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Children's and Mothers' Wage Labor in Three Eastern U.S. Cities, 1880-1920
Article on the dynamics of class and ethnicity as related to the labor of women and children in the northeastern United States around the turn of the century. Statistical relationship between family and economy in urban, industrialized America during a period of heavy immigration. Emphasis on child labor as varying by type of family, ethnicity, and the relevant legal structures of different locales. A gradual replacement of children's wage labor by the employment of women. Statistics based on U.S. census data from 1880, 1900, and 1920. From the author: "The battle over child labor fought in the United States at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries pitted emerging understandings about children's well-being against those of the rest of the family....This article explores the variations in children's and mothers' labor in three very different settings: Pittsburgh, Fall River, and Baltimore between 1880 and 1920. It finds that child labor and education legislation resulted in a decrease in children's employment and increased the likelihood that mothers would take paid jobs."Tags African Americans, Baltimore MD, Business and Economics, Chicago IL, Demography, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Fishing, Gender and Sexuality, German Americans, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Labor History, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh PA, Polish Americans, Portuguese Americans, Sharpsburg PA, Slavic Americans, Youth -
Children of the Uprooted
Sequel to Handlin's monumental text, "The Uprooted." Voices of first-generation Americans: the children of immigrants to America. In addition to pieces from Theodore Dreiser, Carl Sandburg, Louis Brandeis, and Reinhold Niebuhr, "Children" features the writing of prominent tabloid journalist Emile Gavreau - the child of French-Canadian immigrants to the US Northeast. From the introduction: "The most significant variations among the children of the uprooted were those created by changes in the society in which they lived. Their writings have therefore been arranged chronologically by the date of their birth, on the assumption that the significant attitudes were shaped in childhood and youth." -
Chez-Nous : The St. John Valley
A book written to accompany a 1982 Maine State Museum exhibit dedicated to history and life in the St. John Valley, Aroostook County, Maine. Author Guy Dubay is a member of the Maine State Franco-American Hall of Fame. From the text: "Guy Dubay's work...is the final product in a three-year project of the same name. This project also resulted in a Maine State Museum exhibit, a traveling exhibit, valuable artifactual research and a heightened awareness and appreciation of the Valley's unique place in the mosaic of Maine's history and culture." -
Chez nos freères les Acadiens : Notes d'histoire et impressions de voyage
De l'intro, "aux Lecteurs," écrit par Emile Dubois: "Au cours des vacances de 1918, en compagnie de M. l'abbe Edmond Lacroix, je faisais un séjour d'un mois au pays d'Evangeline. Au jour le jour, a mesure que je visitais les endroits illustrés par le colon francais, et que, grace aux historiens Rameau et Casgrain, se déroulaient sous mes yeux l'histoire du peuple martyr, je jetais sur le papier des notes et des impressions. Les pages qui suivent sont le fruit de ces lectures et de ce voyage." -
Chez les Patenaudes, l'héritage vit encore
Article on Augusta, Maine's Patenaude's Superette, a family-run market serving people in the northern part of the city for nearly a century. A brief history of the store - its owners, their family, and the services and products offered its largely Franco-American clientele. The market atmosphere as a barometer of cultural and linguistic change within the community, seen profiled here by then third-generation owner, Tom Patenaude. -
Chez les Patenaudes, l'héritage vit encore
Article on Augusta, Maine's Patenaude's Superette, a family-run market serving people in the northern part of the city for nearly a century. A brief history of the store - its owners, their family, and the services and products offered its largely Franco-American clientele. The market atmosphere as a barometer of cultural and linguistic change within the community, seen profiled here by then third-generation owner, Tom Patenaude. -
Chére Ma-Ma
Remembrances of a French Canadian family in New Hampshire, or the biography of a Canadian immigrant mother as written by her American daughter. Family life, work, and prayer in rural New England. Presented as if in flashback, with the story beginning as the daughter attempts to communicate with her aged and ill mother in a nursing home. Constructed in short vignettes pertinent to the mother's life as mother, each section set out with a descriptive header. Includes some poems from the author. From the book jacket: " 'Chére Ma-Ma' (Dear Mom) is a true story which tells of the determination and perseverance of a French Canadian woman, Mathilda (Bourassa) Charest, who raised a family of twelve children, and how she survived the everyday circumstances of truth in poverty, especially so, during the country's Depression; and her love of God through the Catholic faith." -
Chants Populaires des Franco-Américains
Un recueil des chansons langue française (de France, Canada, et les Etats-Unis) publié par un société fraternelle franco-américain pour les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Un hommage à la musique traditionnelle française en Amérique et une tentative de le préserver dans la musique et les paroles ensemble dans une partition musicale. Formée de huit tomes des "Chants populaires des Franco-Américains" qui ont été publiés plus tôt et dans des éditions séparées. Contient les chansons suivantes: A la claire fontaine (Quatuor) Barcarolle (Choeur) Bonsoir (Choeur de voix mixtes) Brigadier (Solo et choeur) Cantique à St-Jean-Baptiste (Duo et choeur) Célébrons le Seigneur (Solo) C'est un oiseau qui vient de France (Solo) Chant national (Solo et choeur) Chant national Acadien (Choeur) Chantons le peuple Canadien (Choeur) Chants Canadiens (Quatuor pour voix egales) Choeur des soldats (Faust)(Quatuor) Comme nos pières (Solo et quatuor) Désillusion (Melodie) Dieu bénit celui qui donne (Solo) Dieu sauve la France! (Solo et choeur) Dors, petite soeur (Berceuse) Fédération (Choeur Hymne à St-Jean-Baptiste (Choeur) Jeanne d'Arc (Solo et choeur) La Brabanconne (Solo) La charité (Romance) La foi (Choeur pour 3 voix de femmes) La Marseillaise (Choeur pour voix mixtes) La mière Michel (Pot-pourri) La patrie des birondelles (Duo) La plainte du mousse (Solo) La priière dans le bois (Duo) La sérénade des anges (Choeur pour 3 voix de femmes) Le crédo du paysan (Solo) Le crucifix (Chant religieux) Le drapeau de Carillon (Solo et quatuor) Le gondolier (Choeur) Le Noà«l du laboureur (Solo) Le petit doigt de la maman (Chansonnette pour les petits enfants) Le petit mousse noir (Solo et quatuor) Le régiment de Sambre et Meuse (Solo) Le rosier de mai (Solo et choeur) L'envers du ciel (Solo) Les anges du foyer (Solo) Les cloches du hameau (Solo et choeur) Les feuilles mortes (Romance) Les montagnards (Solo et choeur) Les rameaux (Romance) Les refrains du hameau (Quatuor pour voix d'hommes) Les vingt sous du bon Dieu (Romance) Ma Normandie (Romance) Marlborough (Choeur) Minuit, Nocturne, Sérénade sans accompagnement (Solo et quatuor) Mon âme à Dieu, mon coeur à toi (Solo et choeur) Mon léger bateau (Solo) O Canada (Choeur) O Canada (Quatuor pour voix d'hommes) O Canada, mon pays, mes amours (Solo) Pars (Romance) Quatre canards (Solo et choeur) Restons Français (Solo et choeur) Salut à la France (Aria de concert) Silvio Pellico (Romance) Souvenirs de la patrie (Choeur pour quatre voix d'hommes) Souvenirs du jeune âge (Romance) The Star Spangled Banner (Choeur) Ton souvenir est toujours là (Romance) Tyrolienne (Choeur) Un Canadien errant (Pot-pourri pour voix d'hommes) Vive la Canadienne (Choeur) -
Chantons!
Livret de titres de chansons françaises et anglaises et de leurs paroles. Booklet of French and English song titles and their lyrics. -
Chantons--Let's Sing [in French & English] : Traditional French Songs
Audio recording of 14 French songs performed in both French and English and accompanied by fiddle. Partnered with a song book containing sheet music, lyrics, lyric translations, and storied introductions to each song. Book concludes with some suggestions for incorporating its music into school lessons, in particular a curriculum designed for use under the provisions of the Maine Learning Results. -
Chansons de Chez-Nous
Music and lyrics for 31 French-language songs of French, French-Canadian, and Acadian origins. Designed for the language-learning classroom. Text is divided into three sections for appropriate audiences: children 5-7 years old; 8-9 years old; 10 and older. Accompanied by two cassette tapes with recordings of each song. La musique et les paroles de 31 chansons d'origine française, canadienne-française, et acadienne. Conçu pour la classe d'apprentissage de la langue française. Le texte est divisé en trois sections: pour les enfants 5-7 ans; 8-9 ans; 10 ans et plus. Accompagné de deux cassettes contenant des enregistrements de chaque chanson. Les chansons suivantes: DE CINQ A SEPT ANS: C'est la poulette grise Mon beau sapin Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman La cabane à sucre Berceuse slave Les cloches du hameau Evangéline DE HUIT A NEUF ANS: Bonhomme, Bonhomme! Meunier tu dors Au fond des campagnes Le carillonneur V'la l'bon vent Mon merle Sur la route de Berthier Trois jeunes tambours Le Corbeau et le Renard La Cigale et la Fourmi DE DIX A ONZE ANS: Vive le vent Un Canadien errant Michaud est tombe Berceuse Vive la Canadienne Sainte nuit Quand j'étais chez mon pere A la volette Fringue, fringue, sur la riviere Partons, la mer est belle Le moulin A Saint-Malo, beau port de mer Derriere chez-nous Mon pere, j'voudrais m'marier -
Celebrating our 53rd year....Le Club Calumet
Advertisement for Augusta, Maine's Le Club Calumet, featured in the 150th Anniversary Edition of the Kennebec Journal. -
Celebrating our 53rd year....Le Club Calumet
Advertisement for Augusta, Maine's Le Club Calumet, featured in the 150th Anniversary Edition of the Kennebec Journal. -
Celebrating Our 50th Anniversary: Le Club Calumet, 1922-1972
A supplement to the Daily Kennebec Journal in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Le Club Calumet, a (then) men's-only Franco American social club in Augusta, Maine. Includes many advertisement congratulations from local businesses, pictures of club events, among other pieces. 24 pages long. -
Celebrating Our 50th Anniversary: Le Club Calumet, 1922-1972
A supplement to the Daily Kennebec Journal in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Le Club Calumet, a (then) men's-only Franco American social club in Augusta, Maine. Includes many advertisement congratulations from local businesses, pictures of club events, among other pieces. 24 pages long. -
Cecile's Dog Bo
Short story about Maureen, a young woman with distant Maine roots, returning to her "homeland" in a town like Lewiston. Her roommate, Cecile, and the dog named "Bo" that was left in their care with the departure of Cecile's husband. First published in Yankee Magazine, 1993. Reprinted in a collection of Maine writings edited by Wesley McNair. -
Cease and desist, Le Club Calumet
Editorial piece arguing that Augusta, Maine, fraternal organization Le Club Calumet, appealing a ruling that charged it with sex discrimination, should reconsider its position and "alter its men-only policy for membership." -
Cease and desist, Le Club Calumet
Editorial piece arguing that Augusta, Maine, fraternal organization Le Club Calumet, appealing a ruling that charged it with sex discrimination, should reconsider its position and "alter its men-only policy for membership." -
Cave Dwellers
Collection of poems from Lisbon, Maine native. Noted professor of poetry at SUNY Brockport, and famed translator of some of the works of Rainer Maria Rilke and Anne Hébert.
Presented in four sections:
I. Angelic Orders: A Bestiary of Angels
II. The Elephant's Womb: A Bestiary of the Will
III. Letters from the Tower
IV. Cave Dwellers -
Catholics in Maine : A Social Geography
Dissertation on areal patterns and geographic trends espoused by Roman Catholics in the state of Maine, with a focus on population distribution and respective voting patterns.Tags Acadians, Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Caribou ME, Demography, Dexter ME, Emigration and Immigration, Geography, Kennebec River Valley, La Beauce QC, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Millinocket ME, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Québec, Religion, Rumford ME, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, St. John River Valley, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME, Winn ME -
Catholic Rule in Canada. The Present Position of French Residents. Their Efforts in the Northwest Lead to Hostility on the Part of All Progressive Canadians.
1890 article accounting for some resistance to French in the Canadian northwest. Also Québec resistance to clerical rule which, says the author, is partly evidenced by the French-Canadian exodus to New England. Moreover, the author predicts the passing-away of French institutions in North America. -
Catholic Rule in Canada. The Present Position of French Residents. Their Efforts in the Northwest Lead to Hostility on the Part of All Progressive Canadians.
1890 article accounting for some resistance to French in the Canadian northwest. Also Québec resistance to clerical rule which, says the author, is partly evidenced by the French-Canadian exodus to New England. Moreover, the author predicts the passing-away of French institutions in North America. -
Casavant
From a Kennebec Journal special six-part series on local history, this article focuses on Rev. Joseph Casavant of St. Augustin Roman Catholic Church in Augusta, Maine. Fr. Casavant served the parish from 1919 to 1958. -
Casavant
From a Kennebec Journal special six-part series on local history, this article focuses on Rev. Joseph Casavant of St. Augustin Roman Catholic Church in Augusta, Maine. Fr. Casavant served the parish from 1919 to 1958. -
Caribou : Mon pays blanc
Un texte de la collection "Villes franco-américaines de la Nouvelle Angleterre." Une histoire de la ville de Caribou, Maine - son peuple et son paysage. Ecrit pour les jeunes pour l'apprentissage de la langue française. Accompagné d'un enregistrement audio du texte (pas encore disponible). A text in the series entitled, "New England Franco American Cities." A profile of the city of Caribou, Maine - its people and its landscape. Written for the French language-learning classroom. Accompanied by an audio narration (not yet available). -
Canuck, nomade franco-américaine : persistence et transformation de l'imaginaire canadien-français
Une étude sur le roman feuilleton "Canuck," par Camille Lessard-Bissonnette, comme example de la continuité des thèmes littéraires - et d'une imagination - canadiens-français dans la littérature aux États-Unis. Des transformations subtiles de ces thèmes dans un nouveau milieu américain. Une discussion d'un nouveau "nomadisme" nord-américain dans le texte : un histoire d'une famille émigrante à Lowell, Massachusetts. -
Canuck
Ce roman franco-américain essentiel commence en 1900 avec l'arrivée à Lowell, Massachusetts d'immigrants canadiens-français. La nouvelle vie de travail de Victoria (Vic) Labranche, quinze ans, dans les moulins de Lowell. Ses jours dans un Petit Canada de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Son retour au Québec après avoir appris la maladie de son père. Publié à l'origine comme feuilleton par le journal Le Messager de Lewiston, Maine. Republié en 1980 par le National Materials Development Center à Bedford, New Hampshire. Traductions en anglais sont disponibles. (English translation is also available. Read more HERE)Tags Concord NH, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Family, Fiction and Literature, Gender and Sexuality, Laconia NH, Literary Works -- Fiction, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, Québec, St. Johnsbury VT, St. Martinville LA, Travel and Movement -
Cancer of the Colorectum in Maine, 1995-1998 : Determinants of Stage at Diagnosis in a Rural State
From Parsons and Askland: "Despite screening for colorectal cancer, mortality in the United States remains substantial. In northern New England, little is known about predictors of stage at diagnosis, an important determinant of survival and mortality....The objective of this study was to identify predictors of late stage at diagnosis for colorectal cancer in a rural state with a predominantly white population and a large Franco-American minority... Incident cases from 1995-1998 were obtained from the Maine Cancer Registry. Individual-level variables (age, sex, race, French ethnicity by surname, and payer) and contextual/town-level variables (socioeconomic status, population density, Franco ancestry proportion, distance to health care, and weather) were modeled with multiple logistic regression for late stage...." -
Canadiens, Acadiens, and Canada : Knowledge and Ethnicity in Labour History
Essay on the relevance of French Canadian immigrant workers in the United States to the history of Canadian labor. The persistence of an emigrant French Canadian national identity in the United States; convergences of ethnic and class identities.Tags Biddeford ME, Chicopee MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Lowell MA, Marlboro MA, New Bedford MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, North Adams MA, Plainfield CT, Québec, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Suncook NH, Ware MA, Woonsocket RI -
Canadiens et Américains chez eux : journal, lettres, impressions d'une artiste française
Un texte par Armand Dupras (France Ariel est un pseudonyme) sur une tournée de concerts du trio musical Larrieu (de la France) aux États-Unis dans les années 1910. -
Canadians in the United States
Brief 1913 review of what the author calls "the great Canadian exodus" - the period from 1850 to 1900 when nearly 1.8 million English and French Canadians emigrated to the United States.Tags Boston MA, Buffalo NY, Business and Economics, Cambridge MA, Canada, Chicago IL, Cincinnatti OH, Cleveland OH, Demography, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Family, Geography, Germany, Great Britain, Holyoke MA, Ireland, Jersey City NJ, Lawrence MA, Louisville KY, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Milwaukee WI, Minneapolis MN, New Bedford MA, New Haven CT, New Orleans LA, New York NY, Newark NJ, Newfoundland, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Paterson NJ, Philadelphia PA, Pittsburgh PA, Providence RI, Rochester NY, San Francisco CA, St. Louis MO, St. Paul MN, United States, Washington DC, Worcester MA -
Canadians in New England
1885 editorial that begins with the appointment of a French-Canadian priest to a Fall River, Massachusetts, Catholic parish only after parishioners appealed to the Archbishop to overturn the diocesan bishop's Irish appointment. Devolves into a tirade against the French-Canadian immigrant population. -
Canadians in New England
1885 editorial that begins with the appointment of a French-Canadian priest to a Fall River, Massachusetts, Catholic parish only after parishioners appealed to the Archbishop to overturn the diocesan bishop's Irish appointment. Devolves into a tirade against the French-Canadian immigrant population. -
Canadian Wave Seen Swamping Border States
Article on French-Canadian immigration as a point of concern for the American Institute of Politics, especially with regard to debt policy in the United States. -
Canadian Wave Seen Swamping Border States
Article on French-Canadian immigration as a point of concern for the American Institute of Politics, especially with regard to debt policy in the United States. -
Canadian firm seeks legal right to handle freight at Madawaska mill: Rail dispute
Dispute over rail access between Canadian National Railway Co. and Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, the latter ostensibly blocking CN from reaching a Madawaska, Maine, paper plant. -
Canadian firm seeks legal right to handle freight at Madawaska mill: Rail dispute
Dispute over rail access between Canadian National Railway Co. and Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, the latter ostensibly blocking CN from reaching a Madawaska, Maine, paper plant. -
Canada: Changes of Fifteen Years. The French-Speaking Population Influence of The Roman Catholic Clergy "A Word to The Wise" The British Army And The Young Canadians Idleness Out of Fashion Manufacturing Enterprise, &c. The Russian Army. Republican Nominations.
1874 article remarking on the social conditions of Canada, seemingly split between predominantly French- and English-speaking geographies. -
Canada: Changes of Fifteen Years. The French-Speaking Population Influence of The Roman Catholic Clergy "A Word to The Wise" The British Army And The Young Canadians Idleness Out of Fashion Manufacturing Enterprise, &c. The Russian Army. Republican Nominations.
1874 article remarking on the social conditions of Canada, seemingly split between predominantly French- and English-speaking geographies. -
Canada Road artifacts find a home
Article on the Old Canada Road Historical Society's purchase of an aged home in Bingham, Maine, as a location to publicly display historical artifacts from the upper Kennebec River Valley region. -
Canada Road artifacts find a home
Article on the Old Canada Road Historical Society's purchase of an aged home in Bingham, Maine, as a location to publicly display historical artifacts from the upper Kennebec River Valley region. -
Canada in the United States : Perspectives on Migration and Continental History
Brief historiographical piece that begins with discrepancies between Canadian and American data on Canadian migrants to the United States. Concerning studies of continental migration - both empirical and theoretical, international statistics on migrants, and what all of their points might say about the border as a crux of the development of Canadian-American relations in the early twentieth century. Argues that "the migration process" itself and all of its actors, not simply the ethnic cultures of some of its particular actors, must be examined to better a grasp of migration history. -
Can two languages survive in Québec?
Article on the concurrent usages of French and English in 1970s Québec, and opinions as to the future of the province of Québec's language landscape. Special to the CSM written by Lisbon, Maine, author, Denis Ledoux. -
Can two languages survive in Québec?
Article on the concurrent usages of French and English in 1970s Québec, and opinions as to the future of the province of Québec's language landscape. Special to the CSM written by Lisbon, Maine, author, Denis Ledoux. -
Can this heritage be saved?
Feature article on the present (1977) cultural situation of Franco Americans in Maine. Discussion of their minority demographics, as well as local, academic, and federal intiatives to bolster bilingual educational support, community solidarity, and public recognition. Looks specifically to the Acadians of the St. John Valley and the Francos of the lower half of the state, especially in Lewiston, and the differences between their communities and histories. Written in light of pending federal legislation to recognize Franco-Americans as an official and distinct minority group, thereby making available more federal money for culturally relevant programs. -
Can this heritage be saved?
