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  • Author: Marshall, Jessica

Date: 2010 October 14

Language: English

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Subtitled, "The longer a person has spoken two or more languages, the greater the cognitive effects." Article on the long-term benefits of bilingualism, including marked enhancements in decision-making functions, as well as longer retained brain…

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  • Author: Dev, Rupa

Date: 2010 September 25

Language: English

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Article of interview with filmmaker Marcia Jarmel on her and colleague Ken Schneider's new documentary, "Speaking in Tongues," about bilingual education in America. Features a Vimeo linked preview to the film. From the editor of New America Media:…

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  • Author: Pinette, Susan

Date: 2007

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 80

Language: English

Find in a Library: 137573897

An essay on including Franco Americans and Franco American literature in the rubric of French studies. How such inclusions impact this rubric historically, theoretically, and in terms of content. How a recognition of "la Francophonie" outside of…

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  • Author: Lothian, Mona

Date: 2009 November 12

Language: English

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Oral interview with a woman recalling her youth and family in Lewiston, Maine. Her memories of the pervasiveness of French language and culture in the first half of the twentieth century, and her thoughts on the decline of French language and…

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  • Author: Pipyn, Michel

Date: 1976

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 7294264

Une histoire qui nous présente à Antoine le jeune et à "des choses" qu'il fait et qu'il rencontre au cours de sa journée. Les différentes façons dans lequel il décrit ces choses - ses rêves,…

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  • Author: Mitchell, Paige (editor)

Date: 2009

Language: English

Find in a Library: None

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.

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  • Author: Lalande, Jean-Guy

Date: 1971

Thesis Type: M.A., Histoire

Institution: Université Laval

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 77266349

Une theÌ€se maitrise sur le mouvement Sentinelliste: une grande réaction journalistique aux droits linguistiques et réligieuses d'une dioceÌ€se catholique dans le Rhode Island, et dans les églises du sud de la Nouvelle-Angleterre au…

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  • Author: Blanchard, Dorothy A.

Date: 1993 Spring

Publication: Maine Historical Society Quarterly

Volume: 33

Language: en

Find in a Library: 2263768, 607696548

The history of French Canadian immigration and Franco American community building in the town of Dexter, Maine. Illustrated with photos and quotes from oral interviews. From the text: "The study of French-Canadian immigration is generally centered…

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  • Author: Drummond, Robert J.
  • Author: McIntire, Walter G.

Date: 1980

Publication: Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volume: 106

Language: en

Find in a Library: 425947545, 1782317

Studies conducted by University of Maine researchers on early school-age children. Observations and evaluations of psychological self-concept. Studies measure age, sex, and ethnic heritage factors and present data and observations based on these…

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  • Author: Plumer, Chris

Date: 1977 November

Publication: Maine Magazine

Language: English

Find in a Library: 25733085

Feature article on the present (1977) cultural situation of Franco Americans in Maine. Discussion of their minority demographics, as well as local, academic, and federal intiatives to bolster bilingual educational support, community solidarity, and…

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  • Author: Hyde School
  • Author: Brunswick High School
  • Author: Searles, James (project director)
  • Author: Tibbetts, Michelle (student project director)
  • Author: Best, Calvin (student project director)

Date: 1980

Language: English and français

Find in a Library: 63898970

Dramatic student portrayal of French Canadian immigration to Maine at the beginning of the twentieth century. Contains scenes of family life in Quebec, dramatic reenactment of work in the mills of Maine, prayer and party in the United States, and…

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  • Author: Brault, Gerard J.

Date: 1986

Language: en

Find in a Library: 12665191

Find Online: OL2541215M

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Comprehensive history of French Canadians and Franco Americans in New England, with an emphasis on the early 20th century. Introduced with a summary of early North American exploration and colonization. Spans in specific an historical period that…

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  • Author: Weil, François

Date: 1989

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 23695732

Find Online: OL1970647M

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…

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  • Author: Delevingne, Lionel (photographs)
  • Author: Briere, Eloise A. (interviews)
  • Author: Vaget, Nicole (text)

Date: 1988

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 20218507

Find Online: OL2064431M

Illustrations of Massachusetts' Franco American cultural landscape in personal photos, personal interviews, and historical context. A local pictorial history in short form, singular in its use of quotations.

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  • Author: Brault, Gerard J.

Date: 1960

Language: fr; en

Find in a Library: 424870272, 27098491

A documentation of results from language tests given to Franco Americans in the late 1950s. Considers local vocabulary and phonetics. From the document's abstract: "The interviews were designed to illustrate the chief features of the French spoken by…

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  • Author: Bystydzienski, Jill M.

