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- Author: Daniels, Roger
Date: 2002
Language: en
Find in a Library: 50930977
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Comprehensive history of immigration to the United States from the 17th to the 21st century. Divided into [ ] parts: Colonial America; The Century of Immigration (1820-1924); and Modern Times.
- Author: Perreault, Robert B.
Date: 1981
Language: fr
Find in a Library: 8278566
Une examination du mouvement sentinelliste aÌ€ l'éxterieur de Providence, Rhode Island, dans une autre ville franco-américain: Manchester, New Hampshire. Perreault écrit une nouvelle type de l'histoire sentinelliste telle qu'elle…
- Author: Lambert, AdeÌlard
Date: 1918
Language: fr
Find in a Library: 23394052
Find Online: OL16350945M
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Des contes de la meÌmoire de la jeunesse de Lambert, un eÌmigreÌ canadien-francais aux États-Unis au but du vingtième siècle. L'ideÌe de la survivance reste à l'arriere-plan du texte. Le fin de livre contien des messages…
- Author: Writers' Program, New Hampshire W.P.A.
Date: 1940
Language: en; fr
Find Online: OL7199146W
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From the introduction: "Today approximately 150,000 Americans of French ancestry, including a few who came directly from France, are living in New Hampshire. Like their grandparents in Quebec, they have preserved many of the traditions of their…
- Author: Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Maine
Date: 1937
Language: en
Find in a Library: 255008
Find Online: @ Open Library
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State guidebook produced by the Maine Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s. Installment in the American Guide Series: a collection of state travel guides and coffee tables books. Includes extensive descriptions of…
- Author: Dublin, Thomas
Date: 1992
Language: en
Find in a Library: 24214090
Find Online: OL1549242M
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From the inside cover: "Lowell, Massachusetts, was America's first large-scale planned industrial community. After its establishment as a town in 1826, Lowell was celebrated for its innovative textile technology and its unique workforce of young…
- Author: Violette, Maurice
Date: 1976
Language: en
Find in a Library: 2176381
A thorough history of the Franco American presence in the city of Augusta, Maine, up to the 1970s. Histories of mill, church, school, and community, from their migrant inception through sometimes celebratory, sometimes violent, persistence.…
- Author: Calvert, Mary
Date: 1983
Language: en
Find in a Library: 10864362
Find Online: OL2769967W
Historical piece on the European explorers of the Kennebec River Valley and the Abenaki people of that Maine region. Highlights the relationships among British, French, and Native American, and their confrontations from the 17th century onward. The…
- Author: Calvert, Mary
Date: 1986
Language: en
Find in a Library: 15523085
Find Online: OL2769969W
Historical piece on the Kennebec River and its surrounding valley towns, from the end of the American Revolution until the river's final log drive in the second half of the twentieth century. Relationships between early settlers and Native Americans.…
- Author: Tardivel, Jules Paul
Date: 1900
Language: fr
Find in a Library: 6856491
Find Online: OL6788369W
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Un histoire et critique de l'église Catholique aux États-Unis, écrit en deux parties par un scolaire français au Canada. Certaines réflexions sur le développement d'un catholicisme américain. Comparaisons entre des prévisions…
- Author: Ouelette, Joanne
- Author: New Hampshire Historical Society
Date: 2013
Language: en
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Outline of dates and figures; compilation of facts and notes relevant to the history of French Canadian immigrants in the state of New Hampshire around the beginning of the twentieth century. Designed by the New Hampshire Historical Society for…
- Author: Moran, William
Date: 2002
Language: en
Find in a Library: 49627749
Find Online: OL9515646M
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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…
- Author: Aubin, Albert K.
