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Heritage Lost and Refound : Franco-Americans in Vermont
Feature article on French Canadian and Franco American heritage in Vermont. Early 20th-century discrimination and violence against French Catholics in Vermont. Characterizations of Franco American community life among other Vermont ethnic groups; testimonies of French language loss; recent attempts to revive cultural traditions in daily life. The ways in which certain interviewees find value in their cultural heritage. Includes brief interviews and personal profiles of Vermont journalist, Tena Starr; Roman Catholic Brother Adrian Bouchard; Burlington mayor, Peter Alfred Clavelle; and musician, Martha Pellerin Drury. -
Vermont's Hidden Heritage : French-Canadian Culture Sinking From View
Article on Franco American culture in Vermont: from its perceived "decline" to concerted efforts at its revival in different parts of the state. Suggestions on the potential cultural and political reasons for local assimilation. Particular emphasis on French heritage in the city of Winooski. Comments from University of Vermont professors, André Sénécal and Peter Woolfson; St. Michael's College professor, Anne McConnell; musician, Martha Pellerin Drury; former mayor, Ronald "Pete" Lacourse; and Vermonter, Marc Choiniière; among others. -
A Society Of Two Worlds : Une Société des Deux Mondes
Article subtitled, "French-Canadian Life And Culture In Vermont." A profile of French Canadian and Franco American communities in the state of Vermont, through the eyes of some Vermonters and academics. Large emphasis on the roles of family, religion, and traditional music as perpetuated cultural norms. What generational changes to these things mean to Franco Americans in Vermont. Contains captioned images.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Averill VT, Beebe VT, Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Derby Line VT, Emigration and Immigration, Essex Junction VT, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Isle LaMotte VT, Lakeside VT, Mills and Mill Work, Music, Newport VT, North Troy VT, Northeast Kingdom VT, Norton VT, Québec, Religion, Rutland VT, South Burlington VT, Vermont, Winooski VT, Youth -
L'amour de la culture française
Article in recognition of Burlington, Vermont's 2011 French Friendship Day - a gathering together of local and international francophiles and francophones to celebrate the presence of French Canadian and Franco American culture in Vermont. Contains an historical overview of French Canadian emigrant community in Burlington and its environs. Mentions a number of activities and items historically common to French Canadian and Franco American life, as well as historical instances of persecution against Franco Americans in Vermont, and contemporary efforts - like the French Friendship Day - to maintain and share Franco culture.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Barre VT, Burlington VT, Colchester VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Food, France, Government and Politics, Language and Linguistics, Leicester VT, Montpelier VT, Music, Québec, Religion, Rutland VT, St. Albans VT, Stonecutting, Vergennes VT, Vermont, West Rutland VT, Winooski VT -
L'émigrant québécois vers les Etats-Unis : 1850-1920
Le deuxiième colloque de l'Institut français du Colliège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 14 mars 1981. Imprimé dans un numéro du périodique "Vie Française: Revue trimestrielle," publié par le Conseil de la Vie française en Amérique. Présentations sur l'émigrant québécois; son contexte culturelle, religieuse, et économique au moment de son depart de Québec entre 1850 et 1920; et son histoire québécois au début de sa nouvelle situation au XXe siiècle en Nouvelle-Angleterre.En deux parties principales, avec les piièces suivants: Préface, Claire Quintal I-L'émigrant québécois vers les Etats-Unis : 1850-1920 "L'évolution économique du Québec et l'émigrant," Yves Roby "Les valeurs religieuses de l'émigrant québécois," Nive Voisine "Les Québécois et la culture savante," Claude Galarneau "Culture populaire de l'émigrant québécois," Jean-Claude Dupont Bibliographie générale II-Autres Communications "L'attachement a la terre et l'émigration dans certains romans québécois," Pierre Anctil "Le Franco-Américain campagnard dans l'état du Vermont," Peter Woolfson "Facteurs sociaux et leur rapport avec le choix de vocabulaire chez les Franco-Américains de Lewiston, Maine," Ireène Mailhot-BernardTags Acculturation and Assimilation, Beecher Falls VT, Boston MA, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Canaan VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Derby VT, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Fiction and Literature, Folklore, Franklin County VT, Holland VT, Island Pond VT, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, New England, New Hampshire, Québec, Religion, St. Johnsbury VT, Vermont, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Situation de la recherche sur la Franco-Américanie
