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A Boy's Dream Come True : Becoming a Maine Woodsman
Yarmouth, Maine man's personal account of his first day - with his new small axe - in the "BIG WOODS" with Uncle Edmund, a woodsman in North Yarmouth. His uncle and grandfather, woodcutters, as role models for an author who recalls the boyhood joys of cutting and stacking cord wood. Brief guest article written and submitted by a magazine reader. -
Berlin Mirrors State Trend
Brief article outlining the history of the French Canadian and Franco American presence in Berlin, New Hampshire, and the cultural changes the city has undergone from 1890 onward. The rise and fall of the influence of historically French Canadian cultural institutions - parochial school, church, music - in Berlin. -
Along the St. John Valley
Feature article on the towns and people of the St. John River Valley in Aroostook County, Maine. Photos of farm, church, and family, in illustration of the descriptions of rural life along Maine's north and northeastern Canadian border. Interviews with a priest, town manager, and other Valley residents.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Allagash ME, Dickey ME, English Americans, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Hamlin ME, Irish Americans, Keegan ME, Language and Linguistics, Lille ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Notre Dame ME, Scottish Americans, St. David ME, St. Francis ME, St. John ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME -
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 -
Madawaska : Down East With a French Accent
Expository, journalistic piece on the people of the Upper St. John River Valley, cradle of the political border between northeastern Maine and New Brunswick. The predominance of French Acadian culture there and an integrative overview of its elements more obvious to the journalist visitor: language, family, religion, food. Farming and logging as both international businesses and the economic support systems of rural communities in a North American borderland. Contains various character profiles from short personal interviews, as well as a segment on the Scotch-Irish community of Aroostook County. Grounded in historical context, oriented toward the projected impacts of industrial development and subtle acculturation on these agricultural communities in late twentieth-century America. Illustrated in vibrant photo.Tags Acadians, Allagash ME, Allagash River Valley, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Geography, Grand Isle ME, Language and Linguistics, Lille ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, New Brunswick, St. Agatha ME, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME -
A is for Allagash' : The life of a northern Maine man
Article on a recent memoir on the life and times of Louis Pelletier in the Allagash, Maine, of the past century. His family, his work in the woods, and his memories of early twentieth-century northern Maine. Co-authored by Louis and his daughter, fiction writer Cathie Pelletier. -
Franco-American Foresters Meet
An article on the meeting of the Franco American Order of Foresters held in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1909. -
Franco-American Parade
Article on a 1911 march of Franco-American foresters in New Bedford, Massachusetts. -
Canadian firm seeks legal right to handle freight at Madawaska mill: Rail dispute
Dispute over rail access between Canadian National Railway Co. and Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, the latter ostensibly blocking CN from reaching a Madawaska, Maine, paper plant. -
Deep Woods and River Roads : Voices from the Kennebec-Chaudiière Heritage Corridor
Subtitled, "An Audio Tour of Route 201 in Maine." A production of short interviews and other recordings that capture the people from each major section of Maine's historic route running north to south along the Kennebec River. Designed to accompany and advertise tourism along the Kennebec-Chaudiière Heritage Corridor. Narrated by National Public Radio's Nick Spitzer. Includes segments with artists, teachers, performers, cooks, loggers, fishermen, builders, painters, and more. Writers Wesley McNair and Richard Russo read from their work. Some history of the Penobscot Nation, Benedict Arnold's Expedition, the French Canadian immigration, Bath Iron Works, and other persons, places, and events important to the region. Audio begins geographically in Jackman, Maine, and ends at Popham Beach, Maine. CD is accompanied by a descriptive guide with regional art and summaries of each covered geographic section along the Kennebec River. Contributors listed in order of appearance. Tracks play in the following order: Introduction Maple sugaring [Somerset County] Jackman in Winter [Jackman, ME] The Old Canada Road [Pleasant Ridge Plantation and Bingham, ME] Logging [Skowhegan, ME] White water rafting [Somerset County] Fiddleheading [West Forks, ME] Birch bark canoe making [Solon, ME] Fly fishing [Oakland, ME] South Solon Meeting House [Skowhegan, ME] Grange Hall [Norridgewock, ME] Poet, Wesley McNair [Mercer,ME] Franco-Americans in Waterville [Waterville, ME] Mills [Waterville, ME] Benedict Arnold [Pittston, ME] Merrymeeting Bay [near Bath, ME] Farming [Dresden, ME] Ship building [Bath and Phippsburg,ME] Lobstering [Bath, ME] Popham [Popham, ME] OuttroTags Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Augusta ME, Bath ME, Business and Economics, Caratunk ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Dead River Valley ME, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Fishing, Folklore, Food, Forestry, Gardiner ME, Hallowell ME, Hunting, Jackman ME, Kennebec River Valley, Madison ME, Maine, Mercer ME, Mills and Mill Work, Moosehead Lake Region, Moxie ME, Native Americans, Norridgewock ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Phippsburg ME, Pittston ME, Poetry, Popham ME, Québec, Richmond ME, Seguin Island ME, Skowhegan ME, Solon ME, Somerset County ME, Sports and Leisure, Travel and Movement, Waterville ME, West Forks ME -
Reflets et lumieère : Porte ouverte sur la communauté de Old Town
Second episode in a public broadcasting documentary series on Franco Americans in Maine at the beginning of the 1980s. Composed of two major segments. In the first segment, a video essay entitled "Bells and Whistles," Eugene Paradis guides viewers through the history of Old Town, Maine, up to the present. The second segment is a closer look into the French Island community of Old Town. Both segments are introduced in French with English subtitles, while the segments themselves are mostly in English with portions of subtitled French conversation. The program is followed by a brief reaction by French-speaking puppets, "Patate" et "Pitune." -
Log Drive, 1933-1934
Film footage of woodsmen at Riviière Rouge in St. Jovite, Québec, on the log drive. Timber moves from the stump, to the trails, to the river's flow, and on to the mills. Black and white silent film with scrolling text introduction. -
Paul Bunyan
Walt Disney cartoon rendition of the American folklore tale about a woodsman from the Northeast and Midwest named Paul Bunyan. This cartoon also incorporates another piece of folklore from French Canada - the character of Joseph Montferrand (or Joe Muffaw) - who rivals Paul, and whose history as a woodcutter in eastern Canada developed into tales that were passed down as folklore through French Canadian immigration to New England and the Middle West. See George Monteiro's article in #287 of the Journal of American Folklore, "Histoire de Montferrand: L'Athlete Canadien and Joe Mufraw." -
Holeb : The Way I Remember It
Memoir compiled from early twentieth-century stories of the author's youth, growing up in a large Canadian immigrant family in the townships of Brassua and Holeb, Somerset County, Maine. Rural family life in northwestern Maine - sporting, housing, schooling, work, and community. -
A Is for Allagash : A Lumberjack's Life
