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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. -
Le français se meurt au Vermont
Sur la présence franco-américaine au Vermont - son histoire, ses changements linguistiques, et la grande possibilité de sa disparition. Commentaires sur la discrimination raciale et linguistique, aussi que l'éducation et la télévision, comme prenant part au processus de l'assimilation des communautés franco-américaine dans cet état.
Le titre complet est ainsi libellé: "Apriès des années de relations tourmentées avec la culture québécoise, la communauté franco-américaine fait face à l'extinction." -
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 -
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 -
Franco-American Foresters Meet
An article on the meeting of the Franco American Order of Foresters held in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1909. -
Denies Cardinal in Church Dispute: Rev. J. D. Binette Says He Did Not Quote O'Connell
Article on the comments of a Bellingham, Massachusetts, pastor regarding his alleged opinion of attorney/journalist Elphege J. Daignault - a harsh critic of the local Cardinal and his position relative to national churches and schools coming under the purview of the archdiocese, no longer to be exclusively francophone. This controversy would come to be known as the "Sentinellist Affair." -
Bird Cloud : A Memoir
Narrative of the discovery and inhabiting of the author's homestead along Wyoming's North Platte River. Memoirs from the author's youth and family life, relatives, their cultures and their mobility. Her youth across New England. Historical, archaeological, and genealogical portraits of her family, her various regions, and their people woven throughout. Vivid descriptions of natural life in the rural United States that add to several chapters on the processes of architecting, building, and getting acquainted with her Wyoming home - Bird Cloud - and its own histories. From the author of "The Shipping News," "Accordion Crimes," and several other notable works of fiction.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Connecticut, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Genealogy, Geography, Maine, Montréal QC, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rhode Island, Saratoga WY, Travel and Movement, Vermont, Willimantic CT, Wyoming -
Entre Amis
Collection de lettres envoyées par P. Louis Lalande, S.J., à son ami Arthur Prévost, du Québec, du Canada, des fois aux États-Unis, et d'ailleurs. Rend une chronique de la vie du prêtre et de sa relation avec son ami. Publiée sept ans apriès la mort de M. Prévost.
<br/><br/>Contient une piièce décrivant l'émigration canadienne-française en Nouvelle-Angleterre et de la croissance dans ce lieu de la communauté francophone et catholique. (pp. 62-67) -
Quebec to New England : The Life of Monsignor Charles Dauray
Biography of a priest who emigrated to New England from Quebec and became an instrumental figure in the Providence, Rhode Island, Roman Catholic diocese. His early life in Canada, his movement to the United States on account of illness, and his lifelong attention to Rhode Island's Roman Catholics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His pastoral leadership of Most Precious Blood Parish in Woonsocket. From Bruce Humphries, Inc., Publishers: "The career of Monsignor Charles Dauray is actually the history of the French-speaking population of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, from 1872 to 1931." -
It Stops with Me : Memoir of a Canuck Girl
From Touch Art Books: "This story with its bold contrasts of good and bad, love and hate, inextricably connected, is situated in the context of the bigger history of French Canadian and Indian people amid mainstream American culture from the mid 1950s to the edge of the 21st century....Touchette’s story is rooted deep in the past in her parents', grandparents', and great-grandparents' experiences. Rooted in a changing, dying culture, and a community with a complex history, her mixed heritage held good and bad. With coal black eyes, Indian hair, French language, and woman-centered culture, she inherited a legacy of oppression and denial overshadowed by the powerful influence of the Catholic Church. But Touchette chose a different legacy for her children and the seven generations to follow that connected her to 5000 years of Jewish traditions, and milleniums of Native American spirituality." Also from Touch Art Books: "A visionary American painter examines an eventful life that spans fifty years, several cultures -- French Canadian, Indian and Jewish, and diverse places -- from Wellesley College, New York's Lower East Side, and Soho, to Indian Country, Navajo Nation and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Stories of families -- their agony and blessings, shame and pride, destruction and creation -- with brilliant illustrations, demonstrate the depth and resiliency of the human spirit, and make the personal, universal. Original." -
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." -
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 -
Oral Tradition : New England and French Canada
Paper outlining a proposed bibliography of New England French folklore. Describes an inventory of materials on New England French popular tradition - folklore, folk song, legend - being collected and cataloged at the Archives de Folklore, l'Université Laval, in Québec City. Certain examples of New England French Canadian and Franco American folklore, its themes and content; its researchers; and some accessible sources. Concludes with a chart comparing the different types of folklore found in each New England state, New England generally, Mississippi, Michigan, and Louisiana, as well as Ontario, Québec, and Acadia.
Presented 5/2/1972 at a conference entitled,"The French in New England, Acadia, and Quebec," and also included in the full conference proceedings published under the same name. -
Franco-American Language Maintenance Efforts in New England : Realities and Issues
Essay describing the sociology and psychology of Franco Americans in New England as conditions tied to their history in North America. How French language maintenance efforts are involved in articulating and uncomplicating these conditions. The state of different 1970s media (classroom programming, print, radio, television, etc.) by which the French language has been made available in New England. Some thoughts on the state of Franco American culture - popular interest, support, vitality. Featured in a collection of papers from a 1974 Indiana University conference on the Francophones of the Americas. Complete title of the text includes the following: "Actes ducolloque tenu aè l'Université d'Indiana, Bloomington, du 28 au 30 mars 1974."Tags Caribou ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Demography, Derby VT, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Frenchville ME, Greenville NH, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Orono ME, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, St. Agatha ME, St. John River Valley, Vermont -
Les conférences de l'Institut franco-américain de Bowdoin College
Une collection d'essaies sur le sujet de la vie franco-américaine dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Compilée des présentations de quelques conférences academiques de Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. Avec les écrits qui suivent: "L'Institut Franco-Américain de Bowdoin College" - Gerard-J. Brault "Attitudes des Franco-Américains en politique" - Josaphat-T. Benoit "Le Laboratoire linguistique - actif et passif" - Edward-B. Ham "Aspects psychologiques de l'étude d'une deuxiième langue" - Wallace-E. Lambert "Les Franco-Américains de Fall River" - Herve-B. Lemaire "Peut-on enseigner le francais par la télévision?" - William-N. Locke "La Poésie francaise de Nouvelle-Angleterre" - Soeur Marie-Carmel Therriault "La Politique présidentielle des Franco-Américains: quelques observations sommaires" - David-B. Walker -
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 -
Beginning Franco-American Genealogy
First edition published in 1986. A guide to conducting one's own genealogy, with resources appropriate for those with Franco American and Canadian French ancestry. -
An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America
Subtitled: "Carefully Compiled and Edited by Adin Ballou; with Numerous Artistic Illustrations." Massive family history of the Ballou family of Rhode Island. Written at the end of the 19th century. -
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 -
Du Québec vers les États-Unis : l'étude des lieux d'origine
Des notes de recherche sur l'immigrant "non seulement comme historique se heurtant aux exigences de la société d'accueil au moment de son insertion, mais aussi comme individu qui quitte un lieu précis en réponse a des besoins particuliers et sous des conditions particuliers" (409). Ramirez et Lamarre demandent donc, "Qui étaient les immigrants?" et puis regardent celles etudes qui examinent Québec comme lieu d'origine de beaucoup d'americain(e)s. -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Luckless, Witless, and Filthy-Footed : A Sociocultural Study and Publishing History Analysis of "The Lazy Boy"
Article on narrative motifs and patterns of historical development in the folkloric story of "The Lazy Boy" : a "male tale" traced internationally over nearly five hundred years of oral and written storytelling, through various iterations of characters and themes, and across linguistic boundaries. Author's critical analysis of "The Lazy Boy" used "to explore...questions in contemporary folk narrative research" (259). Emphasis on the roles of anger, stupidity, sexuality, and class in various of the story's versions; how the story's aspects vary in its telling between one cultural community and another. -
The Teacher of French and the Franco-American Newspaper
Article describing French, French-Canadian, and Franco-American newspapers published in the US and Canada as useful classroom tools for language learning and cultural competency. Discussions of various relevant French-language periodicals, their contents, origins, and distribution. Suggestions for their use with students.Tags Alberta, Berlin NH, California, Canada, Fall River MA, Lewiston ME, Los Angeles CA, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Newark NJ, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- Journalism, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pittsburgh PA, Québec, Rhode Island, San Francisco CA, Saskatchewan, Worcester MA -
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 -
Language and Culture : Heritage and Horizons : The 1976 Northeast Conference
Summary description of the twenty-third annual meeting of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, held in New York City. The conference's theme relating to the origins and endurance of languages other than English among immigrant groups in the United States, and culminating in three reports: "Origins," "Cultural Pluralism," and "Contributions." Descriptions of conference participants and program content, with emphases on French, Spanish, and German languages. Includes brief descriptions of the work of Normand Dubé, Don Dugas, Guy Dubay, Alain Blanchet, Paul Chassé, Claire Quintal, Nelson Pepin, Joan Young, Roger Paradis, Richard Santerre, Ann Woolfson, Robert Paris, and others. -
