitter labor strikes of the 1920s, and meet unusual local figures such as the Hermit of Mosquito Pond."Tags Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, German Americans, Greek Americans, Irish Americans, Labor History, Lithuanian Americans, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Polish Americans, Scottish Americans, Swedish Americans -
Manchester.
Subtitled, "A brief record of its past and a picture of its present, including an account of its settlement and of its growth as a town and city a history of its schools, churches, societies, banks." 1875 history of Manchester, New Hampshire. Begins with settlement, and includes a brief account of immigrant presence up to that time. -
Mantle of Blue : a half century of Marist apostolate, history of the Boston province, Society of Mary, United States of America, 1924-1974
A 50-year history of the Roman Catholic Society of Mary and Marist priests in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Manuel du Professeur pour introduire les études Franco-Américaines
Freeman and Pelletier's self-proclaimed "manuel" (handbook) seeks to validate Franco-American Studies as a legitimate academic discipline, and to insert this discipline into the broader field of American Cultural Studies. In 284 pages, the authors suggest lesson plans for the construction of relevant curricula, particular topics of study on Franco-America, and a rationale for the inclusion of a body of Franco-American knowledge in the fabric of a social studies education for youth and adults alike. Acknowledging the plain lack of academic materials, Freeman and Pelletier not only offer an outline for students to create their own genealogies, but also encourage students to engage their Franco communities, to utilize old and build new living resources for multiculturalism in theory and practice. The handbook concludes with a bibliography of texts and an index of local people and places that might function as resources for Franco-American studies both in- and outside of the classroom. From the text: "This handbook was produced by the Canadian/Franco-American Studies Project of the University of Maine at Orono for the use of teachers in elementary and secondary schools and in adult education. Its purpose is to achieve more widespread awareness and understanding of the Franco-American presence in New England by offering teaching plans and strategies for incorporating materials designed for that purpose into the regular courses of study within the humanities curriculum.We feel that the contributions of Franco-Americans to the development of their communities, their states, and their country has been one of the nation's best-kept secrets. We also feel that exploring these areas can be a source of pride for members of the Franco-American communities and lead students of other backgrounds to a better understanding of our multi-ethnic society." -
Mapping Cultural Groups in an American Industrial City
Brief description of a sociological method used to "investigat[e] the pattern of cultural groups" in Worcester, Massachusetts. Based on the research conducted from Creveling's doctoral dissertation, "The pattern of cultural groups in Worcester" (Clark University, 1951). Includes a copy of Creveling's ethno-map produced out of local interviews, as well as a map that designates the location of Catholic churches in Worcester and their primary ethnic make-up. -
Marcella Belanger Violette Scrapbooks, 1920-2005
This collection consists of 25 scrapbooks of documents relating to Marcella Belanger Violette's lifetime of public service. The scrapbooks, comprised of more than 3,000 pages, cover the time period from 1920 through 2004. A wide range of topics are included in the collection with key areas being: the town of Van Buren, the Saint John Valley, Franco-Americans, the Acadians, Bilingualism, Education, Politics, St. Bruno’s Church in Van Buren, the Good Sheppard Sisters, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway and the Violette family. Each volume is filled with photos, newspaper articles, letters, cards, telegrams, postcards, brochures, and other items Marcella carefully selected for inclusion. Researchers studying on any of the main topics areas and the general public simply browsing will benefit from this unique resource (see the Collection Guide for a more detailed description of each scrapbook). These scrapbooks were collected and created by Marcella and archivally preserved by her daughter-in-law, Holly Ramsdell Violette. -
Margaret Chase Smith : The Persistence of a Political Archetype
Article describing the political method and image of former Maine Republican congresswoman, Margaret Chase Smith. The paradigmatic elements of her political tenure and their subsequent impact on the shapes of later Maine political campaigns and leadership styles. Particular emphasis on the successes of Maine moderates William Cohen, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins. The major elements of a "Margaret Chase Smith archetype" : independent leadership style and stance, support for national defense, and an identification with hard work and the working class. The ways in which Smith's successful followers in government imitated these elements, or how notable political defeats relate to a candidate's departures from her moderate archetype. Discussion of Smith's little acknowledged French Canadian roots.Tags Androscoggin County ME, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Brunswick ME, Cape Elizabeth ME, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Hancock County ME, Kittery ME, Lewiston ME, Lincoln County ME, Lisbon Falls ME, Lisbon ME, Maine, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Penobscot County ME, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, Waldo County ME, War, Washington DC, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME -
Margaret Chase Smith : The Persistence of a Political Archetype
Article describing the political method and image of former Maine Republican congresswoman, Margaret Chase Smith. The paradigmatic elements of her political tenure and their subsequent impact on the shapes of later Maine political campaigns and leadership styles. Particular emphasis on the successes of Maine moderates William Cohen, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins. The major elements of a "Margaret Chase Smith archetype" : independent leadership style and stance, support for national defense, and an identification with hard work and the working class. The ways in which Smith's successful followers in government imitated these elements, or how notable political defeats relate to a candidate's departures from her moderate archetype. Discussion of Smith's little acknowledged French Canadian roots.Tags Androscoggin County ME, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Brunswick ME, Cape Elizabeth ME, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Hancock County ME, Kittery ME, Lewiston ME, Lincoln County ME, Lisbon Falls ME, Lisbon ME, Maine, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Penobscot County ME, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, Waldo County ME, War, Washington DC, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME -
Maria Chapdelaine : A Controversial Text
Critical analysis of Louis Hémon's novel, <i>Maria Chapdelaine</i>, sparked by the recent centennial of Hémon's birth (1880). Some descriptions of the novel's main character, Maria, and her choice between two suitors - one to remain in Canada, or one to leave for Massachusetts. Arguments in favor of a certain type of reading the novel, as well as of the character Maria's eventual choice, her reasoning, and what the author believes to be her self-empowerment. Contrasting interpretations from other literary scholars. Assumes some familiarity with the novel. -
Mariages de Sainte-Rosaire de Rochester, NH, 1883-1976
Un répertoire (des noms familles) des mariages performé dans la paroisse catholique de Sainte-Rosaire de Rochester, New Hampshire. Un de beaucoup de livres généalogiques franco-américains écrits par Croteau. -
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 -
Marist Brothers Sesquicentennial
Yearbook in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Marist Order of Catholic Brothers, and the 75th year of this order in Lowell, Massachusetts. Contains profiles of leading brothers during the year of publication (1967) alongside historical vignettes of the early order and its founder, past brothers, and Lowell achievements. Brothers' participation in parochial education. The second half of the text is composed of advertisements from vendors and organizations supporting the yearbook and the local religious. -
Marriage records (1869-1889) : Precious Blood Church, Holyoke, Mass.
Collection of marriage records from Precious Blood Church - a Roman Catholic national parish in Holyoke, Massachusetts - between the years of 1869 and 1889. Where parish records are missing, substitutions are included from the records of the city of Holyoke. Introduction contains an index and cross-file of alphabetized surnames and, where relevant, the historical translations or transliterations of these names. Entries contain full name of spouse, age, place of birth, date of marriage, occupation, and names of parents. Includes a second, smaller section, with marriage records from between 1850 and 1881. -
Marriages of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Old Town, Maine (1860-1960): Including 1836-1892 Franco-American marriages recorded in the civil registers of Bangor, Bradley, Brewer, Old Town, and Orono
A list of marriages from 1836 to 1892, a list of priests, marriages, and marriage extracts from 1862 to 1960, a necrology from 1880-1946, a list of Anglicized French surnames in the Old Town area, and a list of the earliest French-Canadian families in Old Town. -
McAuley recalls the past: AARP's minority affairs person reflects on racism he saw in Augusta
John McAuley recalls his experience of racism while growing up in Augusta, Maine, in the 1930s. -
McAuley recalls the past: AARP's minority affairs person reflects on racism he saw in Augusta
John McAuley recalls his experience of racism while growing up in Augusta, Maine, in the 1930s. -
MEMBERS REJECT MERGER: Voters decided against uniting KV Federal Credit Union and Kennebec Savings Bank
Members of the Kennebec Valley Federal Credit Union vote to reject a merger with Kennebec Savings Bank. Both institutions are located in Augusta, Maine. KVFCU, formerly known as St. Augustine Credit Union, was the financial institution historically responsible for the savings and loans of most Franco Americans in the north Augusta neighborhoods. -
MEMBERS REJECT MERGER: Voters decided against uniting KV Federal Credit Union and Kennebec Savings Bank
Members of the Kennebec Valley Federal Credit Union vote to reject a merger with Kennebec Savings Bank. Both institutions are located in Augusta, Maine. KVFCU, formerly known as St. Augustine Credit Union, was the financial institution historically responsible for the savings and loans of most Franco Americans in the north Augusta neighborhoods. -
Mémère Kerouac ou la révanche du berceau en Franco-Américanie
Un bref article de revue sur les significations culturelles dans l'écriture de Jack Kerouac: "un gars de chez vous, aussi bien que de chez nous," comme écrit l'auteur (398). Plus précisement, comment la mère de Jack apparait dans sa vie et, par conséquent, dans sa littérature: ses textes, ses images, son style. -
Mémoires d'une famille acadienne de Van Buren, Maine
Une histoire culturelle des Acadiens de la Vallée St-Jean dans le Maine, présentée dans les mémoires d'une famille acadienne de Van Buren. Six chapitres racontés avec les photos et les materiaux historiques d'une famille du Maine: l'émigration à l'Amérique du nord de la France; les gens acadiens et la vie agricole en Acadie; la paroisse Catholique St-Bruno de la Vallée St-Jean; la cuisine locale de Van Buren; les jeux et le folklore. -
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 -
Memories Grow on Trees
From the author: "The following stories represent the folk history of the logging business in northern Maine. They were gathered over the years and the facts may have been changed as the stories were passed on to succeeding generations. However, they do capture the essence of life in the lumber camps and how it changed over the years. They are memories that should be shared." -
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. -
Men should do it all
Letter to the editor calling for gender equality in cutural organizations. This comes in support of Nancy Albert Ellis, whose bid to join the Calumet Club in Augusta, Maine, was rejected, and ultimately denied in a decision by the Maine Supreme Court. -
Men should do it all
Letter to the editor calling for gender equality in cutural organizations. This comes in support of Nancy Albert Ellis, whose bid to join the Calumet Club in Augusta, Maine, was rejected, and ultimately denied in a decision by the Maine Supreme Court. -
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. -
Michigan's Habitant Heritage
Tricentennial commemorative issue of the FCHS Journal in celebration of Michigan's habitant history. Contains pictures, copies of original written documents, brief articles, biographies, genealogies, etc. -
Migrants and Millworkers : The French Canadian Population of Burlington and Colchester, 1860-1870
Article describing the growth of the French Canadian population in Vermont around the time of the American Civil War, and the differences of Canadian immigrant labor, property ownership, and political activity in select Vermont cities, as well as between those of other New England textile centers of the same time period. Steady growth of unskilled laborers and relative decline of economic conditions among Vermont's growing French Canadian population between 1850 and 1870. Separate social, economic, and political developments of Burlington, Winooski Falls, and greater Colchester that can be traced to Burlington's incorporation in the 1860s. Research on variances in property ownership among French Canadian immigrants in these locations, as well as their rates of naturalization, English fluency, and relevant voting laws. Includes tables with figures on occupational status, childbirths, and youth labor. Subtitled, "The high level of political activity of Colchester's French Canadians contrasted sharply to that of Burlington émigrés." -
Migrants and Millworkers : The French Canadian Population of Burlington and Colchester, 1860-1870
Article describing the growth of the French Canadian population in Vermont around the time of the American Civil War, and the differences of Canadian immigrant labor, property ownership, and political activity in select Vermont cities, as well as between those of other New England textile centers of the same time period. Steady growth of unskilled laborers and relative decline of economic conditions among Vermont's growing French Canadian population between 1850 and 1870. Separate social, economic, and political developments of Burlington, Winooski Falls, and greater Colchester that can be traced to Burlington's incorporation in the 1860s. Research on variances in property ownership among French Canadian immigrants in these locations, as well as their rates of naturalization, English fluency, and relevant voting laws. Includes tables with figures on occupational status, childbirths, and youth labor. Subtitled, "The high level of political activity of Colchester's French Canadians contrasted sharply to that of Burlington émigrés." -
Migration Fields of French Canadian Immigrants to Southern Maine
Article on the migrations of French Canadians in Central and Southern Maine to their precise places of departure in Québec. Includes maps that illustrate migration fields and indicate concentrations of Maine Franco Americans. From the author: "Birthplaces of French Canadian immigrants to six Maine cities during the period 1890-1925 were mapped from information in biographical summaries and naturalization documents....This study suggests that migration fields tend to persist through time, sometimes despite transportation changes, that the areal extent of fields is related to the size and rapidity of immigration rather than to the age of fields, and that fields are probably best identified by county rather than by community units."Tags Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Chaudiere River Valley, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Geography, Kennebec River Valley, La Beauce QC, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Meriden CT, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Penobscot River Valley, Portland ME, Québec, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, St. John River Valley, St. Lawrence River Valley, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME, Woonsocket RI -
Migration, Family, and Gender : A Longitudinal Analysis of French-Canadian Immigrants in Lowell, Massachussetts, 1900-1920
From Takai: "'Migration, Family, and Gender: A Longitudinal Study of French-Canadian Immigrants in Lowell , Massachusetts , 1900-1920,' explores migration from French Canada to a New England urban centre of the textile industry, Lowell, Massachusetts. During the period under study, both Québec and New England underwent significant socioeconomic transformation. This work analyses the impact of these changes on the process of migration and settlement. It also sheds light on the diverse ways in which French-Canadian men, women, and children responded to new realities in an urban industrial society. In order to investigate these issues, it is necessary to consider this migration as a phenomenon which consisted of a series of processes and not as a linear progression towards inevitable assimilation or Americanization. It is also crucial to emphasize the importance of introducing a gendered perspective in order to recognize the diversity of strategies devised by immigrant men and women as well as the cooperation and tensions they experienced in the process of migration and settlement....This thesis joins recent scholarship in criticizing a perspective that has described all immigrant behaviour as necessarily reflecting one set of culturally predetermined norms and customs. Contrary to the stereotyped image of French Canadians as immobile and fatalistic habitants, evidence from this study shows that they were a highly mobile people for whom migration was a pondered response to the structural changes that were radically reshaping Québec and New England societies. It is argued that the behaviour of Lowell's French-Canadian immigrants in the early twentieth century did not merely reflect the cultural transplantation of habitant values, but also the attempts of working-class immigrant families to survive and cope with significant socioeconomic transformation occurring to both Québec and New England. The diversity in the recorded patterns of movements on the part of French Canadians is indicative of their strategic autonomy and flexibility in adjusting to new socioeconomic realities....This study also seeks to redress a major gender imbalance in the historical studies of immigrants by devoting considerable attention to women. Not only did women's lives differ from those of their male counterparts; there was also great variation in the extent to which women assumed financial and domestic tasks. Such diversity, I assert, in the patterns of women's paid work was defined not only by age or marital status, but also by a combination of factors such as household organization, living arrangements, and the availability of child care. Immigrant families harboured complex interpersonal dynamics where different and, at times, conflicting interests had to be negotiated in not necessarily equal terms, but in accordance to each member's power and authority within the family and the larger society."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Geography, Illness, Labor History, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Social History, St. Lawrence River Valley -
Milestones from the Saint John Valley (The turn of the century)
Historical portrait of the Upper St. John River Valley, Aroostook County, Maine, through a presentation of the lives of two influential nineteenth-century figures: William Dickey of Fort Kent and Peter Keegan of Van Buren. Particular emphasis on both figures' involvement in Maine politics, infrastructual development, and the lumbering industry in the borderland forests of northern Maine around the time of the US Civil War. Contains the following chapters: The Duke of Fort Kent Fort Kent at the turn of the century Out of the forest Keegan of Van Buren Van Buren at the turn of the century -
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 -
MILL WATCH
Photo of a firefighter and firetruck on the site of the Edwards Mill, Augusta, Maine, as workers tended to the blaze there in the winter of 1989. -
MILL WATCH
Photo of a firefighter and firetruck on the site of the Edwards Mill, Augusta, Maine, as workers tended to the blaze there in the winter of 1989. -
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. -
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. -
Mille et un sentiments
1001 lines of poetry from Woonsocket, Rhode Island native and teacher of creative writing at Florida International University. From the author of "Queen for a Day" and "The Star-Spangled Banner." Title modeled after Hervé Le Tellier's <i>Mille pensées</i>. -
Mille et un sentiments
1001 lines of poetry from Woonsocket, Rhode Island native and teacher of creative writing at Florida International University. From the author of "Queen for a Day" and "The Star-Spangled Banner." Title modeled after Hervé Le Tellier's Mille pensées. -
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. -
Milltown
Theatrical portrayal of a girl seeing her ancestors in their belongings, their letters, and the mills in which they worked. Reenactment of life in the Amoskeag mill complex in Manchester, New Hampshire. Many video clips and photos of that same complex, much of which has since been demolished. From WorldCat: " From WorldCat: "Essai cinématographique de style impressionniste sur l'immigration et la vie des franco-canadiens dans les petites villes du textile de la Nouvelle-Angleterre durant les années 1880-1930, aè partir de l'exemple de Manchester, au New Hampshire. Illustration d'objets et de photos d'époque. Regard sur la démolition des entrepoêts et des filatures actuellement en cours. Film sans commentaire." -
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. -
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. -
Minority Women of North America : A Comparison of French-Canadian and Afro-American women
A comparison of the historical situations and social positions of French Canadian and African American women. An examination of their family and community roles, cultural stereotypes, and social and politicals achievement levels. Situates the origins of each population on the North American continent - one in servitude in seventeenth-century New France, the other in forced immigration and slavery in the United States of the same time. Focuses on the phenomenon of a "double-oppression" - or the sum of one's ethnic minority and gender statuses - and what is required for the doubly oppressed to be "liberated." Acknowledgement of gendered differences in the separate gains made by each minority group. Republished in Le FAROG Forum (April 1988), University of Maine. -
Miracle at St. Joseph's
A compassionate recounting of the 1993 occupation of Worcester, Massachusetts' St. Joseph Church. The 13-month, around-the-clock vigil held at St. Joseph's by many of its parishioners - those refusing the orders of the Roman Catholic bishop that the church be shut down and boarded up on account of his evaluation of its structural disrepair. The parishioners' drawn-out battle, the growth of their public and economic support, the time leading up to their eventual eviction, and their final day in protest. The growth of the St. Joseph's faith community in spite of the closure of its physical place. Commentary from participants in the protest vigil, among others, as well as an interview with the responsible bishop, The Most Reverend Timothy J. Harrington. -
Miracle at St. Joseph's
A compassionate recounting of the 1993 occupation of Worcester, Massachusetts' St. Joseph Church. The 13-month, around-the-clock vigil held at St. Joseph's by many of its parishioners - those refusing the orders of the Roman Catholic bishop that the church be shut down and boarded up on account of his evaluation of its structural disrepair. The parishioners' drawn-out battle, the growth of their public and economic support, the time leading up to their eventual eviction, and their final day in protest. The growth of the St. Joseph's faith community in spite of the closure of its physical place. Commentary from participants in the protest vigil, among others, as well as an interview with the responsible bishop, The Most Reverend Timothy J. Harrington. -
Mirbah
Un roman sur la vie immigrante et catholique d'une actrice dans la ville de Holyoke, Massachusetts; sa communauté et paroisse canadienne-française.
