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ZONE LIBRE: Les Franco-Américains
du MaineDu Radio-Canada: "[Ici] Jean-Michel Leprince et Pierre Devroede ont rencontré des Franco-Américains de la communauté de Waterville, dans le Maine, qui réapprennent à parler français." -
Your People's Ways
Short fiction piece told from the perspective of Rosaire, a young woman who suffers from a painful and mysterious physical injury. Movements in the relationship between Rosaire and her partner Gabriela, a graduate student, who decides to travel from their Michigan home to California, where a past boss and former lover suffers from cancer. -
Your New Country
Transcription of a Biddeford, Maine, woman's life as told by her in brief stories to interviewers. Her youth in Quebec - being the oldest child of a large family - and her community there. Her marriage and snippets of her later life in Maine. Some daily habits and holiday traditions. A documentary profile, illustrated in black and white photo. -
Your New Country
Transcription of a Biddeford, Maine, woman's life as told by her in brief stories to interviewers. Her youth in Quebec - being the oldest child of a large family - and her community there. Her marriage and snippets of her later life in Maine. Some daily habits and holiday traditions. A documentary profile, illustrated in black and white photo. -
Your Heritage; or, New England Threatened
Book length essay on assimilating French Canadian immigrants to Protestant New England, and an argument for their religious conversion. An expansion of Amaron's earlier pamphlet, "The evangelization of the French Canadians of New England." -
Young People's Assimilation of a Collective Historical Memory : A Case Study of Quebeckers of French-Canadian Heritage
Essay on representations of Québec history among youth. Remembrances, reconstructions, and creations of a collective past among French Canada's student-aged population as influenced by educational settings and social environments. Persistence of certain historical memories - events, ideas, attitudes - despite conditions or evidence that pose challenges to their value. -
Young Gentlemen's School : New and Collected Poems
Book of poems from a Malden, Massachusetts native, containing new poems alongside work from three of his earlier chapbooks. From the author of the more recent, "Easy to Keep, Hard to Keep In" (2007) and "The Immaculate Conception Mothers' Club" (2010). -
Young Gentlemen's School : New and Collected Poems
Book of poems from a Malden, Massachusetts native, containing new poems alongside work from three of his earlier chapbooks. From the author of the more recent, "Easy to Keep, Hard to Keep In" (2007) and "The Immaculate Conception Mothers' Club" (2010). -
Yeast
A collection of writings in cultural studies, compiled for a University of Maine course in English composition. Available at the Franco-American Centre, Orono, Maine. -
Yankee City : The Social Life of a Modern Community
Selected case study of a New England city, presented for use in instruction in sociology, political science, and psychology. Without naming the city, this case study includes descriptions of the city's landscape, industry, population, and cultural codes, and some information about vocabulary particular to its people and place. Includes content from interviews with residents, and frequent mention of the dynamics of socioeconomic class within the city. Featured in a collection of popular case studies, with each piece introduced with some information about its significance to scholarship.Tags Armenian Americans, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Geography, Greek Americans, Italian Americans, Jewish Americans, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- Psychology, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Polish Americans, Russian Americans, Social History -
Writing an Ethnic Identity between Worlds : Claiming and Maintaining a Franco-American Self
Historical trends, social dynamics, family systems, and psychological traits characteristic of Franco Americans and their communities. Examples from the author's life and family history; relevant psychological research; scholarship in Franco American studies. Observations of the psychosocial implications of the cultural notion of "la survivance," New England Franco Americans' dense communities, and their proximity to Canadian places of ancestry in Québec and Acadia. Includes descriptive content from interviews with several Franco American poets and writers: Beverly Matherne, Darrell Bourque, Jim Bishop, Rhea Côté Robbins, Denise Duhamel, Christine Gelineau, Chad Parenteau, David Surette, and Paul Marion.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Language and Linguistics, Leominster MA, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Essay, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction -- Psychology, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Poetry, Québec, Religion, Webster MA, Worcester MA -
Working-Class Women in the Gilded Age : Factory, Community and Family Life among Cohoes, New York, Cotton Workers
An examination of industrial labor through the lenses of ethnicity and gender in 19th-century Cohoes, New York. From the text: "This essay intends to examine the ways in which the cultural experience of the predominantly immigrant working class might have distorted their view of their social conditions and impaired their ability to focus on the origins of their oppression. Consequently, working-class violence, rather than being directed at the manufacturer, was directed at the ranks of the unemployed ready to claim their jobs. In this way, the working class did not engage in aggressive violence to win a social revolution so much as it fought defensive struggles to protect its modest gains." -
Working-Class Community in Industrial America : Work, Leisure, and Struggle in Two Industrial Cities, 1880-1930
Based on the research for Cumbler's 1974 dissertation, "Continuity and Disruption," this text is a narrower (twenty years fewer), illustrated exploration of ethnicity woven through the working-class communities of Lynn and Fall River, Massachusetts. A local labor history of two New England mill towns. From a review of by Donald H. Stewart, SUNY Cortland: "Cumbler concentrates on two Massachusetts cities - Lynn, a late-nineteenth century shoe manufacturing center, and Fall River, a leading textile producer. Contradicting historians who argue that upward mobility and ethnic competition prevented American coherent class solidarity, he finds much of it in both municipalities."Tags Boston MA, Bowenville MA, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Labor History, Lynn MA, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Social History, Sports and Leisure -
Working-Class Americanism : The Politics of Labor in a Textile City, 1914-1960
45 years of labor history from the textile mills of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The relationships between the World Wars, American nationalism, and the attitudes of working-class, largely immigrant New Englanders in the first half of the twentieth century. Republished in 2002 by Princeton University Press with a new preface from the author. From Princeton University Press: "In this classic interpretation of the 1930s rise of industrial unionism, Gary Gerstle challenges the popular historical notion that American workers' embrace of 'Americanism' and other patriotic sentiments in the post-World War I years indicated their fundamental political conservatism. He argues that Americanism was a complex, even contradictory, language of nationalism that lent itself to a wide variety of ideological constructions in the years between World War I and the onset of the Cold War. Using the rich and textured material left behind by New England's most powerful textile union--the Independent Textile Union of Woonsocket, Rhode Island--Gerstle uncovers for the first time a more varied and more radical working-class discourse."Tags Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Labor History, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, United States, Woonsocket RI -
Working People in the Post-Industrial Age, 1961-Present
Article featuring selections of oral history interviews conducted with Rhode Island working people in the 1980s. Reflections on childhood in urban, industrial Rhode Island in the wake of industrial closures, changing demographic landscapes, and their impact on the state's collective identity. Stories of mill work in Pawtucket, the Narragansett Brewery, labor negotiations, the women's movement, and other social reform movements in Rhode Island in the 1960s and 1970s. Featured in Part Two of a Rhode Island History series entitled, "Working Lives: An Oral History of Rhode Island Labor."Tags Albion RI, Blackstone Valley RI, Central Falls RI, Emigration and Immigration, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Manville RI, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rhode Island, Social History, United States, Youth -
Working People in the Post-Industrial Age, 1961-Present
Article featuring selections of oral history interviews conducted with Rhode Island working people in the 1980s. Reflections on childhood in urban, industrial Rhode Island in the wake of industrial closures, changing demographic landscapes, and their impact on the state's collective identity. Stories of mill work in Pawtucket, the Narragansett Brewery, labor negotiations, the women's movement, and other social reform movements in Rhode Island in the 1960s and 1970s. Featured in Part Two of a Rhode Island History series entitled, "Working Lives: An Oral History of Rhode Island Labor."Tags Albion RI, Blackstone Valley RI, Central Falls RI, Emigration and Immigration, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Manville RI, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rhode Island, Social History, United States, Youth -
Working Late : As surely as the sun rises and sets, John Martin runs the House
Cover article subtitled, "Speaker of the House : To understand John Martin, it helps to know about the Canadian connection." Profile of Maine State Representative, John Martin (D - Eagle Lake), the multifaceted role he has played as an advocate for his district in the St. John River Valley, and his political power as a long time elected official at the state level. A brief look at his constituency and the northern part of the state from which he hails.Tags Acadians, Ashland ME, Auburn ME, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Eagle Lake ME, Emigration and Immigration, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Government and Politics, Lewiston ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, New Brunswick, Portage Lake ME, Presque Isle ME, Religion, Saco ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME -
Working Late : As surely as the sun rises and sets, John Martin runs the House
Cover article subtitled, "Speaker of the House : To understand John Martin, it helps to know about the Canadian connection." Profile of Maine State Representative, John Martin (D - Eagle Lake), the multifaceted role he has played as an advocate for his district in the St. John River Valley, and his political power as a long time elected official at the state level. A brief look at his constituency and the northern part of the state from which he hails.Tags Acadians, Ashland ME, Auburn ME, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Eagle Lake ME, Emigration and Immigration, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Government and Politics, Lewiston ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, New Brunswick, Portage Lake ME, Presque Isle ME, Religion, Saco ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME -
Worker City, Company Town : Iron and Cotton-Worker Protest in Troy and Cohoes, New York, 1855-1884
A history of the growth of nineteenth-century labor movements in the neighboring industrial cities of Troy and Cohoes, New York, on the banks of the Hudson River. The labor and market conditions, social contexts, and events specific to each city that shed light on distinct origins of labor protest. Cotton, textile, and iron industries, their economic growth, and their immigrant workers in industrial New York. The connection between immigrant ethnicity, immigrant acculturation, or "adaptation," in United States industrial cities, and the occurence of collective worker protest. (3) Contains a substantial bibliography of primary and secondary sources. From the author: "[This book] examines worker adaptation in two industrial capitalist societies maturing between 1855 and 1884, and describes how specific forces and institutions affected the timing, stages, origins, and character of protest therein" (10-11).Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Albany NY, Business and Economics, Cohoes NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, English Americans, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, German Americans, Hudson River Valley, Irish Americans, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Scottish Americans, Social History, Troy NY, Violence -
Worcester's Union Station : The Monument and the Memories
History of Worcester, Massachusett's Union Station. Its various shapes and transformations from its initial construction in 1875 and reconstruction in 1911, through its closure in 1964, to its 1999 restoration. The place of the station in French Canadian immigration, in the travels of World Wars I & II, and through the author's memoirs. How Union Station figures into the memories of other New Englanders, as presented in their own stories and writings. Statements from the staff of Preservation Worcester and the Worcester Redevelopment Authority. Illustrated heavily in black and white photograph, with one chapter devoted entirely to a pictorial history of Union Station.Tags Art and Architecture, Auburn MA, Bedford NH, Blackstone River Valley, Emigration and Immigration, Massachusetts, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Photography, Rhode Island, Travel and Movement, United States, War, Worcester MA -
Woonsocket Revisited
Arcadia's "Images of America" series revisits the pre- and post-industrial city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, with pictures that span the period from 1834 to 2000. Transitional American urban and riverbank landscapes across two centuries, through growth and decline, with photographs that capture the city's defining waves of immigration. From the back of the text: "Recall the bygone days of Rhode Island's northernmost city through the vintage images presented in 'Woonsocket Revisited.'" -
Woonsocket Group Is Excommunicated. Rome Condemns Newspaper and Rhode Island French Canadians Who Sued Bishop. Friends of Israel Banned Association is Declared to Have Acted Contrary to Church's Teaching--D'Annunzio Plays Scored
1928 article on the 56 excommunications of Rhode Island's infamous "Sentinelle Affair," where certain journalists came under the Papal See's fire for highly nationalized criticisms of their bishop's attitude toward the French language. -
Woonsocket Group Is Excommunicated. Rome Condemns Newspaper and Rhode Island French Canadians Who Sued Bishop. Friends of Israel Banned Association is Declared to Have Acted Contrary to Church's Teaching--D'Annunzio Plays Scored
1928 article on the 56 excommunications of Rhode Island's infamous "Sentinelle Affair," where certain journalists came under the Papal See's fire for highly nationalized criticisms of their bishop's attitude toward the French language. -
Woonsocket : Highlights of History, 1800-1976
Full title also reads: "A Bicentennial Project for the City of Woonsocket." A collection of historical essays on Woonsocket, Rhode Island, earlier featured in an historical column of the city's newspaper, the Woonsocket Call. Nearly two centuries of Woonsocket's business, industry, and labor, based on the early proliferation of water power and the entry of railways. The transition of working communities from local- to immigrant-based. The development of the city's ethnic diversity. The rise and fall of Woonsocket textile manufacturing. Sections also dedicated to social groups and local athletics. Illustrated in black and white photo. Supplemented with a brief bibliography.Tags Blackstone RI, Blackstone River Valley, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Cumberland RI, Geography, Hamlet RI, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Quinnville RI, Religion, Rhode Island, Slatersville RI, Sports and Leisure, Travel and Movement, Valley Falls RI, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Women's Role Orientation in Three Types of French Canadian Educational Institutions
Qualitative analysis of self-concepts of college women and their varying attitudes toward gender roles. Based on data collected through questionnaires to women in different types of French Canadian schools - "classical colleges," "normal schools," and "family institutions" - in separate regions in Québec. Analysis of survey results explores the effects of how different schools have prepared women for adulthood and citizenship. Presents in numerical data the orientation of these schools and their female students toward prescriptive gender roles. Measures personal traits and family as influences on gender role assumptions within the observed French Canadian populations. Contains an overview of other pertinent sociological research. Written in the context of a period of change in the education system of the Quebec province. From the author: "The problem that this research attempted to solve was how to explain diversity and specificity in role orientation among college women." -
Women at Work : The Transformation of Work and Community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826-1860
From Columbia University Press: "In this prize-winning study, Thomas Dublin explores, in carefully researched detail, the lives and experiences of the first generation of American women to face the demands of industrial capitalism. Dublin describes and traces the strong community awareness of these women from Lowell [Massachusetts] and relates it to labor protest movements of the 1830s and 40s."Tags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Great Britain, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Social History, Waltham MA -
Woman in a Bar
Short story about a friend who, always when visiting the narrator, is eager to find a bar. From the author of the poetry collections, "Awake," "What We Carry," "Smoke," and "Facts About the Moon." Appears in the online literary magazine, SmokeLong Quarterly. -
Woman in a Bar
Short story about a friend who, always when visiting the narrator, is eager to find a bar. From the author of the poetry collections, "Awake," "What We Carry," "Smoke," and "Facts About the Moon." Appears in the online literary magazine, SmokeLong Quarterly. -
Woman defends 'men only'
Letter to the editor rebuffing a previous letter written by Peg Ricker (6 September 1991), and supporting the all-male membership of Augusta, Maine, social club, Le Club Calumet, for the sake of "gender bonding," among other reasons. -
Woman defends 'men only'
Letter to the editor rebuffing a previous letter written by Peg Ricker (6 September 1991), and supporting the all-male membership of Augusta, Maine, social club, Le Club Calumet, for the sake of "gender bonding," among other reasons. -
Windblown World : The Journals of Jack Kerouac, 1947-1954
Edited selections from the personal, previously unpublished writings of writer Jack Kerouac, from 1947 to 1954. Daily thoughts and travel logs presented together with more formal musings. Contains two sections of personal journal entries and work logs corresponding with the writing of some of his earlier works, "The Town and the City" and "On the Road." Selected reprints of handwritten pages. Many selections dated. Introduced by the editor; presented with brief explanations of the names of people included in the journals. -
Why sue Club Calumet?
Letter to the editor questioning the Maine Human Rights Commission's decision to sue le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine. MHRC asserted the unlawful discrimination inherent to the Club's bylaws that restrict membership based on sex. -
Why sue Club Calumet?
Letter to the editor questioning the Maine Human Rights Commission's decision to sue le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine. MHRC asserted the unlawful discrimination inherent to the Club's bylaws that restrict membership based on sex. -
Why Can't They Be Like Us? : America's White Ethnic Groups
Andrew M. Greeley, an American Catholic priest and writer, offers in "Why Can't They Be Like Us?" a preliminary investigation of white minorities in the United States. His observations are considerate of both social formations and religious movements within ethnic communities, concluding with a prediction for the cultural futures of ethnic immigrants to the United States. -
Whose Church Is It? Ethnic Tensions and Church Organization in New England Catholic History
Journal publication of a brief presentation on the history of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, with an emphasis on the prevalence of Catholicism among ethnic immigrant communities from the 19th century onward. Certain tensions between ethic Catholic communities, particularly between Irish and French Canadians that share a common geography. Historical events and conditions surrounding the ownership and governance of church buildings and property. Definitions of "corporation aggregate" and "corporation sole" as two systems of church administration. Offered in light of, and referencing, a 1990s controversy surrounding the occupation of St. Joseph's Church by its parishioners in Worcester, Massachusetts, in protest of its demolition. -
Who Will Log in Maine's North Woods? A Cross-Cultural Study of Occupational Choice and Prestige
Study of Maine- and Québec-rooted loggers in Maine's northern woods on the Québec border. Presentation of survey results depicting the attitudes of Maine and Québec loggers toward their occupation, their understanding of public perceptions toward logging, and their predictions for the future of the industry. Survey results report information on loggers' economic conditions, educational attainment, and other demographic categories. Analyses of survey findings, with the perspectives of Anglophone and Francophone workers, presented by authors from the University of Maine and l'Université Laval. -
Who Will Log in Maine's North Woods? A Cross-Cultural Study of Occupational Choice and Prestige
Study of Maine- and Québec-rooted loggers in Maine's northern woods on the Québec border. Presentation of survey results depicting the attitudes of Maine and Québec loggers toward their occupation, their understanding of public perceptions toward logging, and their predictions for the future of the industry. Survey results report information on loggers' economic conditions, educational attainment, and other demographic categories. Analyses of survey findings, with the perspectives of Anglophone and Francophone workers, presented by authors from the University of Maine and l'Université Laval. -
Whisper My Name: The Darby Chronicles #3
The institution of town meeting, the beauty of the landscape, and the enduring qualities of the architecture all give the New England town the power to shape the identity of its inhabitants—in a good way. This premise is put on trial—and to a vote—in Whisper My Name, the third novel in Hebert's Darby Chronicles.The story unfolds as seen through the eyes of three men: the reporter Roland LaChance, the farmer Avalon Hillary, and the founder of a land trust, Raphael "Reggie" Salmon. Magnus Mall, a national corporation, wants to buy the Hillary farm and transform the property into a mall to serve western New Hampshire and eastern Vermont. The aging Hillary is torn between the traditions of his family and "the thought of the money." LaChance is not only chasing down leads in his reportage on the mall—he's chasing down the story behind his own origins. Along the way he falls in love with Sheila "Soapy" Rayno, an aphasic girl from Darby whose origins are equally mysterious. As usual, the Jordan clan plays a pivotal role in this rousing tale of greed, power, and lust.This third novel in the Darby Chronicles will appeal to anyone interested in the clash of cultures in small-town America. -
Where is the French in Lewiston?
Radio piece on the transformations of French language and Franco American culture in Lewiston, Maine, in the 21st century. Features Marie Marthe Rivard, a 1922 immigrant from Québec to Lewiston, at her home, at work, and at Catholic mass. Some thoughts on her own languages and the speaking of French within her family. Impressions of local culture from a Lewiston priest and a local French language teacher. Produced, with photographs, for the Salt Gallery of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. -
Where French Is Not A Foreign Language : Franco-Americans and the State and University of Maine
Rise and decline of French language media and academic programs in the US Northeast, as well as the persistence of discrimination against the North American French, with Maine as the primary context for observation. Includes tables of Maine county and town names with their respective percentage of French heritage population.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Auburn ME, Bangor ME, Biddeford ME, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Fort Kent ME, France, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Nova Scotia, Orono ME, Québec, St. John River Valley, St. Lawrence River Valley, Waterville ME, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
When We Were the Kennedys : A Memoir from Mexico, Maine
Memoir from Mexico, Maine native and author of fiction, Monica Wood. Recalls the period of the author's youth around the time of the sudden death of her father. Her family's experience of the loss of its breadwinner in the 1960s. The shape of her 1963 mill-centered community and the diversity of people who inhabited it; portraits of the power of religion and industry among people in the towns of Rumford and Mexico. President John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination - and the widowhood of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - recounted in light of the disruptive passing of the author's father earlier that same year. -
When We Were the Kennedys : A Memoir from Mexico, Maine
Memoir from Mexico, Maine native and author of fiction, Monica Wood. Recalls the period of the author's youth around the time of the sudden death of her father. Her family's experience of the loss of its breadwinner in the 1960s. The shape of her 1963 mill-centered community and the diversity of people who inhabited it; portraits of the power of religion and industry among people in the towns of Rumford and Mexico. President John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination - and the widowhood of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - recounted in light of the disruptive passing of the author's father earlier that same year. -
When French became beautiful in the St. John Valley
Article describing how how the public schools of northern Maine's St. John River Valley embraced French-English bilingual education in the early 1970s. Recalls a speech in favor of a 1968 bilingual education bill given by Maine state senator, Elmer Violette (D-Van Buren), to the state's Education Committee. Tells of the positive effects of encouraging home language use in the classroom, and how the bilingual speech of students in the St. John River Valley is recognized, through bilingual program, as valuable and advantageous in their education. -
When French became beautiful in the St. John Valley
Article describing how how the public schools of northern Maine's St. John River Valley embraced French-English bilingual education in the early 1970s. Recalls a speech in favor of a 1968 bilingual education bill given by Maine state senator, Elmer Violette (D-Van Buren), to the state's Education Committee. Tells of the positive effects of encouraging home language use in the classroom, and how the bilingual speech of students in the St. John River Valley is recognized, through bilingual program, as valuable and advantageous in their education. -
What's next?
Observations on the 2010 Maine gubernatorial and mid-term elections, and predictions for the near future of the state's political make-up. Also, a clarification on Paul LePage being the first "elected Franco governor" of the state. -
What's next?
Observations on the 2010 Maine gubernatorial and mid-term elections, and predictions for the near future of the state's political make-up. Also, a clarification on Paul LePage being the first "elected Franco governor" of the state. -
What's in a Name : Exploring the Stories of the Baskahegan Landscape
Book presentation of research into the origins of place names - Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, English, French - for certain localities and physical features in the Baskahegan region of eastern Maine. Local stories and literature excerpts presented to illustrate the region's history. Final segment contains a brief index of Baskahegan place names - their English translation, local etymology, geography, or historical namesake - and a short bibliography. -
What Happened To Kerouac?
Documentary about Franco American writer Jack Kerouac, the American literary and cultural movement spurred on by what is known as the "Beat Generation, and the countdown of Kerouac's final days. Features support from the following persons: Allen Ginsberg, Edie Parker Kerouac, Gregory Corso, William Burroughs, Steve Allen, William Buckley, Charlie Parker, Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, Gary Snyder, Jan Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, Herbert Huncke, Fran Landesman, Ed Sanders, John Clellon Holmes, Ann Charters, Ed White, Diane DiPrima, Father "Spike" Morissette, Joyce Johnson, Robert Creeley, Lewis Yablonsky. -
Wednesday's Child
Memoir of a Franco-American woman who grew up "down the Plains" in Waterville, Maine. Winner of the 1997 Maine Chapbook Award.
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We Were Not Spoiled: A Franco-American Memoir
We Were Not Spoiled chronicles the early life of a Franco-Mainer born in 1921 in Lewiston and raised there. Lucille Verreault Ledoux's life is typical of many Franco-American women of her generation, children of immigrants to the US from French Canada, and, as such, the book is an important addition to our understanding of Maine’s ethnically diverse communities in the last century. We Were Not Spoiled offers insight into Franco-American social life and identity of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. In this story of the effects of immigration to the US from French Canada, we glimpse into the lives of French-speaking women and girls in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. French Canadian culture continued to be alive in the New England girls who people this eminently readable memoir. We Were Not Spoiled reveals an eye for often neglected details, of information thought to be marginal and so too frequently lost to students of history. A basic function of memoir is to give witness to a time and a way of life gone by, and this book succeeds well at this. In its pages, we find ourselves going with Lucille into textile mills of the Northeast US, living religious orthodoxy, and creating an identity for herself as a woman, wife and mother in the context of industrial New England.. -
We Too Are Sons of Liberty : Franco-American Ethnic Advocacy in Joseph P. Choquet's Under Canadian Skies, a Historical Novel of the Rebellion of 1837
Article describing the early twentieth-century English-language novel, "Under Canadian Skies," as unique to the canon of francophone Franco American novels of the same historical period. How author Joseph Choquet's form of literary ethnic advocacy differs from a more popular notion of "la survivance" apparent in the works of writers Jules Verne and Ernest D. Choquette. Thoughts on the novel's depiction of the Canadian Rebellion of 1837. -
We Too Are Sons of Liberty : Franco-American Ethnic Advocacy in Joseph P. Choquet's Under Canadian Skies, a Historical Novel of the Rebellion of 1837
Article describing the early twentieth-century English-language novel, "Under Canadian Skies," as unique to the canon of francophone Franco American novels of the same historical period. How author Joseph Choquet's form of literary ethnic advocacy differs from a more popular notion of "la survivance" apparent in the works of writers Jules Verne and Ernest D. Choquette. Thoughts on the novel's depiction of the Canadian Rebellion of 1837. -
We Americans : A Study of Cleavage in an American City
Book-length 1937 demographic study of Burlington, Vermont - as a New England hub, as an American city in itself, and as a microcosm of American democracy. This book was a product of Vermont's 1930s Eugenics Survey that studied local demographics, and considered the use of concepts of race and class in their relationship to democratic society.The single largest immigrant group in Burlington at this time (1930s) was of French Canadian origin. From the text: "The promise of American democracy is resident in the life of local communities....We must learn more about the character of life in local American communities."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Geography, Government and Politics, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Religion, Sports and Leisure, United States, Vermont, Winooski VT -
Waterville group shares stories, language of ancestors
Article on Les Bavards - a group that gathers weekly in Waterville, Maine, to speak French and share stories to keep in mind their cultural heritage. -
Waterville group shares stories, language of ancestors
Article on Les Bavards - a group that gathers weekly in Waterville, Maine, to speak French and share stories to keep in mind their cultural heritage. -
Was it sex discrimination?
Letter to the editor that asks whether discrimination based on gender is different from discrimination based on ethnicity, and if Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American social club in Augusta, Maine, is not allowed by its private status to limit its membership based on both sex and ethnicity. -
Was it sex discrimination?
Letter to the editor that asks whether discrimination based on gender is different from discrimination based on ethnicity, and if Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American social club in Augusta, Maine, is not allowed by its private status to limit its membership based on both sex and ethnicity. -
Waa Nabad : Somali Community in Lewiston
Photo essay on Somali immigrant community in Lewiston, Maine -
Waa Nabad : Somali Community in Lewiston
Photo essay on Somali immigrant community in Lewiston, Maine -
Voyages : A Maine Franco-American Reader
Celebrated collection of essays, stories, poems, songs, art, and other works on the history of Franco American people and their communities in Maine. Features the following writings by their respective authors, in order of appearance:
Foreword by Nelson Madore Appreciation by the Editors Preface by Michael Michaud Introduction by Barry Rodrigue and Others Gentility on the Frontiers of Acadia, 1635-1674: An Archaeological Perspective, by Alaric Faulkner Eastern Abenaki Autonomy and French Frustrations, 1745-1760, by David Ghere An Album in the Attic: The Forgotten Frontier of the Quebec-Maine Borderlands During the Revolutionary War, by Barry Rodrigue Life on the Farm and Recipes, by Luella and Eva Ashland Roderick Immigrants in a Frontier Community: Madawaska, 1785-1850, by Béatrice Craig An Acadian Odyssey, by Don Cyr Soldiers, Spuds, and Spruce: Maine's Military Roads to the Maritimes, by Barry Rodrigue Understanding the French Canadians of Lewiston, 1860-1900, by Yves Frenette Immigrant Dream - I, by Susann Pelletier Growing Up in Brunswick in the 1930s and 1940s, by Raymond Duval Petit Bois, by Claude Bonang with Katie Camiré Into the Heart of Maine: A Look at Dexter's Franco-American Community, by Dorothy Blanchard Sawdust in My Ear, by Roland Lapointe Franco-American and Lebanese Textile Workers in Waterville: La survivance economique, by Matthew Laflamme "Je ne regrette rien:" Franco-American Women in Maine: Survival, Resiliency, and Community, by Céleste DeRoche A La Mémoire de nos Ancetres (To the Memory of Our Ancestors), by Mercedes Gastonguay The French Catholics in Maine, by Clement Thibodeau Negotiating Ethnic Identity: St. Jean-Baptiste Day Celebrations in Francophone Lewiston, Maine, by Mark Paul Richard Donat Labbé - Woods Cook, by Yvon Labbé The Jackman and Moose River Mission: From France to America with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyons, 1904-1932, by Gérard Forgue A New Home, by Paul Caron A Childhood Memory: Midnight Mass at St. Peter's and St. Paul's, by Helen Lévesque Maine's Corporation Sole Controversy, by Michael Guignard The Summer I Was Thirteen, by Denis Ledoux An Introduction to "Life in the Mills" from Canuck, a Novel by Camille Lessard-Bissonnette, by Linda Pervier "Life in the Mills," Excerpt from Canuck, by Camille Lessard-Bissonnette and Linda Pervier An Introduction to Canuck and Camille Lessard-Bissonnette: Why Read It Now?, by Sylvie Charron and Rhea Côté Robbins Franco-Americans and the International Paper Company Strike of 1910, by Anders Larson An Excerpt from Papa Martel, by Gérard Robichaud J'Aimais (I Used to Love), by Jean-Paul Poulain Passing the Flame, by Cindy Larock French-Canadian Genealogical Research, by Bob Chenard Down the Plains, an Excerpt, by Rhea Côté Robbins Calice, by Greg Chabot The Lane Road, 1958, by Susann Pelletier What We Gather in November, by Susann Pelletier How Many Frenchmen Does It Take to..., by C. Stewart Doty The Lessons of Living in a Francophobic World, by Pat LaMarche French Jokes, Anonymous When Funny Might Not Be..., by Ernie Gagné One of Frenchie's Stories: In Heat, by Ernie Gagné La Graine Pousse (The Seed Sprout), by Normand Dubé Everything's Just Finophobia, by Greg Chabot Research Note: Maine "Jim Crow"? The Forgotten Maine Constitutional Amendment of 1891, by Rebecca Dirnfeld A Short Biography for My Daughter, by Raymond Luc Lavasseur Under Wintery Constellation, by Susann Pelletier A ceux qui m'ont offensé (For Those Who Have Offended Me), by Jean-Paul Poulain Franco-American Identity at the University of Maine, by Michael Serizawa Brown Beau Frog, by Peter Archambault Out of the Shadows, by Yvon Labbé Photo-Documentary: Franco-American Work Traditions, by Jere DeWaters A Québec Soldier in Maine, by Barry Rodrigue The Silent Playground, by Ross and Judy Paradis Mémere (Grandmother), by Raymond Luc Lavasseur Tourtiière (Meat Pie), by Philomiène Létourneau Simard and Diane Simard McKenney Voicing Mémière, by Kristin Langellier On Becoming a Franco-American, by Richard Pattenaude She Appears, by Jim Bishop Livres (Books), by Maureen Perry My Writing of La Souillonne (The Filthy Woman), by Normand Beaupré "Qui Chus" (Who I Am), Excerpt from La Souillonne, by Normand Beaupré Franco-Americans and a Century of Political Elections, 1892-1992, by Madeleine Giguière Ad Astra per Aspera - To the Heavens through Hardship: The Franco-American Rise to Political Power in Maine, by Christian Potholm First Campaigns, Georgette Bérubé Maine Franco-Americans in Politics, by John Martin Singing the Vernacular, Excerpts, by Paul Paré Brunswick: A Bridge and Its History, by Julianna L'Heureux Les Non Non Blues (The No No Blues), by Josée Vachon Acadian Ployes, by Emily Clavet Ouellette Martin and Sandra Dionne Croft The Neighborhood, by Michelle Morgan Why Bother? by Michael ParentTags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Fiction and Literature, Folklore, Food, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Genealogy, Geography, Government and Politics, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Music, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Nova Scotia, Performing Arts, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Poetry, Québec, Religion, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Violence, War -
Vows : The Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Their Son
The biography of a Catholic nun and a Catholic priest in Boston, Massachusetts - their work and their faith, their marriage and their family - written by their son. Moves through the author's youth and his own unique relationship with faith and doctrine. An intimate and intimately-told story of religion in America, especially Catholicism, during and after the social upheavel of the middle twentieth century. From Free Press: "'Vows' is a compelling story of one family's unshakable faith that to be called is to serve, however high the cost may be. Peter Manseau's riveting evocation of his parents' parallel childhoods, their similar callings, their experiences in the seminary and convent, and how they met while tending to the homeless of Roxbury, Massachusetts, during the riot-prone 1960s is a page-turning meditation on the effect that love can have on profound faith." -
Voisine
Short fiction set in the author's Bateston, Maine. A man narrates a brief trip to Cecile's Market. His thoughts while limping home with a bag of groceries. Part I of The Façade, a novel in progress. -
Visions of Kerouac
Biography of Jack Kerouac published in his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Vieux articles et vieux ouvrages : Notes biographiques sur Messire P.J.B. Bédard, le prêtre patriote, fondateur de la paroisse de Notre-Dame...
Premiière partie d'une piièce biographique sur un prêtre canadien-français aux Etats-Unis. Sa jeunesse et son éducation; son désir de missionize pour les collectivités françaises de Nouvelle-Angleterre, et son éventuelle relocalisation à Flint Village, Fall River, Massachusetts. Sa fondation d'une paroisse nationale dans Fall River. -
Vieux articles et vieux ouvrages : Le Rev. M. Bédard, curé de Fall River (1886) Suite. [no. 2]
Troisiième partie d'une piièce biographique sur un prêtre canadien-français aux Etats-Unis. Les communications avec son évêque, et ses efforts à développer une paroisse nationale à Fall River, au Massachusetts. Quelques commentaires sur les efforts de ce prêtre à la lutte contre la maltraitance des canadiens-français catholiques et les travailleurs de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Sa maladie et sa mort éventuelle. Une réimpression de l'article sur son cérémonies funéraires comme présenté dans le périodique canadien, "Castor." Une transcription de son "testament de feu."Tags Acadians, Bowenville MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, East Douglas MA, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Flint Village MA, Ireland, Irish Americans, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Millbury MA, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Providence RI, Québec, Quequechan River Valley, Religion, Rhode Island, Taunton MA, Tiverton RI, Westport MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Vieux articles et vieux ouvrages : Le Rev. M. Bédard, curé de Fall River (1886) Suite. [no. 1]
Deuxiième partie d'une piièce biographique sur un prêtre canadien-français aux Etats-Unis. Sa vie comme curé de la paroisse à Flint Village, Fall River, Massachusetts. Ses préoccupations culturelles au sein de sa paroisse, et les aspects de ses relations avec les paroissiens et les prêtres irlandais-américaine. Certains événements dans la vie des catholiques franco-américaines de Fall River à la fin du 19ième siiècle.Tags Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Flint Village MA, Ireland, Irish Americans, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Providence RI, Québec, Quequechan River Valley, Religion, Rhode Island -
Vers l'évolution d'une culture...