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 -
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 -
Brokers of Ethnic Identity : The Franco-American Petty Bourgeoisie of Woonsocket, Rhode Island (1865-1945)
Article describing the emergence of a Franco American petty bourgeoisie class in southern New England at the beginning of the 19th century, and the ability of francophone elites in this region and time period to maintain strong ties with French Canada. The interweaving of Woonsocket, Rhode Island entrepreneurial and French cultural life, including parish, fraternal, and community organizations. -
A Study of Textile Mill Closings in Selected New England Communities
A study of the 1950s closings of selected textile mills from all six New England states, explorations of their local and regional economic impacts, and analyses of community adjustments to economic change. Local recovery measures taken to compensate for losses in labor, industry, and government income. Studies take into account the varying economic settings of the New England communities at hand, including their potential for economic development, their capacity to provide work opportunities to former millworkers, and their ability to withstand out-migration. Data is compiled from interviews with community members and state and local government statistics. Based on the following textile centers in their respective industrial cities: Saco-Lowell Shops, Bates Manufacturing Company, and Pepperell Manufacturing Company in Biddeford, Saco, and Sanford, Maine; Textron, Incorporated (previously Nashua Manufacturing Company) in Nashua, New Hampshire; the Fort Dummer mill (Berkshire Hathaway, Incorporated) in Brattleboro, Vermont; the Berkshire mills (Berkshire Hathaway, Incorporated) of Adams, Massachusetts; Wauregan Mills, Incorporated of Wauregan, Connecticut.Tags Adams MA, Arctic RI, Biddeford ME, Brattleboro VT, Business and Economics, Central Village CT, Clyde RI, Connecticut, Crompton RI, Danielson CT, Death and Disaster, Government and Politics, Labor History, Lippit RI, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Moosup CT, Nashua NH, Natick RI, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Old Orchard Beach ME, Pawtuxet River Valley, Phoenix RI, Plainfield CT, Providence RI, Quinebaug River Valley, Rhode Island, Riverpoint RI, Saco ME, Sanford ME, South Carolina, Vermont, Wauregan CT, West Warwick RI -
Lewis Hine's Photography and Reform in Rhode Island
Article on Lewis Hine's photographic work for the National Child Labor Committee, its ties with the National Consumers' League, and the photographer's place among progressive and humanitarian labor reform in early twentieth-century Rhode Island. The child welfare concerns and women and child labor reform initiatives of Alice Hunt and others of the Rhode Island Consumers' League during that time. How Hine's photographs reflect the humanitarian concerns of the political organizations with which he was associated. Examples of Hine's Rhode Island work in the publications of the NCLC, and the ways in which Rhode Island evidence of poor working and living conditions became part of national conversations about child welfare and housing reform, immigration, and, as the author puts it, "the dignity of work" (49). Illustrated with black and white photographs. Includes a list of Lewis Hine photographs held at the Slater Mill Historic Site in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.Tags Chicago IL, Emigration and Immigration, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Italian Americans, Lonsdale RI, Mills and Mill Work, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Documentary, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Pawtucket RI, Pawtuxet River Valley, Photography, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Social History, Warren RI, Youth -
The Great Textile Strike of 1934 : Illuminating Rhode Island History in the Thirties
Article describing the scope of the Great Textile Strike of 1934 in Rhode Island, in the midst of the Great Depression and the decline of the New England textile industry. The impact of the strike's upheavals on Rhode Island life in the 1930s. The role of the United Textile Workers (UTW) labor union in the nationwide strike, its organization in Rhode Island, and its impact on other labor unions - especially the National Textile Workers (NTW) and the Independent Textile Union of Woonsocket (ITU). Localized outbursts of Rhode Island violence and the context for their occurrence. The strike's implications for Rhode Island politics. Illustrated in black and white photographs.Tags Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Saylesville RI, Violence, War, Warren RI, West Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
Working People in the Post-Industrial Age, 1961-Present
Article featuring selections of oral history interviews conducted with Rhode Island working people in the 1980s. Reflections on childhood in urban, industrial Rhode Island in the wake of industrial closures, changing demographic landscapes, and their impact on the state's collective identity. Stories of mill work in Pawtucket, the Narragansett Brewery, labor negotiations, the women's movement, and other social reform movements in Rhode Island in the 1960s and 1970s. Featured in Part Two of a Rhode Island History series entitled, "Working Lives: An Oral History of Rhode Island Labor."Tags Albion RI, Blackstone Valley RI, Central Falls RI, Emigration and Immigration, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Manville RI, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rhode Island, Social History, United States, Youth -
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 -
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 -
Rhode Island's Franco-Americans in Our Pluralistic Society
Brief essay presentation summarizing much of the history of the French presence in Rhode Island. Acknowledges certain Rhode Island events, as well as political and religious figures, beginning with French explorations of North America in the 16th century, and moving into the twentieth century. Composed as a response to what the author calls the "melting pot theory," and as an argument against the author's notion of cultural assimilation. Transcript of a speech given to Le Foyer - a social organization in Pawtucket, Rhode Island - on March 21, 1973.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Central Falls RI, Coventry RI, Cumberland RI, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Government and Politics, Manville RI, Narragansett RI, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Pawtucket RI, Religion, Rhode Island, West Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
L'émigration québécoise vers les villes industrielles de la Nouvelle-Angleterre au XIXe siiècle
Un bref essai sur la grande émigration canadienne-française du Québec aux États-Unis au XIXe siiècle. Une exploration des raisons économiques pour ce mouvement populaire entre 1840 et 1930; une explication des conditions de vie et de travail pour les immigrants dans les Petits Canadas, des nouvelles communautés canadiennes-françaises dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre.Tags Biddeford ME, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Holyoke MA, Lewiston ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Old Town ME, Québec, Rhode Island, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
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 -
The Cultural Heritage of New England
Brief overview of the general cultural heritage in contemporary New England, with an emphasis on rural communities. The roles of religion and education, economics and immigration, often among communities that can trace their New England origins to the early days of the American colonies. Characteristics of the social networks and infrastructures of certain New England counties and towns as related to concepts of culture. Brief discussions of Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and French Canadian people in this region. Originally appeared in the book, "New England as a Region: Its Resources, Its People, Their Interaction" (1988), by Gerald W. Howe, A.E. Luloff, and Louis A. Ploch. -
The Persistance of White Ethnicity in New England Politics
Article presenting data on voting patterns in selected New England towns that indicate, in a general sense, connections between ethnic origin and voting behaviors in the early 21st century. Interpretations of statistical models that indicate the continuing relevance of white ethnic group identification to electoral politics and community formation in New England. Comparison of historical white ethnic groups in the United States to new immigrant populations. Sociological research on assimilation in the United States as related to economic class and political behavior. From the authors: "By examining the persistent effect of white ethnicity on political behavior, we seek to broaden our understanding of ethnic political development and voting. We begin our inspection by discussing the past role and prominence of white ethnicity. We then juxtapose these historic assessments of ethnic persistence and decline with the patterns observable by our empirical analysis of the effect of white ethnicity on presidential politics in over 1500 towns in six New England states."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Polish Americans, Rhode Island, Vermont -
Franco-Americans and Quebec
The first chapter in a book-length series of short essays, interviews, conversations, and journalistic explorations into the impact of Quebec's Quiet Revolution on Canada and the US. Written by a researcher from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, who makes an attempt at bridging the growing division between Franco Americans in the United States and issues and events surrounding the province of Quebec. This introductory essay contains demographic figures on Franco American people in New England, and the conditions of early French Canadian immigrant communities in the US. -
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 -
Historiographie et identité collective en Amérique française : le cas des élites francophones de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1872-1991
Un essai historiographique sur les façons dont l'identité ethnique et nationale a été imaginé, représenté, et vécue par des Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre qui ont écrit leurs histoires. Comment des textes français dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre présentent l'histoire du français en Amérique du nord, et la façon dont ces textes ont contribué à façonner l'identité franco-américaine dans leur temps. L'identité franco-américain comme précédemment produit par ceux qui l'ont écrit: prêtres, avocats, médecins, journalistes. Les étapes historiques de la représentation ethnique (canadienne-française, française, française nord-américaine, franco-américaine) dans certains écrits franco-américains, à partir de premiières publications jusqu'au fin du vingtiième siiècle.