Un roman feuilleton publié en dix fascicules entre 1910 et 1912 par "La Justice" à Holyoke, sous le nom de plume "Emma Port-Joli." Republié à 1979 par le National Materials Development Center for French. -
Mirbah
Un roman sur la vie immigrante et catholique d'une actrice dans la ville de Holyoke, Massachusetts; sa communauté et paroisse canadienne-française.
Un roman feuilleton publié en dix fascicules entre 1910 et 1912 par "La Justice" à Holyoke, sous le nom de plume "Emma Port-Joli." Republié à 1979 par le National Materials Development Center for French. -
Missing minority
Short article on the absence of Franco American employees in the Maine media industries, particularly print and television journalism. Includes brief interviews with managers and journalists from some of Maine's most prominent news outlets, as well as some stark commentary from the author on his own findings. -
Missing minority
Short article on the absence of Franco American employees in the Maine media industries, particularly print and television journalism. Includes brief interviews with managers and journalists from some of Maine's most prominent news outlets, as well as some stark commentary from the author on his own findings. -
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 -
Mobility Potential and the Quality of Life in Working-Class Lowell, Massachusetts : The French Canadians ca. 1870
Brief essay on quality of working-class life in Lowell, Massachusetts at the end of the nineteenth century, during a period of heavy emigration from French Canada. Includes information on census research concerning French Canadians of that place and period, and discusses how a particularly French-Canadian American working-class developed out of early immigrant "peasantry." -
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. -
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. -
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 -
Morphosyntactic Variation and Language Shift in Two Franco-American Communities
From the author: "Although the originally French speaking Franco-American communities of Southbridge, Massachusetts, and Woonsocket, Rhode Island, have much in common historically, language shift toward English has advanced to differing degrees in the two locations. In this dissertation, I explore morphosyntactic variation and the advance of language shift in the two locations using historical documentation, U.S. census figures and sociolinguistic interviews conducted with sixty-nine informants....After comparing and contrasting the sociolinguistic profiles of the two communities, I describe some of the linguistic consequences of the shift from French to English in these traditional Franco-American centers through a quantitative variationist analysis of two morphosyntactic variables. These are auxiliary variation in the passé composé and variation between use of the synthetic and analytic futures. Findings from Southbridge and Woonsocket provide new insight for understanding linguistic change during situations of language decline..."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Ontario, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Southbridge MA, Vermont, Woonsocket RI -
Mr. Zero of Canada
Short essay on social activist and champion for the rights of the poor in New York City, Urbain Ledoux, also known as "Mr. Zero." An introduction to the Canadian family from which Ledoux came, a brief biographical portrait of him and his early success in government, and a characterization of his tactical, arguably radical methods as a later advocate for social reform, individual reformation, and basic rights for those in need - particularly the unemployed and homeless men in downtown Manhattan, New York City, in the 1920s and 1930s. -
Mutational Analyses of Tay-Sachs Disease : Studies on Tay-Sachs Carriers of French Canadian Background Living in New England
Paper in biochemistry and molecular biology describing certain genetic mutations found in French Canadians and Franco Americans, exploring if or how they relate to the science of Tay-Sachs disease, a genetic disorder causing rapid mental and physical deterioration. From the authors: "Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) results from mutations in HEXA that cause Hex A deficiency. Heterozygote-screening programs have been applied in groups with an increased TSD incidence, such as Ashkenazi Jews and French Canadians in Quebec. These programs are complicated by benign mutations that cause apparent Hex A deficiency but not TSD. Benign mutations account for only approximately 2% of Jewish and approximately 36% of non-Jewish enzyme-defined carriers. A carrier frequency of 1/53 (n = 1,434) was found in an ongoing prospective analysis of persons of French Canadian background living in New England by using an enzyme-based assay. DNA from enzyme-defined carriers from this population was analyzed to determine the molecular basis of Hex A deficiency. Samples (36) were tested for common mutations, and samples that were negative for these were screened for uncommon or novel mutations by using SSCP analysis. Exons showing mobility shifts were sequenced, and most mutations were confirmed by restriction enzyme digestion. Known disease-causing mutations were found in nine samples (four had a 7.6-kb deletion found in 80% of French Canadian TSD alleles), and known benign mutations were found in four samples. Seven novel changes were identified, including G748A in four samples. The molecular basis of Hex A deficiency in this carrier population differs from that of French Canadian TSD patients. Screening centers should be aware of the presence of benign mutations among U.S. French Canadians or Franco-Americans." -
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." -
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 -
My Brother the Murderer
Online feature entitled "What happens when the world finds out that God is dead?: Ron Currie, Jr. reads from his novel." The feature is a link to the author's reading of the chapter "My Brother the Murderer" from his novel titled "God is Dead" (2007). In this piece, a man faces public and private alienation for the abominable actions of his brother now locked away in an Augusta, Maine mental hospital. -
My Last Million Readers
Autobiography of famed newspaperman, Emile Gavreau. His youth in the first decade of the twentieth century in New Haven, Connecticut, and among family in Montréal. A family's pervasive Catholicism; an early attachment to reading; intimate portraits of his father. His early work for the New Haven Journal-Courrier, later for the Hartford Courantaround the time of World War I, and at the beginning of the New York Daily Graphic. -
My Life on the Line : Recollections of a Childhood Spent in the Maine-New Brunswick Border Country during the Great Depression
Memoirs of a Northern Maine woman growing up during the Great Depression, with family straddling the rural and agrarian borderland of Maine and New Brunswick. Memories of her great-grandmother and extended family from working on a New Brunswick farm in the summers of her youth. The tensions between her French Canadian Catholicism and the Presbyterianism of her New Brunswick relatives. Memories of her family and life in Island Falls, Maine. Parts of her search for her French lineage. Illustrated in black and white photograph. -
My Maine Summer
Memories of a childhood summer in the author's hometown of Van Buren, Maine, with one week spent on a vacation in Portland. Focuses on friendship, family, and baseball. -
My Time Is Your Time : The Story of Rudy Vallee
Memoirs of twentieth-century singer and musician, Rudy Vallée. Co-authored. Stories from his early life in Westbrook, Maine, and his college years in New Haven, Connecticut. Events along his rise to stardom, and the varieties of entertainment he participated in while in the public eye. -
My Uncle Louis
Autobiographical novel revisiting a boy's childhood in Ottawa and the colorful character of his armchair philosopher uncle, Louis LaFrance. When Uncle Louis's marriage troubles find him moving in with the narrator child and his two parents, the household fills with his love of women, wine, good food, poetry, and Canadian politics. From the author of "The Happy Time" and "Hello to Springtime." -
My Uncle Louis
Autobiographical novel revisiting a boy's childhood in Ottawa and the colorful character of his armchair philosopher uncle, Louis LaFrance. When Uncle Louis's marriage troubles find him moving in with the narrator child and his two parents, the household fills with his love of women, wine, good food, poetry, and Canadian politics. From the author of "The Happy Time" and "Hello to Springtime." -
N'importe quelle route
Un revue/bulletin bilingue de la littérature et la culture, publié par le Club Jack Kérouac de Québec, Québec. Les premiers numéros contiennent des écrits sur et inspirés par la vie et l'oeuvre de Jack Kérouac, aussi que des photos et des lettres de l'auteur franco-américain lui-même. Les numéros plus tard sont composés de l'art et des oeuvres littéraires plus largement culturels. La publication a commencée comme préoccupation avec la façon dont un historique de Jack Kerouac et son patrimoine culturel sont impliqués dans ses écrits. Alternativement sous-titrée, "Bulletin du Club Jack Kérouac" et "Revue de l'américanité québécoise: création, littérature, espace, société." Bilingual journal of literature and culture published by le Club Jack Kérouac of Québec, Québec. Early issues feature writings about and inspired by the life and works of Jack Kerouac, while later issues incorporate art and literary works more broadly interpretive. The publication began as a concern for how Jack Kerouac's historical background and cultural heritage figure into his writings. Alternately subtitled, "Bulletin du Club Jack Kérouac" and "Revue de l'américanité québécoise: création, littérature, espace, société." -
NAME THESE MILL WORKERS
1926 photo taken of workers in the Edwards Mill (weave rooms 33 and 53), Augusta, Maine. The featured caption seeks out newspaper readers who might be able to identify the faces in the picture. -
NAME THESE MILL WORKERS
1926 photo taken of workers in the Edwards Mill (weave rooms 33 and 53), Augusta, Maine. The featured caption seeks out newspaper readers who might be able to identify the faces in the picture. -
Name-Changing Patterns among French Canadians in Waterville, Maine
Brief history of French-Canadian immigration to Waterville, Maine, followed by an exploration of the reasons behind a strong pattern of surname-translation and -changing in the same town. Includes a short list of original surnames and their corresponding anglicizations. -
National Labor Leaders From New England: No. 8--Oliver Christian, Secretary of the National Loomfixers' Association
Article profiling Oliver Christian: a laborer who earned promotions up to the level of NLA secretary. -
National Labor Leaders From New England: No. 8--Oliver Christian, Secretary of the National Loomfixers' Association
Article profiling Oliver Christian: a laborer who earned promotions up to the level of NLA secretary. -
Nationalism, Feminism, Cultural Pluralism : American Interest in Quebec Literature and Culture
Article describing the recent attraction of USA scholarship to French Canadian literature. The integration of this literature within academic French programs, and the various practical and theoretical challenges it poses to the broader canon of Francophone Studies. The unique tie between Quebec literature and the growth of feminist, postcolonialist, and cultural minority literary critiques in Canada and the USA. The impact of Quebec nationalism - as well as multiculturalism - on its provincial literatures, and vice versa. -
Nationalism, Feminism, Cultural Pluralism : American Interest in Quebec Literature and Culture
Article describing the recent attraction of USA scholarship to French Canadian literature. The integration of this literature within academic French programs, and the various practical and theoretical challenges it poses to the broader canon of Francophone Studies. The unique tie between Quebec literature and the growth of feminist, postcolonialist, and cultural minority literary critiques in Canada and the USA. The impact of Quebec nationalism - as well as multiculturalism - on its provincial literatures, and vice versa. -
Negotiating Foreignness Across the U.S.-Canadian Border : Narrating the Francoeur Family's Everyday Life in David Plante's The Family and The Native
Article exploring the Providence, Rhode Island Francoeur family featured in David Plante's novels. The significance that the Canadian-American border plays for this family in shaping the cultural identities of its provincial characters, as well as the French cultural markers that grow out of its Catholic parish Providence locale. Some historical and theoretical discussion of the concept of the "borderland," particularly as it has been considered for Franco Americans within the contexts of Québec, Atlantic Canada, and the US Northeast. The convergence of the Francoeur family's identities as they extend across national borders with those that negotiate the borders of their ethnic neighborhood. -
Negotiating Foreignness Across the U.S.-Canadian Border : Narrating the Francoeur Family's Everyday Life in David Plante's The Family and The Native
Article exploring the Providence, Rhode Island Francoeur family featured in David Plante's novels. The significance that the Canadian-American border plays for this family in shaping the cultural identities of its provincial characters, as well as the French cultural markers that grow out of its Catholic parish Providence locale. Some historical and theoretical discussion of the concept of the "borderland," particularly as it has been considered for Franco Americans within the contexts of Québec, Atlantic Canada, and the US Northeast. The convergence of the Francoeur family's identities as they extend across national borders with those that negotiate the borders of their ethnic neighborhood. -
Neither Peasants Nor Frenchmen : Racialization, Immigration, and Industrialization in the Franco-American Community of Manchester, New Hampshire, 1880-1930
From the author: "In this thesis, I examine how the processes of racialization, immigration, and industrialization caused the emergence of two divergent definitions of ethnic identity in the FrenchCanadian community of Québec and the FrancoAmerican community of Manchester, New Hampshire between 1880 and 1930."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, France, Great Britain, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Manchang MA, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Religion -
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 -
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. -
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. -
New Cotton Mill for Manville, R.I.
Article on the plans for a new cotton mill - owned entirely by French-Canadians - to be built in Manville, Rhode Island. -
New Cotton Mill for Manville, R.I.
Article on the plans for a new cotton mill - owned entirely by French-Canadians - to be built in Manville, Rhode Island. -
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 -
New England French Culture
Arguments for the historical roots of the traits that customarily charge New England French culture, and the common struggles of ethnic immigrant groups in the United States. -
New England French Vocabulary
Brault's essay is an explanation of the results of language tests taken by nine Franco-American French speakers, his evaluation of their levels of vocabulary, and his observations of their speech habits. The overall conclusion of his study partially reads: "The following partial tabulation of a Preliminary Classification Test administered to all nine informants demonstrates the fact that the two levels in the Franco-American phonetic system normally have a lexical correlation. In other words, if a Franco-American at Level 1 (i.e. that level farthest from standard French) succeeds in raising his speech phonetically to Level 2 (i.e. an intermediate level between Level 1 and standard French), his vocabulary will normally reveal a similar degree of switching to modern French." -
New England's Franco-Americans : Vive la difference?
Article on the plight of Franco American cultural activists in New England. The variety of the troubles confronting them, and their energy in relation to the seeming decline of the historically supportive Franco cultural establishments as seen in churches, schools, and large families. Contains an historical overview, demographic figures from the 1970 US census, and the considerations of Francos in the public sphere across New England. Tagline below the article title reads, "Some say the fight to preserve French identity in New England is being lost without a struggle. But that's only one side of the story..." Article featured in the United States bicentennial issue of Yankee magazine.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Burlington VT, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Greenville NH, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Fitchburg MA, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
New England's Franco-Americans : Vive la difference?
Article on the plight of Franco American cultural activists in New England. The variety of the troubles confronting them, and their energy in relation to the seeming decline of the historically supportive Franco cultural establishments as seen in churches, schools, and large families. Contains an historical overview, demographic figures from the 1970 US census, and the considerations of Francos in the public sphere across New England. Tagline below the article title reads, "Some say the fight to preserve French identity in New England is being lost without a struggle. But that's only one side of the story..." Article featured in the United States bicentennial issue of Yankee magazine.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Burlington VT, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Greenville NH, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Fitchburg MA, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
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 -
New grist for the mill: An old factory off Lincoln Street in Biddeford comes back to life as an apartment complex
Article on the redevelopment of vacant space in the Riverdam Mill of Biddeford, Maine, on the banks of the Saco River. -
New grist for the mill: An old factory off Lincoln Street in Biddeford comes back to life as an apartment complex
Article on the redevelopment of vacant space in the Riverdam Mill of Biddeford, Maine, on the banks of the Saco River. -
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 -
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 -
New Hampshire's French-Speaking People : Part I of II
Part one of a historical profile of Franco Americans in the state of New Hampshire, with an emphasis on the origins of their community in the city of Manchester during the 19th- and 20th-century period of Quebec immigration to New England. Photographs of famous personalities and locales in Manchester, New Hampshire, some Franco American students there, and parochial schools, teachers, and classrooms. -
New Hampshire's French-Speaking People : Part I of II
Part one of a historical profile of Franco Americans in the state of New Hampshire, with an emphasis on the origins of their community in the city of Manchester during the 19th- and 20th-century period of Quebec immigration to New England. Photographs of famous personalities and locales in Manchester, New Hampshire, some Franco American students there, and parochial schools, teachers, and classrooms. -
New Hampshire's French-Speaking People : Part II of II
Part two of a historical profile of Franco Americans in the state of New Hampshire, with an emphasis on New Hampshire French language journalism and Franco American clubs and fraternal benefit societies. Remarks on late-19th-century labor research and demographics on Franco Americans in New England, with reference to the work of Carroll D. Wright. Photographs of men's and women's clubs in Manchester, New Hampshire, Manchester workers, and notable locales there. -
New Hampshire's French-Speaking People : Part II of II
Part two of a historical profile of Franco Americans in the state of New Hampshire, with an emphasis on New Hampshire French language journalism and Franco American clubs and fraternal benefit societies. Remarks on late-19th-century labor research and demographics on Franco Americans in New England, with reference to the work of Carroll D. Wright. Photographs of men's and women's clubs in Manchester, New Hampshire, Manchester workers, and notable locales there. -
New Towns of the Early New England Textile Industry
Article in vernacular architecture describing New England industrial community development in the new textile towns of the early 19th century. Emphasis on textile operations and their accompanying communities and building innovations between 1820 and 1840. An attempt at departing from the employer/employee bifuracted model of community development. Comparisons between characteristics of Providence and Boston/Waltham factory and village models; observations of imitative architectural practices in each model's region. Includes select artistic representations of early industrial towns in New England.Tags Berwick ME, Blackstone River Valley, Boston MA, Central Falls RI, Centreville CT, Chelmsford MA, Chicopee MA, Clayville RI, Concord River Valley, Connecticut, Dover NH, Fiskeville RI, Harris RI, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Moosup CT, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Art and Architecture, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Peterborough NH, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Saco ME, Salmon Falls NH, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Stow MA, Vermont, Waltham MA, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
New Towns of the Early New England Textile Industry
Article in vernacular architecture describing New England industrial community development in the new textile towns of the early 19th century. Emphasis on textile operations and their accompanying communities and building innovations between 1820 and 1840. An attempt at departing from the employer/employee bifuracted model of community development. Comparisons between characteristics of Providence and Boston/Waltham factory and village models; observations of imitative architectural practices in each model's region. Includes select artistic representations of early industrial towns in New England.Tags Berwick ME, Blackstone River Valley, Boston MA, Central Falls RI, Centreville CT, Chelmsford MA, Chicopee MA, Clayville RI, Concord River Valley, Connecticut, Dover NH, Fiskeville RI, Harris RI, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Moosup CT, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Art and Architecture, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Peterborough NH, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Saco ME, Salmon Falls NH, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Stow MA, Vermont, Waltham MA, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
NH tourism division offers Franco-American tour
Brief article on a Manchester, New Hampshire, self-guided Franco-American Heritage Tour that introduces city visitors to certain aspects of the history and culture of that industrial New Hampshire city. -
NH tourism division offers Franco-American tour
Brief article on a Manchester, New Hampshire, self-guided Franco-American Heritage Tour that introduces city visitors to certain aspects of the history and culture of that industrial New Hampshire city. -
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 -
No cause yet for Edwards mill fire
Article recounts burning of Augusta, Maine's Edwards Mill in November and December of 1991. Discusses the melange of firefighting efforts from many parts of Central Maine, as well as the early stages of investigating the fire's cause. -
No cause yet for Edwards mill fire
Article recounts burning of Augusta, Maine's Edwards Mill in November and December of 1991. Discusses the melange of firefighting efforts from many parts of Central Maine, as well as the early stages of investigating the fire's cause. -
No Fiddling Around
Profile of Lisa Ornstein - recording violinist, fiddler, and director of the Acadian Archives at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Some thoughts on music and culture through her reflections on musical experiences in both Quebec and Maine. -
No Fiddling Around
Profile of Lisa Ornstein - recording violinist, fiddler, and director of the Acadian Archives at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Some thoughts on music and culture through her reflections on musical experiences in both Quebec and Maine. -
No longer silent minority
Guest article written by Franco-American performer, Jean-Paul Poulain, on the need to preserve Le Club Calumet as a private organization. This piece comes amidst the controversy surrounding a county court ruling that the Augusta, Maine, Club was unlawfully discriminatory towards women. -
No longer silent minority
Guest article written by Franco-American performer, Jean-Paul Poulain, on the need to preserve Le Club Calumet as a private organization. This piece comes amidst the controversy surrounding a county court ruling that the Augusta, Maine, Club was unlawfully discriminatory towards women. -
No Praise, No Blame, Just So
Radio documentary piece on the violent invasion of the Waterville, Maine, convent of the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament in 1996. The death of two nuns, the recollections of surviving sisters, and how their community has chosen to live and express its forgiveness for the man at fault. This recording is a student project of the SALT Institute in Portland, Maine. Aired by National Public Radio on November 17, 2008, and now available at npr.org. -