Le premier colloque de l'Institut français du Colliège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 15 mars 1980. Imprimé dans un numéro du périodique "Vie Française: Revue trimestrielle," publié par le Conseil de la Vie française en Amérique. Présentations sur l'immigration franco-canadienne, la langue française, et la littérature franco-américaine dans le contexte de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Comprend également des bibliographies.En deux parties principales, avec les piièces suivants: Préface, André Vachon, s.r.c. I - L'immigration et les groupes sociaux "L'exode vers le Sud: survol de la migration canadienne-française vers la Nouvelle-Angleterre au XIXe siiècle," Ralph D. Vicero "Etat présent des études sur les centres franco-américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre," Gérard J. Brault Commentaires de Frances H. Early, Yolande Lavoie et Daniel J. Walkowitz II - La langue et la littérature "La langue franco-américaine," Robert A. Fischer Commentaires de Normand C. Dubé "L'histoire comme roman, le roman comme histoire: le roman ethnique franco-américain de langue anglaise," Richard S. Sorrell "Pour une problématique de l'histoire littéraire franco-américaine," Armand B. ChartierTags Adams MA, Blackstone River Valley, Brockton MA, Brooklyn CT, Burlington VT, Burrillville RI, Cambridge MA, Chicopee MA, Claremont NH, Concord NH, Criticism and Review, Danielson CT, Dudley MA, Education, Gardner MA, Grafton MA, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Killingly CT, Laconia NH, Leominster MA, Lincoln RI, Lynn MA, Marlboro MA, Meriden CT, Millbury MA, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Palmer MA, Pawtucket RI, Pittsfield MA, Plainfield CT, Putnam CT, Salem MA, Skowhegan ME, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Sutton MA, Taunton MA, Thompson CT, Ware MA, Warren RI, Warwick RI, Waterbury CT, Webster MA, Westbrook ME, Willimantic CT, Winooski VT -
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 -
Linguistic Change in Endangered Dialects : The Case of Alternation Between Avoir and être in Vermont French
Linguistic study from the University of Vermont. From Cambridge University Press: "The present study examines the pattern of the variation of the auxiliary avoir and être in the passé composé tense in Vermont French in 22 adult speakers who migrated from Québec or are first-generation Franco-Americans. The purpose of the study is to determine if the process of replacement of être by avoir in progress in Canadian French is also taking place in Vermont and which linguistic and social constraints influence this linguistic change." -
Migrants and Millworkers : The French Canadian Population of Burlington and Colchester, 1860-1870
Article describing the growth of the French Canadian population in Vermont around the time of the American Civil War, and the differences of Canadian immigrant labor, property ownership, and political activity in select Vermont cities, as well as between those of other New England textile centers of the same time period. Steady growth of unskilled laborers and relative decline of economic conditions among Vermont's growing French Canadian population between 1850 and 1870. Separate social, economic, and political developments of Burlington, Winooski Falls, and greater Colchester that can be traced to Burlington's incorporation in the 1860s. Research on variances in property ownership among French Canadian immigrants in these locations, as well as their rates of naturalization, English fluency, and relevant voting laws. Includes tables with figures on occupational status, childbirths, and youth labor. Subtitled, "The high level of political activity of Colchester's French Canadians contrasted sharply to that of Burlington émigrés." -
Écrin de pensées des Franco-Américains
Compilation des citations écrites ou parlées par la franco-américanie intellectuelle, religieuse, ou influente du XIXe et XXe siiècles. Une liste des contributeurs au livre et leurs villes respectives dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre.Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Canada, Central Falls RI, Danielson CT, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, France, Gardner MA, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, North Adams MA, North Grosvenordale CT, Pawtucket RI, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Rogers MA, Roxbury MA, Rutland VT, Salem MA, Springfield MA, Warren RI, Watertown (?), West Hartford CT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Les Franco-Américains : 1860-1980
