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Severin Beliveau : The power has moved from the private to the public sector
A brief profile of attorney and former Maine legislator, Severin Beliveau, from his youth to the present. Some of his remarks on the general shift of public influence from private entities to state government. Maine independent newspaper article featured in an issue titled, "The Ten Most Influential People in Maine." -
Our Franco-American heritage
Transcript of a speech given to the mayor and town council of Loudon, France, from Maine attorney Severin Beliveau upon his trade mission there with Maine governor, John Baldacci. The speech addresses the history and breadth of Maine's Franco American communities. -
State's top seat historically elusive to Francos: With the exception of Alonzo Garcelon in 1879, the governor's seat has been difficult to win for those of French heritage
Article on the absence of a Franco American in the Maine governor's seat. Observes the one-year term of Alonzo Garcelon in the 19th century, the losses of past Francos vying for election, and the contemporary case of Waterville, Maine, mayor Paul LePage's bid for a 2010 gubernatorial victory. -
When We Were the Kennedys : A Memoir from Mexico, Maine
Memoir from Mexico, Maine native and author of fiction, Monica Wood. Recalls the period of the author's youth around the time of the sudden death of her father. Her family's experience of the loss of its breadwinner in the 1960s. The shape of her 1963 mill-centered community and the diversity of people who inhabited it; portraits of the power of religion and industry among people in the towns of Rumford and Mexico. President John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination - and the widowhood of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - recounted in light of the disruptive passing of the author's father earlier that same year. -
As I Live and Dream
Autobiographical collection of essays that chronicle a Franco American's family life in western Maine in the first half of the twentieth century. Includes one chapter on the history of Rumford, Maine. -
Among My Souvenirs
Memoirs of a priest from the St. John River Valley, Maine and New Brunswick, who was born in the first decade of the 20th century and spent most of his late life preaching in the Roman Catholic parishes of northern Maine.Tags Alberta, Allagash ME, Baker Lake ME, Bangor ME, Calais ME, Chisholm ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ellsworth ME, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Grand Isle ME, Greenville ME, Limestone ME, Lincoln ME, Livermore ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Michigan, Millinocket ME, Minnesota, Native Americans, New Brunswick, North Dakota, Oquossoc ME, Orono ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Presque Isle ME, Québec, Rangeley ME, Religion, Rockwood ME, Rumford ME, Saskatchewan, St. Francis ME, St. Lawrence River Valley, St. Zacharie ME, Stratton ME, Wallagrass ME, Youth -
La variation régionale en français franco-américain : les formes verbales à la troisieme personne du pluriel
Du l'auteur: "Cet article présente les résultats d'une étude des formes verbales à la troisiième personne du pluriel dans le français parlé à Gardner, Massachusetts. Nous commençons par un survol historique de cette communauté franco-américaine. Nous passons ensuite à une description de notre méthodologie. Enfin, la quantification des données nous permet de dégager des tendances générales quant à la distribution de ces formes."Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Bristol CT, Brunswick ME, Cohoes NY, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Franklin VT, Gardner MA, Greenville NH, Highgate VT, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Manchester NH, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Language and Linguistics, Nova Scotia, Québec, Rumford ME, Southbridge MA, Van Buren ME, Waterville ME, Woonsocket RI -
The Presidential Politics of the Franco Americans
Interpretation of Franco American presidential voting behavior in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island previous to 1962. Takes into account wavering levels of ethnic solidarity, changes in economic class position, religious affiliation, and other historical contexts. Ultimately predicts the demise of "any such political phenomenon as the 'French vote.'"Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Claremont NH, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Franklin NH, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Laconia NH, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Mexico ME, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, North Adams MA, Pawtucket RI, Rochester NH, Rumford ME, Sanford ME, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Van Buren ME, Waterville ME, Winslow ME, Woonsocket RI -
The Franco-Americans of Maine
Transcript of a presentation to the annual meeting of the Maine Historical Society held at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, on June 24, 1972. An overview of the history of Franco Americans in Maine, and an introduction to what the speaker terms "the Franco-American situation before World War II." Insights into nineteenth- and twentieth-century Québec emigration, industrial labor, Roman Catholic parishes, local French language, and other community attributes. Chiefly uses details from the cities of Brunswick and Lewiston, Maine, though with substantial references to other Maine and New England communities. Published as a Special Edition of the Maine Historical Society Newsletter.Tags Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Death and Disaster, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Fort Kent ME, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Québec, Religion, Rumford ME, Sabattus ME, Sanford ME, St. John River Valley, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME, Winslow ME, Woonsocket RI -
An Exploratory Study of the Purchasing Habits of French-Surnamed Americans in the State of Maine