Collection of 1970s writings on Franco Americans and Franco American culture, compiled and edited by Céleste Roberge. Contains the following sections and selections: Introduction - Céleste Roberge I. Social Sciences A History of Franco-American Journalism - Paul Paré Franco-American Folk-Lore: A Cornucopia of Culture - Roger Paradis Sources of Quantitative Data on Franco-Americans - Madeleine Giguière II. Poetry and Politics L'Expérience de la Politique et la Politique de l'Expérience - Donald Dugas D'Une Grenouille à une Autre - Paule Courtemanche Un Aveugle - Normand C. Dubé Untitled - Maxine Michaud Les Remièdes à Mme. Déline Bossé - Cécile Collin Franco-Americans on the Road - Céleste Roberge III. Education: Theory and Practice The Teaching of Franco-American Culture - Normand C. Dubé La Récolte des Patates: A Bilingual Game - Elizabeth Dodge, Marc Violette, Daniel S. Chassé -
Vermont's Hidden Heritage : French-Canadian Culture Sinking From View
Article on Franco American culture in Vermont: from its perceived "decline" to concerted efforts at its revival in different parts of the state. Suggestions on the potential cultural and political reasons for local assimilation. Particular emphasis on French heritage in the city of Winooski. Comments from University of Vermont professors, André Sénécal and Peter Woolfson; St. Michael's College professor, Anne McConnell; musician, Martha Pellerin Drury; former mayor, Ronald "Pete" Lacourse; and Vermonter, Marc Choiniière; among others. -
Vermont's Hidden Heritage : French-Canadian Culture Sinking From View
Article on Franco American culture in Vermont: from its perceived "decline" to concerted efforts at its revival in different parts of the state. Suggestions on the potential cultural and political reasons for local assimilation. Particular emphasis on French heritage in the city of Winooski. Comments from University of Vermont professors, André Sénécal and Peter Woolfson; St. Michael's College professor, Anne McConnell; musician, Martha Pellerin Drury; former mayor, Ronald "Pete" Lacourse; and Vermonter, Marc Choiniière; among others. -
Vermont Plans Bilingual Signs For Highways
Article on French-English roadsigns planned for Vermont highways in the 1950s. -
Vermont Plans Bilingual Signs For Highways
Article on French-English roadsigns planned for Vermont highways in the 1950s. -
Vermont and the Imaginative Geographies of American Whiteness
From the author: "The U.S. state of Vermont is often portrayed as a place where 'race' is of little significance, yet notions of whiteness are central to how the state has been represented and represents itself. A critical analysis of historical and contemporary economies of representation examines how Vermont has been imagined as one of the last remaining spaces of authentic Yankee whiteness while more recently becoming an imagined homeland for particular brands of white liberal politics and social practice in the United States. Narratives of white Vermont identity have often explicitly drawn on oppositions to other forms of whiteness, particularly those associated with the U.S. South, in constructing an image of a comparatively racially benign Yankee whiteness. Recent right-wing discourses have explicitly attempted to construct Vermont whiteness as outside the American mainstream (not least through its discursive association with gay and lesbian sexualities), suggesting a need for geographical work on the (re)configuration of whiteness to reconsider where 'normal' American whiteness is imagined to reside. The examination of the case of Vermont highlights the need for future geographical research to attend to continuities between various territorialized constructions of whiteness as well as contestations within whiteness." -
Vast Crowd at Plattsburg
Article on the celebration of Franco-American Day at Lake Champlain (New York and Vermont) in 1909. -
Vast Crowd at Plattsburg
Article on the celebration of Franco-American Day at Lake Champlain (New York and Vermont) in 1909. -
Vandal Love
Novel tracing a century of Québec's Hervé family in the United States and Canada, and the genetic conditions that have turned its offspring "alternately [into] brutes or runts" (4). Jude the emigrant boxer in 1960s Georgia and Louisiana, and Isa, his abandoned daughter, into Virginia and Maine. Georgianne and the runt orphaned grandchild, François, from Québec across the Canadian provinces in the middle 20th century; Harvey, his son, and the parental separation that removes one from the other. Harvey's personal spiritual quest across the American Southwest. The tragedy and genealogical loops that unify the characters and their movements through time across North America. -
Vandal Love
Novel tracing a century of Québec's Hervé family in the United States and Canada, and the genetic conditions that have turned its offspring "alternately [into] brutes or runts" (4). Jude the emigrant boxer in 1960s Georgia and Louisiana, and Isa, his abandoned daughter, into Virginia and Maine. Georgianne and the runt orphaned grandchild, François, from Québec across the Canadian provinces in the middle 20th century; Harvey, his son, and the parental separation that removes one from the other. Harvey's personal spiritual quest across the American Southwest. The tragedy and genealogical loops that unify the characters and their movements through time across North America. -
Van Buren History : A Folkloric History of Van Buren Settlers
A history of the people of Van Buren, Maine, with a heavy emphasis on local folklore. Includes a large collection of images of town buildings both past and present, historic documents, family trees, local advertisements, and local maps.Tags Acadians, Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Folklore, Food, Genealogy, Grand Isle ME, Hamlin ME, Keegan ME, Labor History, Madawaska ME, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Religion, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME -
Van Buren Centennial : 1881-1981
A brief history, collection of historical letters, poems, photos, and other works compiled in a celebration of the town of Van Buren, Maine's centennial. From the editor: "Each and everyone of us has a dream. This is a story about a group of people who were courageous enough to make their dreams come true. This year, the town of Van Buren is celebrating its hundredth anniversary. This book is a tribute to those individuals and organizations who have contributed so much of their time and effort into developing and establishing the town. These people met their failures, and struggled courageously to overcome their difficulties in order to achieve their goals." -
Value Orientations of French Canadian and Anglo-American Children in Three Northeastern Vermont Communities
A comparison of cultural values - personal and public - corresponding to ethnicity, as measured in young Vermont students of French Canadian, Anglo-American, and mixed heritage. A report of the involved questionnaire and study, a presentation of their findings, and an anthropological interpretation of the results. "Prepared for the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Section on Socialization, Toronto, November 30, 1972." 17 pages. -
Value Orientations of Anglo-Canadian and French-Canadian School Children in a Quebec Community near the Vermont Border
Article using data acquired by questionnaire to compare the value orientations of French and English students in Canada. Presented by the author in the context of perceived cultural change in Quebec during the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s. A comparison of the author's case-study analyses with results from a model developed earlier by social scientists Richer and Laporte. Differences in choice-making tendencies between both groups of students as related to cultural and linguistics chracteristics outlined by the author. Reprinted from a presentation made at the ACSUS Conference on Canadian Studies, The North in North America, Austin, Texas, March 27-30, 1974. From the author: "Grade four students in an English school and a French school in a Quebec community were examined for differences in value orientations. Although, in fact, the two schools are very near each other, the children reflect the distance in cultural orientations towards the future, their goals and interpersonal relations." -
Vagabond Dreams Come True
Original autobiography of twentieth-century singer and musician, Rudy Vallée, who was born in Island Pond, Vermont and spent his youth in Westbrook, Maine. His early life, time at the University of Maine and Yale University, and his early music career. His travels and successes, and some of his thoughts on fame. -
Use My Name: Jack Kerouac's Forgotten Families
From ECW Press: "With this fascinating new book, Jim Jones debunks many of the myths surrounding the life and times of Jack Kerouac. Jones concentrates on those whose lives were most affected by Kerouac: daughter Jan Kerouac, wives Edie Parker, Joan Haverty, and Stella Sampas, as well as nephew Paul Blake Jr. 'Use My Name: Jack Kerouac's Forgotten Families' takes its title from advice given to Jan during her second and final meeting with Jack, who encouraged her to profit from the surname she shared with the famous author of 'On the Road.' Sadly, not one of these individuals so closely tied to Kerouac seems to have benefited from the connection, as Jones discovers in his in-depth interview with Jan. She discusses at length her 15 months as a prostitute, her own divorces, her hospitalization, and her life as an author, including a wild European book tour for [her novel] 'Baby Driver.' Although Kerouac is one of the most 'biographied' American writers of our time, Jones offers a new perspective on the King of the Beats and his generation, one in which formerly marginalized figures in the Kerouac storyparticularly womenbecome strong, central characters. He also exposes the cut-throat wheeling and dealing that has plagued the Kerouac estate and that continues today as the various players do battle over the legacy of one of the counterculture's biggest idols." -
Uproar over 'Frenchie' puts end to comedian's radio act
WBLM (Portland, Maine) radio personality Ernie Gagne, known as "Frenchie," decided to quit his comedy act after it started a public controversy about local ethnic representation. -
Uproar over 'Frenchie' puts end to comedian's radio act
WBLM (Portland, Maine) radio personality Ernie Gagne, known as "Frenchie," decided to quit his comedy act after it started a public controversy about local ethnic representation. -
Upper St. John Valley
Photo history of the Upper St. John Valley, northern Maine, with a brief historical introduction. Part of the Arcadia Press "Images of America" series.Tags Business and Economics, Caribou ME, Eagle Lake ME, Education, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Geography, Grand Isle ME, Keegan ME, Long Lake ME, Madawaska ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Religion, St. David ME, Van Buren ME, Wallagrass ME -
Up from Maple Street
Memoirs of a Vermont teacher. The story of his French Canadian family living in St. Johnsbury, Vermont in the middle twentieth century. From Ecko House Publishing: "This book tells of a French Canadian family rising out of poverty and achieving the American Dream. The setting is St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Felix, the Dad, is a hot dog vendor on the hilly streets while Mom is a stay at home mom raising eight children. The American Dream is reached through hard work, perseverance and especially education. Part of the book deals with interesting anecdotes at various schools in Vermont in which the author spent 36 years as a teacher and school administrator." -
Unveiling Kate Chopin
Biography of the author of "The Awakening." From University Press of Mississippi: "In 'Unveiling Kate Chopin,' Emily Toth, the foremost authority on Chopin's life and works, creates a sharply revealing portrait of a modern woman in a Victorian world. Born in St. Louis in 1850, Kate O'Flaherty was raised by wealthy, feisty widows and educated by brilliant nuns. She endured a mysterious 'outrage' committed against her by Union soldiers in her teens and suffered what moderns now call a 'loss of voice.' But she survived to become a lively, dangerously clever social observer." -
Unlikely Heroes and Likely Songs
Recorded at the 2009 Mariposa Storytelling Festival, Mariposa, California. From Parent's website: "In this live CD, Michael performs his original stories 'My Semi-fictional Cousin Artie,' 'The Geno Maneuver,' 'Geriatric Lock Ward,' 'The Garbage Hero,' 'Uncle Joe Fournier.' Songs include French songs (and quick French 'lesson'), and favorites such as 'Side by Side,' 'Frière Jacques,' and 'Short'nin Bread.'" -
Unhoming Francophone Studies : A House in the Middle of the Current
Professor Rosello writes on Francophone Studies "as a discipline...that can be imagined as a type of unhomeliness," characterized by a variety of conversant cultural or political forms. She argues what Francophone studies is, fluidly - cultural studies, literary studies, border studies - compared to the solid "hexagonal" form from which it sprung in France. -
Une journaliste franco-américaine au seuil de l’avant-garde : l’espace des possibles d’Yvonne Le Maître (1876-1954)
Un article sur les oeuvres et la vie sociale d'une journaliste franco-américaine de Pierreville, Québec et Lowell, Massachusetts - Yvonne Le Maître - aux États-Unis, au Canada, et en Europe. La particularité de sa variété d'écriture dans le cadre de son travail comme journaliste, aussi de sa mobilité , "à partir de l'état actuel des connaissances sur les écrivaines canadiennces-françaises" (79). Où ses lettres et pièces journalistiques se sont préoccupés avec les thèmes critiques et artistiques du "futurisme," "cubisme," et la modernité. En quelle façon sa contexte franco-américaine - ou "franco"et "américain" - concerne les formes de son travail. Un accent sur l'impact de son temps passé dans les cercles sociaux internationaux, spécifiquement en Paris. -
Une journaliste franco-américaine au seuil de l'avant-garde : l'espace des possibles d'Yvonne Le Maître (1876-1954)
Un article sur les oeuvres et la vie sociale d'une journaliste franco-américaine de Pierreville, Québec et Lowell, Massachusetts - Yvonne Le Maître - aux États-Unis, au Canada, et en Europe. La particularité de sa variété d'écriture dans le cadre de son travail comme journaliste, aussi de sa mobilité , "à partir de l'état actuel des connaissances sur les écrivaines canadiennces-françaises" (79). ù ses lettres et piièces journalistiques se sont préoccupés avec les thièmes critiques et artistiques du "futurisme," "cubisme," et la modernité. En quelle façon sa contexte franco-américaine - ou "franco"et "américain" - concerne les formes de son travail. Un accent sur l'impact de son temps passé dans les cercles sociaux internationaux, spécifiquement en Paris. -
Une communauté franco-américaine dans l'Etat de New York : une étude préliminaire sur le français à Cohoes
Un bref essai sur la persistance au vingtiième siiècle de la langue et la culture francophone à Cohoes, New York. -
Une certaine Amérique aè lire : la beat generation et la littérature québécoise
Du texte: "Cette thièse porte sur l'inscription de la Beat Generation dans la littérature québécoise. J'y analyse non pas la réception de ce mouvement au Québec lors de son émergence dans les années 1950, mais bien sa réappropriation postérieure. II faut pour lire ce corpus québécois contemporain une connaissance sans faille de celui de la Beat Generation et des travaux sur le mouvement et ses écrivains. Dans cette optique, je trace d'entrée de jeu les grandes lignes de l'histoire personnelle et de l'approche littéraire des principaux auteurs de la Beat Generation, qui n'ont jamais rédige de manifeste. Par la suite, je prociède a une analyse du corpus québécois a partir de thièmes privilégies du mouvement, d'inscriptions textuelles, de citations et de références explicites ou masquées dans des noms de personnages ou de lieux. J'établis aussi les filiations entre les personnages d'un corpus et de l'autre. Il s'agit donc, toujours en restant prés des textes, d'analyser la présence « Beat» au sein du corpus québécois." -
Une Amérique française
Un exploration québécois des contributions historiques des gens français et canadiens-français à la vie quotidienne et la culture des Etats-Unis. Du texte: "Quand on parle de l'apport français à l'histoire des États-Unis, on songe immédiatement à La Fayette, surtout en cette période du bicentenaire de l'Indépendance. On est peut-être porté à oublier que la plus grande partie du territoire américain a d'abord été française : découverte, cartographiée, colonisée à partir de Montréal et de Québec. Ouvrage destiné au grand public, aux étudiants, aux éleves, 'Une Amérique française' est une vase fresque illustrant la contribution que, depuis plus de 350 ans, des millions de coureurs de bois, voyageurs, missionaires, colons, commercants, ouvriers, intellectuels, venus, de France ou du Canada, ont apportée et apportent encore, par leurs qualités françaises, à la civilisation des États-Unis. L'auteur, Jacques-Donat Casanova, est français, mais il a vécu longtemps au Québec et parcouru l'Amérique du nord. Il a déja publié avec Raymond Douville, 'La vie quotidienne en Nouvelle France' et 'La vie quotidienne des Indiens au Canada.'"Tags Acadians, Arkansas, Boston MA, Canada, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, France, Government and Politics, Great Lakes Region, Illinois, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montréal QC, Native Americans, New England, New Hampshire, New Orleans LA, New York, Newport RI, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, Québec, South Carolina, St. Louis MO, United States, War, Wisconsin -
Understanding the French Canadians of Lewiston, 1860-1900 : An Alternate Framework
Essay on the extra-cultural forces that helped to shape the French Canadian immigrant community of Lewiston, Maine. Class and ethnicity among the peoples of urban Lewiston in the second half of the 19th century. The impact of the industrial revolution on Lewiston's population and scale. The uniqueness of the French Canadian migration to Lewiston relative to other American cities. Historical comparisons between the periods of 1860-1880 and 1880-1900 regarding community, class, and business in that city. Featured in an issue of the Maine Historical Society Quarterly entitled, "Franco-Americans in Maine."Tags Alcohol and Drugs, Auburn ME, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Irish Americans, Journalism, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Old Town ME, Québec, Religion, Social History, Travel and Movement, Violence, Waterville ME -
Under Canadian Skies : A French-Canadian Historical Romance
Novel of historical fiction depicting the Rebellion of 1837 in Canada. Philippe Champagne and Edouard Dumas are two young attorneys whose advocacy on behalf of Lower Canada carries them from Montréal to the Québec countryside, and from the Champagne family and their friends to some of the most notable political figures of the period. The spy, Mireau, who unsettles Lower Canada and threatens its rebellion. Shots fired and swordplay between peasant militia and advancing soldiers. Depictions of animosity between English and French Canadians. Written by a Rhode Island author, and introduced with a brief discussion of New England French speakers. -
Under Canadian Skies : A French-Canadian Historical Romance
Novel of historical fiction depicting the Rebellion of 1837 in Canada. Philippe Champagne and Edouard Dumas are two young attorneys whose advocacy on behalf of Lower Canada carries them from Montréal to the Québec countryside, and from the Champagne family and their friends to some of the most notable political figures of the period. The spy, Mireau, who unsettles Lower Canada and threatens its rebellion. Shots fired and swordplay between peasant militia and advancing soldiers. Depictions of animosity between English and French Canadians. Written by a Rhode Island author, and introduced with a brief discussion of New England French speakers. -
Un théaêtre francophone dans un milieu franco-américain
Une histoire de théaêtre - ses peuples et ses spectacles - franco-américain à Holyoke, Massachusetts, et dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Met un accent sur la période entre 1900 et 1940.Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Fall River MA, Holyoke MA, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Montréal QC, New England, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Art and Architecture, Northampton MA, Performing Arts, Religion, Social History, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, Suncook NH, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
UMaine solidifies Franco-American studies path
Article on the hiring of Susan Pinette, a full-time faculty person at the University of Maine at Orono, for the purpose of securing a minor academic concentration in "Franco-American studies." This academic program is one of the few of its kind. -
UMaine solidifies Franco-American studies path
Article on the hiring of Susan Pinette, a full-time faculty person at the University of Maine at Orono, for the purpose of securing a minor academic concentration in "Franco-American studies." This academic program is one of the few of its kind. -
Two Nations : An Essay on the Culture and Politics of Canada and Quebec in a World of American Pre-Eminence
Book-length essay by two Canadian scholars on altering and asserting the political, social, and economic strengths of Canada and Quebec, respectively, amidst "American Pre-eminence" in the late 20th century. Suggestions on efforts to reshape Canadian popular culture in a rejection of American imperial dominance. -
Two Hundred Years of Freedom
USA bicentennial commemorative edition (2.2) of the official quarterly publication of l'Association Canado-Americaine, a fraternal and cultural organization based in Manchester, New Hampshire. Includes an editorial, an essay, a longer historical piece, and two songs transcribed. Contains the following pieces: "Salut aux Etats-Unis d'Amerique" par le redacteur "We shall continue" by Theodore J. Cusson "Nous continuerons" par Rosaire A. Ouellet "One Piece in the Great American Mosaic" by Robert B. Perreault "O Canada" and "La Marseillaise" -
Two Franco-American Writers : Dantin and Dion-Lévesque
Article exploring the author's notion of cultural "interfacing" through the French Canadian and Anglo American contexts of Montréal-born Louis Dantin (Eugene Seers) and Nashua, New Hampshire native, Rosaire Dion-Lévesque. Both authors wrote in French in early twentieth-century New England. Discussion of Dantin's best-known work, "Les enfances de Fanny," situated in Roxbury, Massachusetts; thoughts on its indifference to "American culture" and to some other themes that predominate other Franco American novels. How the later poetry of Dion-Lévesque, his French translations of Walt Whitman, and his attitudes toward "American culture" compare to the works of Dantin. -
Treasured Family Recipes : Past and Present
A cookbook both traditional and modern. A collection of recipes from three generations of French Canadian and Acadian cooks. Includes an introduction by the author. Written in Madawaska, Maine, and shared with the Upper St. John Valley. Printed by the fundraising publisher Morris Press, with a portion of cookbook sales dedicated to the Edgar J. (Guy) Paradis Cancer Fund. -
Transplanting Traditions: The Pellerin Sisters Share Perspectives on the Experience of Preserving Their French Canadian Heritage
Article compiled from oral history interviews with two sisters of the Pellerin family in Highgate, Vermont. Featured in the Vermont Folklife Center's annual publication, "Visit'n." -
Translation
Short fiction piece about a writer who can be either American (Phil Porter) or French Canadian (Philippe Carrier) depending from which side of the border he is travelling, or upon which side he sits. The complexity of a dual identity lived out in a single life - with accounts of his troubled youth in Montréal, his adult life in upstate New York - that seems to surface in his epilepsy. The success of his recent autobiography, "Head Waters," and the connections he makes with familiarity, his past, and his estranged father on a book tour that brings him to Montréal. -
Translation
Short fiction piece about a writer who can be either American (Phil Porter) or French Canadian (Philippe Carrier) depending from which side of the border he is travelling, or upon which side he sits. The complexity of a dual identity lived out in a single life - with accounts of his troubled youth in Montréal, his adult life in upstate New York - that seems to surface in his epilepsy. The success of his recent autobiography, "Head Waters," and the connections he makes with familiarity, his past, and his estranged father on a book tour that brings him to Montréal. -
Transforming Women's Work : New England Lives in the Industrial Revolution
Tags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Demography, Education, Fall River MA, Family, Fitzwilliam NH, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Griswold CT, Hallowell ME, Haverhill MA, Labor History, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Rhode Island, Richmond NH, Salem MA, Sutton NH, Vermont -
Traitors and Scoundrels: Franco-American Responses to the French-Canadian Elite
The French Canadians that settled in New England between 1850 and 1930 were hoping to maintain a French stronghold in the United States. With each wave of migration, the French-Canadian elites made speeches to their departing compatriots, encouraging them to return home. This article examines the strategies made in these speeches, varying from denigration to glorification. Franco-American authors Honoré Beaugrand and Emma Dumas countered these images by promoting positive literary representations of the French New England communities. -
Traditional French Canadian Value Orientations and Their Persistence Among the Franco-Americans of Northeastern Vermont
An exploration of the decision-making trends and cultural value orientations of Franco American adults in Vermont. Presentation of data based on questionnaires completed by French-English bilingual families. A detailed and graphed explanation of the collective questionnaire results, and the cultural or moral implications of each result. References to the moral concerns of popular Québec literature, and the traits espoused by certain French Canadian writers and fictional characters as they relate to the values apparent in the researcher's Vermont sampling. Prepared for the Annual Meeting of the Northeast Anthropological Association Meetings, held April 27-29, 1973, in Burlington, Vermont. -
Traditional French Canadian Family Life Patterns and Thier Implications for Social Services in Vermont
Behavioral and family life patterns of Franco Americans in northeast Vermont. Based on, and compared with, various research conducted on family characteristics and individual roles within French Canadian families in rural Québec. Considerations of traditional gender roles, parental and child duties, culturally reinforced beliefs, and some of the structures that either support or challenge these patterns among Vermont Franco Americans. The implications of these characteristics and behaviors for healthcare, caretaking, and other social services; suggestions for social service workers in providing for and communicating with Vermont Franco Americans. Later published and featured in "A Franco-American Overview: Volume 3." -
Traditional Crafts and Craftsmanship in America : A Selected Bibliography
Bibliography of published writings and guides on crafts, handiwork, folk art, and their practice in the United States. Indexed by location, medium, and theme, each source appended with a Library of Congress catalog number. -
Tradition and Change in the Gilded Age : Political History of Massachusetts, 1879-1893
Massachusetts politics during fifteen years within the industrial and early immigration periods of the late 19th century. From Harmond: "As this study seeks to show, Massachusetts confronted a dual set of challenges in the post-Reconstruction era. In the first place, the Irish-Americans and workingmen, provoked by their marginal status, united in a political revolt to obtain greater recognition and benefits for themselves. From 1878 to 1883 this ethnic-labor insurrection, led by Benjamin F. Butler, was the focus of Massachusetts politics....Secondly, the accelerated tempo of industrial and technological change spawnwed a spirirt of on-rushing materialism which threatened the Commonwealth's traditional business and political mores. Investors in the newly-developed water gas process, and the electric trolley, for example, resorted to extensive lobbying to secure favors from the legislature. One result was a series of scandals in the middle and later 1880s endangering the state's relatively high level of public morality....On the whole, Massachusetts met these challenges well. Under the leadership of members of the Yankee establishment, a conservative, but realistic, attempt was made to accomodate the needs of a new day to the Bay State's intellectual and political heritage." -
Tracts "For-A De Monk." Home Market Club Contributions in Eastern Connecticut.
1892 article on multilingual political tracts (pamphlets) being handed out by Republicans to Italian and French-Canadian laborers in working-class areas of Connecticut. The tracts at issue in this article were attempting to illustrate the benefits of protectionism over free trade. -
Tracts "For-A De Monk." Home Market Club Contributions in Eastern Connecticut.
