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To be French in North America
Critical article exploring the author's notion of a "fundamental unity" among French heritage peoples in North America: a consciousness unified in historical defeat and nostalgic glorification. The ways in which North American political, artistic, and literary figures engage this idea in their French- and English-language works, both successfully and unsuccessfully. Refers to Jack Kerouac, Iry LeJeune, and others. How Québec - as political entity and population - is both an example of and an exception to the author's chosen theme. Featured in a Toronto, Ontario magazine of arts and literature. -
The Canadian-French invasion of New England
Opinion piece comparing 21st-century Mexican and other Latin American immigration in the United States with the late 19th- and early 20th-century immigration of Québécois and Acadian people from Canada to New England. Thoughts on historical patterns and general experiences of assimilation. The writer's response to some comments on contemporary immigration made by US radio personality, Howie Carr. -
Lewiston : Off the Tourist Track to a Pretty Nice, Pretty French City
Documentary piece on Lewiston, Maine, illustrated in black and white photo. Fluid city descriptions and drawn-out interviews with Lewiston residents spanning three generations enter readers into the life of the early twentieth-century industrial Maine city: its mills, its neighborhoods, its homes. First-person accounts of textile mill work and working-class family life. The texture of Lewiston-Auburn's historically French cultural landscape, and the changes endured by this culture from its American inception to 1990. Featured in an issue of "Salt" entitled, "Maine's Ethnic Groups: Part 2 - Franco-Irish-Swedish-Americans."Tags Androscoggin River Valley, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Bangor ME, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Mills and Mill Work, Portland ME, Sanford ME, Social History, Vermont, Waterville ME, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
La Survivance
Article subtitled, "Families of French-Canadian descent once regarded French Catholicism and the French language as inseparable keys to their ethnic survival." An overview of the history and culture of Franco Americans in New England, beginning with the earliest French presence in 17th century North America. How work, religion, and language, historically important to many Franco American New England communities, have changed shapes among other arguably more persistent cultural symbols. Franco American culture as it is seen in the 1980s.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Social History, St. John River Valley, Woonsocket RI -
For Franco-Americans, it's now or never
Subtitled, "French in New England fear their language and culture risk being lost forever unless something is done soon." An article presenting the Franco Americans in Vermont as a people at risk of cultural and linguistic assimilation. Focuses on the worries of a generation of native French speakers and direct descendents of French Canadian American immigrants over threats to their linguistic relevance, unwelcome challenges posed to the cultural currency they pass on to their own descendents, and the historical context that orientates their concerns. Includes commentary from many Vermonters, and relates their difference of opinion as to the role the French language should play in the lives of Franco Americans. Thoughts on the relevance of these concerns to the current (1980s) political movements in Quebec. -
Ils se souviennent, They remember : The quiet presence of New England's Franco-Americans
Article describing modern impressions of Franco American culture in New England, including recent and diverse efforts undertaken to preserve certain of its aspects - language, food, music, and others. Presents descriptions of how Franco American assimilation, and Franco Americans' attitude toward it, are sometimes understood.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Amherst MA, Barrington NH, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Food, Genealogy, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Language and Linguistics, Leominster MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Orono ME, Religion, Webster MA, Woonsocket RI -
That Other Yankee, The Franco American
Historical essay arguing against a lack of knowledge about French and Franco American agents in the history of the United States, and the harmful cultural and political effects such a lack of knowledge may have in this country's citizens. Touches base on many of the major French persons significant in the history of North America previous to 1776. -
Memoirs of a Xenophobic Boyhood
Personal essay on the class and racial lines of immigrant, industrial New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the twentieth century, as mirrored in the dynamics of the author's family. Explains where the Civil Rights Movement and McCarthyism fit into the way working-class people in certain New England towns thought about themselves and others in terms of race. How such a conversation itself illuminates the role of race in places of little racial diversity, and among families like the author's, whose class conditions seemed to preclude the speaking authority afforded wealthier New Englanders. Featured in a special issue of the independent news weekly, The Village Voice, dedicated to exploring questions of "whiteness." Also published in a reader entitled, Identity Matters: Rhetorics of Difference (Prentice Hall, 1998).Tags Augusta ME, Brattleboro VT, Business and Economics, Coles Grove NH, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Government and Politics, Haverhill MA, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, Salisbury MA, Youth -
De certains Québécois, pionniers des États-Unis
Une introduction à l'histoire des prémiières Français aux États-Unis, commençant par les explorateurs historiques qui ont établis les noms français de nombreux endroits en Amérique. Le début et la fin de la Nouvelle France, aussi que la grande émigration française-canadienne à la Nouvelle-Angleterre et au Midwest. La maniière dont une dynastie vaincue française est significative aux histoires et noms de lieux aux États-Units.Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Canada, Dubuque IA, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, France, Illinois, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Michigan, Minnesota, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Québec, United States, US Midwest, War, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Les Franco-Américains - Le retour aux sources
Un aperçu général d'une histoire des Canadiens français aux États-Unis - les Franco-Américains - et les changements qui ont eu lieu dans leurs communautés au fil du temps. De leurs débuts migratoires, à la fin de leurs enclaves ethniques, à leur renouvellement moderne dans la recherche généalogique et d'histoire personelle.
Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bourbonnais IL, Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Illinois, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, Old Orchard Beach ME, Québec, Rhode Island, Rochester NY, St. Albans VT, United States, US Midwest, Vermont, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
A memorial for Kerouac
Article part 2 of 2 on the recent Lowell, Massachusetts, city council vote to commemorate author Jack Kerouac with a park bearing his name. Full article title includes the line: "After years of indifference, Lowell votes to build a park." Charts Kerouac's sudden rise to fame with the publication of his novel, "On the Road." His ensuing lifestyle in the public eye, his behaviors scrutinized by many in Lowell. Kerouac's life and works as an affront to the popular values of his working-class hometown, and his apparent abandonment by fellow Lowellians. The recent apparent change in attitude toward Kerouac, though with some evidence of familiar resistance. -
In search of the real Kerouac
Review of the documentary film on Jack Kerouac, entitled, "Whatever Happened to Kerouac?" (Richard Lerner and Lewis McAdam, 1987). Film is a biographical portrait of the Lowell, Massachusetts, writer, featuring interviews with Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and William S. Burroughs, among others. Article written on the occasion of the film's showing in Somerville, Massachusetts. -
New England's Franco-Americans : Vive la difference?
Article on the plight of Franco American cultural activists in New England. The variety of the troubles confronting them, and their energy in relation to the seeming decline of the historically supportive Franco cultural establishments as seen in churches, schools, and large families. Contains an historical overview, demographic figures from the 1970 US census, and the considerations of Francos in the public sphere across New England. Tagline below the article title reads, "Some say the fight to preserve French identity in New England is being lost without a struggle. But that's only one side of the story..." Article featured in the United States bicentennial issue of Yankee magazine.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Burlington VT, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Greenville NH, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Fitchburg MA, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Kerouac's forgettable Montreal road trip
Article recognizing the brief hype surrounding the 50th anniversary of the publication of Jack Kerouac's most famous novel, "On the Road." Discusses a much less explored event in Kerouac's life when, in 1967, the author appeared on the Montreal talk show "Sel de la Semaine." The Montreal crowd's reaction to hearing Kerouac speaking in a "rural and unlearned and folkloric" French. Other characteristics of the Lowell, Massachusetts native that the author here argues may be due to Kerouac's Québecois heritage. -
Les 50 ans d'On the Road - Kerouac voulait écrire en français
Du Devoir: "Alors qu'on célièbre le 50e anniversaire de la parution d''On the Road,' la découverte de manuscrits inédits à New York par Le Devoir montre que l'écrivain souhaitait écrire en français et qu'il avait même commencé son roman le plus connu dans sa langue maternelle!" -
French Canadians in New England
1901 supplementary article on French-Canadian communities in New England. According to author, these communities - unlike other immigrants to the United States around the turn of the century - appear to resist cultural assimilation by the insular nature of their make-up.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Michigan, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, New York, North Dakota, Québec -
The French Canadians in New-England
Another editorial on French-Canadian populations in the United States, their common patterns of community congregation, and what to the author seems to be a resistance to assimilation. From the text: "It is next to impossible to penetrate this mass of protected and secluded humanity with modern ideas or to induce them to interest themselves in democratic institutions and methods of government....Where they halt they stay, and where they stay they multiply and cover the earth." -
Franco-American Republican Club Holds Convention
Article on a Lowell, Massachusetts, meeting of the Franco-American Republican Club and the election of its president. -
La Bonne Aventure
French-English bilingual educational television series for children. Designed "to expose the Franco American child to simple elements of his/her culture" (MPBN). Created in 1974 by Project FACTS (Franco-American Children's Television Series); produced by Maine Public Broadcasting Network and the University of Maine. Includes puppets, animation, and live-action video footage. Accompanied by Teacher Guides with thematic overview and synopsis of each episode, comments on cultural elements in each episode, suggested additional resources materials for teachers, and suggested activities for students. Description of episodes (20): Episode 1: Nouveaux amis / New Friends Introduction to series character children - Lise, Claude, Tit-Guy, Julie. The magical arrival of Dorik and Dondaine, two lutins of Franco American folklore. Features video footage of Augusta, Biddeford, Fort Kent, Lewiston, Madawaska, and Van Buren, Maine. Episode 2: Chez-nous / Our Place Finding themselves at the center of the children's attention, Dorik and Dondaine search for a place to be alone. Episode 3: Le rire / Laughter Dorik and Dondaine contemplate cultural difference as they encounter different perceptions of their English accent. Episode 4: La bonne aventure / The Good Adventure With the help of her friends, Julie confronts her fear of meeting new people and ventures out to create a film. Episode includes French Canadian fables. Features video footage of Augusta, Biddeford, Lewiston, the St. John Valley, and Waterville, Maine. Episode 5: Le travail / Work Lise and Tit-Guy help Dorik take pride and find value in his art work. Video footage and montage of different forms of work. Episode 6: L'horloge / The Clock The discovery of a giftbox with a clock set for 7:00PM opens up a discussion about "le Bonhomme Sept-heures" of Franco American folklore. Characters work to confront their fears. Episode 7: Le bazaar / The Bazaar Claude struggles to finish a series of collages he is supposed to bring to the next day's church bazaar. Characters learn about some of the differences between working independently and asking others for help.
Episode 8: Le réveillon / Christmas Eve CelebrationThe children celebrate Christmas Eve together with their families, but Dorik and Dondaine are missing. Includes a discussion of Franco American foods. Episode 9: La legende / The Legend A trip to the shipyard with Claude, Lise, Dorik, and Dondaine turns adventurous when the four become trapped in an old ship. In the hopes of calming them, Dorik shares a legend with the children. Features video footage from Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. Episode 10: Les explorateurs / The Explorers Claude and Lise venture into the attic to explore through a trunk filled with their pépière's old belongings. After the children uncover stories from their Québec heritage, Tit-Guy explains his mémière's Acadian roots. Features video footage of Rhode Island Governor, Philip Noel, and a photo montage of St.-Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations. Episode 11: La déportation / The Deportation Playing hide-and-seek after talking about her Acadian heritage with Tit-Guy, Julie's cardboard box hiding spot is magically moved out of the house. Julie and Dondaine search for a way home. Information on the Acadian Deportation. Features video footage of Augusta, Biddeford, Lewiston, the St. John Valley, and Waterville, Maine, as well as footage from Manchester and Nashua, New Hampshire; Lowell, Fall River, and western Massachusetts; and Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Episode 12: Achale moé pas / A Problem of Feelings As Julie tries to draw a bowl of fruit, she is interrupted and upset in multiple ways by her friends. How she deals with anger and impatience. Episode 13: La bêtise / The Mistake Before a trip to the sugar shack, Lise accidentally unravels a scarf knitted for her by her mémière. Features video footage of "la tire sur la neige," or taffy on the snow, at a sugar shack during the maple sugar harvest. Episode 14: Le prix / The Prize Sibling tensions arise as Claude resents Lise's spelling bee victory trophy and the attention she receives. Features video footage of a community bean supper. Episode 15: La quête / The Quest After Julie falls asleep reading about French-speaking people in the history of America, the time-machine she had been tinkering disappears Dorik to parts unknown. Julie travels through American history - to colonial Boston, Philadelphia, and elsewhere - on a search for her friend. Features Robert de la Salle, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and other figures in American history. Episode 16: L'annonce / The Commercial Tit-Guy recites a poem he has prepared for a television station. His friends offer advice and critique his style in various ways, and he must choose the best way to perform. Features video footage from Franco American communities outside of Maine. Episode 17: Les plans / The Plans After Lise is informed she cannot go to the zoo, that her parents have other plans for her, she imagines running away from home. Discussion of Franco American fairs. Features video footage of Benson's Animal Farm in Hudson, New Hampshire. Episode 18: L'invention / The Invention As Julie tinkers with her malfunctioning new invention, a thought-reflection-projector box, she is confronted with gender stereotypes from her friends. Features video footage of a community beano game and the mayor of Lewiston, Maine. Episode 19: La trouvaille / The Lucky Find Tit-Guy finds a precious object and claims it his own as Dondaine realizes her rose bénite, the same object, is missing. Episode 20: Au Revoir is Not Goodbye Claude, Lise, Tit-Guy, and Julie reminisce on their happy times with Dorik and Dondaine. The children prepare a party before les lutins must depart.Tags Acadians, Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Fall River MA, Family, Film and Television, Folklore, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Nashua NH, New England, Philadelphia PA, Québec, Religion, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME, Waterville ME, Woonsocket RI, Youth -
Le Grand Jack
Part-fiction documentary on the life and works of Jack Kerouac, a writer from Lowell, Massachusetts, most famous for his Beat Generation novel, "On the Road." Pris de l'ONF: "Docufiction sur Jack Kerouac, un des membres les plus importants du mouvement de la Beat Generation. Sur la route , une de ses œuvres les plus connues a rendu l'écrivain et poiète américain célièbre apriès sa mort en 1969. Ses textes ont grandement contribué à la révolution culturelle, sexuelle et sociale des années 1960. Archives, photos, entrevues et reconstitution d'époque, servent de trame au réalisateur pour décortiquer le mythe du héros." -
Paul Marion : The Poet of Lowell
Short online streaming video produced by Yankee Magazine. A "Web Exclusive" for the magazine's November/December 2009 edition. A brief look into the city of Lowell, Massachusetts and the man - poet Paul Marion - who has dedicated a public literary life to it. Marion is also known for his involvement with the small press, Loom Press, and for his compilation of Jack Kerouac's early writings, "Atop an Underwood." -
The Belles of New England
A presentation by William Moran on his book, "The Belles of New England," as a portion of the 2002 Concord Festival of Authors, Concord, Massachusetts. From C-SPAN: "Mr. Moran discussed his book 'The Belles of New England: The Women of the Textile Mills and the Families Whose Wealth They Wove,' published by Thomas Dunne Books. The book recounts the rise and fall of the New England textile industry of the 19th century. Mr. Moran traces the experiences of the thousands of women who left New England farm towns and the Irish, Canadian and European immigrants who came to work in the textile mills. At a time when women had no political influence, these workers opposed mill owners like the Cabots and Lowells of Boston for fair wages and safer working conditions. Following his remarks, Mr. Moran answered questions from members of the audience."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Great Britain, Ireland, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Waltham MA -
Le Sel de la semaine: Seguin rencontre Kerouac
Du ''Sel de la Semaine'' animé par Fernand Séguin à Radio-Canada. Contiens une interview avec Jack Kerouac sur sa vie et ses oeuvres, un métrage de Lowell, Massachusetts des années 1960s, et des interviews publiques avec des hommes franco-américains à un club social. [Contains a Quebec interview with Jack Kerouac on his life and works, as well as some footage of Lowell, Massachusetts, from the 1960s, and some public interviews with Franco-American men at a Lowell social club.] De Radio-Canada: "L'entrevue que Jack Kerouac accorde à Fernand Seguin se déroule en français puisque l'écrivain est issu d'une famille canadienne française installée au Massachusetts. L'auteur parle de son enfance, de son goût pour les voyages, de sa façon d'écrire. Kerouac donne également sa définition du terme « beat generation », qui traduit la misière des Noirs de l'Amérique sudiste, la béatitude et le rythme jazz."
(NOTE: The titles of the clips below are additions made by the YouTube publisher. "Jack Kerouac is Quebecois" is not the official title of the episode.)
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What Happened To Kerouac?
Documentary about Franco American writer Jack Kerouac, the American literary and cultural movement spurred on by what is known as the "Beat Generation, and the countdown of Kerouac's final days. Features support from the following persons: Allen Ginsberg, Edie Parker Kerouac, Gregory Corso, William Burroughs, Steve Allen, William Buckley, Charlie Parker, Neal Cassady, Carolyn Cassady, Gary Snyder, Jan Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, Herbert Huncke, Fran Landesman, Ed Sanders, John Clellon Holmes, Ann Charters, Ed White, Diane DiPrima, Father "Spike" Morissette, Joyce Johnson, Robert Creeley, Lewis Yablonsky. -
The Voice Is All : The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac
Biographical portrait of Jack Kerouac, with uniquely heavy emphasis on the suggested influence of his French Canadian heritage - and the French language - on the style and content of his creative works. Written by a Kerouac contemporary and former friend. Covers from Kerouac's early life and those of his parents, to 1951, shortly after the publication of his first novel, The Town and the City. -
Memory Babe : A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac
Biography of Lowell, Massachusetts native, poet, and author, Jack Kerouac, widely known as a founding participant in the 20th century USA literary culture that came to be called the "Beat Movement," or the "Beat Generation." Kerouac's life from birth to early death; from Lowell, to New York, to San Francisco, to Denver, to Tampa and St. Petersburg, and back again. The cultural, interpersonal, and geographic contexts for his poetry and writings of autobiographical fiction. Anecdotes and aspects of his public and private lives, and where these lives changed and converged. Well-known for the biographer's extensive use of archival materials and interviews with Kerouac's contemporaries. -
Poetry and the Landscape of Epiphany
Short autobiographical essay on the elements of cultural heritage evident in the author's family history and youth; the persistence of a French Canadian "communal sensuous self," the impact of one's environments, and recognizing one's heritage beneath evolving shapes of assimilation in America. Includes a translation of Anne Hébert's "Castle Life." Republished in "The Maine Reader: The Down East Experience from 1614 to the Present," with a brief introduction to Maine Franco American history, local photographs, and the poem, "To My Brother." -
Kerouac : The Definitive Biography
Recent historical biography of Lowell, Massachusetts writer, Jack Kerouac. Based largely on primary sources. Written by an independent scholar whose childhood and later life was also spent in Lowell. -
Legacy : A Biography of Rev. Armand "Spike" Morissette, O.M.I.
The life of Father Armand Morissette - better known as Father Spike - Catholic priest of Lowell, Massachusetts. Father Spike was widely known for his compassion and ease of friendship, as well as for his community activism and ahead-of-the-curve political and theological views. Stories and memories of the Lowell native from his birth in 1910 to the book's publication in 1985. Includes his schooling, service as chaplain to the French Navy, his relationship with Jack Kerouac, and the breadth of his participation in public life. Appended with interviews with Father Spike, as well as a selection of several of his speeches. -
Vows : The Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Their Son
The biography of a Catholic nun and a Catholic priest in Boston, Massachusetts - their work and their faith, their marriage and their family - written by their son. Moves through the author's youth and his own unique relationship with faith and doctrine. An intimate and intimately-told story of religion in America, especially Catholicism, during and after the social upheavel of the middle twentieth century. From Free Press: "'Vows' is a compelling story of one family's unshakable faith that to be called is to serve, however high the cost may be. Peter Manseau's riveting evocation of his parents' parallel childhoods, their similar callings, their experiences in the seminary and convent, and how they met while tending to the homeless of Roxbury, Massachusetts, during the riot-prone 1960s is a page-turning meditation on the effect that love can have on profound faith." -
Priest: A Tale of Repressed Identity: How I Became a Catholic Priest
Autobiography of a New Hampshire man and his "search for personal identity" through ethnicity and religion, in and out of the lifestyle of a Roman Catholic Priest. From the back cover: "Maurice Fillion was five when his father died. Singled out by priests and nuns while in grade school as a promising candidate for the Catholic priesthood, he entered a minor seminary at age 13, then moved into a religious novitiate and on to a major seminary. By the time he was ordained a priest at 25 he had spent half his life in cloistered living, segregated from the outside world..." -
Kerouac: A Biography
Seminal biography of native of Lowell, Massachusetts, Franco American, novelist, and poet, Jack Kerouac. Republished in 1994. Written by Ann Charters, who worked with Kerouac during the final three years of his life. In her writing of this book, Charters was assisted by Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and other contemporary artists close to Kerouac and essential to the Beat Movement in art, literature, and broader Americana. -
Ferdinand Gagnon : Biographie, éloge funeèbre, pages choisies
Des écritures et un oraison funièbre d'un homme treès significatif au mouvement survivance aux Etats-Unis, un fondateur de la presse franco-américaine dans la Nouvelle Angleterre au dix-neuviième sieècle, et rédacteur ancien de la publication, Le Travailleur. Contient une briève introduction biographique écrit par Josephat Benoit.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Burlington VT, Champlain NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord NH, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Montréal QC, New England, New Hampshire, Providence RI, Québec, Southbridge MA, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Jack Kérouac : Essai-Poulet / A Chicken Essay
Un livre comme essai sur les rélations entre la vie et la littérature de Jack Kerouac - son écriture et son héritage - avec des réactions de l'auteur. -
Visions of Kerouac
Biography of Jack Kerouac published in his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts.
