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  • Author: Banks, Ann

Date: 1980 (1991)

Language: en

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Edited and annotated compilation of oral histories from the Federal Writers' Project of the 1930s Works Progress/Projects Administration (WPA) in the United States. These selections come mostly in the form of short passages that aspiring writers…

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  • Author: Field, Rachel

Date: 1931

Language: English

Find in a Library: 4411669

Young adult novel about a French girl orphaned upon her arrival in America. Follows her through the loss of her family, her adaptations to servitude, and her coming-of-age in the New World. Winner of a Newbery Honor Award for youth literature in…

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  • Author: Caffee, Gabrielle Leboeuf

Date: 1993

Language: English

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Experimental, semi-biographical fiction about the movement of people and culture through Bas Canada et les États-Unis. A self-proclaimed "case study" of imagined ancestral movement from North to South, and the evolution of culture along that…

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  • Author: Moran, William (speaker)

Date: 2002 October 26

Language: English

Find in a Library: 174144-1 (C-SPAN Video Library)

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…

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1889 January 13

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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1889 article in which the author attempts to describe what seem to be Québec's French-Canadian allegiances: neither to England nor to the Dominion of Canada, but to the Roman Catholic Church. Author considers French-Canadian imperial federation…

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  • Author: Violette, Maurice

Date: 1975 July 12

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

Excerpt from the forthcoming book, "The Franco-Americans," by Augusta, Maine resident, Maurice Violette. Discusses the purported logics behind French-Canadian immigration to New England in the 19th century.

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  • Author: Franco-American Centre Franco-Américain

Date: 1996

Language: Bilingual/bilingue

Find in a Library: 38755550

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…

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  • Author: Nos Histoires de l'IÌ‚le Group

Date: 1999

Language: en

Find in a Library: 43797929

A chronicling of French Island ("Treat and Webster Island"), Old Town, Maine, from 1800 to the late 20th century. Includes photos, selections from interviews and oral histories, historical synopses, and stories from the French Island community. A…

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  • Author: Price, Trudy Chambers

Date: 2004

Language: English

Find in a Library: 55659235

From Islandport Press: "Family dairy farms are disappearing in Maine and with them, a way of life. Trudy Chambers Price has captured the daily joys and struggles of the family farm in a way that ensures this Maine way of life will not be…

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  • Author: Quintal, Claire

Date: 1996

Language: English

Find in a Library: 35289877

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Essay collection on the diverse aspects of Franco American community and life in New England. Emphases on French Canadian immigration to New England; religion, education, and community life; and Franco American literature. Includes a wide range of…

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  • Author: Pelletier, Martine A.

Date: 1976

Language: en

Find in a Library: 3047975

A pictorial history of Van Buren, Maine at the beginning of the twentieth century. Most of the book's photos were taken by Joseph Michael Bouchard (b. 1869) and C.C. Caron, reproduced out of their original glass-plate form to be featured in this…

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  • Author: Dubay, Guy F.

Date: 1983

Language: fr; en

Find in a Library: 11513772

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A book written to accompany a 1982 Maine State Museum exhibit dedicated to history and life in the St. John Valley, Aroostook County, Maine. Author Guy Dubay is a member of the Maine State Franco-American Hall of Fame. From the text: "Guy Dubay's…

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  • Author: Hagel, Phyllis

Date: 1977

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 10618549

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Le deuxieme texte de la collection "Villes franco-américaines de la Nouvelle Angleterre." Une histoire de la ville de Berlin, New Hampshire - son peuple et son paysage. Introduit par Céline Fortier de Berlin. Ecrit pour les jeunes pour…

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  • Author: Albert, Félix

Date: 1909 (1991)

Language: English (traduction du français)

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Translated and republished autobiography of French-Canadian immigrant to Lowell, Massachusetts, originally made public at the beginning of the 20th century. Introduction written by Frances H. Early. From the book jacket: "This is the story of a…

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  • Author: Allain, Mathé (editor)
  • Author: Brasseaux, Carl A. (editor)

Date: 1981

Volume: 6 of 8

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6523696

Volume 6 of a eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fourth of six…

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  • Author: Mindel, Charles H.

