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  Chére Ma-Ma

  Remembrances of a French Canadian family in New Hampshire, or the biography of a Canadian immigrant mother as written by her American daughter. Family life, work, and prayer in rural New England. Presented as if in flashback, with the story beginning as the daughter attempts to communicate with her aged and ill mother in a nursing home. Constructed in short vignettes pertinent to the mother's life as mother, each section set out with a descriptive header. Includes some poems from the author. From the book jacket: " 'Chére Ma-Ma' (Dear Mom) is a true story which tells of the determination and perseverance of a French Canadian woman, Mathilda (Bourassa) Charest, who raised a family of twelve children, and how she survived the everyday circumstances of truth in poverty, especially so, during the country's Depression; and her love of God through the Catholic faith."

  Tags Auburn NH, Community: Customs and Social Life, Epping NH, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Food, Gender and Sexuality, Illness, New Hampshire, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Poetry, Religion

• Linguistic Differences and Equal Educational Opportunity in New Hampshire

  Working paper prepared for the New Hampshire Department of Education in the 1970s. An examination of the correlation between New Hampshire school districts holding students with French surnames, and New Hampshire towns wherein reside adults who have no high school education. A report on these findings, including commentary on certain individual cases and complementary historical background, as well as an analysis of what the reporter terms a "statistical coincidence." Arguments in favor of the need for studying New Hampshire's cultural diversity. Data-in-use based largely on 1970 U.S. Census Bureau demographic figures, in conjunction with data submitted by New Hampshire school districts, and presented here in table form with summary analysis. Uses Maine state figures as reference and comparison.

  Tags Amherst NH, Auburn NH, Bartlett NH, Berlin NH, Brentwood NH, Chichester NH, Claremont NH, Colebrook NH, Columbia NH, Concord NH, Conway NH, Derry NH, Dover NH, Education, Errol NH, Goshen NH, Greenland NH, Groveton NH, Hanover NH, Haverhill NH, Henniker NH, Hillsborough NH, Hudson NH, Jackson NH, Keene NH, Kensington NH, Kingston NH, Laconia NH, Lyndeborough NH, Madison NH, Marlborough NH, Merrimack River Valley, Milan NH, Monroe NH, Newport NH, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Orford NH, Piermont NH, Pittsburg NH, Plainfield NH, Portsmouth NH, Rochester NH, Rye NH, Salem NH, Somersworth NH, Stratham NH, Tamworth NH, Thornton NH, Waterville Valley NH, Wilton NH, Woodstock NH
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  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