Stories from the Allagash, Maine, of old. Told in 26 parts - one part for a salient word corresponding to each letter of the alphabet. Written from the recollections of a longtime Allagash resident. Interlocked portraits of his family and life there, set together in the manner of memoir. Illustrated in photos and color paintings of local settings. From the father of northern Maine fiction writer, Cathie Pelletier (a.k.a., K.C. McKinnon). -
L'émigrant acadien vers les États-Unis, 1842-1950
Le cinquiième colloque de l'Institut français du Colliège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 16-17 mars 1984. Imprimé dans un numéro du périodique "Vie Française: Revue trimestrielle," publié par le Conseil de la Vie française en Amérique. Présentations sur les Acadiens et Acadiennes apriès le Grand Dérangement, principalement en Acadie et dans les états de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. L'émigration et ses causes; la langue française; des thièmes littéraires acadiennes; la musique; et certains communautés historiques franco-américaines dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Des brefs profils des auteurs qui ont contribué au colloque.Composé des piièces suivants: Préface, Claire Quintal "La Survivance acadienne en Nouvelle-Angleterre," R.P. Clarence-J. d'Entremont "Les Acadiens d'hier et d'aujourd'hui," Mason Wade "L'Emigration et les Acadiens," Fernand Arsenault "L'Emigration dans la littérature acadienne (1867-1958)," Marguerite Maillet "Les particularités du français acadien néo-écossais," Moshé Starets "L'Emigrant acadien et sa culture populaire," Lauraine Léger "Chanter son Acadie," Georges Arsenault "Economie, société et migrations: le cas de la vallée du Saint-Jean au 19e siiècle," Béatrice Chevalier Craig "La Formation d'une communauté à Old Town, Maine, 1835-1930: endogamie et origines natales parmi les Acadiens," Marcella Harnish Sorg "Perspectives sur Old Town, Maine, dans les années 30: témoignages tirés des récits de vie d'Acadiens et de Franco-Américains, recueillis dans le cadre du Federal Writers' Project," C. Stewart Doty "De la ferme à l'usine: les Acadiens dans Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1880-1910)," Paul-D. LeBlanc Notices biographiques des auteurs, Michelle-M. CotnoirTags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Amesbury MA, Augusta ME, Bangor ME, Belfast ME, Berlin NH, Beverly MA, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Bradley ME, Braintree MA, Brewer ME, Bridgeport CT, Brockton MA, Brownville ME, Business and Economics, Cambridge MA, Cape Cod MA, Caribou ME, Chelsea MA, Chicopee MA, Cleghorn MA, Clubs and Societies, Cromwell CT, Demography, Dorchester MA, Dover NH, Emigration and Immigration, Everett MA, Fairfield ME, Fall River MA, Fiction and Literature, Fisherville MA, Fitchburg MA, Forestry, French Island ME, Frenchville ME, Gardner MA, Gloucester MA, Greenville ME, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Ipswich MA, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Madawaska ME, Maine, Malden MA, Massachusetts, Melrose MA, Milford ME, Music, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, Newton MA, Norwich CT, Nova Scotia, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Pawtucket RI, Portsmouth NH, Prince Edward Island, Reading MA, Saint John River Valley, Salem MA, Sanford MA, Saugus (Mass.), Skowhegan ME, Springfield MA, St. David ME, Stoneham MA, Taunton MA, United States, Van Buren ME, Wakefield MA, Waltham MA, Waterville ME, Wilmington MA, Winn ME, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Maine-Quebec Lumber Trade : A Discussion
Transcript of a 1983 conference panel discussion on forest industry and cross-border lumber and timber trade between Quebec, New Brunswick, Maine, and other New England states. Certain perspectives on American wood in the mills of Canada, Canadian workers in the northern Maine woods, international economics, and the significance of North American wood as a natural resource. Includes presentations from businesspeople, economists, Quebec and Maine officials, and others, as well as a discussion among panelists and a question-and-answer session with the audience. Based largely on reactions to a report entitled, "The Export of Maine Sawlogs to Quebec," written by Jack Aley of the Maine Forest Service in the Department of Conservation. Publication concludes with a list of selected topical readings. -
Paul Bunyan and Little John
Article on the geographic origins of French Canadian and American folklore lumberjack, Paul Bunyan. Traces research that relates the character to one "Tit Jean" or "Bon Jean" of French Canadian lore, and to his predominant occurrence in tales around lumber camps of the United States Midwest. -
Histoire de Montferrand : L'Athlete Canadien and Joe Mufraw
Observations on the folklore around Joe Montferrand (Muffraw), "[Paul] Bunyan's sometimes cook and occasional opponent," whose famed lumbering strength originated in Québec lore, and whose stories moved - along with French Canadians - to New England, Minnesota, and Michigan by the late nineteenth century. -
French Canadian Sources: A Guide for Genealogists
From Ancestry Publishing: "A six-year collaborative effort of members of the French Canadian/Acadian Genealogical Society, this book provides detailed explanations about the genealogical sources available to those seeking their French-Canadian ancestors." -
Michigan's Habitant Heritage
Tricentennial commemorative issue of the FCHS Journal in celebration of Michigan's habitant history. Contains pictures, copies of original written documents, brief articles, biographies, genealogies, etc. -
Immigrants in a Frontier Community : Madawaska 1785-1850
Essay on the effects of immigrants from French Canada on the demography, economy, and social landscape of the Upper St. John Valley, Maine, around the turn of the nineteenth century. Explores an argued distinction between "French Canadian" and "Acadian."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Geography, Government and Politics, Labor History, Madawaska ME, Maine, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Religion, St. John River Valley -
Early French Migrations to Northern Maine, 1785-1850
Essay attempting to dispel inaccuracies of the Acadian tradition in the Madawaska area, and to reckon the historical record with popular historical perceptions about that region that have developed over time by those who claim to be descendent from that region. Brief history of the birth of Madawaska. From an issue of the Maine Historical Society Quarterly entitled, "Franco-Americans in Maine." -
L'abbé Lionel Groulx et les conséquences de l'émigration canadienne-française aux États-Unis
Quelques pensées sur l'attitude de Lionel Groulx - écrivain, orateur, pretre - vers l'émigration canadienne-française aux États-Unis, la rélation entre émigration, la ruralisme du Québec, et messianisme. Groulx était un vrai nationaliste, et beaucoup de ses oeuvres réfletent une conception qui assimile l'émigration avec la damnation et la fin de la francophonie canadienne et catholique. -
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. -
Community-Building in Uncertain Times : The French-Canadians of Burlington and Colchester
Article characterizing the social and economic conditions surrounding Vermont's fluid French Canadian immigrant populations in Burlington and Colchester at the outset of 1850, and the ensuing decade's historical significance in the process of immigrant community definition. The difficult foundation of French Canadian national cultural institutions - school, church, and social organization - in these towns in the 1850s; and the impact of these advancements on community growth and French Canadian identity (cultural, religious, linguistic) among ethnic groups in the region. Discussion of the relevance of Burlington's early lumber and manufacturing industries - before the American Civil War - to the local immigrant workforce. -
L'émigration québécoise vers les villes industrielles de la Nouvelle-Angleterre au XIXe siiècle