1892 article on multilingual political tracts (pamphlets) being handed out by Republicans to Italian and French-Canadian laborers in working-class areas of Connecticut. The tracts at issue in this article were attempting to illustrate the benefits of protectionism over free trade. -
Toots Makes Music
Journalistic piece on Franco American musician from Biddeford, Maine, Toots Bouthot. The author's exploration of a local music icon and his community. Transcription of Bouthot's talk of music, religion, and vocation - who plays, for whom he plays, and why. The musician's descriptions of the city of Biddeford, his youth, and his growth into a life of music. -
Toots Makes Music
Journalistic piece on Franco American musician from Biddeford, Maine, Toots Bouthot. The author's exploration of a local music icon and his community. Transcription of Bouthot's talk of music, religion, and vocation - who plays, for whom he plays, and why. The musician's descriptions of the city of Biddeford, his youth, and his growth into a life of music. -
Tool of Acculturation, Outil de Survivance : Education of French Canadians in Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1880-1920
From Fliss: "Motivated to ensure 'la survivance,' the survival of their religion, language, and culture, French-Canadian immigrants established an extensive private Catholic education system ranging from parish elementary and high schools to boarding schools and colleges in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century New England. Of these education levels, parish schools reached the largest number of French-Canadian children. In Holyoke, Massachusetts, French-Canadian survivance efforts centered on the education of their children in French-Canadian parish schools however, the parish school performed a dual role for the French Canadians in the context of their cultural transition in New England. French-Canadian culture pervaded the school day with French as a language of instruction, sisters from French-Canadian orders as teachers, religion and Canadian history in the curriculum, and the observance of traditional cultural customs and celebrations. The French-Canadian immigrant community did not anticipate the schools' second role, that of aiding the acculturation of their children into American society. Although these roles seem to be at cross-purposes, they co-existed in New England until the second half of the twentieth century with the weakening of French-Canadian identity, the shortage of teaching sisters, and the closing of ethnic parish schools. The bilingual and bicultural character of the school day, influenced by both assimilation and survivance strategies, contributed to the development of a Franco-American population in Holyoke...." -
Tom Plant : The Making of a Franco-American Entrepreneur, 1859-1941
Critical biography of Tom Plant, leader in the shoe industry of New England near the turn of the twentieth century, situated in the Bath, Maine, area. Refutes and diversifies the stereotypical notion of the French Canadian immigrant worker experience in New England. Introduction written by Jacques Ferland, University of Maine Professor of History. -
To Mark Feast of St. John Wednesday. L'Union St Jean Baptiste D'Amerique to Meet
Article on the 1925 St-Jean-Baptiste Day Celebration in Greater Boston. -
To Mark Feast of St. John Wednesday. L'Union St Jean Baptiste D'Amerique to Meet
Article on the 1925 St-Jean-Baptiste Day Celebration in Greater Boston. -
To Honor M. Laurier. Citizens of Boston Will Give Him A Great Reception
Brief 1891 article acknowledging the upcoming visit of Wilfrid Laurier, potential Canadian Prime Minister, to Boston, Massachusetts. -
To Honor M. Laurier. Citizens of Boston Will Give Him A Great Reception
Brief 1891 article acknowledging the upcoming visit of Wilfrid Laurier, potential Canadian Prime Minister, to Boston, Massachusetts. -
To be French in North America
Critical article exploring the author's notion of a "fundamental unity" among French heritage peoples in North America: a consciousness unified in historical defeat and nostalgic glorification. The ways in which North American political, artistic, and literary figures engage this idea in their French- and English-language works, both successfully and unsuccessfully. Refers to Jack Kerouac, Iry LeJeune, and others. How Québec - as political entity and population - is both an example of and an exception to the author's chosen theme. Featured in a Toronto, Ontario magazine of arts and literature. -
To be French in North America
Critical article exploring the author's notion of a "fundamental unity" among French heritage peoples in North America: a consciousness unified in historical defeat and nostalgic glorification. The ways in which North American political, artistic, and literary figures engage this idea in their French- and English-language works, both successfully and unsuccessfully. Refers to Jack Kerouac, Iry LeJeune, and others. How Québec - as political entity and population - is both an example of and an exception to the author's chosen theme. Featured in a Toronto, Ontario magazine of arts and literature. -
Time for Maine to secede from U.S., consider joining Canada
Humorous opinion piece on Maine as an American outcast state, sharing more in common with its Canadian neighbors than with the people and places of its neighboring American states. -
Time for Maine to secede from U.S., consider joining Canada
Humorous opinion piece on Maine as an American outcast state, sharing more in common with its Canadian neighbors than with the people and places of its neighboring American states. -
Thrust and Counterthrust : The Genesis of the Canada-United States Boundary
History of borderlands and border disputes between the United States and Canada. Chapter 1 is dedicated to the early-nineteenth-century St. John River Valley border dispute and the Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842) that solidified the division between present day New Brunswick and Maine. -
Through a Glass Darkly : Ethnic Semiosis in American Literature
Critical research that questions the concept of "ethnic literature" and explores the phenomenon of ethnicities being written out in American literature. Problematizes designating "ethnic literature" as a thing apart, given the peculiar ethnic and cultural blends that run through American social life and American literature in general. Uses the authors Henry James, William Carlos Williams, and others, as examples. -
Three French family favorites
Subtitled, "How to make tourtiière, creton and ploy, the old-fashioned way." Recipes for four meals traditional to "French American" New England - tourtiière, creton, ployes, and chicken stew. Introduced with a brief note on what these recipes mean, historically, for the author and her Maine family. -
Three French family favorites
Subtitled, "How to make tourtiière, creton and ploy, the old-fashioned way." Recipes for four meals traditional to "French American" New England - tourtiière, creton, ployes, and chicken stew. Introduced with a brief note on what these recipes mean, historically, for the author and her Maine family. -
Three Architects of Early New Hampshire Mill Towns
Article describing the architectural history of Nashua, New Hampshire and its surroundings, once thought to belong largely to the work of Asher Benjamin (agent of the Nashua Manufacturing Company) in the nineteenth century. Benjamin's contemporaries - Samuel Shepherd and John D. Kimball - and their little-investigated yet significant impact on landscapes often attributed to Benjamin. The relationships between these three artists and constructors in the nineteenth century, and a call for further research into their specific architectural influences. -
Three Architects of Early New Hampshire Mill Towns
Article describing the architectural history of Nashua, New Hampshire and its surroundings, once thought to belong largely to the work of Asher Benjamin (agent of the Nashua Manufacturing Company) in the nineteenth century. Benjamin's contemporaries - Samuel Shepherd and John D. Kimball - and their little-investigated yet significant impact on landscapes often attributed to Benjamin. The relationships between these three artists and constructors in the nineteenth century, and a call for further research into their specific architectural influences. -
This Splendid Game : Maine Campaigns and Elections, 1940-2002
An insider's analysis of Maine politics from World War II to the beginning of the 21st century. Close reading and critical examination of one major election in each of the decades between 1940 and 2000: their historical contexts, their candidates or issues, and the campaigns that influenced their outcomes. Includes analyses of elections involving such characters as Margaret Chase Smith, Ed Muskie, Ken Curtis, Elmer Violette, Bill Cohen, Angus King, and Susan Collins. The public approaches that led to their success or failure; the impact of these campaigns and elections on Maine politics more broadly. The shape of Maine political parties by the end of the 20th century. Election analysis after 1970 includes the author's own experiences in Maine politics. -
This Splendid Game : Maine Campaigns and Elections, 1940-2002
An insider's analysis of Maine politics from World War II to the beginning of the 21st century. Close reading and critical examination of one major election in each of the decades between 1940 and 2000: their historical contexts, their candidates or issues, and the campaigns that influenced their outcomes. Includes analyses of elections involving such characters as Margaret Chase Smith, Ed Muskie, Ken Curtis, Elmer Violette, Bill Cohen, Angus King, and Susan Collins. The public approaches that led to their success or failure; the impact of these campaigns and elections on Maine politics more broadly. The shape of Maine political parties by the end of the 20th century. Election analysis after 1970 includes the author's own experiences in Maine politics. -
Things I Learned While Writing
Short essay by a writer from Waterville, Maine, in support of his recent novel, "Everything Matters!" The topic of this piece, reflected in its title, lends to the sharing of a few personal anecdotes that relate some of his experiences with family, miracles, and death, and what these things have revealed to him in writing. -
Things I Learned While Writing
Short essay by a writer from Waterville, Maine, in support of his recent novel, "Everything Matters!" The topic of this piece, reflected in its title, lends to the sharing of a few personal anecdotes that relate some of his experiences with family, miracles, and death, and what these things have revealed to him in writing. -
Themes in the Training of Culturally Effective Psychotherapists
Exploration of issues regarding ethnicity and cultural identity in psychotherapy. Description of 8-week program designed to help counselors and therapists address issues in an ethnic context. Includes an outline of program techniques and activities, remarks on the pilot program participants, and an analysis of program results. -
The Women of Survivance : A Case Study of Ethnic Persistence Among the Members of Franco-American Women's Groups in New England, 1950-Present
Thesis in sociology highlighting Franco American women in the preservation of ethnic heritage and language. Based on a variety of case studies conducted by the author in 1980s New England. From the author: "The primary purpose of this dissertation was to explore questions related to the processes of ethnic persistence and, secondarily, to understand the role of women in these processes. The procedure for this investigation was to conduct a case study of an ethnic women's organization, La Federation Feminine Franco-Americaine (Fede). This case study of the Fede utilized field work techniques, in-depth interviews and the analysis of archival materials. The objectives of this case study were in brief: (1) to delineate the maintenance activities involved in ethnic persistence; (2) to determine the importance of ethnicity to ethnic group members actively involved in its maintenance; (3) to assess the role of ethnic women in these processes, in order to develop a grounded theory of ethnic persistence." -
The White Ethnic Catholic Woman
Essay describing the cultural, religious, and political outlooks of Catholic women in the northeastern and midwestern United States within the women's rights framework of the Women's Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Thoughts on women workers and family orientation among ethnic Catholics, and an appeal to emphasize cultural diversity within the Women's Movement. Attempts to qualify and dispel some general misunderstandings about ethnic - especially Eastern European - Catholic tradition. Paper presentation from the proceedings of "The Challenge of the Women's Movement: American Diversity" - a 1976 conference held in New York City by the American Jewish Committee's Institute on Pluralism and Group Identity. -
The Way That Water Enters Stone
Collection of short stories from native of Worcester, Massachusetts and professor of creative writing at Florida International University. Author of the novels "Louisiana Power & Light" (1994), "Love Warps the Mind a Little" (1997), "Requiem, Mass." (2008), and several other works of prose.Tags Baton Rouge LA, Boston MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Family, Florida, Gorham ME, Irish Americans, Lake Winepesaukee NH, Leominster MA, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Fiction, Literary Works -- Short fiction, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Old Orchard Beach ME, Orono ME, Providence RI, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Scarborough ME, Violence, Worcester MA -
The Way That Water Enters Stone
Tags Baton Rouge LA, Boston MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Family, Florida, Gorham ME, Irish Americans, Lake Winepesaukee NH, Leominster MA, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Fiction, Literary Works -- Short fiction, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Old Orchard Beach ME, Orono ME, Providence RI, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Scarborough ME, Violence, Worcester MA -
The Voice of Maine
A collection of oral history portraits from around the state of Maine. Introduction written by Marshall Dodge, and foreword from Robert Coles. From the text: " 'The Voice of Maine' offers an extraordinary glimpse into the heart and soul of the people of Maine. From an unknown lobsterman's wife to the famous Nearings of Harborside, from northern woods to coastal towns, the perceptive interviews of Bill Pohl and the outstanding photographs of Abbie Sewall present a remarkable State, and its even more remarkable residents, in honest, close-up portraits that captivate as well as entertain and inform. For millions Maine is a special place, and here both ordinary and well-known people speak openly and clearly about what they find here, how they live, and make a living, far removed from modern urban society."Tags Bailey Island ME, Bath ME, Bucks Harbor ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Damariscotta ME, Family, Fishing, Five Islands ME, Forestry, Greenville ME, Harborside ME, Maine, Manana Island ME, Millinocket ME, Native Americans, New Sweden ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Documentary, North Whitefield ME, Orland ME, Orr's Island ME, Owl's Head ME, Penobscot River Valley, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Pleasant Point ME, Portland ME, Robinhood ME, Rockport ME, Social History, South Addison ME, South Bristol ME, Sports and Leisure, Stonecutting, Stonington ME, West Point ME, Winnegance ME -
The Voice Is All : The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac
Biographical portrait of Jack Kerouac, with uniquely heavy emphasis on the suggested influence of his French Canadian heritage - and the French language - on the style and content of his creative works. Written by a Kerouac contemporary and former friend. Covers from Kerouac's early life and those of his parents, to 1951, shortly after the publication of his first novel, The Town and the City. -
The Voice Is All : The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac
Biographical portrait of Jack Kerouac, with uniquely heavy emphasis on the suggested influence of his French Canadian heritage - and the French language - on the style and content of his creative works. Written by a Kerouac contemporary and former friend. Covers from Kerouac's early life and those of his parents, to 1951, shortly after the publication of his first novel, The Town and the City. -
The Vermont-Quebec Border : Life on the Line
"Images of America" series pictorial history of the people and places surrounding the border that separates the province of Québec and the state of Vermont, slightly above the 45th parallel. How the international communities in this area have built and preserved relationships that defy national boundary, and how these relationships have been affected by government's concerns over national security. Pictures compiled mostly from the personal collection of the editor and captioner.Tags Alburg VT, Beebe Plain VT, Berkshire VT, Business and Economics, Canaan VT, Charleston VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Derby Line VT, Enosburg Falls VT, Franklin VT, Great Britain, Island Pond VT, Jay VT, Morses Line VT, New England, Newport VT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, North Troy VT, Northeast Kingdom VT, Norton VT, Québec, Richford VT, Social History, Sports and Leisure, St. Albans VT, Travel and Movement, Troy VT, Vermont, West Derby VT, Westmore VT -
The Trial Statements of Ray Luc Levasseur
Ray Luc Levasseur's statements from the 1989 criminal trial where he represented himself against accusations of racketeering. He places himself and a working-class Franco (Sanford, Maine) upbringing in the course of an American class struggle, weaving his personal history through the international political tumult of the 1960s and 1970s. One published statement is now entitled "From the Shadows of the Mills," and can be read at the URL below. -
The Transplanted : A History of Immigrants in Urban America
An overview of American immigration and ethnic histories from American cities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Written by the Director of Oral History Research at the University of Indiana, Bloomington. From Indiana University Press: "A major survey of the immigrant experience between 1830 and 1930, this book has implications for all students and scholars of American social history."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Austrian Americans, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Croatian Americans, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, German Americans, Government and Politics, Hungarian Americans, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Jewish Americans, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Polish Americans, Religion, Social History, United States -
The Trade Union Woman
Essay addressing the ways in which the Women's Movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s failed to address working class women. An appeal to combat stereotypes of working women. Emphasis on clerical workers. 1970s labor organizing and unionization efforts of women workers, particularly in the publishing industries of Boston, Chicago, and New York. Written by a labor organizer of Distributive Workers of America. Paper from the proceedings of "The Challenge of the Women's Movement: American Diversity" - a 1976 conference held in New York City by the American Jewish Committee's Institute on Pluralism and Group Identity. -
The Tent in the Wind
Short story that finds James Briggs in London receiving a New York phone call in the nighttime from the mother of his ex-wife, Joanna, an expatriate in London, alerting him to Joanna's attempt at suicide across town. -
The Tent in the Wind
Short story that finds James Briggs in London receiving a New York phone call in the nighttime from the mother of his ex-wife, Joanna, an expatriate in London, alerting him to Joanna's attempt at suicide across town. -
The Teacher of French and the Franco-American Newspaper
Article describing French, French-Canadian, and Franco-American newspapers published in the US and Canada as useful classroom tools for language learning and cultural competency. Discussions of various relevant French-language periodicals, their contents, origins, and distribution. Suggestions for their use with students.Tags Alberta, Berlin NH, California, Canada, Fall River MA, Lewiston ME, Los Angeles CA, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Newark NJ, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pittsburgh PA, Québec, Rhode Island, San Francisco CA, Saskatchewan, Worcester MA -
The Teacher of French and the Franco-American Newspaper
Article describing French, French-Canadian, and Franco-American newspapers published in the US and Canada as useful classroom tools for language learning and cultural competency. Discussions of various relevant French-language periodicals, their contents, origins, and distribution. Suggestions for their use with students.Tags Alberta, Berlin NH, California, Canada, Fall River MA, Lewiston ME, Los Angeles CA, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Newark NJ, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pittsburgh PA, Québec, Rhode Isand, San Francisco CA, Saskatchewan, Worcester MA -
The Talk of Madawaska : English Spoken Ici
Article subtitled, "Maine's northernmost community is a lively world apart." A profile of the northern Maine town of Madawaska, situated in Aroostook County on the St. John River Valley. The Acadian people who predominantly inhabit the town, their history, and the changing shape of their community and its industry. Interviews with some residents, and an optimism for the town's economic and cultural futures. -
The Talk of Madawaska : English Spoken Ici
Article subtitled, "Maine's northernmost community is a lively world apart." A profile of the northern Maine town of Madawaska, situated in Aroostook County on the St. John River Valley. The Acadian people who predominantly inhabit the town, their history, and the changing shape of their community and its industry. Interviews with some residents, and an optimism for the town's economic and cultural futures. -
The Structure of the Canadian French Consonant System
Discussion of consonantal traits characteristic of Canadian French, excluding the dialectical traits of the Acadians typically heard in Northern Maine and the Maritime Provinces in Canada. Brief references to French Creole and New England Franco-American French. From the author: "The purpose of this study is to discuss the structure of the consonant system of Canadian French, especially in its more archaic (i.e., less assimilated to the standard language) form, in order to show that a seemingly complex set of allophonic and phonemic developments, of different origins, bear witness to a single tendency toward greater economy of distinctive features in the phonological system." -
The Story of the Acadians: A Tale of Discovery, Tragedy, and Determination
From Crown of Maine Productions: "'The Story of the Acadians' is a tale of discovery, tragedy and determination of a peace loving people who never give up. Learn how the first French settlers brought with them pre-fabricated homes from France to North America in 1604, hear about their strong relations with the native people whose alliances helped to save their lives, witness the innovative designs of the French in the construction of the unique fortresses they built, as well as the intricate system of dykes they introduced into North America....Most of all, learn how the French became Acadians with a culture of their own a culture of family values, of hard work and of a determination never to be destroyed despite numerous attacks by the British assaults which culminated in one of the worst human tragedies of all time the Deportation from Nova Scotia." -
The Status of French Among Youth in a Bilingual American-Canadian Border Community : The Case of Madawaska, Maine
From Price: "This study examines the status of the French language among young residents of Madawaska, Maine, a US-Canadian border community with a long history of bilingualism and contact with French speakers. This study views language status as having two distinct yet interrelated components: (1) code role, or characteristics associated with the use of a given language or variety, such as attitudes of speakers toward the variety and its use, the proficiency level of speakers, language use patterns, and so forth, and (2) code nature, or the state of the variety in question in terms of syntax, phonology and lexicon. The data, collected by means of four interview tasks, targeted both code role and code nature and sought to determine the general status of French among the younger residents of this community. In addition to the younger subject population, a small adult baseline population was also included in order to compare data across generations, so as to identify not just possible differences in code role, but also in code nature, including the possibility of language loss....The data suggested several trends. First, in terms of code role, young subjects generally reported lower levels of language use, proficiency and exposure to French than did adults. Secondly, not only did high-proficiency young subjects generally report higher scores in these areas than did lower-proficiency subjects, but males tended to score higher than females in this regard. This would suggest that exposure to French, context, language proficiency and gender correlate with language use among this population. Conversely, attitudes do not generally appear to be a salient factor motivating French language use. With regard to code nature, the study found that even the most proficient young speakers demonstrated some important gaps in their grammatical competence, and that the young subject population as a whole exhibited features in their production consistent with language loss. The study concludes that although there are still many individuals with ability in French, the differences between younger and older speakers in terms of both code role and code nature suggest that local French will be lost unless further action is taken to reverse the progress of French language loss among young bilinguals in the community."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Gender and Sexuality, Geography, Language and Linguistics, Madawaska ME, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, St. John River Valley -
The St. John Valley Story and the Wallagrass Story
A history of the St. John River Valley, Maine with a large segment dedicated to the town of Wallagrass. Begins with European colonization and the sixteenth century Native Americans, and continues through the establishment and demise of Acadia, and the birth of communities in the Upper St. John River Valley. A large collection of pictures from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A number of entries on specific persons important to Wallagrass and its surrounding towns. Written and compiled by a resident of Soldier Pond, Aroostook County, Maine. Volume 4 in a series on Maine history created by this author.Tags Acadians, Allagash ME, Ashland ME, Caribou ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Daigle ME, Death and Disaster, Eagle Lake ME, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, Fort Kent ME, France, Frenchville ME, Grand Isle ME, Hamlin ME, Keegan ME, Madawaska ME, Native Americans, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nova Scotia, Presque Isle ME, Religion, Soldier Pond ME, St. Agatha ME, St. Francis ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME, Wallagrass ME, War -
The Spindle City : Labor, Politics, and Religion in Fall River, Massachusetts, 1870-1905
The place of Fall River, Massachusetts, in the United States' 19th-century industrial boom, its ensuing period of immigration and cultural diversification, and the birth of the American middle class. A massive and in-depth dissertation that pays particular attention to ethnic and class distinctions as treated in the political atmosphere of the 35 year period around the turn of the century.Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Labor History, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Quequechan River Valley, Religion, Social History, Taunton River Valley -
The Spice of Popery : Converging Christianities on an Early American Frontier
Exploration of Maine's religious culture and various religious identities in the 17th and early 18th centuries. A study of religious eclecticism in the New England/New France borderland that complicates conventional notions of Christian orthodoxy, or of various Protestant and Catholic peoples and ways of living, in a corner of North America during the Colonial Period. The region's interactions between European Protestant settlers, Wabanaki, and French Catholics; the interplay of their various powers and religious varieties; the birth of hybrid borderland cultures; the solidification of religious identities. Particular emphasis on Catholic/Protestant conflicts in this time period and region. Illustrated with maps, portraits, and black and white photographs. Based on the 2006 dissertation of a similar title. -
The Spice of Popery : Converging Christianities on an Early American Frontier
Exploration of Maine's religious culture and various religious identities in the 17th and early 18th centuries. A study of religious eclecticism in the New England/New France borderland that complicates conventional notions of Christian orthodoxy, or of various Protestant and Catholic peoples and ways of living, in a corner of North America during the Colonial Period. The region's interactions between European Protestant settlers, Wabanaki, and French Catholics; the interplay of their various powers and religious varieties; the birth of hybrid borderland cultures; the solidification of religious identities. Particular emphasis on Catholic/Protestant conflicts in this time period and region. Illustrated with maps, portraits, and black and white photographs. Based on the 2006 dissertation of a similar title. -
The Special NDEA Institute at Bowdoin College for French Teachers of Canadian Descent
Essay on the 1961 French Institute (Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine) held under the terms of the National Defense Education Act that was intended, by the federal government, to tap into and develop the linguistic resource of native Franco-American French speakers. Complicated by the divergence of New England French from standard Parisian French. Brault provides here a paraphrased version of the Institute's curricula, which aimed to standardize spoken French from its dialectical or vernacular forms local to Maine. -
The Spacing of Births Among French-Canadian Families : An Historical Approach
From the author: "This article stresses on two aspects of demography. The first aspect is a historical and geographical analysis of the spacing of births among French-Canadians and the second one is the possibilities of using genealogies as sources of data which can yield demographic information. When official computations are not available, the development of demographic data based on family genealogies may give analysts some indication of past performances within societies. Genealogies thus provide a rich source of information for both Canadian and American historical demographers. When proper methodological techniques are applied to these data, they yield results which then permit one to draw conclusions about demographic behavior. The data for the present article are derived from a longer study dealing with historical demographic changes among French-Canadians between 1650 and 1950. The genealogy of one French-Canadian family is the source of information utilized in this report. The paper is intended to contribute additional information on changing patterns of child spacing over time and space." -
The Social Context of Franco-American Schooling in New England
Article aimed at informing teachers about students of Franco-American heritage, and recounting the particular past experiences of ethnic Francos in New England schools. Recent public efforts at bilingual and bicultural education in New England. Includes a list of predominantly Franco-American New England towns, as well as a list of vernacular phrases and their Parisian correspondents.Tags Adams MA, Auburn ME, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Cambridge MA, Canaan VT, Caribou ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Connecticut, Danielson CT, Demography, Derby VT, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Franklin VT, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Greenville NH, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Jewett City CT, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Norton VT, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Palmer MA, Pawtucket RI, Pittsfield MA, Plainfield CT, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Rhode Island, Richford VT, Saco ME, Salem MA, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, St. John River Valley, Taftville CT, Taunton MA, Vermont, Ware MA, Warren RI, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Webster MA, West Warwick RI, Willimantic CT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Social Consequences of Writing Louisiana French
The status of French language in Louisiana over time - diversity, amalgamation, decay, revival, and current modes of expression. How the written French word in the context of Louisiana French language revival has taken on special political and social meaning. The written word as a sight for examining the connections between "social and linguistic change" in Louisiana. From the author: "Studies on language shift often refer to the demise of the ousted variety by detailing various stages of language decay and extinction. Problematic for these accounts are well-documented cases of intervening social phenomena, such as language revival movements, which can alter in some way the stages of decline. French Louisiana's situation illustrates language shift interacting with a strong revival movement. In the wake of the revival and in spite of continued shift, another trend is apparent -- the writing of Louisiana French. Whereas shift clearly represents a stage of language decline, the creation of a written code functions as a key ingredient for language maintenance. A sociolinguistic analysis of these forces reveals the complexity and the conflict involved in the choice of the written word." -
The Sky Is Falling Soon! (And Junior Is Agitated)
New York Times book review of Waterville, Maine native, Ron Currie, Jr.'s latest novel, "Everything Matters!" -
The Sky Is Falling Soon! (And Junior Is Agitated)
New York Times book review of Waterville, Maine native, Ron Currie, Jr.'s latest novel, "Everything Matters!" -
The Shadows of the Trees : The Story of French-Canadians in New England
Book-length reflection on a personal journey through New England to learn about French-Canadian immigration and Franco American identity there. Permeated with personal anecdotes, comments on language, race, and genealogy, and perhaps the first tempered criticisms of La Survivance. Ducharme's attempts to cover all aspects of Franco-American culture meddle in both the subtle and the explicit. Written by the author of "The Delusson Family: A Novel." From the text: "It is high time that someone wrote of [the French-Canadians in New England], to show the why and wherefore of their coming. This I hope to do in this book."Tags Art and Architecture, Biddeford ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Government and Politics, Journalism, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Essay, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Religion, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Several Lives of Joan the Spinner : Honoré Beaugrand’s Jeanne la fileuse : épisode de l’émigration franco-canadienne aux États-Unis and the Making and Remaking of a French Canadian/Franco-American Novel
Critical and historical analysis of of Honoré Beaugrand's 1877-1878 serialized novel, Jeanne la fileuse. Speculation on the author's political, social, and artistic motives for writing about nineteenth-century French Canadian emigration to New England, and the uniqueness of his liberal perspective at that time. Some thoughts on the novel's serialized publication in multiple newspapers, its soon-after publication as a single volume, and its twentieth-century re-publication in France and the United States. Differences among the published versions, varying intentions of the publishers, and consideration for each version's distinct audience. -
The Sentinelle Affair (1924-1929) and Militant Survivance : The Franco-American Experience in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Definitive text on the background and maneuverings of the Sentinelle Affair in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. How the relationship between Catholic Church leaders and lay Franco Americans in Woonsocket was tempered by the empassioning pull of 'la survivance' and the public power of print media. -
The Second Colonization of New England
Narrative and descriptive short history of immigration to the United States between 1815 and 1914. Focuses primarily on New England, and emphasizes the presence of Irish, French Canadian, and German newcomers, the means of their arrival, and the impact of their presence. -
The Search for Generational Memory
Essay describing the popularity of American search efforts for "generational memory" - or the shape of one's personal and social origins - through genealogy, oral history, and the new social history movement of the middle twentieth century. Uses the example of Alex Haley's 1976 book, "Roots," as an influence on such popular efforts, and an instance of American historical and cultural identity-searching whose precedents can be traced to the beginning of the twentieth century. Exposition on the craft of oral history and the type of knowledge it generates. Written by the author of "Amoskeag: Life and Work in an American Factory-City" (1978), which focuses on the Amoskeag Mills of Manchester, New Hampshire and its workers. -
The Search for Generational Memory
Essay describing the popularity of American search efforts for "generational memory" - or the shape of one's personal and social origins - through genealogy, oral history, and the new social history movement of the middle twentieth century. Uses the example of Alex Haley's 1976 book, "Roots," as an influence on such popular efforts, and an instance of American historical and cultural identity-searching whose precedents can be traced to the beginning of the twentieth century. Exposition on the craft of oral history and the type of knowledge it generates. Written by the author of "Amoskeag: Life and Work in an American Factory-City" (1978), which focuses on the Amoskeag Mills of Manchester, New Hampshire and its workers. -
The Run of the Mill : A Pictorial Narrative of the Expansion, Dominion, Decline, and Enduring Impact of the New England Textile Industry
A chronicle of centuries of labor in black and white photographs. Historical and modern perspectives on mills, industrial towns, and workers in New England from the earliest industrialization period to the 1970s. From the inside flap: "The full force of American capitalism was first released through the creation, consolidation, and incredible profitability of the New England textile industry. It was along the energetic waterways of the Northeast that the Industrial Revolution cut its teeth, there that real manufacturing initially occurred, that goods, produced on native soil, were first distributed in substantial quantities. There, in short, that the modern corporation was conceived. This fascinating, generously illustrated and extensively documented study presents the full scope of that phenomenon by concentrating on its single most powerful and successful manifestation: the textile mill. This was America's first integrated history, so immense in its concentration that in 1832, of 106 manufacturing concerns in the United States with assets of over $100,000, a full 88 were listed as textile companies.... Dunwell's survey is divided into two sections. The first, replete with 250 photographs and sketches from a wide variety of sources, gives an historical overview, a concentrated history of the textile mill in New England from the early developments in native technology to the final abandonment of the region. The second examines the living remnants of the industry...Here he presents the people who are still working in the mills..."Tags Allendale RI, Androscoggin River Valley, Arctic RI, Ashton RI, Baltic CT, Blackstone MA, Burrillville RI, Cabotville MA, Charles River Valley, Community: Customs and Social Life, Derby CT, Dover NH, Emigration and Immigration, England, Exeter RI, Fiskeville RI, Forestdale RI, Georgiaville RI, Globe Village MA, Great Falls NH, Grosvenordale CT, Hadley Falls MA, Hockanum River Valley, Kenyon RI, Labor History, Lonsdale RI, Manchang MA, Manville RI, Mechanicsville CT, Middletown CT, Mills and Mill Work, Millville MA, New London CT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, North Billerica MA, North Uxbridge MA, Olneyville RI, Pascoag RI, Religion, Riverpoint RI, Rockville CT, Sawyerville NH, Slatersville RI, Social History, Stafford Springs CT, Susquehanna River Valley, Valley Falls RI, Versailles CT, Wappingers Falls NY, Wauregan CT, Whitinsville MA, Wilkinsonville CT, Winchendon MA, Woodville RI, Wyoming RI, Yantic CT -
The Roman Catholic Diocese Boundary and American Madawaska, 1842-1870
Article discussing the impact of the 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty on the remapping of Roman Catholic diocesan boundaries in the New Brunswick and northern Maine border region. How Maine and Canadian political geography figured into the organization of Catholic space in the 19th century, and the question of whether diocesan boundaries should be figured according to political border or ethnicity. Other factors playing into Catholic Church decisions on the organization of border dioceses. -
The Role of French National Societies in the Socio-Cultural Evolution of the Franco-Americans of New England from 1860 to the Present : An Analytical Macro-Sociological Case Study in Ethnic Integration Based on Current Social System Models
Dissertation on the histories of Franco American national societies and fraternal organizations in New England. Their significance to French Canadian and Franco American communities there from 1860 to 1960. How these organizations were involved in the socialization of francophone Canadian immigrants in the United States. An argument that these processes of socialization are better described as "integration" rather than "assimilation." Observations on "the socio-cultural evolution of the Franco-American ethnic group in New England" (1). A case study in macrosociology. Contains various observations of Franco American national societies and parishes throughout the Northeast.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Albany NY, Anoka MN, Aurora IL, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Canada, Chicago IL, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord NH, Connecticut, Detroit MI, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Glens Falls NY, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Mendota MN, Millbury MA, Minneapolis MN, Nashua NH, New England, New Hampshire, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Polish Americans, Providence RI, Religion, Rhode Island, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, St. Paul MN, Troy NY, Vermont, Wayne County MI, Webster MA, Westborough MA, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Role of Fr. Jean-Baptiste Proulx in the Danielson Affair and in the Manitoba School Question
From the author: "The thesis is an examination of the role of Fr. Jean-Baptiste Proulx as an intermediary for the French-Canadian laity at St. James' Church in Danielson, Connecticut in the parish discord known as the Danielson Affair, and as a secret ambassador of Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier for negotiations with Pope Leo XIII in order to settle the Manitoba School Question in 1896. The thesis re-examines the histories that have been written about Fr. Proulx's role in both historical events, and the histories that are examined are the book and dissertation by Sr. Dolores Liptak, European Immigrants and the Catholic Church in Connecticut, 1870-1920, and Robert Rumilly's Histoire des Franco-Américains and volumes eight and nine of his series, Histoire de la Province du Québec. ... The sources that are used to re-examine the histories are sources that Robert Rumilly used, such as the Papers of Fr. Proulx that are held by the National Archives of Quebec at Montreal, as well as Fr. Proulx's own account as an intermediary in the Danielson Affair, entitled: "Journal of My Steps and Walks in the Diocese of Hartford on the Subject of Danielson by the Reverend J.B. Proulx, Parish Priest of St. Lin." Also used are several contemporary newspapers in Connecticut, as well as three French-language newspapers that were published in Montreal and in Southern New England. In the analysis of the Danielson Affair and the Manitoba School Question, the thesis examines the development of several documents in light of either historical event. ... Also, the thesis analyzes two speeches from the Eleventh Convention of the Canadiens-Américains du Connecticut that was held in September 1896, and how they became two documents about the Danielson Affair that were forwarded to Fr. Proulx while he was in Rome. Other documents that are examined are the decision of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors on the contested election of lay trustees at St. James' Church in Danielson, known as 'State ex rel. George Barry vs. Eli Getty and James Reynolds,' and the response by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hartford to the said decision that changed the state laws for the incorporation of Catholic parishes, 'An Act concerning the Organization of Roman Catholic Churches' in 1903." -
The Role of Culture in the Medical Encounter
Short piece of health-related scholarship in cultural studies. Describes three instances in which medical professionals' lack of knowledge about their patients' cultural background had a negative impact on medical judgment and personal treatment. Published by Katahdin Area Health Education Center, University of Maine at Orono. Reprinted from "The Maine MOSAIC," Spring, 1989. -
The Role of Culture in the Medical Encounter
Short piece of health-related scholarship in cultural studies. Describes three instances in which medical professionals' lack of knowledge about their patients' cultural background had a negative impact on medical judgment and personal treatment. Published by Katahdin Area Health Education Center, University of Maine at Orono. Reprinted from "The Maine MOSAIC," Spring, 1989. -
The Rise of the Unmeltable Francos
Article subtitled, "'We were allowed to keep our faith and our language,' one Franco-American says - 'and our place.'" Feature on Franco American history in New England through the author's reflections on her family, her commentary on the 1983 "Rassemblement des Artistes Franco-Américaines," and a profile of Yvon Labbé - director of the Franco-American Centre at the University of Maine. Featured in the magazine section, "Local Color." -
The Rise of the Unmeltable Francos
Article subtitled, "'We were allowed to keep our faith and our language,' one Franco-American says - 'and our place.'" Feature on Franco American history in New England through the author's reflections on her family, her commentary on the 1983 "Rassemblement des Artistes Franco-Américaines," and a profile of Yvon Labbé - director of the Franco-American Centre at the University of Maine. Featured in the magazine section, "Local Color." -
The Rise and Fall of the Ethnics
1974 article claiming the impending disappearance of ethnic enclaves in the United States. An attempt to distinguish between "race" and "ethnicity," and to mark assimilation's varying attachment to either. The Americanization of linguistically and culturally diverse communities, and the impact of this process on the shape and face of the dominant American culture. -
The Richford Experience : French Bilingual Education as a "Basic" Approach to Language Competence
Article describing the French-English bilingual elementary education program as developed and instituted by the Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union of Franklin County, Vermont. Bilingual education as a response to certain educational and developmental needs of the Franco youth population of northern Vermont; as a means of educating appropriately with state-mandated "basics"; and as a successful example of alternative education for all students. Descriptions of the basic program, course content, teacher training, and parental involvement. Results of program evaluations in the early 1980s, including data from student competency tests. Summaries of student and parent attitudes toward their experiences of bilingual education. -
The Quilted Invitation
Newspaper piece on a woman's decision to share the quilts of her Franco American mother-in-law with Brunswick, Maine's local historical society. The family stories held within the quilts, the experiences of ethnicity and socioeconomic class they signify, and the questions of what it means to pass them along to a local, not historically Franco institution of high esteem. -
The Quilted Invitation
Newspaper piece on a woman's decision to share the quilts of her Franco American mother-in-law with Brunswick, Maine's local historical society. The family stories held within the quilts, the experiences of ethnicity and socioeconomic class they signify, and the questions of what it means to pass them along to a local, not historically Franco institution of high esteem. -
The Quiet Revolutionaries : How the Grey Nuns Changed the Social Welfare Paradigm of Lewiston, Maine
From Routledge: "The book recognizes the achievements by a nineteenth-century community of women religious, the Grey Nuns of Lewiston, Maine. The founding of their hospital was significant in its time as the first hospital in that factory city, and is significant today if one desires a more accurate and inclusive history of women and healthcare in America..." -
The Questing Beast
Novel told in parallel stories of a father and son. An American artist's eventual return to Canada in search of an identity in the place of his father's birth and death; the father's youthful departure from Quebec to New England many years before. Each man's personal "quest" forward and backward, and the pressures he endures.
From McClelland and Stewart: "'The Questing Beast' traces the lives of a father and son - heirs to a mysterious family disgrace - and their obsessive attempts to appease the specter of their past. Each of them is guided by enigmatic, even mystical, women as their separate journeys take them from the asbestos pits of Thetford Mines, Quebec, to the lush gardens of Miami Beach and, ultimately, back to the same destination."Tags Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Fiction and Literature, Gender and Sexuality, Hartford CT, Literary Works -- Fiction, Lynn MA, Miami FL, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Québec, Taunton MA, United States, Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
The Quebec and Acadian Diaspora in North America
A conference publication consisting of a collection of essays on the titled topic. Contains the following written pieces by their respective authors: "The Acadians: a People in Search of a Country" by Jean Daigle, "Emigration and Colonization: Twin Themes in 19th-Century French Canadian Literature" by David M. Hayne "The Rise and Fall of Felix Albert: Some Reflections on the Aspirations of Habitant Immigrants to Lowell, Massachusetts in the Late Nineteenth Century" by Frances Early "Language and Ethnic Identity in South Louisiana: Implications of Data from Mamou Prairie" by Gerald L. Gold "The Franco-Americans: Occupational Profiles" by Madeleine Giguere "Franco-Americans and Ethnic Studies: Notes on a Mill Town" by Robert F. Harney "The Decline of French as Home Language in the Quebec and Acadian Diaspora of Canada and the United States" by Charles Castonguay "'L'Affaire Forest': Franco-Manitobans in Search of Cultural and Liinguistic Duality" by Gilbert-L. Comeault "Le Patriote de l'Ouest and French Settlement on the Prairies, 1910-1930" by Andre N. Lalonde "Spatial Patterns in Franco-Ontarian Communities" by Donald Cartwright "The Role of the Church in French Ontario" by Robert Choquette "The Franco-Ontarian Collectivity: Material and Symbolic Dimensions of its Minority Status" by Danielle Juteau-Lee "The Franco-Ontarian Experience" by Gaetan VallieresTags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Creoles, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fiction and Literature, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Manitoba, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Religion, Social History, Travel and Movement, United States -
The Quaint Canadians of New England Towns; Among the Young Girls Fine Dress Is a Mania. All Their Lives the Women Work Hard, but the Native Tongue and Religion Are Not Allowed to be Forgotten.
Descriptive, ethnographic New York Times feature article on "French-Canadian women" from youth to old age in New England. The author considers the Franco-American working woman a peculiarly American character, and the French-Canadian American mother an inevitable barrier to assimilation. -
The Quaint Canadians of New England Towns; Among the Young Girls Fine Dress Is a Mania. All Their Lives the Women Work Hard, but the Native Tongue and Religion Are Not Allowed to be Forgotten.
Descriptive, ethnographic New York Times feature article on "French-Canadian women" from youth to old age in New England. The author considers the Franco-American working woman a peculiarly American character, and the French-Canadian American mother an inevitable barrier to assimilation. -
The Presidential Politics of the Franco Americans
Interpretation of Franco American presidential voting behavior in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island previous to 1962. Takes into account wavering levels of ethnic solidarity, changes in economic class position, religious affiliation, and other historical contexts. Ultimately predicts the demise of "any such political phenomenon as the 'French vote.'"Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Claremont NH, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Franklin NH, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Laconia NH, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Mexico ME, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, North Adams MA, Pawtucket RI, Rochester NH, Rumford ME, Sanford ME, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Van Buren ME, Waterville ME, Winslow ME, Woonsocket RI -
The Presidential Politics of the Franco Americans
Interpretation of Franco American presidential voting behavior in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island previous to 1962. Takes into account wavering levels of ethnic solidarity, changes in economic class position, religious affiliation, and other historical contexts. Ultimately predicts the demise of "any such political phenomenon as the 'French vote.'"Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Claremont NH, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Franklin NH, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Laconia NH, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Mexico ME, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, North Adams MA, Pawtucket RI, Rochester NH, Rumford ME, Sanford ME, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Van Buren ME, Waterville ME, Winslow ME, Woonsocket RI -
The Position of Workers in a Textile Community : Fall River in the Early 1880s
Textile workers in post-Civil-War-era Fall River, Massachusetts. The rapid economic and demographic growth of a city that would become New England's largest center for manufacturing. Immigrant worker diversity and some realities of their Fall River labor and living conditions. Industrial development's impact on the worker. Fall River's national reputation as being a "turbulent" environment for laborers, and a history of the business procedures and philosophies that point to this (238). Commentary on the 1881 study of the Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Statistics with specific consideration for the lives of laborers in Fall River.Tags Alcohol and Drugs, Business and Economics, Emigration and Immigration, English Americans, Fall River MA, Flint Village MA, Irish Americans, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, Mechanicsville MA, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Quequechan River Valley -
The Position of "New" Immigrants in the Fall River Textile Industry
Brief essay on the reciprocal impacts of immigration on the textile industry and labor organization in Fall River, Massachusetts, at the beginning of the 20th century. The birth of the immigrant textile labor force. Emphasis on French-Canadian immigration with respect to multiple other immigrant ethnic groups. -
The Politics of Personal Narrative Methodology
Performance studies theory essay that explores in specific an interview with a Franco-American woman in Maine. From Peterson and Langellier: "Any study of personal narrative involves researchers and performers in contested, hence political, concerns of context and power. These concerns tend to be obscured methodologically by three commonplace assumptions: personal narrative is a text, personal narrative can be fully transcribed and analyzed, and personal narrative is not performance. This essay examines these assumptions and illustrates their methodological implications with an excerpt from an interview narrative with a breast cancer survivor." -
The Politics of Default : Financial Restructure and Reform in Depression Era Fall River, Massachusetts
Brief essay on the Depression-era local economics of the highly industrialized and densely populated Massachusetts town of Fall River. Governmental maneuverings and business restructuring in response to the great 1930s economic downturn. -
The Politics of Codeswitching and Language Choice
From the author: "Using data from ethnographic studies of the use of French and English in Ontario and Quebec (Canada) in a variety of settings (hospital, factory, school, etc.) over the period 1978-1990, I discuss language choice as a political strategy, especially as a strategy of ethnic mobilisation. More broadly, I argue that codeswitching must be understood in terms of individual communicative repertoires and community speech economies, particularly as these are tied to a political economic analysis of the relationship between the availability and use of linguistic varieties, on the one hand, and the production and distribution of symbolic and material resources on the other." -
The Pleasures of a Destroyed City
Short story featuring Joseph Beauchemin, an American expatriate in London, and Dolores, in their apartment in the wake of a public protest. The ways in which they struggle to know one another and to make themselves known - or not - amidst death, politics, and sex. From the author of "The Country," "The Family," and the recent memoir, "American Ghosts." -
The Pleasures of a Destroyed City
Short story featuring Joseph Beauchemin, an American expatriate in London, and Dolores, in their apartment in the wake of a public protest. The ways in which they struggle to know one another and to make themselves known - or not - amidst death, politics, and sex. From the author of "The Country," "The Family," and the recent memoir, "American Ghosts." -
The Pinch-Hitter
Short story about sandlot baseball in Lewiston, Maine in the summer of the narrator's thirteenth year, and the "Phantom Kid," Charlie, who stands up to Billy Boudreau's legendary fastball. Featured in a printed collection of stories told at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee between 1973 and 1990. -
The Pinch-Hitter
Short story about sandlot baseball in Lewiston, Maine in the summer of the narrator's thirteenth year, and the "Phantom Kid," Charlie, who stands up to Billy Boudreau's legendary fastball. Featured in a printed collection of stories told at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee between 1973 and 1990. -
The Persistance of White Ethnicity in New England Politics
Article presenting data on voting patterns in selected New England towns that indicate, in a general sense, connections between ethnic origin and voting behaviors in the early 21st century. Interpretations of statistical models that indicate the continuing relevance of white ethnic group identification to electoral politics and community formation in New England. Comparison of historical white ethnic groups in the United States to new immigrant populations. Sociological research on assimilation in the United States as related to economic class and political behavior. From the authors: "By examining the persistent effect of white ethnicity on political behavior, we seek to broaden our understanding of ethnic political development and voting. We begin our inspection by discussing the past role and prominence of white ethnicity. We then juxtapose these historic assessments of ethnic persistence and decline with the patterns observable by our empirical analysis of the effect of white ethnicity on presidential politics in over 1500 towns in six New England states."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Polish Americans, Rhode Island, Vermont -
The Perception and the Reality : French is not a foreign language in Maine, so why is it taught like one?