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De l'Ile à la Tortue, à la Nouvelle France, à la Nouvelle-Angleterre : lutte pour une identité vivable
Présentations par des représentatives de l'état et l'Université du Maine sur leurs perceptions de l'identité et l'experience franco-américaine aux États-Unis. Présentée en anglais et français. Un bref historique collectif de la conscientisation franco-américaine dans l'état du Maine au fin du vingtiième siiècle.Tags Acadians, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Canada, Criticism and Review, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, France, French Island ME, Government and Politics, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manitoba, Montréal QC, Native Americans, New England, New Orleans LA, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Québec, Saint John River Valley, Saskatchewan, Texas, Waterville ME -
Documentation inépuisable de "phénomiène franco-américain" dans les journaux de langue française de la Nouvelle-Angleterre
Présentation sur le journalisme franco-américain et ses rélations à la famille Biron dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Des infos généalogiques sur la famille Biron. Comprend un bibliographie et "une liste des journaux franco-américains publiés en Nouvelle-Angleterre sur microfilm à la Boston Public Library." -
Les Franco-Américains et leur héritage québécois
Une sélection de présentations du programme des "Franco-American and Quebec Heritage Series" de l'Université de l'ètat de New York (Albany) entre 1983 et 1985. Imprimé dans un numéro du périodique "Vie Française: Revue trimestrielle," publié par le Conseil de la Vie française an Amérique. Présentations dans le context de l'Amérique du nord sur (political atmospheres à QC and Washington), la langue française; la chanson folklorique; la cuisine; des objets culturelles; les écritures québécois et franco-américains; ainsi qu'un essai biographique sur Jack Kerouac. En quatre parties principales: langue; musique; culture matérielle; littérature. Composé des piièces suivants: Préface, èloise A. Briière "Les Francos au carrefour de deux mutations sociopolitiques," Dean R. Louder LANGUE "La langue française en Amérique du Nord," Joan Newburger Savitt "Langue populaire et religion au Québec : les jurons," Jean-Pierre Pichette MUSIQUE "Musique du Québec : musique en Nouvelle-France," Mireille Gagné "Bref aperçu de la chanson folklorique française en Amérique," Bernard Ouimet CULTURE MATèRIELLE "Le potentiel de l'objet dans le discours," Lise Boily "Les caractéristiques et l'évolution de la cuisine française nord-américaine," Marielle Cormier-Boudreau "La ceinture fléchée," Suzanne Galaise LITTèRATURE "L'autre littérature québécoise," Maurice Poteet "La poésie de langue française aux ètats-Unis : une lecture décontractée," Susan L. Rosenstreich "Littérature et mentalités populaires : le cas des Franco-Américains," èloise A. Briière "Jack Kérouac, Franco-Américain," Richard S. Sorrell -
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 -
Le journalisme de langue française aux États-Unis
Le quatriième colloque de l'Institut français du Colliège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 11-12 mars 1983. Imprimé dans un numéro du périodique "Vie Française: Revue trimestrielle," publié par le Conseil de la Vie française en Amérique. Présentations sur le journalisme français et franco-américain dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre, aussi que le Michigan. Certaines publications et des biographies de journalistes dans ces contextes des 19e et 20e siiècles. Des brefs profils des auteurs qui ont contribué au colloque.Composé des piièces suivants: Préface, Claire Quintal "Survol de la presse franco-américaine," Robert-B. Perreault "LA SENTINELLE et LA TRIBUNE: Le Rôle joué par ces journaux de Woonsocket dans la Sentinelle," Richard S. Sorrell "WILFRID BEAULIEU: l'homme et l'oeuvre," Armand B. Chartier "Les Vingt premieres années du MESSAGER de Lewiston, Maine," Paul-M. Paré "La Presse de langue française dans l'Etat du Michigan," Georges-J. Joyaux "Un Journal frontalier et ses lecteurs américains pendant la Grande Dépression: LE MADAWASKA," Béatrice Craig "Y a-t-il de nos jours un marché pour le journal franco-américain?" Madeleine Giguière "Notices biographiques des auteurs," Michelle-M. CotnoirTags Androscoggin County ME, Attleboro MA, Auburn ME, Bay City MI, Berkshire County MA, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Bristol County MA, Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Champlain NY, Chicago IL, Chittenden County VT, Clubs and Societies, Concord NH, Connecticut, Danielson CT, Demography, Detroit MI, Essex County MA, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Grand Haven MI, Great Lakes Region, Greenville NH, Hampden County MA, Hampshire County MA, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Hillsborough County NH, Hollywood FL, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Kankakee IL, Keeseville NY, Kennebec County ME, Kent County RI, Lake Linden MI, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Ludington MI, Lynn MA, Mackinac Island, Maine, Manchester NH, Marinette WI, Marquette MI, Massachusetts, Merrimack County NH, Michigan, Middlesex County MA, Minneapolis MN, Muskegon MI, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, New Haven County CT, New London County CT, New Orleans LA, New York NY, Newport RI, Niles Mich, Norfolk County MA, North Brookfield MA, Northampton MA, Norwich CT, Orono ME, Pawtucket RI, Penobscot County ME, Philadelphia PA, Plymouth County MA, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Rockingham County NH, Saginaw MI, Salem MA, Sanford ME, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, St. John River Valley, St. Joseph MI, St. Paul MN, Stratford County NH, Suncook NH, Swanton VT, US Midwest, Van Buren ME, Vermont, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Windham County CT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester County MA, Worcester MA, York County ME -
L'émigrant québécois vers les Etats-Unis : 1850-1920
Le deuxiième colloque de l'Institut français du Colliège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 14 mars 1981. Imprimé dans un numéro du périodique "Vie Française: Revue trimestrielle," publié par le Conseil de la Vie française en Amérique. Présentations sur l'émigrant québécois; son contexte culturelle, religieuse, et économique au moment de son depart de Québec entre 1850 et 1920; et son histoire québécois au début de sa nouvelle situation au XXe siiècle en Nouvelle-Angleterre.En deux parties principales, avec les piièces suivants: Préface, Claire Quintal I-L'émigrant québécois vers les Etats-Unis : 1850-1920 "L'évolution économique du Québec et l'émigrant," Yves Roby "Les valeurs religieuses de l'émigrant québécois," Nive Voisine "Les Québécois et la culture savante," Claude Galarneau "Culture populaire de l'émigrant québécois," Jean-Claude Dupont Bibliographie générale II-Autres Communications "L'attachement a la terre et l'émigration dans certains romans québécois," Pierre Anctil "Le Franco-Américain campagnard dans l'état du Vermont," Peter Woolfson "Facteurs sociaux et leur rapport avec le choix de vocabulaire chez les Franco-Américains de Lewiston, Maine," Ireène Mailhot-BernardTags Acculturation and Assimilation, Beecher Falls VT, Boston MA, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Canaan VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Derby VT, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Fiction and Literature, Folklore, Franklin County VT, Holland VT, Island Pond VT, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, New England, New Hampshire, Québec, Religion, St. Johnsbury VT, Vermont, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
La femme francophone aux États-Unis
Les actes du 16e congreès biennal de la Fédération Féminine Franco-Américaine de la Nouvelle-Angleterre tenu au College Rivier, Nashua, New Hampshire les 27, 28 et 29 avril 1984. Constituent égalemente le Bulletin de la Fédération Féminine Franco-Américaine, volumes xxxii, nos 3-4, été-automne 1984 et xxxiii, nos 1-2, hiver-printemps 1985. Présentations sur les femmes et la langue française, la littérature, le travail, la famille, et des autres sujets. Une série de témoignages personnels et autobiographiques. Divisé en quatre ateliers, avec des présentations supplémentaires. Contient le texte suivant: "Alice Lemieux-Lévesque: mendiante de l'amour," Claire Quintal "Présentation générale du Dr. Ellen Munley," Ellen Munley "Par ou commencer: le role de la meère comme éducatrice de la langue française," Yolande Petit Pétrin, Héleène Jeknavorian, Monique Letendre "Activités pour le développement du français au niveau pre-scolaire" "Témoinage de Paula Hollingworth Babin," Paula Hollingworth Babin "Témoinage de Mme Marcelle Arvantely," Marcelle Arvantely "L'informatique au service de l'enseignement du français," Charles Mitchell, avec Soeur Marthe Villeneuve, p.m., Georgette Pinette Barry, Louise Rondeau, et Denise Bérubé "La femme francophone dans le secteur professionnel," Léona Fournier Michaud, Louise Champigny Soltys "Témoinage de Charlotte LeBlanc," Charlotte LeBlanc "Témoinage d'Elaine L'Heureux Uzan," Elaine L'Heureux Uzan "Témoinage d'Irene Simoneau," Irene Simoneau "La femme dans les lettres françaises, québécoises, et franco-américaines," par Bernadette Bénard "Le rôle de la femme dans les romans d'André Malraux," Danielle Blais "Gabrielle Roy," Nelly Milet Mitchell "Corinne Rocheleau-Rouleau," Béatrice Belisle MacQueen (et Yvonne Gallant Martel) "Réflections sur la condition féminine," Denise LeBlanc-Bantey "Eloge de Ninette Fortin," Georgette Jean "Eloge de Marie-Reine Mikesell," Oda Beaulieu "Homélie du peère Paul Demers à l'occasion du seizieème congreès de la Fédération Féminine Franco-Américaine," Freère Paul R. Demers, s.c. -
The 20th-Century Franco-American
A collection of papers from a 1974 New Hampshire conference on Franco American life in the twentieth century. Published as a bilingual text, a dual collection, with papers printed in both English and French. Full English title reads: "A translation of the studies presented at the 11th Congress of the Franco-Americans of New England, held at Bedford, New Hampshire, September 27, 28, and 29, 1974 and published by the 'Comite de Vie Franco-Americaine,' September 1st, 1976." Un recueil bilingue d'articles d'un conférence New Hampshire sur la vie franco-américaine au XXe siiècle. Le titre complet en français: "Etudes présentées au XIe congriès des Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre tenu a Bedford, New Hampshire, les 27, 28 et 29 septembre 1974 et publiées par le Comité de Vie Franco-Américaine le 1er septembre 1976." "Proclamation du Onziième Congriès des Franco-Américains," François-J. Martineau, Ph.D. "The Accomplishments" ou ""Les Accomplissements," Msgr. Adrien Verrette, Ph.D. "Radio, Television, and Cable TV" or "Radio, Télévision, et Cablovision," Paul Blanchette "Youth and the Franco-Americans" ou "Les Jeunes et le Groupe Franco-Américain," Richard Santerre "The Consolidation of the Franco-American Group" ou ""La Consolidation du Group Franco-Américain," Bernard-G. Théroux "Franco-Americans and American Political Life" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la Vie Politique Américaine," Louis-Israel Martel "Franco-Americans and American Economics" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la Vie Economique Américaine," Euclide Gilbert "Franco-Americans and American History" ou "Les Franco-Américains et l'Histoire Américaine," Dr. Robert-A. Beaudoin "Franco-Americans and American Culture Integration of French-Canadian Emigrants" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la Culture Américaine Intégration des Emigres Canadiens-Français," Sister Marie Thérièse, P.M. "The Present State of Relations Between Franco-Americans and French Canada" ou "Situation Présente des Rapports entre Franco-Américains et le Canada Français dans son Ensemble," W. Donald Moisan "The Franco-Americans and French Canada (Québec)" ou "Les Franco-Américains et le Canada Français (Québec)," Robert Couturier "The Franco-Americans and Louisiana" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la Louisiane," Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont "Franco-Americans, France, and La Francophonie" ou "Les Franco-Américains et la France ainsi que la Francophonie," Elphiège RoyTags Acadians, Amesbury MA, Attleboro MA, Bristol CT, Brockton MA, Business and Economics, Cambridge MA, Canada, Central Falls RI, Chelsea MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Coventry RI, Demography, Dracut MA, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Everett MA, Fall River MA, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Ipswich MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Meriden CT, New Bedford MA, New England, North Attleborough MA, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Salem MA, US Midwest, Waltham MA, Warren RI, Waterbury CT, West Haven CT, West Warwick RI, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI, Youth -
The Quebec and Acadian Diaspora in North America
A conference publication consisting of a collection of essays on the titled topic. Contains the following written pieces by their respective authors: "The Acadians: a People in Search of a Country" by Jean Daigle, "Emigration and Colonization: Twin Themes in 19th-Century French Canadian Literature" by David M. Hayne "The Rise and Fall of Felix Albert: Some Reflections on the Aspirations of Habitant Immigrants to Lowell, Massachusetts in the Late Nineteenth Century" by Frances Early "Language and Ethnic Identity in South Louisiana: Implications of Data from Mamou Prairie" by Gerald L. Gold "The Franco-Americans: Occupational Profiles" by Madeleine Giguere "Franco-Americans and Ethnic Studies: Notes on a Mill Town" by Robert F. Harney "The Decline of French as Home Language in the Quebec and Acadian Diaspora of Canada and the United States" by Charles Castonguay "'L'Affaire Forest': Franco-Manitobans in Search of Cultural and Liinguistic Duality" by Gilbert-L. Comeault "Le Patriote de l'Ouest and French Settlement on the Prairies, 1910-1930" by Andre N. Lalonde "Spatial Patterns in Franco-Ontarian Communities" by Donald Cartwright "The Role of the Church in French Ontario" by Robert Choquette "The Franco-Ontarian Collectivity: Material and Symbolic Dimensions of its Minority Status" by Danielle Juteau-Lee "The Franco-Ontarian Experience" by Gaetan VallieresTags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Creoles, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fiction and Literature, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Manitoba, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Religion, Social History, Travel and Movement, United States -
The Little Canadas of New England: Third Annual Conference of the French Institute/Assumption College (Worcester, Massachusetts, March 13, 1982)
A published collection of the papers presented at Assumption College's French Institute for its third annual academic conference. Dedicated to Thomas M. Landry, OP, who chose the topic of the conference which serves as the collection's title. Contains the following essays: -"Geographic and Demographic Forces Facilitating Ethnic Survival in a New England Mill Town: The Franco-Americans of Biddeford Maine" (Michael J. Guignard) -"The Settling-in Process: The Beginnings of Little Canada in Lowell Massachusetts in the Late Nineteenth Century" (Frances H. Early), -"Neighbors from the North: French-Canadian Immigrants vs. Trade Unionism in Fall River, Massachusetts" (Philip T. Silvia), -"Culture, Community, and Politics: French Canadians in Massachusetts, 1885-1915" (Ronald A. Petrin), -"The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in the Franco-American Villages of Lincoln, Rhode Island" (Peter L. Moreau), -"Beyond Textiles: Industrial Diversity and the Franco-American Experience in Worcester, Massachusetts" (Charles W. Estus and Kenneth J. Moynihan)Tags Albion RI, Biddeford ME, Blackstone River Valley, Central Falls RI, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut River Valley, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Hopeville MA, Jamesville MA, Labor History, Limerock RI, Lincoln RI, Lonsdale RI, Lowell MA, Maine, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, New England, New Hampshire, New Worcester MA, North Adams MA, Providence RI, Québec, Quinebaug River Valley, Religion, Rhode Island, Salem MA, Saylesville RI, South Worcester MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Trowbridgeville MA, Valley Falls MA, Ware MA, Worcester MA -
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. -
St. Jean-Baptiste, Lowell, MA, 1869-1910
Marriage index of all persons wedded in St. Jean-Baptiste Roman Catholic Church, Lowell, Massachusetts, in the period from 1869 to 1910. The text includes over 1,600 marriages. This parish was terminated on June 30, 1993. -
N'importe quelle route
Un revue/bulletin bilingue de la littérature et la culture, publié par le Club Jack Kérouac de Québec, Québec. Les premiers numéros contiennent des écrits sur et inspirés par la vie et l'oeuvre de Jack Kérouac, aussi que des photos et des lettres de l'auteur franco-américain lui-même. Les numéros plus tard sont composés de l'art et des oeuvres littéraires plus largement culturels. La publication a commencée comme préoccupation avec la façon dont un historique de Jack Kerouac et son patrimoine culturel sont impliqués dans ses écrits. Alternativement sous-titrée, "Bulletin du Club Jack Kérouac" et "Revue de l'américanité québécoise: création, littérature, espace, société." Bilingual journal of literature and culture published by le Club Jack Kérouac of Québec, Québec. Early issues feature writings about and inspired by the life and works of Jack Kerouac, while later issues incorporate art and literary works more broadly interpretive. The publication began as a concern for how Jack Kerouac's historical background and cultural heritage figure into his writings. Alternately subtitled, "Bulletin du Club Jack Kérouac" and "Revue de l'américanité québécoise: création, littérature, espace, société." -
Canadians in the United States
Brief 1913 review of what the author calls "the great Canadian exodus" - the period from 1850 to 1900 when nearly 1.8 million English and French Canadians emigrated to the United States.Tags Boston MA, Buffalo NY, Business and Economics, Cambridge MA, Canada, Chicago IL, Cincinnatti OH, Cleveland OH, Demography, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Family, Geography, Germany, Great Britain, Holyoke MA, Ireland, Jersey City NJ, Lawrence MA, Louisville KY, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Milwaukee WI, Minneapolis MN, New Bedford MA, New Haven CT, New Orleans LA, New York NY, Newark NJ, Newfoundland, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Paterson NJ, Philadelphia PA, Pittsburgh PA, Providence RI, Rochester NY, San Francisco CA, St. Louis MO, St. Paul MN, United States, Washington DC, Worcester MA -
The French Parish and Survivance in Nineteenth-Century New England
The role of the Roman Catholic parish in the development and preservation of French-Canadian immigrant communities in New England. From the author: "...this discussion of the religious aspects of [French-Canadian] immigration will be centered upon the parish, and upon the three-fold concept of preservation of religion, language, and customs which is contained for French Canadians in the word 'survivance.' The first half of the century, which might be called the dark ages of the French Canadians in New England, will be passed over rather rapidly, in order to do fuller justice to the more significant mission period from 1850 to 1868, and to the period of expansion and conflict from 1869 to 1900."Tags Ashuelot NH, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Brookfield NH, Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Colebrook NH, Community: Customs and Social Life, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Grafton MA, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Littleton NH, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, Nashua NH, New Braintree MA, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, North Adams MA, Oxford NH, Pawtucket RI, Pittsfield MA, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Rochester NH, Rutland VT, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Suncook NH, Swanton VT, Taunton MA, Van Buren ME, Vermont, Warren NH, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Willimantic CT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Family Networks and Geographic Mobility of French Canadian Immigrants in Early-Twentieth-Century Lowell, Massachusetts
From the author: "This study analyzes complex patterns of French Canadian immigrants' geographic mobility in their process of immigration to Lowell, Massachusetts, from 1900 to 1920. There has been relatively little systematic analysis of roles of family and kin in the process of migration.... This article addresses this gap and sheds light on a more complex and gender-specific perspective of French Canadian immigrants' southward movements by examining several issues of the migratory process including the geographic itineraries, occupational experiences, and migratory networks of French Canadian immigrants." -
Québec to "Little Canada": The Coming of the French Canadians to New England in the Nineteenth Century
Brief 1950 essay on French-Canadian migration from agriculturally-failing Québec to the New England states during the period of North American industrialization, from the Civil War and after. Also featured in Leonard Dinnerstein's "The Aliens: A History of Ethnic Minorities in America" (Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1970).Tags Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Montréal QC, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Southbridge MA, Vermont, War, West Rutland VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
L'émigration des Canadiens français vers la Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1870-1910 : prises de vue quantitatives
Du texte: "Combien de Canadiens français ont émigré vers la Nouvelle-Angleterre? A? quel moment et suivant quel rythme? Voilà la question de départ. Nous n'avons pas l'illusion d'apporter une réponse définitive à cette question qui semble avoir défié les chercheurs jusqu'à ce jour...nous voulons plutot suggérer une voie d'approche. Nous tenterons aussi d'ordonner les données statistiques disponibles et de les compléter par quelques compilations personnelles."..."En conclusion, nous tacherons de rattacher les sources et les destinations des émigrants canadiens du Québec afin de déterminer un peu plus clairement les axes de l'exode."Tags Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Brewer ME, Bridgeport CT, British Columbia, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fairfield ME, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, New Haven CT, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pawtucket RI, Québec, Rhode Island, Rutland VT, Saco ME, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Taunton MA, Vermont, Waltham MA, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Winooski Falls VT, Woburn MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Présence visible et invisible de la langue française dans la littérature franco-américaine contemporaine
Pris de Glottopol, la revue de sociolinguistique en ligne: "Présence invisible dans le champ des littératures francophone et ethnique américaines, la littérature franco-américaine de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, qu'elle s'exprime en français ou en anglais, est la gardienne d'une mémoire francophone, d'un patrimoine culturel et linguistique qui réfute l'oubli. Peggy Pacini analyse la place de la langue française dans quelques romans franco-américains, qui y apparaît sous différentes formes (discours métissé, forme dialectale, français littéraire) et y occupe diverses fonctions (incise, dialogue, narration, monologue). L'image de la langue française dans ces romans permet de mieux comprendre, selon l'auteure, cette dialectique du bon et du mauvais français qui est sûrement à l'origine de la disparition de cette langue au sein de cette communauté."..."Triès peu répertoriée, la littérature franco-américaine de la Nouvelle-Angleterre est devenue une présence invisible dans le champ des littératures francophone mais aussi ethnique américaine. Néanmoins, qu'elle s'exprime en français ou en anglais, elle est la gardienne d'une mémoire francophone, d'un patrimoine culturel et linguistique qui réfute l'oubli. Il sera donc question d'analyser la place de la langue française dans ces romans, quelle que soit la forme qu'elle prenne (discours métissé, forme dialectale, français littéraire) et la fonction qu'elle occupe (incise, dialogue, narration, monologue). Pour cela, il faudra recontextualiser l'évolution de cette langue dans ce contexte nord-américain particulier et son rapport à l'idéologie de la survivance telle qu'elle était véhiculée par le clergé canadien français. De la même façon, l'image de la langue française dans ces romans permet de mieux comprendre cette dialectique du bon et du mauvais français qui est sûrement à l'origine de la disparition de cette langue au sein de cette communauté." -
The French Canadians in New England
Introduction to French-Canadian immigration to New England in the second half of the nineteenth century. Observations on distribution of population by town and the organization of Catholic parishes. Written by a professor at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.Tags Baltic CT, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Brewer ME, Bridgeport CT, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Cambridge MA, Central Falls RI, Chelsea MA, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fairfield ME, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Fitchburg MA, Gardner MA, Great Falls NH, Grosvenordale CT, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Hudson MA, Indian Orchard MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Manchang MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Meriden CT, Millbury MA, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, New Haven CT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, North Adams MA, North Brookfield MA, Northampton MA, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Rochester NH, Rutland VT, Saco ME, Salem MA, Somerville MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Taunton MA, Vermont, Waltham MA, Waterville ME, Webster MA, Winooski Falls VT, Woburn MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
French Canadians in the United States
Essay on general attitudes toward French Canadians and Franco Americans in the United States, and descriptions of the customs of this immigrated ethnic group in the 1940s.Tags Bellechasse PQ, California, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Holyoke MA, Illinois, La Beauce QC, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Meriden CT, Michigan, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Salem MA, Social History, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Vermont, War, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI -
Emigration of Canadians to the United States
1923 article on emigration statistics from the whole of Canada into the United States. Complete with tables and commentary. Geographic distribution of Canadians in the United States. Sites French Canadians as "less migratory," or less prone to emigrate than other Canadians.Tags Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Geography, Government and Politics, Lowell MA, Manitoba, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Saskatchewan, United States -
Journalism and the French Survival in New England
Essay on the plight of Franco cultural survivance and the efforts of Franco journalists to survive the French language in New England in the early twentieth century. Written by a Franco and bicultural sympathizer in the late 1930s. Includes brief descriptions of specific Franco periodicals from throughout New England, with special emphasis on Le Travailleur (Worcester, Massachusetts).Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Amesbury MA, Biddeford ME, Central Falls RI, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Newburyport MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Pawtucket RI, Salem MA, Sanford ME, Taunton MA, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Étude sociolinguistique de quelques caractéristiques des emprunts à l'anglais par des franco-américains du Massachusetts
De l'auteur: "On entend souvent dire que le français parlé par les Franco-Américains comporte un grand nombre d'anglicismes. L'étude d'un corpus recueilli aupriès de 25 locuteurs franco-américains du Massachusetts permet de quantifier plus précisément la situation. On constate que le nombre d'emprunts à l'anglais dans le discours français est comparable à plusieurs points de vue à celui d'autres communautés francophones minoritaires en Amérique du Nord, soit en général moins de 1%. De plus, on observe un certain degré de variation sociologique, les hommes empruntant davantage que les femmes, tout comme les plus a?gés par rapport aux plus jeunes. Quoique triès limitée, cette analyse exploratoire indique que des perceptions et des jugements parfois subjectifs demandent une étude plus approfondie et à partir de données nombreuses et représentatives." -
Attitudes linguistiques et transfert à l'Anglais dans une communauté franco-américaine non homogiène : le cas de Bristol, Connecticut
De Bagate, Lemery, et Martin: "Dans cet article, nous essayons de décrire le processus de transfert linguistique à Bristol. Nous présentons d'abord un bref historique de cette communauté francophone ainsi que des données démographiques puisées dans plusieurs recensements du United States Census Bureau. Ensuite, nous analysons des commentaires provenant d'une trentaine d'entretiens réalisés aupriès des Franco-Américains de Bristol au cours de l'été 2002 et comparons l'origine, l'appartenance à la premiière, deuxiième ou troisiième génération d'immigrants, le type de mariage (exogame, endogame), l'usage et la transmission de la langue ainsi que les attitudes linguistiques des locuteurs interviewés."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bristol CT, Connecticut, Demography, East Hartford CT, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Hartford CT, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Massachusetts, Meriden CT, New Britain CT, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Rhode Island, Van Buren ME, Vermont, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, West Hartford CT, Woonsocket RI -
Les Franco-Américains dans la guerre : patriotisme et survivance
Article journal sur la participation militaire des canadiens-français aux conflits américains: les guerres d'Indépendence et de Sécession, les Guerres mondiales, etc. Quelques descriptions des hommes canadien-français et franco-américains bien-connus pour leur service militaire ou leurs expressions d'une patriotisme américain dans le 20e siiècle. Explorations de la phénomiène de la guerre comme entrée franco-américaine dans la discussion de l'identité culturelle et nationale; des attitudes franco-américains envers le Canada, le Québec, et le France; des négotiations de "l'élite franco-américain" pour un héritage français aux États-Unis par des périodes d'un patriotisme intensifié américain. La guerre américaine en tant que site de la dualité culturelle franco-américain.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Boston MA, Canada, Clubs and Societies, Cooperville NY, Fall River MA, Lake Champlain VT, Lowell MA, Malone NY, Manchester NH, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Oswego NY, Québec, Rouse's Point VT, War, Whitehall NY, Woonsocket RI -
New Towns of the Early New England Textile Industry
Article in vernacular architecture describing New England industrial community development in the new textile towns of the early 19th century. Emphasis on textile operations and their accompanying communities and building innovations between 1820 and 1840. An attempt at departing from the employer/employee bifuracted model of community development. Comparisons between characteristics of Providence and Boston/Waltham factory and village models; observations of imitative architectural practices in each model's region. Includes select artistic representations of early industrial towns in New England.Tags Berwick ME, Blackstone River Valley, Boston MA, Central Falls RI, Centreville CT, Chelmsford MA, Chicopee MA, Clayville RI, Concord River Valley, Connecticut, Dover NH, Fiskeville RI, Harris RI, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Moosup CT, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Art and Architecture, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Peterborough NH, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Saco ME, Salmon Falls NH, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Stow MA, Vermont, Waltham MA, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Lowell Boott Mills Complex and Its Housing : Material Expressions of Corporate Ideology