Présenté dans les parties suivantes: «Faire oeuvre de reparation et d'honneur», 1872-1898 Une identité franco-américaine, 1899-1933 Appropriation culturelle et affirmation ethnique, 1934-1960 Difficultés, 1961-1991 -
Le Foyer Fortieth Anniversary Souvenir Book : 1936-1976
Historical anniversary portrait of Pawtucket and Central Falls, Rhode Island, Franco American fraternal organization, Le Foyer. Includes English transcripts of three significant speeches held at organization events; a section of facts about the group; and brief biographies of all past presidents. Presented in the following sections: Introduction 1939 Reception for French Consul -Speech by R. deBlois LaBrosse 1957 Past Presidents' Night -Speech by Louis H. Paquin 1976 Fortieth Anniversary Mass and Banquet -Speech by Henri Leblond Did You Know? Past Presidents' Biographies -
A Listener's Guide to Francophones in the Northeast
Linguistic guide to French dialects often heard among French speakers in New England. Essay that traces, in condensed form, the historical evolution of Indo-European language into North American and New England dialects of French. Origins of certain French dialects in New England. Comparisons between North American and European French vocabularies and pronunciations, generally, with certain examples. Linguistic explanation of southern New England dialect common vowel and consonant sounds. Includes list of "northeastern American French usages not heard in Europe" and a short bibliography. Annotations of soundtapes that are included with written material. Designed for workshop use. Divided into the following sections: The Problems The History The Language The Tapes Developed by the Bilingual Education Service Center at the University of Vermont. -
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 -
Worcester's Union Station : The Monument and the Memories
History of Worcester, Massachusett's Union Station. Its various shapes and transformations from its initial construction in 1875 and reconstruction in 1911, through its closure in 1964, to its 1999 restoration. The place of the station in French Canadian immigration, in the travels of World Wars I & II, and through the author's memoirs. How Union Station figures into the memories of other New Englanders, as presented in their own stories and writings. Statements from the staff of Preservation Worcester and the Worcester Redevelopment Authority. Illustrated heavily in black and white photograph, with one chapter devoted entirely to a pictorial history of Union Station.Tags Art and Architecture, Auburn MA, Bedford NH, Blackstone River Valley, Emigration and Immigration, Massachusetts, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Photography, Rhode Island, Travel and Movement, United States, War, Worcester MA -
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 -
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 -
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 -
The French in Rhode Island : Historical Overview
A brief history, unpublished, of the French presence in the Rhode Island area - from France's exploration in the 16th century, to the Huguenot communities of the 17th century, French soldiers of the late 18th in the American Revolution, and the French Canadian immigrants of the most recent two hundred years. The continuing Franco American presence in Rhode Island, the cities in which French heritage is vibrant, and the institutions that have sustained certain elements of French culture. Profiles of certain prominent Rhode Islanders.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Albion RI, Arctic RI, Art and Architecture, Ashton RI, Business and Economics, Central Falls RI, Community: Customs and Social Life, East Greenwich RI, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Frenchtown RI, Government and Politics, Lippitsville RI, Manville RI, Natick RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Pawtucket RI, Phenix RI, Providence RI, Religion, Rhode Island, Slatersville RI, Violence, War, Warren RI, West Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
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 -
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 Franco-Americans : The Relationship Between Ethnic Identification and Political Behavior
An undergraduate honors essay written for the Department of Government at Bowdoin College. Observations into the "low assimilation rate among Franco-Americans" as determined by French Canadian migration patterns, and partly evidenced in what the author argues to be the consistency of a Franco American voting bloc. From the author of, "La Foi, La Langue, La Culture: The Franco-Americans of Biddeford, Maine."Tags Biddeford ME, Canada, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Social History, St. Lawrence River Valley, Travel and Movement, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Le français se meurt au Vermont
Sur la présence franco-américaine au Vermont - son histoire, ses changements linguistiques, et la grande possibilité de sa disparition. Commentaires sur la discrimination raciale et linguistique, aussi que l'éducation et la télévision, comme prenant part au processus de l'assimilation des communautés franco-américaine dans cet état.