Date: 1981
Language: en
Find in a Library: 8297862
Find Online: OL11436946M
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…
- Author: Parker, James Hill
Date: 1983
Language: en
Find in a Library: 9082399
Sociological essay highlighting Franco American assimilation in a case-study of Lewiston, Maine. Includes a brief history of French Canadian immigration to Lewiston coinciding with the city's birth as an industrial center. Part of the preface reads,…
- Author: Chartier, Armand
Date: 1993
Language: en
Find in a Library: 38570305
A brief history of the Franco Americans in New Bedford, Massachusetts. About half of the text is dedicated to the role of New Bedford's Catholic churches, while the remainder addresses New Bedford's community life, work, the French language, and…
- Author: Sorg, Marcella Harnish
Date: 1978
Language: en
A paperback, illustrated, simply-written history of the Franco Americans in Old Town, Milford, Orono, and Bradley, Maine. Compiled from the larger book, "The Old Town Reader," also published by the National Materials Development Center.
- Author: Robbins, Rhea Côté (editor)
- Author: Petrie, Lanette Landry (editor)
- Author: Langellier, Kristin (editor)
- Author: Slott, Kathryn (editor)
Date: 1995
Language: en; fr
Find in a Library: 34344246
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…
- Author: Cole, Donald
Date: 2002 (1963)
Language: en
Find in a Library: 475026
Find Online: OL7972822M
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A history of the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, as a site of mass industrialization, diverse immigration, and unique dynamics of class and ethnicity around the turn of the 20th century. From UNC Press: "The violence and radicalism connected with…
- Author: Brière, Eloise
Date: 1986
Language: en; fr
Find in a Library: 34578272
French heritage travel and resource guide to New York state, divided by region and described by town and city. From the foreword to the text: "Continuing the tradition begun in the 17th century, French and Canadian ties flourish in New York which…
- Author: Giamo, Benedict
Date: 2000
Language: English
Find in a Library: 42690123
From Southern Illinois University Press: "Giamo’s primary purpose is to chronicle and clarify Kerouac’s various spiritual quests through close examinations of [his] novels. Kerouac began his quest with 'On the Road,' which also is…
- Author: Fairfield, Roy P.
Date: 1956 (2003)
Language: en
Find in a Library: 3085526
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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…
- Author: Van Lent, Peter C.
Date: 1988
Language: en
Find in a Library: 20845209
Find Online: OL1782127M
A professor of folklore offers here a study of the Franco Americans in northern New York state. He explores the themes of religion, family, work, and language, and interrogates their symbols in the folklore and folk art of Malone, New York and a…
- Author: Roby, Yves
Date: 2000
Language: fr (en translation available)
Find in a Library: 47254342
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Un texte historique complet sur les immigrants canadiens français dans la Nouvelle Angleterre, et la deÌveloppement d'un indentiteÌ franco-ameÌricain aux États-Unis. Reportage de la peÌriode entre 1840 et 1980. Un des textes…
- Author: Pelletier, Martine
- Author: Ferretti, Monica Dionne
Date: 1979
Language: en
Find in a Library: 5336702
Find Online: OL4434389M
A history of the people of Van Buren, Maine, with a heavy emphasis on local folklore. Includes a large collection of images of town buildings both past and present, historic documents, family trees, local advertisements, and local maps.
- Author: Paroisse St-Bruno (St. Bruno Parish)
Date: 1938
Language: fr
Find in a Library: 301814327
Une histoire de la Paroisse St-Bruno de Van Buren, Maine, entre 1838 et 1938. Ecrit pour l'occasion de la centième année de cette paroisse dans la Vallée St-Jean. Contiens photos des curés et des soeurs paroissials, aussi que les…
- Author: LeVasseur, Frances Dumond (editor)
Date: 1974
Language: en
Find in a Library: 52833122 (can be viewed at the Franco-American Centre, University of Maine, Orono, Maine)
A descriptive catalog of the towns of the St. John Valley in northern Maine. Includes geographic positioning, demographic information for each incorporated place, and the names and occupations of public officials. Also includes a time line of facts…
- Author: Le Jeune, R.P.L.
Date: 1990 (1918)
Language: Français
Find in a Library: 144748841 (peut être lu au Centre Franco-Américain, Université du Maine, Orono, Maine)
Une brève 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 premières communatés Acadiennes de…