Normand Beaupré, militant de la résistance canadienne-française aux États-Unis
Un portrait autobiographique raconté par l'auteur franco-américain, Normand Beaupré, de Biddeford, Maine, sur sa profession, sa vie academique, et sa vocation comme écrivain de la langue française dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre. -
Normand Beaupré, militant de la résistance canadienne-française aux États-Unis
Un portrait autobiographique raconté par l'auteur franco-américain, Normand Beaupré, de Biddeford, Maine, sur sa profession, sa vie academique, et sa vocation comme écrivain de la langue française dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre. -
North American Elders : United States and Canadian Perspectives
A study in sociology and gerontology. Comparative Canadian and United States perspectives on aging and the elderly. Observations on the social policies, demographics, geographies, and cultural realities of both countries in the context of family experience, long-term care for the aged, and the quality of life of the elderly. Chapters also dedicated to mental illness, Native American elders, cross-national families, inter-generational families, and cross-cultural relationships. From Greenwood Press: "This volume represents a pioneering effort in Canadian-U.S. social policy analysis in the field of gerontology..." -
North Country Ballads
Book of poems on the woods and woodland creatures of Maine and New Hampshire, from a Rumford, Maine native and once-resident of Coburn Gore. -
Northern Soul
Brief profile of contemporary St. Albans, Vermont, singer-songwriter and Franco American folk musician, Michièle Choiniière. An interview with the artist discussing the musical roots in her family, her unique relationship with tradition, and the lyrical and instrumental qualities of her own musical stylings. -
Northern Soul
Brief profile of contemporary St. Albans, Vermont, singer-songwriter and Franco American folk musician, Michièle Choiniière. An interview with the artist discussing the musical roots in her family, her unique relationship with tradition, and the lyrical and instrumental qualities of her own musical stylings. -
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 -
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. -
Not a Catholic Nation
During the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan experienced a remarkable resurgence, drawing millions of American men and women into its ranks.In Not a Catholic Nation , Mark Paul Richard examines the KKK's largely ignored growth in the six states of New England--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont--and details -
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. -
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. -
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." -
Notre Album Culturel
Un affichage artistique de la culture acadienne quotidien dans la Vallée St-Jean du Maine. De l'auteur de, "Mémoires d'une famille Acadienne de Van Buren, Maine" Du texte: "Cet album est une collection de 'dits' et de 'faits' recueillis dans une famille acadienne." -
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. -
Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens et les Canadiens aux États-Unis
Une histoire des débuts d'une paroisse nationale catholique franco-américain de Worcester, Massachusetts, dans le cadre de tous les Canadiens francophones aux États-Unis de la seconde moitié du dix-neuviième siiècle. Pensées sur le phénomiène d'immigration. Une liste des sousscripteurs de l'église de Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens. -
Nous sommes un peuple étrange
Un essai par l'auteur des romans "The Family" et "The Country," et aussi les mémoires, "American Ghosts." Il viens de Providence, Rhode Island. Partie d'une collection sur la culture française d'Amérique. Au début du texte, Plante se demande, "quelles sont les influences de mes origines sur ce que j'écris?" Donc, il utilise son arbre de famille, les routes culturelles de ses aieux, la religion, et la langue à expliquer son rélation à écriture, le contenu de ses œuvres, et les raisons pour sa "maniière de décrire" particuliere comme écrivain bilingue. Il situe ses logiques dans certaines situations personnelles ou la différence culturelle l'apporta des apercus uniques de ses préoccupations en tant que personne d'héritage français, canadien, ou nord-américain aux Etats-Unis. -
Nov. 17 Letters to the Editor: Valley in good hands
Letter to the editor congratulating the victors of the recent mid-term elections in Maine, arguing that they will be strong representatives of the St. John Valley in Aroostook County. -
Nov. 17 Letters to the Editor: Valley in good hands
Letter to the editor congratulating the victors of the recent mid-term elections in Maine, arguing that they will be strong representatives of the St. John Valley in Aroostook County. -
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. -
Number and Percent of Persons with French Mother Tongue : States, Counties (Parishes), Places of 10,000 or More, SMSA's of 250,000 or More, and Urban and Rural Residence, New England and Louisiana, 1970
Presentation of data acquired in the 1970 United States census. Statistics collected specifically on the populations of persons of French mother tongue in New England and Louisiana. Illustrates in table form their distribution by county, city, town, and state, and indicates percentage of each total area's population. Also mentions other states where francophones exist less prominently than in the featured states of the study. An often-cited report in the sociology of Franco Americans, compiled by a Franco American scholar from Maine.Tags California, Connecticut, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New England, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin -
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. -
Occupational and Educational Patterns for New Hampshire's Franco-Americans
A 1970s report seeking "to define the status of Franco-Americans in New Hampshire, and their relationships to the majority culture." With data from the US census and a variety of business and education studies (published and not), Doane seeks to get beneath the reality of the under-representation of Franco Americans on many levels of New Hampshire labor and academics. She writes: "...the Franco-American Research Project was established in April 1978 by the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union for the purpose of gathering additional information relating to the occupational and educational status of New Hampshire's Franco-American community. This report presents the findings of the project during its year of operation (1979)."Tags Allenstown NH, Bedford NH, Berlin NH, Claremont NH, Clarksville NH, Colebrook NH, Concord NH, Demography, Derry NH, Dover NH, Dummer NH, Education, Franklin NH, Goffstown NH, Gorham NH, Greenville NH, Hooksett NH, Hudson NH, Jaffrey NH, Keene NH, Labor History, Laconia NH, Language and Linguistics, Lincoln NH, Litchfield NH, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Northumberland NH, Pembroke NH, Portsmouth NH, Rochester NH, Rollinsford NH, Salem NH, Somersworth NH, Stewartstown NH -
Odyssey of Love
A biography of Westbrook, Maine, native, Sister Marie Ange Larrivee, a nun in the Order of the Presentation of Mary. Stories that take us from her youth in Westbrook, through her Canadian religious education, all the way to her travels in Europe and her experiences of World War II in France. From a Rumford, Maine, author. -
Of Place and Gender: Women in Maine History
From UMaine Press: "This volume of fourteen essays on Maine women's history fills a real need, helping to answer questions about what women were doing in local communities and highlighting their similarities and differences from women elsewhere. Maine women were sometimes in the forefront of change and sometimes lagged behind; most of the time they were preoccupied with the tasks of daily life, as were women in other parts of the world. However, the details of women's activities at home and in the community, like the context in which they were done, helps to set Maine women apart. The essays in this volume offer insight into a rich variety of Maine women, some famous and some ordinary, some intent on changing their lives and their society and others struggling to survive, some confined by family and work to farm or village and others able to travel the world. Taken together, their stories enrich our understanding of Maine, of women, and of history."Tags Appleton ME, Bangor ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Fryeburg ME, Gender and Sexuality, Indian Island ME, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Portland ME, Searsport ME, Skowhegan ME, Sports and Leisure -
Officials search for cause of mill fire
Maine state officials discuss efforts to investigate the cause of the Edwards Mill fire in the winter of 1989, on the shore of the Kennebec River in Augusta, Maine. -
Officials search for cause of mill fire
Maine state officials discuss efforts to investigate the cause of the Edwards Mill fire in the winter of 1989, on the shore of the Kennebec River in Augusta, Maine. -
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). -
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). -
Older Women Doing Home Care : Exploitation or Ideal Job?
Article exploring the contexts and conditions of older age women as increasingly common personal assistance and home care aides in the twenty-first century. This occupation at the convergence of the growing need for home care workers in American homes, with the financial insecurity of older active adults in need of supplemental income, and who are able to provide social support and physical assistance to elders in need of care-taking. Author asks: "As older women are choosing, or being forced, to work later in life, is personal care work in their best interest?" (300). Article based on mixed-methods research - the Older Worker Study - including interviews with Maine home health workers: discussion of financial status, family status, work history, and attitudes toward age and experience. Written by a Professor of Social Work at the University of Maine. -
Older Women Doing Home Care : Exploitation or Ideal Job?
Article exploring the contexts and conditions of older age women as increasingly common personal assistance and home care aides in the twenty-first century. This occupation at the convergence of the growing need for home care workers in American homes, with the financial insecurity of older active adults in need of supplemental income, and who are able to provide social support and physical assistance to elders in need of care-taking. Author asks: "As older women are choosing, or being forced, to work later in life, is personal care work in their best interest?" (300). Article based on mixed-methods research - the Older Worker Study - including interviews with Maine home health workers: discussion of financial status, family status, work history, and attitudes toward age and experience. Written by a Professor of Social Work at the University of Maine. -
On Maintaining a Francophone Identity in Cohoes, NY
From the author: "One third of the population of Cohoes, New York, is descended from French-Canadians who immigrated to the northeastern United States between 1840 and 1930. Since the end of immigration, the close-knit community centered on the French parish has undergone profound changes and French has ceased to be the language of everyday communication among its members. This paper describes the characteristic behaviors and attitudes which set the remaining Cohoes French speakers off as a group from other minority language communities and help them maintain their francophone identity."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Cohoes NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Hudson River Valley, Language and Linguistics, Mohawk River Valley, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Personal History: Biography and Oral History -
On Parle Français Ici
Article on Colby College graduate ('66) and Waterville, Maine native, Gregoire Chabot, whose writings have resonated not only with the Maine Franco American communities who share the heritage that Chabot often explores, but with readers and scholars across the United States and Canada. -
On Parle Français Ici
Article on Colby College graduate ('66) and Waterville, Maine native, Gregoire Chabot, whose writings have resonated not only with the Maine Franco American communities who share the heritage that Chabot often explores, but with readers and scholars across the United States and Canada. -
On the ethnics of newspapers
Editorial piece on the derogatory ethnocentricity of certain recent (winter, 1992-1993) newspaper publications and radio broadcasts in central Maine, and a reflection on one Waterville, Maine, mother's reaction to them in specific. -
On the ethnics of newspapers
Editorial piece on the derogatory ethnocentricity of certain recent (winter, 1992-1993) newspaper publications and radio broadcasts in central Maine, and a reflection on one Waterville, Maine, mother's reaction to them in specific. -
Once in a Lifetime : Tribute to a Friend and Companion in a World War II Experience
Illustrated brief memoir of northern Maine women religious moving about France during World War II. The events leading up to, and the sequence of, a five-day journey from their Paris convent to a safe haven in St. Etienne. Written soon after the death of Sr. Josephine Theriault, by her friend, in honor of her and the war experience they shared together with Sr. Geraldine Violette. -
One Nation Divisible : Class, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States Since 1938
A history of the United States between 1938 and 1978 that explores the categories and convergences of class, race, and ethnicity. Measures how these three categories factored into World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War. Begins with the veritable end of the large immigration period in America, moves through the political climate of the 1960s, and concludes with the impacts of American suburbanization, the blurring of categorical boundaries of class and ethnicity, and the strange persistence of class, ethnic, and racial differences amidst the continual shaping of what it means to be a citizen of the United States.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, African Americans, Asian Americans, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, German Americans, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Jewish Americans, Mexican Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Norwegian Americans, Polish Americans, Portuguese Americans, Social History, United States, Violence, War -
One Piece in the Great American Mosaic : The Franco-Americans of New England
Essay written in 1976, "in the spirit of the [United States'] Bicentennial," recognizing the Franco Americans as a distinct and significant ethnic group in American history. The 38-page piece begins its observations at the 1524 French explorations of North America, from where it moves into New France, to rural life in Quebec and the revolutionary war in the US, and into the hundred years of French Canadian community development in immigrant New England. For this author, the history of the United States, Quebec, and France converge on the Franco Americans of the New England states. The text concludes with a list of "Who's Who" among Franco Americans, as well as a bibliography of relevant resources. The piece is also published in its entirety in a 1976 quarterly of the Association canado-américaine, "Two Hundred Years of Freedom."Tags Arctic Centre RI, Berlin NH, Blackstone River Valley, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Chicago IL, Chicopee MA, Connecticut River Valley, Danielson CT, Detroit MI, Dubuque IA, Duluth MN, Emigration and Immigration, England, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, France, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Louisiana, Merrimack River Valley, Mobile AL, Moosup CT, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Orleans LA, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Essay, North Grosvenordale CT, Pawtucket RI, Pittsburgh PA, Putnam CT, Québec, Quinebaug River Valley, Religion, Rutland VT, Saco River Valley, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Spain, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, St. Johnsbury VT, St. Louis MO, War, Warren RI, West Warwick RI, Willimantic CT, Winooski VT, Worcester MA -
Oral and Nasal Vowel Diphthongization of a New England French Dialect
The study of a linguistic tendency of Franco American French speakers in Manchester, New Hampshire. Comparisons between a local French dialect and what the author terms "Standard French." Calling for an awareness of unique local speech patterns. Contains appendices of the study's informant data, words examined, local pronunciations, and sound comparisons. Also includes nearly 50 diagrams of linguistic phenomena, as well as shadow images - "spectograms" - produced from words pronounced in the local dialect. Republication of Poulin's 1972 thesis of the same title (Ph.D., New York University, School of Education). -
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. -
Orateurs canadiens-français aux États-Unis : conferences et discours
Un collection (1908) de discours de locales variés des Etats-Unis, offrés par des francos prominents ou des canadiens français de la gouvernment canadienne.
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Orono's Franco-American Center develops timetable
Article on new research undertakings at the UMaine Franco-American Centre, including Professor C. Stewart Doty's historical timeline of events significant in the history of Franco American people. -
Orono's Franco-American Center develops timetable
Article on new research undertakings at the UMaine Franco-American Centre, including Professor C. Stewart Doty's historical timeline of events significant in the history of Franco American people. -
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. -
Où est Woonsocket?
Newspaper feature on the changing cultural landscape of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Comments on the city's once-predominant French Canadian population centered around its Social District. French heritage in Woonsocket as repositioned after WWII by suburban sprawl, new politicians and businessmen, and an appreciation for language and culture that adapted to American processes acculturation. Examples of cultural and linguistic idioms that are uninterpretable to many new Woonsocket residents and young people. The contemporary ways in which people in Woonsocket are working to promote their city's historic offerings. Includes references to the upcoming filming of the Montreal production, "The Mills of Power"("Les tisserands du pouvoir"), to take place in Woonsocket; l'Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste; Representative Rene Lafayette and Mayor Charles Baldelli; and Richelieu International. Featured in an issue of the Providence Sunday Journal Magazine. -
Où est Woonsocket?
Newspaper feature on the changing cultural landscape of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Comments on the city's once-predominant French Canadian population centered around its Social District. French heritage in Woonsocket as repositioned after WWII by suburban sprawl, new politicians and businessmen, and an appreciation for language and culture that adapted to American processes acculturation. Examples of cultural and linguistic idioms that are uninterpretable to many new Woonsocket residents and young people. The contemporary ways in which people in Woonsocket are working to promote their city's historic offerings. Includes references to the upcoming filming of the Montreal production, "The Mills of Power"("Les tisserands du pouvoir"), to take place in Woonsocket; l'Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste; Representative Rene Lafayette and Mayor Charles Baldelli; and Richelieu International. Featured in an issue of the Providence Sunday Journal Magazine. -
Our Franco-American heritage
Transcript of a speech given to the mayor and town council of Loudon, France, from Maine attorney Severin Beliveau upon his trade mission there with Maine governor, John Baldacci. The speech addresses the history and breadth of Maine's Franco American communities. -
Our Franco-American heritage
Transcript of a speech given to the mayor and town council of Loudon, France, from Maine attorney Severin Beliveau upon his trade mission there with Maine governor, John Baldacci. The speech addresses the history and breadth of Maine's Franco American communities. -
Our French Canadian Forefathers
Genealogical sketch of a number of French and French Canadian families. Contains information on the following family lines, in the following order: Pontonnier, Gadois, Martin, Besnard, Langlois, Gouin, Baudouin, Perche, Choret, Crevier, Rondeau, Guillet, Chateauneuf, Couture. The link below is to an online publication of the chapter dedicated to the Crevier family. -
Our Maine Heritage : Industries
Second volume in a series of books dedicated to the history of Maine. Concerned with the period from 1700 to the 1980s. Divided into four detailed units: lumbering, ships, railroads, and potatoes. Unites the diverse industries and people of Maine - from the deep woods, to the farmlands, to the coast - in the histories and products of their labors. Descriptions of logging patterns and lumbering equipment. A shipbuilding history with profiles of famous Maine ships. A review of the United States railroad systems and their beginnings in New England. Farming towns in northern Maine and the development of the potato industry. Illustrated in black and white photo. Printed by Thompson Printing, Brewer, Maine.Tags Allagash River Valley, Androscoggin River Valley, Belfast ME, Berwick ME, Blanchard ME, Boothbay ME, Brewer ME, Calais ME, Daigle ME, Eagle Lake ME, Eastport ME, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, Forestry, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Freeport ME, Gardiner ME, Grand Isle ME, Hallowell ME, Hampden ME, Houlton ME, Kennebunk ME, Kittery ME, Machias ME, Mars Hill ME, Mechanic Falls ME, Medway ME, Moosehead Lake Region, New Canada ME, New Sweden ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, North Anson ME, Oakland ME, Passamaquoddy Township ME, Penobscot River Valley, Piscataquis River Valley, Portland ME, Presque Isle ME, Richmond ME, Rockport ME, Scarborough ME, Searsport ME, Skowhegan ME, South Portland ME, St. David ME, Stroudwater ME, Swedish Americans, Wallagrass ME, Washburn ME, Washington County ME, York ME -
Our Maine Heritage : The Ski Marathoners
Third volume in a series of books dedicated to the history of Maine. Focuses on the northern Maine culture of ski and local developments made for the sport at the beginning of the twentieth century. Profiles prominent Maine skiers of the 1930s and the local events that brought their athleticism into the public eye. Emphasis on the Bangor-to-Caribou ski marathon of 1936 and later. Illustrated with black and white photos, event fliers, and newspaper clippings from between 1930 and 1987. -
Our Place in Line: A Franco-American Family Odyssey
Our Place in Line is a 20,000-year odyssey of daring, imagination, and endurance offered to those who seek to trace their earliest roots from ancient Gaul to the twenty-first century United States via Feudal France and Colonial Quebec. This is a comprehensive exploration of surname origins with ancestral profiles representing a broad cross-section of Old Regime France. The narration also provides a blueprint for Quebecois descendants to trace their specific ancestral participants in the century-long French and Indian Wars. Witness this personal account of Francophone heritage profiling several families who settled in the manufacturing communities of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine, following the great nineteenth and twentieth century French-Canadian migration to the United States
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Out of kitchen for good
Letter to the editor written in response to a guest column penned by Augusta, Maine performer, Jean-Paul Poulain. This letter addresses the need for cultural sensitivity, but argues that women must be involved - including at the level of membership in the historically all-male Franco American social club, Le Club Calumet. -
Out of kitchen for good
Letter to the editor written in response to a guest column penned by Augusta, Maine performer, Jean-Paul Poulain. This letter addresses the need for cultural sensitivity, but argues that women must be involved - including at the level of membership in the historically all-male Franco American social club, Le Club Calumet. -
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 -
Owner had been trying to sell Edwards Mill for 10 months
After the defunct Edwards Mill of Augusta, Maine, is devastated by fire in 1989, it comes to light that its owner had been trying for nearly a year to sell the property. -
Owner had been trying to sell Edwards Mill for 10 months
After the defunct Edwards Mill of Augusta, Maine, is devastated by fire in 1989, it comes to light that its owner had been trying for nearly a year to sell the property. -
Pair plans work for 'Le Messager' building
Article on the redevelopment of the downtown Lewiston, Maine, space that housed the city's long-running French language newspaper, Le Messager. -
Pair plans work for 'Le Messager' building
Article on the redevelopment of the downtown Lewiston, Maine, space that housed the city's long-running French language newspaper, Le Messager. -
Parlez-vous Canadien?