Un bref essai sur la grande émigration canadienne-française du Québec aux États-Unis au XIXe siiècle. Une exploration des raisons économiques pour ce mouvement populaire entre 1840 et 1930; une explication des conditions de vie et de travail pour les immigrants dans les Petits Canadas, des nouvelles communautés canadiennes-françaises dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre.Tags Biddeford ME, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Holyoke MA, Lewiston ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Old Town ME, Québec, Rhode Island, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
"Jumping Frenchmen of Maine" : Myriachit
Article on a neurological disorder marked by violent and sometimes repetitive responses to startling movements or sounds, here found among French Canadian lumbermen in northern Maine. Based on an 1880 report of Dr. George M. Beard - the only author on such a phenomenon at the time - and his research in Maine's Moosehead Lake Region in the 19th century. How Beard's "jumping" condition compares with the similar conditions of "myriachit" and "latah," with references made to Gilles de la Tourette's research and the neurological syndrome named after him. Certain cases of the disorder's varying manifestations among those who possessed it, and the disorder's apparent disappearance. -
French-Canadian Communities in the Upper Midwest during the Nineteenth Century
Article on French Canadian immigrant and worker communities in the states of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois in the nineteenth century. How farming, lumbering, and mining communities of this era differed from the fur-trading, French Canadian frontier establishments of the same region in the eighteenth century. Figures on the cultural and linguistic assimilation of French Canadian immigrants in the Upper Midwest US. How economic success or poverty, urbanity or rurality, related to the loss or persistence of the French language and customs in these immigrant communities. Provides maps of the region from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century, with markers for trading posts, area demographics, and migration routes.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bay City MI, Bourbonnais IL, Chicago IL, Demography, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Geography, Grand Haven MI, Grand Rapids MI, Illinois, Kankakee County IL, Kansas, Michigan, Midland MI, Mills and Mill Work, Mining, Minneapolis MN, Minnesota, Polk County (Minn.), Québec, Red River Valley, US Midwest, Wisconsin -
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. -
In Fair Aroostook
Subtitled, "Where Acadia and Scandinavia's Subtle Touch Turned a Wilderness into a Land of Plenty." Travel writings of a journalist's visit to Aroostook County in northern Maine at the beginning of the 20th century. The writer's impressions of landscapes, industries, and peoples there, and his perception of Scandinavian and French Acadian heritage in that region. Illustrated with photographs. Reprinted in 1973 by the Madawaska Historical Society. Full text available @ Google Books. Contains the following chapters: Frontispiece - Grand Falls on the St. John Chapter 1 - The Entrance into Maine's Great Game and Garden County Chapter 2 - Ashland and its Great Saw-mill - The Impounding of a Moose Chapter 3 - Fish River Waters - Portage Lake and Camp Iverson Chapter 4 - Into Maine's Acadia -The Fish of the Eagle Lake Chapter 5 - Fort Kent - Its Blockhouse and Training School - The Aroostook War Chapter 6 - More of the Acadians - The Girls of the Training School - "Madawaska" - The Story of the Acadians Chapter 7 - From Over the Sea - New Sweden - The Fruitage of a Great Colonization Idea Chapter 8 - Agriculture - The Backbone of Aroostook Prosperity - Coming Towns of the County - L'envoiTags Acadians, Ashland ME, Business and Economics, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Grand Isle ME, Hunting, Italian Americans, Limestone ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nova Scotia, Portage Lake ME, Presque Isle ME, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, Stockholm ME, Swedish Americans, Travel and Movement, Van Buren ME, Violence, Westmanland ME -
Milestones from the Saint John Valley (The turn of the century)
Historical portrait of the Upper St. John River Valley, Aroostook County, Maine, through a presentation of the lives of two influential nineteenth-century figures: William Dickey of Fort Kent and Peter Keegan of Van Buren. Particular emphasis on both figures' involvement in Maine politics, infrastructual development, and the lumbering industry in the borderland forests of northern Maine around the time of the US Civil War. Contains the following chapters: The Duke of Fort Kent Fort Kent at the turn of the century Out of the forest Keegan of Van Buren Van Buren at the turn of the century -
A Boy's Dream Come True : Becoming a Maine Woodsman
Yarmouth, Maine man's personal account of his first day - with his new small axe - in the "BIG WOODS" with Uncle Edmund, a woodsman in North Yarmouth. His uncle and grandfather, woodcutters, as role models for an author who recalls the boyhood joys of cutting and stacking cord wood. Brief guest article written and submitted by a magazine reader. -
Actuelles : Les Franco-Américains : I & II
La transcription d'une programme de radio de série, présentée par Radio-Canada sur une période de deux semaines. Deux animateurs canadiens parlent aux personnes à travers la Nouvelle-Angleterre sur les sujets de la langue, l'immigration, la littérature, la religion, et plus encore. Divisé en chapitres suivants:
Semaine I (3-7 sept.): Les Franco-Américains L'arrivee aux Etats-Unis L'installation et les conditions de vie L'eglise catholique et les Franco-Americains: Hier et aujourd'hui Semaine II (10-14 sept.): Le peuple des invisibles Une culture nostalgique Culture, c'est aussi litterature Les Francos et la francophonie L'avenirTags Albany NY, Auburn ME, Biddeford ME, Bristol CT, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Central Falls RI, Champlain NY, Chazy NY, Cohoes NY, Concord MA, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Essex VT, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Greene ME, Hardwick VT, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Jewish Americans, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Madison ME, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Documentary, Old Orchard Beach ME, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Plattsburgh NY, Québec, Radio, Saco ME, Schenectady NY, St. John River Valley, Troy NY, US Midwest, Van Buren ME, Violence, Waterford NY, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Berlin Mirrors State Trend
Brief article outlining the history of the French Canadian and Franco American presence in Berlin, New Hampshire, and the cultural changes the city has undergone from 1890 onward. The rise and fall of the influence of historically French Canadian cultural institutions - parochial school, church, music - in Berlin. -
Along the St. John Valley
Feature article on the towns and people of the St. John River Valley in Aroostook County, Maine. Photos of farm, church, and family, in illustration of the descriptions of rural life along Maine's north and northeastern Canadian border. Interviews with a priest, town manager, and other Valley residents.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Allagash ME, Dickey ME, English Americans, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Hamlin ME, Irish Americans, Keegan ME, Language and Linguistics, Lille ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Notre Dame ME, Scottish Americans, St. David ME, St. Francis ME, St. John ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME -
Ethnicité, pêche et petrole : les Cadjins du bayou Lafourche en Louisiane francophone