Un bref historique complet sur les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre jusqu'à 1980. Une étude socielle, culturelle, démographique, et historiographique, basée "sur les travaux historiques existant" états-uniniens sur ce peuple et ses communautés dans le nord-est. Le mouvement, les paroisses et voisinages, les vies et le travail d'un peuple émigrant canadien-français et ses descendants. Des pensées sur le concept de "la survivance." Écrit par un scolaire français. Des illustrations en noir et blanc (photographie; dessins).Tags Albany NY, Auburn ME, Barre VT, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Burlington VT, Cabotville MA, Central Falls RI, Chicopee Falls MA, Chicopee MA, Clubs and Societies, Cohoes NY, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Greek Americans, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Old Town ME, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Rochester NY, Rutland VT, Salmon Falls NH, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Troy NY, Waltham MA, Ware MA, White River Junction VT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
French Contributions to America
Historical text on French, French Canadian, and Franco American persons significant to political, social, religious, and artistic life in the United States both before and after 1776 - from the early 17th century to the 1940s. Composed of descriptions of events, deeds, and works in their historical contexts; a collection of brief biographical profiles and popular lists; genealogical sketches; place names, architecture, and businesses; and illustrative quotations. Particular geographical emphases on the Midwest and Northeast/New England regions, with consideration of whole of the United States up to 1940. Includes French translations of the Star-Spangled Banner and the Declaration of Independence. Concludes with a lengthy bibliography. Contains the following chapters: French Seedling in America For God and Country Huguenots' Contributions In the Heart of America French Military Men Explorers, Frontiers' Men, Founders Expansion of Religion Versatility Outstanding Americans of French Descent Bits of French Benevolent Works Attainments Franco-American WritersTags Arctic Centre RI, Arizona, Art and Architecture, Attleboro MA, Augusta ME, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Brockton MA, Brunswick ME, Burlington VT, Cambridge MA, Canada, Central Falls RI, Chelsea MA, Clubs and Societies, Cohoes NY, Colorado, Everett MA, Exploration and Colonization, Fall River MA, Fiction and Literature, Fitchburg MA, Florida, Fort Kent ME, France, Gardner MA, Government and Politics, Holyoke MA, Huguenots, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iroquois, Journalism, Kennebec River Valley, Kentucky, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Louisiana, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Music, Nashua NH, Native Americans, New Mexico, New York, Newburyport MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, North America, North Dakota, Oswego NY, Pawtucket RI, Pennsylvania, Penobscot River Valley, Plainville CT, Plattsburgh NY, Poetry, Providence RI, Québec, Religion, Rochester NH, Rutland VT, Salem MA, Sanford ME, Scarborough ME, Sharon Heights MA, Shirley MA, Somerville NH, South Berwick ME, South Carolina, South Dakota, Southbridge MA, Springfield MA, St. Croix River Valley, St. Lawrence River Valley, Suncook NH, United States, US Midwest, Violence, Virginia, Wabanaki, Waltham MA, Wanton VT, War, Watertown NY, Waterville ME, West Warwick RI, Winooski VT, Wisconsin, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
The Richford Experience : French Bilingual Education as a "Basic" Approach to Language Competence
Article describing the French-English bilingual elementary education program as developed and instituted by the Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union of Franklin County, Vermont. Bilingual education as a response to certain educational and developmental needs of the Franco youth population of northern Vermont; as a means of educating appropriately with state-mandated "basics"; and as a successful example of alternative education for all students. Descriptions of the basic program, course content, teacher training, and parental involvement. Results of program evaluations in the early 1980s, including data from student competency tests. Summaries of student and parent attitudes toward their experiences of bilingual education. -
« Gardons contact » : l'expérience épistolaire de Jean-Henri et de Maxime-Ovila Freniière en Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1912-1929
Une exploration de la correspondance par lettre d'un pière à son fils au début du XXe siiècle, entre deux villes de la Nouvelle-Angleterre - Rutland, Vermont et Springfield, Massachusetts. L'étude d'une correspondance privée afin de mieux comprendre l'expérience complexe de migration canadienne-française ù elle concernait le travail, la famille, et l'individu dans le début du XXe siiècle. -
Reveêtues de Force
Le cinquantiième anniversaire de l'arrivée des Filles du Saint-Espirit (dit les Soeurs Blanches) de Bretagne, en France, à¡ la Nouvelle-Angleterre, précisement au diocièse de Hartford, Connecticut. Un récit de l'oeuvre accomplie par les soeurs à partir du moment de leur mise en place aux États-Unis. Leurs activités médicales et éducatives à travers les communautés francophones de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Avec des photos en noir et blanche.Tags Belgium, Bridgeport CT, Burlington VT, Chicopee MA, Death and Disaster, Education, England, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, France, Gardiner ME, Graniteville VT, Hartford CT, Health and Wellness, Jewett City CT, Leominster MA, Moosup CT, New Bedford MA, New Haven CT, Newport RI, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Religion, Pawtucket RI, Plainfield CT, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Religion, South Fitchburg MA, Swanton VT, Tupper Lake NY, United States, Warren MA, Waterbury CT, Wauregan CT, Winooski VT -