Feature article on the present (1977) cultural situation of Franco Americans in Maine. Discussion of their minority demographics, as well as local, academic, and federal intiatives to bolster bilingual educational support, community solidarity, and public recognition. Looks specifically to the Acadians of the St. John Valley and the Francos of the lower half of the state, especially in Lewiston, and the differences between their communities and histories. Written in light of pending federal legislation to recognize Franco-Americans as an official and distinct minority group, thereby making available more federal money for culturally relevant programs. -
Camille Lessard-Bissonnette: The Quiet Evolution of French-Canadian Immigrants in New England
The published book form of Shideler's 1991 Ph.D. thesis from the University of Massachusetts. A biographical study of a québécoise and first-generation Franco American author and her works - as a means, Shideler writes, "to identify the position of the immigrant at the juncture of two diverse societies and ways of life" (2). From the publisher: "The inclusion of the ethnic voice in the examination of what has been termed 'American' literature is a significant development, but what of the voice of the ethnic woman? This study seeks to answer that question and, at the same time, shed light on the effects exercised by the act of immigration as well as on the specific fate of French-Canadian immigrants to the United States at the turn of the century...." Lessard-Bissonnette is perhaps best known for her serialized novel entitled, "Canuck," about a French-Canadian immigrant to industrial New England.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Fiction and Literature, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Journalism, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Québec, Religion, Social History -
Calumet's first-class women
Letter to the editor lauding the women who volunteer at the all-male Franco American social club, Le Club Calumet, in Augusta, Maine, without becoming club members. Comes in response to the controversy of a woman whose attempt at membership in the Club was rejected, and who appealed to the Maine Human Rights Commission to prove the Club's unlawful discrimination based on her sex. -
Calumet's first-class women
Letter to the editor lauding the women who volunteer at the all-male Franco American social club, Le Club Calumet, in Augusta, Maine, without becoming club members. Comes in response to the controversy of a woman whose attempt at membership in the Club was rejected, and who appealed to the Maine Human Rights Commission to prove the Club's unlawful discrimination based on her sex. -
Calumet told it must let women join: Calumet loses bid to keep women out
In a 1991 ruling, the Kennebec County Superior Court decided that Le Club Calumet, a Franco American fraternal organization in Augusta, Maine, was a public organization , and therefore could not exclude women from its membership - as it had done for 69 years, and as had been the provisions of its bylaws. -
Calumet told it must let women join: Calumet loses bid to keep women out
In a 1991 ruling, the Kennebec County Superior Court decided that Le Club Calumet, a Franco American fraternal organization in Augusta, Maine, was a public organization , and therefore could not exclude women from its membership - as it had done for 69 years, and as had been the provisions of its bylaws. -
Calumet should stay as it is
Letter to the editor in support of the 1989 decision of Augusta, Maine's Le Club Calumet to reject the membership application of a woman, Nancy Albert Ellis, and remain an all-male organization. -
Calumet should stay as it is
Letter to the editor in support of the 1989 decision of Augusta, Maine's Le Club Calumet to reject the membership application of a woman, Nancy Albert Ellis, and remain an all-male organization. -
Calumet members make no decision yet on admitting women
After the Maine Human Rights Commission deemed Le Club Calumet - an Augusta, Maine, Franco-American men's club - discriminatory for not admitting women as members, the Club was forced to decide if it would change its policies regarding membership or face litigation. -
Calumet members make no decision yet on admitting women
After the Maine Human Rights Commission deemed Le Club Calumet - an Augusta, Maine, Franco-American men's club - discriminatory for not admitting women as members, the Club was forced to decide if it would change its policies regarding membership or face litigation. -
Calumet hurt its own
Letter to the editor opposed to the Maine Supreme Court's decision in favor of Le Club Calumet barring women from membership in its Augusta, Maine, organization. -
Calumet hurt its own
Letter to the editor opposed to the Maine Supreme Court's decision in favor of Le Club Calumet barring women from membership in its Augusta, Maine, organization. -
Calumet faces big problems
Letter to the editor acknowledging the problems that would potentially arise for Le Club Calumet - an all-male Franco American social club in Augusta, Maine - if it were declared public by the judicial system, and thus forced by law to admit women as members. -
Calumet faces big problems
Letter to the editor acknowledging the problems that would potentially arise for Le Club Calumet - an all-male Franco American social club in Augusta, Maine - if it were declared public by the judicial system, and thus forced by law to admit women as members. -
Calumet Club vows to fight court ruling
After being forced by the Kennebec County Superior Court to admit women members, Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, objected, and claimed to consider filing an appeal. -
Calumet Club vows to fight court ruling
After being forced by the Kennebec County Superior Court to admit women members, Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, objected, and claimed to consider filing an appeal. -
Calumet Club loses Round 1
The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled that Le Club Calumet, an all-male Franco American social club in Augusta, Maine, discriminated when it refused membership to a woman applicant. The article contains commentary from arguing members of the Club and the MHRC councilpersons who voted unanimously to label officially the Club's decision as discrimination based on sex. -
Calumet Club loses Round 1
The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled that Le Club Calumet, an all-male Franco American social club in Augusta, Maine, discriminated when it refused membership to a woman applicant. The article contains commentary from arguing members of the Club and the MHRC councilpersons who voted unanimously to label officially the Club's decision as discrimination based on sex. -
Calumet Club faces rights hearing
A Readfield, Maine, woman who was denied membership at Le Club Calumet - a men's Franco-American social club in Augusta, Maine - appealed to the Maine Human Rights Commission on account of discrimination. -
Calumet Club faces rights hearing
A Readfield, Maine, woman who was denied membership at Le Club Calumet - a men's Franco-American social club in Augusta, Maine - appealed to the Maine Human Rights Commission on account of discrimination. -
Calumet Club claims law permits limited private ethnic membership
Article on public comments made by Le Club Calumet following its lawsuit against the Maine Human Rights Commission. Maine HRC previously ruled that the Club was breaking a law of public organization when it refused to admit a woman as a member. -
Calumet Club claims law permits limited private ethnic membership
Article on public comments made by Le Club Calumet following its lawsuit against the Maine Human Rights Commission. Maine HRC previously ruled that the Club was breaking a law of public organization when it refused to admit a woman as a member. -
Calumet Club cancels celebration
Augusta, Maine's Le Club Calumet canceled its 1991 anniversary celebration. The Club cited a lack of participation. -
Calumet Club cancels celebration
Augusta, Maine's Le Club Calumet canceled its 1991 anniversary celebration. The Club cited a lack of participation. -
Calumet claims bias against French women legal; rights panel disagrees
Article on the arguments heard in Kennebec County Superior Court, Augusta, Maine, in a case of the Maine Human Rights Commission versus Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American fraternal organization. -
Calumet claims bias against French women legal; rights panel disagrees
Article on the arguments heard in Kennebec County Superior Court, Augusta, Maine, in a case of the Maine Human Rights Commission versus Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American fraternal organization. -
Calumet appeal argued in court
Le Club Calumet, a Franco American men's social club in Augusta, Maine, appealed to the Maine Supreme Court a decision made by the superior court that would have forced the club to admit women as members. This article covers the beginning of the arguments heard at the highest court in Maine. -
Calumet appeal argued in court
Le Club Calumet, a Franco American men's social club in Augusta, Maine, appealed to the Maine Supreme Court a decision made by the superior court that would have forced the club to admit women as members. This article covers the beginning of the arguments heard at the highest court in Maine. -
C'est la vie : Jane Martin's Franco-American Heritage
Episode of a CBC broadcast, "C'est la vie," whose feature is Franco American life in southern Maine. Biddeford, the hometown of narrator Jane Martin, is the episode's main setting. Contains interviews with Martin's aunt and parents in Biddeford and neighboring Wells Beach. Discussions about language, cultural difference, and travel between Quebec and the United States. Features the song "Cet hiver là " by Michel Rivard. -
C'est de même qu'ont parle par che' nous
Dictionary of French terms and their English translations, compiled from the "patois, metaphors, and dictions" of the towns of the St. John River Valley in northern Maine. Contains common French words and phrases that persist locally in both French and English dialogue. The second of two collections of idioms written by Don Levesque. Dictionnaire des termes français et leurs traductions en anglais, compilées à partir des «patois, les métaphores et dictions» des villes de la vallée de la riviière Saint-Jean dans le nord du Maine. Contient des mots et des phrases français qui persistent localement dans les deux dialogues en français et en anglais. Ce livre est la seconde des deux collections d'idiomes écrit par Don Levesque. -
By-Laws of the Department of Connecticut, Franco-American War Veterans, Inc.
Booklet of by-laws written, proposed, and adopted by members of the Department of Connecticut Franco-American War Veterans, Inc. Introduced with the organizational preamble. Contains 17 adopted articles regarding membership, dues, organization, conventions, officers, duties, and administration. According to the preamble, this group was organized "with patriotic, educational, historical, and fraternal purposes"..."to stimulate a greater interest in the principles of Americanism among the Franco-Americans of the United States of America," among other reasons. By-laws revised from the original by-laws proposed 14 February 1958. -
By Penacook
Article on the annual gathering of the New England Franco-American Chamber of Commerce at Concord, New Hampshire, in 1903. -
By Penacook
Article on the annual gathering of the New England Franco-American Chamber of Commerce at Concord, New Hampshire, in 1903. -
By Necessity or by Right : The Language and Experience of Gender at Work
Article exploring how feminist historiography impacts interpretations of the rise of labour in the US and Canada, recognizing the divisions of gender that are fixed along the North American process of industrialization. From the text: "It is the purpose of this article to uncover the ways in which these fissures and divisions within class and organized labour either furthered or truncated the political ideal of class unity in Canada's past. How has the consideration of women's work and the problem of how industrialization reinforced cultural constructions of gender outside the workplace offered by historians over the past 25 years in 'Labour/Le Travail' either contributed to or altered the conventional views?" -
Building a Better Life: the French Canadian Experience in Western Massachusetts
This hardcover book from the Republican's Heritage series chronicles the history of French Canadians from their life in Canada and the mass migration of more than a million, many of whom ended up in Massachusetts. Many of these migrants did build a better life not just for themselves but for others who benefited from their skills as carpenters and builders responsible for thousands of homes in Western Massachusetts. Follow along as the French Canadian population morphs into Franco Americans and becomes a major force in all walks of life in their adopted country -
Buffleheads
Short fiction piece that finds Liliane coming upon the news of a suicide within the family of a former relative, gripped still by the emotions and tensions surrounding the suicide of her own sister - her tie to this other family - decades earlier. -
Brunswick's French Connection
Historical essay marking the links between the Franco American community of Brunswick, Maine, and the city's historic liberal arts institution, Bowdoin College. Details of Brunswick's French history alaongside notes on Bowdoin's Franco American enrollment, college employees, and various historical commitments to local research and local people. Introductory notes on immigration from Québec, labor in local industry, community life, and the diverse ethnic make-up of neighboring cities. Illustrated in black and white photograph. Based on research conducted for an exhibition of the Pejepscot Historical Society entitled, "Pejepscot's Little Canadas: Franco Americans of the Region." Featured in the official magazine of Bowdoin College. -
Brunswick's French Connection
Historical essay marking the links between the Franco American community of Brunswick, Maine, and the city's historic liberal arts institution, Bowdoin College. Details of Brunswick's French history alaongside notes on Bowdoin's Franco American enrollment, college employees, and various historical commitments to local research and local people. Introductory notes on immigration from Québec, labor in local industry, community life, and the diverse ethnic make-up of neighboring cities. Illustrated in black and white photograph. Based on research conducted for an exhibition of the Pejepscot Historical Society entitled, "Pejepscot's Little Canadas: Franco Americans of the Region." Featured in the official magazine of Bowdoin College. -
Brothers and Heroes : A Chronicle of Military Service of Six Americans
Military stories and individual histories of the military duties of six Augusta, Maine brothers - Armand, Laurent, Paul, Jean, William, and Louis Lambert. Written by the family's youngest son, George. Narrative covers enlistment periods and active duty between 1941 and 1988. Appendices contain diary entries, court proceedings, individual chronologies of service, individual stations of duty, photographs, bibliography, and other information. -
Brokers of Ethnic Identity : The Franco-American Petty Bourgeoisie of Woonsocket, Rhode Island (1865-1945)
Article describing the emergence of a Franco American petty bourgeoisie class in southern New England at the beginning of the 19th century, and the ability of francophone elites in this region and time period to maintain strong ties with French Canada. The interweaving of Woonsocket, Rhode Island entrepreneurial and French cultural life, including parish, fraternal, and community organizations. -
Brokers of Ethnic Identity : The Franco-American Petty Bourgeoisie of Woonsocket, Rhode Island (1865-1945)
Article describing the emergence of a Franco American petty bourgeoisie class in southern New England at the beginning of the 19th century, and the ability of francophone elites in this region and time period to maintain strong ties with French Canada. The interweaving of Woonsocket, Rhode Island entrepreneurial and French cultural life, including parish, fraternal, and community organizations. -
British and Canadian Immigration to the United States since 1920
Dissertation on the "invisible immigrants" to the United States from Britain and Canada between the 1920s and 1960s. From the author: "Always among the most numerous groups of immigrants to the United States, until 1969, the British and Canadians seldom claimed the attention of historians, just as they caused little discussion among the American people generally. Sharing a common language and closeness of culture with the Americans, the British and Canadians remained unhyphenated--they were America's 'invisible immigrants.'...A number of important studies on the British immigrant, if not the Canadian, do exist, but they are concerned with the Britons' experiences and their contribution to the American mosaic during America's 'century of immigration,' the one hundred years from 1815 to 1914. The purpose of this study was to extend the record of British and Canadian immigration beyond the statistical reports of government departments since the hiatus of World War I and to present an interpretive commentary on the significance of these two streams of immigration--to the sending countries; to the receiving country; and to a sample of individual immigrants themselves." -
Bringing Religion into Working-Class History : Parish, Public, and Politics in Providence, 1890-1930
Essay exploring the diverse ways in which the Catholic church in Providence, Rhode Island served its predominantly immigrant, working-class parishioners as a public space from which to express political opinion, and as a mouthpiece for the assertion of various civil rights. The church as meeting space, often standing in for other American means of organization, education, or public communication. "[T]he centrality of the Catholic Church in working-class public life..." (151). An attempt at a new articulation of the place of religion in 20th century American working-class history. Focuses on Providence's Irish, Italian, and French Canadian immigrant Catholics.Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Federal Hill RI, Georgiaville RI, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Providence RI, Religion, Violence -
Bringing a Photograph to Life: The Story of Joseph L. Miner
Article from the New England Historic Genealogical Society periodical. Genealogical research sparked from an interest in a picture displayed in the author's grandmother's Vermont home. -
Brewing for Baxter
Profile on Maine engineer and brewer, Michael LaCharite. The founder of Portland, Maine's Casco Bay Brewing company, LaCharite was sought out to help develop the varieties of beer now produced by Lewiston, Maine's Baxter Brewing. LaCharite cites a family tradition of home-brewing as one of the foundations for his passion and talents. -
Brewing for Baxter
Profile on Maine engineer and brewer, Michael LaCharite. The founder of Portland, Maine's Casco Bay Brewing company, LaCharite was sought out to help develop the varieties of beer now produced by Lewiston, Maine's Baxter Brewing. LaCharite cites a family tradition of home-brewing as one of the foundations for his passion and talents. -
Bravo! Monsieur Yastrzemski frappe un coup d'exterieur
Article on the translation of baseball into the cultural registers of French Canada and the vernaculars of the Canadian French language. -
Bravo! Monsieur Yastrzemski frappe un coup d'exterieur
Article on the translation of baseball into the cultural registers of French Canada and the vernaculars of the Canadian French language. -
Bravo! les Franco-Américains
Quelques commentaires sur le rapatriement de Canadiens français des États-Unis à Québec. Certaines investissements dans l'infrastructure au Québec, comme pris par une banque franco-américaine de Rhode Island. Des descriptions de ces investissements - de terres agricoles et de voies ferrées au Canada - comme opportunités d'affaires et l'emploi pour les rapatriés. -
Boutades et rêveries : poésies diverses
Un recueil de poèmes et un drame dans un acte par un poète, journaliste, et romancier canadien-français à Fall River, Massachusetts du 19ème siècle. -
Boston's French Secrets : Guided Walks That Reveal Boston's French Heritage
Travel guide to the city of Boston, Massachusetts, centered around local sites with significant French history. An effort in French archaelogical tourism. Includes brief histories of all large-scale migrations to the United States from the Francophone world, including the first of the Huguenots during the seventeenth-century Wars of Religion in Europe. -
Border Spaces and La Survivance : The Evolution of the Franco-American Novel of New England (1875-2004)
From Lees: "This dissertation examines nine texts written by Franco-American novelists of New England. Themes of migrancy, exile, and cultural survival (la survivance) ground my study. I explore the negotiations of cultural, social, political, linguistic, and gendered spaces as experienced---and chronicled in these novels---by the 1.5 million French-Canadian laborers and their families who migrated to New England between roughly 1865 and 1930."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Criticism and Review, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fiction and Literature, Gender and Sexuality, Geography, Government and Politics, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Québec, Religion -
Border Culture, the Boundary Between Canada and the United States of America, and the Advancement of Borderlands Theory
Discussion of "border culture" as a product of both the divisions and the transnational cultural and political relationships apparent in societies that share a geopolitical boundary. Exploration of "borderlands theory" as a means for considering the origins, functions, and development of national borders in a globalizing world. Specific focus on the boundary between the United States and Canada, on what the authors call "the multiple layers of border" - political, social, economic, legal, cultural - and how they are woven organically though communities on each side of the dividing boundary. How borders shape and help us to think about human culture. From the authors: "In the process of globalization it is border culture that ultimately sustains linkages, assures continuity and maintains prosperity between bounded states. In this essay we explore how border culture works, and how the conceptualization of border culture advances our understanding of how borders work. Our approach is to establish a place for the consideration of culture in the more extensive debates about border theory through a focus on the Canada-U.S. border, and how this border advances our knowledge of border culture and border theory." -
Bonsoir le maiêtre et la maiêtresse: le roêle de la Guiannée dans le maintien des communautés franco-américaines de Sainte-Genevieève et de la Prairie du Rocher
From the author: "This dissertation explores the cultural identity of two Franco-American communities in the Mid-West [United States] to identify traits that continue to persist despite language loss due to prejudice and persecution. In this dissertation, I argue that cultural identity does continue in spite of language loss and that when language loss does occur, other identity traits, such as festivals and traditional celebrations take on a more profound and visible role in order to maintain this cultural identity.