Une étude de la relation entre l'industrie, l'économie, et les formes de l'ethnicité en Louisiane. Utilisant le population et des établissements de la village de Golden Meadow comme étude de cas, ce profil socioéconomique interpriète la croissance économique et industrielle en relation avec les concepts d'identité, la culture et l'assimilation dans un milieu rural et majoritairement francophone de la Louisiane. Des changements entre les établissements culturels - linguistiques, communautaires, les entreprises, la famille - qui ont pris effet aux côtés de certaines modernisations technologiques et économiques, en particulier dans la pêche et les industries pétroliières. Monographie numéro un dans une série de trois. ècrit prémiièrement pour une thièse maîtrise à York University, 1980. Du texte: "Le pierre angulaire de notre etude est donc sans contredit, le phenomene de l'industrialisation et de la modernisation d'une petite communaute rurale, mis en parallele avec le phenomene de l'ethnicite" (11).Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Cajuns, Demography, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Geography, Golden Meadow LA, Government and Politics, Lafourche Parish LA, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Petroleum -
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 -
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 -
Bravo! les Franco-Américains
Quelques commentaires sur le rapatriement de Canadiens français des États-Unis à Québec. Certaines investissements dans l'infrastructure au Québec, comme pris par une banque franco-américaine de Rhode Island. Des descriptions de ces investissements - de terres agricoles et de voies ferrées au Canada - comme opportunités d'affaires et l'emploi pour les rapatriés. -
Madawaska : Down East With a French Accent
Expository, journalistic piece on the people of the Upper St. John River Valley, cradle of the political border between northeastern Maine and New Brunswick. The predominance of French Acadian culture there and an integrative overview of its elements more obvious to the journalist visitor: language, family, religion, food. Farming and logging as both international businesses and the economic support systems of rural communities in a North American borderland. Contains various character profiles from short personal interviews, as well as a segment on the Scotch-Irish community of Aroostook County. Grounded in historical context, oriented toward the projected impacts of industrial development and subtle acculturation on these agricultural communities in late twentieth-century America. Illustrated in vibrant photo.Tags Acadians, Allagash ME, Allagash River Valley, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Geography, Grand Isle ME, Language and Linguistics, Lille ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, New Brunswick, St. Agatha ME, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME -
Le Crédit Foncier Canadien à Québec
Un article sur les développements d'infrastructure réalisés au Québec gra?ce à des investissements d'une banque franco-américaine. Construction d'un camp de bois dans la colonie d'Estcourt, et le début d'une voie ferrée entre le continent et l'île d'Orléans. Contient courtes transcriptions des correspondances entre des acteurs sur les projets et des fonctionnaires au Québec. -
A is for Allagash' : The life of a northern Maine man
Article on a recent memoir on the life and times of Louis Pelletier in the Allagash, Maine, of the past century. His family, his work in the woods, and his memories of early twentieth-century northern Maine. Co-authored by Louis and his daughter, fiction writer Cathie Pelletier. -
Our Maine Heritage : Industries
Second volume in a series of books dedicated to the history of Maine. Concerned with the period from 1700 to the 1980s. Divided into four detailed units: lumbering, ships, railroads, and potatoes. Unites the diverse industries and people of Maine - from the deep woods, to the farmlands, to the coast - in the histories and products of their labors. Descriptions of logging patterns and lumbering equipment. A shipbuilding history with profiles of famous Maine ships. A review of the United States railroad systems and their beginnings in New England. Farming towns in northern Maine and the development of the potato industry. Illustrated in black and white photo. Printed by Thompson Printing, Brewer, Maine.Tags Allagash River Valley, Androscoggin River Valley, Belfast ME, Berwick ME, Blanchard ME, Boothbay ME, Brewer ME, Calais ME, Daigle ME, Eagle Lake ME, Eastport ME, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, Forestry, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Freeport ME, Gardiner ME, Grand Isle ME, Hallowell ME, Hampden ME, Houlton ME, Kennebunk ME, Kittery ME, Machias ME, Mars Hill ME, Mechanic Falls ME, Medway ME, Moosehead Lake Region, New Canada ME, New Sweden ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, North Anson ME, Oakland ME, Passamaquoddy Township ME, Penobscot River Valley, Piscataquis River Valley, Portland ME, Presque Isle ME, Richmond ME, Rockport ME, Scarborough ME, Searsport ME, Skowhegan ME, South Portland ME, St. David ME, Stroudwater ME, Swedish Americans, Wallagrass ME, Washburn ME, Washington County ME, York ME -
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. -
Franco-Americans and the International Paper Company Strike of 1910
The case of a 1910 paper industry labor strike - its success among the millworkers of Livermore Falls, Maine, and its relative failure among those of nearby Rumford Falls. Certain observations of attitudes espoused by Franco Americans toward labor unions and striking. A brief historical overview of New England Franco American participation in labor unions and the pulp and paper industry, including comments on factors of place and gender. Social contexts of Livermore Falls and Rumford Falls around the time of the concerned strike, and the impact of the strike on the communities in both towns. Includes local demographic data.Tags Androscoggin River Valley, Business and Economics, Chesterville ME, Chisholm ME, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Irish Americans, Jay ME, Labor History, Latvian Americans, Lawrence MA, Lithuanian Americans, Livermore Falls ME, Livermore ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Mexico ME, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Polish Americans, Riley ME, Rumford Falls ME, Rumford ME, Scottish Americans, Social History, Woonsocket RI -
French Canadians in Michigan
Overview of the French Canadian presence in the Great Lakes Region - from the forests of the seventeenth century to the industrial landscapes of the nineteenth and twentieth. Migration waves and community developments in this region, particularly in Michigan, over hundreds of years. From Michigan State University Press: "As the first European settlers in Michigan, the French Canadians left an indelible mark on the place names and early settlement patterns of the Great Lakes State. Because of its importance in the fur trade, many French Canadians migrated to Michigan, settling primarily along the Detroit- Illinois trade route, and throughout the fur trade avenues of the Straits of Mackinac. When the British conquered New France in 1763, most Europeans in Michigan were Francophones. John DuLong explores the history and influence of these early French Canadians, and traces, as well, the successive 19th- and 20th-century waves of industrial migration from Quebec, creating new communities outside the old fur trade routes of their ancestors."Tags Bibliography, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Detroit MI, East Lansing MI, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Food, Forestry, Fur-trading, Great Lakes Region, Houghton County MI, Lake Linden MI, Language and Linguistics, Mackinac Island, Michigan, Monroe County MI, Montréal QC, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Ottawa ON, Québec, River Raisin, Saginaw River Valley, United States, US Midwest -
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 -
Franco-American Foresters Meet
An article on the meeting of the Franco American Order of Foresters held in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1909. -
Agriculture et marché au Madawaska, 1799-1850
