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New grist for the mill: An old factory off Lincoln Street in Biddeford comes back to life as an apartment complex
Article on the redevelopment of vacant space in the Riverdam Mill of Biddeford, Maine, on the banks of the Saco River. -
The Belles of New England
A presentation by William Moran on his book, "The Belles of New England," as a portion of the 2002 Concord Festival of Authors, Concord, Massachusetts. From C-SPAN: "Mr. Moran discussed his book 'The Belles of New England: The Women of the Textile Mills and the Families Whose Wealth They Wove,' published by Thomas Dunne Books. The book recounts the rise and fall of the New England textile industry of the 19th century. Mr. Moran traces the experiences of the thousands of women who left New England farm towns and the Irish, Canadian and European immigrants who came to work in the textile mills. At a time when women had no political influence, these workers opposed mill owners like the Cabots and Lowells of Boston for fair wages and safer working conditions. Following his remarks, Mr. Moran answered questions from members of the audience."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Great Britain, Ireland, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Waltham MA -
New grist for the mill: An old factory off Lincoln Street in Biddeford comes back to life as an apartment complex
Article on the redevelopment of vacant space in the Riverdam Mill of Biddeford, Maine, on the banks of the Saco River. -
La Foi, La Langue, La Culture : The Franco-Americans of Biddeford, Maine
Edited and updated book version of a dissertation published five years earlier ("Ethnic survival in a New England Mill Town," Syracuse University, 1977), with a foreword by author and Biddeford resident, Norman Beaupré. A Franco American history from immigration to community development, cast through the lens of the town of Biddeford, Maine, or the "Mill City."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Geography, Government and Politics, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Religion, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Social History -
Biddeford : A Franco-American Experience in Old Photographs
Pictorial History of Biddeford, Maine, with a particular emphasis on Franco American life there. Biddeford, an industrial city, can claim the presence of working mills from as far back as 1800, many years before the first French Canadian migrations to the area. -
Pepperell's Progress : History of a Cotton Textile Company, 1844-1945
An organizational, corporate, and industrial history of the Pepperell Manufacturing Company, whose Boston-run mills operated in the coastal city of Biddeford, Maine, and in the other industrial towns of Lewiston, Maine, Laconia, New Hampshire, and Lowell and Fall River, Massachusetts. Broadly, a collection of the history of business procedures with only slight emphases on the lives of Pepperell's workers. A large argument claiming Pepperell's unprecedented positive impact on American industry and economy, and a fact- and record-heavy examination of the business offices that propelled the company into worth. -
The Cities on the Saco : A Pictorial History
A photo-history of the cities of the Saco River Valley in southern Maine. A heavily researched and crafted exhibition of landscapes from colonization to contemporary times, 'The Cities on the Saco' weaves a storytelling tapestry of Saco, Biddeford, and the Old Orchard regions that should be held dearly by their diverse coastal communities. From the text: "Here are the many scenes which our ancestors saw but, equally important, the images (economic, social, political) which Saco, Biddeford, and Old Orchard became. Here one catches the beauty of stately mansions and churches as a counterpoint to some of the more squalid social and industrial conditions in which lower classes lived. The spirit of the times, whether rural in the early two centuries or urban during the past hundred years, may be found here, too.... Not only is this a collection of enormously insightful photographs, it is the first comprehensive local history in a hundred years..."Tags Art and Architecture, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Casco ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Education, Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Falmouth ME, Fishing, Folklore, Forestry, France, Government and Politics, Ireland, Journalism, Kennebunk ME, Kittery ME, Labor History, Lowell MA, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nonfiction -- History -- Pictorial, Old Orchard Beach ME, Portland ME, Portsmouth NH, Québec, Religion, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Scotland, Social History, Sports and Leisure, War, Winter Harbor ME, York ME -
The Belles of New England : The Women of the Textile Mills and the Families Whose Wealth They Wove
A history of New England women during industrialization, and the lifestyle differences among women of different economic classes. From Thomas Dunne Books: "This is a masterful, definitive, and eloquent look at the enormous cultural and economic impact on America of New England's textile mills. The author, an award-winning CBS producer, traces the history of American textile manufacturing back to the ingenuity of Francis Cabot Lodge. The early mills were an experiment in benevolent enlightened social responsibility on the part of the wealthy owners, who belonged to many of Boston's finest families. But the fledgling industry's ever-increasing profits were inextricably bound to the issues of slavery, immigration, and workers' rights....William Moran brings a newsman's eye for the telling detail to this fascinating saga that is equally compelling when dealing with rags and when dealing with riches. In part a microcosm of America's social development during the period, 'The Belles of New England' casts a new and finer light on this rich tapestry of vast wealth, greed, discrimination, and courage."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Business and Economics, Connecticut, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Great Britain, Ireland, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Québec, Religion, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Social History, Sports and Leisure, Waltham MA -
Sands, Spindles, and Steeples : A History of Saco, Maine