Date: 1985

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 15

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60621291, 3364885, 31186541

A comparison of the historical situations and social positions of French Canadian and African American women. An examination of their family and community roles, cultural stereotypes, and social and politicals achievement levels. Situates the origins…

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  • Author: Cort-Desrochers, John

Date: 2008

Language: English

Find in a Library: 268988215

Memoirs of a Vermont teacher. The story of his French Canadian family living in St. Johnsbury, Vermont in the middle twentieth century. From Ecko House Publishing: "This book tells of a French Canadian family rising out of poverty and achieving the…

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  • Author: Piotrowski, Tadeusz

Date: 1974

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1102740

Brief essay trying to identify - historically, culturally, nationally - the Franco Americans of the largest city in northern New England, New Hampshire's industrial center, and the one-time home to the largest mill complex in the world. Also featured…

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  • Author: Perreault, Robert B.

Date: 2010

Language: en

Find in a Library: 664354634

Find Online: OL24384830M

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An intimately crafted Franco American cultural history of Manchester, New Hampshire, written by one of its resident historians. From the author of such works as "One Piece in the Great American Mosaic," "La Presse Franco-Américaine et La…

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  • Author: Potholm, Christian

Date: 2002

Language: en

Find in a Library: 49332477

A collection of short essays that examines American politics through the lens of the political arena in the state of Maine. Written by a Bowdoin College professor of government and legal studies. Contains a few brief chapters devoted specifically to…

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  • Author: Wright, Carroll Davidson

Date: 1882

Language: en

Find in a Library: 9773740

Find Online: OL18861604M

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Transcription of an 1881 "informal hearing" at the Massachusetts legislature regarding the publication of the annual report of the Massachusetts Labor Statistics Bureau in which the French Canadians are famously referred to as "the Chinese of the…

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  • Author: History Committee of Saint Joseph Parish

Date: 1988

Language: en

Find in a Library: 18726883, 21119721

Find Online: OL8667782W

157 year history of one of the multiple Roman Catholic parishes in the city of Burlington, Vermont. St. Joseph Parish recognizes itself as "the oldest national parish in New England." From the parish website: "The story of St. Joseph's is, from the…

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  • Author: Brault, Gerard J. (rédacteur)

Date: 1961

Language: Français and English

Find in a Library: 4591169

Une collection d'essaies sur le sujet de la vie franco-américaine dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Compilée des présentations de quelques conférences academiques de Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. Avec les écrits qui suivent:…

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  • Author: Langellier, Kristin M.

Date: 1996

Book Title: Logon Didonai: Gespräch und Verantwortung

Language: English

Find in a Library: 35227497

Essay discussing the particular engagements - with theory, academia, community - of Franco-American Studies initiatives at the University of Maine. How community/classroom collaborative programming and discussion-based research participate in what…

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  • Author: Thompson, Laura Anne

Date: 2008

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Secondary Education

Institution: University of Alberta

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 229425429

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From the author: "In the province of Alberta, the recent phenomenon of French-speaking newcomers, who are multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic and multifaith, is putting into question the concept of a collective Francophone identity in Canada. On…

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  • Author: Guillet, Ernest Bernard

Date: 1978

Thesis Type: Ph. D., French

Institution: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Language: en

Find in a Library: 7436222, 49091666

Find Online: OL12362900W

From the author: "This study examines the French literary and cultural life of French Canadians in New England with emphasis on Holyoke, Massachusetts, between 1869 and 1940. At the turn of the century French Canadians became known as…

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  • Author: Guyette, George Francis

Date: 1941

Thesis Type: M.A., Education

Institution: University of Maine at Orono

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 50013355

Thesis that argues a recognition of the persistence of French language from 17th-century France and New France into 20th-century southern New England. As a research piece in the field of education, this study examined the 1930s state of colloquial…

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  • Author: Michaud, Guy Roland

Date: 1970

Thesis Type: Ed. D.

Institution: University of Maine at Orono

Language: en

Find in a Library: 51537550, 2580126

Analysis of early education programs and their varying effects on monolingual and French/English bilingual students in the state of Maine. How the effectiveness of educational programs can be measured with regard to anglophone, francophone, and…

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  • Author: O'Connor, Daniel Giles

Date: 1969

Thesis Type: Ed. D.

Institution: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Language: en

Find in a Library: 116818

Argument toward implementing a bilingual education program in the public schools of the state of Vermont. Written in the context of the 1968 United States congressional discussions about funding bilingual education in general, and the scope of…

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  • Author: Marceau, Albert J.

Date: 2009

Thesis Type: M.A., History

Institution: Central Connecticut State University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 558840837

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From the author: "The thesis is an examination of the role of Fr. Jean-Baptiste Proulx as an intermediary for the French-Canadian laity at St. James’ Church in Danielson, Connecticut in the parish discord known as the Danielson Affair, and as…

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