Article on the comparisons made between French language varieties in Canada, France, and elsewhere in the Francophone world. -
Parlez-vous Canadien?
Article on the comparisons made between French language varieties in Canada, France, and elsewhere in the Francophone world. -
Parlez-vous francais? Oui, but what do you have to sell?
Cover story on the inception and early troubles of the Lewiston, Maine, office of Forum Francophone des Affaires, the world Francophone Business Forum. The attempts of French-speaking and French-heritage Maine businesspeople, through this office, to connect with buyers and sellers in francophone markets around the globe. The Maine office's early loss of state funding, among other various problems that have arisen while trying to spur the local office and Maine businesses into grand international action. The importance of the French language in Maine to this economic effort. -
Parlez-vous francais? Oui, but what do you have to sell?
Cover story on the inception and early troubles of the Lewiston, Maine, office of Forum Francophone des Affaires, the world Francophone Business Forum. The attempts of French-speaking and French-heritage Maine businesspeople, through this office, to connect with buyers and sellers in francophone markets around the globe. The Maine office's early loss of state funding, among other various problems that have arisen while trying to spur the local office and Maine businesses into grand international action. The importance of the French language in Maine to this economic effort. -
Paroisse Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul 1971 centenaire : Album souvenir
Album souvenir en deux parties, qui commémore le début de la paroisse catholique romain de Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul à Lewiston, Maine, et qui marque son centenaire. La partie principale est un texte historique sur les paroisses et leur maison à Lewiston, Maine, intitulé "Cents ans de vie paroissiale: SS. Pierre et Paul de Lewiston," et écrite par Antonin Plourde. Ce texte se trouve au milieu de la seconde partie du volume, une collection de publicités de félicitations et de courtes piièces écrites sur les organisations franco-américaines de Lewiston. Le texte de Plourde contient les segments suivants: "C'est le début d'un temps nouveau" "Le Petit-Canada à Lewiston" "L'épopée de dominicain Charles D. Ffrench" "Les curés seculiers (1870-1881)" "Le curé Pierre Hevey (1871-1881)" "Les curés dominicains (1881-1970)" "Convention de Lewiston (1881)" "Le curé Alexandre Louis Mothon (1881-84; 1887-97; 1902-06)" "Les 3 églises 'C' qui ne virent jamais le jour" "Toujours l'école!" "Interview avec le curé Fiset" "'En ce temps-là ' (Voici un texte du pière Mothon [Année dominicaine, mars 1883] qui nous transporte aux premiièrs temps de la fondation dominicaine à Lewiston et nous décrit les beaux dimanches de ce temps-là )"Tags Auburn ME, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, France, Lewiston ME, Lisbon Falls ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, New Auburn ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Portland ME, Québec, Religion, Sabattus ME, Winthrop ME -
Paroled radical glad to be back in Maine
Article on the return to southern Maine of Sanford native, Ray Luc Levasseur, after decades of imprisonment in federal penitentiary for convictions associated with his political activism. Includes a timeline from 1977 to 2004 of some of the major public events in Levasseur's life, as well as some bombings linked to activist groups in that time period. Republished in the New York Times Sunday Edition (8 August 2004). -
Paroled radical glad to be back in Maine
Article on the return to southern Maine of Sanford native, Ray Luc Levasseur, after decades of imprisonment in federal penitentiary for convictions associated with his political activism. Includes a timeline from 1977 to 2004 of some of the major public events in Levasseur's life, as well as some bombings linked to activist groups in that time period. Republished in the New York Times Sunday Edition (8 August 2004). -
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. -
Passing on their French heritage : Lea and Alex Bruyere growing up bilingual
Article on an Augusta, Maine family's use of the French language in their daily lives, and their thoughts on local French education and the persistence of Franco American traditions in their city. Part 3 of 3 in "a series about the evolution of the Franco American community in Augusta." -
Passing on their French heritage : Lea and Alex Bruyere growing up bilingual
Article on an Augusta, Maine family's use of the French language in their daily lives, and their thoughts on local French education and the persistence of Franco American traditions in their city. Part 3 of 3 in "a series about the evolution of the Franco American community in Augusta." -
Paul Bunyan
Walt Disney cartoon rendition of the American folklore tale about a woodsman from the Northeast and Midwest named Paul Bunyan. This cartoon also incorporates another piece of folklore from French Canada - the character of Joseph Montferrand (or Joe Muffaw) - who rivals Paul, and whose history as a woodcutter in eastern Canada developed into tales that were passed down as folklore through French Canadian immigration to New England and the Middle West. See George Monteiro's article in #287 of the Journal of American Folklore, "Histoire de Montferrand: L'Athlete Canadien and Joe Mufraw." -
Paul Bunyan and Little John
Article on the geographic origins of French Canadian and American folklore lumberjack, Paul Bunyan. Traces research that relates the character to one "Tit Jean" or "Bon Jean" of French Canadian lore, and to his predominant occurrence in tales around lumber camps of the United States Midwest. -
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. -
Paul Marion : The Poet of Lowell
Short online streaming video produced by Yankee Magazine. A "Web Exclusive" for the magazine's November/December 2009 edition. A brief look into the city of Lowell, Massachusetts and the man - poet Paul Marion - who has dedicated a public literary life to it. Marion is also known for his involvement with the small press, Loom Press, and for his compilation of Jack Kerouac's early writings, "Atop an Underwood." -
People and Places of Van Buren in the Early 1900's
A pictorial history of Van Buren, Maine at the beginning of the twentieth century. Most of the book's photos were taken by Joseph Michael Bouchard (b. 1869) and C.C. Caron, reproduced out of their original glass-plate form to be featured in this American Bicentennial celebration of a town in the St. John River Valley. Photos are architectural, social, commercial, and religious in scope, with a large emphasis on community life.Tags Art and Architecture, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Frenchville ME, Keegan ME, Labor History, Lille ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Religion, Sinclair ME, Social History, Sports and Leisure, St. John River Valley, St. Luce ME, Van Buren ME -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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). -
Performing the Postindustrial : The Limits of Radical History in Lowell, Massachusetts
Article that critically examines the relationship between the historical content of the Lowell National Historic Park (NHP) - built in the 1970s within the former mill architecture of Lowell, Massachusetts - and the ways and contexts in which this content is performed. Remarks on the conceptual birth of the Lowell NHP within the twentieth-century growth of "public history" as a discipline and an industry in the United States; the park's theoretical orientations. How the park's means of describing the textile industry and its workers in Lowell has the effect of relegating industrial life to the past and, as the author argues, "reinforc[ing], on a fundamental level, the continuing creation of Lowell as a postindustrial place" (94). How the growth of the park relates to a theory of the gentrification of the city of Lowell. -
Petit dictionnaire du "joual" au français
Dictionnaire, organisé par sujet, des termes du dialecte canadienne-française, «joual». Compare les désignations en joual aux termes anglais et des synonymes français. -
Phonological Correspondences Between Modern French and the Lewiston-Auburn Dialect of French, and Between the English Spoken in Lewiston-Auburn and the Lewiston-Auburn Dialect of French
Comparison of phonological traits in the English and the French languages spoken in the twin cities of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine. Observations of idiosyncratic French language characteristics in Lewiston. An introductory history of Franco Americans in Lewiston and Auburn, Maine - their European and Canadian backgrounds, and their Maine community establishments. Charts that measure specific linguistic properties of Lewiston-Auburn French speakers. From the introduction: "My goal, in writing this essay, was to make a phonetic transcription of the sounds which bilingual Franco-Americans of Lewiston-Auburn, Maine employ when they speak what they call 'French,' and then to show how these sounds correspond to the sounds of Modern French; and what happens to the sounds of English words when they are borrowed by these people when they are speaking the LA dialect. The analysis is strictly descriptive, and phonetic, and it was carried out only on the word level." (1) -
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 -
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." -
Poetry and the Landscape of Epiphany
Short autobiographical essay on the elements of cultural heritage evident in the author's family history and youth; the persistence of a French Canadian "communal sensuous self," the impact of one's environments, and recognizing one's heritage beneath evolving shapes of assimilation in America. Includes a translation of Anne Hébert's "Castle Life." Republished in "The Maine Reader: The Down East Experience from 1614 to the Present," with a brief introduction to Maine Franco American history, local photographs, and the poem, "To My Brother." -
Politics and Ethnocentrism : The Case of the Franco-Americans
An analysis of Brunswick and Lewiston, Maine voting patterns based on demography, involvement in ethnic social organizations, and economic scale. Walker examines poll figures beginning with the post-1860 French Canadian migration period and moving into the early 1960s. From the preface, written by James Wilson: "Professor Walker has concerned himself with the effects group existence or pluralism has on the ballot box, not with the sociology of reciprocal prejudice. In doing so, he has contributed to the list of 'they vote their own' literature. Although focus of his study is specifically on Maine, the conclusions he draws have application beyond Maine and the Franco-Americans." -
Postcolonialism in North America : Imaginative Colonization in Henry Thoreau's "A Yankee in Canada" and Jacques Poulin's "Volkswagen Blues"
Also featured, in abridged form, in the Massachusetts Review (see 'Journal Articles'). From the author: "This thesis introduces the concept of imaginative colonization in postcolonial literary and cultural studies, which has a particular relevance to the literatures of North America. It argues that the postcolonial experiences of the former colonies of England and France in the Americas, particularly the United States and French Canada, have been primarily conditioned by their relations to each other and not by their relations to the former colonizing power. Imaginative colonization occurs when one former colony, using the means of the cross-border narrative and/or the postmodern recuperation of history, reimagines another not as an autonomous cultural entity, but as a feature of its own history, language, ideology, and even cartography. Focusing especially on Henry Thoreau's travelogue, 'A Yankee in Canada' (1866) and Jacques Poulin's postmodern novel, 'Volkswagen Blues' (1984), but taking into account the entire history of French Canadian-American relations, this thesis establishes that the practice of imaginative colonization in North American literatures is parallel but nonsynchronous: both American and French Canadian literature go through the same developmental stages of decolonization and postcolonial imaginative colonization, even though they do so in different centuries. The examples presented also indicate that imaginative colonization blurs the established dividing lines between works of fact and fiction and that it occurs in both French and English." -
Postnational United States Regional Hinterlands : Proulx's Ethnic Working-Class Communities in Accordion Crimes
Essay analyzing Annie Proulx's novel, "Accordion Crimes," according to the ethnic groups, working-classes, and cultural identities its characters simultaneously challenge and represent. A mid-1990s United States commentary on assimilation, acculturation, race, and place-identity in which this article's author situates the novel. The symbol of the accordion across cultural and geographic lines, within and across certain immigrant communities in the United States, in environments that temper American myths of upward mobility, and within musical communities of diverse qualities.Tags African Americans, Basque, Cajuns, Chicago IL, Creoles, German Americans, Immigration, Iowa, Italian Americans, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Louisiana, Maine, Mexican Americans, Minnesota, Montana, Music, Polish Americans, Québec, Sicilian Americans, Viennese Americans, Violence -
Postnational United States Regional Hinterlands : Proulx's Ethnic Working-Class Communities in Accordion Crimes
Essay analyzing Annie Proulx's novel, "Accordion Crimes," according to the ethnic groups, working-classes, and cultural identities its characters simultaneously challenge and represent. A mid-1990s United States commentary on assimilation, acculturation, race, and place-identity in which this article's author situates the novel. The symbol of the accordion across cultural and geographic lines, within and across certain immigrant communities in the United States, in environments that temper American myths of upward mobility, and within musical communities of diverse qualities.Tags African Americans, Basque, Cajuns, Chicago IL, Creoles, German Americans, Immigration, Iowa, Italian Americans, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Louisiana, Maine, Mexican Americans, Minnesota, Montana, Music, Polish Americans, Québec, Sicilian Americans, Viennese Americans, Violence -
Pour Résoudre la Crise de l'Enseignement du français dans nos Ecoles Paroissiales
Sous-titrée, "Actes du IXe Congreès des Franco-américains tenu aè Providence, Rhode Island, les 11 et 12 novembre 1966." Des actes d'un congreès de 1966 dont le but principal était une discussion sur l'état de la langue française dans les écoles paroissiales de Nouvelle-Angleterre: la rareté croissante de la langue parmi les jeunes étudiants, et quelques suggestions pour son avenir. Des orateurs (religieuses, académiques, etc.) utilisent quelques examples des enseignants, étudiants, écoles, et paroisses dans le New Hampshire et Rhode Island. Le livre est divisé en sections: Avant-Propos Proclamation du IXe Congreès des Franco-Américains Programme du IXe Congreès Bienvenue au IXE Congreès des Franco-Américains, par M. Henri-A. Melançon, président du Comité Franco-Américain du Rhode Island "Le Comité de Vie Franco-Américaine et la grande résolution du VIIIe Congreès des Franco-Américains" par M. Louis-I. Martel, président du Comité de Vie Franco-Américaine "Pour resoudre la crise de l'enseignement du francais dans nos écoles paroissiales" par M. le docteur Robert A. Beaudoin Questionnaire destiné a servir de guide aux délibérations des commissions d'études du IXe Congreès Voeux et Résolutions du IXe Congreès des Franco-americains Discours de Son Excellence Mgr Russell J. McVinney, éveque du diocese de Providence, an Banquet du IXe Congreès Remise des insignes de l'Ordre du Mérite Franco-Américain à Soeur Raymond de Jesus, F.S.E., par Antonio Prince, chancelier de l'OrdreTags Boston MA, Bridgeport CT, Burlington VT, Chicopee MA, Clubs and Societies, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Education, Fall River MA, Gorham NH, Hartford CT, Jaffrey NH, Language and Linguistics, Leominster MA, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Norwich CT, Petersham MA, Portland ME, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Religion, Rhode Island, Springfield MA, Tupper Lake NY, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
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. -
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. -
Prairie Roses : La Petite Soeur Tells About Her Family
Memoirs spanning the period from 1901 to 1945, focusing on stories of the author's family throughout the midwestern United States during that period. -
Prejudice and Pride : Canadian Intellectuals Confront the United States, 1891-1945
From University of Toronto Press: "As a country with enormous economic, military, and cultural power, the United States can seem an overwhelming neighbour - one that demands consideration by politicians, thinkers, and cultural figures. Prejudice and Pride examines and compares how English and French Canadian intellectuals viewed American society from 1891 to 1945. Based on over five hundred texts drawn largely from the era's periodical literature, the study reveals that English and French Canadian intellectuals shared common preoccupations with the United States, though the English tended to emphasize political issues and the French cultural issues.... Significantly, the era's discourse regarding American life and the Canadian-American relationship was less an expression of nationalism or a reaction to US policy than it was about the expression of wider attitudes concerning modernity." -
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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." -
Presentation : Robert G. LeBlanc and Franco-America
An introduction to an issue of Québec Studies, the journal of the American Council for Québec Studies. This particular issue is a tribute to a scholar of Franco America, Robert G. LeBlanc, who died in 2001. -
Priest: A Tale of Repressed Identity: How I Became a Catholic Priest
Autobiography of a New Hampshire man and his "search for personal identity" through ethnicity and religion, in and out of the lifestyle of a Roman Catholic Priest. From the back cover: "Maurice Fillion was five when his father died. Singled out by priests and nuns while in grade school as a promising candidate for the Catholic priesthood, he entered a minor seminary at age 13, then moved into a religious novitiate and on to a major seminary. By the time he was ordained a priest at 25 he had spent half his life in cloistered living, segregated from the outside world..." -
Private club made public
Letter to the editor claiming that the Maine Human Rights Commission discriminated against the Franco-American community when it ruled that Le Club Calumet was a public organization and should admit women as members - or else be taken to court on account of its discriminatory bylaws. -
Private club made public
Letter to the editor claiming that the Maine Human Rights Commission discriminated against the Franco-American community when it ruled that Le Club Calumet was a public organization and should admit women as members - or else be taken to court on account of its discriminatory bylaws. -
Private clubs can exclude
Letter to the editor on the subject of Augusta, Maine's Franco American social club, Le Club Calumet, excluding women from its membership. -
Private clubs can exclude
Letter to the editor on the subject of Augusta, Maine's Franco American social club, Le Club Calumet, excluding women from its membership. -
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 -
Prolific Immigrants and Dwindling Natives? : Fertility Patterns in Western Massachusetts, 1850 and 1880
Quantitative analysis of fertility rates among Irish and French Canadian immigrant families as compared to native Massachusetts families in two years of western Massachusetts census reporting: 1850 and 1880. Unique contribution to analyses of 19th-century fertility rate decline in the United States, with review and discussion of relevant theories in demography and family studies concerned with that time period: class, education, immigration, women's status, kinship structures, and others. Brief discussion of fertility in pre-emigration Ireland, France, and French Canada. Descriptions of the historical and geographical western Massachusetts context, including demographics and industry. Includes statistical charts. Research questions, from the authors: "Was immigrant fertility in western Massachusetts high relative to other nineteenth-century populations? Was native fertility relatively low? How large was the native-immigrant fertility gap? And, finally, was the gap eliminated, reduced, or widened by adjusting for a) age distribution of wives; b) rural versus industrializing town versus urban residence; c) census year - 1850-1880; d) husband's occupation; e) wife's age at maternity; and f) length of childbearing span?" (269). -
Prolific Immigrants and Dwindling Natives? : Fertility Patterns in Western Massachusetts, 1850 and 1880
Quantitative analysis of fertility rates among Irish and French Canadian immigrant families as compared to native Massachusetts families in two years of western Massachusetts census reporting: 1850 and 1880. Unique contribution to analyses of 19th-century fertility rate decline in the United States, with review and discussion of relevant theories in demography and family studies concerned with that time period: class, education, immigration, women's status, kinship structures, and others. Brief discussion of fertility in pre-emigration Ireland, France, and French Canada. Descriptions of the historical and geographical western Massachusetts context, including demographics and industry. Includes statistical charts. Research questions, from the authors: "Was immigrant fertility in western Massachusetts high relative to other nineteenth-century populations? Was native fertility relatively low? How large was the native-immigrant fertility gap? And, finally, was the gap eliminated, reduced, or widened by adjusting for a) age distribution of wives; b) rural versus industrializing town versus urban residence; c) census year - 1850-1880; d) husband's occupation; e) wife's age at maternity; and f) length of childbearing span?" (269). -
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. -
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. -
Proudly French : Attack on Snowe maligns many Mainers
Article subtitled, "Does the United States now need a Franco-American Anti-Defamation League?" Editorial reaction to the recent uses of France and the French ethnicity in American politics as a derogatory stand-in for anti-nationalism. The author's personal reflection on his own Frenchness, and his anger at a "politics of intimidation" enacted through the misuse of cultural terms. Reflects emotions arisen after France's refusal to support US military action in Iraq. Discusses the newly coined term, "Franco-Republican." Reprinted from The Washington Post. -
Proudly French : Attack on Snowe maligns many Mainers
Article subtitled, "Does the United States now need a Franco-American Anti-Defamation League?" Editorial reaction to the recent uses of France and the French ethnicity in American politics as a derogatory stand-in for anti-nationalism. The author's personal reflection on his own Frenchness, and his anger at a "politics of intimidation" enacted through the misuse of cultural terms. Reflects emotions arisen after France's refusal to support US military action in Iraq. Discusses the newly coined term, "Franco-Republican." Reprinted from The Washington Post. -