"In 2006 and 2007, I observed the Guiannée (La Guiannée) of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, and of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, to understand how these two communities continue to express the culture of their French heritage. The Guiannée became the center of my research into understanding the maintenance of the Franco-American identity. This celebration continues each year on New Year's Eve and it is sung in French by members of the community who do not speak, read, or write in French, except in some cases for identifying places, people, or other celebrations."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Folklore, France, Language and Linguistics, Missouri, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Prairie du Rocher IL, St. Genevieve MO, United States, US Midwest -
Bonjour: Travel Tips
The third episode of Plante's and Baribeau's public broadcast, "Bonjour," taking its viewers on a trip through Montreal and Quebec City and giving plenty of advice to vacationers-to-be. -
Bonjour: Franco-American Centre
The fourth episode of public television's "Bonjour" takes place on site at Manchester, New Hampshire's Franco-American Centre, featuring interviews with some of the staff there and a special feature on the 2010 New Hampshire Franco-American of the year. -
Bonjour: Fondue
The second broadcast of Bedford, New Hampshire's "Bonjour." Chantal, Celine, and their special guest, Luci, talk to us while they show how to make and cook la fondue. -
Black Robe on the Kennebec
Historical piece on early French Jesuits missionizing to Abenaki in Maine's Kennebec River Valley in the 17th century.Tags Acadians, Art and Architecture, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, France, Government and Politics, Illinois, Kennebec River Valley, Maine, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion -
Black Robe
From the Canadian Film Encyclopedia: "Black Robe is a bleak but majestic film about the diverse cultures of the French settlers and the Algonquin people, and the clashes between them....The hostile wilderness of 17th-century New France is the setting for the story of Father Laforgue (Bluteau), a young, idealistic Jesuit whose ambitious mission is to save the souls of the 'savages' of New France. Upon his arrival from France, Laforgue embarks on a perilous journey by canoe, from Champlain's fort upriver to a desolate Jesuit outpost where it is hoped he will 'reap a harvest of souls.' He travels through the magnificent, nearly overwhelming landscape of the Canadian North with a group of Algonquin Indians as his guides." -
Bishops for the French Canadians
Article from the Montreal Witness, January 22, about a French-Canadian American's visit to a Quebec Cardinal in order to request French-Canadian coadjutor bishops in New England, for the purpose of representing the majority Franco congregations. -
Bishops for the French Canadians
Article from the Montreal Witness, January 22, about a French-Canadian American's visit to a Quebec Cardinal in order to request French-Canadian coadjutor bishops in New England, for the purpose of representing the majority Franco congregations. -
Bishop Celebrates One of Final Masses at Saint André, Biddeford
Brief article on a Roman Catholic mass celebrated by Bishop of the Diocese of Portland, Maine, Richard Malone, at St. André Church, Biddeford, Maine. This ceremony was held, in tribute to the parish, two months before the occasion of the church's closing on December 31, 2010. St. André Church was opened in 1910. -
Bishop Celebrates One of Final Masses at Saint André, Biddeford
Brief article on a Roman Catholic mass celebrated by Bishop of the Diocese of Portland, Maine, Richard Malone, at St. André Church, Biddeford, Maine. This ceremony was held, in tribute to the parish, two months before the occasion of the church's closing on December 31, 2010. St. André Church was opened in 1910. -
Bird Cloud : A Memoir
Narrative of the discovery and inhabiting of the author's homestead along Wyoming's North Platte River. Memoirs from the author's youth and family life, relatives, their cultures and their mobility. Her youth across New England. Historical, archaeological, and genealogical portraits of her family, her various regions, and their people woven throughout. Vivid descriptions of natural life in the rural United States that add to several chapters on the processes of architecting, building, and getting acquainted with her Wyoming home - Bird Cloud - and its own histories. From the author of "The Shipping News," "Accordion Crimes," and several other notable works of fiction.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Connecticut, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Genealogy, Geography, Maine, Montréal QC, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rhode Island, Saratoga WY, Travel and Movement, Vermont, Willimantic CT, Wyoming -
Bird Cloud : A Memoir
Narrative of the discovery and inhabiting of the author's homestead along Wyoming's North Platte River. Memoirs from the author's youth and family life, relatives, their cultures and their mobility. Her youth across New England. Historical, archaeological, and genealogical portraits of her family, her various regions, and their people woven throughout. Vivid descriptions of natural life in the rural United States that add to several chapters on the processes of architecting, building, and getting acquainted with her Wyoming home - Bird Cloud - and its own histories. From the author of "The Shipping News," "Accordion Crimes," and several other notable works of fiction.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Connecticut, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Genealogy, Geography, Maine, Montréal QC, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rhode Island, Saratoga WY, Travel and Movement, Vermont, Willimantic CT, Wyoming -
Biographie d'une ploye
Un petit historique de la ploye telle que racontée par lui-même. Une description de ses ingrédients, sa recette, comment c'est faite, et son importance pour la culture acadienne. -
Bilingualism good for the brain
Subtitled, "The longer a person has spoken two or more languages, the greater the cognitive effects." Article on the long-term benefits of bilingualism, including marked enhancements in decision-making functions, as well as longer retained brain function for bilinguals with Alzheimers. Also considers, however, the natural limits to a bilingual person's dual vocabulary. -
Bilingualism good for the brain
Subtitled, "The longer a person has spoken two or more languages, the greater the cognitive effects." Article on the long-term benefits of bilingualism, including marked enhancements in decision-making functions, as well as longer retained brain function for bilinguals with Alzheimers. Also considers, however, the natural limits to a bilingual person's dual vocabulary. -
Bilingual Education Pays Off, New Documentary Says
Article of interview with filmmaker Marcia Jarmel on her and colleague Ken Schneider's new documentary, "Speaking in Tongues," about bilingual education in America. Features a Vimeo linked preview to the film. From the editor of New America Media: "To date, 30 states have passed English-only laws, and many American[s] are skeptical of bilingual education because they want their children to learn in English, not Chinese or Spanish. 'Speaking in Tongues,' the latest documentary by Bay Area filmmakers Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider, sheds light on the cognitive and developmental value of learning in two languages at a young age..." -
Bilingual Education Pays Off, New Documentary Says
Article of interview with filmmaker Marcia Jarmel on her and colleague Ken Schneider's new documentary, "Speaking in Tongues," about bilingual education in America. Features a Vimeo linked preview to the film. From the editor of New America Media: "To date, 30 states have passed English-only laws, and many American[s] are skeptical of bilingual education because they want their children to learn in English, not Chinese or Spanish. 'Speaking in Tongues,' the latest documentary by Bay Area filmmakers Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider, sheds light on the cognitive and developmental value of learning in two languages at a young age..." -
Bilingual Education : A Program in New England
Some thoughts on the special features and concerns of "bilingual education" as one of many sorts of language education methods, and with a certain set of goals for an individual's growth. The particular state of the French language relative to the Franco American's use of it, the contexts for its usage, and the successes that might be achieved from its usage in a bilingual education setting. Featured in a collection of papers from a 1974 Indiana University conference on the francophones of the Americas. Complete title of the text includes the following: "Actes ducolloque tenu aè l'Université d'Indiana, Bloomington, du 28 au 30 mars 1974." -
Big Liquor Seizures in Bennington, Vermont
Article on multiple criminal alcohol seizures from a number of Vermont social clubs in the 1910s. -
Big Liquor Seizures in Bennington, Vermont
Article on multiple criminal alcohol seizures from a number of Vermont social clubs in the 1910s. -
Biddeford : A Franco-American Experience in Old Photographs
Pictorial History of Biddeford, Maine, with a particular emphasis on Franco American life there. Biddeford, an industrial city, can claim the presence of working mills from as far back as 1800, many years before the first French Canadian migrations to the area. -
Bibliographie commentée sur les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre
Une bibliographie annoté qui est composée de 23 textes historiques, biographiques, et littéraires dans la tradition écrite franco-américaine. -
Beyond a U.S. - 'Anglo' Curriculum
Short essay describing the inability of current education models to serve the needs of Maine "native non-English bilinguals." Arguments in favor of acknowledging cultural difference through education policy and curriculum development. General suggestions based on linguistic scholarship on bilingualism and diglossia. Certain examples of French-English language realities in Maine. Featured in an issue of Maine Emphasis entitled, "Curriculum Design." -
Beyond a U.S. - 'Anglo' Curriculum
Short essay describing the inability of current education models to serve the needs of Maine "native non-English bilinguals." Arguments in favor of acknowledging cultural difference through education policy and curriculum development. General suggestions based on linguistic scholarship on bilingualism and diglossia. Certain examples of French-English language realities in Maine. Featured in an issue of Maine Emphasis entitled, "Curriculum Design." -
Berlin Mirrors State Trend
Brief article outlining the history of the French Canadian and Franco American presence in Berlin, New Hampshire, and the cultural changes the city has undergone from 1890 onward. The rise and fall of the influence of historically French Canadian cultural institutions - parochial school, church, music - in Berlin. -
Berlin Mirrors State Trend
Brief article outlining the history of the French Canadian and Franco American presence in Berlin, New Hampshire, and the cultural changes the city has undergone from 1890 onward. The rise and fall of the influence of historically French Canadian cultural institutions - parochial school, church, music - in Berlin. -
Berlin : Ville industrielle du nord (texte et audio)
Le deuxieme texte de la collection "Villes franco-américaines de la Nouvelle Angleterre." Une histoire de la ville de Berlin, New Hampshire - son peuple et son paysage. Introduit par Céline Fortier de Berlin. Ecrit pour les jeunes pour l'apprentissage de la langue française. Accompagné d'un enregistrement audio du texte narré par Céline Fortier. The second text in a series entitled, "New England Franco American Cities." A profile of the city of Berlin, New Hampshire - its people and its landscape. Introduced by Celine Fortier of Berlin. Written for the French language-learning classroom. Accompanied by an audio narration of the text by Celine Fortier. -
Being social at the social club
News article on social clubs in Lewiston, Maine - what they offer, who they cater to, how they have changed over time, and the value they still provide to many in the city. -
Being social at the social club
News article on social clubs in Lewiston, Maine - what they offer, who they cater to, how they have changed over time, and the value they still provide to many in the city. -
Beginning Franco-American Genealogy
First edition published in 1986. A guide to conducting one's own genealogy, with resources appropriate for those with Franco American and Canadian French ancestry. -
Before All Dignity Is Lost : The Living and Dying of an AIDS Victim
The life of a young man after graduating college, his battle with AIDS, and his friendship with a mentor and former professor, Norman Beaupré, as read through a chronological series of personal letters. From the author's website: "What would you do if you suddenly discovered you had AIDS? What would you think? 'Before All Dignity Is Lost' is the epistolary story of a young man who suffers through the ignominy of AIDS and dies from it at age 34. This is a true story based on real letters." -
Becoming Holy in Early Canada : Performance and the Making of Holy Persons in Society and Culture
From the author: "In this dissertation, I analyze how local religious figures became holy and the social functions they played, in order to better understand the connections between religion and colonialism and the shaping of faith communities over time. The study covers a broad time period from the early days of French settlement in Canada to the late nineteenth century. The focus falls on New France and the holy persons associated with the early years of settlement when religion and colonization were intimately connected. It was only towards the end of the nineteenth century that these figures were put forward for official recognition by the church in canonization causes, and consequently I conclude the study with an examination of the processes and resulting documents that contributed to the transformation of local holy persons into saints. Throughout the study, I concentrate on the place holy persons occupied in local society both during life and after death as intercessors for the faithful, the meanings they held and presented to their audiences, and the ways they performed the traditions of sanctity. Rituals of holiness were a form of communication. Holy persons and audiences interacted with and influenced one another to create a saint that was efficacious and effective. While faith communities developed around local, family and community networks, hagiographic texts described the lives, deaths and intercessions of select individuals and spread cults of belief. Between performances of holiness and the inscription of holy lives into texts, local saints were made who responded to the needs of their faith communities and became important parts of local religious, social, and cultural life." -
Becoming American : An Ethnic History
A history of immigration in the United States, its national impact, and the effects of American naturalization upon immigrant ethnic identity. From the cover: "From the English settlers who founded the Jamestown colony to the recent refugees from Vietnam and Cuba, the history of American has always been tied to the fortunes of its immigrants. Thomas J. Archdeacon presents a fascinating account of the foreign peoples and cultures that for nearly four centuries have transformed America and, in the process, transformed themselves. Discussing Europeans and Asians, Africans and American Indians, he weaves their stories together, shows how they mingle and diverge, and relates their collective experience to the critical decisions we face in coping with the thousands of immigrants who continue to arrive yearly on our shores."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, African Americans, Canada, Chinese Americans, Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, German Americans, Government and Politics, Ireland, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Japanese Americans, Jewish Americans, Labor History, Mexican Americans, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Religion, Slavic Americans, United States -
Becoming a Man : Half a Life Story
Autobiography and coming-out narrative of Paul Monette, an Andover, Massachusetts writer. Monette recounts twenty-five closeted years of alienation and invisibility, explorations of his sexual identity, and observations on the sexual prejudice and violences around him. Growing up working-class in Massachusetts; his ill younger brother; stints at prep-school and Yale in the 1960s; time spent in England; a return to Massachusetts. Written during the battle with AIDS that eventually claimed the author's life. Winner of the 1992 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Republished in 2004. -
Becoming a Man : Half a Life Story
Autobiography and coming-out narrative of Paul Monette, an Andover, Massachusetts writer. Monette recounts twenty-five closeted years of alienation and invisibility, explorations of his sexual identity, and observations on the sexual prejudice and violences around him. Growing up working-class in Massachusetts; his ill younger brother; stints at prep-school and Yale in the 1960s; time spent in England; a return to Massachusetts. Written during the battle with AIDS that eventually claimed the author's life. Winner of the 1992 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Republished in 2004. -
Bates College officials shocked : Didn't know certain workers barred from speaking French
Article relating the reaction of Bates College officials to being made aware, after student protests, of a rule forbidding campus employees to speak French in the company of non-French-speakers. The college president and dean's apologies for the practice and the ban, and the commitment to draft new policies protecting the language rights of French-speaking employees. -
Bates College officials shocked : Didn't know certain workers barred from speaking French
Article relating the reaction of Bates College officials to being made aware, after student protests, of a rule forbidding campus employees to speak French in the company of non-French-speakers. The college president and dean's apologies for the practice and the ban, and the commitment to draft new policies protecting the language rights of French-speaking employees. -
Basic Conversational French for Health Personnel : A Telecture Program
Franco American language and culture resource guide for healthcare personnel. Glossary of French language terms and phrases, lessons, and an example story of French-English bilingual interaction. Published for a 1979 telecture (long-distance learning) course in nursing, provided by the University of Southern Maine. In addition to course and instructor information, includes the following sections: Historical and Sociological Background (with French in North American timeline) Vocabulary and phrases: Basic Terms; Anatomy; General Hospital Terms and Phrases; Admissions; Physical Therapy; Operating Room; X-Ray; Laboratory Dealing with Feelings -
Barre, Vermont: An Annotated Bibliography
A descriptive bibliography of sources related to the history, politics, and peoples of Barre, Vermont. Divided into the following categories: Historical Sources, Politics and Business, Social Life and Organizations, Poets and Writers, Ethnic Sources, Church History, Schools, Transportation, Genealogy, Oral History, Audio-Visual, and Other. -
Ballots and Bibles : Ethnic Politics and the Catholic Church in Providence
From Cornell University Press: "Through her account of the newcomers' fight for political inclusion, Evelyn Savidge Sterne offers a fresh perspective on the nationwide struggle to define American identity at the turn of the twentieth century....In a departure from standard histories of immigrants and workers in the United States, 'Ballots and Bibles' views religion as a critical tool for new Americans seeking to influence public affairs. In Providence, this book demonstrates, Catholics used their parishes as political organizing spaces. Here they learned to be speakers and leaders, eventually orchestrating a successful response to Rhode Island's Americanization campaigns and claiming full membership in the nation."Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Ireland, Italy, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Violence, War -
Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada
From University of Toronto Press: "In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a local economy made up of settlers, loggers, and business people from Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and New England was established on the banks of the Upper St. John River....In 'Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists,' Béatrice Craig examines and describes this economy from its origins in the native fur trade, the growth of exportable wheat, the selling of food to new settlers, and of ton timbre to Britain. Craig vividly portrays the role of wives who sold homespun fabric and clothing to farmers, loggers, and river drivers, helping to bolster the community. The construction of saw, grist, and carding mills, and the establishment of stores, boarding houses, and taverns are all viewed as steps in the development of what the author calls 'homespun capitalists.'"Tags Acadians, Business and Economics, Canada, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Government and Politics, Labor History, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nova Scotia, Québec, St. John River Valley -
Backing Calumet Club
Letter to the editor regarding the 1989 Le Club Calumet controversy sparked by a woman's seeking entry into the all-male club. Offers a measure of support for the Augusta, Maine, Club in its rejection of the woman's request. -
Backing Calumet Club
Letter to the editor regarding the 1989 Le Club Calumet controversy sparked by a woman's seeking entry into the all-male club. Offers a measure of support for the Augusta, Maine, Club in its rejection of the woman's request. -
Back in the Day
Music video set in the Sand Hill neighborhood of Augusta, Maine.
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Awake
Book of poems from Augusta, Maine native and creative writing teacher at North Carolina State University. Contains foreword by Philip Levine. Republished in 2007 by Carnegie Mellon University Press. -
Awake
Book of poems from Augusta, Maine native and creative writing teacher at North Carolina State University. Contains foreword by Philip Levine. Republished in 2007 by Carnegie Mellon University Press. -
Augusta seizes abandoned paper mill, City plans to have buildings demolished, seeks options for redevelopment
The City of Augusta, Maine seizes the eastside paper mill, formerly known as "Statler Tissue," with the stated purpose of demolition for potential development. According to the Kennebec Journal, the mill closed in 2001. -
Augusta seizes abandoned paper mill, City plans to have buildings demolished, seeks options for redevelopment
The City of Augusta, Maine seizes the eastside paper mill, formerly known as "Statler Tissue," with the stated purpose of demolition for potential development. According to the Kennebec Journal, the mill closed in 2001. -
Augusta couple: The mill was their life
Article on Davilla and Yvonne Croteau, husband and wife, who together spent more than 100 years working at the Edwards Mill in Augusta, Maine. Their reminiscing here comes in the aftermath of the mill burning to the ground in the winter of 1989. Article includes pictures from the 1934 Edwards Mill strike. -
Augusta couple: The mill was their life
Article on Davilla and Yvonne Croteau, husband and wife, who together spent more than 100 years working at the Edwards Mill in Augusta, Maine. Their reminiscing here comes in the aftermath of the mill burning to the ground in the winter of 1989. Article includes pictures from the 1934 Edwards Mill strike. -
Augusta 200/Days remembered
A captioned image from within Pomerleau's Bakery that sat on Franklin Street in Augusta, Maine, in the 1940s. The Kennebec Journal celebrated Augusta, Maine's bicentennial (1797-1997) throughout that year by regularly featuring city images from days long past. -
Augusta 200/Days remembered
A captioned image from within Pomerleau's Bakery that sat on Franklin Street in Augusta, Maine, in the 1940s. The Kennebec Journal celebrated Augusta, Maine's bicentennial (1797-1997) throughout that year by regularly featuring city images from days long past. -
Augusta
An "Images of America" series, pictorial history of the city of Augusta - Maine's capital - with images and captions from the late nineteenth through the first half of the twentieth century. Augusta's place in Maine state politics; its early families, businesses, and city structures; leisure-time activities. One chapter devoted to Augusta's Franco American community, its people and its insitutions.Tags Augusta ME, Business and Economics, Clubs and Societies, Cobbosseecontee Lake ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Family, Government and Politics, Kennebec River Valley, Lisbon Falls ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Moosehead Lake Region, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Photography, Religion, Sand Hill ME, Sports and Leisure -
Augusta
An "Images of America" series, pictorial history of the city of Augusta - Maine's capital - with images and captions from the late nineteenth through the first half of the twentieth century. Augusta's place in Maine state politics; its early families, businesses, and city structures; leisure-time activities. One chapter devoted to Augusta's Franco American community, its people and its insitutions.Tags Augusta ME, Business and Economics, Clubs and Societies, Cobbosseecontee Lake ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Family, Government and Politics, Kennebec River Valley, Lisbon Falls ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Moosehead Lake Region, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Photography, Religion, Sand Hill ME, Sports and Leisure -
Aubuchon Hardware: Celebrating 100 Years
A newspaper supplement to the Bangor Daily News, Morning Sentinel, Kennebec Journal, Lewiston Sun Journal, Portland Press Herald, and York County Coast Star in celebration of Aubuchon Hardware's 100th anniversary. Contains a number of old photos and new essays on the company's history in New England. -
Aubuchon Hardware: Celebrating 100 Years
A newspaper supplement to the Bangor Daily News, Morning Sentinel, Kennebec Journal, Lewiston Sun Journal, Portland Press Herald, and York County Coast Star in celebration of Aubuchon Hardware's 100th anniversary. Contains a number of old photos and new essays on the company's history in New England. -