Le titre complet est ainsi libellé: "Apriès des années de relations tourmentées avec la culture québécoise, la communauté franco-américaine fait face à l'extinction." -
La politique dans le Rhode Island
Sur Aram J. Pothier, candidat républicain au poste de gouverneur du Rhode Island, comme il a été décrit par New England Magazine. Un dirigeant local - culturellement, politiquement, économiquement. Aussi quelques mots sur l'homme comme écrit dans La Revue des Deux-Frances. Comment bien qu'il est «américain» en donnant aux discours à la Providence, Boston et Biddeford, Maine. Un argument en faveur de son élection, en dépit de sa naissance canadienne, et aussi des mots à l'appui de l'égalité politique générale pour les immigrants aux États-Unis. -
Bravo! les Franco-Américains
Quelques commentaires sur le rapatriement de Canadiens français des États-Unis à Québec. Certaines investissements dans l'infrastructure au Québec, comme pris par une banque franco-américaine de Rhode Island. Des descriptions de ces investissements - de terres agricoles et de voies ferrées au Canada - comme opportunités d'affaires et l'emploi pour les rapatriés. -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : La population française des États-Unis
Une réimpression d'un article en vedette dans "L'Opinion Publique." Un examen d'une analyse statistique réalisée par M.C.H. de Fosse sur des personnes résidant aux Etats-Unis dont la langue maternelle est autre que l'anglais, un accent particulier sur ceux du patrimoine canadien-français. Les chiffres sur la population nationale de langue française (environ 1,5 millions). Certains groupes d'États américains et de leur population par rapport aux chiffres du nombre total d'Américains de langue française.Tags Arizona, Arkansas, Canada, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Demography, Florida, France, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Native Americans, Nebraska, Nevada, New England, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, United States, US Northwest, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming -
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 -
Revue des faits et des oeuvres : Le Gouverneur Pothier
1908 annonce de l'élection de M. Pothier au bureau du gouverneur de l'état de Rhode Island. Fournit quelques citations pertinentes d'un journal de Montréal, La Patrie. -
Le Crédit Foncier Canadien à Québec
Un article sur les développements d'infrastructure réalisés au Québec gra?ce à des investissements d'une banque franco-américaine. Construction d'un camp de bois dans la colonie d'Estcourt, et le début d'une voie ferrée entre le continent et l'île d'Orléans. Contient courtes transcriptions des correspondances entre des acteurs sur les projets et des fonctionnaires au Québec. -
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 -
Vieux articles et vieux ouvrages : Le Rev. M. Bédard, curé de Fall River (1886) Suite. [no. 1]
Deuxiième partie d'une piièce biographique sur un prêtre canadien-français aux Etats-Unis. Sa vie comme curé de la paroisse à Flint Village, Fall River, Massachusetts. Ses préoccupations culturelles au sein de sa paroisse, et les aspects de ses relations avec les paroissiens et les prêtres irlandais-américaine. Certains événements dans la vie des catholiques franco-américaines de Fall River à la fin du 19ième siiècle.Tags Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Flint Village MA, Ireland, Irish Americans, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Providence RI, Québec, Quequechan River Valley, Religion, Rhode Island -
Histoire Franco-Américaine : Historique de la paroisse St-Jacques de Manville 1872-1908
Une histoire de l'administration et des développements à Saint-Jacques paroisse catholique romaine à Manville, Rhode Island, au tournant du siiècle. Une chronologie des prêtres de Saint-Jacques. Mouvement des prêtres d'autres paroisses dans le Rhode Island, le Massachusetts et New York. Croissance d'organisations franco-américaines nationales et fraternelles dans le Rhode Island. Les chiffres sur la paroisse Saint-Jacques de la population, les familles, les étudiants, les propriétaires fonciers, etc.Tags Albion RI, Ashton RI, Berkeley RI, Blackstone River Valley, Central Falls RI, Education, Fall River MA, Glens Falls NY, Holyoke MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Pawtucket RI, Performing Arts, Providence RI, Religion, Rhode Island, Spencer MA, Valley Falls RI, Warren RI, Woonsocket RI -
Vieux articles et vieux ouvrages : Le Rev. M. Bédard, curé de Fall River (1886) Suite. [no. 2]
Troisiième partie d'une piièce biographique sur un prêtre canadien-français aux Etats-Unis. Les communications avec son évêque, et ses efforts à développer une paroisse nationale à Fall River, au Massachusetts. Quelques commentaires sur les efforts de ce prêtre à la lutte contre la maltraitance des canadiens-français catholiques et les travailleurs de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Sa maladie et sa mort éventuelle. Une réimpression de l'article sur son cérémonies funéraires comme présenté dans le périodique canadien, "Castor." Une transcription de son "testament de feu."Tags Acadians, Bowenville MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, East Douglas MA, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Flint Village MA, Ireland, Irish Americans, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Millbury MA, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Providence RI, Québec, Quequechan River Valley, Religion, Rhode Island, Taunton MA, Tiverton RI, Westport MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Sports and Franco-Americans in Woonsocket, 1870-1930
The place of sport in the Franco American communities of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, around the beginning of the twentieth century. The complex identification of sport with both a means of French Canadian cultural preservation and a site of American acculturation. The early lives of organized sports in Woonsocket French Canadian immigrant communities, sport preference, and sport popularity around the turn of the century. Some profiles of significant Franco American athletes. Largely focused on baseball, hockey, and weightlifting. -
Woonsocket : Highlights of History, 1800-1976
Full title also reads: "A Bicentennial Project for the City of Woonsocket." A collection of historical essays on Woonsocket, Rhode Island, earlier featured in an historical column of the city's newspaper, the Woonsocket Call. Nearly two centuries of Woonsocket's business, industry, and labor, based on the early proliferation of water power and the entry of railways. The transition of working communities from local- to immigrant-based. The development of the city's ethnic diversity. The rise and fall of Woonsocket textile manufacturing. Sections also dedicated to social groups and local athletics. Illustrated in black and white photo. Supplemented with a brief bibliography.Tags Blackstone RI, Blackstone River Valley, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Cumberland RI, Geography, Hamlet RI, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Quinnville RI, Religion, Rhode Island, Slatersville RI, Sports and Leisure, Travel and Movement, Valley Falls RI, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Débuts de la colonie franco-américaine de Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Un portrait riche et approfondie de la naissance d'un des plus grandes communautés franco-américaines du Rhode Island. Présenté en trois parties: "Histoire de l'ancien Woonsocket et de ses environs," "L'émigration des Canadiens français aux Etats-Unis en général et à Woonsocket, R.I., en particulier," et "Les Franco-Américains et le Woonsocket contemporain." Illustré avec des photos en noir et blanc, et aussi avec quelques arbres généalogiques de familles franco-américaines à Woonsocket.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Blackstone River Valley, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Genealogy, Government and Politics, Journalism, Manville RI, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, New England, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Rhode Island, Smithfield RI, Social History, War, Woonsocket RI -
Imagining New England : Explorations of Regional Identity from the Pilgrims to the Mid-Twentieth Century
The shape of regional identity in New England, from its Puritan origins, to its Yankee iterations, to its immigrant diversity. How popular conceptions of the New England region were created, established, and communicated, and how these conceptions and their imagining have been disrupted, developed, and reborn over the past four centuries. New England as a region both "historically grounded and culturally invented" (5). From the author: "Though my analysis acknowledges, indeed traces, Puritan-Yankee continuities in regional culture, it emphasizes how tradition remains, or, rather, becomes, tradition by a continual process of invention and reinvention" (5). Written by a professor of New England and American Studies at the University of Southern Maine.Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fiction and Literature, Geography, Government and Politics, Journalism, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Religion, Rhode Island, Sports and Leisure, Vermont -
The 'Flint Affair' : French-Canadian Struggle for 'Survivance'
Article on the 1880s Fall River, Massachusetts, dispute between French Canadian immigrant Catholics, Irish American parishioners, and a largely Irish American clergy, commonly known as the "Flint Affair." The prolonged and destructive debate over French Canadian immigrant community preference for a priest of both their heritage and language to service a national parish. The various community crises instigated by both nationalistic parishioners and their resistant bishopric. "Flint village" of the Fall River Flint mills as an example of the communities and parishes borne out of turn-of-the-century emigration to the United States. Ethnic division as a symptom of linguistic barriers in church, disputes concerning the organization of labor, and passions both in favor of and against "la survivance."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Irish Americans, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Religion, Rhode Island, Violence -
Number and Percent of Persons with French Mother Tongue : States, Counties (Parishes), Places of 10,000 or More, SMSA's of 250,000 or More, and Urban and Rural Residence, New England and Louisiana, 1970
Presentation of data acquired in the 1970 United States census. Statistics collected specifically on the populations of persons of French mother tongue in New England and Louisiana. Illustrates in table form their distribution by county, city, town, and state, and indicates percentage of each total area's population. Also mentions other states where francophones exist less prominently than in the featured states of the study. An often-cited report in the sociology of Franco Americans, compiled by a Franco American scholar from Maine.Tags California, Connecticut, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Language and Linguistics, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New England, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin -
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 -
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 -
An Ethnic Survey of Woonsocket, Rhode Island