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 -
FrenchCanadian Settlement in Vermont Prior to the Civil War
Paper describing the use of United States census material from between the dates of 1850-1880 to understand French Canadian migration and population growth in the counties of Vermont during the period surrounding the USA Civil War.Tags Addison County VT, Bennington County VT, Brandon VT, Burlington VT, Caledonia County VT, Chittenden County VT, Colchester VT, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Enosburg VT, Essex County VT, Farming and Agriculture, Franklin County VT, Franklin VT, Grand Isle County VT, Highgate VT, Labor History, Lake Champlain VT, Lamoille County VT, Mills and Mill Work, Montpelier VT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Orange County VT, Orleans County VT, Québec, Rutland County VT, Rutland VT, Shoreham VT, St. Albans VT, Swanton VT, Vermont, Washington County VT, Windham County VT, Windsor County VT, Winooski VT -
Actuelles : Les Franco-Américains : I & II
La transcription d'une programme de radio de série, présentée par Radio-Canada sur une période de deux semaines. Deux animateurs canadiens parlent aux personnes à travers la Nouvelle-Angleterre sur les sujets de la langue, l'immigration, la littérature, la religion, et plus encore. Divisé en chapitres suivants:
Semaine I (3-7 sept.): Les Franco-Américains L'arrivee aux Etats-Unis L'installation et les conditions de vie L'eglise catholique et les Franco-Americains: Hier et aujourd'hui Semaine II (10-14 sept.): Le peuple des invisibles Une culture nostalgique Culture, c'est aussi litterature Les Francos et la francophonie L'avenirTags Albany NY, Auburn ME, Biddeford ME, Bristol CT, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Central Falls RI, Champlain NY, Chazy NY, Cohoes NY, Concord MA, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Essex VT, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Greene ME, Hardwick VT, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Jewish Americans, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Madison ME, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Documentary, Old Orchard Beach ME, Old Town ME, Orono ME, Plattsburgh NY, Québec, Radio, Saco ME, Schenectady NY, St. John River Valley, Troy NY, US Midwest, Van Buren ME, Violence, Waterford NY, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Heritage Lost and Refound : Franco-Americans in Vermont
Feature article on French Canadian and Franco American heritage in Vermont. Early 20th-century discrimination and violence against French Catholics in Vermont. Characterizations of Franco American community life among other Vermont ethnic groups; testimonies of French language loss; recent attempts to revive cultural traditions in daily life. The ways in which certain interviewees find value in their cultural heritage. Includes brief interviews and personal profiles of Vermont journalist, Tena Starr; Roman Catholic Brother Adrian Bouchard; Burlington mayor, Peter Alfred Clavelle; and musician, Martha Pellerin Drury. -
Vermont's Hidden Heritage : French-Canadian Culture Sinking From View
Article on Franco American culture in Vermont: from its perceived "decline" to concerted efforts at its revival in different parts of the state. Suggestions on the potential cultural and political reasons for local assimilation. Particular emphasis on French heritage in the city of Winooski. Comments from University of Vermont professors, André Sénécal and Peter Woolfson; St. Michael's College professor, Anne McConnell; musician, Martha Pellerin Drury; former mayor, Ronald "Pete" Lacourse; and Vermonter, Marc Choiniière; among others. -
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 -
A Society Of Two Worlds : Une Société des Deux Mondes
Article subtitled, "French-Canadian Life And Culture In Vermont." A profile of French Canadian and Franco American communities in the state of Vermont, through the eyes of some Vermonters and academics. Large emphasis on the roles of family, religion, and traditional music as perpetuated cultural norms. What generational changes to these things mean to Franco Americans in Vermont. Contains captioned images.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Averill VT, Beebe VT, Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Derby Line VT, Emigration and Immigration, Essex Junction VT, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Isle LaMotte VT, Lakeside VT, Mills and Mill Work, Music, Newport VT, North Troy VT, Northeast Kingdom VT, Norton VT, Québec, Religion, Rutland VT, South Burlington VT, Vermont, Winooski VT, Youth -