Une histoire de l'économie de Madawaska entre 1799 et 1850, et un question de l'éxistence d'une vie de subsistance ou d'un dépendance de circuits commerciaux dans cette époche. Du texte: "Les zones de colonisation passent pour avior été pauvres et limitées aux cultures de subsistance. Distances et mauvais moyens de communication les auraient coupées des marchés. Le Madawaska ne fait pas exception a cette régle, et les historiens décrivent ses débuts comme difficiles, mais le Madawaska fait mentir le stéréotype: son agriculture fut triès tot prospière et commercial." From the text: "The areas of colonization have been thought of as being poor and limited to those cultures based solely on subsistence. Long distances and poorly developed means of communication supposedly cut off many local economies. Madawaska was no exception to this rule, and its historians describe its economic beginnings as being difficult, but Madawaska also belies the stereotype: the bulk of its early agricultural economy flourished and was highly marketable." -
Franco-American Parade
Article on a 1911 march of Franco-American foresters in New Bedford, Massachusetts. -
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 -
Quebec and the American Dream
An examination of various and historical connections between Quebec and the United States. Beginning in the attitudes shaped during eighteenth-century struggles between France and Britain over the Canadian landmass, then moving through the American Revolution, the Great Migration period, the United States assimilation measures of the early twentieth century, and the Quebec nationalist movement, the authors reflect on the meaning of the United States for Quebec - and vice versa. From the Between the Lines Publishing: "Chodos and Hamovitch weave a blend of anecdote, quotation, and scholarship to provide an incisive historical account of the interaction between French Canada and the political economy of the United States."Tags Acadians, Boston MA, Business and Economics, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Florida, Forestry, France, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Louisiana, Madawaska ME, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Old Orchard Beach ME, Québec, Religion, United States, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Quebec : A Historical Geography
From UBC Press: "In this richly documented work, Serge Courville tells the geographical history of Quebec, from the appearance of the first human groups through to the present day. This detailed and erudite book maps the major stages of Quebec's collective development, providing a geographical record of the many social relationships that over time created a sense of place. Landscape, Courville shows, is the keeper of memory, the record of successive changes, and a witness to the genesis of the new. Places that were once agricultural, then left to waste and ruin, are today revivified by tourism. Areas that now house office buildings were long ago open playgrounds where children ruled. Drawing on vast research, Courville shows how, in spite of the turbulence Quebec often endures or perhaps because of it the land itself may be seen as an important participant in the history of its peoples." -
Canadian firm seeks legal right to handle freight at Madawaska mill: Rail dispute
Dispute over rail access between Canadian National Railway Co. and Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, the latter ostensibly blocking CN from reaching a Madawaska, Maine, paper plant. -
Quiet Presence : Dramatic, First-Person Accounts : The True Stories of Franco-Americans in New England
Historical overview of Franco Americans in New England. 27 interviews that lend personality, locality, and intimacy to the author's history. Hendrickson's work has led to his being quoted as a commentator on immigrant labor history in an exhibit of millworkers featured in the Museum of National Heritage at Ellis Island, New York.Tags Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Caribou ME, Eagle Lake ME, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Mansfield MA, Manville RI, Methuen MA, Mills and Mill Work, New Brunswick, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Rochester NH, Saco ME, Sand Hill ME, Sanford ME, Somersworth NH, Springvale ME, War, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI -
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 -
Histoire d'un reêve brisé? : Les Canadiens français aux états-Unis
De Septentrion: "Au début du XXe siiècle, priès de la moitié de la population d'origine canadienne-française vivait à l'extérieur du Québec, en Nouvelle-Angleterre pour la plupart. Cette saignée démographique aurait pu contribuer à l'établissement d'une société francophone vigoureuse et dynamique aux États-Unis. Mais, au milieu des années 1970, le dominicain Thomas-Marie Landry signera l'acte de déciès de ce rêve pieux tandis que les élites franco-américaines considéreront cette tentative comme un échec. Toutefois, pour ceux qui ont choisi de s'installer aux États-Unis d'abord et avant tout pour améliorer leur sort et celui de leurs enfants, l'anglicisation et l'assimilation apparaissent non comme un échec, mais comme une réussite. Ils voient dans leur histoire une heureuse évolution qui a fait d'eux des Américains d'origine canadienne-française. Deux lectures différentes d'un même passé..."Tags Bedford NH, Berlin NH, Blackstone River Valley, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Connecticut, Connecticut River Valley, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Fitchburg MA, Forestry, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, La Beauce QC, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- Immigration, North Adams MA, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Pawtucket RI, Pawtuxet River Valley, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Rouse's Point VT, Saco ME, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Taunton River Valley, Vermont, Warwick RI, Waterbury CT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Les Franco-Américains : 1860-1980
Un bref historique complet sur les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre jusqu'à 1980. Une étude socielle, culturelle, démographique, et historiographique, basée "sur les travaux historiques existant" états-uniniens sur ce peuple et ses communautés dans le nord-est. Le mouvement, les paroisses et voisinages, les vies et le travail d'un peuple émigrant canadien-français et ses descendants. Des pensées sur le concept de "la survivance." Écrit par un scolaire français. Des illustrations en noir et blanc (photographie; dessins).Tags Biddeford ME, Boston MA, California, Champlain NY, Chicopee MA, Cohoes NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Forestry, Geography, Glens Falls NY, Government and Politics, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Michigan, Montréal QC, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Haven CT, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Northampton MA, Ogdensburg NY, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, Syracuse NY, Toronto ON, Watertown NY, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
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 -
French Canada in Transition : The Effects of Anglo-American Industrialization upon a French-Canadian Small Town
From Oxford University Press, 2009 edition: "'French Canada in Transition' is a landmark study of the impact of rapid industrialization on small French Canadian communities. First published in 1943 by the University of Chicago Press, it remains one of the most widely cited works of Canadian Sociology. Hughes's careful study of a typical Quebec city revealed trends and developing fault lines that would only make themselves apparent to less perceptive observers two decades later with the flowering of the so-called 'Quiet Revolution.' " -
New England and the Maritime Provinces : Connections and Comparisons