Article describing the influence of Lowell, Massachusetts' Boott Mills corporate architectures - physical, economic, occupational - on the lives of millworkers and the citizens of Lowell. Discrepancies between stated corporate commitments to the welfare of workers and the actual daily lives, living conditions, and boarding-house arrangements of mill laborers. Thoughts on "corporate paternalism." The 1835-built Boott Mills as case study in "the affective power of built environment--the total material expression of landscape and land use," including discussions of the formal economic logics behind certain divisions of labor, means of social control, and domestic provisions for workers. Brief operations, commercial, and employment history of the Boott Mills. Descriptions of millsite excavation and construction in the 19th century. -
L'identité de l'immigrant québécois en Nouvelle-Angleterre : le rapport Wright de 1882
Un portrait historique de la réponse publique au rapport infa?me écrit par Carrol Wright et du Bureau of Labor Statistics du Massachusetts, 1881, dans le contexte de l'immigration canadienne-française classe ouvriière, de la communauté, et de l'identité. Des renseignements biographiques sur Carroll Wright. Activité journalistique dans les communautés franco américaines, en particulier autour de l'œuvre de Ferdinand Gagnon et Hugo A. Dubuque, à l'époque. Réactions au rapport 1881 comme éléments significatifs au notre compréhension de l'identité des immigrants en Nouvelle-Angleterre au 19ième siiècle. Référence à l'œuvre historique de Frances Early et un rapport fédéral subséquent sur le travail et le capital qui traite les travailleurs immigrants canadiens-français.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Baltic CT, Cohoes NY, Connecticut, Dunbarton NH, Fall River MA, Grosvenordale CT, Holyoke MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Plattsburgh NY, Putnam CT, Québec, Rhode Island, Troy NY, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Écrin de pensées des Franco-Américains
Compilation des citations écrites ou parlées par la franco-américanie intellectuelle, religieuse, ou influente du XIXe et XXe siiècles. Une liste des contributeurs au livre et leurs villes respectives dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre.Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Canada, Central Falls RI, Danielson CT, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, France, Gardner MA, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, North Adams MA, North Grosvenordale CT, Pawtucket RI, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Rogers MA, Roxbury MA, Rutland VT, Salem MA, Springfield MA, Warren RI, Watertown (?), West Hartford CT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Presidential Politics of the Franco Americans
Interpretation of Franco American presidential voting behavior in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island previous to 1962. Takes into account wavering levels of ethnic solidarity, changes in economic class position, religious affiliation, and other historical contexts. Ultimately predicts the demise of "any such political phenomenon as the 'French vote.'"Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Claremont NH, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Franklin NH, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Laconia NH, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Mexico ME, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, North Adams MA, Pawtucket RI, Rochester NH, Rumford ME, Sanford ME, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Van Buren ME, Waterville ME, Winslow ME, Woonsocket RI -
Gendered Passages : French-Canadian Migration to Lowell, Massachusetts, 1900-1920
Book-length study on French Canadian migrants and migration to Lowell, Massachusetts at the beginning of the 20th century. The role of family in cross-border human movement, and the impact of migration and its social, economic, and labor dimensions on men, women, and children migrants in an industrial New England city. A study of French Canadian migration as an important and distinct continental population movement; the "socially expansive space[s]" created by migrants uniquely across Canada/USA borders. Emphasis on gender dynamics - their responses to migration, labor, and the family in transition, with explorations of the individual experiences of women and men. Includes study of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century social and economic contexts of Québec and Lowell, in-depth consideration of migration realities, and exploration of settlement in the United States through the lens of the paid and unpaid work experiences of French Canadian women and men. Contains many demographic data tables; illustrated in black and white photograph.Tags Boston MA, Caribou ME, Death and Disaster, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Geography, Greek Americans, Health and Wellness, Irish Americans, Labor History, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Portuguese Americans, Québec, Seattle WA, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Travel and Movement, Willimantic CT, Wisconsin -
Les Franco-Américains et leurs institutions scolaires
Le septiième colloque de l'Institut français du Colliège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1990. Présentations sur l'éducation et les institutions scolaires dans les communautés franco-américaines de la Nouvelle-Angleterre; mettant l'accent sur ¹¹les écoles paroissiales, les collièges catholiques, les ordres religieuses catholiques, et l'occasion de la langue française dans la salle de classe. Des profils historiques de beaucoup des écoles parioissiales catholiques dans les six états de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Brefs profils biographiques des auteurs qui ont contribué au colloque.Composé des piièces suivants: Claire Quintal - Préface Armand Chartier - "L'enseignement chez les Franco-Américains: ses assises spirituelles et intellectuelles" Gerard J. Brault - L'oeuvre des communautés enseignantes en Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1869-1986: les écoles paroissiales franco-américaines" Maurice Poteet - "La question de l'école lors des conventions et des congriès nationaux franco-amércains: les conventions nationales" Régis Normandeau - "La question de l'école lors des conventions et des congriès nationaux franco-amércains: les conventions de l'état du Connecticut" Raymond J. Marion - "Le colliège de l'Assomption: un foyer de culture française aux ètats-Unis: 1904-1956" Marie-Jeanne Ducharme, p.m. - "'Ou nos écoles et le salut de nos enfants ou mourir': Bienheureuse Marie Rivier" Madeleine Carmel, s.s.a. - "La mission éducatrice des Soeurs de Sainte-Anee aupriès des Franco-Américains par l'école paroissiale" Florence-Marie Chevalier, s.s.a. - "La mission des Soeurs de Sainte-Anne aux niveaux secondaire et supièrieur dans la ville de Worcester et ses environs" Graziella Lalande, c.s.c. - "Les Soeurs de Sainte-Croix, émigrées avec les émigrés en Nouvelle-Angleterre" Marie Janelle, f.s.e. - "Les Filles du Saint-Espirit au souffle de l'Espirit" Félicien Letourneau - "La contribution des Frières du Sacré-Coeur à l'éducation des Franco-Américains" Paul Ambrose Fontaine, f.m.s. - "Les Frières Maristes sur le sol franco-américain" Iriène Rhéaume, r.j.m. et Jeanne de Rouen Richard, r.j.m. - "Les Soeurs de Jésus-Marie en Nouvelle-Angleterre" Simone Gareau, s.c.o., en collaboration - "Les Soeurs de la Charité d'Ottawa (Soeurs Grises de la Croix) au service des Franco-Américains" Jeanne Poirier, s.u.s.c. - "Année jubilaire: Centenaire de collaboration entre les religieuses de la Sainte-Union et les Franco-Américains" Rolande St. Jean, s.a.s.v. - "Les Soeurs de l'Assomption, éducatrices aupriès des Franco-Américains depuis bientôt un siiècle" Alma Marc-Aurièle, s.s.c.h. - "Héritage reçu de la France et transmis aux émigrés de l'Acadie et du Québec en Nouvelle-Angleterre" François Weil - "Le férule et la soutane: sentiment ethnique et écoles paroissiales franco-américaines à Chicopee (Massachusetts), 1900-1980" Albert-N. LePain - "La premiière école paroissiale de Southbridge, Massachusetts: ses origines, son évolution, son destin" Lucien-A. Aubé - "De l'école paroissiale à l'enseignement universitaire: réflexions sur le partage culturel" Raymond-G. LePage - "Réflexions sur le bilinguisme dans une école paroissiale: le point de vue de l'étudiant" Barney Bérubé - "Résultats partiels d'une enquête sur les Franco-Américains du Maine, y compris le status de la langue française dans ce même état et l'attitude des parents d'élièves envers l'enseignement bilingue" Roger Paradis - "L'américanisation des enseignants dans la région frontaliière du Madawaska" Robert-B. Perreault - "Les derniières années d'une école paroissiale franco-américaine: un témoignage personnel" Claire Quintal - notices biographiquesTags Acadia, Albion RI, Augusta ME, Beecher Falls VT, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Blackstone MA, Burlington VT, Cascade NH, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Clubs and Societies, Cohoes NY, Conference Proceedings, Connecticut, Education, Emigration and Immigration, France, Gardner MA, Gilbertville MA, Glens Falls NY, Goffstown NH, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Ipswich MA, Island Pond VT, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lisbon ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Marieville RI, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Mexico ME, New Hampshire, New London CT, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, North Adams MA, North America, Northampton MA, Ottawa ON, Pittsfield MA, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Rutland VT, Saco ME, Southbridge MA, Springvale ME, Three Rivers MA, Trumbull CT, Turners Falls MA, Tyngsboro MA, Vermont, Ware MA, Webster MA, West Warwick RI, Westbrook ME, Whitinsville MA, Willimantic CT, Winchendon MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA, Youth -
Coping before l'ètat-providence : Collective Welfare Strategies of New England's Franco-Americans
Article describing religious institutions and mutual aid societies created by French Canadian immigrant communities in New England around the turn of the century. Their functions for social welfare, economic well-being, and medical necessity among French-speaking, working-class, Catholic migrants. The appearance of these Québec-modeled support mechanisms - often Catholic, non-public - among urban, industrial communities before the appearance of welfare in the United States. Emphasis on Lewiston, Maine hospitals and religious orders; Manchester, New Hampshire and Woonsocket, Rhode Island mutual aid societies. -
Regional Competition for Franco-American Repatriates, 1870-1930
Article describing the logics and methods of Québec repatriation from the United States around the turn of the century. The establishment of the Eastern Townships as a Québec repatriation colony, active solicitation of Franco Americans in the United States, and other efforts of the Québec government to redress a "demographic imbalance" between anglophones and francophones in the region after 1870. Perspectives on repatriation from the standpoint of Québec's various political, cultural, and economic goals; Manitoba and western Canada's goals; as well as from Franco American communities in New England. How French Canadian naturalization in the United States, and French cultural pride in New England, effectively combatted Canadian efforts of repatriation. -
Research Methods in Visual and Comparative Analysis : Transportation and Sociability in Saint-Henri, Quebec and Lowell, Massachusetts, 190545
Article analyzing how Montréal, Québec and Lowell, Massachusetts photography provides a means for exploring the relationship between patterns of transportation, public space, and social life through the early twentieth century. The history of North American urban streets as related to certain social, economic, and cultural elements of these North American cities. Suggestions for serious and selective approaches to studying photography together with historical texts. Discussion of theoretical implications for the use of photographs in historical research, with one collection of photographs from Montréal's Saint-Henri and four collections from Lowell's "Little Canada" as case studies. -
Une journaliste franco-américaine au seuil de l'avant-garde : l'espace des possibles d'Yvonne Le Maître (1876-1954)
Un article sur les oeuvres et la vie sociale d'une journaliste franco-américaine de Pierreville, Québec et Lowell, Massachusetts - Yvonne Le Maître - aux États-Unis, au Canada, et en Europe. La particularité de sa variété d'écriture dans le cadre de son travail comme journaliste, aussi de sa mobilité , "à partir de l'état actuel des connaissances sur les écrivaines canadiennces-françaises" (79). ù ses lettres et piièces journalistiques se sont préoccupés avec les thièmes critiques et artistiques du "futurisme," "cubisme," et la modernité. En quelle façon sa contexte franco-américaine - ou "franco"et "américain" - concerne les formes de son travail. Un accent sur l'impact de son temps passé dans les cercles sociaux internationaux, spécifiquement en Paris. -
Teaching Language Varieties for Communication
Article exploring the extent to which non-native speakers of French are able to communicate with native French speakers of Canadian heritage. Presentation of a study conducted in Lowell, Massachusetts with native speakers and non-native French-language students. Discrepancies in vocabulary usage and comprehension among native speakers, as found in the author's study, and some observations on their communication with non-native, student-age speakers of French. -
Constant Turmoil : The Politics of Industrial Life in Nineteenth-Century New England
Book-length social history exploring the development of industry, industrial life, and the power of the politics surrounding them in southeastern New England - especially Fall River, Massachusetts - in the nineteenth century. Discussions of gender in the contexts of textile mill work and labor unionism; immigrant workforces, class consciousness, and inter-worker strife. Includes a critical assessment of primary sources consulted, as well as an appendix with demographic and economic data tables referred to in the text.Tags Business and Economics, Connecticut, Coventry RI, English Americans, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Labor History, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, Meriden CT, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Norwalk CT, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Rhode Island, Social History -
Les Franco-Américains : 1860-1980
Un bref historique complet sur les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre jusqu'à 1980. Une étude socielle, culturelle, démographique, et historiographique, basée "sur les travaux historiques existant" états-uniniens sur ce peuple et ses communautés dans le nord-est. Le mouvement, les paroisses et voisinages, les vies et le travail d'un peuple émigrant canadien-français et ses descendants. Des pensées sur le concept de "la survivance." Écrit par un scolaire français. Des illustrations en noir et blanc (photographie; dessins).Tags Albany NY, Auburn ME, Barre VT, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Burlington VT, Cabotville MA, Central Falls RI, Chicopee Falls MA, Chicopee MA, Clubs and Societies, Cohoes NY, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Greek Americans, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Old Town ME, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Rochester NY, Rutland VT, Salmon Falls NH, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Troy NY, Waltham MA, Ware MA, White River Junction VT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
A New Order of Things : How the Textile Industry Transformed New England
General history of the textile industry and its workers in the towns and cities of New England. From early domestic and small-scale manufacturing in the 17th and 18th centuries, to weaving industries of the early 19th, to the massive riverside brick mill structures and labor forces that persisted into the later 20th century. Contains scholarship, oral histories, and many illustrations in painting and photograph of industrial-era settings, workers, and their manufacturing equipment. Written by former director of the American Textile History Museum and the Maine State Museum.Tags Alna ME, Andover MA, Androscoggin River Valley, Augusta ME, Berlin NH, Billerica MA, Blackstone River Valley, Braintree MA, Brunswick ME, Business and Economics, Chelmsford MA, Clinton MA, Dedham MA, Dover NH, Dracut MA, Dudley MA, Emigration and Immigration, England, Fall River MA, Gardiner ME, Gonic NH, Hallowell ME, Harrisville NH, Holden MA, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Kingston NH, Labor History, Laconia NH, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lincoln RI, Londonderry NH, Lovell ME, Lowell MA, Ludlow MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Middlefield NY, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Newburyport MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Rhode Island, Rockville CT, Rowley MA, Saco ME, Salem MA, Salem NH, Sanford ME, Slatersville RI, Somersworth NH, South Waterford ME, Springvale ME, St. John River Valley, Taunton MA, Ware MA, Warren RI, Webster MA, Winthrop ME, Worcester MA, Yarmouth ME, York ME -
Performing the Postindustrial : The Limits of Radical History in Lowell, Massachusetts
Article that critically examines the relationship between the historical content of the Lowell National Historic Park (NHP) - built in the 1970s within the former mill architecture of Lowell, Massachusetts - and the ways and contexts in which this content is performed. Remarks on the conceptual birth of the Lowell NHP within the twentieth-century growth of "public history" as a discipline and an industry in the United States; the park's theoretical orientations. How the park's means of describing the textile industry and its workers in Lowell has the effect of relegating industrial life to the past and, as the author argues, "reinforc[ing], on a fundamental level, the continuing creation of Lowell as a postindustrial place" (94). How the growth of the park relates to a theory of the gentrification of the city of Lowell. -
Les archives des Franco-Américains et des Acadiens de la Nouvelle-Angleterre
Une briève étude sur les archives au Québec, au Nouveau-Brunswick, et dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre qui abritent des matériaux significatives à l'histoire des Franco-Américains et Acadiens dans le nord-est des États-Unis. Descriptions des sociétés, bibliothièques municipales, universités et collièges, services d'archives gouvernementaux, sociétés généalogiques, et des autres référentiels et leurs collections franco-américaines spécifiques. Une liste des principaux organismes et institutions d'archives - et leurs infos, site-ouièbes - au Canada et aux États-Unis qui conservent des matériaux franco-américains.Tags Auburn ME, Biddeford ME, Bridgeport CT, Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Clubs and Societies, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- Historiography, North Brookfield MA, Norwich CT, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Saco ME, Vermont, Ware MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
L'émigration des Canadiens aux États-Unis avant 1930 : mesure du phénomiène
Une analyse des principles sources statistiques sur l'émigration de peuples canadiens aux ètats-Unis avant 1930. Des tableaux et des graphiques démographique; des notes evaluatives par l'auteur sur leur signification et leur importance pour comprendre le processus de cent ans de migration. Des données provenant de sources informatiques gouvernmentales de Canada et des ètats Unis, de recherche académiques, et d'autres sources ; des explications et comparaisons des données. Accent géographique sur ¹¹le mouvement au Nord-Est américain. Table des matiières:
Introduction 1 - Les statistiques migratoires des ètats-Unis
2 - Les recensements américains
3 - Les recensements canadiens
4 - Les enquêtes gouvernmentales
5 - Les statistiques et les enquêtes non officielles
6 - Confrontation des principales sources statistiques en vue de determiner le volume de l'émigration des Canadiens aux ètats-Unis
Conclusion
Bibliographie
Listes des tableaux et des graphiquesTags Biddeford ME, Bridgeport CT, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, California, Canada, Central Falls RI, Cohoes NY, Colorado, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Government and Politics, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Haven CT, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, North Adams MA, North Dakota, Northampton MA, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Rutland VT, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Taunton MA, Troy NY, Vermont, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Winooski Falls VT, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
French Contributions to America
Historical text on French, French Canadian, and Franco American persons significant to political, social, religious, and artistic life in the United States both before and after 1776 - from the early 17th century to the 1940s. Composed of descriptions of events, deeds, and works in their historical contexts; a collection of brief biographical profiles and popular lists; genealogical sketches; place names, architecture, and businesses; and illustrative quotations. Particular geographical emphases on the Midwest and Northeast/New England regions, with consideration of whole of the United States up to 1940. Includes French translations of the Star-Spangled Banner and the Declaration of Independence. Concludes with a lengthy bibliography. Contains the following chapters: French Seedling in America For God and Country Huguenots' Contributions In the Heart of America French Military Men Explorers, Frontiers' Men, Founders Expansion of Religion Versatility Outstanding Americans of French Descent Bits of French Benevolent Works Attainments Franco-American WritersTags Arctic Centre RI, Arizona, Art and Architecture, Attleboro MA, Augusta ME, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Cambridge MA, Canada, Central Falls RI, Chelsea MA, Clubs and Societies, Cohoes NY, Colorado, Everett MA, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, Fiction and Literature, Fitchburg MA, Florida, Fort Kent ME, France, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Huguenots, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iroquois, Journalism, Kennebec River Valley, Kentucky, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Music, Nashua NH, Native Americans, New Mexico, New York, Newburyport MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, North America, North Dakota, Oswego NY, Pawtucket RI, Pennsylvania, Penobscot River Valley, Plainville CT, Plattsburgh NY, Poetry, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rochester NH, Rutland VT, Salem MA, Sanford ME, Scarborough ME, Sharon Heights MA, Shirley MA, Somerville NH, South Berwick ME, South Carolina, South Dakota, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, St. Croix River Valley, St. Lawrence River Valley, Suncook NH, United States, US Midwest, Violence, Virginia, Wabanaki, Waltham MA, Wanton VT, War, Watertown NY, Waterville ME, West Warwick RI, Winooski VT, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Les Francos, ces Américains bien de chez nous
Le douziième chapitre d'un texte historique sur le présence d'héritage français aux États-Unis jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Basé en grande partie sur les voyages des auteurs français aux États-Unis, entretiens et témoignages des états-uniens. Ce chapitre traite des <i>Francos</i> - les Franco-Américains d'héritage canadien-français dans le nord-est des États. Prémiièrement, une discussion historique sur des aspects agricoles et industriels de l'immigration canadienne-française en Nouvelle-Angleterre, et ces vagues de migration marquées par trois guerres américaines: La guerre de Sécession, la Prémiière Guerre mondiale, la Deuxiième Guerre mondiale. Un développement des communautés franco-américaines comme lié à l'autorité de l'Église catholique. L'affaire Flint et le Mouvement Sentinelliste. Deuxiièmement, témoignages des <i>Francos</i> d'aujourd'hui. Des pensées sur l'héritage culturel français - et sa rôle dans la vie quotidienne - dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre. En quelle façon des villes d'héritage franco-américain en Nouvelle-Angleterre ont transformées, et dans le Minnesota. Un accent particulier sur Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Commentaire de: Loriane, Mariette, et Elaine Castonguay; Yvon Labbé; Claire Quintal; Adele St. Pierre; Michael Rainville.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Jay ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Minneapolis MN, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Essay, Orono ME, Québec, Religion, St. John River Valley, St. Paul MN, Travel and Movement, War, Woonsocket RI -
Whose Church Is It? Ethnic Tensions and Church Organization in New England Catholic History
Journal publication of a brief presentation on the history of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, with an emphasis on the prevalence of Catholicism among ethnic immigrant communities from the 19th century onward. Certain tensions between ethic Catholic communities, particularly between Irish and French Canadians that share a common geography. Historical events and conditions surrounding the ownership and governance of church buildings and property. Definitions of "corporation aggregate" and "corporation sole" as two systems of church administration. Offered in light of, and referencing, a 1990s controversy surrounding the occupation of St. Joseph's Church by its parishioners in Worcester, Massachusetts, in protest of its demolition. -
En quête d'Amérique
Booklet accompaniment to the 1990 exhibition, "En quête d'Amérique," created by the Museology Program at Laval University and Québec's Musée de la civilisation. A brief presentation of the contemporary French Canadian presence in North America as a series of quests and a reflection of popular mobility. Migration between Québec and New England from 1840 to 1930; between Québec and Western Canada; and to the US Midwest and West Coast. Published as an extension of the 1990 colloquium, "Le Québec et les francophones de la Nouvelle-Angleterre," sponsored by the Chaire pour le développement de la recherche sur la culture d'expression française em Amérique du Nord. -
« Gardons contact » : l'expérience épistolaire de Jean-Henri et de Maxime-Ovila Freniière en Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1912-1929
Une exploration de la correspondance par lettre d'un pière à son fils au début du XXe siiècle, entre deux villes de la Nouvelle-Angleterre - Rutland, Vermont et Springfield, Massachusetts. L'étude d'une correspondance privée afin de mieux comprendre l'expérience complexe de migration canadienne-française ù elle concernait le travail, la famille, et l'individu dans le début du XXe siiècle. -
L'émigration des Québécois aux États-Unis de 1840 à 1930
Un petit livre qui présente un compte général, des chiffres démographique, et un étude historique sur l'émigration québécoise à la Nouvelle-Angleterre et le Midwest dans le 19ième siiècle et début du 20ième. Rédigé à partir d'un point de vue du Québec. Présentée avec des tableaux et graphiques, des photos de paysages et de publications passées, et statistiques provenant de diverses études antérieures. Documentation du Conseil de la langue française, Gouvernement du Québec. Contient les sections suivantes: Introduction I - Les débuts du dépeuplement L'enquête de 1849 L'enquête de 1857 II - La montée du mouvement Des chiffres, mais... Les paroisses nationales et le mode de vie des Franco-Américains III - Le sommet (1880-1890) Une enquête dans le comté du Champlain Des réactions dans le milieu d'accueil IV - Déclin et renversement du mouvement Les Franco-Américains du début du XXe siiècle: une population à prédominance masculine et qui vieillit Les rentrées massives au pays et l'immigration américaine Conclusion BibliographieTags Albany NY, Biddeford ME, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Cohoes NY, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Gender and Sexuality, Holyoke MA, Kansas, Lake Linden MI, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Meriden CT, Minnesota, Missouri, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Photography, Québec, Rhode Island, Rutland VT, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Taunton MA, Troy NY, US Midwest, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Winooski Falls VT, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Journalisme et création romanesque en Nouvelle-Angleterre francophone, 1876-1936
Essai qui identifie les plus anciennes des romans québec-américains, et qui explore les façons dont ces écrits refliètent l'expérience québec-américain vers le début du XXe siiècle. Comprend les romans suivants: "Jeanne la fileuse," d'Honoré Beaugrand; "Les deux testaments," d'Anna Duval-Thibault; "Canuck," de Camille Lessard-Bissonette; "L'innocente victime," d'Adélard Lambert; et "Mirbah," d'Emma Port-Joli. Les dates de ces écrits, les contextes historiques de leur publication; des thièmes de la classe, la nationalité, la sexualité, etc., qu'ils transmettent. -
Le français en Nouvelle-Angleterre
Bref essai sur la langue et la démographie franco-américaine dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre dans les années 1970. Comparaisons spécifiques entre les traits de la langue française et ses usages en Nouvelle-Angleterre et au Canada, avec de brièves contextes historiques pour leur développement général. Présenté dans un recueil d'écrits sur les francophones hors de France, et avec un sentiment envers la préservation culturelle et linguistique. Suivie par une briève bibliographie.Composé des sections suivantes: Introduction Configurations spatiales du peuplement de la Nouvelle-Angleterre par les Franco-Américains Les étapes de l'histoire franco-américaine Chiffres relatifs a la population franco-américaine contemporaine Traits communs au français canadien et au français de Nouvelle-Angleterre Traits distinctifs du français de Nouvelle-Angleterre Les perspectivesTags Adams MA, Auburn ME, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Cambridge MA, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Connecticut, Demography, Dudley MA, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Killingly CT, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, North Adams MA, Old Town ME, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Québec, Rhode Island, Saco ME, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Taunton MA, Vermont, Ware MA, Warwick RI, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Webster MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Pour Résoudre la Crise de l'Enseignement du français dans nos Ecoles Paroissiales
Sous-titrée, "Actes du IXe Congreès des Franco-américains tenu aè Providence, Rhode Island, les 11 et 12 novembre 1966." Des actes d'un congreès de 1966 dont le but principal était une discussion sur l'état de la langue française dans les écoles paroissiales de Nouvelle-Angleterre: la rareté croissante de la langue parmi les jeunes étudiants, et quelques suggestions pour son avenir. Des orateurs (religieuses, académiques, etc.) utilisent quelques examples des enseignants, étudiants, écoles, et paroisses dans le New Hampshire et Rhode Island. Le livre est divisé en sections: Avant-Propos Proclamation du IXe Congreès des Franco-Américains Programme du IXe Congreès Bienvenue au IXE Congreès des Franco-Américains, par M. Henri-A. Melançon, président du Comité Franco-Américain du Rhode Island "Le Comité de Vie Franco-Américaine et la grande résolution du VIIIe Congreès des Franco-Américains" par M. Louis-I. Martel, président du Comité de Vie Franco-Américaine "Pour resoudre la crise de l'enseignement du francais dans nos écoles paroissiales" par M. le docteur Robert A. Beaudoin Questionnaire destiné a servir de guide aux délibérations des commissions d'études du IXe Congreès Voeux et Résolutions du IXe Congreès des Franco-americains Discours de Son Excellence Mgr Russell J. McVinney, éveque du diocese de Providence, an Banquet du IXe Congreès Remise des insignes de l'Ordre du Mérite Franco-Américain à Soeur Raymond de Jesus, F.S.E., par Antonio Prince, chancelier de l'OrdreTags Boston MA, Bridgeport CT, Burlington VT, Chicopee MA, Clubs and Societies, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Education, Fall River MA, Gorham NH, Hartford CT, Jaffrey NH, Language and Linguistics, Leominster MA, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Norwich CT, Petersham MA, Portland ME, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Religion, Rhode Island, Springfield MA, Tupper Lake NY, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Guide franco-américain : Les Franco-Américains et la Guerre Mondiale