Article on the teaching of the French language in various parts of the state of Maine. A brief explanation of the different ways by which French is conceived - its dialects, its geographies, its socioculture. Differing opinions relative to these stated varieties on how French should be taught to Maine's native speakers. The place of certain Maine dialects of the French language in schools that opt to teach Parisian locution and diction. How language diversity is faring in Maine schools, and the hopes of many public commentators for its vitality. Newspaper cover reads, "Who says Maine French isn't real French?" -
The Perception and the Reality : French is not a foreign language in Maine, so why is it taught like one?
Article on the teaching of the French language in various parts of the state of Maine. A brief explanation of the different ways by which French is conceived - its dialects, its geographies, its socioculture. Differing opinions relative to these stated varieties on how French should be taught to Maine's native speakers. The place of certain Maine dialects of the French language in schools that opt to teach Parisian locution and diction. How language diversity is faring in Maine schools, and the hopes of many public commentators for its vitality. Newspaper cover reads, "Who says Maine French isn't real French?" -
The Peoples Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, 1875-1975
A short history of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine, published on the centennial year of the local "Peoples Savings Bank" and conceived through the lens of that financial institution. Historical content is segmented by decade, each chapter illustrated with pictures of developments made to city infrastructure, business, and government. Features local impacts of immigration, both World Wars, the Great Depression, and various natural disasters. Contains an introduction in both English and French.Tags Auburn ME, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Journalism, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Religion, Social History, Sports and Leisure, War -
The People of Survivance : Franco-Americans in New England
Thesis on late twentieth-century New England Franco American literature and some of its creators - John Dufresne, Dorianne Laux, Steven Riel, Denis Ledoux, Susann Pelletier, Bill Tremblay, David Rivard - couched in a culture-specific analysis of historical identity and psychological debt. How these literary figures and their work at once inform and are informed by regional and familial experiences of ethnicity, language, religion. Close-readings of their work informed by writings of psychoanalysts Jacques Lacan and Julia Kristeva. -
The Pattern of Cultural Groups in Worcester
Local geographic landscapes and social conditions of various ethnic groups in Worcester, Massachusetts. Author's 1955 article in the journal Economic Geography, "Mapping Cultural Groups in an American Industrial City," is based on the research conducted for this dissertation.Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Geography, Labor History, Massachusetts, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Religion, Social History, Worcester MA -
The Paradox of Ethnicity in the United States : The French-Canadian Experience in Worcester, 1870-1914
Brief essay that examines the focus terms "ethnicity" and "assimilation" through a case study of the Franco American population of Worcester, Massachusetts, before 1914. McClymer tells how the French Canadian immigrant ethnic group negotiated the persistence of elements of its culture amid trends and forces of Americanization. Study is largely comprised of commentary on the statements of Massachusetts Commissioner of Statistics of Labor, Carroll D. Wright. From the author: "I will argue that there was a symbiotic relationship between ethnicity and assimilation for white immigrants to the United States in the decades between the Civil War and World War I. It is this symbiosis, between social processes usually considered to be contraries, that defines the 'paradox' of ethnicity in the United States" (16). Featured in a collection of essays on American immigration and ethnicity. -
The Origins and Development of French-Canadian Family Names
From the author:"Although most French-Canadian surnames bear a strong resemblance to those found in France today, many have undergone various types of orthographical and phonological alterations which make them unique in the French-speaking world. Further contributing to this singularity is the admixture of a substantial number of French names from other countries (Belgium, Switzerland) as well as non-French names from France (Basque Country, Brittany, Alsace-Lorrain) and elsewhere (Germany, Ireland, United States, Spain, etc.) This article is an attempt to provide an account of the origins and development of this amalgam of family names." -
The Origin of Longfellow's "Evangeline" and Hawthorne's Relation to It
1905 letter to the editor on the recent discovery that New England author Nathaniel Hawthorne had supplied fellow New England writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with the theme for his famous story in verse, "Evangeline." -
The Origin of Longfellow's "Evangeline" and Hawthorne's Relation to It
1905 letter to the editor on the recent discovery that New England author Nathaniel Hawthorne had supplied fellow New England writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with the theme for his famous story in verse, "Evangeline." -
The Oldest and Most Resistant Section of the Border
Article describing the historical and cultural conditions of the North American border between United States and Canada, particularly its shapes between the United States and the province of Québec. The author's argument that the Canada-US border persists precisely because of the distinctiveness of Québec culture and politics. Québec's relationship with the United States in terms of 18th and 19th century political disputes; migration; industrialization; trade; Québec's movement toward sovereignty; cultural affairs; and party politics dynamics in the 20th century. How popular attitudes toward the United States compare between Québecers and other Canadians; how international borders compare to interprovincial borders.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Emigration and Immigration, Film and Television, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Language and Linguistics, New England, New York, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, North America, Ontario, Québec, United States, Vermont -
The Oldest and Most Resistant Section of the Border
Article describing the historical and cultural conditions of the North American border between United States and Canada, particularly its shapes between the United States and the province of Québec. The author's argument that the Canada-US border persists precisely because of the distinctiveness of Québec culture and politics. Québec's relationship with the United States in terms of 18th and 19th century political disputes; migration; industrialization; trade; Québec's movement toward sovereignty; cultural affairs; and party politics dynamics in the 20th century. How popular attitudes toward the United States compare between Québecers and other Canadians; how international borders compare to interprovincial borders.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Emigration and Immigration, Film and Television, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Language and Linguistics, New England, New York, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, North America, Ontario, Québec, United States, Vermont -
The Old Town Canoe Company : Our First Hundred Years
A history of Old Town Canoe Company contextualized. From the place of Old Town at the time of European explorations on the North American continent, to the logging booms of the early nineteenth century, to the prevalence of the bateau, the mass production of canoes, and the growth of the company through the twentieth century. Old Town Canoe situated in a twentieth-century boating industry, and in a certain realm of American sport, as evidenced by a chronicling of the company's local developments in marketing and design over a century's time. An emphasis on the company's Penobscot influence and local prominence. Illustrated with photos and advertisements. Intermittently narrated with lengthy quotes from Old Town Canoe enthusiasts from across the United States. -
The Old Heave-Ho
Photo of Pete Caron shoveling snow from a tenement building on Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine. -
The Old Heave-Ho
Photo of Pete Caron shoveling snow from a tenement building on Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine. -
The Newcomer: Party for Suzanne. By Cecile Pepin Edwards. Illustrated by Jane Costle. 191 pp. Abingdon-Cokesbury. $2.50. For Ages 8 to 12.
A review of the 1952 children's book, "Party for Suzanne," written by Cecile Pepin Edwards and illustrated by Jane Costle. Edwards and Costle attempted to create a book that talks about a French-Canadian child's experience in a New England public school. -
The Newcomer: Party for Suzanne. By Cecile Pepin Edwards. Illustrated by Jane Costle. 191 pp. Abingdon-Cokesbury. $2.50. For Ages 8 to 12.
A review of the 1952 children's book, "Party for Suzanne," written by Cecile Pepin Edwards and illustrated by Jane Costle. Edwards and Costle attempted to create a book that talks about a French-Canadian child's experience in a New England public school. -
The New England League: A Baseball History, 1885-1949 (review)
Review of Charlie Bevis' 2008 history of the New England League - a minor baseball league that entertained the US Northeast for decades around the turn of the century. -
The New England League: A Baseball History, 1885-1949
A history of the New England minor baseball league around the turn of the century. The league's rise, demise, and its place in the social and economic transitions of that era. The impact of the league on the industrial centers of New England, and vice versa. Perspectives on culture and immigration through the lens of popular athletics. From McFarland Publishing: "This book delves deep into the history of the New England League, whose years of operation spanned six decades during the pivotal early years of minor league baseball. Author Charlie Bevis, an expert on New England's baseball past, explores the complex ties to the regional economy, especially to the textile industry, and discusses the pioneering experiments with playoffs, night baseball, and integration."Tags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Haverhill MA, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Sports, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Religion, Rhode Island, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Springfield MA, United States, War, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Need for Bilingual Education in the Schools of Vermont
Argument toward implementing a bilingual education program in the public schools of the state of Vermont. Written in the context of the 1968 United States congressional discussions about funding bilingual education in general, and the scope of languages to which congress would propose attention. Uses Vermont as a case study in language demographics. Presents the author's collection of data concerning Vermont language usage, geographic distribution of children with limited English-speaking ability, and other factors pertinent to the federal legislation in question. While the dissertation engages bilingual education as a national phenomenon involving many languages other than English, the specific case of Vermont orientates the author toward the language realities of that state, the bulk of non-English speakers being represented in populations of French-speaking Franco Americans there. Contains an overview of scholarship on bilingualism.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Albany VT, Alburg VT, Bakersfield VT, Barnet VT, Barre VT, Barton VT, Bennington VT, Berkshire VT, Brandon VT, Brattleboro VT, Brighton VT, Brownington VT, Burlington VT, Canaan VT, Charleston VT, Charlotte VT, Clarendon VT, Colchester VT, Coventry VT, Demography, Derby VT, Eden VT, Education, Enosburg Falls VT, Essex VT, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fair Haven VT, Fairfax VT, Ferrisburgh VT, Franklin VT, Georgia VT, Government and Politics, Hanover NH, Hardwick VT, Highgate VT, Holland VT, Hyde Park VT, Irasburg VT, Jay VT, Jericho VT, Language and Linguistics, Lowell VT, Lyndon VT, Manchester VT, Middlebury VT, Middlesex VT, Milton VT, Montgomery VT, Montpelier VT, Morristown VT, New Haven VT, Newbury VT, Newport VT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Norton VT, Orange VT, Orleans County VT, Pownal VT, Proctor VT, Putney VT, Richford VT, Richmond VT, Rockingham VT, Rutland VT, Shelburne VT, Sheldon VT, South Burlington VT, Springfield VT, St. Albans VT, St. Johnsbury VT, Stowe VT, Sutton VT, Swanton VT, Troy VT, Vergennes VT, Vermont, Walden VT, West Rutland VT, Westfield VT, Westford VT, Westminster VT, Whiting VT, Williamstown VT, Wilmington VT, Windsor VT, Wolcott VT -
The Necrology of St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine
List of persons interred at St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine. Volumes 1 and 2 have names of persons interred between 1870 and 1976. Volume 3 contains names of those interred between 1977 and 1992. -
The Name of DeRose : Translations of French family names into English
Article in the official journal of the Canadian Society for the Study of Names (formerly "Onomastica"). Features scholarship on name transition and translation, with a particular emphasis on these processes as they work through French Canadian names in the state of Vermont. -
The Mobilization of the Working Class Community : The Independent Textile Union in Woonsocket, 1931-1946
A period history of a Belgian and Franco-American independent textile union in the mills of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and the impact of this sort of independent worker organization on the ethnic communities of that city. "What follows," says the author, "is a summary of the ITU's appearance, development, success, and decline." -
The mill falls, the mall rises
This editorial reflects on the recent burning of the Edwards Mill in Augusta, Maine, in contrast with the anticipation of a new shopping mall to be built in the same city, not far from the mill site. -
The mill falls, the mall rises
This editorial reflects on the recent burning of the Edwards Mill in Augusta, Maine, in contrast with the anticipation of a new shopping mall to be built in the same city, not far from the mill site. -
The mill comes tumbling down
After its abandonment and destruction by fire, the Edwards Mill on the west side of Augusta, Maine, is finally demolished. Article features picture of mill neighbor and former mill worker Edgard Violette. -
The mill comes tumbling down
After its abandonment and destruction by fire, the Edwards Mill on the west side of Augusta, Maine, is finally demolished. Article features picture of mill neighbor and former mill worker Edgard Violette. -
The Measured Effects on Language Development of Bilinguals and Monolinguals with Varied Pre-First Grade Programs
Analysis of early education programs and their varying effects on monolingual and French/English bilingual students in the state of Maine. How the effectiveness of educational programs can be measured with regard to anglophone, francophone, and bilingual American students. -
The Lowell Boott Mills Complex and Its Housing : Material Expressions of Corporate Ideology
Article describing the influence of Lowell, Massachusetts' Boott Mills corporate architectures - physical, economic, occupational - on the lives of millworkers and the citizens of Lowell. Discrepancies between stated corporate commitments to the welfare of workers and the actual daily lives, living conditions, and boarding-house arrangements of mill laborers. Thoughts on "corporate paternalism." The 1835-built Boott Mills as case study in "the affective power of built environment--the total material expression of landscape and land use," including discussions of the formal economic logics behind certain divisions of labor, means of social control, and domestic provisions for workers. Brief operations, commercial, and employment history of the Boott Mills. Descriptions of millsite excavation and construction in the 19th century. -
The Lowell Boott Mills Complex and Its Housing : Material Expressions of Corporate Ideology
Article describing the influence of Lowell, Massachusetts' Boott Mills corporate architectures - physical, economic, occupational - on the lives of millworkers and the citizens of Lowell. Discrepancies between stated corporate commitments to the welfare of workers and the actual daily lives, living conditions, and boarding-house arrangements of mill laborers. Thoughts on "corporate paternalism." The 1835-built Boott Mills as case study in "the affective power of built environment--the total material expression of landscape and land use," including discussions of the formal economic logics behind certain divisions of labor, means of social control, and domestic provisions for workers. Brief operations, commercial, and employment history of the Boott Mills. Descriptions of millsite excavation and construction in the 19th century. -
The Lost Wor(l)ds of Franco-America
Patrick Lacroix gives a talk on the history, language, and culture of Franco-Americans. -
The Lively Legacy of Blackie Langlais
Brief profile of Old Town, Maine native and recently deceased sculptor of Cushing, Maine, Bernard "Blackie" Langlais. Several photographs of his work, including one of the artist outside his home. -
The Lively Legacy of Blackie Langlais
Brief profile of Old Town, Maine native and recently deceased sculptor of Cushing, Maine, Bernard "Blackie" Langlais. Several photographs of his work, including one of the artist outside his home. -
The Lively Legacy of Blackie Langlais
Brief profile of Old Town, Maine native and recently deceased sculptor of Cushing, Maine, Bernard "Blackie" Langlais. Several photographs of his work, including one of the artist outside his home. -
The Little Canadas of New England: Third Annual Conference of the French Institute/Assumption College (Worcester, Massachusetts, March 13, 1982)
A published collection of the papers presented at Assumption College's French Institute for its third annual academic conference. Dedicated to Thomas M. Landry, OP, who chose the topic of the conference which serves as the collection's title. Contains the following essays: -"Geographic and Demographic Forces Facilitating Ethnic Survival in a New England Mill Town: The Franco-Americans of Biddeford Maine" (Michael J. Guignard) -"The Settling-in Process: The Beginnings of Little Canada in Lowell Massachusetts in the Late Nineteenth Century" (Frances H. Early), -"Neighbors from the North: French-Canadian Immigrants vs. Trade Unionism in Fall River, Massachusetts" (Philip T. Silvia), -"Culture, Community, and Politics: French Canadians in Massachusetts, 1885-1915" (Ronald A. Petrin), -"The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in the Franco-American Villages of Lincoln, Rhode Island" (Peter L. Moreau), -"Beyond Textiles: Industrial Diversity and the Franco-American Experience in Worcester, Massachusetts" (Charles W. Estus and Kenneth J. Moynihan)Tags Albion RI, Biddeford ME, Blackstone River Valley, Central Falls RI, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut River Valley, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Hopeville MA, Jamesville MA, Labor History, Limerock RI, Lincoln RI, Lonsdale RI, Lowell MA, Maine, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, New England, New Hampshire, New Worcester MA, North Adams MA, Providence RI, Québec, Quinebaug River Valley, Religion, Rhode Island, Salem MA, Saylesville RI, South Worcester MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Trowbridgeville MA, Valley Falls MA, Ware MA, Worcester MA -
The Library of the Association Canado-Américaine
A description of Manchester, New Hampshire's ACA library: its holdings, its scholars, and its intentions. Refers also to Woonsocket, Rhode Island's Union-St-Jean-Baptiste Library. Written by a 1930s Yale scholar. -
The Language of Reconciliation
Article on past prohibitions against French language usage in the schools of northern Maine's St. John River Valley, the lasting impacts of these prohibitions, and recent unique efforts to nurture and strengthen bilingualism in that region. Emphasis on the 1996-1997 program begun in the elementary schools of Madawaska, Maine. How this case is situated in the nationwide conversation on language and culture in US public education, in the context of national advances made in bilingual education in the 1960s and 1970s. Comments from the program's director, and reactions to the program from families in other towns in the St. John Valley. Subtitled, "Once, French-speaking students on the Canadian border were prohibited from speaking French at school. Today, an experiment at two of those schools is trying to bridge the French/English divide." -
The Language of Reconciliation
Article on past prohibitions against French language usage in the schools of northern Maine's St. John River Valley, the lasting impacts of these prohibitions, and recent unique efforts to nurture and strengthen bilingualism in that region. Emphasis on the 1996-1997 program begun in the elementary schools of Madawaska, Maine. How this case is situated in the nationwide conversation on language and culture in US public education, in the context of national advances made in bilingual education in the 1960s and 1970s. Comments from the program's director, and reactions to the program from families in other towns in the St. John Valley. Subtitled, "Once, French-speaking students on the Canadian border were prohibited from speaking French at school. Today, an experiment at two of those schools is trying to bridge the French/English divide." -
The Land In Between: The Upper St. John Valley, Prehistory to World War I
Tags Acadians, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, France, Geography, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Madawaska ME, Maine, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, Religion, St. John River Valley, St. Lawrence River Valley -
The Laborers of Manchester, New Hampshire : The Role of Family and Ethnicity in Adjustment to Industrial Life
An essay on how Manchester, New Hampshire, mill workers "[adapted] to industrial conditions" in the early twentieth century, taking special consideration for the relationships between work, ethnicity, family, and their influences upon one another (250). A certain history of the Amoskeag Corporation of Manchester - its programs of worker welfare and efficiency, their effectiveness, the populations of workers to which they were directed, and their identifiable ambivalence toward ethnic diversity. Worker agency in an industrial milieu: the mobility of laborers and their families between Manchester and other New England industrial communities; the importance of ethnicity and kinship ties in the workplace. The sources and impacts of the labor strike at Amoskeag in 1922.Tags Brunswick ME, Danielson CT, English Americans, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Gender and Sexuality, German Americans, Greek Americans, Irish Americans, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Polish Americans, Scottish Americans, Swedish Americans, Woonsocket RI -
The Ku Klux Klan in the Nashoba Valley, 1840-1933
Article describing nativist, anti-Catholic sentiment in rural Massachusetts's Nashoba Valley in the nineteenth and early twentieth century - including the towns of Shirley, Groton, and Pepperell. Negative local attitudes toward Irish and French Canadian immigrants made explicit in religious and educational contexts in what was an historically, homogeneously Protesant region. Several instances of interreligious tolerance and amicability in the same region. World War I and the regional rise in size and influence of the Ku Klux Klan. Characterizations of the KKK in New England - particularly Massachusetts, and Groton therein - in the first decades of the twentieth century, with select examples of growth, assembly, and violent discrimination.Tags Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fitchburg MA, Groton MA, Irish Americans, Lithuanian Americans, Littleton MA, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Nashoba Valley MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Pepperell MA, Polish Americans, Religion, Shirley MA, Townsend MA, Violence, West Groton MA -
The Ku Klux Klan in the Nashoba Valley, 1840-1933
Article describing nativist, anti-Catholic sentiment in rural Massachusetts's Nashoba Valley in the nineteenth and early twentieth century - including the towns of Shirley, Groton, and Pepperell. Negative local attitudes toward Irish and French Canadian immigrants made explicit in religious and educational contexts in what was an historically, homogeneously Protesant region. Several instances of interreligious tolerance and amicability in the same region. World War I and the regional rise in size and influence of the Ku Klux Klan. Characterizations of the KKK in New England - particularly Massachusetts, and Groton therein - in the first decades of the twentieth century, with select examples of growth, assembly, and violent discrimination.Tags Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fitchburg MA, Groton MA, Irish Americans, Lithuanian Americans, Littleton MA, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Nashoba Valley MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Pepperell MA, Polish Americans, Religion, Shirley MA, Townsend MA, Violence, West Groton MA -
The Kennebec Wilderness Awakens
Historical piece on the Kennebec River and its surrounding valley towns, from the end of the American Revolution until the river's final log drive in the second half of the twentieth century. Relationships between early settlers and Native Americans. The river as an economic engine for its Maine region. The rise and transitions of the lumbering industry and the work of loggers past. Railroad life, activity around Moosehead Lake, and the characters who helped build the Kennebec River Valley north of the Maine town of Bingham. Area folklore and the river's place in it. Illustrated with regional maps, advertisements, and photographs taken by the author.Tags Augusta ME, Bingham ME, Caratunk ME, Chesuncook ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Dead River Valley ME, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Fairfield ME, Flagstaff ME, Forestry, France, Gardiner ME, Geography, Greenville ME, Holeb ME, Kennebec River Valley, Labor History, Lowelltown ME, Madison ME, Maine, Moose River Valley, Moosehead Lake Region, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Norridgewock ME, North Anson ME, Oakland ME, Pittston ME, Religion, Rockwood ME, Skowhegan ME, Sports and Leisure, Starks ME, Stratton ME, Travel and Movement, Winslow ME -
The Intellectual of the Québec Diaspora : The Case of Henri d'Arles
Article on the changing roles of North American francophone intellectuals in New England in the 1920s and 1930s: from clerics and political leaders at home in Québec, to an attachment to the United States and a process of cultural conservation abroad. Profile of Québec writer, Henri d'Arles, and the movement of his nationalist interests from literary francophone Canada and France to the certain cultural and religious plights involving French Canadian expatriates in New England. How American cultural pluralism, political events, and the Sentinelliste movement, in particular, informed d'Arles's relationship with the United States and reframed his cultural and political purposes.Tags Derry NH, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Fiction and Literature, France, Goffstown NH, Lewiston ME, Manchester NH, New England, New Hampshire, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History, Nonfiction -- History -- Intellectual, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Religion, Somersworth NH, Suncook NH, Woonsocket RI -
The Immigrant Experience in American Fiction : An Annotated Bibliography
Bibliography of novels and some non-fiction authored by, concerning, and engaging a diversity of immigrant experiences in the United States. Important text for literary studies and American Studies. -
The History of the Development of Catholic Education in the State of Maine from 1604-1933
Historical look at Catholic Education in Maine from the time of the first French explorers and missionaries in the Americas to the author's present - before World War II. Covers elementary though college educations, from the northern tip of the state to York County at the southern border. -
The History of the Catholic Church in Old Town, Maine
History of the Roman Catholic Church in Old Town, Maine's three parishes - St. Joseph, St. Mary, and Holy Family - from 1848 to 1994. Photographs, over time, of the St. Joseph and St. Mary church buildings and their complement structures. Profiles and photographs of significant priests and parishioners. The merger of two churches into a single Old Town Catholic parish, and some of the literature distributed among parishioners during that process in the 1990s. -
The History of Moose River Valley : Jackman, Moose River, Dennistown, Long Pond, Parlin Pond, Holeb, Skinner and Lowelltown
A history of the Moose River Valley region in northwestern Maine, partly written in 1937 with the remainder written nearer to 1976 and the book's date of publication. -
The History of Madawaska : Based on the Historical Research of Patrick Therriault and the Manuscript Notes of Prudent L. Mercure (Histoire du Madawaska d'apreès les recherches historiques de Patrick Theriault et les notes manuscrites de Prudent L. Mercure)
Translation of 1920 history text on Madawaska, Maine, and its neighboring towns. Republished through the efforts of the Madawaska Historical Society. From the preface: "We believe that Father Thomas Albert's book, 'L'Histoire du Madawaska,' is far more than a history book. It is indeed a piece of history itself. Its pages contain the spirit and pride that are the seeds of Madawaskan heritage, which, for two hundred years, have been nurtured by an undying Acadian tradition still highly visible in the St. John Valley today." From the translated text: "It is but a first sketch, the first stuttering effort in our language at least, to relate the history of our historic Valley."Tags Acadians, Baker Lake ME, Caribou ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Daigle ME, Eagle Lake ME, Emigration and Immigration, Folklore, Fort Kent ME, Genealogy, Geography, Grand Falls ME, Grand Isle ME, Madawaska ME, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Religion, Riviere Verte ME, Wallagrass ME -
The Historical Context of North American Theology : The Canadian Story
Text of a brief presentation on the history of Canadian "Catholicisms," owing to the traditions established in Canada's New France, and to those of Scots, Irish, and eastern European immigrant groups to Canada in the early nineteenth century. A descriptive timeline of the Québec Catholic Church from 1763 to the 1980s, with an emphasis on theological thought and its historical underpinnings in a Canadian context, Québec nationalism, and ultramontanism. Descriptions of English Canadian Catholicism. The divisions, similarities, and relationships of these theologies as elements of what the author calls, "the Canadian experiment" (22). -
The Historical Context of North American Theology : The Canadian Story
Text of a brief presentation on the history of Canadian "Catholicisms," owing to the traditions established in Canada's New France, and to those of Scots, Irish, and eastern European immigrant groups to Canada in the early nineteenth century. A descriptive timeline of the Québec Catholic Church from 1763 to the 1980s, with an emphasis on theological thought and its historical underpinnings in a Canadian context, Québec nationalism, and ultramontanism. Descriptions of English Canadian Catholicism. The divisions, similarities, and relationships of these theologies as elements of what the author calls, "the Canadian experiment" (22). -
The Hidden Heritage (L'héritage caché) : The French Folk Culture of Northern New York
A professor of folklore offers here a study of the Franco Americans in northern New York state. He explores the themes of religion, family, work, and language, and interrogates their symbols in the folklore and folk art of Malone, New York and a number its neighboring border communities.Tags Art and Architecture, Brasher Falls NY, Canton NY, Churubusco NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Conifer NY, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, French Hill NY, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lawrenceville NY, Malone NY, Massena NY, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, New Paltz NY, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Ogdensburg NY, Plattsburgh NY, Québec, Religion, St. Regis Falls NY, Tupper Lake NY, Upper Saranac Lake NY, Winthrop NY -
The Heflingers and the Lamoures : A Microcosm of United States Social History from the 1850's through the 1950's
From Huggins: "This thesis traces the history of two immigrant families from the mid-1800's through the mid-1900's. The social and economic factors of Germany and French Québec are studied to determine reasons for the movement of people from these countries to the United States during the 1800's. Family histories are used to follow the author's ancestors from their arrival through the following one hundred years....The narrative style is used to record family stories and reactions to historical events. The major contribution of this thesis is its furthering of the understanding of the impact of these two immigrant groups on America. Also the assimilation of Germans and French Canadians into American society is demonstrated."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Family, Genealogy, Germany, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, North Dakota, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec -
The Happy Time
Coming-of-age novel in lighthearted stories set in and around Ottawa, Ontario, amidst the young narrator Robert's extended family of eccentric men and stern women. Robert's small obsession with a much older boarding woman, and other various crushes; the brief appearances of a friendly canary, a mouse, and Robert's French-Canadian uncles; Father Sebastian building a new church for life's finer things; the errands of neighbor Mrs. Merryweather; pipe organs, adult magazines, little green apples, and special characters in other vignettes. Illustrated. Adapted for stage and screen. -
The Happy Time
Coming-of-age novel in lighthearted stories set in and around Ottawa, Ontario, amidst the young narrator Robert's extended family of eccentric men and stern women. Robert's small obsession with a much older boarding woman, and other various crushes; the brief appearances of a friendly canary, a mouse, and Robert's French-Canadian uncles; Father Sebastian building a new church for life's finer things; the errands of neighbor Mrs. Merryweather; pipe organs, adult magazines, little green apples, and special characters in other vignettes. Illustrated. Adapted for stage and screen. -
The Handbook of French Place Names in the U.S.A.
Geography and etymology of places in the United States with names of French origin. Mostly concerned with California, Louisiana, and the U.S. Midwest. -
The Habitant Transplanted : A Study of the French-Canadian in New England
Early 20th-century doctoral dissertation on some scientific observations of French-Canadian immigrants to New England. Reflects certain attitudes toward stereotyped ethnic immigrants to the United States between 1830 and 1920. -
The Habitant as an Ally
1889 article in which the author attempts to describe what seem to be Québec's French-Canadian allegiances: neither to England nor to the Dominion of Canada, but to the Roman Catholic Church. Author considers French-Canadian imperial federation versus the prospect of annexation to the United States vis-à -vis the concerns of the Church. -
The Habitant as an Ally
1889 article in which the author attempts to describe what seem to be Québec's French-Canadian allegiances: neither to England nor to the Dominion of Canada, but to the Roman Catholic Church. Author considers French-Canadian imperial federation versus the prospect of annexation to the United States vis-à -vis the concerns of the Church. -
The Growth of the French Canadian Race in America
French-Canadian population growth in Canada as a model for testing the claims of Malthusian economics. -
The Greener Pastures of the Green Mountain State: John Louis Rainville Recalls Growing up on a Border-Area Farm in Northern Vermont
Article compiled from an oral history interview with a resident of the town of Highgate, Vermont, situated in a rural part of the state near to the US border with Canada. Featured in the Vermont Folklife Center's annual publication, "Visit'n." -
The Great Textile Strike of 1934 : Illuminating Rhode Island History in the Thirties
Article describing the scope of the Great Textile Strike of 1934 in Rhode Island, in the midst of the Great Depression and the decline of the New England textile industry. The impact of the strike's upheavals on Rhode Island life in the 1930s. The role of the United Textile Workers (UTW) labor union in the nationwide strike, its organization in Rhode Island, and its impact on other labor unions - especially the National Textile Workers (NTW) and the Independent Textile Union of Woonsocket (ITU). Localized outbursts of Rhode Island violence and the context for their occurrence. The strike's implications for Rhode Island politics. Illustrated in black and white photographs.Tags Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Saylesville RI, Violence, War, Warren RI, West Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
The Great Textile Strike of 1934 : Illuminating Rhode Island History in the Thirties
Article describing the scope of the Great Textile Strike of 1934 in Rhode Island, in the midst of the Great Depression and the decline of the New England textile industry. The impact of the strike's upheavals on Rhode Island life in the 1930s. The role of the United Textile Workers (UTW) labor union in the nationwide strike, its organization in Rhode Island, and its impact on other labor unions - especially the National Textile Workers (NTW) and the Independent Textile Union of Woonsocket (ITU). Localized outbursts of Rhode Island violence and the context for their occurrence. The strike's implications for Rhode Island politics. Illustrated in black and white photographs.Tags Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Saylesville RI, Violence, War, Warren RI, West Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
The Gray Mills of Farley
Short story that finds a textile mill agent caught between the greed of his directors, the powerlessness and plight of his workers, and the wisdom of a priest around the time of a New England mill's cut-back and shut-down. A New England manufactory-town setting and its diverse characters around the turn of the century. Written by a South Berwick, Maine native and author of The Country of the Pointed Firs. Featured in the following collections:
American Local-Color Stories, edited by Harry R. Warfel. 1941. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1188060
Uncollected Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett, edited by Richard Cary. 1971. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227485
The Irish Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett, edited by Jack Morgan and Louis A. Renza. 1996. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34475664 -
The Girl from Peyton Place: A Biography of Grace Metalious
A biography of the New Hampshire author, Grace Metalious, whose works include "Peyton Place," "The Tight White Collar," and "No Adam in Eden."