A case study and scientific report on ethnic make-up in Woonsocket, Rhode Island around 1930. Demographic figures on school populations, families, and communities in Woonsocket with regard to ethnicity and culture, compiled from survey data. Takes into account immigrant residents' geographic region of origin. Lacks information from Woonsocket Catholic schools because of the concurrence of what we now know as the "Sentinelle Affair" - a drawn-out dispute between laypersons and Church hierarchy over the preservation of national parishes. Some statistics on language usage. From the author: "In general, the survey of Woonsocket seeks to describe the public-school population in terms of geographic origin, ethnic ancestry, ethnic fusion, and the degree of Americanism" (9). Submitted as Ph.D. thesis at Columbia University, 1935. Republished in 1970 by Arno Press. -
The General Textile Strike of 1934 : From Maine to Alabama
An account of 1934's nationwide textile strike in the United States. The trend of unionization that preceded the strike, and the strike's lasting impact on labor and industry in the United States. A specific focus on the impact of this strike in the industrial pockets of the New England states - often overshadowed by the arguably more widespread effect of labor unrest on life and industry in the American South. Includes a case study of Burlington, North Carolina, and the textile mills of Burlington Industries. From University of Missouri Press: "In January 1933, the United Textile Workers of America was in danger of collapse. Its membership was no larger than 15,000; its attempts to organize southern workers had failed disastrously; and it was constantly under attack from rival organizations. Yet, barely eighteen months later, with 300,000 dues-paying members, with newly established or revived branches covering southern cotton textile workers, as well as northern woolen and worsted workers, silk and jacquard weavers, dyers and finishers, even rayon workers, and with locals in 208 cities, towns, and mill villages, UTW was about to embark on what one historian has termed 'the greatest single industrial conflict in the history of American labor.' 'The General Textile Strike of 1934' is the story of that conflict....In 'The General Textile Strike of 1934,' John Salmond tells everyone's story. Looking at the strike from a national and an industrywide perspective, Salmond explains why workers were willing to risk protesting and describes the differences and similarities between southern and northern workers. Setting the strike within a New Deal context and focusing on its impact on the future of labor relations in the industry and on the lives of those who participated in it, 'The General Textile Strike of 1934' fills an important gap in American labor history."Tags Alabama, Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Burlington NC, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Danielson CT, Dighton MA, Easthampton MA, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Georgia, Government and Politics, Greenville SC, Hogansville GA, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Ludlow MA, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, Newman GA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, Polish Americans, Portuguese Americans, Putnam CT, Rhode Island, Saco ME, Saylesville RI, Scottish Americans, Social History, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Violence, Virginia, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI -
Franco-American Foresters Meet
An article on the meeting of the Franco American Order of Foresters held in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1909. -
Denies Cardinal in Church Dispute: Rev. J. D. Binette Says He Did Not Quote O'Connell
Article on the comments of a Bellingham, Massachusetts, pastor regarding his alleged opinion of attorney/journalist Elphege J. Daignault - a harsh critic of the local Cardinal and his position relative to national churches and schools coming under the purview of the archdiocese, no longer to be exclusively francophone. This controversy would come to be known as the "Sentinellist Affair." -
The Franco-Americans of New England : Dreams and Realities
English translation of Yves Roby's "Les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre: Reêves et réalités" - a comprehensive historical text on French Canada's immigrants to New England and their development of a Franco American identity. Covers the period from 1840 (or near the beginning of en masse Canadian emigration) to 1976. One of the most exhaustive texts on Franco Americans to date, Roby's work focuses its attention largely on "la survivance" and the prevailing, evolving attitudes toward it in New England. Roby writes, "This work will attempt to describe the conceptions that the French-Canadian emigrants in New England and their descendants have of themselves." From McGill-Queen's University Press: "Between 1840 and 1930, approximately 900,000 people left Quebec for the United States, with the number of French-Canadian colonies in New England's industrial cities growing rapidly. The first generation of immigrants, who considered themselves French Canadians living in the United States, lived outside of American society as much as possible and sought to recreate their lost motherland. Their children's situation was different, however, since they did not see themselves as a community creating a distinct society on American soil.... What became of these millions of immigrant descendants?... Roby seeks to explain the genesis and evolution of this group and raises insightful questions regarding not only the Franco-Americans but also the integration of ethnocultural groups into Canadian society and the future of North American Francophonies."Tags Adams MA, Bedford NH, Berlin NH, Beverly MA, Boston MA, Bristol CT, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Cambridge MA, Central Falls RI, Champlain NY, Chelsea MA, Chicopee MA, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Danielson CT, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Gardner MA, Gloucester MA, Haverhill MA, Language and Linguistics, Ludlow MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Massachusetts, Meriden CT, Nashua NH, New England, New Hampshire, Newton MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, North Adams MA, North Brookfield MA, Ogdensburg NY, Pittsfield MA, Plattsburgh NY, Portland ME, Prince Edward Island, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Suncook NH, Vermont, Waltham MA, Ware MA, Warwick RI, Waterbury CT, Westerly RI, Willimantic CT -
Histoire d'un reêve brisé? : Les Canadiens français aux états-Unis
De Septentrion: "Au début du XXe siiècle, priès de la moitié de la population d'origine canadienne-française vivait à l'extérieur du Québec, en Nouvelle-Angleterre pour la plupart. Cette saignée démographique aurait pu contribuer à l'établissement d'une société francophone vigoureuse et dynamique aux États-Unis. Mais, au milieu des années 1970, le dominicain Thomas-Marie Landry signera l'acte de déciès de ce rêve pieux tandis que les élites franco-américaines considéreront cette tentative comme un échec. Toutefois, pour ceux qui ont choisi de s'installer aux États-Unis d'abord et avant tout pour améliorer leur sort et celui de leurs enfants, l'anglicisation et l'assimilation apparaissent non comme un échec, mais comme une réussite. Ils voient dans leur histoire une heureuse évolution qui a fait d'eux des Américains d'origine canadienne-française. Deux lectures différentes d'un même passé..."Tags Bedford NH, Berlin NH, Blackstone River Valley, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Connecticut, Connecticut River Valley, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Fitchburg MA, Forestry, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, La Beauce QC, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- Immigration, North Adams MA, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Pawtucket RI, Pawtuxet River Valley, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Rouse's Point VT, Saco ME, Salem MA, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Taunton River Valley, Vermont, Warwick RI, Waterbury CT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Working-Class Americanism : The Politics of Labor in a Textile City, 1914-1960
45 years of labor history from the textile mills of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The relationships between the World Wars, American nationalism, and the attitudes of working-class, largely immigrant New Englanders in the first half of the twentieth century. Republished in 2002 by Princeton University Press with a new preface from the author. From Princeton University Press: "In this classic interpretation of the 1930s rise of industrial unionism, Gary Gerstle challenges the popular historical notion that American workers' embrace of 'Americanism' and other patriotic sentiments in the post-World War I years indicated their fundamental political conservatism. He argues that Americanism was a complex, even contradictory, language of nationalism that lent itself to a wide variety of ideological constructions in the years between World War I and the onset of the Cold War. Using the rich and textured material left behind by New England's most powerful textile union--the Independent Textile Union of Woonsocket, Rhode Island--Gerstle uncovers for the first time a more varied and more radical working-class discourse."Tags Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Labor History, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, United States, Woonsocket RI -
The Beginnings of the Franco-American Colony in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
English translation of 1920's "Débuts de la colonie franco-américaine de Woonsocket, Rhode Island." A rich and in-depth portrayal of the birth of one of Rhode Island's largest Franco-American communities. Divided into three parts: town origins, immigration and genealogy, and a contemporary portrait including biographies and modern institutions.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Blackstone River Valley, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Genealogy, Journalism, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Rhode Island, Woonsocket RI -
Ballots and Bibles : Ethnic Politics and the Catholic Church in Providence
From Cornell University Press: "Through her account of the newcomers' fight for political inclusion, Evelyn Savidge Sterne offers a fresh perspective on the nationwide struggle to define American identity at the turn of the twentieth century....In a departure from standard histories of immigrants and workers in the United States, 'Ballots and Bibles' views religion as a critical tool for new Americans seeking to influence public affairs. In Providence, this book demonstrates, Catholics used their parishes as political organizing spaces. Here they learned to be speakers and leaders, eventually orchestrating a successful response to Rhode Island's Americanization campaigns and claiming full membership in the nation."Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Ireland, Italy, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Violence, War -
Hidden Minorities : The Persistence of Ethnicity in American Life
Collection of essays on acculturation, assimilation, and minority ethnic groups otherwise generally overlooked. A majority emphasis on ethnicity in Rhode Island and New England.