Un repertoire des noms, professions, et brièves biographies des principaux citoyens franco-américains dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre, New York, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, et Minnesota. Organisé par état, diocièse catholique, ville, et paroisse. Cette édition remarque sur la participation des Franco-Américains dans la Premiière Guerre mondiale, indiquant le nombre et les noms de soldats et marins qui ont venu de chaque paroisse. Contient aussi des listes des couvents et collièges significatives pour la franco-américanie dans cette période. De l'introduction: "La guerre mondiale a fourni aux Franco-Américains une splendide occasion de montrer, non seulement aux Etats-Unis, mais au monde entier, la pureté de leur patriotisme....[N]ous croyons que le présent volume, avec les informations qu'il contient, aidera à prouver que les Franco-Américains, comme toujours ont fait leur devoir, que la cause Américaine est la leur, et qu'ils ne sont pas des étrangers dans ce pays."Tags Adams MA, Albany NY, Albion RI, Alburg VT, Aldenville MA, Alpena MI, Amesbury MA, Arctic Centre RI, Attleboro MA, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Bakersville VT, Baltic CT, Barbeau MI, Barton VT, Bay City MI, Bennington VT, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Black Brook NY, Bourbonnais IL, Bradley IL, Bridgeport CT, Bristol CT, Bristol VT, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burke NY, Burlington VT, Cadillac MI, Calumet MI, Cambridge MA, Cape Vincent NY, Caribou ME, Carolltown MI, Central Falls RI, Champlain NY, Chazy NY, Cheboygan MI, Chelsea MA, Chicago IL, Chicopee Falls MA, Chicopee MA, Claremont NH, Clayton NY, Clintonville NY, Cloquet MN, Cochituate MA, Cohoes NY, Concord NH, Connecticut, Constable NY, Cooks Mills MI, Cooperville NY, Dafoe MI, Daigle ME, Danielson CT, Dannemora NY, Death and Disaster, Detroit MI, Dodgeville MA, Dover NH, Duluth MN, East Dorset VT, Easthampton MA, Ellenburg NY, Enosburg Falls VT, Epping NH, Escanaba IL, Essex Junction VT, Everett MA, Fairfield ME, Fairfield VT, Fairhaven MA, Fall River MA, Faribault MN, Fiskdale MA, Fitchburg MA, Fort Covington NY, Fort Kent ME, Franklin NH, Frenchville ME, Gardner MA, Gardner MI, Gilbertville MA, Glens Falls NY, Gonic NH, Grand Isle ME, Graniteville VT, Greenland MI, Greenland NH, Greenville ME, Grosvenordale CT, Groveton NH, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Highgate VT, Hillsborough NH, Holyoke MA, Hooksett NH, Hudson Falls NY, Illinois, Indian Orchard MA, Ipswich MA, Iron Mountain MI, Ishpeming MI, Island Pond VT, Jackman ME, Jewett City CT, Kankakee IL, Keeseville NY, Laconia NH, Lake Clear NY, Lake Linden MI, Lawrence MA, Lebanon NH, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Linwood MI, Long Lake NY, Lowell MA, Lowell VT, Ludlow MA, Lyndonville VT, Lynn MA, Mackinac Island, Madawaska ME, Maine, Malone NY, Manchang MA, Manchester NH, Manistee MI, Manville RI, Mapleville RI, Marieville RI, Marlboro MA, Marlborough NH, Marquette MI, Martinsburg NY, Massachusetts, Menomenee MI, Meriden CT, Michigan, Millbury MA, Milton VT, Minneapolis MN, Minnesota, Moers Forks NY, Moosup CT, Morrisonville NY, Nashua NH, Natick RI, New Bedford MA, New Hampshire, New Haven CT, New York, Newburyport MA, Newport VT, Newton MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Norfolk NY, North Adams MA, North Attleborough MA, Northampton MA, Norton VT, Occum CT, Old Town ME, Onaway MI, Pawtucket RI, Perkins MI, Peru NY, Phenix RI, Piercefield NY, Pinconning MI, Pittsfield MA, Plattsburgh NY, Portland ME, Presque Isle ME, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Richford VT, Rochester NH, Rouse's Point NY, Rumford ME, Rutland VT, Saginaw MI, Salem MA, Salmon Falls NH, Sanbornville NH, Sanford ME, Sault Sainte Marie MI, Shelburne VT, Sheridan ME, Shirley MA, Skowhegan ME, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Spalding MI, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Springvale ME, St. Albans VT, St. Johnsbury VT, St. Paul MN, St. Regis NY, Suncook NH, Taftville CT, Taunton MA, Three Rivers MA, Tilton NH, Trout River NY, Troy NY, Tupper Lake NY, Turners Falls MA, Underhill VT, Van Buren ME, Vergennes VT, Vermont, Waltham MA, War, Ware MA, Warren MA, Warren RI, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Wauregan CT, Webster MA, West Springfield MA, Westbrook ME, Westport MA, Williamstown MA, Willimantic CT, Windsor VT, Winooski VT, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
La franco-américanie ou le Québec d'en bas
Essai sur certains rélations entre l'émigration québécoise envers les Etats-Unis, la prolétarisation d'une population francophone nord-américaine, et la montée du nationalisme au Quebec à la seconde moitié du XIXe siiècle. Comment la classe ouvriière émigrante dans des collectivités comme Woonsocket, Rhode Island, nous aident à comprendre la franco-américanie et l'histoire du Québec. L'auteur utilise des ressources écrites et orales. De l'auteur: "Par l'exemple de Woonsocket au Rhode Island, l'auteur tente d'illustrer les caractières historiques de cette partie majeure de la diaspora québécoise en Amérique du Nord; preuve de l'immense influence au XIXe siiècle, de la République américaine sur le développement d'un Québec moderne." (résumé) From the author: "...Through the example of Woonsocket in Rhode Island, the author illustrâtes the major elements of Franco-American history. As the most important component of the Québécois diaspora in North America, the New England French populations provide strong evidence, in the nineteenth century, of the enduring influence of the American Republic on the shaping of a modem day Québec" (abstract).Tags Albion RI, Biddeford ME, Blackstone River Valley, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Gilbertville MA, Greenville NH, Holyoke MA, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Pawtucket RI, Québec, Social History, Southbridge MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
To be French in North America
Critical article exploring the author's notion of a "fundamental unity" among French heritage peoples in North America: a consciousness unified in historical defeat and nostalgic glorification. The ways in which North American political, artistic, and literary figures engage this idea in their French- and English-language works, both successfully and unsuccessfully. Refers to Jack Kerouac, Iry LeJeune, and others. How Québec - as political entity and population - is both an example of and an exception to the author's chosen theme. Featured in a Toronto, Ontario magazine of arts and literature. -
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 -
The Canadian-French invasion of New England
Opinion piece comparing 21st-century Mexican and other Latin American immigration in the United States with the late 19th- and early 20th-century immigration of Québécois and Acadian people from Canada to New England. Thoughts on historical patterns and general experiences of assimilation. The writer's response to some comments on contemporary immigration made by US radio personality, Howie Carr. -
Histoire et statistiques des Canadiens-Américains du Connecticut : Congreès nationaux, 1885-1898
Livre qui présente les "minutes des Conventions Nationales des Canadiens-Américains de l'état du Connecticut," enregistrées de 13 congreès nationaux entre 1885 et 1898. Divisées par année et par rencontre, ces minutes contiennent des discussions sur la naturalistion, la langue, la religion, l'education, et aussi que le groupe lui-même comme represantant "les colonies franco-canadiennes de l'Etat du Connecticut" (Préface). Livre publie un tableau de la démographie canadienne-française par ville dans le Connecticut à 1898. Montre aussi par intermittence des portraits et des biographies d'hommes d'affaires, des prêtres et autres personnes significatives de ces réunions et aux Franco-Américains de Connecicut à la fin du 19ième siiècle. Les hommes apparaissent dans l'ordre suivant: L'Honorable Hugo-A. Dubuque Docteur Omer Larue Rév. F.-X. Chagnon M. David-Adelphie Dolbec M. Eugeène Cartier M. David-Pierre Chabot M. Roch Quessy M. Joseph M. Baril M. Octave Lanouette M. Jules Baribault Rév. J.-E. Bourret M. Louis-Joseph Tétreault Docteur A.-D. David Docteur Charles-J. Leclaire M. H.-J. Reeves M. J.-B. Vallée Rév. Charles-Ferdinand Bédard Rév. Joseph-Ubalde-Jean Papillon M. Benjamin Bonin M. Louis-J. Perreault M. Louis-P. Lamoureux Docteur James-Fabien McIntosh M. Henri Paradis M. T.-A. Paradis Rév. J.-A.-N. Grenier M. William-S. Buteau M. Alexandre Commette Rév. J.-L. Desaulniers M. Rémi Marsan Rév. Joseph-Philippe Perreault Rév. Ulderic-Oscar Bellerose M. Philéas Dion Rév. Ernest Lamontagne Docteur Joseph-N. Bellemare Rév. J.-E. Senesac Docteur L.-O. Morasse M. Wilbrod L'Heureux M. Joseph-Octave Blanchette M. F.-X. Nobert M. David-P. Comtois Docteur Arthur-O. Baribault M. Joseph Lavigne Rév. J.-H. Chapdelaine M. Théodore Potvin M. Hormisdas Dion M. Alphonse Chagnon Docteur Charles-H. Girard M. Joseph Mullen M. Edmond-A. Parent M. N.-P. Forcier M. D.-P. Auclair M. J.-N. Bernier M. Lucien PratteTags Ansonia CT, Attawaugan CT, Avon CT, Ballouville CT, Baltic CT, Beacon Falls CT, Bennington VT, Bethel CT, Branford CT, Bridgeport CT, Bristol CT, Brooklyn CT, Business and Economics, Canton CT, Central Village CT, Centreville CT, Champlain NY, Clubs and Societies, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Coventry CT, Cromwell CT, Danbury CT, Danielson CT, Danielsonville CT, Dayville CT, Demography, Derby CT, Eagleville CT, East Hartford CT, East Killingly CT, Elmville CT, Excelville CT, Fall River MA, Fishkill NY, Glasgo CT, Greeneville CT, Greenwich CT, Groton CT, Haddam CT, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Hazardville CT, Huntington CT, Jewett City CT, Journalism, Lowell MA, Manchester CT, Manchester NH, Mechanicsville CT, Meriden CT, Middletown CT, Milford CT, Montville CT, Moosup CT, Naugatuck CT, New Boston CT, New Britain CT, New England, New Hartford CT, New Haven CT, New London CT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, North Grosvenordale CT, North Haven CT, North Windham CT, Norwalk CT, Norwich CT, Norwich Falls CT, Oneco CT, Palmer CT, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Pineville CT, Plainfield CT, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Quinebaug CT, Religion, Seymour CT, Shelton CT, Somers CT, South Coventry CT, Southington CT, Sprague CT, Stafford CT, Stafford Springs CT, Stamford CT, Sterling CT, Stonington CT, Taftville CT, Thompsonville CT, Torrington CT, Versailles CT, Voluntown CT, Wallingford CT, Waterbury CT, Waterville CT, Wauregan CT, Westfield MA, Williamsville CT, Willimantic CT, Windsor Locks CT, Windsor Mills CT, Winsted CT -
L'Alliance française de Lowell : 1937-1947
Une publication de conférences - historiques, artistiques, académiques, culturels - faites par divers intervenants américains et internationaux au Cercle de Lowell, une branche de la Fédération de l'Alliance Française aux Etats-Unis, entre 1937 et 1947. Ces conférences étaient publié précédemment dans L'Etoile, un périodique de Lowell, Massachusetts. Commence par une briève introduction à l'Alliance Française et son Cercle de Lowell. Du texte: "[On] avait déja publié en 1937 un premier volume sur l'Alliance Francaise de Lowell qu'il avait dédié 'à la gloire des canadiens-francais, nos peres au pays, qui nous ont conservés catholiques et francais' et 'à l'honneur de la génération franchement franco-américaine du XXe siecle qui arbore bien haut le flambeau de la survivance, et à l'édification des générations franco-américaines à venir pour leur persévérance dans la foi et les traditions des ancetres'." Contient les écrits et les conférences suivantes, dans leur ordre d'apparition: Frontispice, Dédicace, et Préface Historique de l'Alliance française de Lowell (1937-1947) SAISON 1936-1937 "La France telle que l'étranger ne la connaît pas: la famille française," Raymond Lange "Théâtre de Brieux," Léon Lemonnier "Napoléon et la politique étrangière actuelle de la France," Raymond Gaston-Chérau "Les cinq siièges de Québec," Lt-col. Ernest Legaré SAISON 1937-1938 "La Société française à la veille de la Révolution," Mme. Aline Caro-Delvaille "Chansons du folklore français," Mme. Adièle de Doudeuil "L'opinion publique en France: sa formation et son role," Pierre de Lanux "Tragiques amours de princesses au Moyen-Age," Duc de Lévis-Mirepoix "Les droits patriotiques des minorités," R.P.J.-Vincent Ducattillon, o.p. SAISON 1938-1939 "Concert de chansons françaises et de folklore," Le Petit Septuor de la Bonne Chanson "Louis-XIV, Roi Soleil," Le consul François Briière "Discours du novel officier d'Académie" "Noà«ls de France," Mme. Jeanne Brondel-Allen " 'Les Perles de la Couronne' " (film français) "Le portrait française de Fouquet à Cézanne," Charles Sterling " 'La Normandie,' 'Les provinces françaises' " (films français) "Grandeur de la musique française de notre siiècle," Henry Malherbe "Quelques aspects méconnus de la survivance franco-américaine," Edward-B. Ham "Dicours du nouvel officier d'Académie" SAISON 1939-1940 "En marge d'une crise: Psychologie comparée des Français et des Allemands," Frédéric Urmatt "C'est le 10e anniversaire" "Paul Claudel: l'homme et l'oeuvre," R.P. Léon Loranger, o.m.i. "Diseuse," Germaine Arosa "Sarah Bernhardt: tragédienne de l'amour," Louis Allard " 'Le Roussillon' et 'Le Veille d'Armes' " (films français) SAISON 1940-1941 "L'Acadie Louisianaise: sa langue, ses traditions, ses coutumes," André Lafargue "La France se roidit déjà pour résister au vainqueur," André Morize "Sketches monologués," André Frere "Expériences d'un Français attaché à la B E F en Flandres et à Dunkerque," Comte Jehan de Noue " 'Son premier bal,' " Cercle dramatique de New-Bedford SAISON 1941-1942 "Revue des Deux Mondes: choses vues et entendues," Mme Claude Eylan "Un prophiète qu'on n'a pas écouté: Jacques Bainville et l'Europe d'Hier," Robert de St-Jean "L'Alsace fidièle: régime français, régime allemand, situation actuelle," R.P. Jean-Baptiste Pflieger, s.j. "L'histoire de la littérature canadienne-française," Mlle. Marine Leland "Récital de chants français," Camille Girouard SAISON 1942-1943 " 'Le Curé de Village,' " Robert Choquette "L'histoire d'un livre: Maria Chapdelaine," Pauline Moll-Tougas "La démocratie française: hier, aujourd'hui, demain," Roger Picard "La France et l'Europe: les conditions du sécurité de la France," Louis Rougier "La vie intellectuelle au Canada français," Jean Seznec "L'amour dans la poésie canadienne-française," Alice Lemieux-Lévesque "Récital de chansons de folklore français," Pierre Pelletier "La Belgique et la Guerre," Dr. Robert Goffin SAISON 1944-1945 "Les légendes du Vieux Québec," Paul Rainville "La langue française en Haiti: le créole et le folklore," Son Exc. Dantes Bellegarde "Concert de chant avec trio Bilodeau," Gilberte Barrette "Du légendaire, du poétique et du satirique dans la chanson et dans la littérature de folklore françaises," Mme. Louise Arnoux "La France et l'Europe," Louis-J.-A. Mercier SAISON 1945-1946 "La vie à Paris pendant l'occupation," Serge-Paul Sotiroff "David contre Goliath ou l'intelligence française sous l'occupation," George Adam "La France d'octobre 1945," Auguste Viatte "Fantaisies théâtrales," Mme. Fernande Pontalba "Concert d'artistes franco-américains," Diane Morin-Dubé SAISON 1946-1947 "Concert," Les Petits Chanteurs de Nashua "Belle réception à neuf épousées françaises et belges" "Paul Valéry: l'homme et l'oeuvre," Raoul Pelmont "Au service d'une survivance," Abbé Adrien Verrette "Le sacrifice du matin: Des épreuves, un livre," Diner-réception au Général de Bénouville, à Mgr. Guérin et à M. Chambon "Les présentations par le Président" SAISON 1947-1948 "Mon voyage en Europe," Le R.P. Lucien Brassard, O.M.I. "L'écrivain et les grands hommes de ce temps," Le Dr. Maurice Bedel "La vie dans une ville de province en France," Mlle. Suzanna Bertillon Appendice Les Congriès de Paris et de New York "Qu'est-ce qu'une grande nation?" Georges Duhamel "Votre vie est dans vos mains," Vercors L'Alliance française de Lowell Les nouveaux membres de 1939 à nos jours "Epilogue," Albert-L. BourgeoisTags Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Europe, Fiction and Literature, Folklore, France, Germany, Haiti, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lectures, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Performing Arts, Poetry, Québec, United States, War -
A History of Franco-American Journalism
A condensed history of Franco American journalism - from its birth in 1837, to its downturn and fall in 1972. The emigration of French Canadians to the United States and the correspondingly wide and rapid production of Franco American, French language publications in the industrial centers of New England and the US Midwest. The developments and differences in political and cultural attitudes among competing publications. The controversies both spurred and captured in print by Franco American journalists. Varying degrees of Franco journalistic militancy, profiled in comparison to 19th and 20th century American political history in a global context. Emphasis on Franco American journalism in Maine, with other details on the Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island publications best known in New England.Tags Augusta ME, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Canada, Caribou ME, Chicago IL, Cohoes NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord NH, Danielson CT, Detroit MI, Dexter ME, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Farmington ME, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Journalism, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Michigan, Millbury MA, Minnesota, New England, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Northampton MA, Orono ME, Plattsburgh NY, Québec, Rhode Island, Salem MA, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, South Berwick ME, South Brewer ME, St. Albans VT, US Midwest, Van Buren ME, Ware MA, Waterville ME, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Alliance Française, Empire and America
An essay describing France's Alliance Francaise, an internationally established cultural institution dedicated to promoting the French language and fostering dialogue with, about, and around French culture throughout the world. A history of the Alliance in the United States, with particular emphasis on its early 20th-century iterations, and on both the "colonial" and "republican" qualities its mission once embodied (229, 233). The Alliance's engagement with different Franco American communities, especially those in New England. From the author: "By giving voice to different constituencies within the French diasporic family, and by creating spaces for cultural exchange, the Alliance has helped to define the contours of New World Francophone identities" (abstract). Includes the segments, "French republicanism at work," "The Alliance Francaise and Franco-America," and "The Alliance Francaise and la francophonie." From the author: "The Alliance Française is in many respects an intermediary between French America's past and present" (240).Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Africa, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Connecticut, Creoles, Demography, Detroit MI, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, France, Great Lakes Region, Hanover NH, Hartford CT, Lafayette IN, Lafayette LA, Lake Champlain VT, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Orleans LA, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, Northampton MA, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Salem MA, St. Lawrence River Valley, US Midwest, Vermont, War, Waterville ME, Wellesley MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Les Canadiens français des États-Unis (1860-1900) : dévoyés ou missionaires
Un essai qui explore les changements dans les attitudes publiques au Québec - ceux des fonctionnaires, le clergé, et d'autres - vers les émigrants québécois aux Etats-Unis au 19e siiècle. Comment et de quelle façon diès les critiques négatives de Québec de ceux qui ont quitté pour les États-Unis sont devenus remplacé, apriès les efforts de rapatriement a échoué, par des nouvelles réflexions sur l'émigration comme une mission politique et religieux. La periode qui l'auteur appelle «l'ière du mépris» entre 1860 et 1880, comparativement à ce qui a suivi, «une mission providentielle,» évoluant jusqu'à 1900. Parmi les représentants du Québec, de la rhétorique de «rapatriement» de ses émigrants, à l'un de «reconquête» d'un territoire nord-américain par ses gens mobiles.Tags Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Haverhill MA, Irish Americans, Journalism, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Springfield MA, Taftville CT, Van Buren ME, Vermont, Worcester MA -
Mill Architecture in Fall River : 1865-1880
The advent of certain southern New England manufactories, and the specific history behind the shapes and builds, the rise and fall, of the granite textile mills of Fall River, Massachusetts. Historical progression of mill development and those who spurred it in the Fall River/Rhode Island area from the early 19th century to the post-Civil War era. How the architectural planning, machinery, and industrial capacities of the Fall River mills in the 19th century owe much to the British industrial designs of that period. The independence of Fall River architects and industrial organizations, and the scope of their achievements. Specific exterior and interior design properties of some Fall River textile mills versus those of other comparable Massachusetts structures, with an emphasis on those built between 1865 and 1880.Tags Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, England, Fall River MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Art and Architecture, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Rehoboth MA, Rhode Island, Somerset MA -
L'Alliance française de Lowell
Une publication de conférences - historiques, artistiques, académiques, culturels - faites par divers intervenants américains et internationaux au Cercle de Lowell, une branche de la Fédération de l'Alliance Française aux Etats-Unis, entre 1929 et 1936. Ces conférences étaient publié précédemment dans L'Etoile, un périodique de Lowell, Massachusetts. Commence par une briève introduction à l'Alliance Française et son Cercle de Lowell. Du texte: "Ce livre a une mission, la meme que semble s'etre imposee son auteur tant a titre de journaliste que de travailleur social infatigable: celle de collaborer par des ouevres à la cause de la Survivance française aux Etats-Unis" (7). Contient les écrits et les conférences suivantes, dans leur ordre d'apparition: Frontispice, Dédicace, et Préface Historique du Cercle de Lowell de l'Alliance Française "Notre-Dame de Paris," Marcel Aubert "La galanterie française," Marcel Braunschvig "La valeur humaine de la culture française," André Morize "Le miroir de l'âme," Dr. Joseph Nolin "Clemenceau," Gaston Gille "La France devant la civilisation américaine," Louis Landré "La cour et les maisons royales: la vie à Versailles, Saint-Germain, Fontainebleau, Marly et Trianon," Charles Maricheau-Beaupré "Moliière, la musique et le cinéma," Léon Vallas "Un cas de conscience national," R.P. Georges Simard, o.m.i. "Le 'Malade Imaginaire,'" Chorale Saint-Jean-Baptiste "Les hommes de la Révolution, d'apriès Louis Madelin," Dr. Julien-J. Champenois "Paris et l'Exposition Coloniale," Paul-V. Donovan "Les femmes à l'époque de Moliere," R.P. Engelbert, a.a. "Relations artistiques entre la France et les Etats-Unis," Louis Réau "Impressions d'un Français au Canada en 1932," Raoul Blanchard "L'évolution de la France depuis 1870," André Allix "Esprit francais, esprit critique," André Morize "Autour de Noel: traditions, légendes, poésies," André Morize "Walt Whitman - l'homme et son oeuvre," Rosaire Dion-Levesque "Trois villes, trois mondes: Paris, Londres, New-York," Jean Canu "Napoléon, directeur de théatre," Louis Allard "L'esclave et l'enfant à travers la littérature latine et leur émancipation par l'Eglise," R.P. Engelbert, a.a. "L'enfance devant la crise," Philippe Soupault "Trois dictateurs: Mussolini, Hitler, Staline," Raymond Lange "La Cote d'Azur de Georges Toudouze," Rodolphe Pepin "Napoléon: d'Ajaccio à Sainte-Hélene," Lina-M. Gremillot "'Le presbytière en fleurs," Cercle dramatique Notre-Dame de Lourdes "Le chevalier d'Eon," Major Max Vivier "Quatre profiles d'ecclésiastiques francais: abbé Délong, Mugnier, Brémond, cardinal Baudrillart," Fernand Baldensperger "Paris sans guide," Josaphat Benoit "Film français," La Maternelle "La Fontaine et ses fables," R.P. Armand Baron, o.m.i. "Les enfants de la promesse (Chez les Franco-Américains)," H.-A. Jules-Bois "Aspects du théâtre contemporain," Albert Farmer Epilogue -
Lewiston : Off the Tourist Track to a Pretty Nice, Pretty French City
Documentary piece on Lewiston, Maine, illustrated in black and white photo. Fluid city descriptions and drawn-out interviews with Lewiston residents spanning three generations enter readers into the life of the early twentieth-century industrial Maine city: its mills, its neighborhoods, its homes. First-person accounts of textile mill work and working-class family life. The texture of Lewiston-Auburn's historically French cultural landscape, and the changes endured by this culture from its American inception to 1990. Featured in an issue of "Salt" entitled, "Maine's Ethnic Groups: Part 2 - Franco-Irish-Swedish-Americans."Tags Androscoggin River Valley, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Bangor ME, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Mills and Mill Work, Portland ME, Sanford ME, Social History, Vermont, Waterville ME, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
A Profile of Franco-American Political Attitudes in New England
A scholarly paper exploring some of the potential reasons for the absence of Franco Americans from political life in New England, and, in the author's estimation, the apparent reluctance of Franco Americans to engage in the public life and political leadership of their respective cities and states. The "attitudes" of New England Franco Americans toward politics in general. Some discussion of "the French-Canadian Ethos" and its historical foundations in Quebec, the place of assimilation in Franco American life, and the cultural context of twentieth-century Franco American political activity. Unpublished paper written for John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Also featured in A Franco-American Overview : New England, Part 1 of 2.Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Canada, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Claremont NH, Connecticut, Demography, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, France, Franklin NH, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Laconia NH, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Nashua NH, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, North Adams MA, Pawtucket RI, Putnam CT, Rhode Island, Rochester NH, Rumford ME, Salem MA, Sanford ME, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Van Buren ME, Vermont, Waterville ME, Winooski VT, Winslow ME, Woonsocket RI -
La situation du Français aux États-Unis
Un rapport démographique et culturelle sur les réalites de la présence francophone et franco-américaine aux Etats-Unis. Ce rapport fournit des chiffres et autres données descriptives relatives aux efforts du patrimoine français dans les affaires, le divertissement, et l'éducation langue française aux États-Unis. Dans les annexes sont publiés des listes d'organismes et journaux franco-américains. Préparé pour le Conseil de la langue française.Tags Acadia Parish, Alabama, Amesbury MA, Androscoggin County ME, Berlin NH, Bristol County MA, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Coos County NH, Cumberland County ME, Demography, Durham NH, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Evangeline Parish LA, Fall River MA, Film and Television, Franklin VT, Greenville NH, Hartford CT, Hillsborough NH, Holyoke MA, Iberia Parish LA, Lafayette LA, Lafayette Parish LA, Lafourche Parish LA, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Manchester NH, Middlesex County MA, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, North Carolina, Orleans County VT, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Radio, Salem MA, Springfield MA, St. Landry Parish LA, St. Martin Parish LA, Tennessee, Terrebonne Parish LA, US Midwest, Vermilion Parish LA, Washington, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
La Survivance
Article subtitled, "Families of French-Canadian descent once regarded French Catholicism and the French language as inseparable keys to their ethnic survival." An overview of the history and culture of Franco Americans in New England, beginning with the earliest French presence in 17th century North America. How work, religion, and language, historically important to many Franco American New England communities, have changed shapes among other arguably more persistent cultural symbols. Franco American culture as it is seen in the 1980s.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Social History, St. John River Valley, Woonsocket RI -
For Franco-Americans, it's now or never
Subtitled, "French in New England fear their language and culture risk being lost forever unless something is done soon." An article presenting the Franco Americans in Vermont as a people at risk of cultural and linguistic assimilation. Focuses on the worries of a generation of native French speakers and direct descendents of French Canadian American immigrants over threats to their linguistic relevance, unwelcome challenges posed to the cultural currency they pass on to their own descendents, and the historical context that orientates their concerns. Includes commentary from many Vermonters, and relates their difference of opinion as to the role the French language should play in the lives of Franco Americans. Thoughts on the relevance of these concerns to the current (1980s) political movements in Quebec. -
La Bonne Aventure : A Formative Evaluation
A presentation of data collected on the pilot programs of a children's French language television series (La Bonne Aventure) produced by the Maine Public Broadcasting Network and created by Project FACTS. Intended as a review and a "validation" of the program's intentions and achievements. Data is shown in table form with accompanying summary reports of the meanings of certain figures and categories. Includes in the appendices transcripts of the pilot episodes, as well as workbook questions for children viewers, and a questionnaire for parents allowing their children's participation in pilot testing. -
Ils se souviennent, They remember : The quiet presence of New England's Franco-Americans
Article describing modern impressions of Franco American culture in New England, including recent and diverse efforts undertaken to preserve certain of its aspects - language, food, music, and others. Presents descriptions of how Franco American assimilation, and Franco Americans' attitude toward it, are sometimes understood.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Amherst MA, Barrington NH, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Food, Genealogy, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Language and Linguistics, Leominster MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Orono ME, Religion, Webster MA, Woonsocket RI -
Mission catholique et française en Nouvelle-Angleterre
Une collection de discours, sermons, des papiers, des émissions de radio, articles de journaux, les manifestes, et d'autres présentations sur le thième de soutenir et de préserver la religion catholique et la culture franco-américaine dans le vingtiième siiècle. Présentée à l'origine dans différentes villes en Nouvelle-Angleterre et au Québec, mais représentée ici en grande partie par des paroles et écritures de l'auteur, le curé Thomas-Marie Landry, à Fall River, MA. Des opinions concernant les thièmes de la foi, l'ethnicité et la citoyenneté.