Collection of essays by various scholars on New England, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island - critical geographies to what has emerged in historical studies in recent decades as the field of North American "borderland studies." Essays consider the histories between these regions both before and after the establishment of political borders in a culturally diverse space. The implications of regionalism, nationalism, and business for neighboring spaces within two countries. Contains the following writings: Introduction - Stephen J. Hornsby and John G. Reid Pre-European Dawnland: Archaeology of the Maritime Peninsula - David Sanger Spaces of Power in the Early Modern Northeast - Elizabeth Mancke Passamaquoddy Identity and the Marchall Decision - William Wicken New England Soldiers in the St. John River Valley, 1758-1760 - Geoffrey Plank Before Borderlands: Yankees, British, and the St. John Valley French - Béatrice Craig Comparative Economic Advantage: Nova Scotia and New England, 1720s-1860s - Julian Gwyn Variations on a Borderlands Theme: Nativism and Collective Violence in Northeastern North America in the Mid-Nineteenth Century - Scott W. See Nova Scotia and the American Presence: Seeking Connections Without Conquest, 1848-1854 - D.A. Sutherland The Command of Money in Shaws'Borderlands, 1859-1887 - Jacques Ferland Re-Examining the Economic Underdevelopment of the Maritime Provinces: A Case Study of Portland, Maine, and Saint John, New Brunswick - Robert H. Babcock Maine-Maritimes Folklore: The Lumberwoods Connection - Edward (Sandy) D. Ives Canadaian and American Policy Making in Response to the First Multi-Species Fisheries Crisis in the Greater Gulf of Maine Region - Deborah C. Trefts More Buck for the Bang: Sporting and the Ideology of Fish and Game Management in Northern New England and the Maritime Provinces, 1870-1900 - Bill Parenteau and Richard W. Judd The "Boston States": Region, Gender, and Maritime Out-Migration, 1870-1930 - Betsy Beattie Borderlands, Baselines, and Big Game: Conceptualizing the Northeast as a Sporting Region - Colin D. Howell The Epic of Greater North America: Themes and Periodization in North American History - Reginald C. Stuart and M. Brook Taylor Peeping Through the Cracks: Seeking Connections, Comparisons, and Understanding in Unstable Space - Graeme WynnTags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Canada, Connecticut, Criticism and Review, Death and Disaster, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fishing, Folklore, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Geography, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Maine, Massachusetts, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Nova Scotia, Portland ME, Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, Sports and Leisure, St. John River Valley, United States, Vermont, Violence -
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 -
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 -
Berlin : Ville industrielle du nord (texte et audio)
Le deuxieme texte de la collection "Villes franco-américaines de la Nouvelle Angleterre." Une histoire de la ville de Berlin, New Hampshire - son peuple et son paysage. Introduit par Céline Fortier de Berlin. Ecrit pour les jeunes pour l'apprentissage de la langue française. Accompagné d'un enregistrement audio du texte narré par Céline Fortier. The second text in a series entitled, "New England Franco American Cities." A profile of the city of Berlin, New Hampshire - its people and its landscape. Introduced by Celine Fortier of Berlin. Written for the French language-learning classroom. Accompanied by an audio narration of the text by Celine Fortier. -
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 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 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 -
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 -
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 -
Franco-Americans of Maine
An "Images of America" pictorial history that illustrates parts of the Franco-American experience in Maine, Maine's people, and the things and places that occupied their lives. Chapters run as follows: 1)Work, 2)Family, 3)Religious Life, 4)Community, 5)Sports and Recreation, 6)Arts and Entertainment, 7)Education, 8)Franco-American Pride, 9)The Acadians. This is Dyke Hendrickson's second book on Franco-Americans, the first being "Quiet Presence: Dramatic, First-Person Accounts: The True Stories of Franco-Americans in New England" (1980)Tags Acadians, Allagash ME, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Eagle Lake ME, Education, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Grand Isle ME, Journalism, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Lille ME, Madawaska ME, Mills and Mill Work, New Auburn ME, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Sanford ME, Sinclair ME, Sports and Leisure, St. Agatha ME, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME, Wallagrass ME, Westbrook ME, Youth -
The 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 -
History of Jay, Franklin County, Maine
1912 history of the city of Jay in Franklin County, Maine, situated alongside the Androscoggin River. Gives a brief background sketch of the Native American presence there; historical profile detailed from the town's 1795 incorporation to the turn of the century. Contains a concise local genealogy in its appendix. -
New Hampshire : Crosscurrents in Its Development
From University Press of New England: "A classic history of New Hampshire's economic and political development, now updated for the twenty-first century....From fiercely ambitious and independent colonial towns to the media circus of the Presidential primary, from prosperous masting trade to high-tech industry, this book traces the colorful political and economic crosscurrents of New Hampshire's history....Both informative and entertaining, the book tells the story of the state's development from the first European settlements through the dawn of the twenty-first century. This new, updated edition addresses such topics as the Claremont school funding case; the impeachment of Justice Brock and the U.S. Supreme Court appointment of David Souter; and especially the boom and bust of the '90s and early '00s, including discussion of such major industries as Tyco and Cabletron and their role in the state's economy. The book also offers a timeline of important events and an updated bibliography...."Tags Business and Economics, Concord NH, Dartmouth NH, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Exeter NH, Fishing, Forestry, Government and Politics, Labor History, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Portsmouth NH, Seabrook NH, Woodbury NH -
Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada
From University of Toronto Press: "In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a local economy made up of settlers, loggers, and business people from Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and New England was established on the banks of the Upper St. John River....In 'Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists,' Béatrice Craig examines and describes this economy from its origins in the native fur trade, the growth of exportable wheat, the selling of food to new settlers, and of ton timbre to Britain. Craig vividly portrays the role of wives who sold homespun fabric and clothing to farmers, loggers, and river drivers, helping to bolster the community. The construction of saw, grist, and carding mills, and the establishment of stores, boarding houses, and taverns are all viewed as steps in the development of what the author calls 'homespun capitalists.'"Tags Acadians, Business and Economics, Canada, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Government and Politics, Labor History, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nova Scotia, Québec, St. John River Valley -
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 -
New Hampshire's French-Canadian Americans
Short history lesson on French Canadian immigration and community building in New Hampshire, covering the 19th and early 20th centuries. Concludes with discussion questions about the provided information and photographs. Designed by the New Hampshire Historical Society for teachers and students.Tags Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Québec -
Holyoke, Massachusetts : A Case History of the Industrial Revolution in America