Au seuil du crepuscule
Livre de poèsie et de chansons. Écrites au Québec; en Ontario; dans plusieurs villes de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. -
Attitudes linguistiques et transfert à l'Anglais dans une communauté franco-américaine non homogiène : le cas de Bristol, Connecticut
De Bagate, Lemery, et Martin: "Dans cet article, nous essayons de décrire le processus de transfert linguistique à Bristol. Nous présentons d'abord un bref historique de cette communauté francophone ainsi que des données démographiques puisées dans plusieurs recensements du United States Census Bureau. Ensuite, nous analysons des commentaires provenant d'une trentaine d'entretiens réalisés aupriès des Franco-Américains de Bristol au cours de l'été 2002 et comparons l'origine, l'appartenance à la premiière, deuxiième ou troisiième génération d'immigrants, le type de mariage (exogame, endogame), l'usage et la transmission de la langue ainsi que les attitudes linguistiques des locuteurs interviewés."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bristol CT, Connecticut, Demography, East Hartford CT, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Hartford CT, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Massachusetts, Meriden CT, New Britain CT, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Rhode Island, Van Buren ME, Vermont, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, West Hartford CT, Woonsocket RI -
Atop an Underwood : Early Stories and Other Writings
Selections from Jack Kerouac's (1922-1969) earliest imaginative and other writings composed between 1936 and 1943, with introduction and commentary from poet and editor, Paul Marion. Includes notes, poetry, creative and journalistic prose, and an excerpt from Kerouac's early novel, "The Sea Is My Brother." Written during Kerouac's youth in Lowell, Massachusetts, during his time at Columbia University, later as a merchant marine, and elsewhere. Presented in three chronological sections: Pine Forests and Pure Thought, 1936-1940; An Original Kicker, 1941; To Portray Life Accurately, 1942-1943. -
Assimilation in American Life : The Role of Race, Religion, and National Origins
1960s study of social life in the United States with regard to ethnic and religious characteristics and their significance to processes of assimilation. Social group observation as a means of understanding cultural conflicts based on incommensurate "value-assumptions," and as a foundation to eliminating many sources of inter-group prejudice (16). Contains information acquired from interviews with officials from numerous American organizations concerned with intercultural relations. General sociological introduction to group structures, stages of assimilation and its subprocesses, and theories for occurrences of these in the United States. The American formation and presence of the "ethclass" - "[the characteristic sub-societal unit] based on race, religion, and, to a declining extent, national origin, criss-crossed by social class stratification..." (160). Sections devoted to African Americans, Jews, Catholics, and intellectuals as functioning American "subsocietal" structures. Hypotheses and suggestions for the future of cultural and structural pluralism in the twentieth-century United States.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, African Americans, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, German Americans, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Jewish Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Religion, United States -
Aspects of Class Ideology in a New England Ethnic Minority : The Franco-Americans of Woonsocket, Rhode Island (1865-1929)
Dissertation on class development and distinction through North American industrialization, immigration, and urbanization in Rhode Island. The particularity of this history as shaped in the Franco American community's experience of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Emphasis on Catholicism. Anctil's work is cited in American social historian Gary Gerstle's famous text, "Working-Class Americanism."Tags Business and Economics, Central Falls RI, Danielson CT, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Moosup CT, Natick RI, New Bedford MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, North Brookfield MA, North Easton CT, Pawtucket RI, Pawtuxet River Valley, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Plainfield CT, Providence RI, Quinebaug River Valley, Religion, Social History, Springfield MA, St. Lawrence River Valley, West Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
As Luck Would Have It
The autobiography of a northern Maine native. Begins with his early life in Aroostook County and continues through his many years of service in the United States Army, bringing him and his family throughout the world - Ethiopia, Iran, and elsewhere - for most of his adult life. -
As I Live and Dream
Autobiographical collection of essays that chronicle a Franco American's family life in western Maine in the first half of the twentieth century. Includes one chapter on the history of Rumford, Maine. -
Artist's stark portraits suited to his subjects
Article on a 1983 exhibition of art held at the University of Maine at Orono. Entitled "Calling forth the Spirits - Souffle Vital," this exhibition featured drawings and other prints created by Peter Archambault, a Madawaska, Maine native and then-resident of Edmunston, New Brunswick. Some of the artist's comments on his method and medium, and some thoughts on how his work is received. -
Artist's stark portraits suited to his subjects
Article on a 1983 exhibition of art held at the University of Maine at Orono. Entitled "Calling forth the Spirits - Souffle Vital," this exhibition featured drawings and other prints created by Peter Archambault, a Madawaska, Maine native and then-resident of Edmunston, New Brunswick. Some of the artist's comments on his method and medium, and some thoughts on how his work is received. -
Arrhythmia
Short fiction piece about a woman's relationship with her mother illuminated in the ticks and increasing demands of her mother's heart condition. A parallel story of the woman's failed relationship with her partner, Mauricia. -
Aroostook Architect : The Life and Times of the Reverend Joseph S. Marcoux
Biographical history of a northern Maine Roman Catholic priest, Rev. Joseph S. Marcoux. Fr. Marcoux was the first pastor at St. Joseph's Parish in the town of Wallagrass, Maine, in Aroostook County. -
Antoinette's Patience : A Canadian Family in Epping
Article profiling Antoinette Bernier, 79, and her family in Epping, New Hampshire. Her young life in a New Hampshire town shaped by the brick yards there and the French Canadians - her relatives and husband included - who immigrated to work in them. On baking bread: how she learned it, her methods, and its popularity among her children. Based on an interview with Mrs. Bernier, conducted while she makes bread, and written largely in her voice. Illustrated in black and white photograph. Presented in an issue of of Salt entitled, "I could never call myself a Yankee: Five Immigrant Experiences." -
Antoinette's Patience : A Canadian Family in Epping
Article profiling Antoinette Bernier, 79, and her family in Epping, New Hampshire. Her young life in a New Hampshire town shaped by the brick yards there and the French Canadians - her relatives and husband included - who immigrated to work in them. On baking bread: how she learned it, her methods, and its popularity among her children. Based on an interview with Mrs. Bernier, conducted while she makes bread, and written largely in her voice. Illustrated in black and white photograph. Presented in an issue of of Salt entitled, "I could never call myself a Yankee: Five Immigrant Experiences." -
Anti-Calumet attitude
Letter to the editor berating Augusta, Maine's Kennebec Journal for its selective coverage of the controversy involving Le Club Calumet and Nancy Ellis - a battle over gender and club membership that landed both parties in the Maine Supreme Court. -
Anti-Calumet attitude
Letter to the editor berating Augusta, Maine's Kennebec Journal for its selective coverage of the controversy involving Le Club Calumet and Nancy Ellis - a battle over gender and club membership that landed both parties in the Maine Supreme Court. -
And one who's still waiting
A commentary on the headline article of this issue, "Women in the Clubs," that elaborates a discussion of Nancy Albert Ellis. In 1988, Ellis was refused membership to the all-male Franco American social club, Le Club Calumet, of Augusta, Maine, and began a course of litigation that lasted a number of years. -
And one who's still waiting
A commentary on the headline article of this issue, "Women in the Clubs," that elaborates a discussion of Nancy Albert Ellis. In 1988, Ellis was refused membership to the all-male Franco American social club, Le Club Calumet, of Augusta, Maine, and began a course of litigation that lasted a number of years. -
An Open Letter to Whom It May Concern: A Rebuttal to Calumet Club Superior Court's Judgment
A lengthy open letter concerning the potential effects of Kennebec County Superior Court's ruling against Le Club Calumet, charging it to begin admitting women into the membership ranks of its historically all-male establishment in Augusta, Maine. The letter's primary concern is the court's designation of the Club as a "public accommodation," not a private one, that might potentially be forced to admit any person without regard for ethnicity. -
An Open Letter to Whom It May Concern: A Rebuttal to Calumet Club Superior Court's Judgment
A lengthy open letter concerning the potential effects of Kennebec County Superior Court's ruling against Le Club Calumet, charging it to begin admitting women into the membership ranks of its historically all-male establishment in Augusta, Maine. The letter's primary concern is the court's designation of the Club as a "public accommodation," not a private one, that might potentially be forced to admit any person without regard for ethnicity. -
An Incident Between the French Canadians and the Irish in the Diocese of Maine in 1906
An essay on the reactions of Franco American journalists and national societies to the naming of an Irish successor to the Maine Roman Catholic diocese's bishopric in 1906. Lewiston, Maine's "Le Messager" extended its criticisms to the Holy See and the whole of Church hierarchy. This drawn-out event is couched here in a brief description of Catholic demographics around that period in the state of Maine, with accompanying definitions of what were called "national" churches versus what are now labeled "territorial" parish churches.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bangor ME, Bath ME, Biddeford ME, Connecticut, Eagle Lake ME, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Jewett City CT, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Old Town ME, Portland ME, Putnam CT, Religion, Violence, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME -
An Exploratory Study of the Purchasing Habits of French-Surnamed Americans in the State of Maine
Report of 1973 survey research conducted on the purchasing, consumption, and leisure habits of Franco Americans in Maine. Analyses of shopping patterns - brand selection, store location, and more - based on data from 10 sample communities. Also contains data on family size and structure, income, and education of survey participants. General recommendations for further demographic and economic research. Tables (31) containing all collected data, as well as a sample of the survey/questionnaire received by informants. -
An Exploration into the Health and Illness Beliefs of a Franco-American Community : The Description of a Clinical Reality
From the author: "The purpose of this thesis was to explore and describe the health and illness beliefs of a Franco-American community in Northern Maine. A major assumption of this study was that culture impacts all aspects of life and therefore determines how we define health and illness. The ethnographic inquiry provided an exhaustive description of health and illness experiences of selected members within the community and, through contextual analysis, allowed inductive identification of patterns within the group. Major themes emerged in the areas of health beliefs (functional and subjective health definitions), health behaviors (approach and avoidance behaviors), illness beliefs (susceptibilities and vulnerabilities), illness behaviors (home-care and cues to action) and clinical reality. The subsequent ethnographic record provided a rich description of the health and illness beliefs of a Franco-American community and allowed a glimpse into the clinical reality shared by its members."Tags Alcohol and Drugs, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Folklore, Food, French Island ME, German Americans, Health and Wellness, Indian Island ME, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Science and Medicine, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Old Town ME, Pownal ME, Religion -
An Explanation of "Petits Choux"
Short article describing the origins of "petits choux" as a term of endearment among francophones, and of certain myths used by Franco Americans in New England cities like Lewiston, Maine to explain to young children how new babies are brought into the world. -
An Explanation of "Petits Choux"
Short article describing the origins of "petits choux" as a term of endearment among francophones, and of certain myths used by Franco Americans in New England cities like Lewiston, Maine to explain to young children how new babies are brought into the world. -
An Ethnic Survey of Woonsocket, Rhode Island
A case study and scientific report on ethnic make-up in Woonsocket, Rhode Island around 1930. Demographic figures on school populations, families, and communities in Woonsocket with regard to ethnicity and culture, compiled from survey data. Takes into account immigrant residents' geographic region of origin. Lacks information from Woonsocket Catholic schools because of the concurrence of what we now know as the "Sentinelle Affair" - a drawn-out dispute between laypersons and Church hierarchy over the preservation of national parishes. Some statistics on language usage. From the author: "In general, the survey of Woonsocket seeks to describe the public-school population in terms of geographic origin, ethnic ancestry, ethnic fusion, and the degree of Americanism" (9). Submitted as Ph.D. thesis at Columbia University, 1935. Republished in 1970 by Arno Press. -
An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America
Subtitled: "Carefully Compiled and Edited by Adin Ballou; with Numerous Artistic Illustrations." Massive family history of the Ballou family of Rhode Island. Written at the end of the 19th century. -
An Annotated Bibliography of Title VII French Project-Developed Instructional Materials, 1970-1975
List of educational materials designed for French and French/English American elementary education in the 1970s. Shares the titles, descriptions of content, and appropriate grade levels for language texts designed for teachers and students in Florida, Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.Tags Berlin NH, Breaux Bridge LA, Caribou ME, Education, Florida, Frenchville ME, Greenville NH, Lafayette LA, Lafayette Parish LA, Language and Linguistics, Madawaska ME, Maine, New Hampshire, St. Agatha ME, St. John River Valley, St. Landry Parish LA, St. Martin Parish LA, Van Buren ME, Vermont, Youth -
An Analysis of Canadian Bilingual Districts Policy
A paper looking into the location and development of Bilingual Districts in Canada - meaning, the establishment of outposts of Canadian federal services that can take place in both English and French to serve a population that has significant percentages (greater than a 10% collective) of people who speak one language or the other in the minority. The author evaluates how proclaiming certain districts and not others "bilingual" can have an effect on the perception of that region, on the psychology surrounding assimilation, and on the population in that region keen to the language politics active in its surroundings. -
An Acadian Heritage from the St. John River Valley
Collection of newspaper articles, essays, and images in an illustration of Acadian cultural heritage at the US-Canada border. From the Madawaska Historical Society in the St. John River Valley of northern Maine. -
Amoskeag : Life and Work in an American Factory-City
History of the former Amoskeag mills and Manchester, New Hampshire, through the eyes and mouths of their laborers and citizens. Contains worker interviews, as well as a detailed study of mill divisions and processes. From the book jacket: "The book focuses on the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, once the largest textile factory in the world. The shells of its awesome mills still extend for two miles along the Merrimack River in Manchester, New Hampshire. Never before have we known so vividly what it was like to live a life in the closed world of a single gigantic industrial entity, from the first moment a child set foot in a mill carrying his father's or mother's lunchpail to the moment he retired or was laid off 60 years later."Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Labor History, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Social History -
Among My Souvenirs
Memoirs of a priest from the St. John River Valley, Maine and New Brunswick, who was born in the first decade of the 20th century and spent most of his late life preaching in the Roman Catholic parishes of northern Maine.Tags Alberta, Allagash ME, Baker Lake ME, Bangor ME, Calais ME, Chisholm ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ellsworth ME, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Grand Isle ME, Greenville ME, Limestone ME, Lincoln ME, Livermore ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Michigan, Millinocket ME, Minnesota, Native Americans, New Brunswick, North Dakota, Oquossoc ME, Orono ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Presque Isle ME, Québec, Rangeley ME, Religion, Rockwood ME, Rumford ME, Saskatchewan, St. Francis ME, St. Lawrence River Valley, St. Zacharie ME, Stratton ME, Wallagrass ME, Youth -
Américanité-américanisation des Québécois : quelques éclairages empiriques
Une exploration du terme et du thième "américanité" en tant qu'un point focal d'identité et d'identification du Québécois francophone. Les maniières dont la géographie, la langue et la perception culturelle de soi comprendre pour les perceptions d'une relation à l'Amérique du Nord ou aux États-Unis. Des statistiques d'une enquête démographique québécoise - des réponses des quéstions du vocabulaire et l'identification culturelle de soi - présentés dans les tableaux de données. -
Américanité-américanisation des Québécois : quelques éclairages empiriques
Une exploration du terme et du thème "américanité" en tant qu'un point focal d'identité et d'identification du Québécois francophone. Les manières dont la géographie, la langue et la perception culturelle de soi comprendre pour les perceptions d'une relation à l'Amérique du Nord ou aux États-Unis. Des statistiques d'une enquête démographique québécoise - des réponses des quéstions du vocabulaire et l'identification culturelle de soi - présentés dans les tableaux de données. -
American, United Statian, USAmerican, or Gringo?
One of two articles in the "From the Culture of Borders to Border Cultures" issue of AmeriQuests journal. From AmeriQuests: "The text discusses the use of the word 'American' when referring to people from, or citizens of, the United States of America. The fact that the citizens of the United States call themselves 'Americans' causes discomfort for many Latin Americans, who see the appropriation of the collective identity of all peoples and countries of the Western Hemisphere as a clear act of cultural imperialism. The article discusses the historic origins and the consolidation of the use of 'American' in this restricted sense." -
American Perspectives on La fiièvre aux États-Unis, 18601930 : A Historiographical Analysis of Recent Writings on the Franco-Americans in New England
Article in Franco American historiography. Analysis and comparison of recent major historical writings on New England Franco Americans and their importance for American and Franco American Studies. Particular emphasis on historiographical perspectives of scholars in the United States, as compared to Canadian scholarship. Trends in Franco American history writing: preoccupation with la survivance; consideration of divisions among Franco American communities; new social history; gender; ethnic revival; post-assimilation. References to particular scholars, scholarly events, methods of scholarship, and pieces of writing. Questions and suggestions for future study. Contains a considerable list of cited works. -
American Perceptions of Québec
Article describing popular American ideas of Québec and Canada in the 1970s and 1980s. The appearance of Québec in USA print and television media; attitudes of the American business community toward Canadian and Québécois economy; American understandings and misunderstandings of Québec linguistic and cultural identities. Low interest among Americans in Québec and Canadian politics, and the changing perceptions of Québec among American economists and foreign policy analysts amidst Québec separatist energies in the 1980s. Comparisons between Québec and the historical make-up of the USA Confederacy and the American South. -
American Perceptions of Québec
Article describing popular American ideas of Québec and Canada in the 1970s and 1980s. The appearance of Québec in USA print and television media; attitudes of the American business community toward Canadian and Québécois economy; American understandings and misunderstandings of Québec linguistic and cultural identities. Low interest among Americans in Québec and Canadian politics, and the changing perceptions of Québec among American economists and foreign policy analysts amidst Québec separatist energies in the 1980s. Comparisons between Québec and the historical makeup of the USA Confederacy and the American South. -
American Ghosts
A memoir from prose writer David Plante. An exploration of identity with respect to language, the power of Catholic traditions, and the pull of sex, moving with the author from his Providence, Rhode Island, hometown through Europe and back again. From Publishers Weekly: "Haunted by the visible and invisible spirits of his life, Plante embarks on a remarkable journey of self-discovery. Traveling through a past littered with the ghosts of his ethnic lineage (French Canadian), his family heritage, his sexuality and his writing life, he searches to make sense of his spiritual longings and his physical desires." -
America's French Heritage
A brief history of the French presence in North America. English translation of "Une Amérique française." From the text: "When we think of the French contribution to the history of the United States, we immediately think to Lafayette, especially in the bicentennial year of American Independence. We might be prone to forget that a large part of the American territory was, in the first place, French: discovered, mapped, and colonized as such from Montreal to Quebec....A work designed for the greater public and for all types of students, 'America's French Heritage' is a vast portrait illustrating the contribution that, for more than 350 years, millions of coureurs de bois, voyageurs, missionaries, colonists, businesspeople, workers, intellectuals, and others from France and Canada have brought AND still bring to the United States...."Tags Acadians, Arkansas, Boston MA, Canada, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, France, Government and Politics, Great Lakes Region, Illinois, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montréal QC, Native Americans, New England, New Hampshire, New Orleans LA, New York, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, Québec, South Carolina, St. Louis MO, United States, War, Wisconsin -
America and Lewis Hine
Documentary film about twentieth-century photographer and historian Lewis Hine, most famous for exposing poor working conditions and child labor in industrial America. Hine, as seen in this film, was also the photographer commissioned to capture on film the construction of the Empire State Building in New York City. -
Alphonsine
Historical novel introducing the author's great-great-grandparents' from Montréal, Québec, and their family's new life after immigrating to Rapid City in the Black Hills area of South Dakota, USA. Begins with the mother - Alphonsine - and her children as they leave Montréal to reunite with the father who had left long before to seek work. Family life in the United States in the 19th century. Illustrated in black and white drawings. Contains an epilogue charting the later lives of Alphonsine, her husband Charles, and their several children. -
Alphonsine
Historical novel introducing the author's great-great-grandparents' from Montréal, Québec, and their family's new life after immigrating to Rapid City in the Black Hills area of South Dakota, USA. Begins with the mother - Alphonsine - and her children as they leave Montréal to reunite with the father who had left long before to seek work. Family life in the United States in the 19th century. Illustrated in black and white drawings. Contains an epilogue charting the later lives of Alphonsine, her husband Charles, and their several children. -
Along the St. John Valley
Feature article on the towns and people of the St. John River Valley in Aroostook County, Maine. Photos of farm, church, and family, in illustration of the descriptions of rural life along Maine's north and northeastern Canadian border. Interviews with a priest, town manager, and other Valley residents.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Allagash ME, Dickey ME, English Americans, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Hamlin ME, Irish Americans, Keegan ME, Language and Linguistics, Lille ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Notre Dame ME, Scottish Americans, St. David ME, St. Francis ME, St. John ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME -
Along the St. John Valley
Feature article on the towns and people of the St. John River Valley in Aroostook County, Maine. Photos of farm, church, and family, in illustration of the descriptions of rural life along Maine's north and northeastern Canadian border. Interviews with a priest, town manager, and other Valley residents.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Allagash ME, Dickey ME, English Americans, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Hamlin ME, Irish Americans, Keegan ME, Language and Linguistics, Lille ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Notre Dame ME, Scottish Americans, St. David ME, St. Francis ME, St. John ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME -
Album-souvenir du centenaire de la fondation de la Paroisse St-Bruno, Van Buren, Maine : 1838-1938
Une histoire de la Paroisse St-Bruno de Van Buren, Maine, entre 1838 et 1938. Ecrit pour l'occasion de la centiième année de cette paroisse dans la Vallée St-Jean. Contiens photos des curés et des soeurs paroissials, aussi que les histoires de leurs contributions à la paroisse et la communauté catholique de Van Buren. Photos des écoles paroissiales et le college Ste-Marie (avec des noms et des visages de quelques étudiant(e)s), la couvent, et l'église de la paroisse. -
Album souvenir du 75e anniversaire de la Paroisse Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Lewiston, Maine, 1871-1946
De l'avant-propos: "Lieu de rencontre du Ciel et de la Terre, temoin de l'effusion des tendresses divines et des accents sinceres du culte chretien, l'eglise paroissiale est l'ame qui fait battre le couer de la population franco-américaine....On aura mieux compris cette idee quand on aura parcouru cet album-souvenir ou sont racontes triès brievement les grands elans de vie catholique franco-américaine inspirées et dirigées par la paroisse Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Lewiston, Maine." -
Ah les États! : Les travailleurs canadiens-français dans l'industrie textile de la Nouvelle-Angleterre d'apreès le témoignage des derniers migrants
Un portrait historique des travailleurs canadiens-français aux États-Unis, dans les usines de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, au prémiere moitié du 20e siiècle. Les synthièses historiques de l'immigration et du travail, avec certaines statistiques pertinentes. Témoignages de ceux et celles qui ont travaillé aux Etats-Unis. Des breves discussions sur l'adaptation des immigrants au travail et la vie industrielle, à la vie aux États-Unis, et sur les gens qui sont retournés au Québec dans le 20e siiècle. Des témoignages - des histoires orales - de 1981 et 1982, des entrevues avec sept travailleurs canadiens-français qui a vécu les expériences décrites dans le récit historique de l'auteur. Illustrée dans les photos noirs et blancs.Tags Biddeford ME, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Social History, Taunton MA, Ware MA -
Agriculture et marché au Madawaska, 1799-1850
Une histoire de l'économie de Madawaska entre 1799 et 1850, et un question de l'éxistence d'une vie de subsistance ou d'un dépendance de circuits commerciaux dans cette époche. Du texte: "Les zones de colonisation passent pour avior été pauvres et limitées aux cultures de subsistance. Distances et mauvais moyens de communication les auraient coupées des marchés. Le Madawaska ne fait pas exception a cette régle, et les historiens décrivent ses débuts comme difficiles, mais le Madawaska fait mentir le stéréotype: son agriculture fut triès tot prospière et commercial." From the text: "The areas of colonization have been thought of as being poor and limited to those cultures based solely on subsistence. Long distances and poorly developed means of communication supposedly cut off many local economies. Madawaska was no exception to this rule, and its historians describe its economic beginnings as being difficult, but Madawaska also belies the stereotype: the bulk of its early agricultural economy flourished and was highly marketable." -
Agriculture and the Lumberman's Frontier in the Upper St. John Valley, 1800-70
Essay on the interconnection of agriculture and forestry, the farming and lumbering industries, their effects on one another, and their implications on population through the nineteenth century in the St. John River Valley in Maine and New Brunswick. -
Age of equality
Editorial piece arguing that Le Club Calumet should, as directed by the Kennebec County Superior Court, admit women as members, and discontinue the membership policy of its Augusta, Maine, establishment that is arguably based in part on sex discrimination. -
Age of equality
Editorial piece arguing that Le Club Calumet should, as directed by the Kennebec County Superior Court, admit women as members, and discontinue the membership policy of its Augusta, Maine, establishment that is arguably based in part on sex discrimination. -
AGAINST ALL ODDS: LIFE ON THE HILL: St. Augustine School changes with the times
Part 3 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 3 is a brief look into St. Augustine School, the educational foundation - alongside Sylvio J. Gilbert Public School - for Hill residents. St. Augustine School opened in 1888 and closed in 2008, to be merged with St. Mary's School into a single Augusta Catholic Diocesan school - St. Michael. -
AGAINST ALL ODDS: LIFE ON THE HILL: St. Augustine School changes with the times
Part 3 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 3 is a brief look into St. Augustine School, the educational foundation - alongside Sylvio J. Gilbert Public School - for Hill residents. St. Augustine School opened in 1888 and closed in 2008, to be merged with St. Mary's School into a single Augusta Catholic Diocesan school - St. Michael. -
AGAINST ALL ODDS: LIFE ON THE HILL: St. Augustine Church - the spiritual, social center
Part 2 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 2 focuses on St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, the unifying center for many in the parish spread up and across this part of north Augusta. -
AGAINST ALL ODDS: LIFE ON THE HILL: St. Augustine Church - the spiritual, social center
Part 2 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 2 focuses on St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, the unifying center for many in the parish spread up and across this part of north Augusta. -
AGAINST ALL ODDS: LIFE ON THE HILL: Places that provided common heritage gone or declining
Part 4 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 4 includes two pieces: one acknowledging the vast changes that have taken place in the community since the early 20th century, the other acknowledging the still present voice of Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American social club, that has undergone its own sort of struggle. -
AGAINST ALL ODDS: LIFE ON THE HILL: Places that provided common heritage gone or declining
Part 4 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 4 includes two pieces: one acknowledging the vast changes that have taken place in the community since the early 20th century, the other acknowledging the still present voice of Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American social club, that has undergone its own sort of struggle. -
AGAINST ALL ODDS: LIFE ON THE HILL: A neighborhood held together by common bonds
Part 1 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 1 gives the cultural background of the Hill and looks to a few of its community members to provide some personal anecdotes and an intimate neighborhood history. -
AGAINST ALL ODDS: LIFE ON THE HILL: A neighborhood held together by common bonds
Part 1 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 1 gives the cultural background of the Hill and looks to a few of its community members to provide some personal anecdotes and an intimate neighborhood history. -
AFGS Library Holdings
Catalog of books, CDs, microfilm/fiche, etc., contained in the library of the American-French Genealogical Society in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. This is the most recent version of the catalog (April 2007), but many libraries also have earlier versions (January 2000, April 2003, or August 2004, to name a few). -
Advocates defend school programs on chopping block
Supporters of a number of educational programs - including elementary French - threatened by cuts to the Augusta, Maine, city budget make their voices heard at a Board of Education public forum. -
Advocates defend school programs on chopping block
Supporters of a number of educational programs - including elementary French - threatened by cuts to the Augusta, Maine, city budget make their voices heard at a Board of Education public forum. -
Advertisement: St. Augustine Federal Credit Union
Advertisement for the St. Augustine Parish credit union in North Augusta, Maine. -
Advertisement: St. Augustine Federal Credit Union
Advertisement for the St. Augustine Parish credit union in North Augusta, Maine. -
Actuelles : Les Franco-Américains : I & II
La transcription d'une programme de radio de série, présentée par Radio-Canada sur une période de deux semaines. Deux animateurs canadiens parlent aux personnes à travers la Nouvelle-Angleterre sur les sujets de la langue, l'immigration, la littérature, la religion, et plus encore. Divisé en chapitres suivants:
Semaine I (3-7 sept.): Les Franco-Américains L'arrivee aux Etats-Unis L'installation et les conditions de vie L'eglise catholique et les Franco-Americains: Hier et aujourd'hui Semaine II (10-14 sept.): Le peuple des invisibles Une culture nostalgique Culture, c'est aussi litterature Les Francos et la francophonie L'avenirTags Albany NY, Auburn ME, Biddeford ME, Bristol CT, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Central Falls RI, Champlain NY, Chazy NY, Cohoes NY, Concord MA, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Essex VT, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Greene ME, Hardwick VT, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Jewish Americans, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Madison ME, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Documentary, Old Orchard Beach ME, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Plattsburgh NY, Québec, Radio, Saco ME, Schenectady NY, St. John River Valley, Troy NY, US Midwest, Van Buren ME, Violence, Waterford NY, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Acquiring a Slice of Anglo-American Pie : A Portrait of Language Shift in a Franco-American Family
Third chapter in a collection of essays on language ideology as related to issues surrounding the political movement in favor of codifying English the official language of the United States. This essay presents a case-study in the processes and progression of language shift in the home - from French to bilingual to English - as taking place within a large family in a rural Vermont community. Certain impacts of rurality/urbanity, educational institutions, socialization norms, world events involving the United States (eg., wars), and age on the processes of linguistic assimilation. Differences in language abilities, as well as differences of opinions on language usage and legislation, as seen between younger and older siblings. Contains a brief overview of French Canadian immigration to New England.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Government and Politics, Language and Linguistics, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Northeast Kingdom VT, Vermont -
Achieving Bibliographical Control over the Franco-American Printed Heritage
A brief historical essay commenting on the wide and various publication of French language periodicals (dailies and other newspapers) in New England and Quebec during the period of great cross-border migration, between 1860 and 1930. The author's argument for finding, identifying, collecting, and archiving these publications that document an historical period and long-term event for which little other access exists. The importance of this historical data not only for American immigrants, but for Canada, and for a better knowledge of the impact of emigration on economy and national identity in Quebec. Efforts toward the discovery and preservation of this French language print material as an attempt at more deeply informing borderland peoples and governments about their pasts. Featured in the May 1996 newsletter of the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions. -
Accentuating the Differences
A preface to this issue of Yale French Studies that focuses upon the idea of "writing in Québec(ois)." Sarkonak traces the North American transition from français, to Canayen, to French Canadian, to québécois, and asks how language and writing in Québec helps to rethink French Studies. -
Accenting the French in Comparative American Studies
Critical essay on the inclusion of Francophone peoples and regions in the broadening scope of American Studies. Brief survey on certain literary works and literary criticism that illustrate how cultural identity gets articulated in terms of the wide geography, multiple languages, and human migrations of the Americas. The ways in which regional writers "remap" their region's identity and build specific international relationships, with examples from Haiti, Québec, and other Francophone areas in the western hemisphere. Particular emphasis on the peoples and literatures of Latin America and the Caribbean, Québec and French Canada, with some comments on Cajuns and Creoles in Louisiana and Franco Americans New England. -
Acadian Home Cooking : At Mom's Apron Strings
Oral interview with the owner of Café de le Place in Madawaska, Maine. The role of food in his family life and historically in the lives of the Acadians of the St. John River Valley. Some descriptions of famous Acadian dishes. Recorded in the Story Bank mobile recording studio at the 2009 American Folk Festival in Bangor, Maine. Presented in video montage form: interview audio with pictures of the interviewee, his family, and his work. -
Acadian Hard Times : The Farm Security Administration in Maine's St. John Valley, 1940-1943
Collection of photos of farmers, farm families, and landscapes in the St. John Valley, Maine, taken by the federal Farm Security Administration in the early 1940s. Doty gives historical context and new captions to the photos. The book concludes with new photos from a 1980s return to the people and places visited decades earlier by the FSA.Tags Acadians, Business and Economics, Caribou ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Food, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Government and Politics, Grand Isle ME, Keegan ME, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Lille ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Sinclair ME, Soldier Pond ME, St. Agatha ME, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME, Wallagrass ME, Youth -
Acadian Festival: Celebrate the St. John Valley's French Acadian Heritage
From Crown of Maine Productions: "'Acadian Festival' is a lively, one-hour show that features the French of the St John Valley, Maine, celebrating their Acadian history from a re-enactment of the arrival of the Acadians in 1785 to fascinating demonstrations of Acadian traditions that could be taken straight from the pages of 'Evangeline.'...Music, dance, food, spinning, weaving, basket and snowshoe making are just a few of the Treasures of the Valley featured in this film." -
About Men : A Middle-Aged Orphan
Short essay on the recurring presence of writer Clark Blaise's deceased father - the stories he both took with him and left behind, and the impact of certain memories of this man on Blaise in his adult life. -
About Men : A Middle-Aged Orphan
Short essay on the recurring presence of writer Clark Blaise's deceased father - the stories he both took with him and left behind, and the impact of certain memories of this man on Blaise in his adult life. -
A? travers les frontiières : Québec and Québec Studies
From the author: "Since the onset of la Revolution Tranquille more than 25 years ago, the province of Québec has established an ever-increasing international presence, alone and in cooperation with the Canadian federal government. Provincial authorities, with assertiveness and confidence, have worked to establish the province as the heartland of the French in North America and also to present the Québécois as representing a distinctive society. This study briefly traces the evolution of the Québécois' adventurous nature and examines the various ways in which the province functions beyond its frontiers, especially within the academic milieu." -
A Yankee in Canada : with Anti-slavery and reform papers
Compilation of travelogue and political writings of American essayist and public thinker, Henry David Thoreau. Part one describes brief travels by train from Thoreau's Concord, Massachusetts home, through New Hampshire and Vermont, and into the province of Quebec. Originally published in 1866, "A Yankee in Canada" describes some Québec landmarks (Morenci, St. Anne, Québec City), French Canadian Catholics, and the author's attempts at communicating with the people around him. Part two presents writings on slavery, reform, and civil disobedience in the middle of the nineteenth century. -
A Translator's Journey : A Retrospective
Personal observations of a Franco American author and psychotherapist on his French-to-English translation of "Body Psychotherapy: History, Concepts, and Methods" by Michael Heller. Confronting the prospect of a translation project; reencountering the "long dormant French language" of his youth; configuring and reacquainting his body to speaking in French. -
A Translator's Journey : A Retrospective
Personal observations of a Franco American author and psychotherapist on his French-to-English translation of "Body Psychotherapy: History, Concepts, and Methods" by Michael Heller. Confronting the prospect of a translation project; re encountering the "long dormant French language" of his youth; configuring and reacquainting his body to speaking in French. -
A Transcript of Interviews with Franco-Americans
A documentation of results from language tests given to Franco Americans in the late 1950s. Considers local vocabulary and phonetics. From the document's abstract: "The interviews were designed to illustrate the chief features of the French spoken by New England Franco-Americans and to provide useful information for facilitating instruction in standard spoken French of the New England area." ERIC title indicates a resource in two parts. -
A Study of the Survival of Certain Neologisms and 17th Century French Words and Expressions Among Pupils of French-Canadian Descent in the Woonsocket High School, Rhode Island, with a View to Determining Whether or Not This Survival Warrants Remedial Teaching
Thesis that argues a recognition of the persistence of French language from 17th-century France and New France into 20th-century southern New England. As a research piece in the field of education, this study examined the 1930s state of colloquial French among Woonsocket, Rhode Island high school students in order to determine what measures, if any, should be taken in a course of language normalization, and to explore the possibilities and ramifications of a language educator's various approaches to local French vernacular. -
A Study of Textile Mill Closings in Selected New England Communities
A study of the 1950s closings of selected textile mills from all six New England states, explorations of their local and regional economic impacts, and analyses of community adjustments to economic change. Local recovery measures taken to compensate for losses in labor, industry, and government income. Studies take into account the varying economic settings of the New England communities at hand, including their potential for economic development, their capacity to provide work opportunities to former millworkers, and their ability to withstand out-migration. Data is compiled from interviews with community members and state and local government statistics. Based on the following textile centers in their respective industrial cities: Saco-Lowell Shops, Bates Manufacturing Company, and Pepperell Manufacturing Company in Biddeford, Saco, and Sanford, Maine; Textron, Incorporated (previously Nashua Manufacturing Company) in Nashua, New Hampshire; the Fort Dummer mill (Berkshire Hathaway, Incorporated) in Brattleboro, Vermont; the Berkshire mills (Berkshire Hathaway, Incorporated) of Adams, Massachusetts; Wauregan Mills, Incorporated of Wauregan, Connecticut.Tags Adams MA, Arctic RI, Biddeford ME, Brattleboro VT, Business and Economics, Central Village CT, Clyde RI, Connecticut, Crompton RI, Danielson CT, Death and Disaster, Government and Politics, Labor History, Lippit RI, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Moosup CT, Nashua NH, Natick RI, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Old Orchard Beach ME, Pawtuxet River Valley, Phoenix RI, Plainfield CT, Providence RI, Quinebaug River Valley, Rhode Island, Riverpoint RI, Saco ME, Sanford ME, South Carolina, Vermont, Wauregan CT, West Warwick RI -
A Study of Textile Mill Closings in Selected New England Communities
A study of the 1950s closings of selected textile mills from all six New England states, explorations of their local and regional economic impacts, and analyses of community adjustments to economic change. Local recovery measures taken to compensate for losses in labor, industry, and government income. Studies take into account the varying economic settings of the New England communities at hand, including their potential for economic development, their capacity to provide work opportunities to former millworkers, and their ability to withstand out-migration. Data is compiled from interviews with community members and state and local government statistics. Based on the following textile centers in their respective industrial cities: Saco-Lowell Shops, Bates Manufacturing Company, and Pepperell Manufacturing Company in Biddeford, Saco, and Sanford, Maine; Textron, Incorporated (previously Nashua Manufacturing Company) in Nashua, New Hampshire; the Fort Dummer mill (Berkshire Hathaway, Incorporated) in Brattleboro, Vermont; the Berkshire mills (Berkshire Hathaway, Incorporated) of Adams, Massachusetts; Wauregan Mills, Incorporated of Wauregan, Connecticut.Tags Adams MA, Arctic RI, Biddeford ME, Brattleboro VT, Business and Economics, Central Village CT, Clyde RI, Connecticut, Crompton RI, Danielson CT, Death and Disaster, Government and Politics, Labor History, Lippit RI, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Moosup CT, Nashua NH, Natick RI, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Old Orchard Beach ME, Pawtuxet River Valley, Phoenix RI, Plainfield CT, Providence RI, Quinebaug River Valley, Rhode Island, Riverpoint RI, Saco ME, Sanford ME, South Carolina, Vermont, Wauregan CT, West Warwick RI -
A Study of Item Bias in the Maine Educational Assessment Test
Education study of the cultural validity of standardized testing in Maine. Based on test performances in 1988 and 1989 from samplings of students in St. Agatha, Madawaska, Lewiston, Fort Kent, Van Buren, and Caribou. Analyzes scoring in the areas of reading and math for French bilingual and English-speaking students in these regions. From the author: "Given the consistently lower mean test performance among State of Maine bilingual/English fluent pupils, compared to monolingual English pupils, the results of the Maine Educational Assessment in reading and mathematics were analyzed to determine where there was bias in item structure and format" (1). -
A Stigmatist : Marie-Rose Ferron
An impassioned tribute to Marie-Rose Ferron, or "Little Rose," of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Little Rose is revered in local Catholic mysticism for her experience of the stigmata - the miraculous appearance of the wounds of Christ on her body - and the piety with which she led her short life. This book shares the story of Rose and the Ferron family through recollections, second-hand accounts, and historical research. A unique portrayal of the Franco American community of Woonsocket through the lens of its devout religiosity around the time of the Sentinellist Affair. Features the community's remembrances, its prayers, the phenomena it attributes to Rose, etc. Strangely crafted, with each chapter filled by often disconnected events related in single paragraphs separated by title headers. -
A Society Of Two Worlds : Une Société des Deux Mondes
Article subtitled, "French-Canadian Life And Culture In Vermont." A profile of French Canadian and Franco American communities in the state of Vermont, through the eyes of some Vermonters and academics. Large emphasis on the roles of family, religion, and traditional music as perpetuated cultural norms. What generational changes to these things mean to Franco Americans in Vermont. Contains captioned images.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Averill VT, Beebe VT, Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Derby Line VT, Emigration and Immigration, Essex Junction VT, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Isle LaMotte VT, Lakeside VT, Mills and Mill Work, Music, Newport VT, North Troy VT, Northeast Kingdom VT, Norton VT, Québec, Religion, Rutland VT, South Burlington VT, Vermont, Winooski VT, Youth -
A Society Of Two Worlds : Une Société des Deux Mondes
Article subtitled, "French-Canadian Life And Culture In Vermont." A profile of French Canadian and Franco American communities in the state of Vermont, through the eyes of some Vermonters and academics. Large emphasis on the roles of family, religion, and traditional music as perpetuated cultural norms. What generational changes to these things mean to Franco Americans in Vermont. Contains captioned images.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Averill VT, Beebe VT, Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Derby Line VT, Emigration and Immigration, Essex Junction VT, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Isle LaMotte VT, Lakeside VT, Mills and Mill Work, Music, Newport VT, North Troy VT, Northeast Kingdom VT, Norton VT, Québec, Religion, Rutland VT, South Burlington VT, Vermont, Winooski VT, Youth -
A Social History of the French Canadian Community of Suncook, New Hampshire (1870-1920)
Master's thesis on the French Canadian immigrants to the towns of Suncook, Pembroke, and Allentown, New Hampshire at the turn of the century. Emphasis on community and social life. -
A Short History of Waterville, Maine
A brief history of Waterville, Maine, written by a graduate of Waterville's Colby College and published online by the city government of Waterville. Begins with the city's peopling, moving through the town's incorporation apart from Winslow in 1802, to its industrial and immigrant transitions, up to the present. Includes a bibliography of texts on Waterville. -
A Shoe-Maker's Story: Being chiefly about French Canadian immigrants, enterprising photographers, rascal Yankees, and Chinese cobblers in a nineteenth-century factory town
A history of photography, shoemaking, mining, and immigration as they converged on North Adams, Massachusetts, in the 1870s. From the text: "...[this book] is concerned...with the industrialization of a New England craft at one of its key historical moments; the tumultuous and often violent debates about labor, race, class, and citizenship during the decade and a half after the Civil War..." -
A Selective and Thematic Checklist of Publications Relating to Franco-Americans: Ethnic Heritage Studies Program of Rhode Island, Appendices F and G
Republished as article in Contemporary French Civilization, Volume 2, Number 3, Spring 1978.