Contains the following essays by their respective authors:
"Ethnic identity, acculturation, and assimilation" by Joan H. Rollins
"Narragansett Indians" by William S. Simmons
"Mohegans and Scatacooks" by Ethel Boissevain "The French-Canadians of New England" by Leon F. Bouvier
"The Armenians of North America" by Frank Andrews Stone
"The Arabic-speaking communities in Rhode Island" by Marlene Koury Smith
"Azoreans in America" by Mark J. Handler
"Cape Verdean Americans" by Deirdre Meintel MachadoTags Acculturation and Assimilation, Armenian Americans, Azoreans, Cape Verdean Americans, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Lebanon, Native Americans, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Portuguese Americans, Québec, Rhode Island, Social History, Syria, United States, Woonsocket RI -
New England and the Maritime Provinces : Connections and Comparisons
Collection of essays by various scholars on New England, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island - critical geographies to what has emerged in historical studies in recent decades as the field of North American "borderland studies." Essays consider the histories between these regions both before and after the establishment of political borders in a culturally diverse space. The implications of regionalism, nationalism, and business for neighboring spaces within two countries. Contains the following writings: Introduction - Stephen J. Hornsby and John G. Reid Pre-European Dawnland: Archaeology of the Maritime Peninsula - David Sanger Spaces of Power in the Early Modern Northeast - Elizabeth Mancke Passamaquoddy Identity and the Marchall Decision - William Wicken New England Soldiers in the St. John River Valley, 1758-1760 - Geoffrey Plank Before Borderlands: Yankees, British, and the St. John Valley French - Béatrice Craig Comparative Economic Advantage: Nova Scotia and New England, 1720s-1860s - Julian Gwyn Variations on a Borderlands Theme: Nativism and Collective Violence in Northeastern North America in the Mid-Nineteenth Century - Scott W. See Nova Scotia and the American Presence: Seeking Connections Without Conquest, 1848-1854 - D.A. Sutherland The Command of Money in Shaws'Borderlands, 1859-1887 - Jacques Ferland Re-Examining the Economic Underdevelopment of the Maritime Provinces: A Case Study of Portland, Maine, and Saint John, New Brunswick - Robert H. Babcock Maine-Maritimes Folklore: The Lumberwoods Connection - Edward (Sandy) D. Ives Canadaian and American Policy Making in Response to the First Multi-Species Fisheries Crisis in the Greater Gulf of Maine Region - Deborah C. Trefts More Buck for the Bang: Sporting and the Ideology of Fish and Game Management in Northern New England and the Maritime Provinces, 1870-1900 - Bill Parenteau and Richard W. Judd The "Boston States": Region, Gender, and Maritime Out-Migration, 1870-1930 - Betsy Beattie Borderlands, Baselines, and Big Game: Conceptualizing the Northeast as a Sporting Region - Colin D. Howell The Epic of Greater North America: Themes and Periodization in North American History - Reginald C. Stuart and M. Brook Taylor Peeping Through the Cracks: Seeking Connections, Comparisons, and Understanding in Unstable Space - Graeme WynnTags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Canada, Connecticut, Criticism and Review, Death and Disaster, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fishing, Folklore, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Geography, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Maine, Massachusetts, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Nova Scotia, Portland ME, Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, Sports and Leisure, St. John River Valley, United States, Vermont, Violence -
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 Franco-American Parishes of New England : Past, Present, and Future
Essay on the birth of French Canadian Roman Catholic national parishes (churches, schools, communities) in New England - their subsequent growth, decline, and transformation as Franco American communities from the early nineteenth century to the twenty-first. A brief chronological survey. Includes remarks on turbulent relations between some American Church leaders favoring immigrant assimilation and some French Canadian immigrants resisting the Anglicization of their institutions. Gauges the accuracy of the truism among Franco Americans that there exists a connection between preserving the French language and maintaining one's Catholic faith. Acknowledges the transformations that take place in Franco American communities alongside specific legislative, academic, or ecclesiastical attitudes toward language use. Follows, through measures of Church activity, the phenomena of tightly knit Franco American communities beginning to disperse and dissolve in the twentieth century. As the title adds, also contains thoughts on the future of Franco American culture in New England as related to the decline of the French language, the decline in the number of Catholic priests, and the modern notion of American "individuality" that the author positions at the base of ethnic community dissolution.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut River Valley, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Government and Politics, Language and Linguistics, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Springfield MA, Vermont, Worcester MA -
"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 -
Transforming Women's Work : New England Lives in the Industrial Revolution
Tags Boston MA, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Demography, Education, Fall River MA, Family, Fitzwilliam NH, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Griswold CT, Hallowell ME, Haverhill MA, Labor History, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Rhode Island, Richmond NH, Salem MA, Sutton NH, Vermont -
The French in Rhode Island : A History
A brief selection related to French exploration in North America, French Canadian immigration to the United States, and Franco American histories in Rhode Island. A small chapbook-sized resource that includes segments dedicated to culture and the arts as well as a section of brief biographies on notable Rhode Islanders. Part of the prologue reads, "It is with a growing sense of urgency, however, that we must note how the viable French communities of the past are in a period of profound change. Whether this group continues unchanged as an ethnocentric entity or simply becomes part of the nebulous mainstream of American society is a phenomenon which is of concern to those of us who are active in Franco-American endeavors."Tags Albion RI, Ashton RI, Blackstone River Valley, Business and Economics, Central Falls RI, Clubs and Societies, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Esmond RI, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, France, Georgiaville RI, Government and Politics, Labor History, Maine, Manville RI, Mills and Mill Work, Natick RI, New Hampshire, New York, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Pawtucket RI, Pawtuxet River Valley, Poetry, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Slatersville RI, Smithfield RI, Vermont, War, Warren RI, West Warwick RI, Woonasquatucket River Valley, Woonsocket RI -
Tableaux synoptiques de l'histoire de l'Acadie
Une briève histoire de l'Acadie entre 1412 et 1800 (entre colonisation, le Grand Dérangement, et repopulation). Certaines descriptions d'événements significatives dans la courte durée de vie des premiières communatés Acadiennes de la Nouvelle-Ecosse. Deuxiième édition.Tags Acadians, Brazil, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, England, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, France, Government and Politics, Labor History, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, New Hampshire, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Portugal, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Spain, St. John River Valley, Vermont -
Histoire des Franco-Américains
Un histoire compliète des franco-américains - les français et canadiens-français en Amérique - depuis le temps de Champlain (17e siiècle) jusqu'à la fin de la Deuxiième Guerre Mondiale. Cet volume a été publié par l'Union St. Jean Baptiste d'Amérique, ainsi les concentrations de chaque chapitre et chaque sous-section sont généralement en ce qui concerne le bien-être et les préoccupations de cette organisation: son église (Catholique), sa géographie (la Nouvelle-Angleterre), ses affaires, et sa politique. Un historien qui est né en France et a émigré à Québec, Robert Rumilly est surtout connu d'être favorable aux sentiments politiques nationalistes dans ses oeuvres historiques. Son livre le plus connu est "l'Histoire de la province de Québec."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Baltimore MD, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Canada, Chicago IL, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, Forestry, Government and Politics, Haiti, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Journalism, Lewiston ME, Louisiana, Manchester NH, Montréal QC, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, North Brookfield MA, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Springfield MA, United States, Vermont, Violence, War, Waterville ME, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
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 -