Apriès l'avant-propos, les écritures qui suivent:
"Garde le dépot que l'on t'a confié" (sermon, 1942) Réflexions sur le role du pretre chez les Franco-Américains (allocution, 1942) La situation actuelle des Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre (rapport, 1946) "La véritable situation des Franco-Américans de la Nouvelle Angleterre" (rapport, 1952), M. Laure B. Lussier "Y aura-t-il demain une vie franco-américaine en Nouvelle-Angleterre?" (rapport, 1952) La situation franco-américaine (rapport, 1955) Le Franco-Américain de la Nouvelle-Angleterre en cette fin d'année 1958 (causerie) Aux origines de notre destin français (discours, 1958) Les minorités françaises sont-elles viables en Amérique du Nord? (causerie, 1960) Les conditions essentielles à notre survie (discours, 1949) Notre vie franco-américaine (doctrine, 1949) Un manifeste (1955) Solidarité ethnique et fierté nationale (rapport, 1957) Solidarité ethnique et éducation franco-américaine (rapport, 1957) Selon quels sens faut-il diriger l'évolution de notre vie franco-américaine? (discours, 1959) Le clergé franco-américain et les besoins de l'heure présente (article, 1949) La paroisse franco-américaine (sermon, 1952) La mission de la femme franco-américaine d'aujourd'hui (Projet de Manifeste, 1951) Pourquoi cette Fédération féminine franco-américaine? (étude, 1951) La jeunesse franco-américaine à la croisées des chemins (discours, 1948) A quelle école envoyer mon enfant? (conseils, 1950) Conseils à de jeunes étudiantes (discours, 1955) A nos amis, les Artisans (sermon, 1950) La Société des Artisans, les Franco-Américains et le Comité d'Orientation (discours, 1950) Et vous, chers Canado-américains (sermon, 1952) Le journal franco-américain (temoignage, article, 1955) Radio française et vie franco-américaine (1957) Leçons de la fete patronale (allocution, 1945) "Reflexions et remerciements" (allocution, 1954) Trois petits mots d'ordre (allocution, 1954) Voeux et souhaits de Bonne Année (Message du Nouvel An, 1954) Hommages et Voeux (1955) Quelques "remontrances" (causerie, 1956) Souhaits de Bonne Annee (causerie, 1957) La sainte de France (hommage, 1956) Les Saints Martyrs Canadiens (sermon, 1950) Le prêtre (sermon, 1955) Le prêtre-religieux (sermon, 1956) Un curé de chez-nous (éloge, 1947) Et un vicaire (éloge, 1952) Nos religieuses (sermon, 1955) Médecins franco-américains (éloge, 1951) Le docteur Georges A. Boucher (éloge, 1956) Nos magistrats (hommage, 1957) Adieu, chers paroissiens (sermon, 1957)Tags Boston MA, Brockton MA, Burlington VT, California, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Demography, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Florida, France, Gender and Sexuality, Hartford CT, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, New England, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Springfield MA, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA, Youth -
Essai de Journalisme
Essai-livre sur la journal (quotidien, hebdomadaire, etc.) de la langue francaise pour les Franco-Américains dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre dans la fin du XIXe et du début du XXe siiècles. Son importance historique et culturelle. Dédié en grande partie aux efforts d'un journal en particulier - "La Justice" de Holyoke, Massachusetts - et à son leadership éditorial. Conclut avec des sélections de poésie d'un éditeur de La Justice, Joseph Lussier. Les annexes comprennent des listes de romans-feuilletons, des poiètes, des poièmes, et certains articles de la prose publiés dans cette revue de Holyoke. Table des matiières: Le journal franco-américain Le contenu et la forme des journaux La presse franco-américaine de Holyoke Les journaux d'une existence éphémière Louis Tesson: journaliste, romancier, et linguiste Le journalisme franco-américain à Holyoke: 1900 à 1963 La Justice: 1903 à 1963 -Circulation géographique -La role de la religion -Joseph Lussier: écrivain doué, orateur renommé -L'héritage français -Le format et le contenu -Jacques Ducharme -Roméo D. Raymond 1941 à 1963 Conclusion Notes La poésie de Joseph Lussier Appendices A, B, CTags Arlington MA, Concord NH, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fiction and Literature, Fitchburg MA, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Journalism, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Norwich CT, Plattsburgh NY, Poetry, Religion, Somersworth NH, Waterbury CT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
That Other Yankee, The Franco American
Historical essay arguing against a lack of knowledge about French and Franco American agents in the history of the United States, and the harmful cultural and political effects such a lack of knowledge may have in this country's citizens. Touches base on many of the major French persons significant in the history of North America previous to 1776. -
How Many Frenchmen Does It Take To...?
A brief history behind ethnic slurs directed toward Franco Americans in the US Northeast. A historical contextualization of this type of discrimination in government, business, and scholarship. Some historical foundations of the "dumb Frenchman" joke. Also featured in the collection, Voyages: A Maine Franco-American Reader.Tags African Americans, Asian Americans, Auburn ME, Bangor ME, Biddeford ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Cohoes NY, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Journalism, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Mexican Americans, Nashua NH, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Old Town ME, Portuguese Americans, Quinebaug River Valley, Religion, Rhode Island, Violence, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The French-Canadian Family Economy and Standard-of-Living in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1870
Essay on the adaptation of French Canadian farm life to the environments and economies of urban, industrialized Lowell, Massachusetts in the late 19th century. The meanings of this adaptation for living conditions, child labor, and overall family dynamics. Impacts of immigration and labor on the immigrant family's way of life. -
Memoirs of a Xenophobic Boyhood
Personal essay on the class and racial lines of immigrant, industrial New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the twentieth century, as mirrored in the dynamics of the author's family. Explains where the Civil Rights Movement and McCarthyism fit into the way working-class people in certain New England towns thought about themselves and others in terms of race. How such a conversation itself illuminates the role of race in places of little racial diversity, and among families like the author's, whose class conditions seemed to preclude the speaking authority afforded wealthier New Englanders. Featured in a special issue of the independent news weekly, The Village Voice, dedicated to exploring questions of "whiteness." Also published in a reader entitled, Identity Matters: Rhetorics of Difference (Prentice Hall, 1998).Tags Augusta ME, Brattleboro VT, Business and Economics, Coles Grove NH, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Government and Politics, Haverhill MA, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, Salisbury MA, Youth -
The Position of Workers in a Textile Community : Fall River in the Early 1880s
Textile workers in post-Civil-War-era Fall River, Massachusetts. The rapid economic and demographic growth of a city that would become New England's largest center for manufacturing. Immigrant worker diversity and some realities of their Fall River labor and living conditions. Industrial development's impact on the worker. Fall River's national reputation as being a "turbulent" environment for laborers, and a history of the business procedures and philosophies that point to this (238). Commentary on the 1881 study of the Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Statistics with specific consideration for the lives of laborers in Fall River.Tags Alcohol and Drugs, Business and Economics, Emigration and Immigration, English Americans, Fall River MA, Flint Village MA, Irish Americans, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, Mechanicsville MA, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Quequechan River Valley -
The Laborers of Manchester, New Hampshire : The Role of Family and Ethnicity in Adjustment to Industrial Life
An essay on how Manchester, New Hampshire, mill workers "[adapted] to industrial conditions" in the early twentieth century, taking special consideration for the relationships between work, ethnicity, family, and their influences upon one another (250). A certain history of the Amoskeag Corporation of Manchester - its programs of worker welfare and efficiency, their effectiveness, the populations of workers to which they were directed, and their identifiable ambivalence toward ethnic diversity. Worker agency in an industrial milieu: the mobility of laborers and their families between Manchester and other New England industrial communities; the importance of ethnicity and kinship ties in the workplace. The sources and impacts of the labor strike at Amoskeag in 1922.Tags Brunswick ME, Danielson CT, English Americans, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Gender and Sexuality, German Americans, Greek Americans, Irish Americans, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Polish Americans, Scottish Americans, Swedish Americans, Woonsocket RI -
Marist Brothers Sesquicentennial
Yearbook in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Marist Order of Catholic Brothers, and the 75th year of this order in Lowell, Massachusetts. Contains profiles of leading brothers during the year of publication (1967) alongside historical vignettes of the early order and its founder, past brothers, and Lowell achievements. Brothers' participation in parochial education. The second half of the text is composed of advertisements from vendors and organizations supporting the yearbook and the local religious. -
De certains Québécois, pionniers des États-Unis
Une introduction à l'histoire des prémiières Français aux États-Unis, commençant par les explorateurs historiques qui ont établis les noms français de nombreux endroits en Amérique. Le début et la fin de la Nouvelle France, aussi que la grande émigration française-canadienne à la Nouvelle-Angleterre et au Midwest. La maniière dont une dynastie vaincue française est significative aux histoires et noms de lieux aux États-Units.Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Canada, Dubuque IA, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, France, Illinois, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Michigan, Minnesota, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Québec, United States, US Midwest, War, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Les Franco-Américains - Le retour aux sources
Un aperçu général d'une histoire des Canadiens français aux États-Unis - les Franco-Américains - et les changements qui ont eu lieu dans leurs communautés au fil du temps. De leurs débuts migratoires, à la fin de leurs enclaves ethniques, à leur renouvellement moderne dans la recherche généalogique et d'histoire personelle.
Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bourbonnais IL, Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Illinois, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, Old Orchard Beach ME, Québec, Rhode Island, Rochester NY, St. Albans VT, United States, US Midwest, Vermont, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
A memorial for Kerouac
Article part 2 of 2 on the recent Lowell, Massachusetts, city council vote to commemorate author Jack Kerouac with a park bearing his name. Full article title includes the line: "After years of indifference, Lowell votes to build a park." Charts Kerouac's sudden rise to fame with the publication of his novel, "On the Road." His ensuing lifestyle in the public eye, his behaviors scrutinized by many in Lowell. Kerouac's life and works as an affront to the popular values of his working-class hometown, and his apparent abandonment by fellow Lowellians. The recent apparent change in attitude toward Kerouac, though with some evidence of familiar resistance. -
In search of the real Kerouac
Review of the documentary film on Jack Kerouac, entitled, "Whatever Happened to Kerouac?" (Richard Lerner and Lewis McAdam, 1987). Film is a biographical portrait of the Lowell, Massachusetts, writer, featuring interviews with Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and William S. Burroughs, among others. Article written on the occasion of the film's showing in Somerville, Massachusetts. -
New England's Franco-Americans : Vive la difference?
Article on the plight of Franco American cultural activists in New England. The variety of the troubles confronting them, and their energy in relation to the seeming decline of the historically supportive Franco cultural establishments as seen in churches, schools, and large families. Contains an historical overview, demographic figures from the 1970 US census, and the considerations of Francos in the public sphere across New England. Tagline below the article title reads, "Some say the fight to preserve French identity in New England is being lost without a struggle. But that's only one side of the story..." Article featured in the United States bicentennial issue of Yankee magazine.Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Burlington VT, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Greenville NH, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Fitchburg MA, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Kerouac's forgettable Montreal road trip
Article recognizing the brief hype surrounding the 50th anniversary of the publication of Jack Kerouac's most famous novel, "On the Road." Discusses a much less explored event in Kerouac's life when, in 1967, the author appeared on the Montreal talk show "Sel de la Semaine." The Montreal crowd's reaction to hearing Kerouac speaking in a "rural and unlearned and folkloric" French. Other characteristics of the Lowell, Massachusetts native that the author here argues may be due to Kerouac's Québecois heritage. -
Les 50 ans d'On the Road - Kerouac voulait écrire en français
Du Devoir: "Alors qu'on célièbre le 50e anniversaire de la parution d''On the Road,' la découverte de manuscrits inédits à New York par Le Devoir montre que l'écrivain souhaitait écrire en français et qu'il avait même commencé son roman le plus connu dans sa langue maternelle!" -
French Canadians in New England
1901 supplementary article on French-Canadian communities in New England. According to author, these communities - unlike other immigrants to the United States around the turn of the century - appear to resist cultural assimilation by the insular nature of their make-up.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Michigan, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, New York, North Dakota, Québec -
Crossing the 49th Parallel : Migration from Canada to the United States, 1900-1930
A chronicling of movement from English and French Canada to the United States in the first thirty years of the twentieth century. Focused less on American community building than on patterns and means of human migration visible in government records from across the length of the Canadian-American border. An attempt at integrating the often-overlooked Anglo Canadian migration with that of French Canadians, and measuring Canadian emigration both within and beyond boundaries of ethnicity. Observations on instances of "remigration" - the movement to the United States of recent immigrants to Canada - in the time period of concern. From the book jacket: " 'Crossing the 49th Parallel' is the first book to encompass that entire, continent-wide population shift, bringing Canadian migration to the center of both Canadian and U.S. history." "Bruno Ramirez researches the contents of previously unused border records to bring to light the wide variety of local contexts and historical circumstances that led Canadian men, women, and children to cross the border and become key actors in the U.S. economy and society."Tags Acadians, Berlin NH, British Columbia, Buffalo NY, Business and Economics, Canada, Central Falls RI, Cohoes NY, Demography, Detroit MI, Eastport ME, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Goffstown NH, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Jackman ME, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Manchester NH, Manitoba, Massena NY, Michigan, Mills and Mill Work, Montana, Montréal QC, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New York, Niagara Falls NY, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Providence RI, Québec, Salem MA, Sault Sainte Marie MI, St. Lawrence River Valley, Toronto ON, Watertown NY, Waterville ME, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI -
The French Canadians in New-England
Another editorial on French-Canadian populations in the United States, their common patterns of community congregation, and what to the author seems to be a resistance to assimilation. From the text: "It is next to impossible to penetrate this mass of protected and secluded humanity with modern ideas or to induce them to interest themselves in democratic institutions and methods of government....Where they halt they stay, and where they stay they multiply and cover the earth." -
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 -
L'évolution de la presse franco-américaine aux États-Unis
Une vue d'ensemble de l'histoire de la presse franco-américaine du 19e et 20e siiècles, écrit par un professeur de Millersville State College. Commentaire sur les divers publications et leur ampleur géographique à la hauteur de leurs succiès. L'évolution de leur popularité en tant que liée à l'évolution culturelle et linguistique des communautés franco-américaines, la Deuxiième Guerre mondiale comme un tournant.Tags Attleboro MA, Bay City MI, Biddeford ME, California, Chicago IL, Cohoes NY, Colorado, Detroit MI, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Journalism, Kansas, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nashua NH, Nebraska, New Bedford MA, New England, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Journalism, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Orono ME, Pennsylvania, Providence RI, Québec, Salem MA, Sanford ME, South Dakota, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Virginia, Washington, Waterville ME, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA, Wyoming -
La femme franco-américaine
Un recueil d'essais sur la femme franco-américaine tant qu'individuelle ainsi qu'un partie d'une collectivité sociale - de la France vers le Canada, du Québec vers les États-Unis. Certains expériences de femmes franco-américaines, et l'examen des situations historiques particuliières des femmes dans la culture franco-américaine. Du texte : "La femme franco-américaine a toujours vécu dans l'ombre: dans l'ombre du clocher, dans l'ombre de la salle de classe, dans l'ombre de la salle de travail à l'usine, dans l'ombre de curé, dans l'ombre de son mari. Le moment était arrivé, nous semble-t-il, de l'en sortir pour étaler au grand jour son apport indispensable à la vie et à la survie de la Franco-Américanie" (iii).Tags Acadians, Canada, Central Falls RI, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Fitchburg MA, France, Gender and Sexuality, Labor History, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Montréal QC, Nashua NH, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Social History, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Paradox of Ethnicity in the United States : The French-Canadian Experience in Worcester, 1870-1914
Brief essay that examines the focus terms "ethnicity" and "assimilation" through a case study of the Franco American population of Worcester, Massachusetts, before 1914. McClymer tells how the French Canadian immigrant ethnic group negotiated the persistence of elements of its culture amid trends and forces of Americanization. Study is largely comprised of commentary on the statements of Massachusetts Commissioner of Statistics of Labor, Carroll D. Wright. From the author: "I will argue that there was a symbiotic relationship between ethnicity and assimilation for white immigrants to the United States in the decades between the Civil War and World War I. It is this symbiosis, between social processes usually considered to be contraries, that defines the 'paradox' of ethnicity in the United States" (16). Featured in a collection of essays on American immigration and ethnicity. -
L'identité culturelle : les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre
Une description des moeurs et de la vie franco-américaine dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Une exploration de la survivance dans le contexte d'une histoire précise et d'un avenir imprévisible pour un peuple francophone aux Etats-Unis. Etude sociologique compréhensif des Franco-Américains, du dix-neuviième siiècle jusqu'à 1983.Tags Amherst MA, Boston MA, Bristol CT, Burlington VT, California, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Demography, Dover NH, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Florida, Gender and Sexuality, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Indiana, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nashua NH, New England, New Jersey, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Portland ME, Providence RI, Religion, Rhode Island, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, Texas, United States, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI -
Identité et cultures nationales : l'Amérique française en mutation
Une collection d'essais sur l'évolution du fait français en Amérique du Nord. La langue, les histoires, et les cultures de communautés francophones au Canada et aux ètats-Unis. Origines des expressions culturelles à l'époque actuelle. Articles divisés en texte par géographie: le Canada français, l'Acadie, la communauté franco-ontarienne, la communauté franco-américaine, et le Québec.