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. -
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." -
Public or Parish : A Study of Differences in Acculturation of Franco American Schoolchildren
Presentation of findings of a study on Vermont Franco American children. A comparison of cultural values - personal and public - as measured in young Vermont students in parochial school and public school. A report of the involved questionnaire and study, a presentation of their findings, and an anthropological interpretation of the results. Appearances of the difference in rate of acculturation between public and parochial school students of each sex. A follow-up to his 1972 report, "Value Orientations of French Canadian and Anglo-American Children in Three Northeastern Vermont Communities." Presented at the Northeast Anthropological Association annual meeting, Burlington, Vermont, April 27-29, 1973. -
Purity of Sidewalks: New England Cities Offer Rewards for Conviction of Spitters
Brief letter to the editor acknowledging the local governments of Fall River, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island, forbidding the act of spitting on the sidewalk. Author suggests the positive effect of the law in these cities is perhaps due to their "foreign element." -
Purity of Sidewalks: New England Cities Offer Rewards for Conviction of Spitters
Brief letter to the editor acknowledging the local governments of Fall River, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island, forbidding the act of spitting on the sidewalk. Author suggests the positive effect of the law in these cities is perhaps due to their "foreign element." -
Québec - Boston : Celebrating New England - Nouvelle France : 350 years of Partnership in Shaping North America
Un livre bilingue - un demi en anglais, un demi en français - qui célièbre la grande histoire de Boston et de Québec, de la Nouvelle Angleterre et de la Nouvelle France, et leurs intersections. Du dix-septiième siiècle jusqu'a 1980. La premiière partie est composé d'essais historiques sur la vie au Québec avant de la naissance des Etats-Unis comme pays nord-américain. This first half of the text, in French, shows the Quebec-Boston relationship from the perspective of New France and Canada. The second half, in English, contains essays about Boston in the 18th and 19th century is it likely concerned its Canadian neighbors. Both sections, written by a separate author, seem to take a complementary perspective of the Quebec-Boston relationship. Contains one essay entitled, "French-Canadians in New England: Franco-Americans." Prefaced with a letter written by René Lévesque. -
Quebec : A Historical Geography
From UBC Press: "In this richly documented work, Serge Courville tells the geographical history of Quebec, from the appearance of the first human groups through to the present day. This detailed and erudite book maps the major stages of Quebec's collective development, providing a geographical record of the many social relationships that over time created a sense of place. Landscape, Courville shows, is the keeper of memory, the record of successive changes, and a witness to the genesis of the new. Places that were once agricultural, then left to waste and ruin, are today revivified by tourism. Areas that now house office buildings were long ago open playgrounds where children ruled. Drawing on vast research, Courville shows how, in spite of the turbulence Quebec often endures or perhaps because of it the land itself may be seen as an important participant in the history of its peoples." -
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 -
Quebec and the American Dream
An examination of various and historical connections between Quebec and the United States. Beginning in the attitudes shaped during eighteenth-century struggles between France and Britain over the Canadian landmass, then moving through the American Revolution, the Great Migration period, the United States assimilation measures of the early twentieth century, and the Quebec nationalist movement, the authors reflect on the meaning of the United States for Quebec - and vice versa. From the Between the Lines Publishing: "Chodos and Hamovitch weave a blend of anecdote, quotation, and scholarship to provide an incisive historical account of the interaction between French Canada and the political economy of the United States."Tags Acadians, Boston MA, Business and Economics, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Florida, Forestry, France, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Louisiana, Madawaska ME, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Old Orchard Beach ME, Québec, Religion, United States, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Quebec in the United States : A Historiographical Survey
Historiographical analysis of writings on Franco Americans and an attempt to explain the different circumstances of these writings' publication. Observations on literature concerning the period of French Canadian migration to the United States between 1840 and 1930, and the development of Franco American communities. 1945 as a turning point for scholarly concern in this subject area among historians. Explanation of major, periodic themes in Franco American literature and the concerns from which these themes sprung. The transformation of the notion of "la survivance" over time, and the development of Franco American attitudes toward assimilation in the United States. Contains descriptions of many writings and their authors. Suggestions for the future of Franco American studies.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Danielson CT, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, German Americans, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Jewish Americans, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Historiography, North Brookfield MA, Polish Americans, Portland ME, Québec, Religion, Scandinavian Americans, Suncook NH, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Québec to "Little Canada": The Coming of the French Canadians to New England in the Nineteenth Century
Brief 1950 essay on French-Canadian migration from agriculturally-failing Québec to the New England states during the period of North American industrialization, from the Civil War and after. Also featured in Leonard Dinnerstein's "The Aliens: A History of Ethnic Minorities in America" (Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1970).Tags Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Southbridge MA, Vermont, War, West Rutland VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
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." -
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. -
Qui perd sa langue perd sa foi, qui perd sa foi perd sa langue
Presentation made at St. John's Episcopal Church in Bangor, Maine, by a former Ph. D. candidate in Canadian-American history at the University of Maine, Orono, Maine. The presentation is, as the author calls it, a "spiritual autobiography," exploring the role of religion and spirituality in the author's life and how such things intertwined with her Franco American heritage, her alcoholism, and her sexuality. -
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 -
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. -
Radicals of the Worst Sort : Laboring Women in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1860-1912
New England women's labor history text from a professor of American and New England studies at the University of Southern Maine. Focuses on Lawrence, Massachusetts, as a town with a diversity of worker and ethnic experience, and the relationship between this and gender at the beginning of the twentieth century in industrial America. From the publisher's website: "Ardis Cameron focuses on the textile workers' strikes of 1882 and 1912 in this examination of class and gender formation as drawn from the experience and language of the working-class neighborhoods of Lawrence [Mass.]. She shows clearly that the working women who unionized and fought for equality were considered the 'worst sort' because they challenged both economic and sexual hierarchies, providing alternative models for turn-of-the-century women." -
Raisons qui militent en faveur du choix d'un évêque franco-américain à Fall River
Quelques arguments en faveur d'élire un prêtre franco-américain à l'évêché de Fall River, au Massachusetts. Considérations de l'utilisation des langues dans le diocièse, la démographie de la paroisse, et certaines autres facteurs culturels qu'un prêtre de certaines connaissances servirait bien.Tags Attleboro MA, Boston MA, Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Dodgeville MA, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Gender and Sexuality, German Americans, Hartford CT, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Language and Linguistics, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, New Bedford MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, North Attleborough MA, Polish Americans, Portland ME, Portuguese Americans, Providence RI, Religion, Somerset MA, Springfield MA, Syrian Americans, Taunton MA, Vermont -
Rare High Meadow of Which I Might Dream
Book of poems from Fort Kent, Maine native and professor of English at New Mexico State University. Author of the book of poems, "Cathedral of the North," published in 2001. -
Rare High Meadow of Which I Might Dream
Book of poems from Fort Kent, Maine native and professor of English at New Mexico State University. Author of the book of poems, "Cathedral of the North," published in 2001. -
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." -
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." -
Re-Evaluating the Role of "National" Identities in the American Catholic Church at the Turn of the Twentieth Century : The Case of Les Petites Franciscaines De Marie (PFM)
Some perspectives on North American, French Canadian Catholic female religious at the beginning of the 20th century. How studying these nuns in New England adds to an understanding about French Canadian ethnic identity and its real function among New England parishes. Challenges to a specific French Canadian, Franco American ethnoreligious discourse historically dominated by male priests. Case study of les Petites Franciscaines de Marie (PFM), or the Little Franciscans of Mary, whose religious order was established in Worcester, Massachusetts. From the author: "[T]his essay will consider how shifting our focus from male church officials to female religious can alter our understanding of the relationship between religious and ethnic identities" (516). "Did female religious side with male priests in defending their ethnic turf against bishops whom they perceived as hostile and assimilationist? Alternatively, could nuns not have cared less about connections between their religious identity and their ethnic identity? Or did they understand the relationship between the two in some other way completely?" (518) -
Readfield woman denied Calumet membership will not appeal
Nancy Albert Ellis, a woman whose membership application to Le Club Calumet in Augusta, Maine, was denied based on her sex, and who lost a legal battle with the Club that was taken all the way to the Maine Supreme Court, does not appeal the decision to a higher court. -
Readfield woman denied Calumet membership will not appeal
Nancy Albert Ellis, a woman whose membership application to Le Club Calumet in Augusta, Maine, was denied based on her sex, and who lost a legal battle with the Club that was taken all the way to the Maine Supreme Court, does not appeal the decision to a higher court. -
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. -
Reality or Mirage : Franco-American Stereotypes
A brief discussion of the concept of cultural stereotype, and an historical observation of stereotypes of the Franco American as they have been used historically in different contexts. Extends a discussion of stereotype into the broader domain of cultural exploitiation. Focuses primarily on the Franco Americans of Maine. -
Recapturing a Heritage : Franco-American Programming in Maine
Essay on Franco American children's public television programming in Maine in the 1970s. Provides historical context for two such programs - "La Machine Magique" and "La Bonne Aventure." The reasoning and goals of this programming, its conceptual origins, local and federal efforts toward its production, and the attitudes of those involved. Franco American children's programming as an effort in "affirmative action," and a part of the then-growing movement in bilingual education. Subtitled, "Bilingual programming by the Maine Public Broadcasting Network promotes cultural plurality and positive self-images among the state's Franco-American children. Viva La Difference!" Written by the Director of Programming Services for the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. -
Recent and Current Sociological and Anthropological Research on Franco-Americans
Current trends in social science research on Franco Americans through an analysis of several selected works (theses, articles, etc.) from the 1980s. Recognition of the turn of research toward analyses of socioeconomic class, perspectives on patterns of cultural assimilation, "la survivance," and demographics. Contains a bibliography of works mentioned. -
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." -
Recherches en cours sur le français franco-américain
De Glottopol, la revue de sociolinguistique en ligne: "Jane Smith et Cynthia Fox font le point sur les analyses qu'elles ont déjà produites jusqu'ici, notamment la situation du franco-américain à l'heure actuelle, l'implantation des dialectes franco-canadiens et acadiens et le maintien ou la perte de leurs traits d'origine ; les conséquences linguistiques du contact avec l'anglais et de l'emploi réduit du français ; et enfin le franco-américain à l'intérieur du dynamisme du français nord-américain."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Bristol CT, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Gardner MA, Gender and Sexuality, Language and Linguistics, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Southbridge MA, Van Buren ME, Waterville ME, Woonsocket RI -
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." -
Reflets et lumieère : Porte ouverte sur la communauté de Old Town
Second episode in a public broadcasting documentary series on Franco Americans in Maine at the beginning of the 1980s. Composed of two major segments. In the first segment, a video essay entitled "Bells and Whistles," Eugene Paradis guides viewers through the history of Old Town, Maine, up to the present. The second segment is a closer look into the French Island community of Old Town. Both segments are introduced in French with English subtitles, while the segments themselves are mostly in English with portions of subtitled French conversation. The program is followed by a brief reaction by French-speaking puppets, "Patate" et "Pitune." -
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. -
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. -
Religion et ethnicité franco-américaines en Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1860-1930
De Weil: "A? travers le cas mal connu des Franco-Américains, ces Canadiens français catholiques qui quittièrent le Québec pour la Nouvelle-Angleterre à partir des années 1860, l'Auteur entend montrer la place de la religion dans l'expérience ethnique de la transplantation. Apriès avoir rappelé la situation québécoise et le poids d'une Église catholique, romaine, conservatrice et nationaliste, vouée à la cause de la préservation d'une société catholique, française et rurale, il montre que, transplantée en Nouvelle Angleterre, cette religion ethnique eut néanmoins une fonction et conservatrice et modernisatrice..." -
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 -
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." -
Republican Clubs Formed in Towns of Essex County
Article on the creation of Republican political clubs in Essex County, Massachusetts, which includes the towns of Salem, Lawrence, Lynn, Merrimac, Methuen, and others. -
Republican Clubs Formed in Towns of Essex County
Article on the creation of Republican political clubs in Essex County, Massachusetts, which includes the towns of Salem, Lawrence, Lynn, Merrimac, Methuen, and others. -
Requiem, Mass.
Novel centered around a family of four and a son's retelling of his disrupted youth. An absent, long-haul trucker father and his multiple families; a psychologically troubled mother who claims, among other things, that her children are imposters; an imaginative younger sister; the ubiquitous cat. The real and make-believe characters who intersect the narrator's life at home, school, and wherever his journeys take him in his attempts to save his family - in life or in story. Plays with, and discusses, concepts of fiction and memoir. Written by Worcester, Massachusetts native and teacher of Creative Writing at Florida International University. Winner of the Florida Book Award. -
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. -
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 Relevant to the Development of Bilingual Curricula
1967 report on research in the fields of socio- and psycholinguistics. Incorporates data on a study of French Canadian French/English bilingualism in different contexts. Presented at the Annual Conference of Foreign Language Teachers, El Paso, Texas (November 10-11, 1967). -
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. -
Resources for the Teaching of Franco-American Culture
Essay encouraging the French language teachers in the US - primarily in the Northeast and Lousiana - to "raise their 'cultural consciousness'" of the Franco cultural heritage populations in which they potentially teach. A brief layout of accessible resources on Franco-American history, language, culture, and the curricula designed to teach them. Brief annotations of a short list of texts; a list of local organizations; some suggestions for class exercises. -
Resources of the Teaching of the Sociology of Quebec : A Bibliographic Essay
Challenges of teaching the sociology of Quebec to American students using English language resources. A brief annotated bibliography of suggested relevant and appropriate works, divided by sociological theme: primary resources, analytical focus, historical orientation, population, economy, stratification, family, religion, politics, ideology and nationalism, social change, and "the future." Written by a sociologist from the University of Southern Maine. -
Resources of the Teaching of the Sociology of Quebec : A Bibliographic Essay
Challenges of teaching the sociology of Quebec to American students using English language resources. A brief annotated bibliography of suggested relevant and appropriate works, divided by sociological theme: primary resources, analytical focus, historical orientation, population, economy, stratification, family, religion, politics, ideology and nationalism, social change, and "the future." Written by a sociologist from the University of Southern Maine. -
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. -
Reunion Families' Cookbook
Collection of recipes shared by families who celebrated reunions in Madawaska, Maine between 1993 and 2000. The reunion banquet being a keystone event, a book's worth of family foods were compiled from the following clans whose gatherings took place in the following order:
1993 - Theriault
1994 - Roy
1995 - Chassé
1996 - Levesque
1997 - Dubé
1998 - Nadeau
1999 - Dumont
2000 - Miville-Deschênes
The recipe book is divided into chapter by year and family. Each section is introduced with a family crest and a brief genealogical description of a family name, followed by recipes alphabetized by the first name of their presenter. Original Acadian recipes are denoted by asterisk. Contains an index of all included recipes. -
Reunion Families' Favorite Recipes
Collection of recipes shared by families who celebrated reunions in Madawaska, Maine between 1980 and 1992. The reunion banquet being a keystone event, the Madawaska Historical Society collected a book's worth of family foods from the following clans whose gatherings took place in the following order:
1980 - Daigle
1981 - Cyr
1982 - Hébert
1983 - Dufour
1984 - Thibodeau
1985 - Ayotte, Duperré, Fournier, Mercure, Potier, Sanfaçon
1986 - Pelletier
1987 - Plourde
1988 - Ouellette
1989 - Paradis
1990 - Bouchard
1991 - Sirois
1992 - Côté
The recipe book is divided into chapter by year and family. Each section is introduced with a family crest, a brief genealogical description of a family name, and a list of the recipes that follow alphabetized by the first name of their presenter. Original Acadian recipes are denoted by asterisk. Contains an index of all included recipes. -
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 -
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." -
Review : Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada
A review of Béatrice Craig's "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists: The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada" (University of Toronto Press, 2007). From Bittermann, provided by Project MUSE: "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists examines the history of rural life in the Madawaska region of the Upper Saint John River Valley from early non-Indigenous settlement in the 1780s to the closing years of the third quarter of the nineteenth century. Thus, although the title suggests otherwise, it is a story that unfolds primarily within the history of British North America and the United States rather than the new Canadian nation-state. Although cast in large part as an exploration of questions raised by a literature concerning the presence or absence of capitalism in rural North America, Craig's study offers valuable insights to those who have little patience with the transition debate and who believe that wading into that quagmire simply generates more mud(dle)."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Criticism and Review, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Labor History, Maine, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, St. John River Valley -
Review : Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada
A business review of Beatrice Craig's "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists: The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada." The reviewer, Leslie Choquette, author of "Frenchmen into Peasants: Modernity and Tradition in the Peopling of French Canada" (Harvard University Press, 1997), is the Director of Assumption College's French Institute.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Criticism and Review, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Labor History, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, St. John River Valley -
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 -
Review: "Franco-Amérique," and "Loyal but French: The Negotiation of Identity by French-Canadian Descendants in the United States"
Review of two 2008 history texts on French America: "Franco-Amérique," by Dean Louder and Eric Waddell, and "Loyal but French: The Negotiation of Identity by French-Canadian Descendants in the United States," by Mark Paul Richard.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Alberta, Criticism and Review, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Florida, Government and Politics, Illinois, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Native Americans, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec -
Review: "Histoire des Franco-Américains" de Armand Chartier
Un revue d'un texte historique sur le sujet des franco-américains. Le livre qui l'objet du revue a été écrit apriès ceux textes similaires de Roby et Weil. -
Review: CASANOVA, JACQUES-DONAT, avec ARMOUR LANDRY. Une Amerique française.