A study of labor and industry in Holyoke, Massachusetts, beginning with the city's agrarian traditions, and establishing later an emphasis on the city's industrialization at the end of the nineteenth century. Published during the Great Depression, covers also the first three decades of the twentieth century and the saddening economic decline that led to Holyoke's engagement with businesses on the state and federal levels. A case study in New England mill-town economic transition.Tags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Chicopee MA, Connecticut River Valley, Demography, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Geography, Holyoke MA, Illness, Labor History, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Social History, South Hadley MA, West Springfield MA -
Collective Efforts Among Maine Workers : Beginnings and Foundations, 1820-1880
A restorative history of the birth and early life of organized labor in Maine in the middle of the nineteenth century, on the rise of the industrial period. From the preface: "The history of organized labor in Maine has been ignored by the State's historians. This volume represents an additional effort by the author to correct this deficiency and to add to a more complete understanding of the forces, events, and personalities that have shaped Maine's history." -
Landings, Logging, & Lumbermen : Memories from St. John, Me., 1901-2001
A pictorial history of life and logging in St. John, Maine, at the beginning of the twentieth century. Includes some pictures that are featured in the book "Acadian Hard Times" (Stewart Doty, 1991), as well as many others that capture the households and working woods in the space between the Allagash and St. John Rivers of northern Maine. The transition of the population, industry, and landscape over 100 years. -
Memories Grow on Trees
From the author: "The following stories represent the folk history of the logging business in northern Maine. They were gathered over the years and the facts may have been changed as the stories were passed on to succeeding generations. However, they do capture the essence of life in the lumber camps and how it changed over the years. They are memories that should be shared." -
Les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre : reêves et réalités
Un texte historique complet sur les immigrants canadiens français dans la Nouvelle Angleterre, et la développement d'un indentité franco-américain aux ètats-Unis. Reportage de la période entre 1840 et 1980. Un des textes le plus bien connu, aussi que le plus exhaustif, sur ce sujet jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Pour Roby, l'idée le plus important qui est souligné dans son étude entier, c'est la question de "la survivance" vers le siiècle dernier. De Septentrion: "Yves Roby a consacré 30 ans de recherche et de réflexion à ce sujet et nous trace un portrait éclairant sur le processus d'évolution de l'identité de ces émigrés et de leurs familles en sol américain.En effet, si les premiières vagues ont maintenu tant bien que mal leur héritage, s'identifiant comme Canadiens français vivant aux ètats-Unis, il faut se demander ce qu'il en est devenu des millions de leurs descendants aujourd'hui appelés Franco-Américains ? Décrire les représentations que ces Québécois émigrés en Nouvelle-Angleterre et leur descendance se font d'eux-mêmes, tel est l'objet de cet ouvrage."Tags Adams MA, Bedford NH, Berlin NH, Beverly MA, Boston MA, Bristol CT, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Cambridge MA, Central Falls RI, Champlain NY, Chelsea MA, Chicopee MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Danielson CT, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Gardner MA, Gloucester MA, Haverhill MA, Language and Linguistics, Ludlow MA, Lynn MA, Meriden CT, Nashua NH, New England, Newton MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, North Adams MA, North Brookfield MA, Ogdensburg NY, Pittsfield MA, Plattsburgh NY, Portland ME, Prince Edward Island, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Suncook NH, Waltham MA, Ware MA, Warwick RI, Waterbury CT, Westerly RI, Willimantic CT -
Histoire des Franco-Américains
Un histoire compliète des franco-américains - les français et canadiens-français en Amérique - depuis le temps de Champlain (17e siiècle) jusqu'à la fin de la Deuxiième Guerre Mondiale. Cet volume a été publié par l'Union St. Jean Baptiste d'Amérique, ainsi les concentrations de chaque chapitre et chaque sous-section sont généralement en ce qui concerne le bien-être et les préoccupations de cette organisation: son église (Catholique), sa géographie (la Nouvelle-Angleterre), ses affaires, et sa politique. Un historien qui est né en France et a émigré à Québec, Robert Rumilly est surtout connu d'être favorable aux sentiments politiques nationalistes dans ses oeuvres historiques. Son livre le plus connu est "l'Histoire de la province de Québec."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Baltimore MD, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Canada, Chicago IL, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, Forestry, Government and Politics, Haiti, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Journalism, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Manchester NH, Montréal QC, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, North Brookfield MA, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Springfield MA, United States, Vermont, Violence, War, Waterville ME, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
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. -
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 -
Madawaska Twin Barn
From the authors: "Virtually unique to the upper St. John Valley of Maine, the Madawaska twin barn is a large structure consisting of two parallel sections joined to form an "H." Although the form has its origin in a restricted barn building tradition of nineteenth century Québec, oral history research and detailed survey suggest that the barn is not the product of direct diffusion. Rather it is a symbol of French Canadian culture adopted during the period between the 1880s and 1930s when French valley residents were eager to assert their "Franco-American" identity. The Madawaska twin barn displays some affinity to American barns in Aroostook County and particularly the Yankee symbol, the connecting barn. However, its appearance is also French Canadian. The distribution of the twin barn defines an area of French Canadian and American interaction which remains distinct." -
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 -
Agriculture and the Lumberman's Frontier in the Upper St. John Valley, 1800-70
Essay on the interconnection of agriculture and forestry, the farming and lumbering industries, their effects on one another, and their implications on population through the nineteenth century in the St. John River Valley in Maine and New Brunswick. -
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 -
Franco-Americans in Maine : A Geographical Perspective
A study of Franco Americans in Maine with respect to geography: movement, placement, population growth, and cultural stability. From the author: "The major purpose of this paper is to depict the geographic characteristics of Maine's Franco-Americans during the twentieth century and to show what changes have occurred in recent years....A second purpose of the paper is to describe certain changes in culture and social structure which have occurred as Franco-Americans have experienced assimilation to varying degrees in different places."Tags Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Caribou ME, Demography, Eagle Lake ME, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Frenchville ME, Geography, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Religion, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME, Wallagrass ME, Waterville ME, Winterville ME -
A Comparative Study of French Canadian Loggers and Their Families