From ERIC: "An annotated bibliography of publications relating to Franco-Americans is presented. The publication was designed for secondary school teachers of French or social studies who wish to know more about Franco Americans before initiating mini-courses on this ethnic group. Journal articles, books, and papers presented at professional meetings are included. Most of the items deal with the French in New England, but a few entries concern the French presence in other parts of the United States. In addition to reference works and bibliographies, the following topics are covered: culture, education, history, linguistics, poetry, prose fiction, mother-country materials, religion, and sociology. A partial listing of research projects completed at Rhode Island College and a brief list of periodicals are appended." -
A Rich Past -- A Challenging Future : A Tribute to SS. Peter and Paul Parish (Paroisse St. Pierre et St. Paul)
A parish history of SS. Peter and Paul in Lewiston, Maine, up to the year 1996 - before the church's dedication as a basilica. An overview of the building's constructions, the parish's resident priests, and the Franco American community's involvement with the local church. -
A Resource Guide for New England Libraries : Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Franco-American Studies
Phyllis Hagel, author of books used in the classroom for language learning, has developed an index and bibliography for resources helpful to bilingual educators and those interested in Franco American studies. -
A Reference Librarian in Special Collections : Making the Most of a Learning Opportunity
Brief article written by a reference librarian on her experience at work in multiple capacities during a transitional period of the Franco-American Collection of Lewiston-Auburn College, University of Southern Maine. Includes tips from the author on "cross-training" in both reference and archival librarianship, and the good fortune she had of being able to work closely in a subject area of personal interest. -
A Quest for Language : Jack Kerouac as a Minor Author
Article characterizing the literary works of Jack Kerouac as elements of his search for personal, religious, ethnic, and linguistic identity. Particular emphasis on Kerouac's French Canadian heritage roots. The ways in which Kerouac's novels can be interpreted in light of what theorists Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari call "a minor literature," and how these novels unsettle - as the author says - "traditional English prose." Chapter 16 in "Diaspora, Identity, and Language Communities," an issue of Studies in Linguistic Sciences: Illinois Working Papers. -
A Profile of Franco-American Political Attitudes in New England
A scholarly paper exploring some of the potential reasons for the absence of Franco Americans from political life in New England, and, in the author's estimation, the apparent reluctance of Franco Americans to engage in the public life and political leadership of their respective cities and states. The "attitudes" of New England Franco Americans toward politics in general. Some discussion of "the French-Canadian Ethos" and its historical foundations in Quebec, the place of assimilation in Franco American life, and the cultural context of twentieth-century Franco American political activity. Unpublished paper written for John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Also featured in A Franco-American Overview : New England, Part 1 of 2.Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Canada, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Claremont NH, Connecticut, Demography, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, France, Franklin NH, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Laconia NH, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Nashua NH, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, North Adams MA, Pawtucket RI, Putnam CT, Rhode Island, Rochester NH, Rumford ME, Salem MA, Sanford ME, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Van Buren ME, Vermont, Waterville ME, Winooski VT, Winslow ME, Woonsocket RI -
A Preliminary Historical Inquiry into the Maine Catholic School System
Education research into the Roman Catholic diocesan school system in Maine - from the Church's early teaching there, to the system's official establishment in 1853, to its middle-twentieth-century form. One of the earlist writings on the Maine Catholic School System. Historical and geographic context for the system's development; specific impacts of bishops and Church leadership; the school system's "decentralization" and instances of local linguistic and cultural variety (viii). Cites lack of historical and demographic data. From the author: "Despite a relative lack of source material, the investigation has attempted to establish how, though a process of internal growth and external influences, Catholic education in Maine has developed into a distinctive diocesan school system" (vi). Table of Contents: Introduction The Field of Catholic Education in Maine Administrative Policies of the Bishops of Portland Organizational Characteristics of the Teaching Congregations Summary and Conclusions Bibliography Appendix -
A Popular History of the Catholic Church in the United States
A single volume on the history of the Catholic Church in North America: from Columbus' arrival in 1492 to the French Jesuits and Native Americans of the 16th and 17th centuries, to the Irish of the 18th and 19th, up to the America of the period of the book's publication. A late-nineteenth-century perspective on the growth of Catholicism in America written by the Archbishop of New York. Some comments on the state of religious freedom in the early United States. Chapters devoted to Catholic male and female religious orders in the United States, as well as the state of Catholic education, art, print media, and other subjects concerning American Catholic expression. According to the author, published in the United States partly as an attempt to counter the decline of "public virtue" he saw evidenced in the content of newspapers and public discussion. From a review of the text published therein: "[This volume] gives a rapid and faithful sketch of the progress of the Church in North America from the days of Columbus to the present year [1876]..." (Manhattan Monthly, xviii)Tags Art and Architecture, Baltimore MD, Boston MA, Canada, Cincinnatti OH, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Fiction and Literature, German Americans, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Journalism, Native Americans, New England, New Orleans LA, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, North America, Poetry, Religion, United States -
A Political History of Lewiston, Maine (1930-39)
Government and politics in the industrial city of Lewiston, Maine, in the midst of the Great Depression. -
A Place Called Spruce Knoll
A book of short, autobiographical stories from a native of Old Town, Maine, and a resident of Gouldsboro. The subjects of her stories take a lot of their value from the author's longtime and current home, "Spruce Knoll." Paradis King is also the author of the memoir, "Growing Up On Academy Hill" (2002). -
A Pictorial History of Immigration
American immigration history in photos by the author of the award-winning historical piece, "The Uprooted." -
A Picaresque Revenant
Article on Québec emigrant writer, Rémi Tremblay, and the serialized novel based on his time as a Union soldier in the United States Civil War, "Un Revenant: épisode de la guerre de Sécession." Textual interpretations of Tremblay's perceptions of war, and insights to his fiction based on information gleaned from his autobiography, "Pierre qui roule: souvenirs d'un journaliste." Explorations of Tremblay's portrayal of French Canadian emigration to the US at the turn of the century, and his literary representation of what the author calls "a new Francophone vernacular" (380). -
A Picaresque Revenant
Article on Québec emigrant writer, Rémi Tremblay, and the serialized novel based on his time as a Union soldier in the United States Civil War, "Un Revenant: épisode de la guerre de Sécession." Textual interpretations of Tremblay's perceptions of war, and insights to his fiction based on information gleaned from his autobiography, "Pierre qui roule: souvenirs d'un journaliste." Explorations of Tremblay's portrayal of French Canadian emigration to the US at the turn of the century, and his literary representation of what the author calls "a new Francophone vernacular" (380). -
A Parish Grows Around the Common : Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens, 1869-1995
History of the Roman Catholic parish of Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens (what became "Notre Dame/St. Joseph Parish") in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1869 to 1995. Presented chronologically according to the lives and service of parish pastors and the achievements of their parishioners. The role of this parish in Worcester, and its development intertwined with the change and growth of the city. Emphasis on the parish's Franco American community - its parish laity and leadership. Includes lists of pastors, associate pastors, and their terms of service at Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens; pastors and terms of services at St. Joseph, Holy Name of Jesus, and St. Anthony parishes; choir directors, organists, and concerts from 1869 to 1995. -
A Parish Grows Around the Common : Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens, 1869-1995
History of the Roman Catholic parish of Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens (what became "Notre Dame/St. Joseph Parish") in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1869 to 1995. Presented chronologically according to the lives and service of parish pastors and the achievements of their parishioners. The role of this parish in Worcester, and its development intertwined with the change and growth of the city. Emphasis on the parish's Franco American community - its parish laity and leadership. Includes lists of pastors, associate pastors, and their terms of service at Notre-Dame-des-Canadiens; pastors and terms of services at St. Joseph, Holy Name of Jesus, and St. Anthony parishes; choir directors, organists, and concerts from 1869 to 1995. -
A new voice : Feisty editor gives Franco pride a boost
Profile of University of Maine's Franco-American Centre director and journal editor, Yvon Labbé. Comments from Labbé on the social and linguistic conditions of New England Franco Americans, and the ways in which the Centre's journal (Le FAROG Forum) attempts to bring these and their historical backgrounds to greater public attention. Contains a brief biographical sketch, comments from certain academics, and some of Labbé's commentary on the historical circumstances of a modern Franco American cultural identity. -
A new voice : Feisty editor gives Franco pride a boost
Profile of University of Maine's Franco-American Centre director and journal editor, Yvon Labbé. Comments from Labbé on the social and linguistic conditions of New England Franco Americans, and the ways in which the Centre's journal (Le FAROG Forum) attempts to bring these and their historical backgrounds to greater public attention. Contains a brief biographical sketch, comments from certain academics, and some of Labbé's commentary on the historical circumstances of a modern Franco American cultural identity. -
A New Order of Things : How the Textile Industry Transformed New England
General history of the textile industry and its workers in the towns and cities of New England. From early domestic and small-scale manufacturing in the 17th and 18th centuries, to weaving industries of the early 19th, to the massive riverside brick mill structures and labor forces that persisted into the later 20th century. Contains scholarship, oral histories, and many illustrations in painting and photograph of industrial-era settings, workers, and their manufacturing equipment. Written by former director of the American Textile History Museum and the Maine State Museum.Tags Alna ME, Andover MA, Androscoggin River Valley, Augusta ME, Berlin NH, Billerica MA, Blackstone River Valley, Braintree MA, Brunswick ME, Business and Economics, Chelmsford MA, Clinton MA, Dedham MA, Dover NH, Dracut MA, Dudley MA, Emigration and Immigration, England, Fall River MA, Gardiner ME, Gonic NH, Hallowell ME, Harrisville NH, Holden MA, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Kingston NH, Labor History, Laconia NH, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lincoln RI, Londonderry NH, Lovell ME, Lowell MA, Ludlow MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Middlefield NY, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Newburyport MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Rhode Island, Rockville CT, Rowley MA, Saco ME, Salem MA, Salem NH, Sanford ME, Slatersville RI, Somersworth NH, South Waterford ME, Springvale ME, St. John River Valley, Taunton MA, Ware MA, Warren RI, Webster MA, Winthrop ME, Worcester MA, Yarmouth ME, York ME -
A New Order of Things : How the Textile Industry Transformed New England
General history of the textile industry and its workers in the towns and cities of New England. From early domestic and small-scale manufacturing in the 17th and 18th centuries, to weaving industries of the early 19th, to the massive riverside brick mill structures and labor forces that persisted into the later 20th century. Contains scholarship, oral histories, and many illustrations in painting and photograph of industrial-era settings, workers, and their manufacturing equipment. Written by former director of the American Textile History Museum and the Maine State Museum.Tags Alna ME, Andover MA, Androscoggin River Valley, Augusta ME, Berlin NH, Billerica MA, Blackstone River Valley, Braintree MA, Brunswick ME, Business and Economics, Chelmsford MA, Clinton MA, Dedham MA, Dover NH, Dracut MA, Dudley MA, Emigration and Immigration, England, Fall River MA, Gardiner ME, Gonic NH, Hallowell ME, Harrisville NH, Holden MA, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Kingston NH, Labor History, Laconia NH, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lincoln RI, Londonderry NH, Lovell ME, Lowell MA, Ludlow MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Middlefield NY, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Newburyport MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Rhode Island, Rockville CT, Rowley MA, Saco ME, Salem MA, Salem NH, Sanford ME, Slatersville RI, Somersworth NH, South Waterford ME, Springvale ME, St. John River Valley, Taunton MA, Ware MA, Warren RI, Webster MA, Winthrop ME, Worcester MA, Yarmouth ME, York ME -
A New France in New England
Some comments from an American critic at the time of a visible wave of French Canadian immigration to the United States - especially New England - in the 1880s. Provides a favorable social and political context from the French Canada of this period. Attempts social, linguistic, and political description of both French Canadian immigrant professionals and members of the working class. Discusses immigrant attitudes toward assimilation, their reasoning and their feasibility. Thoughts on the future growth of the French Canadian population in New England. -
A New France in New England
Some comments from an American critic at the time of a visible wave of French Canadian immigration to the United States - especially New England - in the 1880s. Provides a favorable social and political context from the French Canada of this period. Attempts social, linguistic, and political description of both French Canadian immigrant professionals and members of the working class. Discusses immigrant attitudes toward assimilation, their reasoning and their feasibility. Thoughts on the future growth of the French Canadian population in New England. -
A Modern-Day Voyageur Family : Paddling the 3,000 Mile Fur Trade Canoe Route Across the U.S. and Canada
From the author: "When Kevin and Ben Kent were ages seven and five, their parents conceived an exciting, enriching, and educational project for the family. As a team, they began paddling the 3,000 mile length of the mainline fur trade canoe route across the U.S. and Canada, retracing the steps of their French ancestors. This ancient native route, which consisted of an extensive series of rivers and lakes, stretched from Montreal to the Great Lakes to Ft. Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca, in northern Alberta. This was the primary highway on which most fur trade, military, and religious personnel had traveled and hauled cargo into and out of the interior regions of North America during the entire fur trade era. Successfully paddling this ancient water highway from end to end over a series of fifteen consecutive summer trips, the Kent family experienced daunting challenges and terrifying calamities, as well as innumerable thrills and a great deal of satisfaction. In the process, the members of the family also absorbed much geography and history, and, most importantly, developed an appreciation of their own inner strengths. This engrossing and thought-provoking account of the adventures of the family incorporates a considerable amount of fur trade history, in which their direct French ancestors participated from about 1618 to at least 1758. 'A Modern-Day Voyageur Family,' written by one of the pre-eminent historians of the fur trade era, serves as both a source of inspiration and a guidebook for other families, couples, and individuals who wish to paddle all or portions of the historic route, or various other wilderness waterways. It also provides vicarious experiences and myriad lessons for those individuals whose venturing usually takes place in a safe reading chair on land. This work consists of a vivid adventure story, a how-to guide, and a primer on virtually all aspects of the French fur trade, all in one volume." -
A memorial for Kerouac
Article part 2 of 2 on the recent Lowell, Massachusetts, city council vote to commemorate author Jack Kerouac with a park bearing his name. Full article title includes the line: "After years of indifference, Lowell votes to build a park." Charts Kerouac's sudden rise to fame with the publication of his novel, "On the Road." His ensuing lifestyle in the public eye, his behaviors scrutinized by many in Lowell. Kerouac's life and works as an affront to the popular values of his working-class hometown, and his apparent abandonment by fellow Lowellians. The recent apparent change in attitude toward Kerouac, though with some evidence of familiar resistance. -
A memorial for Kerouac
Article part 2 of 2 on the recent Lowell, Massachusetts, city council vote to commemorate author Jack Kerouac with a park bearing his name. Full article title includes the line: "After years of indifference, Lowell votes to build a park." Charts Kerouac's sudden rise to fame with the publication of his novel, "On the Road." His ensuing lifestyle in the public eye, his behaviors scrutinized by many in Lowell. Kerouac's life and works as an affront to the popular values of his working-class hometown, and his apparent abandonment by fellow Lowellians. The recent apparent change in attitude toward Kerouac, though with some evidence of familiar resistance. -
A Map of Mexico City Blues : Jack Kerouac as Poet
From Southern Illinois University Press: "In this pioneering critical study of Jack Kerouacâ's book-length poem, 'Mexico City Blues' a poetic parallel to the writerâ's fictional saga, the 'Duluoz Legend' James T. Jones uses a rich and flexible neoformalist approach to argue his case for the importance of Kerouacâ's rarely studied poem....After a brief summary of Kerouacâ's poetic career, Jones embarks on a thorough reading of 'Mexico City Blues' from several different perspectives: he first focuses on Kerouacâ's use of autobiography in the poem and then discusses how Kerouacâ's various trips to Mexico, his conversion to Buddhism, his theory of spontaneous poetics, and his attraction to blues and jazz influenced the theme, structure, and sound of Mexico City Blues....Jonesâ's multidimensional explication suggests the formal and thematic complexity of Kerouacâ's long poem and demonstrates the major contribution Mexico City Blues makes to post–World War II American poetry and poetics."
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A look back in time
A time line of the history of the Cowan Mill in Lewiston, Maine, published on the day following the great fire that burned the defunct mill to the ground. -
A look back in time
A time line of the history of the Cowan Mill in Lewiston, Maine, published on the day following the great fire that burned the defunct mill to the ground. -
A Living Pulsating Phenomenon : The French-Canadian Immigrant Experience in Lawrence
Descriptions of Franco American people and community in Lawrence, Massachusetts. One essay in a collection of graduate-level academic essays on immigration and ethnicity in Massachusetts and the United States. From a seminar in the study of history, "Graduate Studies in Immigration," at Salem State College. -
A Listener's Guide to Francophones in the Northeast
Linguistic guide to French dialects often heard among French speakers in New England. Essay that traces, in condensed form, the historical evolution of Indo-European language into North American and New England dialects of French. Origins of certain French dialects in New England. Comparisons between North American and European French vocabularies and pronunciations, generally, with certain examples. Linguistic explanation of southern New England dialect common vowel and consonant sounds. Includes list of "northeastern American French usages not heard in Europe" and a short bibliography. Annotations of soundtapes that are included with written material. Designed for workshop use. Divided into the following sections: The Problems The History The Language The Tapes Developed by the Bilingual Education Service Center at the University of Vermont. -
A Land of Discord Always : Acadia from Its Beginning to the Expulsion of Its People, 1604-1755
From Down East Books: " 'A Land of Discord Always' is the history of Acadia up to the time of the grand derangement. It tells how a unique society grew and prospered in an obscure corner of North America only to be crushed in a contest between eighteenth-century imperial superpowers. Peopled with memorable men and women whose exploits make fascinating reading, it is a narrative filled with the bravery and cowardice, the foresight and foolishness, and the design and happenstance that determined Acadia's turbulent history." -
A Jewel in the Crown of Maine : The Farrell-Michaud House, Meals and Memories
Book of recipes for meals and dishes served at the Farrell-Michaud House bed-and-breakfast in Van Buren, Maine. Begins with stories and historical descriptions of the Farrell and Michaud families, as well as of the house itself and the cultures of the northern Maine region in which it sits. -
A is for Allagash' : The life of a northern Maine man
Article on a recent memoir on the life and times of Louis Pelletier in the Allagash, Maine, of the past century. His family, his work in the woods, and his memories of early twentieth-century northern Maine. Co-authored by Louis and his daughter, fiction writer Cathie Pelletier. -
A is for Allagash' : The life of a northern Maine man
Article on a recent memoir on the life and times of Louis Pelletier in the Allagash, Maine, of the past century. His family, his work in the woods, and his memories of early twentieth-century northern Maine. Co-authored by Louis and his daughter, fiction writer Cathie Pelletier. -
A Is for Allagash : A Lumberjack's Life
Stories from the Allagash, Maine, of old. Told in 26 parts - one part for a salient word corresponding to each letter of the alphabet. Written from the recollections of a longtime Allagash resident. Interlocked portraits of his family and life there, set together in the manner of memoir. Illustrated in photos and color paintings of local settings. From the father of northern Maine fiction writer, Cathie Pelletier (a.k.a., K.C. McKinnon). -
A History of St. Denis Catholic Church, Fort Fairfield, Maine
Roman Catholic parish history. Includes pictures of the church and its town of Fort Fairfield, Maine, reprints of relevant newspaper articles, and expositions that span the period from 1842 to 1986. -
A History of Rumford, Maine, 1774-2000
Comprehensive history of the city of Rumford, Maine. Revised edition of the text that spanned from pre-incorporation to 1972. Updates extend to the year 2000. The Androscoggin River city in western Maine - its people, significant events, the paper industry, and the Oxford County landscapes. Includes over 100 pictures of the town. -
A History of Franco-American Journalism
A condensed history of Franco American journalism - from its birth in 1837, to its downturn and fall in 1972. The emigration of French Canadians to the United States and the correspondingly wide and rapid production of Franco American, French language publications in the industrial centers of New England and the US Midwest. The developments and differences in political and cultural attitudes among competing publications. The controversies both spurred and captured in print by Franco American journalists. Varying degrees of Franco journalistic militancy, profiled in comparison to 19th and 20th century American political history in a global context. Emphasis on Franco American journalism in Maine, with other details on the Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island publications best known in New England.Tags Augusta ME, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Canada, Caribou ME, Chicago IL, Cohoes NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord NH, Danielson CT, Detroit MI, Dexter ME, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Farmington ME, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Journalism, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Michigan, Millbury MA, Minnesota, New England, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Northampton MA, Orono ME, Plattsburgh NY, Québec, Rhode Island, Salem MA, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, South Berwick ME, South Brewer ME, St. Albans VT, US Midwest, Van Buren ME, Ware MA, Waterville ME, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
A Geography of the Imaginary : Mapping Francophone Identities and Curriculum Perspectives in the Postcolonial Present
From the author: "In the province of Alberta, the recent phenomenon of French-speaking newcomers, who are multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic and multifaith, is putting into question the concept of a collective Francophone identity in Canada. On the one hand, the notion of a collective Francophone identity has been evolving for several decades. On the other, changing demographics are challenging the already elusive concept of Francophone identity across Canada, thus making the notion increasingly difficult to define. The question therefore remains: who is Francophone in Canada?...As a Francophone teacher-researcher in a minority setting, I am particularly drawn to explore how Grade 7 students perceive and construct the francophonie and their Francophone identity as lived in Alberta. Specifically, I consider how stories of history, memory, language and geography explore the lived experience of Francophones in Alberta, especially during an era of increasing pluralism..." -
A Generative Phonological Description of Selected Idiolects of Canadian French in Lewiston, Maine
Certain linguistic descriptions of the French language characteristics heard among Franco Americans in the industrialized New England town of Lewiston, Maine, in the twentieth century. -
A Function of Bilateral Kinship Patterns in a New England Industry
How kinship, or how certain behaviors within a distinct social group, shape interactions between persons in industrial work settings. A presentation of case study research in applied anthropology on northern New England Franco Americans at work in a brick factory in the 1940s and 1950s. Structure and process of studied brick company and industry, presented under a fictional name. How the cultural norms of both maternal and paternal kinship - "bilateral kinship" - are infused within a separate structure and system of work, including organizational and labor habits, communication among employess, staff hierarchy, and new worker recruitment. -
A French-Canadian Wanted. Parishioners Refuse to [...] Father Feron as [...].
Article on Fall River, Massachusetts, French-Canadian Catholic parishioners gathering in "protest against the appointment of Father Feron, an Irish priest, as pastor of the parish." -
A French-Canadian Wanted. Parishioners Refuse to [...] Father Feron as [...].