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The General Textile Strike of 1934 : From Maine to Alabama
An account of 1934's nationwide textile strike in the United States. The trend of unionization that preceded the strike, and the strike's lasting impact on labor and industry in the United States. A specific focus on the impact of this strike in the industrial pockets of the New England states - often overshadowed by the arguably more widespread effect of labor unrest on life and industry in the American South. Includes a case study of Burlington, North Carolina, and the textile mills of Burlington Industries. From University of Missouri Press: "In January 1933, the United Textile Workers of America was in danger of collapse. Its membership was no larger than 15,000; its attempts to organize southern workers had failed disastrously; and it was constantly under attack from rival organizations. Yet, barely eighteen months later, with 300,000 dues-paying members, with newly established or revived branches covering southern cotton textile workers, as well as northern woolen and worsted workers, silk and jacquard weavers, dyers and finishers, even rayon workers, and with locals in 208 cities, towns, and mill villages, UTW was about to embark on what one historian has termed 'the greatest single industrial conflict in the history of American labor.' 'The General Textile Strike of 1934' is the story of that conflict....In 'The General Textile Strike of 1934,' John Salmond tells everyone's story. Looking at the strike from a national and an industrywide perspective, Salmond explains why workers were willing to risk protesting and describes the differences and similarities between southern and northern workers. Setting the strike within a New Deal context and focusing on its impact on the future of labor relations in the industry and on the lives of those who participated in it, 'The General Textile Strike of 1934' fills an important gap in American labor history."Tags Alabama, Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Burlington NC, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Danielson CT, Dighton MA, Easthampton MA, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Georgia, Government and Politics, Greenville SC, Hogansville GA, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Ludlow MA, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, Newman GA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, Polish Americans, Portuguese Americans, Putnam CT, Rhode Island, Saco ME, Saylesville RI, Scottish Americans, Social History, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Violence, Virginia, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI -
The Future of the Franco-American Past
Suggestions of potential topics for future research on Franco Americans. Includes literature, journalism, politics, textile labor history, religious history, and more. From the author: "Focuses on the history and literature of French Americans of the Quebec diaspora in the United States. Migration and settling-in process of the diaspora. Participation of French Americans in trade union activities and politics of the country."... "This article will review what we have learned...about the history and literature of the Franco-Americans. Then, it will set forth an agenda for future research on Quebec diaspora studies and discuss the scholarly resources for performing that research....In short, if I were twenty years younger, here are some projects my students and I might take on."Tags Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Cohoes NY, Criticism and Review, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Historiography, Old Town ME, Providence RI, Québec, Quinebaug River Valley, Salem MA, Skowhegan ME, Waltham MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Front Parlor
Short poem about wake services being held in the front parlor of the writer's childhood home. From a Lisbon, Maine native poet. Reprinted from the author's collection, "A Momentary Order," published in 1987. Featured in a collection of Maine writings edited by Wesley McNair. -
The French-Canadian Outlook : A Brief Account of the Unknown North Americans
Historical survey of French Canada and its people from the 16th century to the end of World War II. Wade illustrates political and military history, emphasizing the conflicts within a singular French-and-British Canada and ending his text, in the culmination of its title, with some thoughts on the "Quebec problem." From Wade's preface to the original edition of the text: "The present work, which is an epitome of a more detailed and fully documented study still in progress ["The French Canadians, 1760-1945" (Toronto, 1955)], is an attempt to present for the general reader the significant facts about French Canada, so far as they could be uncovered by disinterested and objective investigation, without recourse to the wishful thinking that in the past has made the standard English and French histories of Canada so dissimilar as to suggest that they were histories of two different countries. It is my hope that this book will serve to dispel some of the misunderstandings between English and French North Americans."Tags Business and Economics, Canada, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, France, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Language and Linguistics, Maine, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Québec, Religion, St. Albans VT, St. Lawrence River Valley, United States, War -
The French-Canadian Heritage of Jack Kerouac as Seen in His Autobiographical Works
Critical essay exploring some of the cultural values and worldviews perceived in the contexts and characters of Jack Kerouac's autobiographical fiction. Considers concepts of work, sin, individualism, and time, in particular, as supported in cultural research on certain aspects of French Canadian heritage. <br /><br /> From the author: "The purpose of this paper is to examine the biographically oriented works of Jean Louis Lebris de Kerouac, particularly those centered around his early years at home." -
The French-Canadian Heritage in New England
Comprehensive history of French Canadians and Franco Americans in New England, with an emphasis on the early 20th century. Introduced with a summary of early North American exploration and colonization. Spans in specific an historical period that begins at the time of the American Civil War and ends in the early 1980s. Attempts to touch upon persons and events captured in the news and collective memories of Franco Americans, as well as other historical signposts that teach about the unique persistence of French Canadian heritage and Franco American culture in New England. Contains a sizable bibliography.Tags Acadians, Art and Architecture, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, Food, Forestry, Fur-trading, Government and Politics, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Mills and Mill Work, Music, Native Americans, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Religion, Social History, Violence -
The French-Canadian Family Economy and Standard-of-Living in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1870
Essay on the adaptation of French Canadian farm life to the environments and economies of urban, industrialized Lowell, Massachusetts in the late 19th century. The meanings of this adaptation for living conditions, child labor, and overall family dynamics. Impacts of immigration and labor on the immigrant family's way of life. -
The French-Canadian Experience in New England and the Photographs of Ulrich Bourgeois
An essay on how photographer Ulrich Bourgeois captured the French Canadian ways of living that persisted and developed individually in early 20th-century Franco America. How Bourgeois, knowingly or not, worked to preserve a period of Franco American history otherwise obscure and absent from much of the contemporary collective memory. Says Schwartzwald, Bourgeois' Massachusetts and New Hampshire photos "reflect both the perceptions of those in the Franco-American community on their way to becoming owners of larger businesses and professionals, as well as Bourgeois' own experience of community as unity and homogeneity rather than as disparity and tension." -
The French-Canadian Ethnic Factor in Maine Politics
Study of links between French ethnicity and voting in Maine in the 20th century. Franco American voting patterns, and the recent history of the Franco American voting bloc in Maine state politics. -
The French Régime in Wisconsin and the Northwest
Reprinted in 2007 by Heritage Books. A history of the French in North America - particularly what would become the US Midwest - from colonization to the middle 18th century. Contains semi-biographical pieces on explorers from that period. Focuses mainly on Wisconsin.Tags Canada, Death and Disaster, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Great Lakes Region, Illinois, Mississippi River Valley, Montréal QC, Native Americans, Ottawa ON, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Religion, St. Lawrence River Valley, US Midwest, War, Wisconsin -
The French Parish and Survivance in Nineteenth-Century New England
The role of the Roman Catholic parish in the development and preservation of French-Canadian immigrant communities in New England. From the author: "...this discussion of the religious aspects of [French-Canadian] immigration will be centered upon the parish, and upon the three-fold concept of preservation of religion, language, and customs which is contained for French Canadians in the word 'survivance.' The first half of the century, which might be called the dark ages of the French Canadians in New England, will be passed over rather rapidly, in order to do fuller justice to the more significant mission period from 1850 to 1868, and to the period of expansion and conflict from 1869 to 1900."Tags Ashuelot NH, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Brookfield NH, Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Colebrook NH, Community: Customs and Social Life, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Grafton MA, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Littleton NH, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, Nashua NH, New Braintree MA, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, North Adams MA, Oxford NH, Pawtucket RI, Pittsfield MA, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Rochester NH, Rutland VT, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Suncook NH, Swanton VT, Taunton MA, Van Buren ME, Vermont, Warren NH, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Willimantic CT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The French of New England Are Getting Nearly Speechless
From a separate article written by Robert C. Carroll: "A recent New York Times article, written by a Franco-American reporter, E. J. Dionne, Jr., cites uncontestable opinion as well as social research testifying to the obvious decline in the use of French outside the home in New England. While the young people may have lost or may never have acquired French as a household language, many still understand it; and growing numbers, acknowledging it as a cultural tool, want it back. Dionne does not explain in his article, however, that the loss of spoken French is not only the sign of assimilation but more precisely the result of the relatively recent assimilation induced by the decline of the parochial school system that gave instruction in the language of the home." -
The French of New England Are Getting Nearly Speechless
From a separate article written by Robert C. Carroll: "A recent New York Times article, written by a Franco-American reporter, E. J. Dionne, Jr., cites uncontestable opinion as well as social research testifying to the obvious decline in the use of French outside the home in New England. While the young people may have lost or may never have acquired French as a household language, many still understand it; and growing numbers, acknowledging it as a cultural tool, want it back. Dionne does not explain in his article, however, that the loss of spoken French is not only the sign of assimilation but more precisely the result of the relatively recent assimilation induced by the decline of the parochial school system that gave instruction in the language of the home." -
The French in Rhode Island : Historical Overview
A brief history, unpublished, of the French presence in the Rhode Island area - from France's exploration in the 16th century, to the Huguenot communities of the 17th century, French soldiers of the late 18th in the American Revolution, and the French Canadian immigrants of the most recent two hundred years. The continuing Franco American presence in Rhode Island, the cities in which French heritage is vibrant, and the institutions that have sustained certain elements of French culture. Profiles of certain prominent Rhode Islanders.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Albion RI, Arctic RI, Art and Architecture, Ashton RI, Business and Economics, Central Falls RI, Community: Customs and Social Life, East Greenwich RI, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Frenchtown RI, Government and Politics, Lippitsville RI, Manville RI, Natick RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Pawtucket RI, Phenix RI, Providence RI, Religion, Rhode Island, Slatersville RI, Violence, War, Warren RI, West Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
The French in Rhode Island : A History
A brief selection related to French exploration in North America, French Canadian immigration to the United States, and Franco American histories in Rhode Island. A small chapbook-sized resource that includes segments dedicated to culture and the arts as well as a section of brief biographies on notable Rhode Islanders. Part of the prologue reads, "It is with a growing sense of urgency, however, that we must note how the viable French communities of the past are in a period of profound change. Whether this group continues unchanged as an ethnocentric entity or simply becomes part of the nebulous mainstream of American society is a phenomenon which is of concern to those of us who are active in Franco-American endeavors."Tags Albion RI, Ashton RI, Blackstone River Valley, Business and Economics, Central Falls RI, Clubs and Societies, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Esmond RI, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, France, Georgiaville RI, Government and Politics, Labor History, Maine, Manville RI, Mills and Mill Work, Natick RI, New Hampshire, New York, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Pawtucket RI, Pawtuxet River Valley, Poetry, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Slatersville RI, Smithfield RI, Vermont, War, Warren RI, West Warwick RI, Woonasquatucket River Valley, Woonsocket RI -
The French in North America, 1500-1783
Previously published under the title "France in America." From Fitzhenry and Whiteside, publishers: "This vivid account of the crucial role played by the French in the Western Hemisphere chronicles the rise and fall of the French empire on the mainland of North America and the West Indies, from the arrival of the Breton, Norman and Basque fishermen on the Grand Banks around 1500 to the sale of Louisiana to the United States in 1803. Professor Eccles depicts the establishment of Baroque civilization and the attempt of the establishment of industries and commerce from the slave plantations of the south to the fur trade posts of the far northwest, and discusses the colonists of other European powers. "Tags Acadians, Albany NY, Canada, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, France, Fur-trading, Great Britain, Haiti, Hudson Bay, Illinois, La Beauce QC, Louisiana, Montréal QC, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nova Scotia, Ottawa ON, Québec, Religion, St. Lawrence River Valley, Toronto ON, War -
The French in New England, Acadia, and Quebec : Proceedings of a Conference sponsored by the New England-Atlantic Provinces-Quebec Center at the University of Maine, Orono, May 1 and 2, 1972.
Proceedings of a 1972 conference at the University of Maine on the subject of French culture in the northeastern borderlands of Maine and Canada. Contents include transcripts of the following presentations: "The Loyalists and the Acadians" "Le Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes de l'Universite de Moncton" "Acadian Research and the Public Archives of Canada" "Acadian Research in New England Archives and Libraries: A Student Viewpoint - the 17th Century" "Acadian Research in New England Archives and Libraries: A Student Viewpoint - the Acadians in Massachusetts" "The French Fact in the Atlantic Area" "The French Migration from Quebec to New England" "Quebec Society and the American Proximity in the Twentieth Century" "Oral Tradition: New England and French Canada" "Massachusetts American and Canadian French Exchange Commission" "The Franco-American Institute - Saint Francis College, Biddeford, Maine" "Franco-American Student Affairs at the University of Maine at Orono" "The Franco-American To-day: The St. John Valley" "Bilingual Education Programs" -
The French Fact : Linguistic Challenge, Demographic Reality, Political Distortion
Essay on the realities of bilingualism in Canada, specifically in Québec. Projections for the future of the French language there with respect to human movement, population, and linguistic assimilation to English. Acknowledges the political strength and vocalization of Québec City has impacted ("distorted") actual popular arguments in defense of the French language. -
The French Fact : Linguistic Challenge, Demographic Reality, Political Distortion
Essay on the realities of bilingualism in Canada, specifically in Québec. Projections for the future of the French language there with respect to human movement, population, and linguistic assimilation to English. Acknowledges the political strength and vocalization of Québec City has impacted ("distorted") actual popular arguments in defense of the French language -
The French Colony at Brunswick, Maine : A Historical Sketch
Brief history of early French Canadian immigrant community in the town of Brunswick, Maine, beginning in 1850. Written by a scholar of linguistics and author of "Pronunciation of the French spoken at Brunswick, Maine" (1949). -
The French Canadians, 1600-1900: An Alphabetized Directory of the People, Places and Vital Dates
Genealogical directory of French-Canadian names and places useful for Franco-American family, genealogical, or historical research as far back as the 17th century. -
The French Canadians Outside of Québec
Brief essay from an early twentieth-century Canadian senator on the presence of French Canadians in the United States and the provinces of Canada.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, California, Canada, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, Geography, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New Mexico, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Ontario, Oregon, Providence RI, Québec, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, US Midwest, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The French Canadians of Michigan : Their Contribution to the Development of the Saginaw Valley and the Keweenaw Peninsula, 1840-1914
From Wayne State University Press: "'The French Canadians of Michigan' looks at the factors behind the French Canadian immigration by providing a statistical profile of the migratory movement as well as analysis of the strategies used by French Canadians to cope with and adapt to new environments. Using federal manuscript censuses, parochial archives, and government reports, Jean Lamarre closely examines who the immigrants were, the causes of their migration, their social and geographical itinerary, and the reasons they chose Michigan as their destination."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Family, Forestry, Fur-trading, Great Lakes Region, Illinois, Keweenaw Peninsula MI, Labor History, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Minnesota, New England, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Ohio, Québec, Religion, Saginaw River Valley, US Midwest, Wisconsin -
The French Canadians in New-England
Another editorial on French-Canadian populations in the United States, their common patterns of community congregation, and what to the author seems to be a resistance to assimilation. From the text: "It is next to impossible to penetrate this mass of protected and secluded humanity with modern ideas or to induce them to interest themselves in democratic institutions and methods of government....Where they halt they stay, and where they stay they multiply and cover the earth." -
The French Canadians in New-England
Another editorial on French-Canadian populations in the United States, their common patterns of community congregation, and what to the author seems to be a resistance to assimilation. From the text: "It is next to impossible to penetrate this mass of protected and secluded humanity with modern ideas or to induce them to interest themselves in democratic institutions and methods of government....Where they halt they stay, and where they stay they multiply and cover the earth." -
The French Canadians in New England
Introduction to French-Canadian immigration to New England in the second half of the nineteenth century. Observations on distribution of population by town and the organization of Catholic parishes. Written by a professor at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.Tags Baltic CT, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Brewer ME, Bridgeport CT, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Cambridge MA, Central Falls RI, Chelsea MA, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fairfield ME, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Fitchburg MA, Gardner MA, Great Falls NH, Grosvenordale CT, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Hudson MA, Indian Orchard MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Manchang MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Meriden CT, Millbury MA, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, New Haven CT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, North Adams MA, North Brookfield MA, Northampton MA, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Rochester NH, Rutland VT, Saco ME, Salem MA, Somerville MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Taunton MA, Vermont, Waltham MA, Waterville ME, Webster MA, Winooski Falls VT, Woburn MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The French Canadians
1889 article on the French-Canadian immigration phenomenon in the United States and the need for rapid Americanization. Author argues that French Canadians do not appear to be assimilating as well as they should. Article refers to the political and economic positions that together must be taken to facilitate the safest growth of an immigrant America while, at the same time, preventing the persecution of the newcomers. -
The French Canadians
1889 article on the proposal of Canada to recognize English as the country's sole national language, with Québec threatening to counter with its official provincial language as French -- or, as the author tosses out, to propose annexation to the United States. Mentions New England's "various colonies of French Canadians." On this latter matter, the text reads: "In fact, the prevalance of the French Canadian in New England is regarded as a serious social and political evil...." -
The French Canadians
1889 article on the French-Canadian immigration phenomenon in the United States and the need for rapid Americanization. Author argues that French Canadians do not appear to be assimilating as well as they should. Article refers to the political and economic positions that together must be taken to facilitate the safest growth of an immigrant America while, at the same time, preventing the persecution of the newcomers. -
The French Canadians
1889 article on the proposal of Canada to recognize English as the country's sole national language, with Québec threatening to counter with its official provincial language as French -- or, as the author tosses out, to propose annexation to the United States. Mentions New England's "various colonies of French Canadians." On this latter matter, the text reads: "In fact, the prevalance of the French Canadian in New England is regarded as a serious social and political evil...." -
The French Canadian Tay-Sachs Disease Deletion Mutation : Identification of Probable Founders
From Brakeleer et al: "Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is an inherited neurodegenerative ganglioside storage disorder caused by deficiency of the hexosaminidase A enzyme. A deletion allele (FCD) at the HEXA locus has attained high frequency in the French Canadian population. The distribution of affected probands shows a likely center of diffusion for this mutation located in the Bas-St.-Laurent and Gaspésie regions of the province of Quebec. We have reconstructed the genealogies of 15 obligate carriers of the FCD allele to an average depth of 12 generations identifying 60 ancestors and 80 European founders common to all of them..." -
The French Canadian Community of Waterville, Maine
From the text: "While there have been a number of books and articles on the French Canadians in New England, very little has been written about the French Canadians in Maine. This thesis presents a study of a typical Maine French Canadian community, that of Waterville. It covers their early settlement in the area, the part played by the church and the schools, and their role in the life of the city." This text also includes a 77-page index of names of members of the Waterville Franco-American community up to 1951 (baptisms, politicians, religious leaders, businesspersons, attorneys, military personnel, etc.) -
The French Ancestry Population : Maine, 1980
Explanation of Maine French ancestry data and demographic figures from the 1980 United States census, presented in comparison with similar ancestry and language-use data from federal and other censuses conducted between 1890 and 1970. Discussion of the nature of 1980 census demographic figures - how they are reported by the public, how they reflect ethnic self-identification, how they reflect certain population centers, and the generational trends they indicate. Distinction between "multiple French ancestry population" and "single French ancestry population." -
The Francophone "Conquest" of New England : Geopolitical Conceptions and Imperial Ambition of French-Canadian Nationalists in the Nineteenth Century
From the author:" 'Les Canadiens Français de la Nouvelle-Angleterre' (1891) by the French Jesuit Edouard Hamon is representative of Quebec imperialist thought. Hamon envisioned a peaceful conquest of New England by a surplus French-Canadian population, capable of resisting Americanization, laboring in the mills, and farming the countryside. Hamon suggested bonds between established Quebec churches and churches in northern New England. He favored a sovereign nation formed out of Quebec and Franco-American New England. Hamon's work was warmly received by French Canadians and Franco-Americans, although it awakened nativist suspicion in the United States."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Criticism and Review, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Labor History, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Québec, Religion, United States -
The Franco-Americans of Northern Vermont : Cultural Factors for Consideration by Health and Social Services Providers
Paper on Franco American values and cultural patterns as visible in the people of Vermont. The importance of recognizing such patterns and morals for health and social service providers. Included in Occasional Paper Number Six, in a series produced by the Center for Research on Vermont, University of Vermont. Originally presented as, "The French-Canadians of Vermont: Cultural Implications for Health and Social Services Providers," at a meeting sponsored by the University of Vermont Department of Psychology, November, 1981. From Woolfson: "Though a number of Franco-Vermonters do not display visible trappings of their French-Canadian heritage, many still share, as do other ethnic groups, inherited cultural patterns and values. This paper examines some of these patterns and values with an eye to describing their importance for health and social services providers in particular. There has been considerable interest in the special social and cultural patterns of the French-Vermonters as an ethnic group, especially the roles that family members play in interviews and other health and social services contexts."Tags Barre VT, Bibliography, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Death and Disaster, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Health and Wellness, Language and Linguistics, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- Science and Medicine, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Québec, St. Johnsbury VT, Vermont, Winooski VT -
The Franco-Americans of New Hampshire : A Case Study of Ethnicity and Social Stratification
Exploration of the relationship between Franco-American ethnicity and socioeconomic status in the state of New Hampshire. Doane's research revolves around questions of class characteristics and ethnic group interests. -
The Franco-Americans of New England: A Union List of Materials in Selected Maine Libraries (Un catalogue de matériaux disponibles dans certaines bibliothèques de l'État du Maine)
From the text: "Works written by Franco-Americans and those written about them were inventoried. This latter category includes some writings dealing with other subjects with contain substantial sections of the Franco-Americans of New England." From WorldCat: "Approximately 140 bibliographic citations of periodicals, serials, and newspapers; books, pamphlets and theses; and selected articles dating from the 1890's to the present time and held in Maine libraries are included in this inventory of materials by or about Franco-American people." -
The Franco-Americans of New England : Dreams and Realities
English translation of Yves Roby's "Les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre: Reêves et réalités" - a comprehensive historical text on French Canada's immigrants to New England and their development of a Franco American identity. Covers the period from 1840 (or near the beginning of en masse Canadian emigration) to 1976. One of the most exhaustive texts on Franco Americans to date, Roby's work focuses its attention largely on "la survivance" and the prevailing, evolving attitudes toward it in New England. Roby writes, "This work will attempt to describe the conceptions that the French-Canadian emigrants in New England and their descendants have of themselves." From McGill-Queen's University Press: "Between 1840 and 1930, approximately 900,000 people left Quebec for the United States, with the number of French-Canadian colonies in New England's industrial cities growing rapidly. The first generation of immigrants, who considered themselves French Canadians living in the United States, lived outside of American society as much as possible and sought to recreate their lost motherland. Their children's situation was different, however, since they did not see themselves as a community creating a distinct society on American soil.... What became of these millions of immigrant descendants?... Roby seeks to explain the genesis and evolution of this group and raises insightful questions regarding not only the Franco-Americans but also the integration of ethnocultural groups into Canadian society and the future of North American Francophonies."Tags Adams MA, Bedford NH, Berlin NH, Beverly MA, Boston MA, Bristol CT, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Cambridge MA, Central Falls RI, Champlain NY, Chelsea MA, Chicopee MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Danielson CT, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Gardner MA, Gloucester MA, Haverhill MA, Language and Linguistics, Ludlow MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Massachusetts, Meriden CT, Nashua NH, New England, New Hampshire, Newton MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, North Adams MA, North Brookfield MA, Ogdensburg NY, Pittsfield MA, Plattsburgh NY, Portland ME, Prince Edward Island, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Suncook NH, Vermont, Waltham MA, Ware MA, Warwick RI, Waterbury CT, Westerly RI, Willimantic CT -
The Franco-Americans of Maine : A Historiographical Essay
Brief essay characterizing the historical writings on Franco Americans in Maine, the evolution of the historical scope of these writings, and the transformation of their concerns from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. A call for new scholarship and innovation in historical approach. Concludes with a selective bibliography of works on Franco Americans in Maine. Written by former University of Maine professor of history. -
The Franco-Americans of Maine
Transcript of a presentation to the annual meeting of the Maine Historical Society held at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, on June 24, 1972. An overview of the history of Franco Americans in Maine, and an introduction to what the speaker terms "the Franco-American situation before World War II." Insights into nineteenth- and twentieth-century Québec emigration, industrial labor, Roman Catholic parishes, local French language, and other community attributes. Chiefly uses details from the cities of Brunswick and Lewiston, Maine, though with substantial references to other Maine and New England communities. Published as a Special Edition of the Maine Historical Society Newsletter.Tags Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Death and Disaster, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Fort Kent ME, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Québec, Religion, Rumford ME, Sabattus ME, Sanford ME, St. John River Valley, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME, Winslow ME, Woonsocket RI -
The Franco-Americans of Lowell, Massachusetts
Brief history of the Franco American people and their Roman Catholic parishes of Lowell, Massachusetts, from early periods of French Canadian immigration up to the 1970s. -
The Franco-Americans in a New England Community : An Experiment in Survival
A sociological study of the Franco Americans of Nashua, New Hampshire, previous to 1950. The community's culture and the implications of American assimilation for its social, linguistic, and religious norms. Originally presented as the author's dissertation in sociology, Harvard University, 1951. -
The Franco-Americans in a New England Community : An Experiment in Survival
A dissertation in sociology on the Franco Americans of Nashua, New Hampshire, previous to 1950, their community culture, and the implications of American assimilation on their social, linguistic, and religious norms. -
The Franco-Americans : The Relationship Between Ethnic Identification and Political Behavior
An undergraduate honors essay written for the Department of Government at Bowdoin College. Observations into the "low assimilation rate among Franco-Americans" as determined by French Canadian migration patterns, and partly evidenced in what the author argues to be the consistency of a Franco American voting bloc. From the author of, "La Foi, La Langue, La Culture: The Franco-Americans of Biddeford, Maine."Tags Biddeford ME, Canada, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Social History, St. Lawrence River Valley, Travel and Movement, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Franco-Americans : Awareness of French Heritage Declines As Young Assimilate American Culture
Feature article on the cultural changes occurring among former French Canadian immigrant communities, now Franco American descendant ones, in the cities of New Hampshire. How the occurrence of the French language among New Hampshire Franco Americans is much less prevalent in 1986 than it had been in the 1940s and 1950s. Assimilation and French language loss in the context of the New Hampshire Roman Catholic Church. A brief review of historical patterns of immigration from Canada to New Hampshire. A declaration of some new attitudes towards Quebec, France, the French language, and intercultural communication.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Allenstown NH, Berlin NH, Claremont NH, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord NH, Demography, Dover NH, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Keene NH, Laconia NH, Language and Linguistics, Lebanon NH, Manchester NH, Nashua NH, New Hampshire, Religion, Rochester NH, Somersworth NH, Suncook NH -
The Franco-Americans : Awareness of French Heritage Declines As Young Assimilate American Culture
Feature article on the cultural changes occurring among former French Canadian immigrant communities, now Franco American descendant ones, in the cities of New Hampshire. How the occurrence of the French language among New Hampshire Franco Americans is much less prevalent in 1986 than it had been in the 1940s and 1950s. Assimilation and French language loss in the context of the New Hampshire Roman Catholic Church. A brief review of historical patterns of immigration from Canada to New Hampshire. A declaration of some new attitudes towards Quebec, France, the French language, and intercultural communication.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Allenstown NH, Berlin NH, Claremont NH, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord NH, Demography, Dover NH, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Keene NH, Laconia NH, Language and Linguistics, Lebanon NH, Manchester NH, Nashua NH, New Hampshire, Religion, Rochester NH, Somersworth NH, Suncook NH -
The Franco-Americans : A Franco-American's Chronicle of Historical and Cultural Environment : Augusta Revisited
A thorough history of the Franco American presence in the city of Augusta, Maine, up to the 1970s. Histories of mill, church, school, and community, from their migrant inception through sometimes celebratory, sometimes violent, persistence. Illustrated with anecdote and commentary. Contains in the appendices lists of names of city officials, social club presidents, and clergy, among others.Tags Augusta ME, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Hallowell ME, Ireland, Kennebec River Valley, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Québec, Religion, Sand Hill ME, Sports and Leisure, Violence -
The Franco-American Presence in America
Interview with Professor of French at Penn State University, Gerard J. Brault. Marks his participation in a Bates College symposium entitled, "The Franco-American Presence in America." Some of his thoughts on research on Franco-Americans, his involvement with Franco-American Institutes on language and culture in the 1960s, and modern language education more generally in relation to federal educational policy. Featured in an alumnus issue of the Bates College Bulletin entitled, "Language Is The Key." -
The Franco-American Presence in America
Interview with Professor of French at Penn State University, Gerard J. Brault. Marks his participation in a Bates College symposium entitled, "The Franco-American Presence in America." Some of his thoughts on research on Franco-Americans, his involvement with Franco-American Institutes on language and culture in the 1960s, and modern language education more generally in relation to federal educational policy. Featured in an alumnus issue of the Bates College Bulletin entitled, "Language Is The Key." -
The Franco-American Parishes of New England : Past, Present, and Future
Essay on the birth of French Canadian Roman Catholic national parishes (churches, schools, communities) in New England - their subsequent growth, decline, and transformation as Franco American communities from the early nineteenth century to the twenty-first. A brief chronological survey. Includes remarks on turbulent relations between some American Church leaders favoring immigrant assimilation and some French Canadian immigrants resisting the Anglicization of their institutions. Gauges the accuracy of the truism among Franco Americans that there exists a connection between preserving the French language and maintaining one's Catholic faith. Acknowledges the transformations that take place in Franco American communities alongside specific legislative, academic, or ecclesiastical attitudes toward language use. Follows, through measures of Church activity, the phenomena of tightly knit Franco American communities beginning to disperse and dissolve in the twentieth century. As the title adds, also contains thoughts on the future of Franco American culture in New England as related to the decline of the French language, the decline in the number of Catholic priests, and the modern notion of American "individuality" that the author positions at the base of ethnic community dissolution.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut River Valley, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Government and Politics, Language and Linguistics, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Springfield MA, Vermont, Worcester MA -
The Franco-American Heritage in Manchester, New Hampshire
Brief essay trying to identify - historically, culturally, nationally - the Franco Americans of the largest city in northern New England, New Hampshire's industrial center, and the one-time home to the largest mill complex in the world. Also featured in Volume 1 (pp. 217-237) of "A Franco-American Overview," edited by Renaud Albert (National Assessment and Dissemination Center, 1979). -
The Franco-American Dimension: New Hampshire
Film on the history of Franco-Americans in the state of New Hampshire. A series of photographs and paintings with descriptive narration. -
The Franco File : Teacher Guide
A teacher's guide to accompany 10 half-hour episodes of the children's television program, "The Franco File," produced by the Eastern Educational Television Network and New Hampshire Public Television. This program, designed to improve the self-esteem of Franco American children, explores contemporary, intergenerational Franco American life in a northeastern mill town. The teacher's guide introduces the program with summaries of each episode and profiles of each character. The guide contains intended learning objectives for each episode, a brief cultural and historical background for each episode's content, and suggested questions and materials for facilitating classroom discussions. Includes summary and guide for the following episodes: I. Songbook II. The Tutor III. It's a Long Story IV. Adieu, Millville! V. Where the Memories Live, Part VI. Where the Memories Live, Part II VII. Face the Music VIII. Les Voyageurs IX. Le Parrain X. The Election -
The Franco Factor : A French Canadian genetic disorder can cause killer cholesterol levels in even the healthiest person
Article on instances of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a genetic disorder related to high cholesterol, in some Lewiston, Maine families. Its high rate of occurence in people of Native American and French Canadian heritage, and its frequency among Franco Americans in the Lewiston-Auburn area. Online article includes video of those interviewed. -
The Franco Factor : A French Canadian genetic disorder can cause killer cholesterol levels in even the healthiest person
Article on instances of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a genetic disorder related to high cholesterol, in some Lewiston, Maine families. Its high rate of occurence in people of Native American and French Canadian heritage, and its frequency among Franco Americans in the Lewiston-Auburn area. Online article includes video of those interviewed. -
The Franco Americans of New England
Outside the province of quebec the largest concentration of people of French-Canadian origin in the New World is found in New England. It is an impressively large concentration, the best estimates placing its numbers somewhere between 900 thousand and one million. The Franco-Americans of New England thus constitute more than one in six of the French-Canadian stock on this continent. On the basis of numbers alone, therefore, they are of considerable importance in any study of French-Canadian society and its culture. They are of far greater interest and importance, however, when their collective experience in the United States is viewed...