L'amour de la culture française
Article in recognition of Burlington, Vermont's 2011 French Friendship Day - a gathering together of local and international francophiles and francophones to celebrate the presence of French Canadian and Franco American culture in Vermont. Contains an historical overview of French Canadian emigrant community in Burlington and its environs. Mentions a number of activities and items historically common to French Canadian and Franco American life, as well as historical instances of persecution against Franco Americans in Vermont, and contemporary efforts - like the French Friendship Day - to maintain and share Franco culture.Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Barre VT, Burlington VT, Colchester VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Food, France, Government and Politics, Language and Linguistics, Leicester VT, Montpelier VT, Music, Québec, Religion, Rutland VT, St. Albans VT, Stonecutting, Vergennes VT, Vermont, West Rutland VT, Winooski VT -
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 -
Quiet Presence : Dramatic, First-Person Accounts : The True Stories of Franco-Americans in New England
Historical overview of Franco Americans in New England. 27 interviews that lend personality, locality, and intimacy to the author's history. Hendrickson's work has led to his being quoted as a commentator on immigrant labor history in an exhibit of millworkers featured in the Museum of National Heritage at Ellis Island, New York.Tags Augusta ME, Biddeford ME, Caribou ME, Eagle Lake ME, Fall River MA, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Mansfield MA, Manville RI, Methuen MA, Mills and Mill Work, New Brunswick, New Orleans LA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, Rochester NH, Saco ME, Sand Hill ME, Sanford ME, Somersworth NH, Springvale ME, War, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI -
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 -
Sur bois : Franco-American Woodcarvers of Northern New England
An examination of Franco-American history and life through the folkloric means of artistic woodcarving in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The introduction reads, "This exhibit catalogue is designed to share with the public the vitality and the symbolic power of traditional Franco-American woodcarving. There is nothing more appropriate for the celebration of Franco-American artists than to make known an art form that is still very much alive for them and to promote the cultural heritage and aesthetic expression of their community."Tags Alburg Springs VT, Art and Architecture, Auburn NH, Augusta ME, Barre VT, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Cabot VT, Concord NH, Dover NH, East Concord NH, Farming and Agriculture, Farmington NH, Folklore, Forestry, Fort Kent ME, Gorham NH, Greenville NH, Laconia NH, Landaff NH, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Limerick ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, New England, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Art and Architecture, Portland ME, Québec, Rangeley ME, Religion, Sanford ME, South Portland ME, Sports and Leisure, St. Albans VT, St. Francis ME, St. John River Valley, The Weirs NH, Vermont, Walden VT, Waterbury VT, West Burke VT, Winooski VT -
Franco-Americans in Vermont : A Civil Rights Perspective
From the members of the Vermont Advisory Committee: "The report presents an historic overview of the French-Canadian presence in Vermont over the past 300 years, a discussion of the size of the State's Franco-American population, and the different definitions and techniques used in identifying Franco-Americans. In the chapter on Status, data are presented which demonstrate statistical disparities between Franco-Americans and the Anglo population in education and employment. Societal attitudes reflected in scholarly works and in fiction are surveyed as well. Franco-Americans have been the victims of anti-Catholic, anti-foreign sentiment in the past, and of negative stereotyping in much of the 20th century. To determine whether these attitudes result in actions (discrimination), which in turn result in the observed disparities, is a formidable process, requiring additional historical research and analyses of educational and employment practices. Through this report, the advisory committee hopes to identify directions for future study."Tags Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Government and Politics, Greenville NH, Labor History, Middlebury VT, Mills and Mill Work, Montpelier VT, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Québec, Religion, Social History, St. Albans VT, Swanton VT, Vermont, Winooski VT -
Les "Chinois" de l'est, ou, la vie quotidienne des Québécois émigrés aux États-Unis de 1840 aè nos jours