Dissertation presenting anthropological research on French Canadian loggers at work in northern New Hampshire in the middle twentieth century. The impact of work situations on the families of loggers, and the influence of family life on structures and patterns of work in the woods. Observations on the differences between New Hampshire loggers who have immediate families living in Québec with those who have families in the United States. Takes into account work mobility, kinship and household norms, father-absence, and conceptions of logging and family life as interrelated factors distinguishable between workers of different living situations. Presented in historical contexts of French Canadian labor and migration, as well as with a background in the cultural norms of the French Canadian family.Tags Alton NH, Bald Brook NH, Bartlett NH, Bear Brook NH, Beecher Falls NH, Berlin NH, Bloomfield VT, Canaan VT, Colebrook NH, Dixville NH, Easton NH, Emigration and Immigration, Errol NH, Family, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Glencliff NH, Groveton NH, Island Pond VT, Jackson NH, Kennebago ME, Labor History, Long Lake ME, Maidstone VT, Moultonborough NH, Nash Stream NH, Nashua NH, New Hampshire, Newcomb NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, North Concord VT, Parmacheenee ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Pittsburg NH, Pontook Reservoir NH, Québec, Religion, Rumford ME, Rumney NH, Social History, Speculator Lake NY, Stratford NH, Travel and Movement, Tupper Lake NY, Twin Mountain NH, Warren NH, West Milan NH, Whitney Park NY -
Immigration of French Canadians to New England, 1840-1900 : A Geographical Analysis
Study of French-Canadian emigration into the United States during the nineteenth century. Pivotal research in French Canadian emigration. Includes maps that show migration patterns from specific Canadian regions to specific areas in New England. From the author: "The purpose of this study is to examine geographically the French-Canadian population in New England in terms of the spatial interaction between New England and Québec. It is hoped that the conclusions relating to their experience will have relevance to the general study of immigration."Tags Biddeford ME, Burlington VT, Chicopee MA, Concord NH, Demography, Dover NH, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Geography, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Journalism, Kennebec River Valley, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Michigan, Mills and Mill Work, Milton VT, Minnesota, Nashua NH, New England, New York, Newport VT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Quinebaug River Valley, Saco ME, Shetucket River Valley, St. Albans VT, St. John River Valley, St. Lawrence River Valley, Waterville ME, Willimantic River Valley, Winooski VT, Wisconsin, Worcester MA -
La migration des Canadiens français vers le Michigan, 1840-1914 : leur contribution au développement socioéconomique de la région
Ce texte a devenu le livre "Le Canadiens français du Michigan" (2000), ou "The French Canadians of Michigan" (2003). Du résumé: "Cette thièse a pour objet la migration des Canadiens français vers le Michigan de 1840 à 1914. Elle s'intéresse de maniére plus precise aux Canadiens français qui se sont dirigés vers deux régions caracteristiques du développement industriel de l'Etat, soit la vallée forestiière de la riviere Saginaw et la peninsule miniière de cuivre de Keweenaw. Au-dela d'établir un profil statistique du mouvement migratoire, cette these cherche a mettre en lumiere la contribution des Canadiens français au développement socioéconomique du Michigan, à connaitre de quelle facon les Canadiens français se sont adaptés à la realité industrielle changeante du Michigan et à identifier les strategies qui furent adoptées pour y parvenir....Nous posons d'abord comme cadre general d'analyse que la mobilite spatiale des Canadiens français sur le continent nord-americain a été sous-estimée et que cet aspect de la realité socioéconomique et culturelle des Canadiens français commence à peine à être révelé dans toute sa dimension. L'analyse de leur migration vers le Michigan éclaire de maniière encore plus évidente cet aspect et permet d'inscrire ce mouvement migratoire en parfaite continuité avec la culture de mouvement et de travail qu'ils ont acquisé au fil de leur expérience de vie et de travail sur le continent. Nous avons d'abord constaté que les Canadiens français ont contribué de façon marquée à toutes les étapes du développement socioéconomique et politique du Michigan. Nous avons découvert que l'adaptation des Canadiens français à la realité industrielle au Michigan s'est exprimée de maniière différente dans le marche du travail forestier et dans celui du travail minier. Dans le premier cas, la culture de mouvement, conjuguée à une longue expérience de travail dans ce domaine, a fait en sorte que les Canadiens français se sont sentis rapidement à l'aise dans ce milieu et que cette confiance a influencé leur comportement. Que ce soit dans leur communauté, face à leurs élites ou au sein du marche du travail, l'assurance qu'ont affichée les Canadiens français leur a permis de prendre une distance face aux préscriptions clericales visant la survivance et l'isolement, pour participer activement à la société globale, s'y impliquer, s'adapter et réagir aux changements majeurs qui sont survenus sur le marche du travail industriel....Dans le secteur minier, l'absence d'expérience de travail des premiers migrants ne leur a pas permis d'afficher une aussi belle assurance. Les Canadiens français sont démeurés en marge du travail minier alors qu'ils se sont concentrés dans les secteurs connexés du travail forestier pour lequel ils avaient une expérience de travail. Ils ont également cherché à s'isoler socialement se concentrant dans des villages comme celui de Lake Linden ù ils ont constitué longtemps plus de la moitié de la population totale et ù ils ont pu ainsi maintenir un certain controle sur leur réalité socioéconomique et politique....Mais dans les deux cas, les Canadiens français n'ont pas été passifs, ni victimes de la situation. Aux changements de toute nature qui se sont produits, ils ont constamment réagi en faisant appel à leur culture de vie et de travail et aus ressources familiales pour s'adapter afin de faciliter leur integration socioéconomique."Tags Business and Economics, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Geography, Government and Politics, Labor History, Michigan, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Social History -
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 -
Maine River Drivers
Short poem about the sort of men who worked to drive logs down the rivers of Maine to its many lumber mills, and the natural dangers these men encountered. Written by a Maine writer and published in the 15th collection from the Maine Writers' Conference at Ocean Park, Old Orchard Beach, Maine. -
Lumbering and the Maine Woods : A Bibliographical Guide
Bibliography of texts related to lumbering, woodcutters, and their environments in Maine from the middle 19th century to the 20th. Contains lists of manuscript collections, articles, comprehensive historical texts, town histories, unpublished theses, and some fiction. Many citations are annotated. -
Holeb : The Way I Remember It
Memoir compiled from early twentieth-century stories of the author's youth, growing up in a large Canadian immigrant family in the townships of Brassua and Holeb, Somerset County, Maine. Rural family life in northwestern Maine - sporting, housing, schooling, work, and community. -
Community-Building in Uncertain Times : The French-Canadians of Burlington and Colchester
Article characterizing the social and economic conditions surrounding Vermont's fluid French Canadian immigrant populations in Burlington and Colchester at the outset of 1850, and the ensuing decade's historical significance in the process of immigrant community definition. The difficult foundation of French Canadian national cultural institutions - school, church, and social organization - in these towns in the 1850s; and the impact of these advancements on community growth and French Canadian identity (cultural, religious, linguistic) among ethnic groups in the region. Discussion of the relevance of Burlington's early lumber and manufacturing industries - before the American Civil War - to the local immigrant workforce. -
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.