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The Fragrance of Rose : The Cult of Woonsocket's 'Saint' Endures Despite Official Doubt
Report on famed Woonsocket, Rhode Island woman of Catholic piety, Marie Rose Ferron, and the faith community that developed around her during her short life and after her death in 1936. The alleged stigmatist whose shrines continue to exist; whose cult of believers lingers after she was denied sainthood, and still long after evidence has been amounted against the legitimacy of her healing powers and stigmatic wounds. -
The Fragrance of Rose : The Cult of Woonsocket's 'Saint' Endures Despite Official Doubt
Report on famed Woonsocket, Rhode Island woman of Catholic piety, Marie Rose Ferron, and the faith community that developed around her during her short life and after her death in 1936. The alleged stigmatist whose shrines continue to exist; whose cult of believers lingers after she was denied sainthood, and still long after evidence has been amounted against the legitimacy of her healing powers and stigmatic wounds. -
The Fragrance of Rose : The Cult of Woonsocket's 'Saint' Endures Despite Official Doubt
Report on famed Woonsocket, Rhode Island woman of Catholic piety, Marie Rose Ferron, and the faith community that developed around her during her short life and after her death in 1936. The alleged stigmatist whose shrines continue to exist; whose cult of believers lingers after she was denied sainthood, and still long after evidence has been amounted against the legitimacy of her healing powers and stigmatic wounds. -
The First French Canadians: Pioneers in the St. Lawrence Valley
From University of Delaware Press: "This book is the culmination of an enormous project aimed at the identification of the original French migrants to Québec and their descendants in the form of a computerized population register." -
The First Franco-Americans : New England Life Histories from the Federal Writers' Project, 1938-1939
Selective reprinting of Franco American oral interviews from the late 1930s' Federal Writers' Project. Brief historical introductions to Manchester NH, Old Town ME, Woonsocket RI, and Barre VT, followed by the interviews with workers that took place in those cities. Rare voices from Franco American communities of this time period, in the aftermath of the Great Depression. A publication in the social and oral history traditions of Ann Banks's "First-Person America" and Studs Terkel's "Hard Work."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Alcohol and Drugs, Barre VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Folklore, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Illness, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Old Town ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Stonecutting, Woonsocket RI -
The First Forty Years of Franco-American Foundations in the Lewiston Area
Historical origins of Franco American community in the city of Lewiston, Maine. Cultural heritage as related to the establishment of textile mills and shoe shops, the influence of church parishes and schools, and the concerns of local Roman Catholic leadership. Covers the period from 1860 to 1900. Based largely on primary data collected in archives and personal interviews. Includes population figures, financial data from industrial centers, and information on parochial schooling. From the author: "The problem of this study is to investigate and to systematically document the foundations of Franco-American heritage in Lewiston, Maine."Tags Art and Architecture, Auburn ME, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, East Rutland VT, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Lewiston ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Religion, Social History -
The Family Networks and Geographic Mobility of French Canadian Immigrants in Early-Twentieth-Century Lowell, Massachusetts
From the author: "This study analyzes complex patterns of French Canadian immigrants' geographic mobility in their process of immigration to Lowell, Massachusetts, from 1900 to 1920. There has been relatively little systematic analysis of roles of family and kin in the process of migration.... This article addresses this gap and sheds light on a more complex and gender-specific perspective of French Canadian immigrants' southward movements by examining several issues of the migratory process including the geographic itineraries, occupational experiences, and migratory networks of French Canadian immigrants." -
The Evangelization of the French Canadians of New England
Pamphlet published by Massachusetts Protestant evangelist, Calvin Elijah Amaron, toward the assimilation of French Canadian immigrants through conversion from Catholicism. Later developed and published in book form: "Your Heritage; or, New England Threatened." -
The Ethnicity of Clerical Leadership : The Dominicans in Francophone Lewiston, Maine, 1881-1986
Essay that follows the Roman Catholic Dominican order from its French expatriation to Canada, to its subsequent immigration to New England. Explores how Dominican fathers and other Church leaders impacted the acculturation of French Canadian descendants in the Catholic parishes of Lewiston, Maine at the beginning of the twentieth century. Features Lewiston Catholics' reactions to Dominican maneuvers, as well as inter-hierarchical disputes between bishops of the diocese of Portland, Maine and the clergy of Lewiston's national parishes. Emphasizes roles of Lewiston community members in shaping their own Catholic and Franco American identities apart from Church leadership, and the transformation of these roles into the latter half of the twentieth century. -
The Establishment of Catholic Churches in New England
Exhuastive lists of New England state dioceses, parishes, churches, and their years of establishment up to 1977. Some churches listed are associated either with the nationality/ethnicity most represented in its community, or with the population group responsible for a church's founding. -
The Erasure of Grace : Reconnecting Peyton Place to its Author
Critical article on the connection between the public reception of the 1950s breakout novel, "Peyton Place," and the attitudes and public persona of its author, Grace Metalious. How Metalious' life might be read in the depictions and trials of her novel's female characters. How the fictional town of Peyton Place - based on Metalious' New Hampshire home - resonated with readers across the United States. -
The Erasure of Grace : Reconnecting Peyton Place to its Author
Critical article on the connection between the public reception of the 1950s breakout novel, "Peyton Place," and the attitudes and public persona of its author, Grace Metalious. How Metalious' life might be read in the depictions and trials of her novel's female characters. How the fictional town of Peyton Place - based on Metalious' New Hampshire home - resonated with readers across the United States. -
The end of EDWARDS. The day after: memory takes over
Selection of pictures and a brief article on the sentiments surrounding the burning of the Edwards (cotton) Mill in Augusta, Maine. -
The end of EDWARDS. The day after: memory takes over
Selection of pictures and a brief article on the sentiments surrounding the burning of the Edwards (cotton) Mill in Augusta, Maine. -
The effects of grammatical proscription on morphosyntactic change : Auxiliary variation in Franco-American French
Essay comparing case-study linguistic research on linguistic proscription, French language shift, and linguistic change within Franco American communities in Southbridge, Massachusetts and Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Provides brief historical and linguistic context for each community. Focuses on the usage of the French verbs "avoir" and "être." -
The Economic and Political Ideas of Honoré Beaugrand in Jeanne la fileuse
Brief article placing Honoré Beaugrand and his single novel, Jeanne la fileuse, in the French, French Canadian, and American socioeconomic and political contexts on which the novel clearly comments. An exploration of Beaugrand's ideological positioning, and the ways in which the author is both a product and a producer of a liberal sociopolitical consciousness at the end of the 19th century. A brief historical background of Beaugrand in North America and abroad, as well as a brief synopsis of the novel in question. -
The Economic and Political Ideas of Honoré Beaugrand in Jeanne la fileuse
Brief article placing Honoré Beaugrand and his single novel, Jeanne la fileuse, in the French, French Canadian, and American socioeconomic and political contexts on which the novel clearly comments. An exploration of Beaugrand's ideological positioning, and the ways in which the author is both a product and a producer of a liberal sociopolitical consciousness at the end of the 19th century. A brief historical background of Beaugrand in North America and abroad, as well as a brief synopsis of the novel in question. -
The Design of a Franco-American Restaurant as a Community Education Device
Master's thesis proposing a restaurant whose design and theme aim toward public education about Franco American culture. How this project is situated in a larger, national discussion about "the value of ethnic identity" (1). A demographic background on Franco Americans, and how cultural information about them might be used in a public history program. Sketches of the restaurant's physical structure. How the building's layout and contents relate to experiential learning: about traditional French Canadian architectures and histories, Franco American foodways, and modern Franco American life. -
The Delusson Family, Other Recent Works of Fiction
A collection of book reviews, including, as the title indicates, a review of Jacques Ducharme's 1939 novel, "The Delusson Family," about a French-Canadian immigrant family in the United States. -
The Delusson Family, Other Recent Works of Fiction
A collection of book reviews, including, as the title indicates, a review of Jacques Ducharme's 1939 novel, "The Delusson Family," about a French-Canadian immigrant family in the United States. -
The Delights of Democracy : The Triumph of American Politics
A collection of short essays that examines American politics through the lens of the political arena in the state of Maine. Written by a Bowdoin College professor of government and legal studies. Contains a few brief chapters devoted specifically to Franco Americans: "Up Ye Mighty Francos" and "Changing Voting Patterns." In the first, Potholm speculates as to the lack of a Franco American name surfacing in the 2002 gubernatorial race, while the second attempts to categorize the "profile" of the Franco American voter. From Cooper Square Press: "In 'The Delights of Democracy,' Potholm shares his thoughts on why low voter turn-out is not exactly a bad thing, why Clinton was a good Republican president (that's right), how all political parties should be skilled in putting themselves in their opponents' position, how smart politicians can make use of public polling, how people who don't care about the abortion debate are the decisive group in votes on the issue, and more. Filled with examples from his behind-the-scenes political career, Potholm's book informs readers what Americans really mean when they call their country a democracy." -
The darker side of 'melting pot'
Review of "What Became of Them and Other Stories from Franco-America" (1988), a book of short stories from Lisbon Falls, Maine, writer, Denis Ledoux. -
The darker side of 'melting pot'
Review of "What Became of Them and Other Stories from Franco-America" (1988), a book of short stories from Lisbon Falls, Maine, writer, Denis Ledoux. -
The Cultural Heritage of New England
Brief overview of the general cultural heritage in contemporary New England, with an emphasis on rural communities. The roles of religion and education, economics and immigration, often among communities that can trace their New England origins to the early days of the American colonies. Characteristics of the social networks and infrastructures of certain New England counties and towns as related to concepts of culture. Brief discussions of Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and French Canadian people in this region. Originally appeared in the book, "New England as a Region: Its Resources, Its People, Their Interaction" (1988), by Gerald W. Howe, A.E. Luloff, and Louis A. Ploch. -
The Cultural and Religious History of Maine : The Catholic Contribution
Subtitled, "A Unit for Sixth Grade Students in Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Portland." A 9-week elementary school guide for teachers in Maine history, with specific emphasis on cultural content, ethnic groups, and the contributions of the Catholic Church from 1603 to 1971. Includes distinct lessons for each of nine weeks, where each lesson follows in a geographic and historical progression congruent with studies in the general history of Maine. Concludes with a timeline of historical events in the Maine Roman Catholic communities, a selected biliography of source materials, and resource write-ups for each lesson's content. Contains in the appendix a Maine map of the churches in the Diocese of Portland.Tags Acadians, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Bangor ME, Benedicta ME, Biddeford ME, Education, Ellsworth ME, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Geography, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Lewiston ME, Lille ME, Lithuanian Americans, Madawaska ME, Maine, Native Americans, New Brunswick, Newcastle ME, Nova Scotia, Old Town ME, Polish Americans, Portland ME, Portuguese Americans, Religion, Saco ME, Skowhegan ME, St. John River Valley, Syrian Americans, Waterville ME, Whitefield ME -
The Cows Are Out!: Two Decades on a Maine Dairy Farm
From Islandport Press: "Family dairy farms are disappearing in Maine and with them, a way of life. Trudy Chambers Price has captured the daily joys and struggles of the family farm in a way that ensures this Maine way of life will not be forgotten....Price and her husband raised two sons and hundreds of cows on Craneland Farm in Central Maine. The work was never-ending and exhausting, but also exhilarating and rewarding. In this bittersweet memoir of two decades of dairy farming, Chambers writes of the daily trials of haying, cow breeding and milking against a backdrop of gentle and entertaining rural life. She introduces kind neighbors, eccentric neighbors, visiting city folk and loveable pets. 'The Cows Are Out!' is a tribute to hard-working family farmers and to an important part of Maine's historical and cultural heritage." -
The County : Land of Promise
Subtitled, "A Pictorial History of Aroostook County, Maine." A celebration of Aroostook County's 150th year. A pictorial regional history consisting of general narrative and more intimate, anecdotal accounts of the place in present-day northern Maine known widely as "the County." Illustrated with photographic and other artistic representations. From the inside flap: "Through more than four hundred photographs, drawings, paintings, and maps, the authors have brought to life the County's people in their work and play, in war and peace, in good times and bad."Tags Acadians, Allagash ME, Androscoggin River Valley, Art and Architecture, Ashland ME, Blaine ME, Caribou ME, Death and Disaster, Education, Farming and Agriculture, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Geography, Grand Isle ME, Hamlin ME, Houlton ME, Island Falls ME, Kennebec River Valley, Lille ME, Limestone ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Mapleton ME, Mars Hill ME, Music, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New Sweden ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Nova Scotia, Penobscot River Valley, Performing Arts, Presque Isle ME, Religion, Sports and Leisure, St. Agatha ME, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, Stockholm ME, Van Buren ME, War, Washburn ME, Westfield ME -
The Corpse in the Stone Wall : Annie Proulx's Ironic New England
Essay describing Annie Proulx's critical treatment of New England - in particular, Vermont - in her works of fiction, "Postcards" and "Heart Songs." Tenuous and tenacious relationships of characters to their rural New England landscapes at once idyllic and ruinous. The failures of fictional New England locals and tourists alike, and the "cultural politics" that pit outside economic influence and quaint projections of regional identity against the provincial knowledge afforded in home spaces and local tradition. Comparisons of Proulx's "New England fiction" to her later works set in and about Wyoming. -
The Corpse in the Stone Wall : Annie Proulx's Ironic New England
Essay describing Annie Proulx's critical treatment of New England - in particular, Vermont - in her works of fiction, "Postcards" and "Heart Songs." Tenuous and tenacious relationships of characters to their rural New England landscapes at once idyllic and ruinous. The failures of fictional New England locals and tourists alike, and the "cultural politics" that pit outside economic influence and quaint projections of regional identity against the provincial knowledge afforded in home spaces and local tradition. Comparisons of Proulx's "New England fiction" to her later works set in and about Wyoming. -
The Collection of Folk-Song
Short article imploring American folklorists to begin recording the non-English songs and stories of immigrant communities in the United States. Contains music excerpts from three French Canadian songs recorded in New England: "La belle Canadienne" (Marlboro, Massachusetts), "Old Canadian French Song" (Westminster, Massachusetts), and "La fille blonde" (Beecher Falls, Vermont). -
The Cities on the Saco : A Pictorial History
A photo-history of the cities of the Saco River Valley in southern Maine. A heavily researched and crafted exhibition of landscapes from colonization to contemporary times, 'The Cities on the Saco' weaves a storytelling tapestry of Saco, Biddeford, and the Old Orchard regions that should be held dearly by their diverse coastal communities. From the text: "Here are the many scenes which our ancestors saw but, equally important, the images (economic, social, political) which Saco, Biddeford, and Old Orchard became. Here one catches the beauty of stately mansions and churches as a counterpoint to some of the more squalid social and industrial conditions in which lower classes lived. The spirit of the times, whether rural in the early two centuries or urban during the past hundred years, may be found here, too.... Not only is this a collection of enormously insightful photographs, it is the first comprehensive local history in a hundred years..."Tags Art and Architecture, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Casco ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Education, Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Falmouth ME, Fishing, Folklore, Forestry, France, Government and Politics, Ireland, Journalism, Kennebunk ME, Kittery ME, Labor History, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Old Orchard Beach ME, Portland ME, Portsmouth NH, Québec, Religion, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Scotland, Social History, Sports and Leisure, War, Winter Harbor ME, York ME -
The Catholicism of Jack Kerouac
Observations of Jack Kerouac's ethnoreligious background - Franco American and Roman Catholic - and what the author describes as one of three "panels of the survivance triptych" : Catholicism. Historical descriptions of the role and actions of the Roman Catholic Church in historic New France, French Canada, Québec, and later in Franco American communities like Kerouac's Lowell, Massachusetts. Franco Catholicism's Jansenist and Manichean tendencies as rooted in early French North American history. Kerouac's early devotion and later rebellion from Catholic practice, with an ever persistent reflection of and fascincation with select observably Catholic conditions and attitudes, including the themes of guilt and suffering apparent in his recorded life and works. Shades of Catholicism in "Beat Movement" mystical and anti-material mores, and intersections with Kerouac's attentions to Buddhism. Selected revelations of Kerouac's interior life, sexual life, and moral concerns as found in his literature and in select quotation. -
The Catholic Counterculture in America, 1933-1962
Examination of immigrant Catholic influences on the traditions of Catholicism in the United States. A collection of largely biographical segments dedicated to certain influential, thought-provoking, and paradigm-shifting American Catholics from the middle of the twentieth century. The influence of these thinkers on a country not without skeptics or critics of Roman Catholicism. From UNC Press: "James Fisher argues that Catholic culture was transformed when products of the 'immigrant church,' largely inspired by converts like Dorothy Day, launched a variety of spiritual, communitarian, and literary experiments. He also explores the life and works of Thomas A. Dooley and Jack Kerouac to show that their experiences signaled a new Catholic appreciation of the American tradition of creative freedom." Contains the following chapters: "The Conversion of Dorothy Day" "Fools for Christ" : Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement, 1933-1949 The Catholic workers and Catholic culture, 1933-1949 The limits of personalism : "Integrity" and the Marycrest Community, 1946-1956 Thomas A. Dooley and the romance of Catholic anticommunism A Catholic errand in the wilderness : Tom Dooley in Laos and America, 1956-1961 Jack Kerouac and Thomas Merton, the last Catholic romantics.Tags Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fiction and Literature, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Kentucky, Laos, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Lowell MA, Minnesota, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Religion, United States -
The Catholic Church in Maine
Summary history of the Roman Catholic Church in Maine, with a mentioning or profile of each parish and major Catholic center in the state, beginning with the colonial period and ending in 1955. From the author: "I have selected and described what appeared to me and to others the salient features of Maine's Catholic history. Much has been omitted, some events and persons have been slighted."
Contains the following chapters:
Catholic Memories from the Colonial Period [up to 1783]
Laying the Foundation: 1783-1818
Pioneer Priests and Projects
The Jesuits in Maine: Second Phase
Maine's First Catholic Bishop, David William Bacon: 1855-1874
James Augustine Healy, Second Bishop of Portland: 1875-1900
Some Maine Converts
A Period of Expansion: 1900-1924
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The Captain
Short fiction piece that finds a retired navy captain long after World War II, and his housekeeper, far from the sea. From the author of "God is Dead," "Everything Matters!" and "Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles." Appears in the online literary magazine, SmokeLong Quarterly -
The Captain
Short fiction piece that finds a retired navy captain long after World War II, and his housekeeper, far from the sea. From the author of "God is Dead," "Everything Matters!" and "Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles." Appears in the online literary magazine, SmokeLong Quarterly -
The Canadian-French invasion of New England
Opinion piece comparing 21st-century Mexican and other Latin American immigration in the United States with the late 19th- and early 20th-century immigration of Québécois and Acadian people from Canada to New England. Thoughts on historical patterns and general experiences of assimilation. The writer's response to some comments on contemporary immigration made by US radio personality, Howie Carr. -
The Canadian-French invasion of New England
Opinion piece comparing 21st-century Mexican and other Latin American immigration in the United States with the late 19th- and early 20th-century immigration of Québécois and Acadian people from Canada to New England. Thoughts on historical patterns and general experiences of assimilation. The writer's response to some comments on contemporary immigration made by US radio personality, Howie Carr. -
The Canadian French in New England
Transcription of an 1881 "informal hearing" at the Massachusetts legislature regarding the publication of the annual report of the Massachusetts Labor Statistics Bureau in which the French Canadians are famously referred to as "the Chinese of the eastern states." The report argued on the point of a ten-hour workday in Massachusetts and denigrated the French Canadian immigrant population there for being an alleged hindrance to it. The hearing here contains local French Canadian reactions to the report, as well as responses from the author of the report, the Chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, who compiled the book at hand. Discussions about processes of immigration, repatriation to Canada, Americanization, naturalization, French Canadian desire for education, and the desire to rid reported French Canadian stereotypes of their public weight. Letters from local leaders expressing support for the French Canadian populations of their communities by attesting to their public political involvement and admirable work habits. All comments driven by the Bureau's reported assumption that French Canadians would resist a mandate limiting the workday to ten hours. Concludes in saying, "we have proved by overwhelming evidence that the statements contained in this report are groundless. We have not proved that they are malicious, but we deduce from the fact that they are false, that they have been presented to you from a malicious spirit or in a spirit which is just as sordid and despicable..." (pp.84-85). Recognizes the report's flawed data collection methods, as well as flawed samplings in largely unrepresentative communities, and excuses the use of the famous racial remark as being of the economic parlance of the times.Tags Business and Economics, Cohoes NY, Demography, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Hudson MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Maine, Manville RI, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Rhode Island, Social History, Spencer MA, Troy NY, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Canadian Born in the United States : An analysis of the statistics of the Canadian element in the population of the United States, 1850 to 1930
Scientific study of cross-border populations, ethnicity, language, and occupation as they are made evident by Canadians and Americans in each other's homeland. Complete with tables, maps, and diagrams that illustrate various demographic figures. From the text: "...these columns of figures and the variously shaded bars and maps are also the record of human lives, not merely of the bare fact of living but of the interests and friends, the homely contacts and social and economic factors which affect them." -
The Cajuns : Americanization of a People
A history of twentieth-century Southern Louisiana by way of an exploration of the processes of assimilation experienced its people of French and Acadian heritage. Descripions of the transformations of Louisiana Cajuns and Cajun culture, as well as reactions to these transformations. Chapters devoted to the World War II era, Cold War era,1960s, ethnic revivals in the 1970s, and the cultural productions of the 1980s and 1990s. From University Press of Mississippi: "The past sixty years have shaped and reshaped the group of French-speaking Louisiana people known as the Cajuns. During this period they have become much like other Americans and yet have remained strikingly distinct. 'The Cajuns: Americanization of a People' explores these six decades and analyzes the forces that had an impact on Louisiana's Acadiana."Tags Abbeville LA, Acadiana LA, Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Ascension Parish LA, Baton Rouge LA, Calcasieu Parish LA, Canada, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, France, Government and Politics, Lafayette Parish LA, Lake Charles LA, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Music, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Nova Scotia, Pointe Coupée Parish LA, Religion, St. Landry Parish LA, St. Martin Parish LA, St. Martinville LA, Vermilion Parish LA, Ville Platte LA -
The Cajunization of French Louisiana : Forging a Regional Identity
Historical transformation of the term "Cajun" in Louisiana - its meaning, scope, and usage, as well as its blurring of the state's diversity of French lineages. Influence of the term "Cajun" on the cultural awareness of the Louisiana French, and the impact of Louisiana French cultures on the region's geography. State case-study exploration that provides definitional and territorial figures regarding the term "Cajun," and the changes in these figures and their geography over time. From the author: "French Louisiana is the only remnant of France's vast Mississippi Valley empire and its only effectively settled region in the eighteenth century. It remains today one of the most distinctive culture regions of the United States. However, perception of French Louisiana does not reflect its reality. The French population of Louisiana is very diversified in terms of its origins. Despite this diversity, French Louisiana is now usually associated exclusively with Cajuns, a word which until recently was considered derogatory. The beautification of the Cajun identity began to take place in the late 1960s. It was followed by a gradual Cajunization of the white French Louisiana identities and of the regional ethnic territory. However, this process of Cajunization remains incomplete because black Creoles and French-speaking Indians remain unintegrated. Hence, the apparent ethnic homogeneity of French Louisiana, viewed from the outside, contrasts sharply with the cultural variety of its communities."Tags Acadians, Atchafalaya River Valley, Baton Rouge LA, Creoles, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Geography, Lafayette LA, Lafourche Parish LA, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Marksville LA, Mississippi River Valley, Native Americans, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Terrebonne Parish LA, Westwego LA -
The Buried City
Short story that finds George returned to his family's New England home and to Hunter, his brother, as they struggle through the emotional aftermath of their mother's funeral. An early work from Providence, Rhode Island-native author of "The Country," "The Family," and the memoir, "American Ghosts." -
The Bridging of Two Cultures
Subtitled, "How One Family of French Canadian Descent, Without Compromising Its Heritage, Learned to Live and Cope in the Border Village of Derby Line, Vermont in the First Half of the Twentieth Century." Biography of the Morin family of Derby Line. Descriptions of a rural American community and the family's negotiation of it with a cultural strength partly unfamiliar to their surroundings. -
The Border as Fiction
Critical essay on international notions of political borders, and of the psychological borders that often take part in shaping the character of a certain place. The notion of "border" as reflected in North American literatures, with some comparisons between Canadian and American identities generally. Framed by the author's own experiences of mobility and identification with place, especially those from his youth. -
The Berlin Dictionary
A dictionary of Berlin, New Hampshire, colloquial terms. Equal parts Franco American euphemism, persistent French vernacular in the English language, and words for things and places particular to the community of Berlin. The author writes: "'The Berlin Dictionary' is a participatory dictionary written by over seventy contributors who submitted their favorite and most memorable 'Berlin Words.' With definitions ranging from the Arena to the Yoko and everything in between, the Berlin Dictionary is a must-have for current and former Berlin residents. Featuring over thirty illustrations." -
The Belles of New England : The Women of the Textile Mills and the Families Whose Wealth They Wove
A history of New England women during industrialization, and the lifestyle differences among women of different economic classes. From Thomas Dunne Books: "This is a masterful, definitive, and eloquent look at the enormous cultural and economic impact on America of New England's textile mills. The author, an award-winning CBS producer, traces the history of American textile manufacturing back to the ingenuity of Francis Cabot Lodge. The early mills were an experiment in benevolent enlightened social responsibility on the part of the wealthy owners, who belonged to many of Boston's finest families. But the fledgling industry's ever-increasing profits were inextricably bound to the issues of slavery, immigration, and workers' rights....William Moran brings a newsman's eye for the telling detail to this fascinating saga that is equally compelling when dealing with rags and when dealing with riches. In part a microcosm of America's social development during the period, 'The Belles of New England' casts a new and finer light on this rich tapestry of vast wealth, greed, discrimination, and courage."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Great Britain, Ireland, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Religion, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Waltham MA -
The Belles of New England
A presentation by William Moran on his book, "The Belles of New England," as a portion of the 2002 Concord Festival of Authors, Concord, Massachusetts. From C-SPAN: "Mr. Moran discussed his book 'The Belles of New England: The Women of the Textile Mills and the Families Whose Wealth They Wove,' published by Thomas Dunne Books. The book recounts the rise and fall of the New England textile industry of the 19th century. Mr. Moran traces the experiences of the thousands of women who left New England farm towns and the Irish, Canadian and European immigrants who came to work in the textile mills. At a time when women had no political influence, these workers opposed mill owners like the Cabots and Lowells of Boston for fair wages and safer working conditions. Following his remarks, Mr. Moran answered questions from members of the audience."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Great Britain, Ireland, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Waltham MA -
The Beginnings of the Franco-American Colony in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
English translation of 1920's "Débuts de la colonie franco-américaine de Woonsocket, Rhode Island." A rich and in-depth portrayal of the birth of one of Rhode Island's largest Franco-American communities. Divided into three parts: town origins, immigration and genealogy, and a contemporary portrait including biographies and modern institutions.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Blackstone River Valley, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Genealogy, Journalism, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Rhode Island, Woonsocket RI -
The Battle over Female (In)Dependence : Women in New England Québécois Migrant Communities, 1870-1930
Waldron explores the impacts of immigration on French Canadian norms of gender, labor, and social practice. She uses the examples of Lewiston, Maine, and Worcester, Massachusetts, and the different economies therein to ultimately observe the impact of a certain migration on the traditions (oppressive or otherwise) of a people. From the text: "My argument is twofold: on one hand, for male leaders in these migrant communities, perpetuating traditional ideas about men's and women's contributions to family and society was part of an effort to retain, on a communal level, their distinct identity as a Catholic people of French Canadian ancestry. In contrast, for female migrants, the decision to support traditional gender norms was a more complicated one; many migrant women and their American-born daughters advocated perpetuation of traditional Quebecois understandings of gender not only as a means of defining their place in American society, as Catholic women of French Canadian ancestry, but also to obtain and maintain the benefits and status within the home that these ideals afforded them in the United States."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Auburn ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Family, Folklore, Gender and Sexuality, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Religion, Social History, Winchendon MA, Worcester MA -
The Back Roads
Short story narrating Maxime's detours: from a rare West Coast business trip out of Maine to visit his sister and her partner in San Francisco; from routes of his present to certain back roads of memory. -
The Back Roads
Short story narrating Maxime's detours: from a rare West Coast business trip out of Maine to visit his sister and her partner in San Francisco; from routes of his present to certain back roads of memory. -
The Atlantic Provinces of Canada : Union lists of materials in the larger libraries in Maine
Book-length listing of the materials on New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, that are to be found in a handful of Maine's largest and most thorough libraries. Compiled by historian and Canadian-American scholar at the University of Maine, Alice Stewart. Includes titles and publication dates of periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, and books. -
The Art of Fiction, No. 41
Transcript of 1968 interview with writer Jack Kerouac in his Florida home, shortly before his death in 1969. Conducted by three visitors - principally, poet Ted Berrigan - and with the participation of Jack's wife, Stella Kerouac. Part of a Paris Review series of author interviews, and featured in a Paris Review published anthology of other interviews with literary figures, Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, 4th series (1976), edited by George Plimpton. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2659470 -
The Art of Fiction, No. 199
Interview with novelist and short story writer, Annie Proulx, about her life, her craft, and her thoughts on writing. Reflections on some of her past works, including the novels "Postcards" and "The Shipping News," as well as the story, "Brokeback Mountain." Her engagement with a wide range of settings and characters, with an emphasis on rural America. Interview conducted at her ranch home in Wyoming. -
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The Angel on the Roof
Collection of previously published and some uncollected short stories, from 1975 to 2000. From the New England-native author of several novels including "Cloudsplitter" and "Continental Drift." Accounts of breaking laws in Katonga, playing hockey in Catamount, moving furniture in Florida hotels, dodging family matters over the telephone, and accidental death. Many stories set in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. -
The Angel on the Roof
Collection of previously published and some uncollected short stories, from 1975 to 2000. From the New England-native author of several novels including "Cloudsplitter" and "Continental Drift." Accounts of breaking laws in Katonga, playing hockey in Catamount, moving furniture in Florida hotels, dodging family matters over the telephone, and accidental death. Many stories set in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. -
The Anarchist Heart
Volume of poetry from native of Southbridge, Massachusetts and creator of collections "Crying in the Cheap Seats" (1971), "Duhamel" (1986), and the novel "The June Rise" (1994), among other works. Professor in creative writing at Colorado State University. This work is presented in five sections: The Community; Readings; Little Miracles; California; The Anarchist Heart. -
The Anarchist Heart
Volume of poetry from native of Southbridge, Massachusetts and creator of collections "Crying in the Cheap Seats" (1971), "Duhamel" (1986), and the novel "The June Rise" (1994), among other works. Professor in creative writing at Colorado State University. This work is presented in five sections: The Community; Readings; Little Miracles; California; The Anarchist Heart. -
The American Labor Movement
A first-person history of the American labor movement - the growth of labor unions and the development of collective worker consciousness from the middle of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth. A century of labor in primary sources. A selection of newspaper articles, government hearing transcripts, interviews, and other publications from the labor movement, its observers, and its dissenters, guided and framed by the author to clarify historical context. Brief sections from the Amoskeag Manufacturing Corporation of Manchester, New Hampshire, as well as labor and industry in other New England towns. Instances of both striking and strike-breaking.
Contains the following chapter titles: Background of Discontent Organization Responses to Unionism Weapons of Resistance Organizing the Unorganized: The 1930s Labor at Midcentury: Memories and RealitiesTags Business and Economics, Chicago IL, Colorado, Dedham MA, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Labor History, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New Hampshire, New York, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Norwich CT, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rochester NY, Social History, Taftville CT, United States, Youth -
The Alliance Française, Empire and America
An essay describing France's Alliance Francaise, an internationally established cultural institution dedicated to promoting the French language and fostering dialogue with, about, and around French culture throughout the world. A history of the Alliance in the United States, with particular emphasis on its early 20th-century iterations, and on both the "colonial" and "republican" qualities its mission once embodied (229, 233). The Alliance's engagement with different Franco American communities, especially those in New England. From the author: "By giving voice to different constituencies within the French diasporic family, and by creating spaces for cultural exchange, the Alliance has helped to define the contours of New World Francophone identities" (abstract). Includes the segments, "French republicanism at work," "The Alliance Francaise and Franco-America," and "The Alliance Francaise and la francophonie." From the author: "The Alliance Française is in many respects an intermediary between French America's past and present" (240).Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Africa, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Connecticut, Creoles, Demography, Detroit MI, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, France, Great Lakes Region, Hanover NH, Hartford CT, Lafayette IN, Lafayette LA, Lake Champlain VT, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Orleans LA, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, Northampton MA, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Salem MA, St. Lawrence River Valley, US Midwest, Vermont, War, Waterville ME, Wellesley MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Acadians of Nova Scotia : Past and Present
From Nimbus Publishing: "The first work devoted exclusively to the Acadians of Nova Scotia, this book presents a thorough study of Acadian history from the earliest days of French settlement to present-day Acadian communities. Ross and Deveau draw on original seventeenth century texts, as well as up-to-date sources. The examine the history of the expulsion - the Grand Derangement - that began in 1755, and trace the return of the Acadians and their resettlement in seven areas of the province. The authors highlight the distinct features that have developed within these different regions of Nova Scotia, and discuss the choices and challenges faced by Acadians today: linguistic assimilation and preservation of a distinct culture against pressures from the mainstream culture." -
The Acadian Miracle
Book on Acadian genealogy written by a former Louisiana state senator. Primarily a draft of his family tree. -
The Acadian Migrations
A concise account of the Acadian migrations between 1750 and 1800, including intercontinental migration routes, community prevalance, and the political context that motivated such a tumultuous half-century in and out of Atlantic Canada.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, England, Exploration and Colonization, France, Geography, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Newfoundland, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, Québec, South Carolina, St. John River Valley, St. Lawrence River Valley, Violence -
The Acadian French and their language
Article on the Acadian people of the Canadian Maritimes and the persistence of their French vernacular. The Acadian presence in North America from the 17th century; to various settlements in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; to the 18th century expulsion, later return, and the settlements that have remained up to the 20th century. Certain French vocabulary and usage that has historically characterized Acadian speech. Introduces the life and historical, linguistic work of Pascal Poirier, scholar and statesman. Discusses the historical and literary work of author Antonine Maillet. A large section dedicated to a discussion of the etymology and usage of certain Acadian French terms. -
The 20th-Century Franco-American
A collection of papers from a 1974 New Hampshire conference on Franco American life in the twentieth century. Published as a bilingual text, a dual collection, with papers printed in both English and French. Full English title reads: "A translation of the studies presented at the 11th Congress of the Franco-Americans of New England, held at Bedford, New Hampshire, September 27, 28, and 29, 1974 and published by the 'Comite de Vie Franco-Americaine,' September 1st, 1976." Un recueil bilingue d'articles d'un conférence New Hampshire sur la vie franco-américaine au XXe siiècle. Le titre complet en français: "Etudes présentées au XIe congriès des Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre tenu a Bedford, New Hampshire, les 27, 28 et 29 septembre 1974 et publiées par le Comité de Vie Franco-Américaine le 1er septembre 1976." "Proclamation du Onziième Congriès des Franco-Américains," François-J. Martineau, Ph.D. "The Accomplishments" ou ""Les Accomplissements," Msgr. Adrien Verrette, Ph.D. "Radio, Television, and Cable TV" or "Radio, Télévision, et Cablovision," Paul Blanchette "Youth and the Franco-Americans" ou "Les Jeunes et le Groupe Franco-Américain," Richard Santerre "The Consolidation of the Franco-American Group" ou ""La Consolidation du Group Franco-Américain," Bernard-G. Théroux "Franco-Americans and American Political Life" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la Vie Politique Américaine," Louis-Israel Martel "Franco-Americans and American Economics" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la Vie Economique Américaine," Euclide Gilbert "Franco-Americans and American History" ou "Les Franco-Américains et l'Histoire Américaine," Dr. Robert-A. Beaudoin "Franco-Americans and American Culture Integration of French-Canadian Emigrants" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la Culture Américaine Intégration des Emigres Canadiens-Français," Sister Marie Thérièse, P.M. "The Present State of Relations Between Franco-Americans and French Canada" ou "Situation Présente des Rapports entre Franco-Américains et le Canada Français dans son Ensemble," W. Donald Moisan "The Franco-Americans and French Canada (Québec)" ou "Les Franco-Américains et le Canada Français (Québec)," Robert Couturier "The Franco-Americans and Louisiana" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la Louisiane," Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont "Franco-Americans, France, and La Francophonie" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la France ainsi que la Francophonie," Elphiège RoyTags Acadians, Amesbury MA, Attleboro MA, Bristol CT, Brockton MA, Business and Economics, Cambridge MA, Canada, Central Falls RI, Chelsea MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Coventry RI, Demography, Dracut MA, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Everett MA, Fall River MA, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Ipswich MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Meriden CT, New Bedford MA, New England, North Attleborough MA, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Salem MA, US Midwest, Waltham MA, Warren RI, Waterbury CT, West Haven CT, West Warwick RI, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI, Youth -
The "Dit" Name : French-Canadian Surnames, Aliases, Adulterations, and Anglicizations
American exploration of the transition and development of French Canadian surnames in the United States, with a particular emphasis on those names now found in various forms in the New England states. The term "dit," translated as "called" or "a.k.a.," refers to the disconnect between one's spoken name and one's actual given name or family surname. Originally published in 1993 under the shortened title, "French-Canadian surnames, aliases, adulterations, and anglicizations." -
The "American Laborer." What the Term Really Means in New-England. The Cry for His Protection a Hollow Sound, in Which Native Citizens Have No Interest.
1887 article on "American labor" - particularly in New England - being subsumed by immigrant workers. Contains pejorative descriptions of Irish, French-Canadian, and other working immigrant communities in the industrialized Northeast. A particularly long narrative description of the French-Canadian decision to emigrate. -
The "American Laborer." What the Term Really Means in New-England. The Cry for His Protection a Hollow Sound, in Which Native Citizens Have No Interest.