Les titres suivants:
Remerciements - Simon Langlois
Présentation - Simon Langlois
Un cas typique de mutation de la référence nationale : le Canada français - Simon Langlois
Lâ'ethnographie au secours de la nation. Mobilisation de la culture populaire par les lettrés canadiens-français (1850-1900) - Gérard Bouchard
Le Québec et le Canada français : histoire dâ'une déchirure - Fernand Harvey
Naissance, déploiement et crise de lâ'idéologie nationale acadienne - J. Yvon Thériault
Lâ'historiographie et lâ'identité acadienne aux XIXe et XXe siiècles - Jean Daigle
Des racontars des vieux à lâ'autobiographie postmoderne : une prise de parole identitaire acadienne - Lise Ouellet
La langue française en Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick, symbole dâ'appartenance, mais pas seulement… - Annette Broudreau
Lâ'historiographie et la construction de lâ'identité ontaroise - Jean Lapointe
Les Franco-Ontariens ont-ils droit au discours identitaire ? - François Paré
Les Franco-Ontariens vus à travers leur littérature - Jules Tessier
De Canadiens français des Etats-Unis à Franco-Américains : une analyse des discours de lâ'élite franco-américaine - Yves Roby
Historiographie et identité collective en Amérique française : le cas des élites francophones de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1872-1991 - Sylvie Beaudreau et Yves Frenette
La littérature et la construction de lâ'identité nationale : la Franco-Américanie - J.-André Senécal
La double identité de Jack Kérouac - Catherine Wells
Les Franco-Américains, la langue française et la construction de lâ'identité nationale - Gérard J. Brault
En québécois : langue de traduction, discours de lâ'identité - Annie Brisset
Identité et pluralisme libéral au Québec - Guy Laforest
Bibliographie sélective commentée sur lâ'identité et la nation dans lâ'Amérique française - Jean LamarreTags Acadians, Burlington VT, Canada, Connecticut, Danielson CT, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fiction and Literature, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Nashua NH, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, North Brookfield MA, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Suncook NH, United States, Vermont, Violence, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Franco-American Republican Club Holds Convention
Article on a Lowell, Massachusetts, meeting of the Franco-American Republican Club and the election of its president. -
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 -
French Canadians in Massachusetts Politics, 1885-1915 : Ethnicity and Political Pragmatism
Based on Petrin's Ph.D thesis entitled "Ethnicity and political pragmatism: The French Canadians in Massachusetts, 1885-1915" (Clark University, 1983). In-depth, statistic-full analysis of the relationship between ethnicity and politics during a 30-year period surrounding turn-of-the-century Massachusetts. Explores French Canadian citizenship, voting patterns, party politics, and interethnic conflict in light of the active streams of immigration and industrialization of that period. Examines individual city statistics.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Adams MA, Amesbury MA, Attleboro MA, Auburn MA, Boston MA, Cambridge MA, Chicopee MA, Demography, Douglas MA, Dudley MA, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Government and Politics, Grafton MA, Hardwick MA, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lowell MA, Ludlow MA, Lynn MA, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Millbury MA, Montague MA, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, North Adams MA, North Brookfield MA, Northbridge MA, Oxford MA, Palmer MA, Pittsfield MA, Québec, Religion, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Sturbridge MA, Sutton MA, Taunton MA, Ware MA, Webster MA, Worcester MA -
Franco-American Viewpoints
Illustrations of Massachusetts' Franco American cultural landscape in personal photos, personal interviews, and historical context. A local pictorial history in short form, singular in its use of quotations.Tags Acadians, Albany NY, Chicopee MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut River Valley, Easthampton MA, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Family, Fitchburg MA, Gardner MA, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Massachusetts, New Bedford MA, New England, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Northampton MA, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Religion, Springfield MA, Vermont, Waltham MA, Worcester MA -
The Catholic Counterculture in America, 1933-1962
Examination of immigrant Catholic influences on the traditions of Catholicism in the United States. A collection of largely biographical segments dedicated to certain influential, thought-provoking, and paradigm-shifting American Catholics from the middle of the twentieth century. The influence of these thinkers on a country not without skeptics or critics of Roman Catholicism. From UNC Press: "James Fisher argues that Catholic culture was transformed when products of the 'immigrant church,' largely inspired by converts like Dorothy Day, launched a variety of spiritual, communitarian, and literary experiments. He also explores the life and works of Thomas A. Dooley and Jack Kerouac to show that their experiences signaled a new Catholic appreciation of the American tradition of creative freedom." Contains the following chapters: "The Conversion of Dorothy Day" "Fools for Christ" : Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement, 1933-1949 The Catholic workers and Catholic culture, 1933-1949 The limits of personalism : "Integrity" and the Marycrest Community, 1946-1956 Thomas A. Dooley and the romance of Catholic anticommunism A Catholic errand in the wilderness : Tom Dooley in Laos and America, 1956-1961 Jack Kerouac and Thomas Merton, the last Catholic romantics.Tags Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fiction and Literature, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Kentucky, Laos, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Lowell MA, Minnesota, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Religion, United States -
Cotton Was King : A History of Lowell, Massachusetts
A collection of 14 essays on the history of Chelmsford and Lowell, Massachusetts, from pre-incorporation to industrialization, into the middle 20th century. As the title suggests, an emphasis on the prevalence of mill work and immigrants cultures very much responsible for shaping life in this, one of New England's most productive industrialized cities. From the editor: "'Cotton Was King' traces Lowell's history from its Indian beginnings through two centuries of the history of the town of Chelmsford and one hundred and fifty years of urban industrial history, to the present day. The history of Lowell is, in microcosm, the history of America's Industrial Revolution. The city's history is a case study in the evolution of the corporate system, the labor movement, and the role women played in the labor force. The cotton mills of Lowell provided the first opportunity for American women to leave their farms and families and earn an independent living. The city with its enormous factories and canals also served as a magnet for the first waves of immigrants. By the mid-nineteenth century the city felt the first stirrings of both the labor and feminist movements, as Lowell entrepreneurs expanded the factory system."Tags Boston MA, Chelmsford MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord MA, Dracut MA, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Gender and Sexuality, Labor History, Lowell MA, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Religion, Social History, Waltham MA -
Pepperell's Progress : History of a Cotton Textile Company, 1844-1945
An organizational, corporate, and industrial history of the Pepperell Manufacturing Company, whose Boston-run mills operated in the coastal city of Biddeford, Maine, and in the other industrial towns of Lewiston, Maine, Laconia, New Hampshire, and Lowell and Fall River, Massachusetts. Broadly, a collection of the history of business procedures with only slight emphases on the lives of Pepperell's workers. A large argument claiming Pepperell's unprecedented positive impact on American industry and economy, and a fact- and record-heavy examination of the business offices that propelled the company into worth. -
The Canadian French in New England
Transcription of an 1881 "informal hearing" at the Massachusetts legislature regarding the publication of the annual report of the Massachusetts Labor Statistics Bureau in which the French Canadians are famously referred to as "the Chinese of the eastern states." The report argued on the point of a ten-hour workday in Massachusetts and denigrated the French Canadian immigrant population there for being an alleged hindrance to it. The hearing here contains local French Canadian reactions to the report, as well as responses from the author of the report, the Chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, who compiled the book at hand. Discussions about processes of immigration, repatriation to Canada, Americanization, naturalization, French Canadian desire for education, and the desire to rid reported French Canadian stereotypes of their public weight. Letters from local leaders expressing support for the French Canadian populations of their communities by attesting to their public political involvement and admirable work habits. All comments driven by the Bureau's reported assumption that French Canadians would resist a mandate limiting the workday to ten hours. Concludes in saying, "we have proved by overwhelming evidence that the statements contained in this report are groundless. We have not proved that they are malicious, but we deduce from the fact that they are false, that they have been presented to you from a malicious spirit or in a spirit which is just as sordid and despicable..." (pp.84-85). Recognizes the report's flawed data collection methods, as well as flawed samplings in largely unrepresentative communities, and excuses the use of the famous racial remark as being of the economic parlance of the times.Tags Business and Economics, Cohoes NY, Demography, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Hudson MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Maine, Manville RI, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Rhode Island, Social History, Spencer MA, Troy NY, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The New England League: A Baseball History, 1885-1949
A history of the New England minor baseball league around the turn of the century. The league's rise, demise, and its place in the social and economic transitions of that era. The impact of the league on the industrial centers of New England, and vice versa. Perspectives on culture and immigration through the lens of popular athletics. From McFarland Publishing: "This book delves deep into the history of the New England League, whose years of operation spanned six decades during the pivotal early years of minor league baseball. Author Charlie Bevis, an expert on New England's baseball past, explores the complex ties to the regional economy, especially to the textile industry, and discusses the pioneering experiments with playoffs, night baseball, and integration."Tags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Haverhill MA, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Sports, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Religion, Rhode Island, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Springfield MA, United States, War, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Shadows of the Trees : The Story of French-Canadians in New England
Book-length reflection on a personal journey through New England to learn about French-Canadian immigration and Franco American identity there. Permeated with personal anecdotes, comments on language, race, and genealogy, and perhaps the first tempered criticisms of La Survivance. Ducharme's attempts to cover all aspects of Franco-American culture meddle in both the subtle and the explicit. Written by the author of "The Delusson Family: A Novel." From the text: "It is high time that someone wrote of [the French-Canadians in New England], to show the why and wherefore of their coming. This I hope to do in this book."Tags Art and Architecture, Biddeford ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Government and Politics, Journalism, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Essay, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Religion, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Camille Lessard-Bissonnette: The Quiet Evolution of French-Canadian Immigrants in New England
The published book form of Shideler's 1991 Ph.D. thesis from the University of Massachusetts. A biographical study of a québécoise and first-generation Franco American author and her works - as a means, Shideler writes, "to identify the position of the immigrant at the juncture of two diverse societies and ways of life" (2). From the publisher: "The inclusion of the ethnic voice in the examination of what has been termed 'American' literature is a significant development, but what of the voice of the ethnic woman? This study seeks to answer that question and, at the same time, shed light on the effects exercised by the act of immigration as well as on the specific fate of French-Canadian immigrants to the United States at the turn of the century...." Lessard-Bissonnette is perhaps best known for her serialized novel entitled, "Canuck," about a French-Canadian immigrant to industrial New England.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Fiction and Literature, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Journalism, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Québec, Religion, Social History -
First-Person America
Edited and annotated compilation of oral histories from the Federal Writers' Project of the 1930s Works Progress/Projects Administration (WPA) in the United States. These selections come mostly in the form of short passages that aspiring writers recorded from people in various parts of the United States during the onslaught and aftermath of the Great Depression. Banks's famous book is an indispensable part of the canon of American social history, and a testament to the efforts of recorders of local American histories in the 1930s. From the author's website: "First Person America brings together eighty oral histories gathered in the 1930's by the Federal Writers Project, including stories of a North Carolina patent medicine pitchman, a retired Oregon gold prospector, a Bahamian midwife from Florida, a Key West smuggler, Chicago jazz musicians, union organizers and others."Tags Barre VT, Chicago IL, Community: Customs and Social Life, Durham NC, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Florida, Gender and Sexuality, Labor History, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Montana, Music, New Mexico, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Oklahoma, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Social History, South Carolina, Texas, United States -
"Why Don't You Be a Klansman?" Anglo-Canadian Support for the Ku Klux Klan Movement in 1920s New England
From the author: "This article examines a little-known dimension to the Ku Klux Klan movement in the United States during the 1920s. As Anglo-Canadian Protestants supported the KKK to assert control over French-Canadian and other Catholics in the New England states, they undermined the Klan's emphasis on Americanism and illustrated an inherent contradiction in this avowedly nativist organization."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Alberta, Auburn ME, Barre VT, Bath ME, Biddeford ME, Canada, Central Falls RI, Colorado, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Greenville ME, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Saco ME, Saskatchewan, Toronto ON, United States, Vermont, Violence, Washington, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
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 -
Histoire de la presse Franco-Américaine : Comprenant l'historique de l'émigration des Canadiens-Français aux Etats-Unis, leur développement, et leur progriès
Du texte: "Inventaire chronologique des journaul et revues publies en langue francais aux États-Unis pour les Canadiens-Français émigrés, de 1838 jusque'a 1911, et qui n'existent plus aujourd'hui." Il aussi tiens beaucoup d'images de celles publications (quotidiennes, par semaine, etc.) qui sont non seulement franco-americaines, mais sont écrit en français.Tags California, Chicago IL, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Religion, Rhode Island, St. Albans NY, Troy NY, Worcester MA -
La presse franco-américaine et la politique : l'oeuvre de Charles-Roger Daoust
La vie et les ouevres d'un écrivain franco-américain dans la Nouvelle Angleterre, actif à la fin du XIXe siiècle. Son journalisme politique au début du vingtiième siiècle et sa rélation avec le début du journalisme franco aux États-Unis.Tags Cohoes NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Journalism, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Montréal QC, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Plattsburgh NY, Québec, Southbridge MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
L'aême franco-américaine
Un livre majeur d'un défenseur triès passionné de la survivance franco-américaine, et d'un maire ancien de Manchester, New Hamshire. L'auteur de "Catéchisme d'Histoire Franco-Américaine" et "Rois ou Esclaves de la Machine." De l'auteur: "Nous nous proposons de souligner, dans le présent ouvrage, un autre prodige de vitalité française en Amérique, trop inconnu ou méconnu de nos frières de France et du Canada: la survivance française aux Etats-Unis, chez ceux qu'on a justement appelés les Franco-Américains. Dans une premiière partie, nous passerons en revue les faits qui entourent la naissance et le développement de ce groupe franco-américain, dont nous ta?cherons d'analyser l'ame nationale. Une second partie aura pour but de faire ressortir les causes de cette survivance franco-américaine. Au cours de la troisiième partie, nous exposerons en toute sincérité les obstacles qui nous semblent retarder les progriès de ce groupe ethnique et s'opposer le plus directement à la survivance des Franco-Américains."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Albany NY, Bay City MI, Boston MA, Bourbonnais IL, Burlington VT, Chicago IL, Community: Customs and Social Life, Detroit MI, Duluth MN, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, Family, Fitchburg MA, France, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Journalism, La Beauce QC, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Marquette MI, Massachusetts, Minneapolis MN, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New York, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History, Nonfiction -- History -- Intellectual, Philadelphia PA, Plattsburgh NY, Québec, Religion, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, St. Paul MN, Vermont, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Radicals of the Worst Sort : Laboring Women in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1860-1912
New England women's labor history text from a professor of American and New England studies at the University of Southern Maine. Focuses on Lawrence, Massachusetts, as a town with a diversity of worker and ethnic experience, and the relationship between this and gender at the beginning of the twentieth century in industrial America. From the publisher's website: "Ardis Cameron focuses on the textile workers' strikes of 1882 and 1912 in this examination of class and gender formation as drawn from the experience and language of the working-class neighborhoods of Lawrence [Mass.]. She shows clearly that the working women who unionized and fought for equality were considered the 'worst sort' because they challenged both economic and sexual hierarchies, providing alternative models for turn-of-the-century women." -
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 -
Women at Work : The Transformation of Work and Community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826-1860
From Columbia University Press: "In this prize-winning study, Thomas Dublin explores, in carefully researched detail, the lives and experiences of the first generation of American women to face the demands of industrial capitalism. Dublin describes and traces the strong community awareness of these women from Lowell [Massachusetts] and relates it to labor protest movements of the 1830s and 40s."Tags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Great Britain, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Social History, Waltham MA -
Farm to Factory : Women's Letters, 1830-1860
From Columbia University Press: "Between 1820 and 1860, tens of thousands of single women streamed from rural New England to find work in the burgeoning factory towns of the region. In 'Farm to Factory' Thomas Dublin has selected five sets of letters in order to provide a personal view of the first generation of American women employed for wages outside their own homes. The letters he has selected provide a unique perspective on early industrial capitalism and its effects on women."Tags Business and Economics, Emigration and Immigration, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Haverhill MA, Labor History, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, Newbury VT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rochester NH, Social History, Vermont -
History of the Catholic Church in the New England States : Volume 1
Lengthy 1899 historical portrait of Roman Catholic dioceses in the New England states. Includes the archdiocese of Boston, the dioceses of Providence (Rhode Island), Portland (Maine), and Manchester (New Hampshire).Tags Bangor ME, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Brighton MA, Cambridge MA, Concord NH, Damariscotta Mills ME, Dorchester MA, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, Gloucester MA, Government and Politics, Haverhill MA, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Native Americans, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Providence RI, Religion, Roxbury MA, South Boston MA, Waltham MA, War -
Ah les États! : Les travailleurs canadiens-français dans l'industrie textile de la Nouvelle-Angleterre d'apreès le témoignage des derniers migrants
Un portrait historique des travailleurs canadiens-français aux États-Unis, dans les usines de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, au prémiere moitié du 20e siiècle. Les synthièses historiques de l'immigration et du travail, avec certaines statistiques pertinentes. Témoignages de ceux et celles qui ont travaillé aux Etats-Unis. Des breves discussions sur l'adaptation des immigrants au travail et la vie industrielle, à la vie aux États-Unis, et sur les gens qui sont retournés au Québec dans le 20e siiècle. Des témoignages - des histoires orales - de 1981 et 1982, des entrevues avec sept travailleurs canadiens-français qui a vécu les expériences décrites dans le récit historique de l'auteur. Illustrée dans les photos noirs et blancs.Tags Biddeford ME, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Social History, Taunton MA, Ware MA -
The Franco-Americans of Lowell, Massachusetts
Brief history of the Franco American people and their Roman Catholic parishes of Lowell, Massachusetts, from early periods of French Canadian immigration up to the 1970s. -
A Shoe-Maker's Story: Being chiefly about French Canadian immigrants, enterprising photographers, rascal Yankees, and Chinese cobblers in a nineteenth-century factory town
A history of photography, shoemaking, mining, and immigration as they converged on North Adams, Massachusetts, in the 1870s. From the text: "...[this book] is concerned...with the industrialization of a New England craft at one of its key historical moments; the tumultuous and often violent debates about labor, race, class, and citizenship during the decade and a half after the Civil War..." -
Nine Lives for Labor
A biographical tribute to nine members of the Textile Workers Union of America, represented in mills across the industrial United States. Characterization of conditions at various mills, including those in Fall River, Massachusetts, and Cohoes, New York.Tags Bedford MA, Cohoes NY, Fall River MA, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Lynchburg VA, Memphis TN, Mills and Mill Work, Nashville TN, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Philadelphia PA -
La presse chez les Franco-Américains
Une collection des titres des journaux de langue française et des articles de périodiques franco-américains de la Nouvelle Angleterre. Une introduction historique de la grande variété dans la presse écrite franco-américain des 19e et 20e siiècles.Tags Bay City MI, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Bourbonnais IL, Burlington VT, California, Chicago IL, Cleveland OH, Cohoes NY, Detroit MI, Duluth MN, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Kankakee County IL, Lake Linden MI, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Marinette WI, Marquette MI, Minneapolis MN, Montréal QC, Muskegon MI, New England, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Norwich CT, Orono ME, Providence RI, Salem MA, Somersworth NH, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, St. Martinville LA, St. Paul MN, Taunton MA, Van Buren ME, Woonsocket RI -
Lowell : The Story of an Industrial City : A Guide to Lowell National Historical Park and Lowell Heritage State Park, Lowell, Massachusetts
From the inside cover: "Lowell, Massachusetts, was America's first large-scale planned industrial community. After its establishment as a town in 1826, Lowell was celebrated for its innovative textile technology and its unique workforce of young Yankee farm women. Its mills helped transform American life with high-volume mechanized manufacturing, the rise of the corporation, and the growth of an urban working class. Lowell National Historical Park preserves many scenes of the city's industrial past. This book is both an illustrated account of the changing fortunes of Lowell's industry and its working people and a guide to surviving sites."Tags Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord River Valley, East Chelmsford MA, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucketville MA, Religion, Social History, Travel and Movement -
The Belles of New England : The Women of the Textile Mills and the Families Whose Wealth They Wove
A history of New England women during industrialization, and the lifestyle differences among women of different economic classes. From Thomas Dunne Books: "This is a masterful, definitive, and eloquent look at the enormous cultural and economic impact on America of New England's textile mills. The author, an award-winning CBS producer, traces the history of American textile manufacturing back to the ingenuity of Francis Cabot Lodge. The early mills were an experiment in benevolent enlightened social responsibility on the part of the wealthy owners, who belonged to many of Boston's finest families. But the fledgling industry's ever-increasing profits were inextricably bound to the issues of slavery, immigration, and workers' rights....William Moran brings a newsman's eye for the telling detail to this fascinating saga that is equally compelling when dealing with rags and when dealing with riches. In part a microcosm of America's social development during the period, 'The Belles of New England' casts a new and finer light on this rich tapestry of vast wealth, greed, discrimination, and courage."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Great Britain, Ireland, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Religion, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Waltham MA -
Qui perd sa langue perd sa foi, qui perd sa foi perd sa langue
Presentation made at St. John's Episcopal Church in Bangor, Maine, by a former Ph. D. candidate in Canadian-American history at the University of Maine, Orono, Maine. The presentation is, as the author calls it, a "spiritual autobiography," exploring the role of religion and spirituality in the author's life and how such things intertwined with her Franco American heritage, her alcoholism, and her sexuality. -
Textes de l'exode : recueil de textes sur l'émigration des Québécois aux États-Unis (XIXe et XXe siiècles)
De textes fictives et non-, une grande collection qui commence à expliquer le phénomiène de l'exode canadien-français aux Etats-Unis. Contiens des piièces de Pierre Anctil, Josaphat Benoit, A. Bourbonniière, Anna-Marie Duval-Thibault, Jack Kerouac, Adélard Lambert, Camille Lessard-Bissonnette, Robert B. Perreault, Claire Quintal, et plus d'autres. Du texte: "Ce recueil, TEXTES DE L'EXODE, concu comme introduction à un événement majeur de notre histoire, vise l'ensemble du phénomiène. Il veut, par son contenu et sa facture, être largement accessible. Sa présentation prend la forme d'un agenda (qui veut dire 'choses à faire'); les textes et documents présentés se trouvent répartis chronlogiquement ou par thièmes, et les trois sections majeurs - le survol historique d'études du phénomiène, les textes de l'exode (ayant pour objet la survivance des émigrés aux Etats-Unis) ainsi que les textes littéraires (des Franco-Américains) - forment non pas l'histoire définitive de l'exode, mais plutot un carnet de 'rendez-vous' destiné aux chercheurs." Table des matiières En exergue: "Aux Canadiens des ètats-Unis," poième de William Chapman (1908) Remerciements Présentation, par Maurice Poteet I. Dimensions de l'exode A. Survol historique 1850: "èmigration des Canadiens vers les ètats-Unis," L'Abeille (version corrigée de 1908) 1872: "L'émigration," par L.O. David, L'ètendard national 1890: "Impressions de voyage" (extraits), par A. Bourbonniière, Le Travailleur (des ètats-Unis) 1893: Les Canadiens des ètats-Unis: ce qu'on perd à émigrer, par T. St-Pierre (Montréal), La Gazette 1905: "Significance of the Canadian Migration," par Annie Marion MacLean, American Journal of Sociology 1908: "La population française des ètats-Unis," par Léon Kemner, La Revue franco-américaine 1929: "The French Canadian Exodus," par E.L. Chicanot, The Canadian Forum 1947: "L'émigration canadienne aux ètats-Unis," par Adrien Robitaille, Relations B. ètudes récentes 1979: "La Franco-Américanie ou le Québec d'en bas," par Pierre Anctil, Cahiers de géographie du Québec 1984: "Un Québec émigré aux ètats-Unis: bilan hitoriographique," par Yves Roby, dans Les Rapports culturels entre le Québec et les ètats-Unis, Québec, IQRC II. La Franco-Américanie "Le Québec retrouvé ou les imperatifs de la survivance," texte de Régis Normandeau A. Le départ 1. La rupture: extrait de Pour rester au pays (1926), par l'abbé Georges-Marie Bilodeau 2. Les embaucheurs: extraits de journaux (1879-1881) 3. Le voyage: extraits de journaux (1869-1890) 4. La liste des émigrés, extraits de "L'émigration aux ètats-Unis il y a 40 ans et plus," d'èdouard-Zotique Massicotte (1933), Le Bulletin des recherches historiques B. La survivance 1. "Notre position sociale aux ètats-Unis," discours de M. l'abbé J. Roch Magnan (1893), extrait de Historique des Conventions générales des Canadiens-Français [sic] aux ètats-Unis, 1865-1901 2. La paroisse: extraits de L'à‚me franco-américaine, de Josaphat Benoit 3. "L'émigré chez lui," extrait de Les Canadiens-Français [sic] de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, d'èdouard Hamon (1893) 4. L'école, la langue, la vie culturelle: extraits de journaux et de rapports (des "Conventions générales") et du Catéchisme d'histoire franco-américaine, de Josaphat Benoit 5. La presse: extraits de journaux franco-américains; discours des "Conventions générales" et extraits des ouvrages d'Alexandre Belisle et de Maximilienne Tétrault 6. La naturalisation (ou le rapatriement), texte de Ferdinand Gagnon (1871) et extraits de quatre journaux 7. L'américanisation des noms: extraits de l'étude d'Ulysse Forget (1949) et de l'essai d'Adélard Lambert (1918) 8. Des opinions américaines: extraits du New York Times et de la Catholic Review III. Textes littéraires "èmigration et colonisation: thièmes jumeaux de la littérature canadienne-française du XIXe siiècle," de David M. Hayne (traduit par Pierre Sabourin, 1982) A. Hypothièses institutionelles et thièmes 1. "La minorisation de la littérature de l'exode québécois vers la Nouvelle-Angleterre," par Pierre Sabourin "Le roman comme patrie," par Manon Richer B. Textes choisis 1. Jeanne la fileuse (1878), extraits: Honoré Beaugrand 2. Canuck (1936), extraits: Camille Lessard-Bissonnette 3. "Une fête Saint-Jean-Baptiste dans un village américain", d'Adélard Lambert 4. "L'èmigré" (1920), de Régis Roy 5. "Une premiière veillée de Noà«l aux ètats-Unis", d'Anna-Marie Duval-Thibault 6. "Marie la petite Française" (1895), de Sarah-Orne Jewett, (traduit de l'américain par Régis Normandeau) 7. "Le livre américain": chronique de Louis Dantin (1938), Le Jour (de Montréal) 8. Une lettre de Jack Kerouac IV. Témoignages Présentation de Pierre Anctil A. Robert B. Perreault (Manchester, N.H.) B. Claire QUintal (Worcester, Mass.) V. Epilogue Plus de 13 millions d'Américains ont des ancêtres français VI. BibliographieTags Boston MA, Canada, Chicago IL, Criticism and Review, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fiction and Literature, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Michigan, Montréal QC, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Waterbury CT, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
De la difficulté de naître et de survivre dans une ville industrielle de la Nouvelle-Angleterre au XIXe siiècle : mortalité infantile, infanticide et avortement à Lowell, Massachusetts, 1870-1900
De Consortium Érudit: "Le présent texte est consacré à l'étude de la mortalité infantile ainsi qu'aux difficultés de survivre dans une ville industrielle de la Nouvelle-Angleterre durant la seconde moitié du XIXe siiècle. Nous tentons principalement de décrire la maniière dont les contemporains ont perçu, expliqué et tenté de résoudre le problième aigu que représentait la mortalité infantile pour les populations ouvriières. Nous relions briièvement à ce sujet, la question de l'avortement et de l'infanticide."