A history of the coastal and industrial city of Saco, Maine, from its inception to the 1950s. Written by a Saco native. The inside cover reads: "In a rich and vivid history, documented with record, with facts bearing evidence of infinitely rewarding research, Roy P. Fairfield has depicted Saco from its beginning up to the fast-moving present wherein, even now, remains a nostalgic aura of simpler days along elm-shaded streets that have seen three centuries of pulsing life. And throughout this volume, striking for its fidelity to place and time and atmosphere, the author has never for a moment lost sight of that irreplaceable thing - the human dimension."Tags Art and Architecture, Biddeford ME, Business and Economics, Buxton ME, Cape Porpoise ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, England, Exploration and Colonization, France, Fryeburg ME, Government and Politics, Hollis ME, Kittery ME, Labor History, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Old Orchard Beach ME, Religion, Saco ME, Saco River Valley, Scarborough ME, Social History, Wells ME, York ME -
One Piece in the Great American Mosaic : The Franco-Americans of New England
Essay written in 1976, "in the spirit of the [United States'] Bicentennial," recognizing the Franco Americans as a distinct and significant ethnic group in American history. The 38-page piece begins its observations at the 1524 French explorations of North America, from where it moves into New France, to rural life in Quebec and the revolutionary war in the US, and into the hundred years of French Canadian community development in immigrant New England. For this author, the history of the United States, Quebec, and France converge on the Franco Americans of the New England states. The text concludes with a list of "Who's Who" among Franco Americans, as well as a bibliography of relevant resources. The piece is also published in its entirety in a 1976 quarterly of the Association canado-américaine, "Two Hundred Years of Freedom."Tags Arctic Centre RI, Berlin NH, Blackstone River Valley, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Chicago IL, Chicopee MA, Connecticut River Valley, Danielson CT, Detroit MI, Dubuque IA, Duluth MN, Emigration and Immigration, England, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, France, Holyoke MA, Journalism, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Louisiana, Merrimack River Valley, Mobile AL, Moosup CT, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New Orleans LA, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Essay, North Grosvenordale CT, Pawtucket RI, Pittsburgh PA, Putnam CT, Québec, Quinebaug River Valley, Religion, Rutland VT, Saco River Valley, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Spain, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, St. Johnsbury VT, St. Louis MO, War, Warren RI, West Warwick RI, Willimantic CT, Winooski VT, Worcester MA -
Les "Petits Canadas" de la Nouvelle-Angleterre
De l'auteur: "La communauté franco-américaine de Nouvelle-Angleterre, ou «communauté franco», est relativement méconnue en France. L'action qu'elle conduit pour faire reconnaître son identité au sein de la région qui l'accueille offre pourtant un témoignage remarquable de ses capacités de survivance - son « réveil » actuel atteste en outre de la maturité et de l'ouverture de la société américaine d'aujourd'hui qui, apriès avoir perçu comme une menace la présence franco, l'accepte maintenant avec fierté et reconnaissance. Au XXIe siiècle, il y a un avenir pour le fait français en Nouvelle- Angleterre, il y a une place, nous disent aussi les Américains, pour la diversité culturelle au service de la cohésion nationale."Tags Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Brunswick ME, Calais ME, Castine ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut River Valley, Demography, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fort Kent ME, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Montpelier VT, Montréal QC, Mt. Desert Island ME, New Bedford MA, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Religion, Saco River Valley, Southbridge MA, St. John River Valley, Violence, Woonsocket RI -
L'heritage franco-américain dans le Maine
De l'introduction de cet étudiant de France: "Afin d'approcher le sujet, trois méthodes ont été employées. La lecture de documents écrits retracent l'immigration et l'installation de canadiens français dans le Maine. Afin de mieux percevoir ce qui peut définier un franco-américain, l'outil statistique constatera certains critières économiques comme familiaux en 1990. Enfin, différentes rencontres imageront l'environnement d'un franco-américain dans le Maine en cette fin de siiècle....Bien sur, à travers des traits historiques, on obervera la continuité de quelques formes communautaires encore marquées du seau du XIXième et du début du XXième siiècle. Le rappel historique d'une immigration canadienne francophone est le prélude du phénomiène franco-américain dans les états de Nouvelle-Angleterre. Les lieux d'émigration comme d'immigration sont connus et à chaque ville dite "française", on peut déterminer les lieux d'origine des nouveaux arrivants. Qu'il se soit fait à pied ou en train, le mouvement migratoire amenait ces canadiens francophones à se regrouper en certaines villes. Des structures communautaires furent crées pour faciliter les conditions de vie des canadiens français dans le Maine....La geographie des franco-américains dans le Maine sera ensuite abordée. On cherchera à savoir si le phénomiène est uniforme. Pour cela, des outils statistiques apporteront des renseignements sur des différences régionales tant d'un point de vue géographique que sociologique....Enfin, divers aspects de la réalité franco-américaine des années 1990 seront présentés. On essayera de comprendre sur quelles bases les communautés continuent a se maintenir, et si renouvellement il y a."Tags Androscoggin County ME, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Brunswick ME, Caribou ME, Chisholm ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Dexter ME, Eagle Lake ME, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fairfield ME, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Geography, Kennebec River Valley, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Limerick ME, Limestone ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Millinocket ME, Mills and Mill Work, New Auburn ME, New Brunswick, New Canada ME, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Old Town ME, Portland ME, Religion, Saco River Valley, Sand Hill ME, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, Social History, St. John River Valley, Van Buren ME, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME, Winn ME, Winslow ME -
Your People's Ways
Short fiction piece told from the perspective of Rosaire, a young woman who suffers from a painful and mysterious physical injury. Movements in the relationship between Rosaire and her partner Gabriela, a graduate student, who decides to travel from their Michigan home to California, where a past boss and former lover suffers from cancer.