Lafleur prends la phrase "les Chinois de l'Est" d'une description pejorative de la franco-américanie et l'utilise aè illustrer la vie et l'histoire franco-américaine. Le texte concerne la Nouvelle-Angleterre en totale, mais sa centre primaire est la ville de Watertown, Connecticut. De son intro et sa conclusion: "Enfin, ce travail est loin d'etre exhaustif et n'a pas la prétention d'un étude scientifique et objective. Il se veut simplement la voix de ceux et celles qu'on a parfois considérés comme des 'traitres aè la patrie.'...Le retour aux sources et la passion de se connaitre font qu plusieurs Franco-Américains se tournent aujourd'hui vers le Québec, berceau du sang francais en Amérique du Nord. Pourquoi leur faire la sourde oreille?"Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Journalism, Labor History, Laconia NH, Louisiana, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- General, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Pittsfield MA, Québec, Religion, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Swanton VT, United States, Ware MA, Waterbury CT, Watertown CT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
We Americans : A Study of Cleavage in an American City
Book-length 1937 demographic study of Burlington, Vermont - as a New England hub, as an American city in itself, and as a microcosm of American democracy. This book was a product of Vermont's 1930s Eugenics Survey that studied local demographics, and considered the use of concepts of race and class in their relationship to democratic society.The single largest immigrant group in Burlington at this time (1930s) was of French Canadian origin. From the text: "The promise of American democracy is resident in the life of local communities....We must learn more about the character of life in local American communities."Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Geography, Government and Politics, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Mills and Mill Work, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Demography, Religion, Sports and Leisure, United States, Vermont, Winooski VT -
The Franco-Americans of Northern Vermont : Cultural Factors for Consideration by Health and Social Services Providers
Paper on Franco American values and cultural patterns as visible in the people of Vermont. The importance of recognizing such patterns and morals for health and social service providers. Included in Occasional Paper Number Six, in a series produced by the Center for Research on Vermont, University of Vermont. Originally presented as, "The French-Canadians of Vermont: Cultural Implications for Health and Social Services Providers," at a meeting sponsored by the University of Vermont Department of Psychology, November, 1981. From Woolfson: "Though a number of Franco-Vermonters do not display visible trappings of their French-Canadian heritage, many still share, as do other ethnic groups, inherited cultural patterns and values. This paper examines some of these patterns and values with an eye to describing their importance for health and social services providers in particular. There has been considerable interest in the special social and cultural patterns of the French-Vermonters as an ethnic group, especially the roles that family members play in interviews and other health and social services contexts."Tags Barre VT, Bibliography, Burlington VT, Business and Economics, Death and Disaster, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Health and Wellness, Language and Linguistics, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Anthropology, Nonfiction -- Science and Medicine, Nonfiction -- Social Sciences, Québec, St. Johnsbury VT, Vermont, Winooski VT -
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 -
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 -
Le roman franco-américain en Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1878-1943
Une dissertation sur la littérature - le roman - franco-américaine : ses grands thièmes, ses auteurs dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre, et les historiques américaines et québécoises qui forment son contexte. Met l'accent sur les textes suivants:"Jeanne la fileuse," d'Honoré Beaugrand; "Un Revenant," de Rémi Tremblay; "Bélanger ou l'histoire d'un crime," de George Crépeau; "Mirbah," de Emma Dumas; "La jeune Franco-Américaine," d'Alberte Gastonguay; "Canuck," Camille Lessard-Bissonnette; "L'innocente victime," d'Adélard Lambert; "Sanatorium," de Paul Dufault; "Les Enfances de Fanny," de Louis Dantin. Une présentation des profils de chaque auteur. Table des matiières Avant-propos Introduction générale I. L'Exode: Expérience collective 1. La défense: Honoré Beaugrand et Anna Duval-Thibault 2. L'histoire régionale: George Crépeau et Emma Dumas 3. La vie franco-américaine: Alberte Gastonguay, Camille Lessard, Adélard Lambert II. L'Exode: Expérience intime 1. Le Canadien errant: Rémi Tremblay 2. L'Isolement: Paul Dufault et Louis Dantin ConclusionBibliographieTags Burlington VT, Central Falls RI, Criticism and Review, Danielson CT, Fall River MA, Fiction and Literature, Holyoke MA, Lewiston ME, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Lowell MA, Manchester ME, Manchester NH, Nashua NH, New England, North Grosvenordale CT, Québec, Religion, Rochester NH, Waterville ME, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Immigration of French Canadians to New England, 1840-1900 : A Geographical Analysis