Un revue critique du texte "Une Amérique française" - une histoire de l'heritage française à l'Amérique du Nord de la période de la guerre d'Indépendance jusqu'au présent. -
Revolution : The Coming of F.A.R.O.G., 1970-1972
From the author: "In 1970 a group of Franco-Americans at the University of Maine, Orono, began meeting to discuss the creation of a new Franco-American ethnic identity. By the end of 1972, the succeeded in establishing a formal Franco-American program. They succeeded for several reasons. Like some Franco-Americans of their time, they felt acutely the loss of their ethnic group's former ties to a proud French-Canadian heritage. They learned from other movements of their own time how to go about redefining their group's identity, and the administration of the University of Maine, Orono, provided some of the material resources that the group needed in order to make it a formally established program."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Danielson CT, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Farmington ME, Fitchburg MA, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, France, Gender and Sexuality, Gorham ME, Government and Politics, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, North Brookfield MA, Orono ME, Presque Isle ME, Québec, Religion, Southbridge MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
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 : L'Evêque de Burlington
Un bref article sur la mort de Monseigneur John Steven Michaud, évêque du diocièse catholique romain de Burlington, Vermont. Pas un piièce biographique, mais triès politique. Contient un certain nombre de prédications pour son successeur "[n'etant] pas de sang canadien-français," en dépit d'une présence franco-américain sur le conseil diocésain local. Certains critiques des Franco-Américains de Vermont qui ne sont pas intéressés "de sauvegarder leurs interets nationaux" (286). -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : 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 : Les Franco-Américains du Connecticut
Les données démographiques du diocièse catholique romain de Hartford, au Connecticut, tels que compilés par Dr. C. J. Leclaire sous la direction de la Comité Permanente. Les statistiques démographiques, divisé par la paroisse, présenté en fonction du total des relations franco-américaines personnes dans chaque paroisse, respectivement; l'origine ethnique des prêtres et vicaires qui préside, et une observation générale sur les ethnies de chaque paroisse.Tags Attawaugan CT, Ballouville CT, Baltic CT, Bridgeport CT, Bristol CT, Central Village CT, Connecticut, Danielson CT, Dayville CT, Demography, Grosvenordale CT, Hartford CT, Irish Americans, Jewett City CT, Mechanicsville CT, Meriden CT, Moosup CT, New Hartford CT, New Haven CT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Norwich CT, Plainfield CT, Putnam CT, Religion, Stafford Springs CT, Taftville CT, Thompsonville CT, Waterbury CT, Wauregan CT, Williamsville CT, Willimantic CT -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : Les Franco-Américains du Maine
Les données démographiques sur les Franco-Américains dans l'État du Maine tels que compilés par Odule Laplante sous la direction de la Comité de la Cause Nationale. Les statistiques démographiques divisées par comté, présentées selon le nombre de familles, nombre d'enfants, les propriétaires fonciers, les valeurs des propriétés, et les populations totales du comté. Les chiffres de Laplante - 91,567 personnes en totale - ont été publiés en série dans "Le Messager" de Lewiston, Maine.Tags Androscoggin County ME, Bangor ME, Bath ME, Belfast ME, Brewer ME, Caribou ME, Cumberland County ME, Demography, Dexter ME, Eastport ME, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Franklin County ME, Gilead ME, Hancock County ME, Hastings ME, Jackman ME, Kennebec County ME, Knox County ME, Lincoln County ME, Lincoln ME, Maine, Montague ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Oquossoc ME, Orono ME, Oxford County ME, Penobscot County ME, Piscataquis County ME, Portland ME, Religion, Sagadahoc County ME, Somerset County ME, Vanceboro ME, Waldo County ME, Washington County ME, Winn ME, York County ME -
Rhode Island's Franco-Americans in Our Pluralistic Society
Brief essay presentation summarizing much of the history of the French presence in Rhode Island. Acknowledges certain Rhode Island events, as well as political and religious figures, beginning with French explorations of North America in the 16th century, and moving into the twentieth century. Composed as a response to what the author calls the "melting pot theory," and as an argument against the author's notion of cultural assimilation. Transcript of a speech given to Le Foyer - a social organization in Pawtucket, Rhode Island - on March 21, 1973.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Central Falls RI, Coventry RI, Cumberland RI, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Government and Politics, Manville RI, Narragansett RI, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Pawtucket RI, Religion, Rhode Island, West Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
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. -
Rights panel sues le Club Calumet
The Maine Human Rights Commission fired back at Le Club Calumet by filing a lawsuit of its own (in response to the Club's suit against the HRC) contending that the Club discriminated in its refusal of membership to a woman based on her sex. -
Rights panel sues le Club Calumet
The Maine Human Rights Commission fired back at Le Club Calumet by filing a lawsuit of its own (in response to the Club's suit against the HRC) contending that the Club discriminated in its refusal of membership to a woman based on her sex. -
River Rerouting
Captioned photo of Adelard Labbe cutting ice on Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine. -
River Rerouting
Captioned photo of Adelard Labbe cutting ice on Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine. -
Robert G. LeBlanc, 1930-2001
Short piece honoring geographer and historian Robert G. LeBlanc, and introducing his two major pieces of scholarship: one on the Acadian migrations, the other on the Québec ties of the New England Franco-American elite. -
Roger AuClair : First fishery biologist for Moosehead Lake Region
Profile of the former lead fishery biologist for the State of Maine, Roger AuClair, of Rockwood, Maine. His statewide impact on wildlife conservation, and his lifelong relationship with the Maine outdoors. -
Roger AuClair : First fishery biologist for Moosehead Lake Region
Profile of the former lead fishery biologist for the State of Maine, Roger AuClair, of Rockwood, Maine. His statewide impact on wildlife conservation, and his lifelong relationship with the Maine outdoors. -
Ron Currie, Jr. discusses Everything Matters!
Waterville, Maine, writer, Ron Currie, Jr., discusses his book "Everything Matters!," his life, and his writing, and takes questions from Duke University's class of 2014. Currie's novel was chosen to be read and discussed by the entire first-year class at Duke. -
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])." -
Roughing the Uppers : The Great Shoe Strike of 1937
From the Lewiston Sun Journal: "The documentary tells the story of a strike that involved thousands of shoe workers and more than a dozen factories in Lewiston and Auburn [Maine]. Seeking higher wages and recognition of their union affiliation with the newly formed Congress of Industrial Organizations, the largely Franco-American workers called for a strike on March 24, 1937, during a mass meeting at Lewiston's city hall." -
Rudy Vallée : Franco-American and Man from Maine
Biographical sketch of Hubert Prior Vallée - a.k.a., Rudy Vallée - from a young man in Westbrook and Orono, Maine, to the iconic Hollywood crooner of American film and radio, consistently true to the origins to which he ultimately returned. Also includes a history of the University of Maine "Stein Song," the popularity of which can be attributed in part to Vallée. -
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. -
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. -
Saintly Delights : St. Augustine Parish, Augusta, Maine
Collection of recipes gathered from the families and parishioners of St. Augustine Roman Catholic Parish in Augusta, Maine. Divided into section by food type, all recipes are printed with the name of their contributor(s). Book contains printed advertisements from local businesses and an index of the included recipes, ordered by page number. -
Samuel de Champlain and the Naming of Vermont
Article on the historical origins of the name of "Vermont" as it describes both the New England state and the mountain range of which it is a part. The relationship of some other geographic place names in this region to the explorers and founders of 17th century New France, as well as later historical figures. Cartographic, journalistic, and other evidence locating the 18th century birth of the term "Vermont" as a probable translation of its English predecessor, "Green Mountains." -
Samuel de Champlain and the Naming of Vermont
Article on the historical origins of the name of "Vermont" as it describes both the New England state and the mountain range of which it is a part. The relationship of some other geographic place names in this region to the explorers and founders of 17th century New France, as well as later historical figures. Cartographic, journalistic, and other evidence locating the 18th century birth of the term "Vermont" as a probable translation of its English predecessor, "Green Mountains." -
Sanatorium : un roman
Un roman sur Pierre Gagnon, un personnage médecin qui est devenu un nouveau malade dans un infirmerie pour les tuberculeux dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre au début de 20e siècle. Des descriptions vivantes de la vie, des autres malades, et de l'hébergement de l'infirmerie. Écrit par un vrai médecin; basé sur ses experiences avec ceux tuberculeux hôpitalisés à Rutland State Sanatorium, Rutland, Massachusetts. Republié en 1982. -
Sands, Spindles, and Steeples : A History of Saco, Maine
A history of the coastal and industrial city of Saco, Maine, from its inception to the 1950s. Written by a Saco native. The inside cover reads: "In a rich and vivid history, documented with record, with facts bearing evidence of infinitely rewarding research, Roy P. Fairfield has depicted Saco from its beginning up to the fast-moving present wherein, even now, remains a nostalgic aura of simpler days along elm-shaded streets that have seen three centuries of pulsing life. And throughout this volume, striking for its fidelity to place and time and atmosphere, the author has never for a moment lost sight of that irreplaceable thing - the human dimension."Tags Art and Architecture, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Buxton ME, Cape Porpoise ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, England, Exploration and Colonization, France, Fryeburg ME, Government and Politics, Hollis ME, Kittery ME, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Old Orchard Beach ME, Religion, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Scarborough ME, Social History, Wells ME, York ME -
Sanford's son
Feature article on Sanford native, Ray Luc Levasseur, and his return to southern Maine following decades spent imprisoned for convictions associated with political activism. Some historical background about Levasseur, his hometown, and the reputation he acquired in Sanford as a "wanted" man in the 1970s and 80s. Segments of an interview with the man returned - reflections on his past, orientations toward the future. The writer of this article, the interviewer, is also a native of Sanford. -
Sanford's son
Feature article on Sanford native, Ray Luc Levasseur, and his return to southern Maine following decades spent imprisoned for convictions associated with political activism. Some historical background about Levasseur, his hometown, and the reputation he acquired in Sanford as a "wanted" man in the 1970s and 80s. Segments of an interview with the man returned - reflections on his past, orientations toward the future. The writer of this article, the interviewer, is also a native of Sanford. -
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. -
Say No More
Short story that finds Norman Malloy sitting in a kitchen alone. He segregates himself from his wife, Colette, their infant daughter, and Colette's large extended family as they celebrate in two languages a grandmother's birthday in the living room nearby. Norman and Colette's car trip home - in tension and in snowfall - from the Biddeford, Maine gathering back to nearby Scarborough. Featured in Portland Monthly Magazine. From Maine author of short story collections "Too Hot & Other Maine Stories" and "Squatter's Rights." -
Say No More
Short story that finds Norman Malloy sitting in a kitchen alone. He segregates himself from his wife, Colette, their infant daughter, and Colette's large extended family as they celebrate in two languages a grandmother's birthday in the living room nearby. Norman and Colette's car trip home - in tension and in snowfall - from the Biddeford, Maine gathering back to nearby Scarborough. Featured in Portland Monthly Magazine. From Maine author of short story collections "Too Hot & Other Maine Stories" and "Squatter's Rights." -
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. -
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. -
Se connaître et se reconnaître dans des cours de civilisation et de littératures franco-américaines
Présentation sur la façon dont les professeurs de langue française et des études franco-américaines répondent aux besoins des étudiants de l'Université du Maine. Comprend un poième inspiré par les expériences d'enseignement d'un professeur de français. Comprend aussi un programme pour une classe proposée sur le théa?tre franco-américain. -
Seamless Hosiery Industry of Laconia, New Hampshire
Article describing the state of hosiery mills in Laconia, New Hampshire in the late 1930s: obstacles to effective production, descriptions of economic advantages, suggestions for improvement. Historical background from the origins of the first Laconia hosiery in 1847. Mill closures beginning in 1923: their causes and some of their impacts. Current 1930s industrial competition between Laconia mills and similar producers in Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states: Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee. Includes black and white photographs.Tags Belmont NH, Binghamton NY, Blackstone River Valley, Franklin NH, Georgia, Hillsboro NH, Laconia NH, Lake Winnipesaukee NH, Merrimack River Valley, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- History, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Tilton NH -
Seamless Hosiery Industry of Laconia, New Hampshire
Article describing the state of hosiery mills in Laconia, New Hampshire in the late 1930s: obstacles to effective production, descriptions of economic advantages, suggestions for improvement. Historical background from the origins of the first Laconia hosiery in 1847. Mill closures beginning in 1923: their causes and some of their impacts. Current 1930s industrial competition between Laconia mills and similar producers in Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states: Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee. Includes black and white photographs.Tags Belmont NH, Blackstone River Valley, Franklin NH, Georgia, Hillsboro NH, Laconia NH, Lake Winnipesaukee NH, Merrimack River Valley, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- History, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Tilton NH -
Second Sun : New and Selected Poems
Poetry collection composed of new writings and other previously collected works featured in three of the writer's earlier publications: "Crying in the Cheap Seats" (1971), "The Anarchist Heart" (1977), and "Home Front" (1978). -
Second Sun : New and Selected Poems
Poetry collection composed of new writings and other previously collected works featured in three of the writer's earlier publications: "Crying in the Cheap Seats" (1971), "The Anarchist Heart" (1977), and "Home Front" (1978). -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Selected Poems
Selections from the published and unpublished works of Lisbon, Maine native poet, professor, and famed translator of poetry. Collected and published posthumously, with an introduction from the collection's editor. Divided into five parts. -
Semi-Centennial Celebration History, 1922-1972 : Fifty Years of Progress
A history of the Augusta, Maine Franco American social organization, Le Club Calumet, published in honor of its accomplishments and in celebration of the 50th year since its 1922 inception. Presents an introduction to French Canadian immigration to Maine. Includes a detailed account of the settlement of a French-speaking community near the mills at the north end of Augusta. Recounts the birth of the social organization and charts its development up to the present, including names and captioned images. A brief club necrology, portraits and profiles of past club presidents, and a 1972 "Active Membership List." Advertisements from local sponsors of the book's publication.Tags Augusta ME, Business and Economics, Clubs and Societies, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Gender and Sexuality, Maine, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, Nonfiction -- Sports, Religion, Sand Hill ME, Social History, Sports and Leisure -
Sentinel editorial writer inept in treatment of ethnic slurs
Letter to the editor berating Waterville, Maine's Morning Sentinel editorial staff for failing to criticize a Portland-based radio station (WBLM) that frequently included in its morning show a segment poking fun at a Franco American character. Cites an article in which the editorial staff "trivialize[d]" complaints against the radio program's arguable ethnic discrimination, and chastises the newspaper for missing an opportunity to heighten local conversation about ethnic humor and cultural stereotypes. -
Sentinel editorial writer inept in treatment of ethnic slurs
Letter to the editor berating Waterville, Maine's Morning Sentinel editorial staff for failing to criticize a Portland-based radio station (WBLM) that frequently included in its morning show a segment poking fun at a Franco American character. Cites an article in which the editorial staff "trivialize[d]" complaints against the radio program's arguable ethnic discrimination, and chastises the newspaper for missing an opportunity to heighten local conversation about ethnic humor and cultural stereotypes. -
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." -
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"). -
Shantytowns in the United States, 1820-1890
From the author: "This dissertation adds a missing piece to the history of the American working class by documenting an overlooked category of low-income housing and the ways in which these self-reliant communities were assigned cultural meanings at odds with their physical form. Using sources that range from photographs and oil paintings to novels and sheet music, the dissertation traces the shanty house type from frontier homesteads to urban shantytowns in turn-of-the-century New York and Brooklyn. It also examines their evolving cultural construction. Presented as domestic by their working-poor builders, shantytowns were nonetheless perceived as degraded by middle-class observers. This had public policy consequences, as shantytowns were razed and outlawed during the last decades of the nineteenth century." -
Shared Earnings, Unequal Responsibilities : Single French-Canadian Wage-Earning Women in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1900-1920
An analysis of single French-Canadian women workers in Lowell, Massachusetts, Takai's piece attempts to show the contributions of this female population to their households and to the local economy at the beginning of the twentieth century. -
Shifting Perspectives from the North : Québec
Brief essay on the discipline of United States history in Canada, the influence of American perspectives on Canadian historiography of the US, and how attitudes toward cross-boundary historiography change over time. Ramirez takes a semi-biographical approach: the Italian scholar, educated in both the US and Canada, who took up American history at the University of Toronto, and taught American history at a Francophone Montréal university.Tags Canada, Criticism and Review, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Historiography, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Social History, Toronto ON, United States -
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." -
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. -
Situation de la recherche sur la Franco-Américanie
Le premier colloque de l'Institut français du Colliège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 15 mars 1980. Imprimé dans un numéro du périodique "Vie Française: Revue trimestrielle," publié par le Conseil de la Vie française en Amérique. Présentations sur l'immigration franco-canadienne, la langue française, et la littérature franco-américaine dans le contexte de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Comprend également des bibliographies.En deux parties principales, avec les piièces suivants: Préface, André Vachon, s.r.c. I - L'immigration et les groupes sociaux "L'exode vers le Sud: survol de la migration canadienne-française vers la Nouvelle-Angleterre au XIXe siiècle," Ralph D. Vicero "Etat présent des études sur les centres franco-américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre," Gérard J. Brault Commentaires de Frances H. Early, Yolande Lavoie et Daniel J. Walkowitz II - La langue et la littérature "La langue franco-américaine," Robert A. Fischer Commentaires de Normand C. Dubé "L'histoire comme roman, le roman comme histoire: le roman ethnique franco-américain de langue anglaise," Richard S. Sorrell "Pour une problématique de l'histoire littéraire franco-américaine," Armand B. ChartierTags Adams MA, Blackstone River Valley, Brockton MA, Brooklyn CT, Burlington VT, Burrillville RI, Cambridge MA, Chicopee MA, Claremont NH, Concord NH, Criticism and Review, Danielson CT, Dudley MA, Education, Gardner MA, Grafton MA, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Killingly CT, Laconia NH, Leominster MA, Lincoln RI, Lynn MA, Marlboro MA, Meriden CT, Millbury MA, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Palmer MA, Pawtucket RI, Pittsfield MA, Plainfield CT, Putnam CT, Salem MA, Skowhegan ME, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Sutton MA, Taunton MA, Thompson CT, Ware MA, Warren RI, Warwick RI, Waterbury CT, Webster MA, Westbrook ME, Willimantic CT, Winooski VT -
Snow Man
A profile of Boston and New York social activist, Urbain Ledoux. Ledoux, known as "Mr. Zero," was an early advocate for the homeless and jobless of the United States. His parents emigrated from Quebec to work in Connecticut and Maine in the 19th century. This biographical, editorial piece sits among others in a volume dedicated to American public figures of the 1920s. -
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 -
Social and Economic Profile of French and English Mother Tongue Persons : Maine, 1970
Unpublished presentation of statistics on persons of French and English mother tongue in the state of Maine, adapted from 1970 United States census data. Shows figures related to family make-up, mobility, education, labor, income, state geography, and city and county demographics, all with respect to the population's mother tongue. Written by a University of Southern Maine professor of sociology.Tags Ashland ME, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Bangor ME, Berwick ME, Biddeford ME, Brewer ME, Brunswick ME, Caribou ME, Chelsea ME, Eagle Lake ME, Education, Fairfield ME, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Gorham ME, Grand Isle ME, Jackman ME, Jay ME, Kennebunk ME, Kittery ME, Lewiston ME, Limestone ME, Lisbon ME, Livermore Falls ME, Madawaska ME, Madison ME, Mexico ME, Millinocket ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Old Orchard Beach ME, Old Town ME, Portland ME, Presque Isle ME, Rumford ME, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, South Berwick ME, South Portland ME, St. Agatha ME, St. Francis ME, Topsham ME, Van Buren ME, Wallagrass ME, Waterville ME, Webster ME, Westbrook ME, Winslow ME, Winthrop ME -
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). -
Sociolinguistics, Politics, and Language Teaching
Brief article on the integration of linguistic theory, language teaching, and sociolinguistics. Thoughts on some of the political and social implications of dialects, and questions about applying certain linguistic theories to the teaching of language. Compares teaching English in African American communities to teaching French in French Canadian, Franco American communities, and discusses issues surrounding language instruction in what the author calls "non-standard dialect." References to the author's Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, conferences for teachers of French held in the early 1960s. -
Soldiers from the Farther North : A Research Note on Canadians in the Union Army in the American Civil War
Article describing the participation of French and English Canadians in the United States Civil War. Justifications for participation - economic, political, personal, and otherwise - from primary and secondary source literature. Domestic Canadian and international implications for Canadian activity in US war. Complications of citizenship and participant moral attitudes toward nationalism, slavery, and other issues. Questions directed toward the complexities surrounding wartime immigration, travel, and/or displacement, and suggestions for further research in family and other archival collections. -
Soldiers from the Farther North : A Research Note on Canadians in the Union Army in the American Civil War
Article describing the participation of French and English Canadians in the United States Civil War. Justifications for participation - economic, political, personal, and otherwise - from primary and secondary source literature. Domestic Canadian and international implications for Canadian activity in US war. Complications of citizenship and participant moral attitudes toward nationalism, slavery, and other issues. Questions directed toward the complexities surrounding wartime immigration, travel, and/or displacement, and suggestions for further research in family and other archival collections. -
Some Aims and Methods in Teaching French in the Elementary Schools in Louisiana : The Oakdale Elementary School Experiment
A 1938-1939 argument in favor of increasing the number of Louisiana public elementary schools that teach the French language, and some thoughts on best practices in the implementation of educational programs. From the author: "This paper contains a statement of the motives for teaching French in the elementary schools of Louisiana and the goals to be attained - together with a suggested list of projects that have proved helpful and a discussion of classroom procedures as used in the Oakdale Elementary School experiment." -
Some Calumet Club members may vote to admit women, attorney says
After the Maine Human Rights Commission ruled that she had been discriminated against when denied membership at Le Club Calumet, a Franco American social club, Nancy Albert Ellis considered filing charges in court. Many members of the Club, in her support, claimed that they would vote to change club legislation, allowing the full admission and membership of women. -
Some Calumet Club members may vote to admit women, attorney says
After the Maine Human Rights Commission ruled that she had been discriminated against when denied membership at Le Club Calumet, a Franco American social club, Nancy Albert Ellis considered filing charges in court. Many members of the Club, in her support, claimed that they would vote to change club legislation, allowing the full admission and membership of women. -
Some credit union members oppose bank merger, 'We don't want to lose our identity'
With a merger pending between Kennebec Savings Bank and KV Federal Credit Union - both of Augusta, Maine - some credit union members voice their opposition, citing the historical value of their institution, its assistance to the Franco-American communities of the area, and the economic role it has played in helping to form the region's identity. -
Some credit union members oppose bank merger, 'We don't want to lose our identity'
With a merger pending between Kennebec Savings Bank and KV Federal Credit Union - both of Augusta, Maine - some credit union members voice their opposition, citing the historical value of their institution, its assistance to the Franco-American communities of the area, and the economic role it has played in helping to form the region's identity. -
Some Misconceptions about Teaching American Ethnic Children Their Mother Tongue
Essay on language instruction, problems with favoring rote over mother tongue, and some arguments for maintaining linguistic heritages in language education. -
Some Repatriement Dilemmas
Article on the idea of repatriation as integral to the history of French Canadian community building in the United States. Certain struggles and losses accompanying Canadian repatriation from the United States in the late 19th century, after extended periods of American settlement. Examples of repatriation as considered in two different contexts: New England and the US Midwest. In Worcester, Massachusetts, journalist Ferdinand Gagnon functioning in the French Canadian press as an agent of repatration for Quebec government in 1875; the eventual shift in his political position, a rearticulation of his understandings of cultural allegiance, and his eventual American naturalization. In Michigan, Telesphore St-Pierre as journalist advocate for la survivance during a period of growth of French community and society there. The difficulties of appealing to Canadian repatriation after extended settlement. St-Pierre's eventual appeal for American nationalism and Catholic loyalty as means of retaining heritage. Transformations in the Franco American concept of "la survivance."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bay City MI, Boston MA, Cohoes NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord NH, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Great Lakes Region, Journalism, Lake Linden MI, Michigan, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Religion, Sault Sainte Marie MI, St. Ignace MI, United States, Worcester MA -
Some Social Factors Affecting the French Spoken in Lewiston, Maine
Dissertation on the relationship between the French language and Franco American culture in Lewiston, Maine in the twentieth century. Historical background of Maine French speakers. Theories and methods in the study of French in New England as introduction and comparison to the author's own survey research in Lewiston. Contents and results of a linguistic questionnaire given various French speakers in Lewiston. From the author: "Using a broadly based survey of the French spoken in Lewiston, Maine this thesis treats the question of the levels of Franco-American speech. The relationship of language features to social factors is studied by means of a computer-aided analysis of a representative sample of the French-speaking population" (iii, Abstract). -
Some Specimens of a Canadian French Dialect Spoken in Maine
A short explanation of notes taken on the linguistic properties of one Waterville and another Cornville, Maine, Franco-American's French language tendencies in the late nineteenth century. Historical measure of the MLA's concern with Canadian French in America before the turn of the century, and an early dissection of local French by a linguist attracted to the structures and tones common to Central Maine French speech. -
Songs from Grandma's Kitchen (Chansons de la cuisine à Mémière) : French-Canadian Toe-Tappers (and a few stories)
A recording of a collection of songs and tales by storyteller Michael Parent, with the musical accompaniment of Greg Boardman. From the artists: "This live DVD of a Johnson Hall [Gardiner ME] concert features a variety of songs in the French-Canadian tradition, plus a few instrumental medleys with fiddle and guitar, and Hank Williams's 'Jambalaya.' Stories include Michael's bi-lingual, comic version of 'The French Truck Driver,' and Greg Boardman telling the story behind the 'Hangman's Reel' and fiddling the tune." -
Songs of my youth / À la fleur de l'âge
Book of French and English language poems, written in a sequence modeled after the author's teenage years, from 13-20. From a Manchester, New Hampshire native writer. Illustrated in photographs and black and white drawings.