Sources statistiques pour l'étude de l'immigration et du peuplement canadien-français en Nouvelle-Angleterre au cours du XIXe siiècle : le recensement d'Odule Laplante
Un essai qui examine le matériel historique et scolaire qui est disponible sur les canadiens français qui ont voyagé aux Etats-Unis avant 1900. Le deuxieme partie, "Le recensement," est une examination d'un de ceux matériels specifiques qui souligne la population franco du Maine.Tags Burlington VT, Connecticut, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Jewett City CT, Labor History, Lewiston ME, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mills and Mill Work, Minnesota, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Social History, Vermont, Woonsocket RI -
New France in New England
Essay-like general sketch of the histories of New England and New France as they move into the migration of French Canadians to the United States around the turn of the 20th century. Some comments on the general intentions of French Canadian migrants, and whether or not their culture would persist in the United States.Tags Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Europe, Fall River MA, France, Lewiston ME, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Ontario, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Southbridge MA, Suncook NH, United States, Vermont, Woonsocket RI -
From Working Daughters to Working Mothers : Production and Reproduction in an Industrial Community
From the author: "The increased participation of women in the paid labor force in the 20th-century United States has been marked by a transition from an era of 'working daughters' to one of 'working mothers.' Using data from a New England industrial community, I trace the connection between this transition and the growth and decline of the textile industry, the incorporation of immigrants into a hierarchical production process, and family strategies for allocating productive and reproductive labor. While the era of working daughters left the allocation of reproductive labor (housework and child care) intact, the wage work of recent immigrant mothers has had a more profound impact on families by reallocating some of 'women's work.' Nevertheless, many families have continued to maintain an ideology that values the husband's authority, emphasizes respect for parents, and stresses differences between men and women, all of these in the face of considerable changes in actual behavior."Tags Business and Economics, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Gender and Sexuality, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Mossasuck River Valley, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Weaverton RI, Wierville RI -
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 -
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 -
Ethnic and Social Class Differences in Role Strain and Mechanisms of Adjustment
Dissertation comparing the ways in which working- and lower-class Franco American and Italian American women deal with social and psychological stresses. Comparisons of the interpersonal behaviors of "housewives" within each social group, measured in data collected through survey and personal interview. The effects on individuals of changes in social environment. Brief historical background of the two Rhode Island cities from which data was collected, as well as of the two immigrant, ethnic communities in question. Pays close attention to how differing social status, economic class distinction, educational achievement, family size, religious affiliation, etc., factor into personal behaviors. Contains a brief overview of literature on the sociology of mental health and the influences of class and culture on one's orientation toward communicating stress or mental illness. From the author: "This study is concerned with the mental health of selected subgroups, namely ethnic and social class....This study is specifically interested in the amount and kinds of role strain reportedly felt by the members of these two subgroups..." (3).Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Health and Wellness, Italian Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Psychology, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Providence RI, Religion, Rhode Island, Woonsocket RI -
Le mouvement Sentinelliste : réflexions sur un probleème de survivance
Une theèse maitrise sur le mouvement Sentinelliste: une grande réaction journalistique aux droits linguistiques et réligieuses d'une dioceèse catholique dans le Rhode Island, et dans les églises du sud de la Nouvelle-Angleterre au début du 20e siiècle. La rélation entre l'église catholique américaine, l'église catholique québécoise, et le pont de Rome. Certains défis réligieuses à la cause de la survivance franco-américaine. -
Ethnic Working Class Protest : The Textile Strike of 1922 in Rhode Island
Dissertation on ethnicity and working-class life in early-twentieth-century Rhode Island. Particular emphasis on the causes and effects of a violent 1922 strike at B.B. and R. Knight Mills on the banks of the Pawtuxet River in Natick, Rhode Island. The strike involved an extended mass protest, the intervention of the state militia, and the eventually successful pleading of a local Catholic priest.Tags Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Government and Politics, Italian Americans, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Natick RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtuxet River Valley, Religion, Rhode Island, Violence -
Images of French Language and Culture Outside of France : A Survey of a Franco-American Population in New England
From the author: "In the first part of the dissertation, we analyze the institutions which traditionally favored bilingualism: the family, the parochial school, the Catholic parish, the social environment, the media and other organisms such as mutual benefit societies and social clubs. The second part deals with images of French language and culture. These chapters treat of the non-linguistic make-up of Franco-American culture, the way Franco-Americans perceive their ethnic tongue and their attitudes towards it, and the written and oral French mastery of our population. In the final part of the analysis, we examine how Franco-American ethnic identity is defined by the individuals questioned and their views on the future of French language and culture in New England."Tags Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Demography, Education, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Rhode Island, Vermont -
"Swing la tabatiere au fond d'une boite à bois" : The Contemporary Franco-American Quadrille in Rhode Island
Ethnographic study of Franco American folk music and performance in Rhode Island.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Blackstone River Valley, Central Falls RI, Community: Customs and Social Life, Cumberland RI, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Folklore, Music, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- Folklore, Nonfiction -- Music, Pawtucket RI, Pawtuxet River Valley, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Waltham MA, West Warwick RI, Willimantic CT, Woonsocket RI -
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 -
We Too Are Sons of Liberty : Franco-American Ethnic Advocacy in Joseph P. Choquet's Under Canadian Skies, a Historical Novel of the Rebellion of 1837
Article describing the early twentieth-century English-language novel, "Under Canadian Skies," as unique to the canon of francophone Franco American novels of the same historical period. How author Joseph Choquet's form of literary ethnic advocacy differs from a more popular notion of "la survivance" apparent in the works of writers Jules Verne and Ernest D. Choquette. Thoughts on the novel's depiction of the Canadian Rebellion of 1837. -
Je me souviens la cuisine de la grandmère : Treasured Recipes
Cookbook of traditional Franco-American recipes handed down through multiple generations of family cooks. A collective production of members and contributors to the American-French Genealogical Society of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. <br /> -
Essai bibliographique : sur l’apport franco-américain à la littérature des États-Unis
Un revue de la Nouvelle Angleterre sur une collection des littératures franco-américaines jusqu'au présent (1949). Contiens une bibliographie d'oeuvres publiés.Tags Bibliography, Connecticut, Criticism and Review, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Fiction and Literature, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Maine, Manchester NH, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, Québec, Rhode Island, Sports and Leisure, Vermont, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Francoamerican Cultural Identity: A Resource Guide
Compilation of information on resources, repositories, references, and research tools available for the study of Franco American history and cultural identity in New England. Lists specific archival collections and their locations; library collections of current materials; French-English bilingual education programs and resources across the United States. -
A Selective and Thematic Checklist of Publications Relating to Franco-Americans: Ethnic Heritage Studies Program of Rhode Island, Appendices F and G
Republished as article in Contemporary French Civilization, Volume 2, Number 3, Spring 1978.