Study of French-Canadian emigration into the United States during the nineteenth century. Pivotal research in French Canadian emigration. Includes maps that show migration patterns from specific Canadian regions to specific areas in New England. From the author: "The purpose of this study is to examine geographically the French-Canadian population in New England in terms of the spatial interaction between New England and Québec. It is hoped that the conclusions relating to their experience will have relevance to the general study of immigration."Tags Biddeford ME, Burlington VT, Chicopee MA, Concord NH, Demography, Dover NH, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Geography, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Journalism, Kennebec River Valley, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Michigan, Mills and Mill Work, Milton VT, Minnesota, Nashua NH, New England, New York, Newport VT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Quinebaug River Valley, Saco ME, Shetucket River Valley, St. Albans VT, St. John River Valley, St. Lawrence River Valley, Waterville ME, Willimantic River Valley, Winooski VT, Wisconsin, Worcester MA -
Studies on Vermont/Québec Relations : The State of the Art
A brief annotated bibliography in essay form, with commentary, that focuses on the history of geographic and economic relationships between Vermont and Québec. Included in Occasional Paper Number Six, in a series produced by the Center for Research on Vermont, University of Vermont. -
Les Franco-Américains : 1860-1980
Un bref historique complet sur les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre jusqu'à 1980. Une étude socielle, culturelle, démographique, et historiographique, basée "sur les travaux historiques existant" états-uniniens sur ce peuple et ses communautés dans le nord-est. Le mouvement, les paroisses et voisinages, les vies et le travail d'un peuple émigrant canadien-français et ses descendants. Des pensées sur le concept de "la survivance." Écrit par un scolaire français. Des illustrations en noir et blanc (photographie; dessins).Tags Albany NY, Auburn ME, Barre VT, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Burlington VT, Cabotville MA, Central Falls RI, Chicopee Falls MA, Chicopee MA, Clubs and Societies, Cohoes NY, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Greek Americans, Hartford CT, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Marlboro MA, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History, Nonfiction -- History -- French in North America, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Old Town ME, Pawtucket RI, Portland ME, Providence RI, Québec, Rochester NY, Rutland VT, Salmon Falls NH, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, St. Albans VT, Troy NY, Waltham MA, Ware MA, White River Junction VT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Écrin de pensées des Franco-Américains
Compilation des citations écrites ou parlées par la franco-américanie intellectuelle, religieuse, ou influente du XIXe et XXe siècles. Une liste des contributeurs au livre et leurs villes respectives dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre.Tags Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Boston MA, Canada, Central Falls RI, Danielson CT, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, France, Gardner MA, Lawrence MA, Leominster MA, Lewiston ME, Lowell MA, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Nonfiction -- History -- Clubs and Societies, North Adams MA, North Grosvenordale CT, Pawtucket RI, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Rogers MA, Roxbury MA, Rutland VT, Salem MA, Springfield MA, Warren RI, Watertown CT, Watertown MA, West Hartford CT, Winooski VT, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA -
Migrants and Millworkers : The French Canadian Population of Burlington and Colchester, 1860-1870
Article describing the growth of the French Canadian population in Vermont around the time of the American Civil War, and the differences of Canadian immigrant labor, property ownership, and political activity in select Vermont cities, as well as between those of other New England textile centers of the same time period. Steady growth of unskilled laborers and relative decline of economic conditions among Vermont's growing French Canadian population between 1850 and 1870. Separate social, economic, and political developments of Burlington, Winooski Falls, and greater Colchester that can be traced to Burlington's incorporation in the 1860s. Research on variances in property ownership among French Canadian immigrants in these locations, as well as their rates of naturalization, English fluency, and relevant voting laws. Includes tables with figures on occupational status, childbirths, and youth labor. Subtitled, "The high level of political activity of Colchester's French Canadians contrasted sharply to that of Burlington émigrés."