Article on Fall River, Massachusetts, French-Canadian Catholic parishioners gathering in "protest against the appointment of Father Feron, an Irish priest, as pastor of the parish." -
A French-Canadian Education and the Persistence of 'La Franco-Américanie'
From the author: "The migration of one million French Canadians from Québec to the United States between 1840 and 1940 was different from the migrations of other ethnic groups. The proximity of Québec made possible the maintenance of intimate social and cultural relationships between emigrants and their homeland. Thousands of Franco-Americans were educated in the colleges classiques of French Canada, assuring an ideological conformity between elite groups on both sides of the border and delaying the Americanization of Franco-Americans for several decades." -
A French-Canadian Cookbook
Culturally specific cookbook from a Vermont writer. Franco American cuisine in French Canadian heritage. -
A Franco-American Overview : New England, part 2 of 2
Volume 4 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fourth of six volumes, presents 15 chapters representing many perspectives--from the historical to the sociological--illustrating the thinking and feelings of those in the forefront of Franco-American studies. This volume focuses on Franco-Americans in New England. The following readings are presented: 'New England French Culture' (Gerard J. Brault); 'Public or Parish: A Study of Differences in Acculturation of Franco-American Schoolchildren' (Peter Woolfson); 'An Ethnic Survey of Woonsocket, Rhode Island' (Bessie Bloom Wessel); 'Franco-American Efforts on Behalf of the French Language in New England' (Herve Lemaire); 'Sports and Franco-Americans in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 1870-1930' (Richard S. Sorrell); 'U. S. Journal--Biddeford, Maine: Ou se trouve la plage?' (Calvin Trillin); 'Ethnic Stratification in the Community' (Elin Anderson); 'Race, Ethnicity and the Achievement Syndrome' (Bernard C. Rosen); 'Living Space and the Advancement of the Generations' (W. Lloyd Warner, J. O. Low, Paul S. Lunt, and Leo Srole); 'The Socio-Economic Status of the French-Canadians in the United States' (Leon F. Bouvier); 'A Genealogical Approach to the Study of French-Canadian Fertility 1650-1950' (Leon F. Bouvier); 'Language Usage in the United States: July, 1975' (U. S. Bureau of the Census); 'Social and Economic Profile of French and English Mother-Tongue Persons: Maine, 1970' (Madeleine Giguere); 'French-Canadian Settlement in Vermont Prior to the Civil War' (Ralph D. Vicero), and 'Sentinelle Affair (1924-1929): Religious and Militant 'Survivance' in Woonsocket, Rhode Island' (Richard S. Sorrell). Appendices providing a map, research notes, and an annotated bibliography conclude the document."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Genealogy, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Social History, Sports and Leisure, United States, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Youth -
A Franco-American Overview : New England, part 1 of 2
Volume 3 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the third of six volumes, presents 17 readings representing many perspectives--from the historical to the sociological--illustrating the thinking and feelings of those in the forefront of Franco-American studies. This volume focuses on Franco-Americans in New England. The French-Canadians in New England' (William MacDonald); 'French Catholics in the United States' (J. K. L. LaFlamme, David E. Lavigne, and J. Arthur Favreau); 'French and French-Canadians in the United States' (Mason Wade); 'The Acadian Migrations' (Robert LeBlanc); 'The Loyalists and the Acadians' (Mason Wade); 'The Franco-Americans in Maine: A Geographical Perspective' (James P. Allen); 'Quebec to 'Little Canada': The Coming of the French-Canadians to New England in the Nineteenth Century' (Iris Saunders Podea); 'The French Colony at Brunswick, Maine: A Historical Sketch' (William N. Locke); 'The Franco-Americans of New England' (George F. Theriault); 'The Laborers of Manchester, New Hampshire 1912-1922: The Role of Family and Ethnicity in Adjustment to Industrial Life' (Tamara K. Hareven); 'The Franco-American Working-Class Family' (Laurence French); 'Traditional French-Canadian Family Life Patterns and Their Implications for Social Services in Vermont' (Peter Woolfson); 'The Presidential Politics of Franco-Americans' (David B. Walker); 'A Profile of Franco-American Political Attitudes in New England' (Norman Sepenuk); 'The French Parish and 'Survivance' in 19th Century New England' (Mason Wade); 'The Shadows of the Trees: Religion and Language' (Jacques Ducharme); and 'French National Societies in New England' (Edward Billings Ham)."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Brunswick ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Family, Geography, Government and Politics, Journalism, Labor History, Maine, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Religion, Social History, United States, Vermont -
A Franco-American Overview : Midwest and West
Volume 2 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the second of six volumes, presents 15 readings representing many perspectives--from the historical to the sociological--illustrating the thinking and feelings of those in the forefront of Franco-American studies. This volume focuses on Franco-Americans in western and midwestern United States. The following articles are presented: 'French Explorers and Settlers in Northern California, 1769-1870' (William George Reese); 'The Church in Colonial America 1492-1790' (John Tracy Ellis); 'The Huguenots of Colonial South Carolina' (Arthur Henry Hirsch); 'Le Canadien-Francais et L'Amerindien' ('The French-Canadian and the American Indian,' Charles Noyes); 'Belle-Riviere, Griffon et Creve-Coeur: La Tenace Poursuite d'un Reve Imperial' ('Beautiful River, Griffin and Heartbreak: The Tenacious Pursuit of an Imperial Dream,' M. Helene Pauly); 'De Normandie en Mongolie? Nicolet chez les Etranges Winebagos' ('From Normandy to Mongolia? Nicolet in the Land of the Strange Winebagos,' M. Helene Pauly); 'The Fur Trade in Wisconsin' (Larry Gara); 'The French Residents of Wisconsin' (Louise Phelps Kellogg); 'Minnesota--A History of the State' (Theodore C. Blegen); 'The Historical Geography of Detroit' (Almon Ernest Parkins); 'The Story of Detroit' (George B. Catlin); 'Annals of St. Louis in its Early Days under the French and Spanish Dominations' (Frederic L. Billon); 'Gulf Coast Country' (Hodding Carter and Anthony Ragusin); 'Sketches of Early Texas and Louisiana' (Frederic Gaillardet); and 'Four Cents an Acre' (Georges Oudard)."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, California, Death and Disaster, Detroit MI, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Geography, Government and Politics, Journalism, Louisiana, Minnesota, Native Americans, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Social History, South Carolina, St. Louis MO, Texas, United States, Wisconsin -
A Franco-American Overview : Louisiana, part 4 of 4
Volume 8 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. Concerned specifically with "French Louisiana in the Twentieth Century." Contains the following essays: "Les Acadiens au XXe siecle" - Margeurite Roman, "Acadians and Acadians" - W.C. Gaynor, " Some Population Characteristics of a Negro Village in the French Section of Louisiana" - Vernon J. Parenton, "Social Isolation of the French-Speaking People of Rural Louisiana" - Harlan W. Gilmore, "Notes on the Social Organization of a French Village in South Louisiana" - Vernon J. Parenton, "Family-Capitalism in a Community of Rural Louisiana" - Harlan W. Gilmore, "French-Speaking Farmers of Southern Louisiana" - Walter M. Kollmorgen and Robert W. Harrison, "The Country Butchery: A Cooperative Institution" - T. Lynn Smith and Lauren C. Post, "Les courses de chevaux: un sport de la campagne" - Sandra Hebert, "Naked Hell Cockfights in Acadiana" - Kenneth Paul Stewart, "Socio-Psychological Integration in a Rural French-Speaking Section of Louisiana" - Vernon J. Parenton, "Acculturation Among the Lousiana French" - T. Lynn Smith and Vernon J. Parenton, "Yesterday, Today, and Maybe Tomorrow: Pictographs in Southwest Louisiana" - Anna M. Boudreaux, "Acadian Fiddler Dennis McGee and Acadian Dances" - Brenda Daigle, "Acculturation in Cajun Folk Music" - Harry Oster, "The Influence of English on Louisiana 'Cajun' French in Evangeline Parish" - Harley Smith and Hosea Phillips, "Louisiana Creole French, Black or White?" - William J. Thomas, "Historique du journalisme d'expression française en Louisiane" - Larbi Oukada, "An Ethno-Telephonic Survey of French Louisiana" - Peveril Meigs III, "The Louisiana French" - Jerah Johnson, "The Acadian Family: Anachronism or Paradigm?" - Sarah Brabant, "The Edwards Victory" - Charles E. Grenier and Perry H. Howard.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fiction and Literature, Folklore, France, Geography, Government and Politics, Journalism, Lafayette Parish LA, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Religion, Social History, Sports and Leisure, United States -
A Franco-American Overview : Louisiana, part 3 of 4
Volume 7 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. Concerned specifically with "Postbellum Louisiana." Contains the following essays: "The Splendid Mystery of the Civil Code of Louisiana" - Albert Tate, Jr., "Early New Orleans Society: A Reappraisal" - Joseph G. Tregle, Jr., "Impact of Epidemic Yellow Fever on Life in Louisiana" - Jo Ann Carrigan, "The New Orleans Sabbath" - Lester R. Shippe (Ed.), "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" - A.L.S., "The Old-Time Mardi Gras" - Charles Lyell, "Dancing Belles and Beaux of Old New Orleans" - Mary Grace Swift, "The Golden Age of Opera, Theater, and the Performing Arts" - Leonard V. Huber, "The French Opera House" and "Opera in New Orleans in Days of Yore" - André Lafargue, "The Crescent City's Charismatic Celebrity: Louis Moreau Gottschalk's New Orleans Concerts" - Wille Prophit, "The French Literature of Louisiana" - Alcée Fortier, "Charles Gayarré and the Philosophy of Progress" - Herbert H. Lang, "A Voodoo Dance" - Charles Dudley Warner, "Voodoo in New Orleans" - Blake Touchstone, "The Opelousas Riot of 1868" - Claude F. Oubre, "The Brazil Exiles: A Forgotten Chapter in the History of St. Landry Parish" - Carl A. Brasseaux, "A Proposed Exhibition of Human Ferocity" and "Vive la France! Bastille Day at New Iberia, 1900" and "Alexandre Mouton and the Sugar Industry" - George A. Stearns, "A Late Nineteenth-Century View of Acadiana: Charles Dudley Warner's 'The Acadian Land'" - James H. Dormon (Ed.), "The Outdoor Oven in Louisiana" - Fred Kniffen, "Louisiana Acadian Domestic Architecture" - R. Warren Robison, "The Pieux Fence" - Mary Alice Fontenot, "Some Southwest Louisiana Toys of the Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" - Penny Baird, "Acadians and Anglo-American Education" and "The Acadians of Louisiana" - Robert L. Daniels.Tags Acadians, Art and Architecture, Brazil, Business and Economics, Caribbean, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fiction and Literature, France, Government and Politics, Journalism, Lafayette Parish LA, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Performing Arts, Religion, Social History, United States -
A Franco-American Overview : Louisiana, part 2 of 4
Volume 6 of a eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fourth of six volumes, presents 15 chapters representing many perspectives--from the historical to the sociological--illustrating the thinking and feelings of those in the forefront of Franco-American studies. This volume focuses on Franco-Americans in New England. The following readings are presented: 'New England French Culture' (Gerard J. Brault); 'Public or Parish: A Study of Differences in Acculturation of Franco-American Schoolchildren' (Peter Woolfson); 'An Ethnic Survey of Woonsocket, Rhode Island' (Bessie Bloom Wessel); 'Franco-American Efforts on Behalf of the French Language in New England' (Herve Lemaire); 'Sports and Franco-Americans in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 1870-1930' (Richard S. Sorrell); 'U. S. Journal--Biddeford, Maine: Ou se trouve la plage?' (Calvin Trillin); 'Ethnic Stratification in the Community' (Elin Anderson); 'Race, Ethnicity and the Achievement Syndrome' (Bernard C. Rosen); 'Living Space and the Advancement of the Generations' (W. Lloyd Warner, J. O. Low, Paul S. Lunt, and Leo Srole); 'The Socio-Economic Status of the French-Canadians in the United States' (Leon F. Bouvier); 'A Genealogical Approach to the Study of French-Canadian Fertility 1650-1950' (Leon F. Bouvier); 'Language Usage in the United States: July, 1975' (U. S. Bureau of the Census); 'Social and Economic Profile of French and English Mother-Tongue Persons: Maine, 1970' (Madeleine Giguere); 'French-Canadian Settlement in Vermont Prior to the Civil War' (Ralph D. Vicero), and 'Sentinelle Affair (1924-1929): Religious and Militant 'Survivance' in Woonsocket, Rhode Island' (Richard S. Sorrell). Appendices providing a map, research notes, and an annotated bibliography conclude the document."Tags Acadians, Business and Economics, Death and Disaster, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, France, Government and Politics, Journalism, Lafayette Parish LA, Louisiana, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Social History, United States -
A Franco-American Overview : Louisiana, part 1 of 4
Volume 5 of a eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fifth of six volumes, presents 18 chapters representing many perspectives--from the historical to the sociological--illustrating the thinking and feelings of those in the forefront of Franco-American studies. This volume focuses on Franco-Americans in Louisiana. The following readings are presented: 'France and the Mississippi Valley: A Resume' (Louise Phelps Kellogg); 'France and Louisiana in the Early Eighteenth Century' (Marcel Giraud); 'Bienville's First Administration' (Charles Edward O'Neill); 'Private Enterprise vs. Mercantilism: The Cadillac-Duclos Affair' (Carl A. Brasseaux); 'The Superior Council in Colonial Louisiana' (James D. Hardy, Jr.); 'The Development of Industries in Louisiana During the French Regime, 1673-1763' (Nancy M. Miller Surrey); 'An Adventurous Voyage to French Colonial Louisiana: The Narrative of Mother Tranchepain, 1727' (Marion Ware); 'The Establishment of a Colonist' (Antoine-Simon Le Page Du Pratz); 'From African Captivity to American Slavery: The Introduction of Black Laborers to Colonial Louisiana' (Daniel H. Usner, Jr.); 'The French and the Natchez Indians in Louisiana: 1700-1731' (Patricia D. Woods); 'La Louisiane avant Vaudreuil' ('Louisiana before Vaudreuil,' Guy Fregault) 'New Orleans under French Rule' (Sarah Searight); 'Les problemes d'installation des Acadiens en Louisiane au XVIIIe siecle' ('Settlement Problems of the Acadians in Louisiana in the 18th Century,' Jacqueline Voorhies); 'The New Orleans Revolution of 1768: A Reappraisal' (Richard Ira Matthews); 'Some Eighteenth-Century French Views on Louisiana' (Pierre H. Boulle); 'Louisiana as a Factor in French Diplomacy from 1762 to 1800' (Mildred Stahl Fletcher); 'The World Aspects of the Louisiana Purchase' (William M. Sloane); and 'The Transfer' (Pierre-Clement de Laussat)."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Death and Disaster, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, France, Government and Politics, Journalism, Labor History, Louisiana, Mills and Mill Work, Mississippi River Valley, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Social History, United States, War -
A Franco-American Overview
Volume 1 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the first of six volumes, presents 14 readings representing many perspectives--from the historical to the sociological--illustrating the thinking and feelings of those in the forefront of Franco-American studies. This volume includes the following articles: 'What is an American?' (Madeleine Giguere); 'One Piece in the Great American Mosaic' (Robert Perreault); 'Louisiana's French Heritage (Truman Stacey); 'Haiti' (Thomas E. Weil); 'The Huguenots' (Marie-Reine Mikesell); 'The Acadians of Maine' (Julie Albert); 'The French in Vermont' (Peter Woolfson); 'The Rapid Assimilation of Canadian French in Northern Vermont' (Peter Woolfson); 'The Franco-American Heritage in Manchester, New Hampshire' (Thaddeus M. Piotrowski); 'A History of Franco-American Journalism' (Paul Pare); 'Bilingual Living' (Normand C. Dube); 'Cajun French and French Creole: Their Speakers and the Questions of Identities' (Dorice Tentchoff); 'La Cuisine Chez-Nous' ('Our Cuisine,' Sr. Marguerite Cyr); and 'Louisiana's Creole-Acadian Cuisine' (Ernest Gueymard)."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Food, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Maine, Manchester NH, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Religion, Social History, United States, Vermont -
A Franco-American in Montréal
Martin talks about her life as a Franco-American--French Canadian from the province of Quebec, but born and raised in the US. She grew up hearing about her mother's time "in Canada." The nuns, her curfew, eating lunch with young women with names like her own--Ghislaine, Luce, Fleurette--and running through an underground tunnel to get to practicum twenty minutes later. The boxes of carres aux dattes she would buy at a bakery near school and store on her windowsill. Studying on the roof of the Hotel-Dieu, taking her boards at the Universite de Montreal. The beautiful French of those in Montreal. -
A Franco-American Bibliography: New England
1979 annotated bibliography of materials relevant to Franco American studies. Lists resources (books, etc.) with their corresponding physical locations in one or more New England libraries. -
A Distinct Alien Race : The Untold Story of Franco-Americans: Industrialization, Immigration, Religious Strife
In the later 19th century, French-Canadian Roman Catholic immigrants from Quebec were deemed a threat to the United States, potential terrorists in service of the Pope. Books and newspapers floated the conspiracy theory that the immigrants seeking work in New England's burgeoning textile industry were actually plotting to annex parts of the United States to a newly independent Quebec. Vermette's groundbreaking study sets this neglected and poignant tale in the broader context of North American history. He traces individuals and families, from the textile barons who created a new industry to the poor farmers and laborers of Quebec who crowded into the mills in the post-Civil War period. Vermette discusses the murky reception these cross-border immigrants met in the USA, including dehumanizing conditions in mill towns and early-20th-century campaigns led by the Ku Klux Klan and the Eugenics movement. Vermette also discusses what occurred when the textile industry moved to the Deep South and brings the story of emigrants up to the present day. Vermette shows how this little-known episode in U.S. history prefigures events as recent as yesterday's news. His well documented narrative touches on the issues of cross-border immigration; the Nativists fear of the Other; the rise and fall of manufacturing in the U.S.; and the construction of race and ethnicity. -
A date which will live in infamy, Augusta man was survivor: Poulin 'never saw so many planes'
On the fiftieth year following the 1941 Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Lucien Poulin of Augusta, Maine, tells of his experience of the surprise bombing and his subsequent involvement in World War II. -
A date which will live in infamy, Augusta man was survivor: Poulin 'never saw so many planes'
On the fiftieth year following the 1941 Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Lucien Poulin of Augusta, Maine, tells of his experience of the surprise bombing and his subsequent involvement in World War II. -
A Cultural Frontier : Ethnicity and the Marketplace in Charlotte, Vermont, 1845-1860
A brief socioeconomic history of the town of Charlotte, Vermont, from its inception to the beginning of the Civil War. Charlotte as "cultural frontier," or borderland geographic space of interaction of varying peoples. How the 19th-century American market operated in this frontier - among settlers, French Canadian migrants, and Irish immigrants. Charlotte's early town planning, land distribution, and the relationship between ethnicity, profession, and economic class. The socioeconomic successes and failures of Irish and French Canadian immigrants in Charlotte. Calls for new ways of thinking about cultural and geographic borderlands like Charlotte - that we might learn more from its diverse popular interactions. Included in a collection of essays on the development of business and culture in the United States during the first decades after the American Revolution.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Charlotte VT, Duchess County NY, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Irish Americans, Lake Champlain VT, Monkton VT, New Haven VT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Vermont -
A Critical Survey of Recent Geographical Research on la Franco-Américanie
Conference presentation outlining the major contributions of geographers to Franco-American studies in the 1980s and early 1990s. Critical comments on efforts in Canadian, American, and francophone cartography; local-level demographic studies; research on landscape and material culture preservation; Cajun studies; and a spatial/temporal model of the development of French North America, in progress at Laval University. Hypotheses for the future of Franco American studies, based on cultural and historical trends.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Alburg VT, Art and Architecture, Cajuns, Chicago IL, Demography, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, Geography, Louisiana, Madawaska ME, Mills and Mill Work, Minneapolis MN, New Brunswick, New England, New York NY, St. John River Valley, Texas, US Midwest, Vermont -
A Comparison of Attitudes Among Maine Communities Toward Franco-American Civic Status and Native Language Vitality
From the introduction: "The extent to which cultural diversity in Maine schools is enhanced by appropriate educational programs for Franco-Americans is the focus of this research effort."..."A study of culture-related attitudes of citizens..."..."An investigative study of the distinction between the attitudes of Franco-Americans and non-Franco-Americans in those communities regarding native French language vitality and Franco-American civic status..." -
A Comparative Study of French Canadian Loggers and Their Families
Dissertation presenting anthropological research on French Canadian loggers at work in northern New Hampshire in the middle twentieth century. The impact of work situations on the families of loggers, and the influence of family life on structures and patterns of work in the woods. Observations on the differences between New Hampshire loggers who have immediate families living in Québec with those who have families in the United States. Takes into account work mobility, kinship and household norms, father-absence, and conceptions of logging and family life as interrelated factors distinguishable between workers of different living situations. Presented in historical contexts of French Canadian labor and migration, as well as with a background in the cultural norms of the French Canadian family.Tags Alton NH, Bald Brook NH, Bartlett NH, Bear Brook NH, Beecher Falls NH, Berlin NH, Bloomfield VT, Canaan VT, Colebrook NH, Dixville NH, Easton NH, Emigration and Immigration, Errol NH, Family, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Glencliff NH, Groveton NH, Island Pond VT, Jackson NH, Kennebago ME, Labor History, Long Lake ME, Maidstone VT, Moultonborough NH, Nash Stream NH, Nashua NH, New Hampshire, Newcomb NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, North Concord VT, Parmacheenee ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Pittsburg NH, Pontook Reservoir NH, Québec, Religion, Rumford ME, Rumney NH, Social History, Speculator Lake NY, Stratford NH, Travel and Movement, Tupper Lake NY, Twin Mountain NH, Warren NH, West Milan NH, Whitney Park NY -
A Clue to Somersworth : La Malle Mystérieuse
The story of a young buy from Québec - Jean-Pierre - who pays a visit to the sister city of his own Thetford Mines: Somersworth, New Hampshire. A day exploring with his new friend, Laurie, takes them to Grandpa's house, through stories of old, and into a history of the city of Somersworth. Designed for children in the bilingual education classroom. Presented in side-by-side English and French text. Illustrated with photos of Somersworth and other drawings.