1887 article on "American labor" - particularly in New England - being subsumed by immigrant workers. Contains pejorative descriptions of Irish, French-Canadian, and other working immigrant communities in the industrialized Northeast. A particularly long narrative description of the French-Canadian decision to emigrate. -
The 'Flint Affair' : French-Canadian Struggle for 'Survivance'
Article on the 1880s Fall River, Massachusetts, dispute between French Canadian immigrant Catholics, Irish American parishioners, and a largely Irish American clergy, commonly known as the "Flint Affair." The prolonged and destructive debate over French Canadian immigrant community preference for a priest of both their heritage and language to service a national parish. The various community crises instigated by both nationalistic parishioners and their resistant bishopric. "Flint village" of the Fall River Flint mills as an example of the communities and parishes borne out of turn-of-the-century emigration to the United States. Ethnic division as a symptom of linguistic barriers in church, disputes concerning the organization of labor, and passions both in favor of and against "la survivance."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Irish Americans, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Religion, Rhode Island, Violence -
That Other Yankee, The Franco American
Historical essay arguing against a lack of knowledge about French and Franco American agents in the history of the United States, and the harmful cultural and political effects such a lack of knowledge may have in this country's citizens. Touches base on many of the major French persons significant in the history of North America previous to 1776. -
That Other Yankee, The Franco American
Historical essay arguing against a lack of knowledge about French and Franco American agents in the history of the United States, and the harmful cultural and political effects such a lack of knowledge may have in this country's citizens. Touches base on many of the major French persons significant in the history of North America previous to 1776. -
Thank you, Georgette : My 26 Years in the Legislature
Memoirs and selected speeches of a Maine state legislator from the city of Lewiston. Contains commentary on some of the campaigns, issues, actors, and events significant to Bérubé and her career in Maine politics between 1970 and 2000. Some of her accomplishments as the first woman representative of her city, and one of the longest-serving of any Maine legislator. Contains the following chapters: Name's Georgette Remarks to Rotary International and Canadian Visitors 10/29/93 Growing Up In Lewiston Political Campaigns Issues and Programs Partisanship/Personalities Legislation GOVERNMENT Pot Pourri Random Thoughts Remarks On Key IssuesTags Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Business and Economics, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Greene ME, Leeds ME, Lewiston ME, Lisbon ME, Livermore ME, Maine, Minot ME, Northern Ireland, Orono ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Sabattus ME, South Africa, Turner ME, Wales ME -
Textes de l'exode : recueil de textes sur l'émigration des Québécois aux États-Unis (XIXe et XXe siiècles)
De textes fictives et non-, une grande collection qui commence à expliquer le phénomiène de l'exode canadien-français aux Etats-Unis. Contiens des piièces de Pierre Anctil, Josaphat Benoit, A. Bourbonniière, Anna-Marie Duval-Thibault, Jack Kerouac, Adélard Lambert, Camille Lessard-Bissonnette, Robert B. Perreault, Claire Quintal, et plus d'autres. Du texte: "Ce recueil, TEXTES DE L'EXODE, concu comme introduction à un événement majeur de notre histoire, vise l'ensemble du phénomiène. Il veut, par son contenu et sa facture, être largement accessible. Sa présentation prend la forme d'un agenda (qui veut dire 'choses à faire'); les textes et documents présentés se trouvent répartis chronlogiquement ou par thièmes, et les trois sections majeurs - le survol historique d'études du phénomiène, les textes de l'exode (ayant pour objet la survivance des émigrés aux Etats-Unis) ainsi que les textes littéraires (des Franco-Américains) - forment non pas l'histoire définitive de l'exode, mais plutot un carnet de 'rendez-vous' destiné aux chercheurs." Table des matiières En exergue: "Aux Canadiens des ètats-Unis," poième de William Chapman (1908) Remerciements Présentation, par Maurice Poteet I. Dimensions de l'exode A. Survol historique 1850: "èmigration des Canadiens vers les ètats-Unis," L'Abeille (version corrigée de 1908) 1872: "L'émigration," par L.O. David, L'ètendard national 1890: "Impressions de voyage" (extraits), par A. Bourbonniière, Le Travailleur (des ètats-Unis) 1893: Les Canadiens des ètats-Unis: ce qu'on perd à émigrer, par T. St-Pierre (Montréal), La Gazette 1905: "Significance of the Canadian Migration," par Annie Marion MacLean, American Journal of Sociology 1908: "La population française des ètats-Unis," par Léon Kemner, La Revue franco-américaine 1929: "The French Canadian Exodus," par E.L. Chicanot, The Canadian Forum 1947: "L'émigration canadienne aux ètats-Unis," par Adrien Robitaille, Relations B. ètudes récentes 1979: "La Franco-Américanie ou le Québec d'en bas," par Pierre Anctil, Cahiers de géographie du Québec 1984: "Un Québec émigré aux ètats-Unis: bilan hitoriographique," par Yves Roby, dans Les Rapports culturels entre le Québec et les ètats-Unis, Québec, IQRC II. La Franco-Américanie "Le Québec retrouvé ou les imperatifs de la survivance," texte de Régis Normandeau A. Le départ 1. La rupture: extrait de Pour rester au pays (1926), par l'abbé Georges-Marie Bilodeau 2. Les embaucheurs: extraits de journaux (1879-1881) 3. Le voyage: extraits de journaux (1869-1890) 4. La liste des émigrés, extraits de "L'émigration aux ètats-Unis il y a 40 ans et plus," d'èdouard-Zotique Massicotte (1933), Le Bulletin des recherches historiques B. La survivance 1. "Notre position sociale aux ètats-Unis," discours de M. l'abbé J. Roch Magnan (1893), extrait de Historique des Conventions générales des Canadiens-Français [sic] aux ètats-Unis, 1865-1901 2. La paroisse: extraits de L'à‚me franco-américaine, de Josaphat Benoit 3. "L'émigré chez lui," extrait de Les Canadiens-Français [sic] de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, d'èdouard Hamon (1893) 4. L'école, la langue, la vie culturelle: extraits de journaux et de rapports (des "Conventions générales") et du Catéchisme d'histoire franco-américaine, de Josaphat Benoit 5. La presse: extraits de journaux franco-américains; discours des "Conventions générales" et extraits des ouvrages d'Alexandre Belisle et de Maximilienne Tétrault 6. La naturalisation (ou le rapatriement), texte de Ferdinand Gagnon (1871) et extraits de quatre journaux 7. L'américanisation des noms: extraits de l'étude d'Ulysse Forget (1949) et de l'essai d'Adélard Lambert (1918) 8. Des opinions américaines: extraits du New York Times et de la Catholic Review III. Textes littéraires "èmigration et colonisation: thièmes jumeaux de la littérature canadienne-française du XIXe siiècle," de David M. Hayne (traduit par Pierre Sabourin, 1982) A. Hypothièses institutionelles et thièmes 1. "La minorisation de la littérature de l'exode québécois vers la Nouvelle-Angleterre," par Pierre Sabourin "Le roman comme patrie," par Manon Richer B. Textes choisis 1. Jeanne la fileuse (1878), extraits: Honoré Beaugrand 2. Canuck (1936), extraits: Camille Lessard-Bissonnette 3. "Une fête Saint-Jean-Baptiste dans un village américain", d'Adélard Lambert 4. "L'èmigré" (1920), de Régis Roy 5. "Une premiière veillée de Noà«l aux ètats-Unis", d'Anna-Marie Duval-Thibault 6. "Marie la petite Française" (1895), de Sarah-Orne Jewett, (traduit de l'américain par Régis Normandeau) 7. "Le livre américain": chronique de Louis Dantin (1938), Le Jour (de Montréal) 8. Une lettre de Jack Kerouac IV. Témoignages Présentation de Pierre Anctil A. Robert B. Perreault (Manchester, N.H.) B. Claire QUintal (Worcester, Mass.) V. Epilogue Plus de 13 millions d'Américains ont des ancêtres français VI. BibliographieTags Boston MA, Canada, Chicago IL, Criticism and Review, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fiction and Literature, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Michigan, Montréal QC, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Waterbury CT, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Ten Going on Twelve
Biography of a Franco-American girl growing up in Southern Maine at the beginning of the twentieth century.
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Telegraphic Brevities
Short news briefings on different subjects under a single headline. The first subject is the 1889 Fall River, Massachusetts, festival de St-Jean-Baptiste. -
Telegraphic Brevities
Short news briefings on different subjects under a single headline. The first subject is the 1889 Fall River, Massachusetts, festival de St-Jean-Baptiste. -
Teaching the wrong lesson
Letter to the editor in response to Nancy Albert Ellis' objection to being refused membership in Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American social club in Augusta, Maine. Letter writer cites the Club's right to legislate as a private organization, even to limit membership based on one's citizenship. -
Teaching the wrong lesson
Letter to the editor in response to Nancy Albert Ellis' objection to being refused membership in Le Club Calumet, a Franco-American social club in Augusta, Maine. Letter writer cites the Club's right to legislate as a private organization, even to limit membership based on one's citizenship. -
Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies
From publisher's website: "Divided into five parts, 'Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies' emphasizes that the main goal of the multicultural curriculum should be to help students develop the ability to make reflective decisions so that they can, through thoughtful action, influence their personal, social, and civic worlds and help make them more democratic and just." -
Teaching Language Varieties for Communication
Article exploring the extent to which non-native speakers of French are able to communicate with native French speakers of Canadian heritage. Presentation of a study conducted in Lowell, Massachusetts with native speakers and non-native French-language students. Discrepancies in vocabulary usage and comprehension among native speakers, as found in the author's study, and some observations on their communication with non-native, student-age speakers of French. -
Teaching Language Varieties for Communication
Article exploring the extent to which non-native speakers of French are able to communicate with native French speakers of Canadian heritage. Presentation of a study conducted in Lowell, Massachusetts with native speakers and non-native French-language students. Discrepancies in vocabulary usage and comprehension among native speakers, as found in the author's study, and some observations on their communication with non-native, student-age speakers of French. -
Teaching French to Franco-Americans : A Controversial Problem
Brief article on bilingualism among third-generation Americans of French Canadian heritage in Maine, and the common instances of their superior French language skills in school. Thoughts on psychological approaches toward teaching French to Franco Americans among non-francophone students, with suggestions for specific educational methods in phonetics, vocabulary, grammar, and cultural studies. -
Teaching French to Franco-Americans : A Controversial Problem
Brief article on bilingualism among third-generation Americans of French Canadian heritage in Maine, and the common instances of their superior French language skills in school. Thoughts on psychological approaches toward teaching French to Franco Americans among non-francophone students, with suggestions for specific educational methods in phonetics, vocabulary, grammar, and cultural studies. -
Teaching Franco-Americans of the Northeast
An essay on including Franco Americans and Franco American literature in the rubric of French studies. How such inclusions impact this rubric historically, theoretically, and in terms of content. How a recognition of "la Francophonie" outside of France complicates Francophone curricula and calls for a restructuring of the academic field. What studying Franco Americans in particular offers to scholarship in both French and American studies. Includes a brief, annotated bibliography of Franco American key texts. -
Tay-Sachs disease in persons of French-Canadian heritage in northern New England
From Palomaki et al: "This study sought to determine whether persons of French-Canadian heritage in northern New England are at high risk for the lethal infantile form of Tay-Sachs disease. In order to accomplish this, death records and laboratory diagnostic records were surveyed to ascertain Tay-Sachs deaths in a cohort of 372,000 live births between 1977-1986..." -
Tall Timber Poems
Book of poems on the Maine outdoors from a Rumford, Maine native and once-resident of Coburn Gore. From the author: "a collection of nature poems, humorous ballads, photos and sketches" -
Talking Acadian : Communication, Work, and Culture
A case study in intercultural communication, with linguistic and psychological insight into the dynamics of an American Acadian community in Gardner, Massachusetts. Large emphasis on the communal value of work, or how ideas about work are situated in the grammar of Acadian American dialogue. From YBK Publishers: " 'Talking Acadian: Communication, Work and Culture' provides a look into the lives of the French-speaking American Acadians, and particularly those who left eastern Canada to settle in Masschusetts in the 1960s. This book captures their stories about family life and their values, mores and morals. It also traces the ways that they use communication to develop and maintain their culture.What the reader learns is that to talk about Acadians you must talk about work. This group gives us new insights into the world of work - a central feature of living for the Acadians and crucial to their self-definition."Tags Acadians, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Family, Folklore, France, Gardner MA, Labor History, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Nonfiction -- Performance Studies, Nonfiction -- Psychology, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nova Scotia, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Salem MA, Sports and Leisure -
Taftville, Connecticut and the Industrial Revolution
A 125-year history of a Connecticut town fundamentally shaped by the New England textile industry. French Canadian community surrounding the Ponemah Cotton Mills on the Shetucket River in Taftville, Connecticut. Images of the mill and its workers, Taftville Catholic churches, schools, businesses, and residents in the early and middle twentieth century. A directory of 1941 Taftville streets and residents. The birth and transformation of French Canadian and Franco American culture in Taftville. From the author: "This is a documentation of the lives and lifestyles of the French-Canadians who migrated to New England during the Industrial Revolution in the middle 1880s."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Jewett City CT, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Occum CT, Putnam CT, Religion, Shetucket River Valley, Sports and Leisure, Taftville CT -
Tableaux synoptiques de l'histoire de l'Acadie
Une briève histoire de l'Acadie entre 1412 et 1800 (entre colonisation, le Grand Dérangement, et repopulation). Certaines descriptions d'événements significatives dans la courte durée de vie des premiières communatés Acadiennes de la Nouvelle-Ecosse. Deuxiième édition.Tags Acadians, Brazil, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, England, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, France, Government and Politics, Labor History, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Portugal, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Spain, St. John River Valley, Vermont -
Surviving : An Acadian Chronicle
A history of the Morin family of Island Falls, Maine, situated in an historical account of the lifespan of Acadia - from the prehistoric, to French colonization and expulsion, to the twentieth century. Book one describes prehistory in the Northeastern borderlands, and provides historical accounts and descriptions of Wabanaki, Acadia, New France, and the British in Canada before 1800. Building from Book one, Book two describes Maine's border with Canada in the context of Acadia; Aroostook County; and the St. John River Valley; and traces a family history of the Morins into their twentieth century home at Island Falls, Maine. -
Sur bois : Franco-American Woodcarvers of Northern New England
An examination of Franco-American history and life through the folkloric means of artistic woodcarving in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The introduction reads, "This exhibit catalogue is designed to share with the public the vitality and the symbolic power of traditional Franco-American woodcarving. There is nothing more appropriate for the celebration of Franco-American artists than to make known an art form that is still very much alive for them and to promote the cultural heritage and aesthetic expression of their community."Tags Alburg Springs VT, Art and Architecture, Auburn NH, Augusta ME, Barre VT, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Cabot VT, Concord NH, Dover NH, East Concord NH, Farming and Agriculture, Farmington NH, Folklore, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Gorham NH, Greenville NH, Laconia NH, Landaff NH, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Limerick ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Art and Architecture, Portland ME, Québec, Rangeley ME, Religion, Sanford ME, South Portland ME, Sports and Leisure, St. Albans VT, St. Francis ME, St. John River Valley, The Weirs NH, Vermont, Walden VT, Waterbury VT, West Burke VT, Winooski VT -
Sunset Trailer Park
Essay and stories of childhood, family life, class, and community in a New Jersey trailer park in the 1970s. Contains a mother's and son's thoughts on their lives in that time and place, their understandings of some of the outside perceptions of "Sunset Trailer Park," in the city of Bayonne, and of popular perceptions of trailer parks in general. How racial and sexual identities were observed by author in his childhood community. Featured in a collection of critical writings centered around the term "white trash" - its contexts and connotations. Also featured in "Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality : The Big Questions," edited by Naomi Zack, Laurie Shrage, and Crispin Sartwell (Malden MA: Blackwell, 1998). -
Summer reading : Ron Currie Jr. on David Foster Wallace
From the Los Angeles Times literature blog, "Jacket Copy." Transcript of a brief interview with a novelist from Waterville, Maine, centered around his one-time choice of a book for summer reading. Includes bits about Currie's youth, his father, Waterville, and his preferences as a reader and writer. -
Summer reading : Ron Currie Jr. on David Foster Wallace
From the Los Angeles Times literature blog, "Jacket Copy." Transcript of a brief interview with a novelist from Waterville, Maine, centered around his one-time choice of a book for summer reading. Includes bits about Currie's youth, his father, Waterville, and his preferences as a reader and writer. -
Subtractive Bilingualism: The Case of FrancoAmericans in Maine's St John Valley
Presentation of research on "ethnolinguistic vitality" among French-English bilingual students in the schools of Maine's St. John River Valley. Data supporting the trend there toward "subtractive bilingualism," where the use of one language is preferred at the expense of another. From the author: "The study, carried out in two school districts of the St John Valley in the state of Maine in the Unites States, compares three subgroups of francophones and anglophones on measures of the strength of their network of linguistic contacts in French and English, their communicative and cognitive-academic linguistic proficiency in these languages, their vitality beliefs concerning the francophone and anglophone communities, the strength of their ethnolinguistic identities and their degree of use of French and English in various social domains. The results, which are interpreted within the framework of a macroscopic model of the determinants of additive and subtractive bilingualism, are very conclusive in showing that bilingualism for these Franco-American students is strongly subtractive." -
Studies on Vermont/Québec Relations : The State of the Art
A brief annotated bibliography in essay form, with commentary, that focuses on the history of geographic and economic relationships between Vermont and Québec. Included in Occasional Paper Number Six, in a series produced by the Center for Research on Vermont, University of Vermont. -
Structure and Strategy : French-Canadians in Central New England, 1850-1900
Fitchburg and Worcester, Massachusetts, as cities atypical of Franco American communities in the 19th century. Focuses on the specific industries, demography, and institutional developments in these cities that serve to break the better-known pattern model of what is known as "the New England mill town." From the author: "[This study] uses an ecological approach to explore the occupational make-up, settlement patterns, institutional development, and demographic tendencies of the French-Canadians in these two industrially diversified cities as compared to 'Spindle Cities'....This is a departure from standard works on Franco-Americans....It examines a region and its social groups to see middle range social phenomena." -
Storytelling in Daily Life : Performing Narrative
Performance studies theory text. Maine Franco American case studies in a discussion of the methods and forms of storytelling. Written by two University of Maine professors. From Temple University Press: "The authors ably guide readers through the complex world of performing narrative. Along the way they show the embodied contexts of storytelling, the material constraints on narrative performances, and the myriad ways storytelling orders information and tasks, constitutes meanings, and positions speaking subjects. Readers will also learn that narrative performance is consequential as well as pervasive, as storytelling opens up experience and identities to legitimization and critique. The authors' multi-leveled model of strategy and tactics considers how relations of power in a system are produced, reproduced, and altered in performing narrative....The authors explain this strategic model through an extended discussion of family storytelling, using Franco Americans in Maine as their exemplar. They explore what stories families tell, how they tell them, and how storytelling creates family identities. Then, they show the range and reach of this strategic model by examining storytelling in diverse contexts: a breast cancer narrative, a weblog on the Internet, and an autobiographical performance on the public stage. Readers are left with a clear understanding of how and why the performance of narrative is the primary communicative practice shaping our lives today."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bangor ME, Criticism and Review, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Maine, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Performance Studies, Old Town ME, Performing Arts, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, St. John River Valley -
Storing history: Inside Museum L-A's huge collection of artifacts
A look at Lewiston/Auburn, Maine's "Museum L-A," which some claim has "the most complete documented history of the Industrial Revolution in New England, if not the country." -
Storing history: Inside Museum L-A's huge collection of artifacts
A look at Lewiston/Auburn, Maine's "Museum L-A," which some claim has "the most complete documented history of the Industrial Revolution in New England, if not the country." -
Steeples and Smokestacks : A Collection of Essays on the Franco-American Experience in New England
Essay collection on the diverse aspects of Franco American community and life in New England. Emphases on French Canadian immigration to New England; religion, education, and community life; and Franco American literature. Includes a wide range of materials from writers and scholars throughout the region. Contents: Claire Quintal - Introduction I. Emigration Yves Roby - "The Economic Evolution of Quebec and the Emigrant (1850-1929)" Mason Wade - "The Acadian Background" Fernand Arsenault - "Acadians and Emigration" Neil Boucher - "The Case of the Acadians of Southwest Nova Scotia" II. Franco-American Communities Gerard J. Brault - "An Overview of Studies Relating to Franco-American Communities in New England" Frances H. Early - "The Settling-In Process: The Beginnings of the Little Canada in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the Late Nineteenth Century" Marcella Harnish Sorg - "Community Formation in Old Town, Maine, 1835-1930: Endogamy and Natal Origins Among the Acadians" Michael J. Guignard - "The Franco-Americans of Biddeford, Maine" Philip T. Silvia, Jr. - "Neighbors from the North: French-Canadian Immigrants vs. Trade Unionism in Fall River, Massachusetts" Charles W. Estus and Kenneth J Moynihan - "Beyond Textiles: Industrial Diversity and the Franco-American Experience in Worcester, Massachusetts" Paul D. LeBlanc - "From Farm to Factory: Acadians in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1880-1910)" III. Religion Michael J. Guignard - "The Corporation Sole Controversy" Yves Roby - "Franco-Americans and the Catholic Hierarchy" Jacquelyn Alix, P.F.M - "The Foundation of the Little Franciscans of Mary in Worcester, Massachusetts" Yves Garon, A.A. - "The Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joan of Arc: A Franco-American Foundation" Pierre E. Lanchance, O.P. - "Saint Anne's Shrine, Fall River, Massachusetts" IV. Education Armand B. Chartier - "The Spiritual and Intellectual Foundations of the Schooling of Franco-Americans" Gerard J. Brault - "The Achievement of the Teaching Orders in New England: The Franco-American Parochial Schools" V. Literature, Journalism, and Folklore Armand B. Chartier - "Toward a History of Franco-American Literature: Some Considerations" Robert B. Perreault - "The Franco-American Press: An Historical Overview" Richard S. Sorrell - "La Sentinelle and La Tribune: The Role of Woonsocket's French Language Newspapers in the Sentinelle Affair of the 1920s" Richard S. Sorrell - "'History as a Novel, the Novel as History': Ethnicity and the Franco-American English-Language Novel" Béatrice Belisle MacQueen - "Corinne Rocheleau-Rouleau (1881-1963): Advocate for the Handicapped" Janet L. Shideler - "Camille Lessard-Bissonnette (1883-1970): Immigrant Author and Itinerant Journalist" Michel Lapierre - "Rosaire DIon-Lévesque (1900-1974): Poet and Translator of Walt Whitman" Brigitte Lane - "Three Major Witnesses of Franco-American Folklore in New England: Honoré Beaugrand, Adélard Lambert, and Roméo Berthiaume" Donald Deschênes - "The Dream of a Better Life in the Songs of Departure for the United States" VI. The Franco-American Woman Charlotte Borders LeBlanc - "History and Mission of the Fédération Féminine Franco-Américaine (1951-1991)" Marcelle Chenard - "A Franco-American Lay Missionary, Iriène Farley (1893-1961" Yves Roby - "A Portrait of the Femal Franco-American Worker (1865-1930)" VII. Franco-Americans Today Madeleine D. Giguière - "New England's Francophone Population Based Upon the 1990 Census" Clarence J. d'Entremont - "Acadian Survivance in New England" Yves Roby - "From Franco-Americans to Americans of French-Canadian Origin or Franco-Americanism, Past and Present" VIII. The View From Within Claude Milot - "Arthur Milot's Memoirs: Childhood Memories" Lucien A. Aubé - "From the Parochial School to and American University: Reflections on Cultural Fragmentation" David Plante - "Tsi Gars" John Dufresne - "Telling Stories in Mémière's Kitchen" Claire Quintal - ContributorsTags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Bibliography, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Death and Disaster, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Fiction and Literature, Fitchburg MA, Folklore, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Journalism, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, Music, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Nova Scotia, Old Town ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Poetry, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Vermont, Violence, Waltham MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
State's top seat historically elusive to Francos: With the exception of Alonzo Garcelon in 1879, the governor's seat has been difficult to win for those of French heritage
Article on the absence of a Franco American in the Maine governor's seat. Observes the one-year term of Alonzo Garcelon in the 19th century, the losses of past Francos vying for election, and the contemporary case of Waterville, Maine, mayor Paul LePage's bid for a 2010 gubernatorial victory. -
State's top seat historically elusive to Francos: With the exception of Alonzo Garcelon in 1879, the governor's seat has been difficult to win for those of French heritage
Article on the absence of a Franco American in the Maine governor's seat. Observes the one-year term of Alonzo Garcelon in the 19th century, the losses of past Francos vying for election, and the contemporary case of Waterville, Maine, mayor Paul LePage's bid for a 2010 gubernatorial victory. -
State's highest court to hear Calumet appeal
Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, appealed to the Maine Supreme Court to overturn a superior court decision forcing it to change its organizational bylaws and admit women as members. -
State's highest court to hear Calumet appeal
Le Club Calumet of Augusta, Maine, appealed to the Maine Supreme Court to overturn a superior court decision forcing it to change its organizational bylaws and admit women as members. -
State honors its Franco-American heritage
Four Maine residents - Severin Beliveau, Norman Angers, Annette Daigle, and Jean Dionne - were inducted into the Franco-American Hall of Fame at the State House in Augusta, Maine. -
State honors its Franco-American heritage
Four Maine residents - Severin Beliveau, Norman Angers, Annette Daigle, and Jean Dionne - were inducted into the Franco-American Hall of Fame at the State House in Augusta, Maine. -
Standards and Local Curriculum : A Zero-Sum Game?
Function and impact of Maine Learning Results educational plan in elementary schools of rural Maine. Includes a segment on Walters School in the St. John Valley, and discusses its elementary French language program as it becomes incorporated in MLR methods. From the author: "Many rural educators and researchers have not embraced standards-based reform warmly. Some are wary of standards driving out unique and locally responsive curriculum. Others cast standards as one more example of a reform largely geared toward urban and suburban schools but foisted on rural schools regardless of applicability. These arguments are mostly rhetorical. Few studies have looked at the effects ofstandards' implementation on the classroom practices of rural educators. In this paper, I examine the impact ofa state standards-based reform, the Maine Learning Results, on curriculum and instruction in four rural schools. I focus on the impact that standards have on locally responsive curriculum in the schools. I suggest that state standards and locally responsive curriculum ultimately may not be as incompatible as many scholars and practitioners suggest." -
St. Michael Parish
A special supplement to the daily newspaper on the merging of previously separate Roman Catholic parishes in the central Maine region. Includes brief histories of the parishes, letters from clergy, pictures, and a preview of the new unified Catholic elementary school, St. Michael School, formed in Augusta by the former St. Mary's and St. Augustine Schools. Includes a piece on the historically Franco St. Augustine Church and School, situated on the face of Sand Hill. -
St. Michael Parish
A special supplement to the daily newspaper on the merging of previously separate Roman Catholic parishes in the central Maine region. Includes brief histories of the parishes, letters from clergy, pictures, and a preview of the new unified Catholic elementary school, St. Michael School, formed in Augusta by the former St. Mary's and St. Augustine Schools. Includes a piece on the historically Franco St. Augustine Church and School, situated on the face of Sand Hill. -
St. Joseph Church, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1873-1973
History book honoring the founders, pastors, and parishioners of Springfield, Massachusetts' St. Joseph Church in its centennial year. An overview of major construction projects, church business, community efforts, social groups, and singular priests instrumental to the growth of the parish into the late 20th century. A brief recounting of the parish's official Centennial Celebration. A list of donors who contributed to the St. Joseph Centennial Fund for church renovations. Illustrated in black and white and color photos. (Note: This St. Joseph Church was razed in 2008.) -
St. John Valley Bilingual Education Program Records
This collection contains records from attempts to create bilingual education programs (now called immersion programs) in a handful of schools in the St. John Valley, including examples of bilingual schools in Canada and other states following the Bilingual Education Act of 1968. The majority of this collection consists of manuscript documents and booklets. The books in question are paperbound and held together by staples rather than the traditional bound books that many people may think of. Many of the manuscripts are held together by accordion-style covers that have a metal clip holding the pages together. -
St. Jean-Baptiste, Lowell, MA, 1869-1910
Marriage index of all persons wedded in St. Jean-Baptiste Roman Catholic Church, Lowell, Massachusetts, in the period from 1869 to 1910. The text includes over 1,600 marriages. This parish was terminated on June 30, 1993. -
St. Anne as Symbol of Literacy in Québec Culture
Article on iconography surrounding Ste. Anne - the mother of Jesus' mother, Mary - in the Roman Catholic culture of Québec. Exploration's of the saint's importance for understanding Québec and its people more intimately, first in terms of popular belief in her healing capabilities, and otherwise in terms of her believed role in the education of Mary. Her function as a spiritual icon of education for Québec believers. Popular relationships to the saint and her imagery, and the historical development of her spiritual and artistic representations as intercessor, educator, mother, and patroness in Québec. Thoughts on the development of Ste. Anne as a symbol for education. -
St. Anne as Symbol of Literacy in Québec Culture
Article on iconography surrounding Ste. Anne - the mother of Jesus' mother, Mary - in the Roman Catholic culture of Québec. Exploration's of the saint's importance for understanding Québec and its people more intimately, first in terms of popular belief in her healing capabilities, and otherwise in terms of her believed role in the education of Mary. Her function as a spiritual icon of education for Québec believers. Popular relationships to the saint and her imagery, and the historical development of her spiritual and artistic representations as intercessor, educator, mother, and patroness in Québec. Thoughts on the development of Ste. Anne as a symbol for education. -
Sports and Franco-Americans in Woonsocket, 1870-1930
The place of sport in the Franco American communities of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, around the beginning of the twentieth century. The complex identification of sport with both a means of French Canadian cultural preservation and a site of American acculturation. The early lives of organized sports in Woonsocket French Canadian immigrant communities, sport preference, and sport popularity around the turn of the century. Some profiles of significant Franco American athletes. Largely focused on baseball, hockey, and weightlifting. -
Sports : Winning, exciting
Article on central Maine sports in and around the 1970s. Features two large action photos of Augusta North Little League baseball players. -
Sports : Winning, exciting
Article on central Maine sports in and around the 1970s. Features two large action photos of Augusta North Little League baseball players. -
Spoons' Spoons : The Life and Times of Theodore Edouard "Spoons" Michaud
Biography of Eddie "Spoons" Michaud, renowned musician from Old Town, Maine. Stories of his life, times, family, and friends from 1923 to the present. Includes black and white photographs of Michaud throughout his life, both with and without his namesake instrument - the spoons - as well as select representations of maps of Maine towns. -
Spoons' Spoons : The Life and Times of Theodore Edouard "Spoons" Michaud
Biography of Eddie "Spoons" Michaud, renowned musician from Old Town, Maine. Stories of his life, times, family, and friends from 1923 to the present. Includes black and white photographs of Michaud throughout his life, both with and without his namesake instrument - the spoons - as well as select representations of maps of Maine towns. -
Speeding Across the Rhizome : Deleuze Meets Kerouac On the Road
A reading of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" alongside the literary criticism of Gilles Deleuze and his counterparts. Emphasis on Deleuze and Félix Guattari's notion of the "rhizome" in comparison to the spontaneous routes of cross-country travel taken by characters in Kerouac's novel, and the innovative styles and shapes of his prose. Conversation with Deleuze's own reading of and writings on "On the Road" through the critic's descriptions of what is meant by the term "minor literature" : writing which is characteristically "deterritorializ[ed]" and exhibits a collective, political nature. -
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Speaking in Tongues
Documentary film on multilingual and multicultural education in the United States. The personal, social, and political implications of teaching in languages other than English, and the complex realities of immigrant families' hopes for their children's education. Set in California, in the context of various states considering "English only" legislation. Considers the developmental benefits of multilingual youth education. From PatchWork Productions: "In a time where 31 states have passed English Only initiatives, one urban school district is exploring the provocative notion that speaking a foreign language can be a national asset. We follow four diverse students and their families as they encounter the challenges and delights of becoming fluent in two languages. As we witness their journey, we see how speaking more than one language changes them, their families, their communities, and maybe even the world." -
Souvenirs de Chasses...dans le Maine
La publication des écrits personnels d'Annette Cogels, de son voyage 1929 du Belgique, au Canada, dans le Maine, pour chasser le chevreuil dans les bois du nord du Maine. Son temps dans la forêt du Maine qui est associé souvent avec le bûcheron et homme d'affaires beauceron, Edouard Lacroix. Illustrée dans des photos noir et blanc, et avec des commentaires du rédacteur. -
Souvenir du 50ieème anniversaire de la paroisse St. Jean Baptiste, Brunswick, Maine 1877-1927
50th anniversary tribute to the Church of St. John the Baptist, serving the Catholic communities of Brunswick and Bath, Maine. Contains photos, advertisements, and some information on St. John School (L'École Saint-Jean-Baptiste). -
Southside Canadians : A Family Journey
Pictorial account of a family's immigration that begins in Europe and moves through Canada into the United States, ultimately to Chicago, Illinois's Southside in the 20th and 21st centuries. -
Southern Seduction : Canadian and American Snowbirds in Florida Since 1945
From the author: "This thesis explains and analyzes the phenomenon of seasonal, long-term winter travel to Florida, travelers that South Floridians have called 'snowbirds.' It demonstrates what pushed and pulled [Canadian and American] snowbirds to Florida, analyzes their journey south, their settlement patterns and housing choices, their tendency to congregate together, the forms of their sociability. It mostly defines snowbirds as migrants who, down South, build communities of kindred spirits. In the fragmented built landscape of 20th-century Florida, the congregation of snowbirds produced unique forms of socialization and, we argue, of community. These unique settlements have uniquely influenced Floridians' debates about their own community-building issue, while playing a part in Northerners' views about Florida, the South, the North, the United States and Canada."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Chicago IL, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Florida, Geography, Government and Politics, Hollywood FL, Miami FL, Montréal QC, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Travel and Tourism, Québec, Social History, Sports and Leisure, St. Petersburg FL, Travel and Movement, United States -
Sources statistiques pour l'étude de l'immigration et du peuplement canadien-français en Nouvelle-Angleterre au cours du XIXe siiècle : le recensement d'Odule Laplante
Un essai qui examine le matériel historique et scolaire qui est disponible sur les canadiens français qui ont voyagé aux Etats-Unis avant 1900. Le deuxieme partie, "Le recensement," est une examination d'un de ceux matériels specifiques qui souligne la population franco du Maine.Tags Burlington VT, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Jewett City CT, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mills and Mill Work, Minnesota, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Social History, Vermont, Woonsocket RI -
Souches et racines : une introduction aè la généalogie pour les jeunes Franco-Américains
Un guide généalogique conçu pour les jeunes franco-américain(e)s et canadien(ne)s francais. Avec des ressources d'étudier les arbres de famille dans la region de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. -
Songs of my youth / À la fleur de l'âge
Book of French and English language poems, written in a sequence modeled after the author's teenage years, from 13-20. From a Manchester, New Hampshire native writer. Illustrated in photographs and black and white drawings.