Report of 1973 survey research conducted on the purchasing, consumption, and leisure habits of Franco Americans in Maine. Analyses of shopping patterns - brand selection, store location, and more - based on data from 10 sample communities. Also contains data on family size and structure, income, and education of survey participants. General recommendations for further demographic and economic research. Tables (31) containing all collected data, as well as a sample of the survey/questionnaire received by informants. -
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 -
Severin Beliveau : The power has moved from the private to the public sector
A brief profile of attorney and former Maine legislator, Severin Beliveau, from his youth to the present. Some of his remarks on the general shift of public influence from private entities to state government. Maine independent newspaper article featured in an issue titled, "The Ten Most Influential People in Maine." -
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 -
Our Franco-American heritage
Transcript of a speech given to the mayor and town council of Loudon, France, from Maine attorney Severin Beliveau upon his trade mission there with Maine governor, John Baldacci. The speech addresses the history and breadth of Maine's Franco American communities. -
Social and Economic Profile of French and English Mother Tongue Persons : Maine, 1970
Unpublished presentation of statistics on persons of French and English mother tongue in the state of Maine, adapted from 1970 United States census data. Shows figures related to family make-up, mobility, education, labor, income, state geography, and city and county demographics, all with respect to the population's mother tongue. Written by a University of Southern Maine professor of sociology.Tags Ashland ME, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Bangor ME, Berwick ME, Biddeford ME, Brewer ME, Brunswick ME, Caribou ME, Chelsea ME, Eagle Lake ME, Education, Fairfield ME, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Gorham ME, Grand Isle ME, Jackman ME, Jay ME, Kennebunk ME, Kittery ME, Lewiston ME, Limestone ME, Lisbon ME, Livermore Falls ME, Madawaska ME, Madison ME, Mexico ME, Millinocket ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Nonfiction -- Sociology, Old Orchard Beach ME, Old Town ME, Portland ME, Presque Isle ME, Rumford ME, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, South Berwick ME, South Portland ME, St. Agatha ME, St. Francis ME, Topsham ME, Van Buren ME, Wallagrass ME, Waterville ME, Webster ME, Westbrook ME, Winslow ME, Winthrop ME -
Franco-Americans and the International Paper Company Strike of 1910
The case of a 1910 paper industry labor strike - its success among the millworkers of Livermore Falls, Maine, and its relative failure among those of nearby Rumford Falls. Certain observations of attitudes espoused by Franco Americans toward labor unions and striking. A brief historical overview of New England Franco American participation in labor unions and the pulp and paper industry, including comments on factors of place and gender. Social contexts of Livermore Falls and Rumford Falls around the time of the concerned strike, and the impact of the strike on the communities in both towns. Includes local demographic data.Tags Androscoggin River Valley, Business and Economics, Chesterville ME, Chisholm ME, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Irish Americans, Jay ME, Labor History, Latvian Americans, Lawrence MA, Lithuanian Americans, Livermore Falls ME, Livermore ME, Lowell MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Mexico ME, Mills and Mill Work, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Polish Americans, Riley ME, Rumford Falls ME, Rumford ME, Scottish Americans, Social History, Woonsocket RI -
Mestisaje
A collection of writings in a cultural studies reader, introduced with an essay from the instructor. Compiled for a University of Maine course in English composition. Available at the Franco-American Centre, Orono, Maine. -
Yeast
A collection of writings in cultural studies, compiled for a University of Maine course in English composition. Available at the Franco-American Centre, Orono, Maine. -
Rudy Vallée : Franco-American and Man from Maine
Biographical sketch of Hubert Prior Vallée - a.k.a., Rudy Vallée - from a young man in Westbrook and Orono, Maine, to the iconic Hollywood crooner of American film and radio, consistently true to the origins to which he ultimately returned. Also includes a history of the University of Maine "Stein Song," the popularity of which can be attributed in part to Vallée. -
State's top seat historically elusive to Francos: With the exception of Alonzo Garcelon in 1879, the governor's seat has been difficult to win for those of French heritage
Article on the absence of a Franco American in the Maine governor's seat. Observes the one-year term of Alonzo Garcelon in the 19th century, the losses of past Francos vying for election, and the contemporary case of Waterville, Maine, mayor Paul LePage's bid for a 2010 gubernatorial victory. -
A History of Rumford, Maine, 1774-2000
Comprehensive history of the city of Rumford, Maine. Revised edition of the text that spanned from pre-incorporation to 1972. Updates extend to the year 2000. The Androscoggin River city in western Maine - its people, significant events, the paper industry, and the Oxford County landscapes. Includes over 100 pictures of the town. -
I Am Franco-American and Proud of It : An Anthology of Writings of Franco-American Women
A selection of women's writings - fiction, poetry, essay, journalism - that have appeared in the University of Maine Franco-American Centre's publication, "Le FAROG Forum." Le Forum is a periodical dedicated to issues related to the Franco American in the state of Maine and elsewhere. The writings in this collection span in time from the Forum's birth in the early 1970s to the time of the compilation's completion, around 1995.Tags Acadians, Albany NY, Art and Architecture, Bangor ME, Barre VT, Biddeford ME, Blue Hill ME, Bradley ME, Brewer ME, Caribou ME, Chicago IL, Criticism and Review, Crown Point IN, Eagle Lake ME, Emigration and Immigration, Essay, Fairfield ME, Food, Fort Kent ME, French Island ME, Frenchville ME, Gender and Sexuality, Gorham ME, Government and Politics, Haiti, Indianapolis IN, Journalism, Laconia NH, Ledyard CT, Lewiston ME, Manchester ME, Mexico ME, Montréal QC, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthology, Old Orchard Beach ME, Old Town ME, Performing Arts, Portland ME, Religion, Rumford ME, Saco ME, Sand Hill ME, Scarborough ME, St. Albans VT, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME, Vermont, War, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME -
A Comparative Study of French Canadian Loggers and Their Families
Dissertation presenting anthropological research on French Canadian loggers at work in northern New Hampshire in the middle twentieth century. The impact of work situations on the families of loggers, and the influence of family life on structures and patterns of work in the woods. Observations on the differences between New Hampshire loggers who have immediate families living in Québec with those who have families in the United States. Takes into account work mobility, kinship and household norms, father-absence, and conceptions of logging and family life as interrelated factors distinguishable between workers of different living situations. Presented in historical contexts of French Canadian labor and migration, as well as with a background in the cultural norms of the French Canadian family.Tags Alton NH, Bald Brook NH, Bartlett NH, Bear Brook NH, Beecher Falls NH, Berlin NH, Bloomfield VT, Canaan VT, Colebrook NH, Dixville NH, Easton NH, Emigration and Immigration, Errol NH, Family, Forestry, Gender and Sexuality, Glencliff NH, Groveton NH, Island Pond VT, Jackson NH, Kennebago ME, Labor History, Long Lake ME, Maidstone VT, Moultonborough NH, Nash Stream NH, Nashua NH, New Hampshire, Newcomb NY, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, North Concord VT, Parmacheenee ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Pittsburg NH, Pontook Reservoir NH, Québec, Religion, Rumford ME, Rumney NH, Social History, Speculator Lake NY, Stratford NH, Travel and Movement, Tupper Lake NY, Twin Mountain NH, Warren NH, West Milan NH, Whitney Park NY -
Catholics in Maine : A Social Geography
Dissertation on areal patterns and geographic trends espoused by Roman Catholics in the state of Maine, with a focus on population distribution and respective voting patterns.Tags Acadians, Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Caribou ME, Demography, Dexter ME, Emigration and Immigration, Geography, Kennebec River Valley, La Beauce QC, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Millinocket ME, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Québec, Religion, Rumford ME, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, St. John River Valley, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME, Winn ME -
Never Back Down
Novel set in Keene, New Hampshire between the 1950s and early 2000s. Young baseball prospect Jack Landry comes of age with the Catholic sensibility and working-class ethos of his upbringing. Landry confronts stereotype, forbidden love's trials, and the perils of his personal success under the looming ethereal presences of an ancient event and his tragically killed Memere. A man's life between New England and New Orleans, configured through the guiding motto of his youth: "Never back down, never instigate."Tags Acadians, Cajuns, Death and Disaster, Family, Fiction and Literature, Florida, Gender and Sexuality, Irish Americans, Keene NH, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Fiction, Mexico ME, Mills and Mill Work, Mississippi, Native Americans, New Hampshire, New Orleans LA, Religion, Rumford ME, Sports and Leisure, White River Junction (Vt.), Youth -
Tall Timber Poems
Book of poems on the Maine outdoors from a Rumford, Maine native and once-resident of Coburn Gore. From the author: "a collection of nature poems, humorous ballads, photos and sketches" -
When We Were the Kennedys : A Memoir from Mexico, Maine
Memoir from Mexico, Maine native and author of fiction, Monica Wood. Recalls the period of the author's youth around the time of the sudden death of her father. Her family's experience of the loss of its breadwinner in the 1960s. The shape of her 1963 mill-centered community and the diversity of people who inhabited it; portraits of the power of religion and industry among people in the towns of Rumford and Mexico. President John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination - and the widowhood of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - recounted in light of the disruptive passing of the author's father earlier that same year. -
The Presidential Politics of the Franco Americans
Interpretation of Franco American presidential voting behavior in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island previous to 1962. Takes into account wavering levels of ethnic solidarity, changes in economic class position, religious affiliation, and other historical contexts. Ultimately predicts the demise of "any such political phenomenon as the 'French vote.'"Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Claremont NH, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Franklin NH, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Laconia NH, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Mexico ME, Nashua NH, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, North Adams MA, Pawtucket RI, Rochester NH, Rumford ME, Sanford ME, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Van Buren ME, Waterville ME, Winslow ME, Woonsocket RI -
Never Back Down
Novel set in Keene, New Hampshire between the 1950s and early 2000s. Young baseball prospect Jack Landry comes of age with the Catholic sensibility and working-class ethos of his upbringing. Landry confronts stereotype, forbidden love's trials, and the perils of his personal success under the looming ethereal presences of an ancient event and his tragically killed Memere. A man's life between New England and New Orleans, configured through the guiding motto of his youth: "Never back down, never instigate."Tags Acadians, Cajuns, Death and Disaster, Family, Fiction and Literature, Florida, Gender and Sexuality, Irish Americans, Keene NH, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Fiction, Mexico ME, Mills and Mill Work, Mississippi, Native Americans, New Hampshire, New Orleans LA, Religion, Rumford ME, Sports and Leisure, White River Junction VT, Youth