L'histoire de Jean-Pierre, un garçon du Québec, qui part de Thetford Mines pour visiter la ville de Somersworth, New Hampshire. Une journée dans Somersworth avec ses nouveaux amis, Laurie et son grand-père, et une exploration de l'histoire de la ville par leurs contes et photos. Conçu pour les étudiants dans la classe bilingue. En anglais et français. Illustré par des photos de Somersworth et des autres dessins. -
A Chronological History : Fort Kent's Saint Louis Catholic Church, written for the observance of its 125th anniversary, 1870-1995
Brief parish history of the Roman Catholic church of Saint Louis and the communities surrounding Fort Kent, Maine. Text includes biographies of resident religious leaders, a history of the church building's construction and reconstruction, and a tribute to the parish lay community. -
A Century of Acadian Culture : The Development of a Cajun Community : Erath (1899-1999)
History of the community of Erath, Louisiana, in the twentieth century. Introduced by a brief account of the Acadian exile in 1755. Contains snapshots of the town's economic and political development; the social life, religion, and education of its largely Cajun community; and the cultural presence and state of the town at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Erath as an historical and continuing center of Acadian and Cajun heritage in Louisiana. Contains 12 appendices regarding local officials, cultural advocacy, and Erath's Acadian Museum - from which this text was helped produced. Illustrated with photographs in black and white. -
A Brief History of the Franco-Americans in the Old Town Area
A paperback, illustrated, simply-written history of the Franco Americans in Old Town, Milford, Orono, and Bradley, Maine. Compiled from the larger book, "The Old Town Reader," also published by the National Materials Development Center. -
A Brief History of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts
1931 diocesan history from a densely populated Massachusetts mill town. Dedicated in 1832, FRD's cathedral parish is St. Mary's, while the city's traditionally Franco American parish - St. Anne's - was established in 1869.Tags Acushnet MA, Assonet MA, Attleboro MA, Bass River Valley, Brewster MA, Centerville MA, Chatham MA, Dennisport MA, Dighton MA, East Taunton MA, Easton MA, Fairhaven MA, Fall River MA, Falmouth MA, Freetown MA, Hyannis MA, Labor History, Mansfield MA, Marion MA, Mashpee MA, Massachusetts, Mattapoisett MA, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, North Attleborough MA, North Dartmouth MA, Norton MA, Oak Bluffs MA, Onset MA, Orleans MA, Osterville MA, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Pocasset MA, Provincetown MA, Raynham MA, Religion, Sandwich MA, Seekonk MA, Somerset MA, Swansea MA, Taunton MA, Wareham MA, Wellfleet MA, Westport MA -
A Brief Chronology of French Canada, 1534-1982
A timeline of important political and cultural events in the history of French Canada and Québec up to 1982, introduced with a short reflection by the author. -
A Boy's Dream Come True : Becoming a Maine Woodsman
Yarmouth, Maine man's personal account of his first day - with his new small axe - in the "BIG WOODS" with Uncle Edmund, a woodsman in North Yarmouth. His uncle and grandfather, woodcutters, as role models for an author who recalls the boyhood joys of cutting and stacking cord wood. Brief guest article written and submitted by a magazine reader. -
A Boy's Dream Come True : Becoming a Maine Woodsman
Yarmouth, Maine man's personal account of his first day - with his new small axe - in the "BIG WOODS" with Uncle Edmund, a woodsman in North Yarmouth. His uncle and grandfather, woodcutters, as role models for an author who recalls the boyhood joys of cutting and stacking cord wood. Brief guest article written and submitted by a magazine reader. -
A Border Like No Other
Book section exploring how the Canada/US border is used by some Canadian and American fiction writers to examine personal, ethnic, and national identities in comparative or dual contexts. Examines the work of Clark Blaise, Guillermo Verdecchia, Janette Turner Hospital, and Kelly Rebar, among others. Featured in a book that analyzes the thematic roles of the borders between Mexico, the United States, and Canada in contemporary fiction, and what these expressions teach us about transnationalism, globalization, and ethnicity. -
A Beautiful Game
A recording of Parent's live storytelling performance. From his website: "Known for his poignantly humorous glimpses into Franco-American life, Michael Parent describes 'A Beautiful Game' as the 'mostly true' recollections of his longtime connection to the game of ice hockey. Set in Lewiston, where Parent grew up, the story follows him from his days as a young boy struggling to stay upright on his first pair of skates, to his big moment as goalie for the St. Dom's hockey team which competed, against heavy odds, at the Boston Garden for the New England Championship in 1964." -
75th Anniversary of the Church Building : St. Joseph's Parish, Old Town, Maine, 1978
Short softcover book in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the St. Joseph's Church building in Old Town, Maine. Contains a parish directory in two forms: alphabetical list including family photographs, and alphabetical list with home address and telephone number. Includes an introductory letter from the current pastor, images of the parish staff and council, and a brief historical overview of St. Joseph's Church. -
Maria Chapdelaine : A Controversial Text
Critical analysis of Louis Hémon's novel, Maria Chapdelaine, 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. -
La langue est gardienne : Language and Identity in Franco-American Literature
Article exploring critically how contemporary Franco American authors use the French language in their works to signify Franco American ethnicity. Discussion and comparison of two works and their creators: Normand Beaupré's coming of age novel set in Biddeford, Maine, Le petit mangeur des fleurs; David Plante's recent memoir, American Ghosts, featuring prominently the parish of his hometown, Providence, Rhode Island. -
Canuck, nomade franco-américaine : persistence et transformation de l'imaginaire canadien-français
Une étude sur le roman feuilleton "Canuck," par Camille Lessard-Bissonnette, comme example de la continuité des thèmes littéraires - et d'une imagination - canadiens-français dans la littérature aux États-Unis. Des transformations subtiles de ces thèmes dans un nouveau milieu américain. Une discussion d'un nouveau "nomadisme" nord-américain dans le texte : un histoire d'une famille émigrante à Lowell, Massachusetts. -
[Profile] Ron Currie, Jr., Reads: Postcard from Portland, Maine
Short piece that profiles Waterville, Maine writer Ron Currie Jr. in the context of a reading of his novel "Everything Matters!" at Longfellow Books in Portland, Maine. -
[Profile] Ron Currie, Jr., Reads: Postcard from Portland, Maine
Short piece that profiles Waterville, Maine writer Ron Currie Jr. in the context of a reading of his novel "Everything Matters!" at Longfellow Books in Portland, Maine. -
« Gardons contact » : l'expérience épistolaire de Jean-Henri et de Maxime-Ovila Freniière en Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1912-1929
Une exploration de la correspondance par lettre d'un pière à son fils au début du XXe siiècle, entre deux villes de la Nouvelle-Angleterre - Rutland, Vermont et Springfield, Massachusetts. L'étude d'une correspondance privée afin de mieux comprendre l'expérience complexe de migration canadienne-française ù elle concernait le travail, la famille, et l'individu dans le début du XXe siiècle. -
« De votre chière soeur qui ne vous oublie jamais » : A Postal Perspective on French-Canadian Migration in North America
Essay on the function of the personal letter in historiography. How trails of correspondence between French Canadians in Canada and the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries tell us about French Canadian migration: migrants, immigrants, families separated by distance and labor, and the sort of information that was communicated by post. The relationship of letter-writing to French Canadian literacy in that period. Contains analyses of certain private correspondences among French Canadian migrants, their families, and friends - the majority of which exisiting between Québec and New England cities.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bay City MI, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Burlington VT, Cambridge MA, Cleveland OH, Cohoes NY, Douglas MA, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Family, Gardner MA, Haverhill MA, Lewiston ME, Lisbon ME, Louisiana, Manchester NH, Mauchburg MA, New England, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Historiography, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Providence RI, Québec, Rutland VT, Salem MA, Sheldon Springs VT, Skowhegan ME, Southbridge MA, St. Albans VT, St. Paul MN, Suncook NH, Swanton VT, US Midwest, US Southwest, Wisconsin -
"You're Putting Me on": Jack Kerouac and the Postmodern Emergence
Article exploring the self-referential literature of Jack Kerouac as cause, commentary, and resistance to his "Beat Movement" celebrity in the 1950s and 1960s. How Jack's engagement with fame is exercised in his literature, or in other public appearances, and signals a literary ground on which American letters can begin to see characteristics of what would become known as "postmodern." Analysis of Kerouac's television appearance on The Steve Allen Show; emphasis on his novels "Vanity of Dulouz," "Visions of Cody," and "The Subterraneans," with constant reference to the success and interpretation of "On the Road." Explorations of critical thinker Michel Foucault's ideas on the concepts of "guilt" and "punishment," and of Jean Beaudrillard's notion of the "simulacrum." -
"Why Don't You Be a Klansman?" Anglo-Canadian Support for the Ku Klux Klan Movement in 1920s New England
From the author: "This article examines a little-known dimension to the Ku Klux Klan movement in the United States during the 1920s. As Anglo-Canadian Protestants supported the KKK to assert control over French-Canadian and other Catholics in the New England states, they undermined the Klan's emphasis on Americanism and illustrated an inherent contradiction in this avowedly nativist organization."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Alberta, Auburn ME, Barre VT, Bath ME, Biddeford ME, Canada, Central Falls RI, Colorado, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Greenville ME, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Saco ME, Saskatchewan, Toronto ON, United States, Vermont, Violence, Washington, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
"Wednesday's Child" : Excerpts
Some selections from Waterville, Maine, native Rhea Coêté Robbins's memoir, "Wednesday's Child." -
"This is Not a Catholic Nation" : The Ku Klux Klan Confronts Franco-Americans in Maine
From MIT Press Journals: "During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan expanded to the northeastern United States, where it confronted Franco-American Catholics throughout Maine. In response, this ethnic population modeled an appropriate resistance to the KKK's unyielding message of Americanism and nativism, helping to precipitate the demise of this reactionary mass movement." -
"These Lines of My Life" : Franco-American Women in Westbrook, Maine : The Intersection of Ethnicity and Gender, 1884-1984
Historical perspectives on Franco American women in Westbrook, Maine, and evolving perspectives on gender and ethnicity over one century. -
"Swing la tabatiere au fond d'une boite à bois" : The Contemporary Franco-American Quadrille in Rhode Island
Ethnographic study of Franco American folk music and performance in Rhode Island.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Blackstone River Valley, Central Falls RI, Community: Customs and Social Life, Cumberland RI, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Folklore, Music, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- Folklore, Nonfiction -- Music, Pawtucket RI, Pawtuxet River Valley, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Waltham MA, West Warwick RI, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI -
"Speak White" : Language Policy, Immigration, Discourse, and Tactical Authenticity in a French Enclave in New England
Article analyzing the Sentinelle Affair in 1920s Rhode Island as a case study in <i>la survivance</i>, for the role of language politics in spectres of assimilation and white ethnicity in the United States, and as a lens to the political economies that have historically upheld English Only language policy arguments. An expansive reading of Sentinellist responses to American Catholic Church English language policies for parochial schools. How events like the Sentinelle Affair imply what have been historical, multifaceted linguistic realities in education throughout the United States, and in particular in New England French-heritage enclaves of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Argument in favor of Franco American "settlement" in New England as best understood in the discourse of diaspora instead of the "resistance-assimilation" dichotomy that often accompanies discussions of local culture in American immigration. -
"Speak White" : Language Policy, Immigration, Discourse, and Tactical Authenticity in a French Enclave in New England
Article analyzing the Sentinelle Affair in 1920s Rhode Island as a case study in <i>la survivance</i>, for the role of language politics in spectres of assimilation and white ethnicity in the United States, and as a lens to the political economies that have historically upheld English Only language policy arguments. An expansive reading of Sentinellist responses to American Catholic Church English language policies for parochial schools. How events like the Sentinelle Affair imply what have been historical, multifaceted linguistic realities in education throughout the United States, and in particular in New England French-heritage enclaves of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Argument in favor of Franco American "settlement" in New England as best understood in the discourse of diaspora instead of the "resistance-assimilation" dichotomy that often accompanies discussions of local culture in American immigration. -
"Somebody's Got to Pick Eggs" : Family Storytelling About Work
Article in performance studies exploring the ways in which "family storytelling" performs, addresses, and complicates cultural markers among and between family members. How ideas of race, class, gender, and sexuality appear in family storytelling, especially as such stories approach the topic of work. Study focuses mainly on a conversation between the author-interviewer and the Gagnons: a large, working-class, Franco American family in rural Maine. -
"Parfois le bon mot nous échappe" : Interference Phenomena Among Franco-Americans in Massachusetts
Essay on linguistic phenomena -- "code-switching," "tag-switching," or other culturally indicative lingual breaks -- in Franco-American bilingual speech patterns found in Massachusetts. Includes a discussion of some common speech characteristics of Francophone Canada, as well. -
"Nous irons (...nous encore) à Old Orchard c't'été?" : Popular Culture, the Media, and Québécois Vacationing on the New England Coast
Essay on the history and persistence of Québécois vacationing in Maine beach towns, and the relative transitions that both Québec tourists and New England beach cultures have made since the beginning of their nearly 150-year relationship in summer tourism.Tags Bar Harbor ME, Biddeford ME, Cape Cod MA, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Kennebunkport ME, Maine, Montréal QC, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Travel and Tourism, Ogunquit ME, Old Orchard Beach ME, Portland ME, Provincetown MA, Québec, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Sports and Leisure, Travel and Movement, Wells ME, Wildwood NJ -
"Nos ancétres les Gaulois": Ethnicity and History
in VermontEssay on the topic of ethnicity, ethnic whiteness, and the ethnic heritages of Vermont. An exploration in historiography that asks the question, "who are the 'real' Vermonters?" and considers how we could ever know the answer. -
"Les franco-américains (1860-1980)" de François Weil et "Les franco-américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre (1776-1930)" d'Yves Roby
Un révue comparatif de deux textes historiques qui ont pour sujet les franco-américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. -
"Jumping Frenchmen of Maine" : Myriachit
Article on a neurological disorder marked by violent and sometimes repetitive responses to startling movements or sounds, here found among French Canadian lumbermen in northern Maine. Based on an 1880 report of Dr. George M. Beard - the only author on such a phenomenon at the time - and his research in Maine's Moosehead Lake Region in the 19th century. How Beard's "jumping" condition compares with the similar conditions of "myriachit" and "latah," with references made to Gilles de la Tourette's research and the neurological syndrome named after him. Certain cases of the disorder's varying manifestations among those who possessed it, and the disorder's apparent disappearance. -
"I Learned Things Today That I Never Knew Before": Oral History at the Kitchen Table
Historiographical essay on the dearth and fragmentation of source material relevant to working class Franco Americans - especially Franco American women. Considers the published reality that is "la survivance" in relation to the lived realities of working-class Americans in the twentieth century. Arguing that oral history is unique in its ability to stand for identities that have been largely overlooked, the author conducts interviews with second-generation Franco American women in order, as she says, "to recover a history that conventional sources find difficult to access."Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Frenchtown ME, Gender and Sexuality, Gorham ME, Government and Politics, Labor History, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Social History, Westbrook ME -
"Don't I long for Montreal" : L'identité hybride d'une jeune migrante franco-américaine pendant la Premieère Guerre mondiale
De Fahri et Frenette: "Entre juillet 1917 et octobre 1918, Alma Drouin, jeune Franco-Américaine de Laconia, au New Hampshire, séjourne a` Montréal. Ce sont les perspectives de mobilité professionnelle offertes par la métropole du Canada qui l'y ont attirée, ainsi que la vie trépidante qu'elle y percevait. A`partir de sa correspondance et de son journal intime, nous avons tenté de saisir les représentations que se fait Alma de sa vie quotidienne à Montréal et de comprendre comment cette grande ville fait partie de sa cartographie mentale, qui est plus vaste; Alma Drouin est en fait porteuse d'une identité hybride et d'une conscience transnationale, qui se manifeste notamment par sa participation à un réseau épistolaire canado-américain. Tout comme son usage de la mobilité géographique à des fins de mobilité sociale, le réseau épistolaire d'Alma s'inscrit dans une tradition migratoire occidentale et canadienne-francaise. Si elle se construit dans sa correspondance et son journal intime comme une jeune travailleuse autonome, Alma dépend néanmoins d'un important réseau transfrontalier de parents, d'amis et de connaissances." -
"Chinese of the Eastern States," 1881
Une critique de la centiième année apriès la publication d'un rapport gouvernemental Massachusetts qui a nommé les émigrants Canadiens français dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre, "les Chinois des Etats de l'est." Une exploration de ce que ces mots et le rapport entier signifient pour la situation de la class ouvriière immigrante industrielle à la fin du dix-neuviième siiècle en Massachusetts. La question, du rapport en 1881, de la viabilité d'un journée de travail dix heures au lieu d'un sans limite horaire. -
"Bonjour" with Chantal Plante & Celine Baribeau
A public television broadcast out of Bedford, New Hampshire, "Bonjour" features highlights of Quebec and New England for the purpose of re-educating New Hampshire about the breadth of its French heritage, seen across the state in its Franco Americans. This episode is the inaugural broadcast, featuring an extended interview with co-host and professional photographer Celine Baribeau. -
"All This / Is Abenaki Country": Cheryl Savageauâ's Poetic Awikhiganak
Article critically describing and exploring the work of poet and visual artist Cheryl Savageau through the contexts of other 20th and 21st century Abenaki historical and literary writings. Savageau is the author of the collections "Home Country," "Dirt Road Home," and "Mother/Land," among other creative works. -
"Accidents of terrain" : The native and foreign worlds of David Plante
From the author: "David Plante, an American writer born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1940, examines the inextricable connection between space and time, place and identity in his most important work, a series of semi-autobiographical novels and short stories about the Francoeur family. This study follows Daniel Francoeur, Plante's principal recurring character and fictional counterpart, on a journey of self-discovery in five novels that are representative of the three decades of Plante's career and illustrative of experiences located in both the native and foreign environments of his fictional world. In these five novels: The Family, The Woods, The Country, The Foreigner, and The Accident, Plante maps a terrain that extends in time and space from the insular French Canadian, Catholic parish in Providence where Daniel Francoeur grows up to the cities of Europe where he spends his late adolescence." -
'Try to Blend In:' French in Maine Bear Bias Quietly
Feature article attempting to characterize the historical plight of the Franco American people of the state of Maine. Contains brief quotes from social leaders and commentators in Bangor, Lewiston, Van Buren, and Orono. Abridged version of the article reprinted later in the Providence Journal-Bulletin ("Maine's Franco-Americans take in stride the discrimination that permeates their lives"). -
'Try to Blend In:' French in Maine Bear Bias Quietly
Feature article attempting to characterize the historical plight of the Franco American people of the state of Maine. Contains brief quotes from social leaders and commentators in Bangor, Lewiston, Van Buren, and Orono. Abridged version of the article reprinted later in the Providence Journal-Bulletin ("Maine's Franco-Americans take in stride the discrimination that permeates their lives"). -
'The sound doesn't exist in English'
Interview with Maine language teacher, Charlie Hicks, on his passion for the French language and the benefits of teaching it to young people. -
'The sound doesn't exist in English'
Interview with Maine language teacher, Charlie Hicks, on his passion for the French language and the benefits of teaching it to young people. -
'Quiet Presence' still resonates with cultural awareness
Article on Dyke Hendrickson's 1980 oral history book, "Quiet Presence," and its perceivable resonance into the present day. -
'Quiet Presence' still resonates with cultural awareness
Article on Dyke Hendrickson's 1980 oral history book, "Quiet Presence," and its perceivable resonance into the present day. -
'One of us': Francos laud LePage win
Lewiston/Auburn, Maine, reaction to Paul LePage - a Franco American from Lewiston and Waterville - becoming the next governor of the state. Some insist LePage's ethnicity will raise the conversation about Franco Americans in Maine to a greater level, others argue his ethnicity is not nearly as important as his outspokenly conservative political orientation. -
'One of us': Francos laud LePage win
Lewiston/Auburn, Maine, reaction to Paul LePage - a Franco American from Lewiston and Waterville - becoming the next governor of the state. Some insist LePage's ethnicity will raise the conversation about Franco Americans in Maine to a greater level, others argue his ethnicity is not nearly as important as his outspokenly conservative political orientation. -
'Monsieur Maurras est ici' : French Fascism in Franco-American New England
Essay on the Franco American elite's adopted regard for French fascist politics and sentiment in New England. How WWII heightened political divisions in the United States, and the Franco elite failed to appeal politically to working-class Franco American communities. Includes discussion of 1920s and 30s Franco American political figures, as well as an exploration of the Sentinelle Affair vis-à -vis French fascism.Tags Biddeford ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Cohoes NY, Demography, Education, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, France, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Québec, Quinebaug River Valley, Violence, War, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
'Le Club' is masculine
Letter to the editor that argues (tongue-in-cheek?) how the gender of the French term "le club" is reason enough for Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, to justify rejecting a woman's application for membership in 1989. -
'Le Club' is masculine
Letter to the editor that argues (tongue-in-cheek?) how the gender of the French term "le club" is reason enough for Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, to justify rejecting a woman's application for membership in 1989. -
'It felt like something from a movie'
The fire at the Cowan Mill in Lewiston, Maine, as a spectacle: the crowds watching it blaze, the memories of its workers from long ago, the impact of its burning on the city's daily routine. -
'It felt like something from a movie'
The fire at the Cowan Mill in Lewiston, Maine, as a spectacle: the crowds watching it blaze, the memories of its workers from long ago, the impact of its burning on the city's daily routine. -
'I've Never Dreamed It Was Necessary to Marry!' : Women and Work in New England French Canadian Communities, 1870-1930
Essay on women's labor in French Canadian immigrant communities in New England. Explores and qualifies the idea that, for women, migration could be equated with social and economic liberation. From the text: "The ways in which these women and girls perceived the options available to them as migrants in New England cities, and took full advantage of them, suggest that for many Québécois migrant women in the decades around 1900, the United States indeed represented a land of opportunity and possibility" (p. 56). -
'Frenchie' puts humor on cassette tape
Ernie Gagne, humorist and Maine talk radio voice of the controversial "Frenchie" character, releases a cassette tape of his ethnically-driven jokes. -
'Frenchie' puts humor on cassette tape
Ernie Gagne, humorist and Maine talk radio voice of the controversial "Frenchie" character, releases a cassette tape of his ethnically-driven jokes. -
'Frenchie' feature receives complaints
Article on certain reactions to Portland, Maine, radio station, WBLM's morning broadcast featuring humor based on "a slow-witted Franco-American" character. Differing public attitudes toward the station's program, including complaints issued by the Maine Human Rights Commission, defenses of the program offered by the station's management, and the varying opinions of some local radio listeners. -
'Frenchie' feature receives complaints
Article on certain reactions to Portland, Maine, radio station, WBLM's morning broadcast featuring humor based on "a slow-witted Franco-American" character. Differing public attitudes toward the station's program, including complaints issued by the Maine Human Rights Commission, defenses of the program offered by the station's management, and the varying opinions of some local radio listeners. -
'Frenchie' confronts critics
After stepping down from his radio personality post at WBLM, Ernie Gagne, a.k.a. 'Frenchie,' takes part in a televised panel discussion about his ethnically-driven humor, its dissidents, and the cultural and historical issues it exhumes. The panel took place at the University of Maine at Augusta's Holocaust and Human Rights Center. -
'Frenchie' confronts critics
After stepping down from his radio personality post at WBLM, Ernie Gagne, a.k.a. 'Frenchie,' takes part in a televised panel discussion about his ethnically-driven humor, its dissidents, and the cultural and historical issues it exhumes. The panel took place at the University of Maine at Augusta's Holocaust and Human Rights Center. -
'Evangeline' and bias
Short response to a question submitted to the monthly newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford regarding First Amendment politics, the Acadians, and the history of anti-Catholic prejudice in Connecticut. -
'Evangeline' and bias
Short response to a question submitted to the monthly newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford regarding First Amendment politics, the Acadians, and the history of anti-Catholic prejudice in Connecticut. -
'down the Plains' : Love and Language Through Three Generations of Franco-American Women
Autobiographical magazine piece by a writer from Waterville, Maine. Reflections on her women ancestors and the Waterville neighborhood where they once lived, "down the Plains." Thoughts on the contemporary Franco-American woman experience, with a particular emphasis on the writer's relationship with the French language. Includes personal and other photographs. Featured in Portland Magazine's Maine Ethnicity issue, among articles about Italian, Greek, Polish, Lithuanian, Native American, and other Maine communities. -
'down the Plains' : Love and Language Through Three Generations of Franco-American Women
Autobiographical magazine piece by a writer from Waterville, Maine. Reflections on her women ancestors and the Waterville neighborhood where they once lived, "down the Plains." Thoughts on the contemporary Franco-American woman experience, with a particular emphasis on the writer's relationship with the French language. Includes personal and other photographs. Featured in Portland Magazine's Maine Ethnicity issue, among articles about Italian, Greek, Polish, Lithuanian, Native American, and other Maine communities. -
'Beast' nostalgic for Quebec roots
Article subtitled, "This first novel describes the attempt of a Franco-American to find out who he is." A review of the 1984 novel "The Questing Beast" and a brief biographical sketch of its author, Richard Hébert. -
'Beast' nostalgic for Quebec roots
Article subtitled, "This first novel describes the attempt of a Franco-American to find out who he is." A review of the 1984 novel "The Questing Beast" and a brief biographical sketch of its author, Richard Hébert. -
'American Ghosts' : Haunted House
A review of "American Ghosts" - memoir from fiction writer and Providence, Rhode Island native, David Plante. The reviewer describes the book as "a perfect example of the cockpit autobiography," leading the reader into the thoughts and images of a writer's life from the navigational standpoint. -
'American Ghosts' : Haunted House
A review of "American Ghosts" - memoir from fiction writer and Providence, Rhode Island native, David Plante. The reviewer describes the book as "a perfect example of the cockpit autobiography," leading the reader into the thoughts and images of a writer's life from the navigational standpoint.