Un livre de poèsie en anglais et en français, d'un écrivain de Manchester, New Hampshire. Écrit en 8 segments: un segment pour chacune des années d'adolescence de l'auteur, 13 ans à 20 ans. Illustré par photos et dessins en noir et blanc. -
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. -
Sources statistiques pour l'étude de l'immigration et du peuplement canadien-français en Nouvelle-Angleterre au cours du XIXe siiècle : le recensement d'Odule Laplante
Un essai qui examine le matériel historique et scolaire qui est disponible sur les canadiens français qui ont voyagé aux Etats-Unis avant 1900. Le deuxieme partie, "Le recensement," est une examination d'un de ceux matériels specifiques qui souligne la population franco du Maine.Tags Burlington VT, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Jewett City CT, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mills and Mill Work, Minnesota, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Social History, Vermont, Woonsocket RI -
Southern Seduction : Canadian and American Snowbirds in Florida Since 1945
From the author: "This thesis explains and analyzes the phenomenon of seasonal, long-term winter travel to Florida, travelers that South Floridians have called 'snowbirds.' It demonstrates what pushed and pulled [Canadian and American] snowbirds to Florida, analyzes their journey south, their settlement patterns and housing choices, their tendency to congregate together, the forms of their sociability. It mostly defines snowbirds as migrants who, down South, build communities of kindred spirits. In the fragmented built landscape of 20th-century Florida, the congregation of snowbirds produced unique forms of socialization and, we argue, of community. These unique settlements have uniquely influenced Floridians' debates about their own community-building issue, while playing a part in Northerners' views about Florida, the South, the North, the United States and Canada."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Chicago IL, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Florida, Geography, Government and Politics, Hollywood FL, Miami FL, Montréal QC, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Travel and Tourism, Québec, Social History, Sports and Leisure, St. Petersburg FL, Travel and Movement, United States -
Southside Canadians : A Family Journey
Pictorial account of a family's immigration that begins in Europe and moves through Canada into the United States, ultimately to Chicago, Illinois's Southside in the 20th and 21st centuries. -
Souvenir du 50ieème anniversaire de la paroisse St. Jean Baptiste, Brunswick, Maine 1877-1927
50th anniversary tribute to the Church of St. John the Baptist, serving the Catholic communities of Brunswick and Bath, Maine. Contains photos, advertisements, and some information on St. John School (L'École Saint-Jean-Baptiste). -
Souvenirs de Chasses...dans le Maine
La publication des écrits personnels d'Annette Cogels, de son voyage 1929 du Belgique, au Canada, dans le Maine, pour chasser le chevreuil dans les bois du nord du Maine. Son temps dans la forêt du Maine qui est associé souvent avec le bûcheron et homme d'affaires beauceron, Edouard Lacroix. Illustrée dans des photos noir et blanc, et avec des commentaires du rédacteur. -
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." -
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Speeding Across the Rhizome : Deleuze Meets Kerouac On the Road
A reading of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" alongside the literary criticism of Gilles Deleuze and his counterparts. Emphasis on Deleuze and Félix Guattari's notion of the "rhizome" in comparison to the spontaneous routes of cross-country travel taken by characters in Kerouac's novel, and the innovative styles and shapes of his prose. Conversation with Deleuze's own reading of and writings on "On the Road" through the critic's descriptions of what is meant by the term "minor literature" : writing which is characteristically "deterritorializ[ed]" and exhibits a collective, political nature. -
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. -
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. -
Sports and Franco-Americans in Woonsocket, 1870-1930
The place of sport in the Franco American communities of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, around the beginning of the twentieth century. The complex identification of sport with both a means of French Canadian cultural preservation and a site of American acculturation. The early lives of organized sports in Woonsocket French Canadian immigrant communities, sport preference, and sport popularity around the turn of the century. Some profiles of significant Franco American athletes. Largely focused on baseball, hockey, and weightlifting. -
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. -
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. -
St. John Valley Bilingual Education Program Records
This collection contains records from attempts to create bilingual education programs (now called immersion programs) in a handful of schools in the St. John Valley, including examples of bilingual schools in Canada and other states following the Bilingual Education Act of 1968. The majority of this collection consists of manuscript documents and booklets. The books in question are paperbound and held together by staples rather than the traditional bound books that many people may think of. Many of the manuscripts are held together by accordion-style covers that have a metal clip holding the pages together. -
St. Joseph Church, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1873-1973
History book honoring the founders, pastors, and parishioners of Springfield, Massachusetts' St. Joseph Church in its centennial year. An overview of major construction projects, church business, community efforts, social groups, and singular priests instrumental to the growth of the parish into the late 20th century. A brief recounting of the parish's official Centennial Celebration. A list of donors who contributed to the St. Joseph Centennial Fund for church renovations. Illustrated in black and white and color photos. (Note: This St. Joseph Church was razed in 2008.) -
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. -
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. -
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." -
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. -
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. -
State's highest court to hear Calumet appeal
Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, appealed to the Maine Supreme Court to overturn a superior court decision forcing it to change its organizational bylaws and admit women as members. -
State's highest court to hear Calumet appeal
Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, appealed to the Maine Supreme Court to overturn a superior court decision forcing it to change its organizational bylaws and admit women as members. -
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. -
Steeples and Smokestacks : A Collection of Essays on the Franco-American Experience in New England
Essay collection on the diverse aspects of Franco American community and life in New England. Emphases on French Canadian immigration to New England; religion, education, and community life; and Franco American literature. Includes a wide range of materials from writers and scholars throughout the region. Contents: Claire Quintal - Introduction I. Emigration Yves Roby - "The Economic Evolution of Quebec and the Emigrant (1850-1929)" Mason Wade - "The Acadian Background" Fernand Arsenault - "Acadians and Emigration" Neil Boucher - "The Case of the Acadians of Southwest Nova Scotia" II. Franco-American Communities Gerard J. Brault - "An Overview of Studies Relating to Franco-American Communities in New England" Frances H. Early - "The Settling-In Process: The Beginnings of the Little Canada in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the Late Nineteenth Century" Marcella Harnish Sorg - "Community Formation in Old Town, Maine, 1835-1930: Endogamy and Natal Origins Among the Acadians" Michael J. Guignard - "The Franco-Americans of Biddeford, Maine" Philip T. Silvia, Jr. - "Neighbors from the North: French-Canadian Immigrants vs. Trade Unionism in Fall River, Massachusetts" Charles W. Estus and Kenneth J Moynihan - "Beyond Textiles: Industrial Diversity and the Franco-American Experience in Worcester, Massachusetts" Paul D. LeBlanc - "From Farm to Factory: Acadians in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1880-1910)" III. Religion Michael J. Guignard - "The Corporation Sole Controversy" Yves Roby - "Franco-Americans and the Catholic Hierarchy" Jacquelyn Alix, P.F.M - "The Foundation of the Little Franciscans of Mary in Worcester, Massachusetts" Yves Garon, A.A. - "The Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joan of Arc: A Franco-American Foundation" Pierre E. Lanchance, O.P. - "Saint Anne's Shrine, Fall River, Massachusetts" IV. Education Armand B. Chartier - "The Spiritual and Intellectual Foundations of the Schooling of Franco-Americans" Gerard J. Brault - "The Achievement of the Teaching Orders in New England: The Franco-American Parochial Schools" V. Literature, Journalism, and Folklore Armand B. Chartier - "Toward a History of Franco-American Literature: Some Considerations" Robert B. Perreault - "The Franco-American Press: An Historical Overview" Richard S. Sorrell - "La Sentinelle and La Tribune: The Role of Woonsocket's French Language Newspapers in the Sentinelle Affair of the 1920s" Richard S. Sorrell - "'History as a Novel, the Novel as History': Ethnicity and the Franco-American English-Language Novel" Béatrice Belisle MacQueen - "Corinne Rocheleau-Rouleau (1881-1963): Advocate for the Handicapped" Janet L. Shideler - "Camille Lessard-Bissonnette (1883-1970): Immigrant Author and Itinerant Journalist" Michel Lapierre - "Rosaire DIon-Lévesque (1900-1974): Poet and Translator of Walt Whitman" Brigitte Lane - "Three Major Witnesses of Franco-American Folklore in New England: Honoré Beaugrand, Adélard Lambert, and Roméo Berthiaume" Donald Deschênes - "The Dream of a Better Life in the Songs of Departure for the United States" VI. The Franco-American Woman Charlotte Borders LeBlanc - "History and Mission of the Fédération Féminine Franco-Américaine (1951-1991)" Marcelle Chenard - "A Franco-American Lay Missionary, Iriène Farley (1893-1961" Yves Roby - "A Portrait of the Femal Franco-American Worker (1865-1930)" VII. Franco-Americans Today Madeleine D. Giguière - "New England's Francophone Population Based Upon the 1990 Census" Clarence J. d'Entremont - "Acadian Survivance in New England" Yves Roby - "From Franco-Americans to Americans of French-Canadian Origin or Franco-Americanism, Past and Present" VIII. The View From Within Claude Milot - "Arthur Milot's Memoirs: Childhood Memories" Lucien A. Aubé - "From the Parochial School to and American University: Reflections on Cultural Fragmentation" David Plante - "Tsi Gars" John Dufresne - "Telling Stories in Mémière's Kitchen" Claire Quintal - ContributorsTags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Bibliography, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Death and Disaster, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Fiction and Literature, Fitchburg MA, Folklore, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Journalism, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, Music, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Nova Scotia, Old Town ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Poetry, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Vermont, Violence, Waltham MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Storing history: Inside Museum L-A's huge collection of artifacts
A look at Lewiston/Auburn, Maine's "Museum L-A," which some claim has "the most complete documented history of the Industrial Revolution in New England, if not the country." -
Storing history: Inside Museum L-A's huge collection of artifacts
A look at Lewiston/Auburn, Maine's "Museum L-A," which some claim has "the most complete documented history of the Industrial Revolution in New England, if not the country." -
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 -
Structure and Strategy : French-Canadians in Central New England, 1850-1900
Fitchburg and Worcester, Massachusetts, as cities atypical of Franco American communities in the 19th century. Focuses on the specific industries, demography, and institutional developments in these cities that serve to break the better-known pattern model of what is known as "the New England mill town." From the author: "[This study] uses an ecological approach to explore the occupational make-up, settlement patterns, institutional development, and demographic tendencies of the French-Canadians in these two industrially diversified cities as compared to 'Spindle Cities'....This is a departure from standard works on Franco-Americans....It examines a region and its social groups to see middle range social phenomena." -
Studies on Vermont/Québec Relations : The State of the Art
A brief annotated bibliography in essay form, with commentary, that focuses on the history of geographic and economic relationships between Vermont and Québec. Included in Occasional Paper Number Six, in a series produced by the Center for Research on Vermont, University of Vermont. -
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." -
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. -
Sunset Trailer Park
Essay and stories of childhood, family life, class, and community in a New Jersey trailer park in the 1970s. Contains a mother's and son's thoughts on their lives in that time and place, their understandings of some of the outside perceptions of "Sunset Trailer Park," in the city of Bayonne, and of popular perceptions of trailer parks in general. How racial and sexual identities were observed by author in his childhood community. Featured in a collection of critical writings centered around the term "white trash" - its contexts and connotations. Also featured in "Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality : The Big Questions," edited by Naomi Zack, Laurie Shrage, and Crispin Sartwell (Malden MA: Blackwell, 1998). -
Sur bois : Franco-American Woodcarvers of Northern New England
An examination of Franco-American history and life through the folkloric means of artistic woodcarving in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The introduction reads, "This exhibit catalogue is designed to share with the public the vitality and the symbolic power of traditional Franco-American woodcarving. There is nothing more appropriate for the celebration of Franco-American artists than to make known an art form that is still very much alive for them and to promote the cultural heritage and aesthetic expression of their community."Tags Alburg Springs VT, Art and Architecture, Auburn NH, Augusta ME, Barre VT, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Cabot VT, Concord NH, Dover NH, East Concord NH, Farming and Agriculture, Farmington NH, Folklore, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Gorham NH, Greenville NH, Laconia NH, Landaff NH, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Limerick ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Art and Architecture, Portland ME, Québec, Rangeley ME, Religion, Sanford ME, South Portland ME, Sports and Leisure, St. Albans VT, St. Francis ME, St. John River Valley, The Weirs NH, Vermont, Walden VT, Waterbury VT, West Burke VT, Winooski VT -
Surviving : An Acadian Chronicle
A history of the Morin family of Island Falls, Maine, situated in an historical account of the lifespan of Acadia - from the prehistoric, to French colonization and expulsion, to the twentieth century. Book one describes prehistory in the Northeastern borderlands, and provides historical accounts and descriptions of Wabanaki, Acadia, New France, and the British in Canada before 1800. Building from Book one, Book two describes Maine's border with Canada in the context of Acadia; Aroostook County; and the St. John River Valley; and traces a family history of the Morins into their twentieth century home at Island Falls, Maine. -
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 -
Taftville, Connecticut and the Industrial Revolution
A 125-year history of a Connecticut town fundamentally shaped by the New England textile industry. French Canadian community surrounding the Ponemah Cotton Mills on the Shetucket River in Taftville, Connecticut. Images of the mill and its workers, Taftville Catholic churches, schools, businesses, and residents in the early and middle twentieth century. A directory of 1941 Taftville streets and residents. The birth and transformation of French Canadian and Franco American culture in Taftville. From the author: "This is a documentation of the lives and lifestyles of the French-Canadians who migrated to New England during the Industrial Revolution in the middle 1880s."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Jewett City CT, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Occum CT, Putnam CT, Religion, Shetucket River Valley, Sports and Leisure, Taftville CT -
Talking Acadian : Communication, Work, and Culture
A case study in intercultural communication, with linguistic and psychological insight into the dynamics of an American Acadian community in Gardner, Massachusetts. Large emphasis on the communal value of work, or how ideas about work are situated in the grammar of Acadian American dialogue. From YBK Publishers: " 'Talking Acadian: Communication, Work and Culture' provides a look into the lives of the French-speaking American Acadians, and particularly those who left eastern Canada to settle in Masschusetts in the 1960s. This book captures their stories about family life and their values, mores and morals. It also traces the ways that they use communication to develop and maintain their culture.What the reader learns is that to talk about Acadians you must talk about work. This group gives us new insights into the world of work - a central feature of living for the Acadians and crucial to their self-definition."Tags Acadians, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Family, Folklore, France, Gardner MA, Labor History, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Nonfiction -- Performance Studies, Nonfiction -- Psychology, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nova Scotia, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Salem MA, Sports and Leisure -
Tall Timber Poems
Book of poems on the Maine outdoors from a Rumford, Maine native and once-resident of Coburn Gore. From the author: "a collection of nature poems, humorous ballads, photos and sketches" -
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..." -
Teaching Franco-Americans of the Northeast
An essay on including Franco Americans and Franco American literature in the rubric of French studies. How such inclusions impact this rubric historically, theoretically, and in terms of content. How a recognition of "la Francophonie" outside of France complicates Francophone curricula and calls for a restructuring of the academic field. What studying Franco Americans in particular offers to scholarship in both French and American studies. Includes a brief, annotated bibliography of Franco American key texts. -
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. -
Teaching Language Varieties for Communication
Article exploring the extent to which non-native speakers of French are able to communicate with native French speakers of Canadian heritage. Presentation of a study conducted in Lowell, Massachusetts with native speakers and non-native French-language students. Discrepancies in vocabulary usage and comprehension among native speakers, as found in the author's study, and some observations on their communication with non-native, student-age speakers of French. -
Teaching Language Varieties for Communication
Article exploring the extent to which non-native speakers of French are able to communicate with native French speakers of Canadian heritage. Presentation of a study conducted in Lowell, Massachusetts with native speakers and non-native French-language students. Discrepancies in vocabulary usage and comprehension among native speakers, as found in the author's study, and some observations on their communication with non-native, student-age speakers of French. -
Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies
From publisher's website: "Divided into five parts, 'Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies' emphasizes that the main goal of the multicultural curriculum should be to help students develop the ability to make reflective decisions so that they can, through thoughtful action, influence their personal, social, and civic worlds and help make them more democratic and just." -
Teaching the wrong lesson
Letter to the editor in response to Nancy Albert Ellis' objection to being refused membership in Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American social club in Augusta, Maine. Letter writer cites the Club's right to legislate as a private organization, even to limit membership based on one's citizenship. -
Teaching the wrong lesson
Letter to the editor in response to Nancy Albert Ellis' objection to being refused membership in Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American social club in Augusta, Maine. Letter writer cites the Club's right to legislate as a private organization, even to limit membership based on one's citizenship. -
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. -
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. -
Ten Going on Twelve
Biography of a Franco-American girl growing up in Southern Maine at the beginning of the twentieth century.