Un livre de poèsie en anglais et en français, d'un écrivain de Manchester, New Hampshire. Écrit en 8 segments: un segment pour chacune des années d'adolescence de l'auteur, 13 ans à 20 ans. Illustré par photos et dessins en noir et blanc. -
Songs from Grandma's Kitchen (Chansons de la cuisine à Mémière) : French-Canadian Toe-Tappers (and a few stories)
A recording of a collection of songs and tales by storyteller Michael Parent, with the musical accompaniment of Greg Boardman. From the artists: "This live DVD of a Johnson Hall [Gardiner ME] concert features a variety of songs in the French-Canadian tradition, plus a few instrumental medleys with fiddle and guitar, and Hank Williams's 'Jambalaya.' Stories include Michael's bi-lingual, comic version of 'The French Truck Driver,' and Greg Boardman telling the story behind the 'Hangman's Reel' and fiddling the tune." -
Some Specimens of a Canadian French Dialect Spoken in Maine
A short explanation of notes taken on the linguistic properties of one Waterville and another Cornville, Maine, Franco-American's French language tendencies in the late nineteenth century. Historical measure of the MLA's concern with Canadian French in America before the turn of the century, and an early dissection of local French by a linguist attracted to the structures and tones common to Central Maine French speech. -
Some Social Factors Affecting the French Spoken in Lewiston, Maine
Dissertation on the relationship between the French language and Franco American culture in Lewiston, Maine in the twentieth century. Historical background of Maine French speakers. Theories and methods in the study of French in New England as introduction and comparison to the author's own survey research in Lewiston. Contents and results of a linguistic questionnaire given various French speakers in Lewiston. From the author: "Using a broadly based survey of the French spoken in Lewiston, Maine this thesis treats the question of the levels of Franco-American speech. The relationship of language features to social factors is studied by means of a computer-aided analysis of a representative sample of the French-speaking population" (iii, Abstract). -
Some Repatriement Dilemmas
Article on the idea of repatriation as integral to the history of French Canadian community building in the United States. Certain struggles and losses accompanying Canadian repatriation from the United States in the late 19th century, after extended periods of American settlement. Examples of repatriation as considered in two different contexts: New England and the US Midwest. In Worcester, Massachusetts, journalist Ferdinand Gagnon functioning in the French Canadian press as an agent of repatration for Quebec government in 1875; the eventual shift in his political position, a rearticulation of his understandings of cultural allegiance, and his eventual American naturalization. In Michigan, Telesphore St-Pierre as journalist advocate for la survivance during a period of growth of French community and society there. The difficulties of appealing to Canadian repatriation after extended settlement. St-Pierre's eventual appeal for American nationalism and Catholic loyalty as means of retaining heritage. Transformations in the Franco American concept of "la survivance."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bay City MI, Boston MA, Cohoes NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord NH, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Great Lakes Region, Journalism, Lake Linden MI, Michigan, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Religion, Sault Sainte Marie MI, St. Ignace MI, United States, Worcester MA -
Some Misconceptions about Teaching American Ethnic Children Their Mother Tongue
Essay on language instruction, problems with favoring rote over mother tongue, and some arguments for maintaining linguistic heritages in language education. -
Some credit union members oppose bank merger, 'We don't want to lose our identity'
With a merger pending between Kennebec Savings Bank and KV Federal Credit Union - both of Augusta, Maine - some credit union members voice their opposition, citing the historical value of their institution, its assistance to the Franco-American communities of the area, and the economic role it has played in helping to form the region's identity. -
Some credit union members oppose bank merger, 'We don't want to lose our identity'
With a merger pending between Kennebec Savings Bank and KV Federal Credit Union - both of Augusta, Maine - some credit union members voice their opposition, citing the historical value of their institution, its assistance to the Franco-American communities of the area, and the economic role it has played in helping to form the region's identity. -
Some Calumet Club members may vote to admit women, attorney says
After the Maine Human Rights Commission ruled that she had been discriminated against when denied membership at Le Club Calumet, a Franco American social club, Nancy Albert Ellis considered filing charges in court. Many members of the Club, in her support, claimed that they would vote to change club legislation, allowing the full admission and membership of women. -
Some Calumet Club members may vote to admit women, attorney says
After the Maine Human Rights Commission ruled that she had been discriminated against when denied membership at Le Club Calumet, a Franco American social club, Nancy Albert Ellis considered filing charges in court. Many members of the Club, in her support, claimed that they would vote to change club legislation, allowing the full admission and membership of women. -
Some Aims and Methods in Teaching French in the Elementary Schools in Louisiana : The Oakdale Elementary School Experiment
A 1938-1939 argument in favor of increasing the number of Louisiana public elementary schools that teach the French language, and some thoughts on best practices in the implementation of educational programs. From the author: "This paper contains a statement of the motives for teaching French in the elementary schools of Louisiana and the goals to be attained - together with a suggested list of projects that have proved helpful and a discussion of classroom procedures as used in the Oakdale Elementary School experiment." -
Soldiers from the Farther North : A Research Note on Canadians in the Union Army in the American Civil War
Article describing the participation of French and English Canadians in the United States Civil War. Justifications for participation - economic, political, personal, and otherwise - from primary and secondary source literature. Domestic Canadian and international implications for Canadian activity in US war. Complications of citizenship and participant moral attitudes toward nationalism, slavery, and other issues. Questions directed toward the complexities surrounding wartime immigration, travel, and/or displacement, and suggestions for further research in family and other archival collections. -
Soldiers from the Farther North : A Research Note on Canadians in the Union Army in the American Civil War
Article describing the participation of French and English Canadians in the United States Civil War. Justifications for participation - economic, political, personal, and otherwise - from primary and secondary source literature. Domestic Canadian and international implications for Canadian activity in US war. Complications of citizenship and participant moral attitudes toward nationalism, slavery, and other issues. Questions directed toward the complexities surrounding wartime immigration, travel, and/or displacement, and suggestions for further research in family and other archival collections. -
Sociolinguistics, Politics, and Language Teaching
Brief article on the integration of linguistic theory, language teaching, and sociolinguistics. Thoughts on some of the political and social implications of dialects, and questions about applying certain linguistic theories to the teaching of language. Compares teaching English in African American communities to teaching French in French Canadian, Franco American communities, and discusses issues surrounding language instruction in what the author calls "non-standard dialect." References to the author's Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, conferences for teachers of French held in the early 1960s. -
Social Photography
Text of a brief talk given by acclaimed photographer of American working life - and famously, child industrial labor - during the first half of the twentieth century. Thoughts on the role and function of the photographer and "social photography" in light of Hine's thoughts on the injustices endured by urban children in poverty, at work. Included in a 1980 book of essays on photography, with a brief biographical introduction from the editor. Originally published as "Social Photography ; How the Camera May Help in the Social Uplift" in the "Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction at the Thirty-sixth Annual Session held in the City of Buffalo, New York, June 9-16, 1909," Alexander Johnson, ed., (Fort Wayne, Indiana: Press of Fort Wayne, 1909). -
Social and Economic Profile of French and English Mother Tongue Persons : Maine, 1970
Unpublished presentation of statistics on persons of French and English mother tongue in the state of Maine, adapted from 1970 United States census data. Shows figures related to family make-up, mobility, education, labor, income, state geography, and city and county demographics, all with respect to the population's mother tongue. Written by a University of Southern Maine professor of sociology.Tags Ashland ME, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Bangor ME, Berwick ME, Biddeford ME, Brewer ME, Brunswick ME, Caribou ME, Chelsea ME, Eagle Lake ME, Education, Fairfield ME, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Gorham ME, Grand Isle ME, Jackman ME, Jay ME, Kennebunk ME, Kittery ME, Lewiston ME, Limestone ME, Lisbon ME, Livermore Falls ME, Madawaska ME, Madison ME, Mexico ME, Millinocket ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Old Orchard Beach ME, Old Town ME, Portland ME, Presque Isle ME, Rumford ME, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, South Berwick ME, South Portland ME, St. Agatha ME, St. Francis ME, Topsham ME, Van Buren ME, Wallagrass ME, Waterville ME, Webster ME, Westbrook ME, Winslow ME, Winthrop ME -
Snowmobile Town
Documentary piece written on snowmobiling and the environment it helps to create in the border town of Jackman, Maine. The growth of the snowmobile industry and its impact on the people of northern Maine. Some profiles of local residents, their memories and thoughts on snowmobile culture.Tags Augusta ME, Caribou ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Eustis ME, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Greenville ME, Houlton ME, Jackman ME, Maine, Millinocket ME, Moosehead Lake Region, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Documentary, Nonfiction -- Sports, Rangeley ME, Rockwood ME, Spencer MA, Sports and Leisure -
Snow Man
A profile of Boston and New York social activist, Urbain Ledoux. Ledoux, known as "Mr. Zero," was an early advocate for the homeless and jobless of the United States. His parents emigrated from Quebec to work in Connecticut and Maine in the 19th century. This biographical, editorial piece sits among others in a volume dedicated to American public figures of the 1920s. -
Situation de la recherche sur la Franco-Américanie
Le premier colloque de l'Institut français du Colliège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 15 mars 1980. Imprimé dans un numéro du périodique "Vie Française: Revue trimestrielle," publié par le Conseil de la Vie française en Amérique. Présentations sur l'immigration franco-canadienne, la langue française, et la littérature franco-américaine dans le contexte de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Comprend également des bibliographies.En deux parties principales, avec les piièces suivants: Préface, André Vachon, s.r.c. I - L'immigration et les groupes sociaux "L'exode vers le Sud: survol de la migration canadienne-française vers la Nouvelle-Angleterre au XIXe siiècle," Ralph D. Vicero "Etat présent des études sur les centres franco-américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre," Gérard J. Brault Commentaires de Frances H. Early, Yolande Lavoie et Daniel J. Walkowitz II - La langue et la littérature "La langue franco-américaine," Robert A. Fischer Commentaires de Normand C. Dubé "L'histoire comme roman, le roman comme histoire: le roman ethnique franco-américain de langue anglaise," Richard S. Sorrell "Pour une problématique de l'histoire littéraire franco-américaine," Armand B. ChartierTags Adams MA, Blackstone River Valley, Brockton MA, Brooklyn CT, Burlington VT, Burrillville RI, Cambridge MA, Chicopee MA, Claremont NH, Concord NH, Criticism and Review, Danielson CT, Dudley MA, Education, Gardner MA, Grafton MA, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Killingly CT, Laconia NH, Leominster MA, Lincoln RI, Lynn MA, Marlboro MA, Meriden CT, Millbury MA, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Palmer MA, Pawtucket RI, Pittsfield MA, Plainfield CT, Putnam CT, Salem MA, Skowhegan ME, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Sutton MA, Taunton MA, Thompson CT, Ware MA, Warren RI, Warwick RI, Waterbury CT, Webster MA, Westbrook ME, Willimantic CT, Winooski VT -
Siting memory in Normand Beaupré's Le petit mangeur de fleurs
Article on the role of memory in Biddeford, Maine author Normand Beaupré's recent autobiographical novel. How memories and the act of remembering of one's youth and childhood home help to build collective cultural identity among Franco American communities, and become building block's for the author's personal, literary identity. Critical reading of the author's use of the French language, and of the personal and cultural traits upon which his story focuses. -
Siting memory in Normand Beaupré's Le petit mangeur de fleurs
Article on the role of memory in Biddeford, Maine author Normand Beaupré's recent autobiographical novel. How memories and the act of remembering of one's youth and childhood home help to build collective cultural identity among Franco American communities, and become building block's for the author's personal, literary identity. Critical reading of the author's use of the French language, and of the personal and cultural traits upon which his story focuses. -
Si je comprends bien... (If I Really Understand...)
A documentary that captures sentiments toward francophone cultures between France, Quebec, and New England in the context of Quebec's 1980 sovereignty referendum. From WorldCat: "Features interviews with French Canadians and Franco-Americans about the importance of keeping the French language alive in New England and how Franco-Americans are in danger of losing their identity if they do not." -
Shifting Perspectives from the North : Québec
Brief essay on the discipline of United States history in Canada, the influence of American perspectives on Canadian historiography of the US, and how attitudes toward cross-boundary historiography change over time. Ramirez takes a semi-biographical approach: the Italian scholar, educated in both the US and Canada, who took up American history at the University of Toronto, and taught American history at a Francophone Montréal university.Tags Canada, Criticism and Review, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Historiography, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Social History, Toronto ON, United States -
Shared Earnings, Unequal Responsibilities : Single French-Canadian Wage-Earning Women in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1900-1920
An analysis of single French-Canadian women workers in Lowell, Massachusetts, Takai's piece attempts to show the contributions of this female population to their households and to the local economy at the beginning of the twentieth century. -
Shantytowns in the United States, 1820-1890
From the author: "This dissertation adds a missing piece to the history of the American working class by documenting an overlooked category of low-income housing and the ways in which these self-reliant communities were assigned cultural meanings at odds with their physical form. Using sources that range from photographs and oil paintings to novels and sheet music, the dissertation traces the shanty house type from frontier homesteads to urban shantytowns in turn-of-the-century New York and Brooklyn. It also examines their evolving cultural construction. Presented as domestic by their working-poor builders, shantytowns were nonetheless perceived as degraded by middle-class observers. This had public policy consequences, as shantytowns were razed and outlawed during the last decades of the nineteenth century." -
Sex, Death, and Baseball
Book of poems from Wayne, Maine writer and author of the 2004 chapbook, "Children Are Ugly Little Monsters (But You Have to Love Them Anyway"). -
Sex, Death, and Baseball
Book of poems from Wayne, Maine writer and author of the 2004 chapbook, "Children Are Ugly Little Monsters (But You Have to Love Them Anyway"). -
Severin Beliveau : The power has moved from the private to the public sector
A brief profile of attorney and former Maine legislator, Severin Beliveau, from his youth to the present. Some of his remarks on the general shift of public influence from private entities to state government. Maine independent newspaper article featured in an issue titled, "The Ten Most Influential People in Maine." -
Severin Beliveau : The power has moved from the private to the public sector
A brief profile of attorney and former Maine legislator, Severin Beliveau, from his youth to the present. Some of his remarks on the general shift of public influence from private entities to state government. Maine independent newspaper article featured in an issue titled, "The Ten Most Influential People in Maine." -
Sentinel editorial writer inept in treatment of ethnic slurs
Letter to the editor berating Waterville, Maine's Morning Sentinel editorial staff for failing to criticize a Portland-based radio station (WBLM) that frequently included in its morning show a segment poking fun at a Franco American character. Cites an article in which the editorial staff "trivialize[d]" complaints against the radio program's arguable ethnic discrimination, and chastises the newspaper for missing an opportunity to heighten local conversation about ethnic humor and cultural stereotypes. -
Sentinel editorial writer inept in treatment of ethnic slurs
Letter to the editor berating Waterville, Maine's Morning Sentinel editorial staff for failing to criticize a Portland-based radio station (WBLM) that frequently included in its morning show a segment poking fun at a Franco American character. Cites an article in which the editorial staff "trivialize[d]" complaints against the radio program's arguable ethnic discrimination, and chastises the newspaper for missing an opportunity to heighten local conversation about ethnic humor and cultural stereotypes. -
Semi-Centennial Celebration History, 1922-1972 : Fifty Years of Progress
A history of the Augusta, Maine Franco American social organization, Le Club Calumet, published in honor of its accomplishments and in celebration of the 50th year since its 1922 inception. Presents an introduction to French Canadian immigration to Maine. Includes a detailed account of the settlement of a French-speaking community near the mills at the north end of Augusta. Recounts the birth of the social organization and charts its development up to the present, including names and captioned images. A brief club necrology, portraits and profiles of past club presidents, and a 1972 "Active Membership List." Advertisements from local sponsors of the book's publication.Tags Augusta ME, Business and Economics, Clubs and Societies, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Gender and Sexuality, Maine, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, Nonfiction -- Sports, Religion, Sand Hill ME, Social History, Sports and Leisure -
Selected Poems
Selections from the published and unpublished works of Lisbon, Maine native poet, professor, and famed translator of poetry. Collected and published posthumously, with an introduction from the collection's editor. Divided into five parts. -
Selected Letters , 1957-1969
Collection of selected correspondence between writer Jack Kerouac and friends, other literary figures, and some family from 1957 to the author's death in 1969. Includes letters to William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Sterling Lord; Robert Giroux; and many others. References to publications, writings, travels, etc. Letters presented chronologically, annotated, and linked with editor commentary. Includes biographical chronology and editor introduction. -
Selected Letters , 1940-1956
Collection of selected correspondence between writer Jack Kerouac and family, friends, and other literary figures before 1956. Includes letters to and from William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg; to Kerouac's mother, Gabrielle Kerouac; Neal Cassady; Alfred Kazin; and many others. Contain references to early writings, travels, relationships, etc. Letters presented chronologically, annotated, and linked with editor commentary. Includes biographical chronology and editor introduction. -
Seeking an "Entente Cordiale": Prosper Bender, French Canada, and Intercultural Brokership in the Nineteenth Century
A physician by training, Prosper Bender (1844–1917) achieved prominence through his written work on French Canadians. In the 1870s, he joined the flourishing literary scene of Quebec City, a period that culminated with his Literary Sheaves (1881) and Old and New Canada (1882). Then, for more than a quarter-century, Bender lived in Boston, where he practiced homeopathic medicine and again played the part of an intercultural broker. Doubts concerning his native land’s future led him to promote the American annexation of Canada; he also wrote for American readers articles on French-Canadian culture. More than a century later, Bender’s body of work reflects the challenges facing post-Confederation Canada and the struggle for mutual understanding between French Canadians and their English-speaking neighbours. -
Second Sun : New and Selected Poems
Poetry collection composed of new writings and other previously collected works featured in three of the writer's earlier publications: "Crying in the Cheap Seats" (1971), "The Anarchist Heart" (1977), and "Home Front" (1978). -
Second Sun : New and Selected Poems
Poetry collection composed of new writings and other previously collected works featured in three of the writer's earlier publications: "Crying in the Cheap Seats" (1971), "The Anarchist Heart" (1977), and "Home Front" (1978). -
Seamless Hosiery Industry of Laconia, New Hampshire
Article describing the state of hosiery mills in Laconia, New Hampshire in the late 1930s: obstacles to effective production, descriptions of economic advantages, suggestions for improvement. Historical background from the origins of the first Laconia hosiery in 1847. Mill closures beginning in 1923: their causes and some of their impacts. Current 1930s industrial competition between Laconia mills and similar producers in Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states: Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee. Includes black and white photographs.Tags Belmont NH, Blackstone River Valley, Franklin NH, Georgia, Hillsboro NH, Laconia NH, Lake Winnipesaukee NH, Merrimack River Valley, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- History, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Tilton NH -
Seamless Hosiery Industry of Laconia, New Hampshire
Article describing the state of hosiery mills in Laconia, New Hampshire in the late 1930s: obstacles to effective production, descriptions of economic advantages, suggestions for improvement. Historical background from the origins of the first Laconia hosiery in 1847. Mill closures beginning in 1923: their causes and some of their impacts. Current 1930s industrial competition between Laconia mills and similar producers in Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states: Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee. Includes black and white photographs.Tags Belmont NH, Binghamton NY, Blackstone River Valley, Franklin NH, Georgia, Hillsboro NH, Laconia NH, Lake Winnipesaukee NH, Merrimack River Valley, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- History, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Tilton NH -
Se connaître et se reconnaître dans des cours de civilisation et de littératures franco-américaines
Présentation sur la façon dont les professeurs de langue française et des études franco-américaines répondent aux besoins des étudiants de l'Université du Maine. Comprend un poième inspiré par les expériences d'enseignement d'un professeur de français. Comprend aussi un programme pour une classe proposée sur le théa?tre franco-américain. -
School Bus Curb Asked; Augusta, Me., Group Bids Court Block Parochial Use
Article on controversy surrounding city of Augusta, Maine's allowing local private Catholic schools the use of public buses. A group of citizens opposing the measure confronts Augusta City Council members. -
School Bus Curb Asked; Augusta, Me., Group Bids Court Block Parochial Use
Article on controversy surrounding city of Augusta, Maine's allowing local private Catholic schools the use of public buses. A group of citizens opposing the measure confronts Augusta City Council members. -
Say No More
Short story that finds Norman Malloy sitting in a kitchen alone. He segregates himself from his wife, Colette, their infant daughter, and Colette's large extended family as they celebrate in two languages a grandmother's birthday in the living room nearby. Norman and Colette's car trip home - in tension and in snowfall - from the Biddeford, Maine gathering back to nearby Scarborough. Featured in Portland Monthly Magazine. From Maine author of short story collections "Too Hot & Other Maine Stories" and "Squatter's Rights." -
Say No More
Short story that finds Norman Malloy sitting in a kitchen alone. He segregates himself from his wife, Colette, their infant daughter, and Colette's large extended family as they celebrate in two languages a grandmother's birthday in the living room nearby. Norman and Colette's car trip home - in tension and in snowfall - from the Biddeford, Maine gathering back to nearby Scarborough. Featured in Portland Monthly Magazine. From Maine author of short story collections "Too Hot & Other Maine Stories" and "Squatter's Rights." -
Saving Franco culture
Letter to the editor calling upon Franco Americans and Le Club Calumet to look past the controversial 1992 Maine Supreme Court case regarding club identity and gender, and to consider the best way of using all available resources for cultural preservation. -
Saving Franco culture
Letter to the editor calling upon Franco Americans and Le Club Calumet to look past the controversial 1992 Maine Supreme Court case regarding club identity and gender, and to consider the best way of using all available resources for cultural preservation. -
Sanford's son
Feature article on Sanford native, Ray Luc Levasseur, and his return to southern Maine following decades spent imprisoned for convictions associated with political activism. Some historical background about Levasseur, his hometown, and the reputation he acquired in Sanford as a "wanted" man in the 1970s and 80s. Segments of an interview with the man returned - reflections on his past, orientations toward the future. The writer of this article, the interviewer, is also a native of Sanford. -
Sanford's son
Feature article on Sanford native, Ray Luc Levasseur, and his return to southern Maine following decades spent imprisoned for convictions associated with political activism. Some historical background about Levasseur, his hometown, and the reputation he acquired in Sanford as a "wanted" man in the 1970s and 80s. Segments of an interview with the man returned - reflections on his past, orientations toward the future. The writer of this article, the interviewer, is also a native of Sanford. -
Sands, Spindles, and Steeples : A History of Saco, Maine
A history of the coastal and industrial city of Saco, Maine, from its inception to the 1950s. Written by a Saco native. The inside cover reads: "In a rich and vivid history, documented with record, with facts bearing evidence of infinitely rewarding research, Roy P. Fairfield has depicted Saco from its beginning up to the fast-moving present wherein, even now, remains a nostalgic aura of simpler days along elm-shaded streets that have seen three centuries of pulsing life. And throughout this volume, striking for its fidelity to place and time and atmosphere, the author has never for a moment lost sight of that irreplaceable thing - the human dimension."Tags Art and Architecture, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Buxton ME, Cape Porpoise ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, England, Exploration and Colonization, France, Fryeburg ME, Government and Politics, Hollis ME, Kittery ME, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Old Orchard Beach ME, Religion, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Scarborough ME, Social History, Wells ME, York ME -
Sanatorium : un roman
Un roman sur Pierre Gagnon, un personnage médecin qui est devenu un nouveau malade dans un infirmerie pour les tuberculeux dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre au début de 20e siècle. Des descriptions vivantes de la vie, des autres malades, et de l'hébergement de l'infirmerie. Écrit par un vrai médecin; basé sur ses experiences avec ceux tuberculeux hôpitalisés à Rutland State Sanatorium, Rutland, Massachusetts. Republié en 1982. -
Samuel de Champlain and the Naming of Vermont
Article on the historical origins of the name of "Vermont" as it describes both the New England state and the mountain range of which it is a part. The relationship of some other geographic place names in this region to the explorers and founders of 17th century New France, as well as later historical figures. Cartographic, journalistic, and other evidence locating the 18th century birth of the term "Vermont" as a probable translation of its English predecessor, "Green Mountains." -
Samuel de Champlain and the Naming of Vermont
Article on the historical origins of the name of "Vermont" as it describes both the New England state and the mountain range of which it is a part. The relationship of some other geographic place names in this region to the explorers and founders of 17th century New France, as well as later historical figures. Cartographic, journalistic, and other evidence locating the 18th century birth of the term "Vermont" as a probable translation of its English predecessor, "Green Mountains." -
Saintly Delights : St. Augustine Parish, Augusta, Maine
Collection of recipes gathered from the families and parishioners of St. Augustine Roman Catholic Parish in Augusta, Maine. Divided into section by food type, all recipes are printed with the name of their contributor(s). Book contains printed advertisements from local businesses and an index of the included recipes, ordered by page number. -
Safe in Heaven Dead : Interviews with Jack Kerouac
Short compilation of selected, transcribed segments of interviews conducted with Jack Kerouac between 1957 and 1969. Some of Kerouac's thoughts on ancestry, the Beat Generation, literature, his writing, Buddhism, Catholicism, family, and his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts. Index of sources where interviews were originally printed. -
Sad chapter in the story of French in America
A sympathetic review of the anthology, "Voyages: A Franco-American Reader" (Gardiner, Maine: Tilbury House, 2007). Discusses a few of the entries and their importance to the whole of American Studies. -
Sad chapter in the story of French in America
A sympathetic review of the anthology, "Voyages: A Franco-American Reader" (Gardiner, Maine: Tilbury House, 2007). Discusses a few of the entries and their importance to the whole of American Studies. -
Rudy Vallée : Franco-American and Man from Maine
Biographical sketch of Hubert Prior Vallée - a.k.a., Rudy Vallée - from a young man in Westbrook and Orono, Maine, to the iconic Hollywood crooner of American film and radio, consistently true to the origins to which he ultimately returned. Also includes a history of the University of Maine "Stein Song," the popularity of which can be attributed in part to Vallée. -
Roughing the Uppers : The Great Shoe Strike of 1937
From the Lewiston Sun Journal: "The documentary tells the story of a strike that involved thousands of shoe workers and more than a dozen factories in Lewiston and Auburn [Maine]. Seeking higher wages and recognition of their union affiliation with the newly formed Congress of Industrial Organizations, the largely Franco-American workers called for a strike on March 24, 1937, during a mass meeting at Lewiston's city hall." -
Roots Always Precede Routes : On the Road, through a Glass Darkly
Critical reading of Jack Kerouac's most famous novel, "On the Road," through the lens of French mobility in America and Kerouac's Franco American cultural identity. How Kerouac's traveling characters signify and explore the "homelessness" that the article's author associates with the French Canadian and Franco American in the United States.
From the author: "This article explores the subterranean layers of 'On the Road,' firstly, approaching them from three perspectives (the dyad routes-roots, ethnogenesis and cultural geography), and secondly, considering the novel within a larger project, the 'Road' project, which allows further insight into the genesis of the 1957 edition and of the original scroll published fifty years later. This article focuses on the relationship between space, identity, travel and nation, and attempts to offer a reading of the author’s French-Canadian and Franco-American invisible ethnicity as a guiding line to the 'On the Road' proto-versions and to the themes developed (travel, mapping the land and the quest for the father[land])." -
Ron Currie, Jr. discusses Everything Matters!
Waterville, Maine, writer, Ron Currie, Jr., discusses his book "Everything Matters!," his life, and his writing, and takes questions from Duke University's class of 2014. Currie's novel was chosen to be read and discussed by the entire first-year class at Duke. -
Roger AuClair : First fishery biologist for Moosehead Lake Region
Profile of the former lead fishery biologist for the State of Maine, Roger AuClair, of Rockwood, Maine. His statewide impact on wildlife conservation, and his lifelong relationship with the Maine outdoors. -
Roger AuClair : First fishery biologist for Moosehead Lake Region
Profile of the former lead fishery biologist for the State of Maine, Roger AuClair, of Rockwood, Maine. His statewide impact on wildlife conservation, and his lifelong relationship with the Maine outdoors. -
Robert G. LeBlanc, 1930-2001
Short piece honoring geographer and historian Robert G. LeBlanc, and introducing his two major pieces of scholarship: one on the Acadian migrations, the other on the Québec ties of the New England Franco-American elite. -
River Rerouting
Captioned photo of Adelard Labbe cutting ice on Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine. -
River Rerouting
Captioned photo of Adelard Labbe cutting ice on Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine. -
Rights panel sues le Club Calumet
The Maine Human Rights Commission fired back at Le Club Calumet by filing a lawsuit of its own (in response to the Club's suit against the HRC) contending that the Club discriminated in its refusal of membership to a woman based on her sex. -
Rights panel sues le Club Calumet
The Maine Human Rights Commission fired back at Le Club Calumet by filing a lawsuit of its own (in response to the Club's suit against the HRC) contending that the Club discriminated in its refusal of membership to a woman based on her sex. -
Rien n'était gaspillé dans la cuisine de ma grand-mère : Nothing Went to Waste in Grandmother's Kitchen
Collection of recipes and folk remedies from the Lausier family of Grand Isle, Maine. Introduced with a brief history of the family and its kitchen habits. Illustrated in black and white photograph. Published in English and French versions. Revised edition published in 1983. -
Rhode Island's Franco-Americans in Our Pluralistic Society
Brief essay presentation summarizing much of the history of the French presence in Rhode Island. Acknowledges certain Rhode Island events, as well as political and religious figures, beginning with French explorations of North America in the 16th century, and moving into the twentieth century. Composed as a response to what the author calls the "melting pot theory," and as an argument against the author's notion of cultural assimilation. Transcript of a speech given to Le Foyer - a social organization in Pawtucket, Rhode Island - on March 21, 1973.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Central Falls RI, Coventry RI, Cumberland RI, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Government and Politics, Manville RI, Narragansett RI, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Pawtucket RI, Religion, Rhode Island, West Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : Les Franco-Américains du Maine
Les données démographiques sur les Franco-Américains dans l'État du Maine tels que compilés par Odule Laplante sous la direction de la Comité de la Cause Nationale. Les statistiques démographiques divisées par comté, présentées selon le nombre de familles, nombre d'enfants, les propriétaires fonciers, les valeurs des propriétés, et les populations totales du comté. Les chiffres de Laplante - 91,567 personnes en totale - ont été publiés en série dans "Le Messager" de Lewiston, Maine.Tags Androscoggin County ME, Bangor ME, Bath ME, Belfast ME, Brewer ME, Caribou ME, Cumberland County ME, Demography, Dexter ME, Eastport ME, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Franklin County ME, Gilead ME, Hancock County ME, Hastings ME, Jackman ME, Kennebec County ME, Knox County ME, Lincoln County ME, Lincoln ME, Maine, Montague ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Oquossoc ME, Orono ME, Oxford County ME, Penobscot County ME, Piscataquis County ME, Portland ME, Religion, Sagadahoc County ME, Somerset County ME, Vanceboro ME, Waldo County ME, Washington County ME, Winn ME, York County ME -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : Les Franco-Américains du Connecticut
Les données démographiques du diocièse catholique romain de Hartford, au Connecticut, tels que compilés par Dr. C. J. Leclaire sous la direction de la Comité Permanente. Les statistiques démographiques, divisé par la paroisse, présenté en fonction du total des relations franco-américaines personnes dans chaque paroisse, respectivement; l'origine ethnique des prêtres et vicaires qui préside, et une observation générale sur les ethnies de chaque paroisse.Tags Attawaugan CT, Ballouville CT, Baltic CT, Bridgeport CT, Bristol CT, Central Village CT, Connecticut, Danielson CT, Dayville CT, Demography, Grosvenordale CT, Hartford CT, Irish Americans, Jewett City CT, Mechanicsville CT, Meriden CT, Moosup CT, New Hartford CT, New Haven CT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Norwich CT, Plainfield CT, Putnam CT, Religion, Stafford Springs CT, Taftville CT, Thompsonville CT, Waterbury CT, Wauregan CT, Williamsville CT, Willimantic CT -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : Le Gouverneur Pothier
1908 annonce de l'élection de M. Pothier au bureau du gouverneur de l'état de Rhode Island. Fournit quelques citations pertinentes d'un journal de Montréal, La Patrie. -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : La population française des États-Unis
Une réimpression d'un article en vedette dans "L'Opinion Publique." Un examen d'une analyse statistique réalisée par M.C.H. de Fosse sur des personnes résidant aux Etats-Unis dont la langue maternelle est autre que l'anglais, un accent particulier sur ceux du patrimoine canadien-français. Les chiffres sur la population nationale de langue française (environ 1,5 millions). Certains groupes d'États américains et de leur population par rapport aux chiffres du nombre total d'Américains de langue française.Tags Arizona, Arkansas, Canada, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Demography, Florida, France, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Native Americans, Nebraska, Nevada, New England, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, United States, US Northwest, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : L'Evêque de Burlington
Un bref article sur la mort de Monseigneur John Steven Michaud, évêque du diocièse catholique romain de Burlington, Vermont. Pas un piièce biographique, mais triès politique. Contient un certain nombre de prédications pour son successeur "[n'etant] pas de sang canadien-français," en dépit d'une présence franco-américain sur le conseil diocésain local. Certains critiques des Franco-Américains de Vermont qui ne sont pas intéressés "de sauvegarder leurs interets nationaux" (286). -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : Feu J.B. Rouilliard
Piece sur "l'ancien inspectuer-général des mines dans la province de Québec" et un journaliste formidable du 19e siiècle, à l'occasion de sa mort à Fall River. Des caractérisations de la patriotisme québécoise de son projet journalistique. -
Revolution : The Coming of F.A.R.O.G., 1970-1972
From the author: "In 1970 a group of Franco-Americans at the University of Maine, Orono, began meeting to discuss the creation of a new Franco-American ethnic identity. By the end of 1972, the succeeded in establishing a formal Franco-American program. They succeeded for several reasons. Like some Franco-Americans of their time, they felt acutely the loss of their ethnic group's former ties to a proud French-Canadian heritage. They learned from other movements of their own time how to go about redefining their group's identity, and the administration of the University of Maine, Orono, provided some of the material resources that the group needed in order to make it a formally established program."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Danielson CT, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Farmington ME, Fitchburg MA, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, France, Gender and Sexuality, Gorham ME, Government and Politics, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, North Brookfield MA, Orono ME, Presque Isle ME, Québec, Religion, Southbridge MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Review: CASANOVA, JACQUES-DONAT, avec ARMOUR LANDRY. Une Amerique française.
Un revue critique du texte "Une Amérique française" - une histoire de l'heritage française à l'Amérique du Nord de la période de la guerre d'Indépendance jusqu'au présent. -
Review: "Histoire des Franco-Américains" de Armand Chartier
Un revue d'un texte historique sur le sujet des franco-américains. Le livre qui l'objet du revue a été écrit apriès ceux textes similaires de Roby et Weil. -
Review: "Franco-Amérique," and "Loyal but French: The Negotiation of Identity by French-Canadian Descendants in the United States"
Review of two 2008 history texts on French America: "Franco-Amérique," by Dean Louder and Eric Waddell, and "Loyal but French: The Negotiation of Identity by French-Canadian Descendants in the United States," by Mark Paul Richard.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Alberta, Criticism and Review, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Florida, Government and Politics, Illinois, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Native Americans, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec -
Review : Béatrice Craig, Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada
A review of Béatrice Craig's "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists: The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada" (University of Toronto Press, 2009). The reviewer, Robert Kristofferson, is a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Criticism and Review, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Labor History, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, St. John River Valley -
Review : Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada
A business review of Beatrice Craig's "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists: The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada." The reviewer, Leslie Choquette, author of "Frenchmen into Peasants: Modernity and Tradition in the Peopling of French Canada" (Harvard University Press, 1997), is the Director of Assumption College's French Institute.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Criticism and Review, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Labor History, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, St. John River Valley -
Review : Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada
A review of Béatrice Craig's "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists: The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada" (University of Toronto Press, 2007). From Bittermann, provided by Project MUSE: "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists examines the history of rural life in the Madawaska region of the Upper Saint John River Valley from early non-Indigenous settlement in the 1780s to the closing years of the third quarter of the nineteenth century. Thus, although the title suggests otherwise, it is a story that unfolds primarily within the history of British North America and the United States rather than the new Canadian nation-state. Although cast in large part as an exploration of questions raised by a literature concerning the presence or absence of capitalism in rural North America, Craig's study offers valuable insights to those who have little patience with the transition debate and who believe that wading into that quagmire simply generates more mud(dle)."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Criticism and Review, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Labor History, Maine, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, St. John River Valley -
Réveil...Waking Up French
Documentary film about Franco American culture and language in New England. Press release from Watching Place Productions: "Explores the struggle for cultural survival among the French-Canadian, Franco-American communities of New England. It reveals the importance of history and heritage understanding and demonstrates how languages can be reacquired for personal and community renewal."