Tags Beverly MA, Boston MA, Brockton MA, Cambridge MA, Chelsea MA, Chicopee MA, Death and Disaster, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Everett MA, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Gloucester MA, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Illness, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Malden MA, Massachusetts, Medford MA, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, Newburyport MA, Newton MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Science and Medicine, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Pittsfield MA, Quincy MA, Salem MA, Social History, Somerville MA, Springfield MA, Taunton MA, Waltham MA, Woburn MA, Worcester MA, Youth -
Shared Earnings, Unequal Responsibilities : Single French-Canadian Wage-Earning Women in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1900-1920
An analysis of single French-Canadian women workers in Lowell, Massachusetts, Takai's piece attempts to show the contributions of this female population to their households and to the local economy at the beginning of the twentieth century. -
The French-Canadian Experience in New England and the Photographs of Ulrich Bourgeois
An essay on how photographer Ulrich Bourgeois captured the French Canadian ways of living that persisted and developed individually in early 20th-century Franco America. How Bourgeois, knowingly or not, worked to preserve a period of Franco American history otherwise obscure and absent from much of the contemporary collective memory. Says Schwartzwald, Bourgeois' Massachusetts and New Hampshire photos "reflect both the perceptions of those in the Franco-American community on their way to becoming owners of larger businesses and professionals, as well as Bourgeois' own experience of community as unity and homogeneity rather than as disparity and tension." -
The Social Context of Franco-American Schooling in New England
Article aimed at informing teachers about students of Franco-American heritage, and recounting the particular past experiences of ethnic Francos in New England schools. Recent public efforts at bilingual and bicultural education in New England. Includes a list of predominantly Franco-American New England towns, as well as a list of vernacular phrases and their Parisian correspondents.Tags Adams MA, Auburn ME, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Cambridge MA, Canaan VT, Caribou ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Connecticut, Danielson CT, Demography, Derby VT, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Franklin VT, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Greenville NH, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Jewett City CT, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Norton VT, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Palmer MA, Pawtucket RI, Pittsfield MA, Plainfield CT, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Rhode Island, Richford VT, Saco ME, Salem MA, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, St. John River Valley, Taftville CT, Taunton MA, Vermont, Ware MA, Warren RI, Waterbury CT, Waterville ME, Webster MA, West Warwick RI, Willimantic CT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
French Patterns in Québec and New England
Thoughts on political and cultural attitudes in Québec with particular reference to the war effort. Ham interrogates New England French Canadian minority culture to examine more intimately the general political thought-processes of WWII-era Québec. From the text: "...no critic should attempt an estimate of Québec internationalism without reference as well to the French-Canadian attitude in New England." -
Les "Petits Canadas" de la Nouvelle-Angleterre
De l'auteur: "La communauté franco-américaine de Nouvelle-Angleterre, ou «communauté franco», est relativement méconnue en France. L'action qu'elle conduit pour faire reconnaître son identité au sein de la région qui l'accueille offre pourtant un témoignage remarquable de ses capacités de survivance - son « réveil » actuel atteste en outre de la maturité et de l'ouverture de la société américaine d'aujourd'hui qui, apriès avoir perçu comme une menace la présence franco, l'accepte maintenant avec fierté et reconnaissance. Au XXIe siiècle, il y a un avenir pour le fait français en Nouvelle- Angleterre, il y a une place, nous disent aussi les Américains, pour la diversité culturelle au service de la cohésion nationale."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Brunswick ME, Calais ME, Castine ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut River Valley, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fort Kent ME, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Montpelier VT, Montréal QC, Mt. Desert Island ME, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Religion, Saco River Valley, Southbridge MA, St. John River Valley, Violence, Woonsocket RI -
Canadiens, Acadiens, and Canada : Knowledge and Ethnicity in Labour History
Essay on the relevance of French Canadian immigrant workers in the United States to the history of Canadian labor. The persistence of an emigrant French Canadian national identity in the United States; convergences of ethnic and class identities.Tags Biddeford ME, Chicopee MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Holyoke MA, Labor History, Lowell MA, Marlboro MA, New Bedford MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, North Adams MA, Plainfield CT, Québec, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Suncook NH, Ware MA, Woonsocket RI -
Mobility Potential and the Quality of Life in Working-Class Lowell, Massachusetts : The French Canadians ca. 1870
Brief essay on quality of working-class life in Lowell, Massachusetts at the end of the nineteenth century, during a period of heavy emigration from French Canada. Includes information on census research concerning French Canadians of that place and period, and discusses how a particularly French-Canadian American working-class developed out of early immigrant "peasantry." -
The Future of the Franco-American Past
Suggestions of potential topics for future research on Franco Americans. Includes literature, journalism, politics, textile labor history, religious history, and more. From the author: "Focuses on the history and literature of French Americans of the Quebec diaspora in the United States. Migration and settling-in process of the diaspora. Participation of French Americans in trade union activities and politics of the country."... "This article will review what we have learned...about the history and literature of the Franco-Americans. Then, it will set forth an agenda for future research on Quebec diaspora studies and discuss the scholarly resources for performing that research....In short, if I were twenty years younger, here are some projects my students and I might take on."Tags Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Cohoes NY, Criticism and Review, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Historiography, Old Town ME, Providence RI, Québec, Quinebaug River Valley, Salem MA, Skowhegan ME, Waltham MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
'Monsieur Maurras est ici' : French Fascism in Franco-American New England
Essay on the Franco American elite's adopted regard for French fascist politics and sentiment in New England. How WWII heightened political divisions in the United States, and the Franco elite failed to appeal politically to working-class Franco American communities. Includes discussion of 1920s and 30s Franco American political figures, as well as an exploration of the Sentinelle Affair vis-à -vis French fascism.Tags Biddeford ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Cohoes NY, Demography, Education, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, France, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Québec, Quinebaug River Valley, Violence, War, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
By Necessity or by Right : The Language and Experience of Gender at Work
Article exploring how feminist historiography impacts interpretations of the rise of labour in the US and Canada, recognizing the divisions of gender that are fixed along the North American process of industrialization. From the text: "It is the purpose of this article to uncover the ways in which these fissures and divisions within class and organized labour either furthered or truncated the political ideal of class unity in Canada's past. How has the consideration of women's work and the problem of how industrialization reinforced cultural constructions of gender outside the workplace offered by historians over the past 25 years in 'Labour/Le Travail' either contributed to or altered the conventional views?" -
The French Canadians Outside of Québec
Brief essay from an early twentieth-century Canadian senator on the presence of French Canadians in the United States and the provinces of Canada.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, California, Canada, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, Geography, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New Mexico, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Ontario, Oregon, Providence RI, Québec, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, US Midwest, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Le roman franco-américain en Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1878-1943
Une dissertation sur la littérature - le roman - franco-américaine : ses grands thièmes, ses auteurs dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre, et les historiques américaines et québécoises qui forment son contexte. Met l'accent sur les textes suivants:"Jeanne la fileuse," d'Honoré Beaugrand; "Un Revenant," de Rémi Tremblay; "Bélanger ou l'histoire d'un crime," de George Crépeau; "Mirbah," de Emma Dumas; "La jeune Franco-Américaine," d'Alberte Gastonguay; "Canuck," Camille Lessard-Bissonnette; "L'innocente victime," d'Adélard Lambert; "Sanatorium," de Paul Dufault; "Les Enfances de Fanny," de Louis Dantin. Une présentation des profils de chaque auteur. Table des matiières Avant-propos Introduction générale I. L'Exode: Expérience collective 1. La défense: Honoré Beaugrand et Anna Duval-Thibault 2. L'histoire régionale: George Crépeau et Emma Dumas 3. La vie franco-américaine: Alberte Gastonguay, Camille Lessard, Adélard Lambert II. L'Exode: Expérience intime 1. Le Canadien errant: Rémi Tremblay 2. L'Isolement: Paul Dufault et Louis Dantin ConclusionBibliographieTags Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Criticism and Review, Danielson CT, Fall River MA, Fiction and Literature, Holyoke MA, Lewiston ME, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Lowell MA, Manchester ME, Manchester NH, Nashua NH, New England, North Grosvenordale CT, Québec, Religion, Rochester NH, Waterville ME, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Les causes du déclin de la presse franco-américaine
Un thièse de maîtrise sur des gens et des lieux américaines qui ont affectés la croissance et la prospérité des presses franco-américaines au XIXe siiècle, aussi que les circonstances de leur disparition au XXe. Un accent particulier sur les publications périodiques de la Nouvelle-Angleterre et du Midwest américain. Profils de certains agents dans le journalisme franco-américain. Enfin, en considération de la variété des contenus et des perspectives journalistiques dans des différentes publications, quelques réflexions sur le déclin de ce forme culturelle et journalistique. Commentaires sur l'assimilation et l'angilicization. Table des matieres: Introduction Naissance et développement de la presse franco-américaine dans le Midwest américain Naissance et développement de la presse franco-américaine en Nouvelle-Angleterre Causes générales du déclin L'âme franco-américaine Conclusion BibliographieTags Acculturation and Assimilation, Amesbury MA, Biddeford ME, Burlington VT, Chicago IL, Cohoes NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord NH, Connecticut, Detroit MI, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, France, Glens Falls NY, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Journalism, Kankakee IL, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Michigan, Minneapolis MN, Minnesota, Nashua NH, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Notre Dame IN, Québec, Rhode Island, St. Albans VT, St. Louis MO, St. Paul MN, Troy NY, US Midwest, Vermont, Wisconsin, Worcester MA -
Guidelines for the Teaching of French to Franco-Americans
Dissertation exploring the resources and methods available for teaching the French language to the Franco American native French speaker. Suggestions for materials, activity, and practice in the Franco American's bilingual education setting, including tools for fostering "historical perspective" and an appreciation of "cross-culturalism." Particular attention to the Franco American student, namely one's language behaviors and pronunciations, historical background, and cultural heritage. Provides an overview of the history of New England Franco Americans. Includes a selective bibliography for research on bilingualism. From the author: "A general premise of this dissertation is that the language and cultural assets of the Franco-American student can be organized for meaningful language learning experiences....The result of this dissertation should be guidelines to writing and organizing language teaching materials for Franco-Americans" (1,2).Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Auburn ME, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Bridgeport CT, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Cambridge MA, Central Falls RI, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Haven CT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Pawtucket RI, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Springfield MA, St. John River Valley, Waterville ME, West Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Shantytowns in the United States, 1820-1890
From the author: "This dissertation adds a missing piece to the history of the American working class by documenting an overlooked category of low-income housing and the ways in which these self-reliant communities were assigned cultural meanings at odds with their physical form. Using sources that range from photographs and oil paintings to novels and sheet music, the dissertation traces the shanty house type from frontier homesteads to urban shantytowns in turn-of-the-century New York and Brooklyn. It also examines their evolving cultural construction. Presented as domestic by their working-poor builders, shantytowns were nonetheless perceived as degraded by middle-class observers. This had public policy consequences, as shantytowns were razed and outlawed during the last decades of the nineteenth century." -
Une certaine Amérique aè lire : la beat generation et la littérature québécoise
Du texte: "Cette thièse porte sur l'inscription de la Beat Generation dans la littérature québécoise. J'y analyse non pas la réception de ce mouvement au Québec lors de son émergence dans les années 1950, mais bien sa réappropriation postérieure. II faut pour lire ce corpus québécois contemporain une connaissance sans faille de celui de la Beat Generation et des travaux sur le mouvement et ses écrivains. Dans cette optique, je trace d'entrée de jeu les grandes lignes de l'histoire personnelle et de l'approche littéraire des principaux auteurs de la Beat Generation, qui n'ont jamais rédige de manifeste. Par la suite, je prociède a une analyse du corpus québécois a partir de thièmes privilégies du mouvement, d'inscriptions textuelles, de citations et de références explicites ou masquées dans des noms de personnages ou de lieux. J'établis aussi les filiations entre les personnages d'un corpus et de l'autre. Il s'agit donc, toujours en restant prés des textes, d'analyser la présence « Beat» au sein du corpus québécois." -
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 littérature française de Nouvelle-Angleterre
Un oeuvre qui explore le phénomiène de la littérature langue française écrit et lit dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre, jusqu'à 1945. Réédité en 1946 par Fides, les Publications de l'Université Laval (http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5198661).Tags Acadians, Boston MA, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Fall River MA, Fiction and Literature, Fitchburg MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Montréal QC, New England, New York, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Poetry, Religion, United States, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Migration, Family, and Gender : A Longitudinal Analysis of French-Canadian Immigrants in Lowell, Massachussetts, 1900-1920
From Takai: "'Migration, Family, and Gender: A Longitudinal Study of French-Canadian Immigrants in Lowell , Massachusetts , 1900-1920,' explores migration from French Canada to a New England urban centre of the textile industry, Lowell, Massachusetts. During the period under study, both Québec and New England underwent significant socioeconomic transformation. This work analyses the impact of these changes on the process of migration and settlement. It also sheds light on the diverse ways in which French-Canadian men, women, and children responded to new realities in an urban industrial society. In order to investigate these issues, it is necessary to consider this migration as a phenomenon which consisted of a series of processes and not as a linear progression towards inevitable assimilation or Americanization. It is also crucial to emphasize the importance of introducing a gendered perspective in order to recognize the diversity of strategies devised by immigrant men and women as well as the cooperation and tensions they experienced in the process of migration and settlement....This thesis joins recent scholarship in criticizing a perspective that has described all immigrant behaviour as necessarily reflecting one set of culturally predetermined norms and customs. Contrary to the stereotyped image of French Canadians as immobile and fatalistic habitants, evidence from this study shows that they were a highly mobile people for whom migration was a pondered response to the structural changes that were radically reshaping Québec and New England societies. It is argued that the behaviour of Lowell's French-Canadian immigrants in the early twentieth century did not merely reflect the cultural transplantation of habitant values, but also the attempts of working-class immigrant families to survive and cope with significant socioeconomic transformation occurring to both Québec and New England. The diversity in the recorded patterns of movements on the part of French Canadians is indicative of their strategic autonomy and flexibility in adjusting to new socioeconomic realities....This study also seeks to redress a major gender imbalance in the historical studies of immigrants by devoting considerable attention to women. Not only did women's lives differ from those of their male counterparts; there was also great variation in the extent to which women assumed financial and domestic tasks. Such diversity, I assert, in the patterns of women's paid work was defined not only by age or marital status, but also by a combination of factors such as household organization, living arrangements, and the availability of child care. Immigrant families harboured complex interpersonal dynamics where different and, at times, conflicting interests had to be negotiated in not necessarily equal terms, but in accordance to each member's power and authority within the family and the larger society."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Geography, Illness, Labor History, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Social History, St. Lawrence River Valley -
Franco-American Folk Traditions and Popular Culture in a Former Milltown : Aspects of Ethnic Urban Folklore and the Dynamics of Folklore Change in Lowell, Massachusetts
From Lane: "Being Americans of French-Canadian descent, the Franco-Americans of New England possess a rich and original traditional culture which has been little documented up to now, especially in English....As a result, this dissertation, which is a study in ethnic folklore and popular culture, attempts to provide an overview of the folk-traditions of French expression still existing today among the Franco-American community of Lowell, Massachusetts....This work is basically divided into two parts. The first two chapters of Part I deal with the general historical and cultural background of the Franco-Americans of New England, in general, and Lowell, in particular, while the third chapter looks at previous research in the domain of ethnic folklore and, more specifically, Franco-American folklore. Aspects of folklore performance and context are considered from the historical point of view of the Lowell Franco-American community....Part II, on the other hand, deals mainly with the documentation of the various realms of Franco-American folk-traditions, here classified according to genre. Traditional narratives ("contes"), popular jokes ("histoires droles"), children's songs and rhymes, and elements of oral history as well as aspects of traditional singing, music and dance are consecutively considered with sample texts of each genre given and analyzed. Further supporting documents are also presented in the appendices....Because Franco-American culture (and therefore Franco-American folklore and popular culture) is the historical result of successive migrations (from France to what is known today as Canada and, from Canada to New England) this study also takes into account the phenomenon of cultural continuity as well as some aspects of the dynamics of culture change which are viewed here as a process resulting from the conflict having taken and still taking place between two opposing forces: cultural maintenance and assimilation....Most of all, however, this work is a first step into the field of Franco-American oral-traditional genres, popular culture and an homage to ethnic creativity."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Bedford NH, Burlington VT, Canada, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Folklore, France, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Social History, Woonsocket RI -
Phonological Variables in a New England French Speech Community
From the author: "The first section of the present study consists of a historical survey of the Franco-American community, examining those factors, such as the existence of a network of bilingual parochial schools, which were significant for language maintenance efforts. It is observed that French/English bilingualism in New England has seriously declined in the last twenty years, and that organized attempts to provide for its survival are now limited primarily to the state of Maine. The second section of this study specifies the lexical, morphological and syntactic characteristics which distinguish New England French (NEF) from Standard French (SF), based on a corpus of written and oral documents of recent origin. The results obtained are compared with those reported in studies of Canadian French, and in earlier studies of NEF. It is shown that no structural innovations have emerged in NEF which are not also attested in Canadian and other popular varieties of French. The influence of English is primarily restricted to the borrowing of words, but the use of anglicisms is often subject to ridicule. Systematic change in NEF tends to be in the direction of convergence with SF. Synchronically, a continuum of speech style is observed, whose lower or informal levels are characterized by features shared with the French of rural Québec, and whose higher or more formal levels are characterized by corresponding features of SF....The third section consists of an analysis of the present state of the phonology of NEF, and is based on a corpus collected in interviews with six informants in Manchester, New Hampshire. Sixteen phonological rules are formulated, defining elements which distinguish NEF from SF. It is shown that some of these features are being lost as NEF incorporates standard elements. Many of these elements which are avoided in formal speech situations by speakers with more exposure to SF, however, tend to occur frequently or predominantly in less formal situations. The sixteen phonological processes are subjected to partial ordering in terms of an implicational scale, according to whether they are more or less resistant to change. It is shown that those processes which entail only superficial (phonetic) differences between NEF and SF are more likely to be retained, while those processes which entail underlying (morphophonemic) differences are more likely to be lost."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Brunswick ME, Caribou ME, Education, Fall River MA, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Québec, Salem MA, St. John River Valley, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Le milieu, l'appartenance et l'integration à la société américaine : la littérature comme outil de connaissance des Franco-Américains
Thièse de premier cycle qui explore les écrits de Jack Kerouac, Robert Perreault, Gérard Robichaud, et Rhea Côté Robbins. Une analyse de leurs littératures comme oeuvres franco-américaines, ou exemples de «littératures mineures» qui offrent un commentaire unique sur la géographie et l'idée d'un «sentiment d'appartenance». Undergraduate thesis that explores the writings of Jack Kerouac, Robert Perreault, Gerard Robichaud, and Rhea Cote Robbins. Examines their literature as Franco-American works, and as examples of "minor literatures" that offer a unique commentary on one's geography and "sense of place." -
French-Canadian Beginnings in an American Community : Lowell, Massachusetts, 1868-1886
Ph. D. thesis on nineteenth-century immigration and the early development of the French-Canadian community of Lowell, Massachusetts - a significant city in post-bellum, industrial northeastern America.Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Labor History, Lowell MA, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Québec, Religion, Social History, United States -
The Role of French National Societies in the Socio-Cultural Evolution of the Franco-Americans of New England from 1860 to the Present : An Analytical Macro-Sociological Case Study in Ethnic Integration Based on Current Social System Models
Dissertation on the histories of Franco American national societies and fraternal organizations in New England. Their significance to French Canadian and Franco American communities there from 1860 to 1960. How these organizations were involved in the socialization of francophone Canadian immigrants in the United States. An argument that these processes of socialization are better described as "integration" rather than "assimilation." Observations on "the socio-cultural evolution of the Franco-American ethnic group in New England" (1). A case study in macrosociology. Contains various observations of Franco American national societies and parishes throughout the Northeast.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Albany NY, Anoka MN, Aurora IL, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Canada, Chicago IL, Community: Customs and Social Life, Concord NH, Connecticut, Detroit MI, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Glens Falls NY, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Mendota MN, Millbury MA, Minneapolis MN, Nashua NH, New England, New Hampshire, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Polish Americans, Providence RI, Religion, Rhode Island, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, St. Paul MN, Troy NY, Vermont, Wayne County MI, Webster MA, Westborough MA, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
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 -
The Way That Water Enters Stone
Collection of short stories from native of Worcester, Massachusetts and professor of creative writing at Florida International University. Author of the novels "Louisiana Power & Light" (1994), "Love Warps the Mind a Little" (1997), "Requiem, Mass." (2008), and several other works of prose.Tags Baton Rouge LA, Boston MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Family, Florida, Gorham ME, Irish Americans, Lake Winepesaukee NH, Leominster MA, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Fiction, Literary Works -- Short fiction, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Old Orchard Beach ME, Orono ME, Providence RI, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Scarborough ME, Violence, Worcester MA -
Kerouac : l'écriture comme errance
Oeuvre critique biographique et littéraire sur le style d'écriture de Jack Kerouac. En deux parties: "VIVRE," ou les espaces de la vie physicale, personelle, solitaire, etc., dont les oeuvres Kerouackians sont nées; et "ÉCRIRE," ou Kérouac comme personnage, auteur, figure littéraire américain au milieu d'une culture littéraire nationale, marginale, et nord-américaine. -
Speeding Across the Rhizome : Deleuze Meets Kerouac On the Road
A reading of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" alongside the literary criticism of Gilles Deleuze and his counterparts. Emphasis on Deleuze and Félix Guattari's notion of the "rhizome" in comparison to the spontaneous routes of cross-country travel taken by characters in Kerouac's novel, and the innovative styles and shapes of his prose. Conversation with Deleuze's own reading of and writings on "On the Road" through the critic's descriptions of what is meant by the term "minor literature" : writing which is characteristically "deterritorializ[ed]" and exhibits a collective, political nature. -
Canuck, nomade franco-américaine : persistence et transformation de l'imaginaire canadien-français
Une étude sur le roman feuilleton "Canuck," par Camille Lessard-Bissonnette, comme example de la continuité des thèmes littéraires - et d'une imagination - canadiens-français dans la littérature aux États-Unis. Des transformations subtiles de ces thèmes dans un nouveau milieu américain. Une discussion d'un nouveau "nomadisme" nord-américain dans le texte : un histoire d'une famille émigrante à Lowell, Massachusetts. -
Jack Kerouac : une conscience de la mort
Une article qui décrit la rôle de la mort dans deux des oeuvres de Jack Kerouac: Visions de Gérard et Tristessa. L'auteur suggére que la préoccupation ou "l'obsession" de Kerouac avec la mort dans ces textes est son certain type d'engagement avec la vie. Quelques comparaisons avec les écrits en prose de Rainer Maria Rilke. -
Literatures of Exile and Return : Jack Kerouac and Quebec
Critical article exploring two of Jack Kerouac's novels - "Doctor Sax" and "Satori in Paris" - in a way that emphasizes the importance of Kerouac's "translingual" identity, cultural heritage, and his relationship to the diasporic history of the people of Québec and French Canada. How Québec literary scholarship has elevated Kerouac's prose to a level unmatched in the United States, where the author argues little attention has been paid to the influence of Kerouac's cultural and linguistic identity on his American writing. A comparative close-reading of Québec writer Jacques Poulin's novel, "Volkswagen Blues," and the various debts it owes to Kerouac. -
Mémère Kerouac ou la révanche du berceau en Franco-Américanie
Un bref article de revue sur les significations culturelles dans l'écriture de Jack Kerouac: "un gars de chez vous, aussi bien que de chez nous," comme écrit l'auteur (398). Plus précisement, comment la mère de Jack apparait dans sa vie et, par conséquent, dans sa littérature: ses textes, ses images, son style. -
La littérature franco-américaine : écrivains et écritures
Un livre d'essais critiques et biographiques sur la littérature franco-américane et ses créateurs. Certains extraits littéraires des œuvres littéraire d'auteurs franco-américains contemporains, en anglais et français. Présenté en deux parties; un préface de la rédactrice, Claire Quintal, Directrice de l'Institut Français, Collège de l'Assumption, Worcester Massachusetts.