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Textes de l'exode : recueil de textes sur l'émigration des Québécois aux États-Unis (XIXe et XXe siiècles)
De textes fictives et non-, une grande collection qui commence à expliquer le phénomiène de l'exode canadien-français aux Etats-Unis. Contiens des piièces de Pierre Anctil, Josaphat Benoit, A. Bourbonniière, Anna-Marie Duval-Thibault, Jack Kerouac, Adélard Lambert, Camille Lessard-Bissonnette, Robert B. Perreault, Claire Quintal, et plus d'autres. Du texte: "Ce recueil, TEXTES DE L'EXODE, concu comme introduction à un événement majeur de notre histoire, vise l'ensemble du phénomiène. Il veut, par son contenu et sa facture, être largement accessible. Sa présentation prend la forme d'un agenda (qui veut dire 'choses à faire'); les textes et documents présentés se trouvent répartis chronlogiquement ou par thièmes, et les trois sections majeurs - le survol historique d'études du phénomiène, les textes de l'exode (ayant pour objet la survivance des émigrés aux Etats-Unis) ainsi que les textes littéraires (des Franco-Américains) - forment non pas l'histoire définitive de l'exode, mais plutot un carnet de 'rendez-vous' destiné aux chercheurs." Table des matiières En exergue: "Aux Canadiens des ètats-Unis," poième de William Chapman (1908) Remerciements Présentation, par Maurice Poteet I. Dimensions de l'exode A. Survol historique 1850: "èmigration des Canadiens vers les ètats-Unis," L'Abeille (version corrigée de 1908) 1872: "L'émigration," par L.O. David, L'ètendard national 1890: "Impressions de voyage" (extraits), par A. Bourbonniière, Le Travailleur (des ètats-Unis) 1893: Les Canadiens des ètats-Unis: ce qu'on perd à émigrer, par T. St-Pierre (Montréal), La Gazette 1905: "Significance of the Canadian Migration," par Annie Marion MacLean, American Journal of Sociology 1908: "La population française des ètats-Unis," par Léon Kemner, La Revue franco-américaine 1929: "The French Canadian Exodus," par E.L. Chicanot, The Canadian Forum 1947: "L'émigration canadienne aux ètats-Unis," par Adrien Robitaille, Relations B. ètudes récentes 1979: "La Franco-Américanie ou le Québec d'en bas," par Pierre Anctil, Cahiers de géographie du Québec 1984: "Un Québec émigré aux ètats-Unis: bilan hitoriographique," par Yves Roby, dans Les Rapports culturels entre le Québec et les ètats-Unis, Québec, IQRC II. La Franco-Américanie "Le Québec retrouvé ou les imperatifs de la survivance," texte de Régis Normandeau A. Le départ 1. La rupture: extrait de Pour rester au pays (1926), par l'abbé Georges-Marie Bilodeau 2. Les embaucheurs: extraits de journaux (1879-1881) 3. Le voyage: extraits de journaux (1869-1890) 4. La liste des émigrés, extraits de "L'émigration aux ètats-Unis il y a 40 ans et plus," d'èdouard-Zotique Massicotte (1933), Le Bulletin des recherches historiques B. La survivance 1. "Notre position sociale aux ètats-Unis," discours de M. l'abbé J. Roch Magnan (1893), extrait de Historique des Conventions générales des Canadiens-Français [sic] aux ètats-Unis, 1865-1901 2. La paroisse: extraits de L'à‚me franco-américaine, de Josaphat Benoit 3. "L'émigré chez lui," extrait de Les Canadiens-Français [sic] de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, d'èdouard Hamon (1893) 4. L'école, la langue, la vie culturelle: extraits de journaux et de rapports (des "Conventions générales") et du Catéchisme d'histoire franco-américaine, de Josaphat Benoit 5. La presse: extraits de journaux franco-américains; discours des "Conventions générales" et extraits des ouvrages d'Alexandre Belisle et de Maximilienne Tétrault 6. La naturalisation (ou le rapatriement), texte de Ferdinand Gagnon (1871) et extraits de quatre journaux 7. L'américanisation des noms: extraits de l'étude d'Ulysse Forget (1949) et de l'essai d'Adélard Lambert (1918) 8. Des opinions américaines: extraits du New York Times et de la Catholic Review III. Textes littéraires "èmigration et colonisation: thièmes jumeaux de la littérature canadienne-française du XIXe siiècle," de David M. Hayne (traduit par Pierre Sabourin, 1982) A. Hypothièses institutionelles et thièmes 1. "La minorisation de la littérature de l'exode québécois vers la Nouvelle-Angleterre," par Pierre Sabourin "Le roman comme patrie," par Manon Richer B. Textes choisis 1. Jeanne la fileuse (1878), extraits: Honoré Beaugrand 2. Canuck (1936), extraits: Camille Lessard-Bissonnette 3. "Une fête Saint-Jean-Baptiste dans un village américain", d'Adélard Lambert 4. "L'èmigré" (1920), de Régis Roy 5. "Une premiière veillée de Noà«l aux ètats-Unis", d'Anna-Marie Duval-Thibault 6. "Marie la petite Française" (1895), de Sarah-Orne Jewett, (traduit de l'américain par Régis Normandeau) 7. "Le livre américain": chronique de Louis Dantin (1938), Le Jour (de Montréal) 8. Une lettre de Jack Kerouac IV. Témoignages Présentation de Pierre Anctil A. Robert B. Perreault (Manchester, N.H.) B. Claire QUintal (Worcester, Mass.) V. Epilogue Plus de 13 millions d'Américains ont des ancêtres français VI. BibliographieTags Boston MA, Canada, Chicago IL, Criticism and Review, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fiction and Literature, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Michigan, Montréal QC, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Waterbury CT, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Thank you, Georgette : My 26 Years in the Legislature
Memoirs and selected speeches of a Maine state legislator from the city of Lewiston. Contains commentary on some of the campaigns, issues, actors, and events significant to Bérubé and her career in Maine politics between 1970 and 2000. Some of her accomplishments as the first woman representative of her city, and one of the longest-serving of any Maine legislator. Contains the following chapters: Name's Georgette Remarks to Rotary International and Canadian Visitors 10/29/93 Growing Up In Lewiston Political Campaigns Issues and Programs Partisanship/Personalities Legislation GOVERNMENT Pot Pourri Random Thoughts Remarks On Key IssuesTags Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Business and Economics, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Greene ME, Leeds ME, Lewiston ME, Lisbon ME, Livermore ME, Maine, Minot ME, Northern Ireland, Orono ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Sabattus ME, South Africa, Turner ME, Wales ME -
That Other Yankee, The Franco American
Historical essay arguing against a lack of knowledge about French and Franco American agents in the history of the United States, and the harmful cultural and political effects such a lack of knowledge may have in this country's citizens. Touches base on many of the major French persons significant in the history of North America previous to 1776. -
That Other Yankee, The Franco American
Historical essay arguing against a lack of knowledge about French and Franco American agents in the history of the United States, and the harmful cultural and political effects such a lack of knowledge may have in this country's citizens. Touches base on many of the major French persons significant in the history of North America previous to 1776. -
The 'Flint Affair' : French-Canadian Struggle for 'Survivance'
Article on the 1880s Fall River, Massachusetts, dispute between French Canadian immigrant Catholics, Irish American parishioners, and a largely Irish American clergy, commonly known as the "Flint Affair." The prolonged and destructive debate over French Canadian immigrant community preference for a priest of both their heritage and language to service a national parish. The various community crises instigated by both nationalistic parishioners and their resistant bishopric. "Flint village" of the Fall River Flint mills as an example of the communities and parishes borne out of turn-of-the-century emigration to the United States. Ethnic division as a symptom of linguistic barriers in church, disputes concerning the organization of labor, and passions both in favor of and against "la survivance."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Irish Americans, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Religion, Rhode Island, Violence -
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. -
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. -
The "Dit" Name : French-Canadian Surnames, Aliases, Adulterations, and Anglicizations
American exploration of the transition and development of French Canadian surnames in the United States, with a particular emphasis on those names now found in various forms in the New England states. The term "dit," translated as "called" or "a.k.a.," refers to the disconnect between one's spoken name and one's actual given name or family surname. Originally published in 1993 under the shortened title, "French-Canadian surnames, aliases, adulterations, and anglicizations." -
The 20th-Century Franco-American
A collection of papers from a 1974 New Hampshire conference on Franco American life in the twentieth century. Published as a bilingual text, a dual collection, with papers printed in both English and French. Full English title reads: "A translation of the studies presented at the 11th Congress of the Franco-Americans of New England, held at Bedford, New Hampshire, September 27, 28, and 29, 1974 and published by the 'Comite de Vie Franco-Americaine,' September 1st, 1976." Un recueil bilingue d'articles d'un conférence New Hampshire sur la vie franco-américaine au XXe siiècle. Le titre complet en français: "Etudes présentées au XIe congriès des Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre tenu a Bedford, New Hampshire, les 27, 28 et 29 septembre 1974 et publiées par le Comité de Vie Franco-Américaine le 1er septembre 1976." "Proclamation du Onziième Congriès des Franco-Américains," François-J. Martineau, Ph.D. "The Accomplishments" ou ""Les Accomplissements," Msgr. Adrien Verrette, Ph.D. "Radio, Television, and Cable TV" or "Radio, Télévision, et Cablovision," Paul Blanchette "Youth and the Franco-Americans" ou "Les Jeunes et le Groupe Franco-Américain," Richard Santerre "The Consolidation of the Franco-American Group" ou ""La Consolidation du Group Franco-Américain," Bernard-G. Théroux "Franco-Americans and American Political Life" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la Vie Politique Américaine," Louis-Israel Martel "Franco-Americans and American Economics" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la Vie Economique Américaine," Euclide Gilbert "Franco-Americans and American History" ou "Les Franco-Américains et l'Histoire Américaine," Dr. Robert-A. Beaudoin "Franco-Americans and American Culture Integration of French-Canadian Emigrants" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la Culture Américaine Intégration des Emigres Canadiens-Français," Sister Marie Thérièse, P.M. "The Present State of Relations Between Franco-Americans and French Canada" ou "Situation Présente des Rapports entre Franco-Américains et le Canada Français dans son Ensemble," W. Donald Moisan "The Franco-Americans and French Canada (Québec)" ou "Les Franco-Américains et le Canada Français (Québec)," Robert Couturier "The Franco-Americans and Louisiana" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la Louisiane," Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont "Franco-Americans, France, and La Francophonie" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la France ainsi que la Francophonie," Elphiège RoyTags Acadians, Amesbury MA, Attleboro MA, Bristol CT, Brockton MA, Business and Economics, Cambridge MA, Canada, Central Falls RI, Chelsea MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Coventry RI, Demography, Dracut MA, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Everett MA, Fall River MA, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Ipswich MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Meriden CT, New Bedford MA, New England, North Attleborough MA, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Salem MA, US Midwest, Waltham MA, Warren RI, Waterbury CT, West Haven CT, West Warwick RI, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI, Youth -
The Acadian French and their language
Article on the Acadian people of the Canadian Maritimes and the persistence of their French vernacular. The Acadian presence in North America from the 17th century; to various settlements in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; to the 18th century expulsion, later return, and the settlements that have remained up to the 20th century. Certain French vocabulary and usage that has historically characterized Acadian speech. Introduces the life and historical, linguistic work of Pascal Poirier, scholar and statesman. Discusses the historical and literary work of author Antonine Maillet. A large section dedicated to a discussion of the etymology and usage of certain Acadian French terms. -
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 -
The Acadian Miracle
Book on Acadian genealogy written by a former Louisiana state senator. Primarily a draft of his family tree. -
The Acadians of Nova Scotia : Past and Present
From Nimbus Publishing: "The first work devoted exclusively to the Acadians of Nova Scotia, this book presents a thorough study of Acadian history from the earliest days of French settlement to present-day Acadian communities. Ross and Deveau draw on original seventeenth century texts, as well as up-to-date sources. The examine the history of the expulsion - the Grand Derangement - that began in 1755, and trace the return of the Acadians and their resettlement in seven areas of the province. The authors highlight the distinct features that have developed within these different regions of Nova Scotia, and discuss the choices and challenges faced by Acadians today: linguistic assimilation and preservation of a distinct culture against pressures from the mainstream culture." -
The Alliance Française, Empire and America
An essay describing France's Alliance Francaise, an internationally established cultural institution dedicated to promoting the French language and fostering dialogue with, about, and around French culture throughout the world. A history of the Alliance in the United States, with particular emphasis on its early 20th-century iterations, and on both the "colonial" and "republican" qualities its mission once embodied (229, 233). The Alliance's engagement with different Franco American communities, especially those in New England. From the author: "By giving voice to different constituencies within the French diasporic family, and by creating spaces for cultural exchange, the Alliance has helped to define the contours of New World Francophone identities" (abstract). Includes the segments, "French republicanism at work," "The Alliance Francaise and Franco-America," and "The Alliance Francaise and la francophonie." From the author: "The Alliance Française is in many respects an intermediary between French America's past and present" (240).Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Africa, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Connecticut, Creoles, Demography, Detroit MI, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, France, Great Lakes Region, Hanover NH, Hartford CT, Lafayette IN, Lafayette LA, Lake Champlain VT, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Orleans LA, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, Northampton MA, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Salem MA, St. Lawrence River Valley, US Midwest, Vermont, War, Waterville ME, Wellesley MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The 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 -
The Anarchist Heart
Volume of poetry from native of Southbridge, Massachusetts and creator of collections "Crying in the Cheap Seats" (1971), "Duhamel" (1986), and the novel "The June Rise" (1994), among other works. Professor in creative writing at Colorado State University. This work is presented in five sections: The Community; Readings; Little Miracles; California; The Anarchist Heart. -
The Anarchist Heart
Volume of poetry from native of Southbridge, Massachusetts and creator of collections "Crying in the Cheap Seats" (1971), "Duhamel" (1986), and the novel "The June Rise" (1994), among other works. Professor in creative writing at Colorado State University. This work is presented in five sections: The Community; Readings; Little Miracles; California; The Anarchist Heart. -
The Angel on the Roof
Collection of previously published and some uncollected short stories, from 1975 to 2000. From the New England-native author of several novels including "Cloudsplitter" and "Continental Drift." Accounts of breaking laws in Katonga, playing hockey in Catamount, moving furniture in Florida hotels, dodging family matters over the telephone, and accidental death. Many stories set in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. -
The Angel on the Roof
Collection of previously published and some uncollected short stories, from 1975 to 2000. From the New England-native author of several novels including "Cloudsplitter" and "Continental Drift." Accounts of breaking laws in Katonga, playing hockey in Catamount, moving furniture in Florida hotels, dodging family matters over the telephone, and accidental death. Many stories set in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. -
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The Art of Fiction, No. 199
Interview with novelist and short story writer, Annie Proulx, about her life, her craft, and her thoughts on writing. Reflections on some of her past works, including the novels "Postcards" and "The Shipping News," as well as the story, "Brokeback Mountain." Her engagement with a wide range of settings and characters, with an emphasis on rural America. Interview conducted at her ranch home in Wyoming. -
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 -
The Atlantic Provinces of Canada : Union lists of materials in the larger libraries in Maine
Book-length listing of the materials on New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, that are to be found in a handful of Maine's largest and most thorough libraries. Compiled by historian and Canadian-American scholar at the University of Maine, Alice Stewart. Includes titles and publication dates of periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, and books. -
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. -
The Battle over Female (In)Dependence : Women in New England Québécois Migrant Communities, 1870-1930
Waldron explores the impacts of immigration on French Canadian norms of gender, labor, and social practice. She uses the examples of Lewiston, Maine, and Worcester, Massachusetts, and the different economies therein to ultimately observe the impact of a certain migration on the traditions (oppressive or otherwise) of a people. From the text: "My argument is twofold: on one hand, for male leaders in these migrant communities, perpetuating traditional ideas about men's and women's contributions to family and society was part of an effort to retain, on a communal level, their distinct identity as a Catholic people of French Canadian ancestry. In contrast, for female migrants, the decision to support traditional gender norms was a more complicated one; many migrant women and their American-born daughters advocated perpetuation of traditional Quebecois understandings of gender not only as a means of defining their place in American society, as Catholic women of French Canadian ancestry, but also to obtain and maintain the benefits and status within the home that these ideals afforded them in the United States."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Auburn ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Family, Folklore, Gender and Sexuality, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Religion, Social History, Winchendon MA, Worcester MA -
The Beginnings of the Franco-American Colony in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
English translation of 1920's "Débuts de la colonie franco-américaine de Woonsocket, Rhode Island." A rich and in-depth portrayal of the birth of one of Rhode Island's largest Franco-American communities. Divided into three parts: town origins, immigration and genealogy, and a contemporary portrait including biographies and modern institutions.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Blackstone River Valley, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Genealogy, Journalism, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Rhode Island, Woonsocket RI -
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 -
The Berlin Dictionary
A dictionary of Berlin, New Hampshire, colloquial terms. Equal parts Franco American euphemism, persistent French vernacular in the English language, and words for things and places particular to the community of Berlin. The author writes: "'The Berlin Dictionary' is a participatory dictionary written by over seventy contributors who submitted their favorite and most memorable 'Berlin Words.' With definitions ranging from the Arena to the Yoko and everything in between, the Berlin Dictionary is a must-have for current and former Berlin residents. Featuring over thirty illustrations." -
The Border as Fiction
Critical essay on international notions of political borders, and of the psychological borders that often take part in shaping the character of a certain place. The notion of "border" as reflected in North American literatures, with some comparisons between Canadian and American identities generally. Framed by the author's own experiences of mobility and identification with place, especially those from his youth.