From ERIC: "An annotated bibliography of publications relating to Franco-Americans is presented. The publication was designed for secondary school teachers of French or social studies who wish to know more about Franco Americans before initiating mini-courses on this ethnic group. Journal articles, books, and papers presented at professional meetings are included. Most of the items deal with the French in New England, but a few entries concern the French presence in other parts of the United States. In addition to reference works and bibliographies, the following topics are covered: culture, education, history, linguistics, poetry, prose fiction, mother-country materials, religion, and sociology. A partial listing of research projects completed at Rhode Island College and a brief list of periodicals are appended." -
A 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 -
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 -
We Too Are Sons of Liberty : Franco-American Ethnic Advocacy in Joseph P. Choquet's Under Canadian Skies, a Historical Novel of the Rebellion of 1837
Article describing the early twentieth-century English-language novel, "Under Canadian Skies," as unique to the canon of francophone Franco American novels of the same historical period. How author Joseph Choquet's form of literary ethnic advocacy differs from a more popular notion of "la survivance" apparent in the works of writers Jules Verne and Ernest D. Choquette. Thoughts on the novel's depiction of the Canadian Rebellion of 1837. -
Working People in the Post-Industrial Age, 1961-Present
Article featuring selections of oral history interviews conducted with Rhode Island working people in the 1980s. Reflections on childhood in urban, industrial Rhode Island in the wake of industrial closures, changing demographic landscapes, and their impact on the state's collective identity. Stories of mill work in Pawtucket, the Narragansett Brewery, labor negotiations, the women's movement, and other social reform movements in Rhode Island in the 1960s and 1970s. Featured in Part Two of a Rhode Island History series entitled, "Working Lives: An Oral History of Rhode Island Labor."Tags Albion RI, Blackstone Valley RI, Central Falls RI, Emigration and Immigration, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Manville RI, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rhode Island, Social History, United States, Youth -
The Great Textile Strike of 1934 : Illuminating Rhode Island History in the Thirties
Article describing the scope of the Great Textile Strike of 1934 in Rhode Island, in the midst of the Great Depression and the decline of the New England textile industry. The impact of the strike's upheavals on Rhode Island life in the 1930s. The role of the United Textile Workers (UTW) labor union in the nationwide strike, its organization in Rhode Island, and its impact on other labor unions - especially the National Textile Workers (NTW) and the Independent Textile Union of Woonsocket (ITU). Localized outbursts of Rhode Island violence and the context for their occurrence. The strike's implications for Rhode Island politics. Illustrated in black and white photographs.Tags Fall River MA, Government and Politics, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Saylesville RI, Violence, War, Warren RI, West Warwick RI, Woonsocket RI -
Lewis Hine's Photography and Reform in Rhode Island
Article on Lewis Hine's photographic work for the National Child Labor Committee, its ties with the National Consumers' League, and the photographer's place among progressive and humanitarian labor reform in early twentieth-century Rhode Island. The child welfare concerns and women and child labor reform initiatives of Alice Hunt and others of the Rhode Island Consumers' League during that time. How Hine's photographs reflect the humanitarian concerns of the political organizations with which he was associated. Examples of Hine's Rhode Island work in the publications of the NCLC, and the ways in which Rhode Island evidence of poor working and living conditions became part of national conversations about child welfare and housing reform, immigration, and, as the author puts it, "the dignity of work" (49). Illustrated with black and white photographs. Includes a list of Lewis Hine photographs held at the Slater Mill Historic Site in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.Tags Chicago IL, Emigration and Immigration, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Italian Americans, Lonsdale RI, Mills and Mill Work, New York NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Documentary, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Pawtucket RI, Pawtuxet River Valley, Photography, Providence RI, Rhode Island, Social History, Warren RI, Youth -
A Study of Textile Mill Closings in Selected New England Communities
A study of the 1950s closings of selected textile mills from all six New England states, explorations of their local and regional economic impacts, and analyses of community adjustments to economic change. Local recovery measures taken to compensate for losses in labor, industry, and government income. Studies take into account the varying economic settings of the New England communities at hand, including their potential for economic development, their capacity to provide work opportunities to former millworkers, and their ability to withstand out-migration. Data is compiled from interviews with community members and state and local government statistics. Based on the following textile centers in their respective industrial cities: Saco-Lowell Shops, Bates Manufacturing Company, and Pepperell Manufacturing Company in Biddeford, Saco, and Sanford, Maine; Textron, Incorporated (previously Nashua Manufacturing Company) in Nashua, New Hampshire; the Fort Dummer mill (Berkshire Hathaway, Incorporated) in Brattleboro, Vermont; the Berkshire mills (Berkshire Hathaway, Incorporated) of Adams, Massachusetts; Wauregan Mills, Incorporated of Wauregan, Connecticut.Tags Adams MA, Arctic RI, Biddeford ME, Brattleboro VT, Business and Economics, Central Village CT, Clyde RI, Connecticut, Crompton RI, Danielson CT, Death and Disaster, Government and Politics, Labor History, Lippit RI, Maine, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Moosup CT, Nashua NH, Natick RI, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Old Orchard Beach ME, Pawtuxet River Valley, Phoenix RI, Plainfield CT, Providence RI, Quinebaug River Valley, Rhode Island, Riverpoint RI, Saco ME, Sanford ME, South Carolina, Vermont, Wauregan CT, West Warwick RI -
Brokers of Ethnic Identity : The Franco-American Petty Bourgeoisie of Woonsocket, Rhode Island (1865-1945)
Article describing the emergence of a Franco American petty bourgeoisie class in southern New England at the beginning of the 19th century, and the ability of francophone elites in this region and time period to maintain strong ties with French Canada. The interweaving of Woonsocket, Rhode Island entrepreneurial and French cultural life, including parish, fraternal, and community organizations. -
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 -
Bird Cloud : A Memoir
Narrative of the discovery and inhabiting of the author's homestead along Wyoming's North Platte River. Memoirs from the author's youth and family life, relatives, their cultures and their mobility. Her youth across New England. Historical, archaeological, and genealogical portraits of her family, her various regions, and their people woven throughout. Vivid descriptions of natural life in the rural United States that add to several chapters on the processes of architecting, building, and getting acquainted with her Wyoming home - Bird Cloud - and its own histories. From the author of "The Shipping News," "Accordion Crimes," and several other notable works of fiction.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Connecticut, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Genealogy, Geography, Maine, Montréal QC, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rhode Island, Saratoga WY, Travel and Movement, Vermont, Willimantic CT, Wyoming -
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 -
Language and Culture : Heritage and Horizons : The 1976 Northeast Conference
Summary description of the twenty-third annual meeting of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, held in New York City. The conference's theme relating to the origins and endurance of languages other than English among immigrant groups in the United States, and culminating in three reports: "Origins," "Cultural Pluralism," and "Contributions." Descriptions of conference participants and program content, with emphases on French, Spanish, and German languages. Includes brief descriptions of the work of Normand Dubé, Don Dugas, Guy Dubay, Alain Blanchet, Paul Chassé, Claire Quintal, Nelson Pepin, Joan Young, Roger Paradis, Richard Santerre, Ann Woolfson, Robert Paris, and others. -
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 -
Luckless, Witless, and Filthy-Footed : A Sociocultural Study and Publishing History Analysis of "The Lazy Boy"
Article on narrative motifs and patterns of historical development in the folkloric story of "The Lazy Boy" : a "male tale" traced internationally over nearly five hundred years of oral and written storytelling, through various iterations of characters and themes, and across linguistic boundaries. Author's critical analysis of "The Lazy Boy" used "to explore...questions in contemporary folk narrative research" (259). Emphasis on the roles of anger, stupidity, sexuality, and class in various of the story's versions; how the story's aspects vary in its telling between one cultural community and another.