Book of critical and biographical essays on historical Franco American writers and their works; literary excerpts from the prose and poetry of contemporary Franco American writers. Essays presented in French, with contemporary literary writings in both French and English. Presented in two parts, with a preface written by the editor, Claire Quintal, director of the French Institute at Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Table des matières:
Première partie / Part One:
"Louis Dantin (1865-1945)," par Yves Garon, a.a.
"Les Franco-Américains et l'institution littéraire québécoise : le cas de Rémi Tremblay," par Régis Normandeau
"Will James, né Ernest Dufault - romancier du Far-Ouest," par Florence Tormey Blouin
"Camille Lessard-Bissonnette - à la recherche d'un féminisme franco-américain," par Janet-L. Shideler
"La littérature franco-américaine dans un Petit Canada de la Nouvelle Angleterre: Holyoke, Massachusetts," par Ernest-B. Guillet
"Rosaire Dion-Lévesque, fils d'expatriés," Michel Lapierre
"Au-delà de la route: l'identité franco-américaine de Jack Kerouac," par Robert-B. Perreault
Deuxième partie / Part Two:"Tsi Gars," by David Plante
"A Pearl of Great Price," by Gerard Robichaud
"Un Mot de Chez-Nous," par Normand-C. Dubé
"On Writing a Novel about Franco-Americans," by Richard L. Belair
"Ideas of Order in Little Canada," by Bill Tremblay
"Reading from a Work in Progress," by Jacquie Giasson Fuller
Notices biographiques / Biographical notes, by Claire QuintalTags Boston MA, California, Central Falls RI, Criticism and Review, Fiction and Literature, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Lewiston ME, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Lowell MA, Montana, Montréal QC, Nashua NH, New England, New Mexico, New York NY, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Poetry, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Southbridge MA, Van Buren ME, Worcester MA -
A Quest for Language : Jack Kerouac as a Minor Author
Article characterizing the literary works of Jack Kerouac as elements of his search for personal, religious, ethnic, and linguistic identity. Particular emphasis on Kerouac's French Canadian heritage roots. The ways in which Kerouac's novels can be interpreted in light of what theorists Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari call "a minor literature," and how these novels unsettle - as the author says - "traditional English prose." Chapter 16 in "Diaspora, Identity, and Language Communities," an issue of Studies in Linguistic Sciences: Illinois Working Papers. -
Au seuil du crepuscule
Livre de poèsie et de chansons. Écrites au Québec; en Ontario; dans plusieurs villes de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. -
Selected Letters , 1940-1956
Collection of selected correspondence between writer Jack Kerouac and family, friends, and other literary figures before 1956. Includes letters to and from William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg; to Kerouac's mother, Gabrielle Kerouac; Neal Cassady; Alfred Kazin; and many others. Contain references to early writings, travels, relationships, etc. Letters presented chronologically, annotated, and linked with editor commentary. Includes biographical chronology and editor introduction. -
Windblown World : The Journals of Jack Kerouac, 1947-1954
Edited selections from the personal, previously unpublished writings of writer Jack Kerouac, from 1947 to 1954. Daily thoughts and travel logs presented together with more formal musings. Contains two sections of personal journal entries and work logs corresponding with the writing of some of his earlier works, "The Town and the City" and "On the Road." Selected reprints of handwritten pages. Many selections dated. Introduced by the editor; presented with brief explanations of the names of people included in the journals. -
Selected Letters , 1957-1969
Collection of selected correspondence between writer Jack Kerouac and friends, other literary figures, and some family from 1957 to the author's death in 1969. Includes letters to William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Sterling Lord; Robert Giroux; and many others. References to publications, writings, travels, etc. Letters presented chronologically, annotated, and linked with editor commentary. Includes biographical chronology and editor introduction. -
Safe in Heaven Dead : Interviews with Jack Kerouac
Short compilation of selected, transcribed segments of interviews conducted with Jack Kerouac between 1957 and 1969. Some of Kerouac's thoughts on ancestry, the Beat Generation, literature, his writing, Buddhism, Catholicism, family, and his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts. Index of sources where interviews were originally printed. -
Canuck
Ce roman franco-américain essentiel commence en 1900 avec l'arrivée à Lowell, Massachusetts d'immigrants canadiens-français. La nouvelle vie de travail de Victoria (Vic) Labranche, quinze ans, dans les moulins de Lowell. Ses jours dans un Petit Canada de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Son retour au Québec après avoir appris la maladie de son père. Publié à l'origine comme feuilleton par le journal Le Messager de Lewiston, Maine. Republié en 1980 par le National Materials Development Center à Bedford, New Hampshire. Traductions en anglais sont disponibles. (English translation is also available. Read more HERE)Tags Concord NH, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Family, Fiction and Literature, Gender and Sexuality, Laconia NH, Literary Works -- Fiction, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, Québec, St. Johnsbury VT, St. Martinville LA, Travel and Movement -
Accenting the French in Comparative American Studies
Critical essay on the inclusion of Francophone peoples and regions in the broadening scope of American Studies. Brief survey on certain literary works and literary criticism that illustrate how cultural identity gets articulated in terms of the wide geography, multiple languages, and human migrations of the Americas. The ways in which regional writers "remap" their region's identity and build specific international relationships, with examples from Haiti, Québec, and other Francophone areas in the western hemisphere. Particular emphasis on the peoples and literatures of Latin America and the Caribbean, Québec and French Canada, with some comments on Cajuns and Creoles in Louisiana and Franco Americans New England. -
The French-Canadian Heritage of Jack Kerouac as Seen in His Autobiographical Works
Critical essay exploring some of the cultural values and worldviews perceived in the contexts and characters of Jack Kerouac's autobiographical fiction. Considers concepts of work, sin, individualism, and time, in particular, as supported in cultural research on certain aspects of French Canadian heritage. <br /><br /> From the author: "The purpose of this paper is to examine the biographically oriented works of Jean Louis Lebris de Kerouac, particularly those centered around his early years at home." -
Bibliographie commentée sur les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre
Une bibliographie annoté qui est composée de 23 textes historiques, biographiques, et littéraires dans la tradition écrite franco-américaine. -
A New Order of Things : How the Textile Industry Transformed New England
General history of the textile industry and its workers in the towns and cities of New England. From early domestic and small-scale manufacturing in the 17th and 18th centuries, to weaving industries of the early 19th, to the massive riverside brick mill structures and labor forces that persisted into the later 20th century. Contains scholarship, oral histories, and many illustrations in painting and photograph of industrial-era settings, workers, and their manufacturing equipment. Written by former director of the American Textile History Museum and the Maine State Museum.Tags Alna ME, Andover MA, Androscoggin River Valley, Augusta ME, Berlin NH, Billerica MA, Blackstone River Valley, Braintree MA, Brunswick ME, Business and Economics, Chelmsford MA, Clinton MA, Dedham MA, Dover NH, Dracut MA, Dudley MA, Emigration and Immigration, England, Fall River MA, Gardiner ME, Gonic NH, Hallowell ME, Harrisville NH, Holden MA, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Kingston NH, Labor History, Laconia NH, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lincoln RI, Londonderry NH, Lovell ME, Lowell MA, Ludlow MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Middlefield NY, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Newburyport MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Rhode Island, Rockville CT, Rowley MA, Saco ME, Salem MA, Salem NH, Sanford ME, Slatersville RI, Somersworth NH, South Waterford ME, Springvale ME, St. John River Valley, Taunton MA, Ware MA, Warren RI, Webster MA, Winthrop ME, Worcester MA, Yarmouth ME, York ME -
Les Franco-Américains : 1860-1980
Un bref historique complet sur les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre jusqu'à 1980. Une étude socielle, culturelle, démographique, et historiographique, basée "sur les travaux historiques existant" états-uniniens sur ce peuple et ses communautés dans le nord-est. Le mouvement, les paroisses et voisinages, les vies et le travail d'un peuple émigrant canadien-français et ses descendants. Des pensées sur le concept de "la survivance." Écrit par un scolaire français. Des illustrations en noir et blanc (photographie; dessins).Tags Albany NY, Auburn ME, Barre VT, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Burlington VT, Cabotville MA, Central Falls RI, Chicopee Falls MA, Chicopee MA, Clubs and Societies, Cohoes NY, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Greek Americans, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History, Nonfiction -- History -- French in North America, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Old Town ME, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Rochester NY, Rutland VT, Salmon Falls NH, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Troy NY, Waltham MA, Ware MA, White River Junction VT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Memory Babe : A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac
Biography of Lowell, Massachusetts native, poet, and author, Jack Kerouac, widely known as a founding participant in the 20th century USA literary culture that came to be called the "Beat Movement," or the "Beat Generation." Kerouac's life from birth to early death; from Lowell, to New York, to San Francisco, to Denver, to Tampa and St. Petersburg, and back again. The cultural, interpersonal, and geographic contexts for his poetry and writings of autobiographical fiction. Anecdotes and aspects of his public and private lives, and where these lives changed and converged. Well-known for the biographer's extensive use of archival materials and interviews with Kerouac's contemporaries. -
Literatures of Exile and Return : Jack Kerouac and Quebec
Critical article exploring two of Jack Kerouac's novels - "Doctor Sax" and "Satori in Paris" - in a way that emphasizes the importance of Kerouac's "translingual" identity, cultural heritage, and his relationship to the diasporic history of the people of Québec and French Canada. How Québec literary scholarship has elevated Kerouac's prose to a level unmatched in the United States, where the author argues little attention has been paid to the influence of Kerouac's cultural and linguistic identity on his American writing. A comparative close-reading of Québec writer Jacques Poulin's novel, "Volkswagen Blues," and the various debts it owes to Kerouac. -
Constant Turmoil : The Politics of Industrial Life in Nineteenth-Century New England
Book-length social history exploring the development of industry, industrial life, and the power of the politics surrounding them in southeastern New England - especially Fall River, Massachusetts - in the nineteenth century. Discussions of gender in the contexts of textile mill work and labor unionism; immigrant workforces, class consciousness, and inter-worker strife. Includes a critical assessment of primary sources consulted, as well as an appendix with demographic and economic data tables referred to in the text.Tags Business and Economics, Connecticut, Coventry RI, English Americans, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Labor History, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, Meriden CT, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Norwalk CT, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Rhode Island, Social History -
Teaching Language Varieties for Communication
Article exploring the extent to which non-native speakers of French are able to communicate with native French speakers of Canadian heritage. Presentation of a study conducted in Lowell, Massachusetts with native speakers and non-native French-language students. Discrepancies in vocabulary usage and comprehension among native speakers, as found in the author's study, and some observations on their communication with non-native, student-age speakers of French. -
Une journaliste franco-américaine au seuil de l’avant-garde : l’espace des possibles d’Yvonne Le Maître (1876-1954)
Un article sur les oeuvres et la vie sociale d'une journaliste franco-américaine de Pierreville, Québec et Lowell, Massachusetts - Yvonne Le Maître - aux États-Unis, au Canada, et en Europe. La particularité de sa variété d'écriture dans le cadre de son travail comme journaliste, aussi de sa mobilité , "à partir de l'état actuel des connaissances sur les écrivaines canadiennces-françaises" (79). Où ses lettres et pièces journalistiques se sont préoccupés avec les thèmes critiques et artistiques du "futurisme," "cubisme," et la modernité. En quelle façon sa contexte franco-américaine - ou "franco"et "américain" - concerne les formes de son travail. Un accent sur l'impact de son temps passé dans les cercles sociaux internationaux, spécifiquement en Paris. -
Research Methods in Visual and Comparative Analysis : Transportation and Sociability in Saint-Henri, Quebec and Lowell, Massachusetts, 1905–45
Article analyzing how Montréal, Québec and Lowell, Massachusetts photography provides a means for exploring the relationship between patterns of transportation, public space, and social life through the early twentieth century. The history of North American urban streets as related to certain social, economic, and cultural elements of these North American cities. Suggestions for serious and selective approaches to studying photography together with historical texts. Discussion of theoretical implications for the use of photographs in historical research, with one collection of photographs from Montréal's Saint-Henri and four collections from Lowell's "Little Canada" as case studies. -
Canuck, nomade franco-américaine : persistence et transformation de l'imaginaire canadien-français
Une étude sur le roman feuilleton "Canuck," par Camille Lessard-Bissonnette, comme example de la continuité des thèmes littéraires - et d'une imagination - canadiens-français dans la littérature aux États-Unis. Des transformations subtiles de ces thèmes dans un nouveau milieu américain. Une discussion d'un nouveau "nomadisme" nord-américain dans le texte : un histoire d'une famille émigrante à Lowell, Massachusetts. -
Jack Kerouac : une conscience de la mort
Une article qui décrit la rôle de la mort dans deux des oeuvres de Jack Kerouac: Visions de Gérard et Tristessa. L'auteur suggére que la préoccupation ou "l'obsession" de Kerouac avec la mort dans ces textes est son certain type d'engagement avec la vie. Quelques comparaisons avec les écrits en prose de Rainer Maria Rilke. -
Regional Competition for Franco-American Repatriates, 1870-1930
Article describing the logics and methods of Québec repatriation from the United States around the turn of the century. The establishment of the Eastern Townships as a Québec repatriation colony, active solicitation of Franco Americans in the United States, and other efforts of the Québec government to redress a "demographic imbalance" between anglophones and francophones in the region after 1870. Perspectives on repatriation from the standpoint of Québec's various political, cultural, and economic goals; Manitoba and western Canada's goals; as well as from Franco American communities in New England. How French Canadian naturalization in the United States, and French cultural pride in New England, effectively combatted Canadian efforts of repatriation. -
Atop an Underwood : Early Stories and Other Writings
Selections from Jack Kerouac's (1922-1969) earliest imaginative and other writings composed between 1936 and 1943, with introduction and commentary from poet and editor, Paul Marion. Includes notes, poetry, creative and journalistic prose, and an excerpt from Kerouac's early novel, "The Sea Is My Brother." Written during Kerouac's youth in Lowell, Massachusetts, during his time at Columbia University, later as a merchant marine, and elsewhere. Presented in three chronological sections: Pine Forests and Pure Thought, 1936-1940; An Original Kicker, 1941; To Portray Life Accurately, 1942-1943. -
Coping before l'État-providence : Collective Welfare Strategies of New England's Franco-Americans
Article describing religious institutions and mutual aid societies created by French Canadian immigrant communities in New England around the turn of the century. Their functions for social welfare, economic well-being, and medical necessity among French-speaking, working-class, Catholic migrants. The appearance of these Québec-modeled support mechanisms - often Catholic, non-public - among urban, industrial communities before the appearance of welfare in the United States. Emphasis on Lewiston, Maine hospitals and religious orders; Manchester, New Hampshire and Woonsocket, Rhode Island mutual aid societies. -
Les Franco-Américains et leurs institutions scolaires
Le septième colloque de l'Institut français du Collège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1990. Présentations sur l'éducation et les institutions scolaires dans les communautés franco-américaines de la Nouvelle-Angleterre; mettant l'accent sur les écoles paroissiales, les collèges catholiques, les ordres religieuses catholiques, et l'occasion de la langue française dans la salle de classe. Des profils historiques de beaucoup des écoles paroissiales catholiques dans les six états de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Brefs profils biographiques des auteurs qui ont contribué au colloque.Tags Acadia, Albion RI, Augusta ME, Beecher Falls VT, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Blackstone MA, Burlington VT, Cascade NH, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Clubs and Societies, Cohoes NY, Conference Proceedings, Connecticut, Education, Emigration and Immigration, France, Gardner MA, Gilbertville MA, Glens Falls NY, Goffstown NH, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Ipswich MA, Island Pond VT, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lisbon ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Marieville RI, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Mexico ME, New Hampshire, New London CT, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, North Adams MA, North America, Northampton MA, Ottawa ON, Pittsfield MA, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Rutland VT, Saco ME, Southbridge MA, Springvale ME, Three Rivers MA, Trumbull CT, Turners Falls MA, Tyngsboro MA, Vermont, Ware MA, Webster MA, West Warwick RI, Westbrook ME, Whitinsville MA, Willimantic CT, Winchendon MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA, Youth -
Gendered Passages : French-Canadian Migration to Lowell, Massachusetts, 1900-1920
Book-length study on French Canadian migrants and migration to Lowell, Massachusetts at the beginning of the 20th century. The role of family in cross-border human movement, and the impact of migration and its social, economic, and labor dimensions on men, women, and children migrants in an industrial New England city. A study of French Canadian migration as an important and distinct continental population movement; the "socially expansive space[s]" created by migrants uniquely across Canada/USA borders. Emphasis on gender dynamics - their responses to migration, labor, and the family in transition, with explorations of the individual experiences of women and men. Includes study of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century social and economic contexts of Québec and Lowell, in-depth consideration of migration realities, and exploration of settlement in the United States through the lens of the paid and unpaid work experiences of French Canadian women and men. Contains many demographic data tables; illustrated in black and white photograph.Tags Boston MA, Caribou ME, Death and Disaster, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Geography, Greek Americans, Health and Wellness, Irish Americans, Labor History, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Portuguese Americans, Québec, Seattle WA, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Travel and Movement, Willimantic CT, Wisconsin -
The Presidential Politics of the Franco Americans
Interpretation of Franco American presidential voting behavior in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island previous to 1962. Takes into account wavering levels of ethnic solidarity, changes in economic class position, religious affiliation, and other historical contexts. Ultimately predicts the demise of "any such political phenomenon as the 'French vote.'"Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Claremont NH, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Franklin NH, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Laconia NH, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Mexico ME, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, North Adams MA, Pawtucket RI, Rochester NH, Rumford ME, Sanford ME, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Van Buren ME, Waterville ME, Winslow ME, Woonsocket RI -
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The Voice Is All : The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac
Biographical portrait of Jack Kerouac, with uniquely heavy emphasis on the suggested influence of his French Canadian heritage - and the French language - on the style and content of his creative works. Written by a Kerouac contemporary and former friend. Covers from Kerouac's early life and those of his parents, to 1951, shortly after the publication of his first novel, The Town and the City. -
The Catholicism of Jack Kerouac
Observations of Jack Kerouac's ethnoreligious background - Franco American and Roman Catholic - and what the author describes as one of three "panels of the survivance triptych" : Catholicism. Historical descriptions of the role and actions of the Roman Catholic Church in historic New France, French Canada, Québec, and later in Franco American communities like Kerouac's Lowell, Massachusetts. Franco Catholicism's Jansenist and Manichean tendencies as rooted in early French North American history. Kerouac's early devotion and later rebellion from Catholic practice, with an ever persistent reflection of and fascincation with select observably Catholic conditions and attitudes, including the themes of guilt and suffering apparent in his recorded life and works. Shades of Catholicism in "Beat Movement" mystical and anti-material mores, and intersections with Kerouac's attentions to Buddhism. Selected revelations of Kerouac's interior life, sexual life, and moral concerns as found in his literature and in select quotation. -
Écrin de pensées des Franco-Américains
Compilation des citations écrites ou parlées par la franco-américanie intellectuelle, religieuse, ou influente du XIXe et XXe siècles. Une liste des contributeurs au livre et leurs villes respectives dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre.Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Canada, Central Falls RI, Danielson CT, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, France, Gardner MA, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, North Adams MA, North Grosvenordale CT, Pawtucket RI, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Rogers MA, Roxbury MA, Rutland VT, Salem MA, Springfield MA, Warren RI, Watertown CT, Watertown MA, West Hartford CT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Kerouac : l'écriture comme errance
Oeuvre critique biographique et littéraire sur le style d'écriture de Jack Kerouac. En deux parties: "VIVRE," ou les espaces de la vie physicale, personelle, solitaire, etc., dont les oeuvres Kerouackians sont nées; et "ÉCRIRE," ou Kérouac comme personnage, auteur, figure littéraire américain au milieu d'une culture littéraire nationale, marginale, et nord-américaine. -
L'identité de l'immigrant québécois en Nouvelle-Angleterre : le rapport Wright de 1882
Un portrait historique de la réponse publique au rapport infâme écrit par Carrol Wright et du Bureau of Labor Statistics du Massachusetts, 1881, dans le contexte de l'immigration canadienne-française classe ouvrière, de la communauté, et de l'identité. Des renseignements biographiques sur Carroll Wright. Activité journalistique dans les communautés franco américaines, en particulier autour de l'œuvre de Ferdinand Gagnon et Hugo A. Dubuque, à l'époque. Réactions au rapport 1881 comme éléments significatifs au notre compréhension de l'identité des immigrants en Nouvelle-Angleterre au 19ème siècle. Référence à l'œuvre historique de Frances Early et un rapport fédéral subséquent sur le travail et le capital qui traite les travailleurs immigrants canadiens-français.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Baltic CT, Cohoes NY, Connecticut, Dunbarton NH, Fall River MA, Grosvenordale CT, Holyoke MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Plattsburgh NY, Putnam CT, Québec, Rhode Island, Troy NY, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Lowell Boott Mills Complex and Its Housing : Material Expressions of Corporate Ideology
Article describing the influence of Lowell, Massachusetts' Boott Mills corporate architectures - physical, economic, occupational - on the lives of millworkers and the citizens of Lowell. Discrepancies between stated corporate commitments to the welfare of workers and the actual daily lives, living conditions, and boarding-house arrangements of mill laborers. Thoughts on "corporate paternalism." The 1835-built Boott Mills as case study in "the affective power of built environment--the total material expression of landscape and land use," including discussions of the formal economic logics behind certain divisions of labor, means of social control, and domestic provisions for workers. Brief operations, commercial, and employment history of the Boott Mills. Descriptions of millsite excavation and construction in the 19th century. -
New Towns of the Early New England Textile Industry
Article in vernacular architecture describing New England industrial community development in the new textile towns of the early 19th century. Emphasis on textile operations and their accompanying communities and building innovations between 1820 and 1840. An attempt at departing from the employer/employee bifuracted model of community development. Comparisons between characteristics of Providence and Boston/Waltham factory and village models; observations of imitative architectural practices in each model's region. Includes select artistic representations of early industrial towns in New England.Tags Berwick ME, Blackstone River Valley, Boston MA, Central Falls RI, Centreville CT, Chelmsford MA, Chicopee MA, Clayville RI, Concord River Valley, Connecticut, Dover NH, Fiskeville RI, Harris RI, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Moosup CT, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Art and Architecture, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Peterborough NH, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Saco ME, Salmon Falls NH, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Stow MA, Vermont, Waltham MA, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Les Franco-Américains dans la guerre : patriotisme et survivance
Article journal sur la participation militaire des canadiens-français aux conflits américains: les guerres d'Indépendence et de Sécession, les Guerres mondiales, etc. Quelques descriptions des hommes canadien-français et franco-américains bien-connus pour leur service militaire ou leurs expressions d'une patriotisme américain dans le 20e siècle. Explorations de la phénomène de la guerre comme entrée franco-américaine dans la discussion de l'identité culturelle et nationale; des attitudes franco-américains envers le Canada, le Québec, et le France; des négotiations de "l'élite franco-américain" pour un héritage français aux États-Unis par des périodes d'un patriotisme intensifié américain. La guerre américaine en tant que site de la dualité culturelle franco-américain.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Boston MA, Canada, Clubs and Societies, Cooperville NY, Fall River MA, Lake Champlain VT, Lowell MA, Malone NY, Manchester NH, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Oswego NY, Québec, Rouse's Point VT, War, Whitehall NY, Woonsocket RI -
The Way That Water Enters Stone
Tags Baton Rouge LA, Boston MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Family, Florida, Gorham ME, Irish Americans, Lake Winepesaukee NH, Leominster MA, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Fiction, Literary Works -- Short fiction, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Old Orchard Beach ME, Orono ME, Providence RI, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Scarborough ME, Violence, Worcester MA