Date: 1998

Language: en

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Collection of essays on the sociology of the family in the United States, with a particular reliance upon the cultural diversity of ethnic immigrant groups. The 1976 edition of the text - the edition available in most libraries - contains an essay…

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  • Author: Kellogg, Louise Phelps

Date: 1925

Volume: 1

Language: English

Find in a Library: 633645

Reprinted in 2007 by Heritage Books. A history of the French in North America - particularly what would become the US Midwest - from colonization to the middle 18th century. Contains semi-biographical pieces on explorers from that period. Focuses…

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  • Author: Bodnar, John E.

Date: 1985

Language: en

Find in a Library: 11157613

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An overview of American immigration and ethnic histories from American cities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Written by the Director of Oral History Research at the University of Indiana, Bloomington. From Indiana University…

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  • Author: Choquette, Leslie

Date: 1997

Language: English

Find in a Library: 36051186

History text on the later migrations of the French to Atlantic Canada, written by the Director of the French Institute at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts. From Harvard University Press: "In unprecedented detail, Leslie Choquette…

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  • Author: Weiner, Marli Frances (editor)

Date: 2005

Language: en

Find in a Library: 61184330

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From UMaine Press: "This volume of fourteen essays on Maine women's history fills a real need, helping to answer questions about what women were doing in local communities and highlighting their similarities and differences from women elsewhere.…

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  • Author: Dublin, Thomas (editor)

Date: 1981 (1993)

Language: en

Find in a Library: 7203495

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From Columbia University Press: "Between 1820 and 1860, tens of thousands of single women streamed from rural New England to find work in the burgeoning factory towns of the region. In 'Farm to Factory' Thomas Dublin has selected five sets of letters…

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  • Author: Eccles, W.J.

Date: 1998

Language: en

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Previously published under the title "France in America." From Fitzhenry and Whiteside, publishers: "This vivid account of the crucial role played by the French in the Western Hemisphere chronicles the rise and fall of the French empire on the…

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  • Author: Armstrong, John Borden

Date: 1969

Language: en

Find in a Library: 57351

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Nearly two hundred years of history in a New Hampshire town. Harrisville's businesses and communities, the production of its farms, and the centrality of its mills. The economic, political, and social transformations of Harrisville laid out…

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  • Author: Olivier, Julien

Date: 1981

Language: Français

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  • Author: Hendrickson, Dyke

Date: 2010

Language: en

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An "Images of America" pictorial history that illustrates parts of the Franco-American experience in Maine, Maine's people, and the things and places that occupied their lives. Chapters run as follows: 1)Work, 2)Family, 3)Religious Life, 4)Community,…

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  • Author: Sleeper, Frank

Date: 1998

Language: en

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Photo history of the Upper St. John Valley, northern Maine, with a brief historical introduction. Part of the Arcadia Press "Images of America" series.

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  • Author: Johnston, James F.W.

Date: 1851

Volume: 1

Language: en

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A British scholar's notes on life in New Brunswick, New England, New York, and the Upper Midwestern U.S., based on extensive travel in those regions in the middle 19th century. Volume 1 of 2.

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  • Author: Johnston, James F.W.

Date: 1851

Volume: 2

Language: en

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A British scholar's notes on life in New Brunswick, New England, New York, and the Upper Midwestern U.S., based on extensive travel in those regions in the middle 19th century. Volume 2 of 2.

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  • Author: Lawrence, Benjamin

Date: 1912

Language: en

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1912 history of the city of Jay in Franklin County, Maine, situated alongside the Androscoggin River. Gives a brief background sketch of the Native American presence there; historical profile detailed from the town's 1795 incorporation to the turn of…

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  • Author: Leane, John
  • Author: Burns, Elliot E. "Bud"

Date: 2005

Language: en

Find in a Library: 62769140

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…

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