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  • Author: Associated Press

Date: 1989 December 7

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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The Maine Fire Marshall's office finds no certain cause of Augusta, Maine's 1989 Edwards Mill fire, and mentions that either "a discarded cigarette or broken elevator" was probably what sparked the blaze.

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  • Author: Brack, Ken

Date: 1989 December 5

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Maine state officials discuss efforts to investigate the cause of the Edwards Mill fire in the winter of 1989, on the shore of the Kennebec River in Augusta, Maine.

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  • Author: Fossett, Jim

Date: 1989 December 5

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Photo of a firefighter and firetruck on the site of the Edwards Mill, Augusta, Maine, as workers tended to the blaze there in the winter of 1989.

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  • Author: Brack, Ken

Date: 1989 December 6

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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State officials determine where - but not yet how - the Edwards Mill fire began in Augusta, Maine, in the winter of 1989. Article also provides an update on the work being done by local firefighters to control the blaze's spread.

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  • Author: Brack, Ken

Date: 1990 January 13

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Article getting feedback from Mark Isaacson, vice president of the Edwards Manufacturing Co. whose Augusta, Maine, mill site was demolished by fire one month ago. Includes a picture of Isaacson in front of the mill ruins.

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  • Author: Manlove, George

Date: 1989 December 1

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Article on the Edwards Mill fire as a spectacle in Augusta, Maine, where neighbors, former mill workers, and descendants of those who moved to Central Maine to work in the mill watch the industrial building complex go up in flames. The blaze could be…

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  • Author: Manlove, George

Date: 1990

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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After its abandonment and destruction by fire, the Edwards Mill on the west side of Augusta, Maine, is finally demolished. Article features picture of mill neighbor and former mill worker Edgard Violette.

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  • Author: Edwards, Keith

Date: 2009 April 28

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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The City of Augusta, Maine seizes the eastside paper mill, formerly known as "Statler Tissue," with the stated purpose of demolition for potential development. According to the Kennebec Journal, the mill closed in 2001.

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  • Author: Hale, John

Date: 2009 August 20

Publication: Capital Weekly

Language: English

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The demolition of the Augusta, Maine, east-side paper mill, which began June 2010, continues in plain view on the bank of the Kennebec River.

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  • Author: LaFlamme, Mark

Date: 2009 July 16

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

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The Cowan Mill, on the shore of the Androscoggin River between Lewiston and Auburn, Maine, goes up in flames. The Cowan building is one of many in the vast Bates Mill complex.

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  • Author: Hartill, Daniel

Date: 2009 July 16

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

The fire at the Cowan Mill in Lewiston, Maine, as a spectacle: the crowds watching it blaze, the memories of its workers from long ago, the impact of its burning on the city's daily routine.

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  • Author: LaFlamme, Mark

Date: 2009 July 16

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

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Effect of the Cowan Mill fire on traffic in the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine.

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  • Author: Sun Journal Staff

Date: 2009 July 16

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

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A time line of the history of the Cowan Mill in Lewiston, Maine, published on the day following the great fire that burned the defunct mill to the ground.

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  • Author: Slover, Daryn
  • Author: Pelletier, Justin

Date: 2009 July 16

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

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Captioned photos of the Cowan Mill in Lewiston, Maine, after it was destroyed by fire in the summer of 2009.

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  • Author: Slover, Daryn

Date: 2009 July 16

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

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A series of captioned photos chronicling the crumbling, tumbling, and ruin of the Cowan Mill in Lewiston, Maine, as it burned in a spontaneous fire.

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  • Author: LaFlamme, Mark

Date: 2009 July 16

Language: English

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Kennebec Journal printing of article on Lewiston, Maine's Cowan Mill fire by Lewiston Sun Journal writer, Mark LaFlamme.

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  • Author: Herter, Sara

Date: 1975 July 12

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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An article on the mills of the Kennebec River in central Maine, the immigration wave at the turn of the century, and the Franco-American workforce. Featured in the 150th Anniversary edition of the Kennebec Journal.

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  • Author: Violette, Maurice

Date: 1975 July 12

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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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: Christian Science Monitor

Date: 1909 May 24

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

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An article on the meeting of the Franco American Order of Foresters held in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1909.

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  • Author: Christian Science Monitor

Date: 1909 April 20

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

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Article on the plans for a new cotton mill - owned entirely by French-Canadians - to be built in Manville, Rhode Island.

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  • Author: "Franco American"

Date: 1886 February 18

Publication: Boston Daily Globe

Language: English

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Article responding the the claims of one W.W. Adams that there exists a spiritual problem in the mill town of Fall River, Massachusetts - a town with a high French Catholic population. The article's author takes the pseudonym, "Franco American."

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  • Author: Boston Daily Globe

Date: 1910 February 13

Publication: Boston Daily Globe

Language: English

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Article profiling Oliver Christian: a laborer who earned promotions up to the level of NLA secretary.

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  • Author: Waterman, Amber

Date: 2010 November 8

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

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A look at Lewiston/Auburn, Maine's "Museum L-A," which some claim has "the most complete documented history of the Industrial Revolution in New England, if not the country."

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  • Author: Sambides, Nick, Jr.

Date: 2010 November 9

Publication: Bangor Daily News

Language: English

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Dispute over rail access between Canadian National Railway Co. and Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, the latter ostensibly blocking CN from reaching a Madawaska, Maine, paper plant.

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  • Author: Rhoda, Erin

Date: 2010 May 24

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

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Article about a granddaughter - now in her sixties - who enjoys traveling the same pass her grandmother rode from Canada to Central Maine on Route 201. The author recounts the history of emigration from Canada to the US down this route, and talks…

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  • Author: Bouthillette, Emma

Date: 2010 November 18

Publication: Portland Press Herald

Language: English

Find in a Library: 9341113

Article on the redevelopment of vacant space in the Riverdam Mill of Biddeford, Maine, on the banks of the Saco River.

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

Date: 1999

Language: en

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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: 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: Bradley, Francis James

Date: 1931

Language: en

Find in a Library: 17817198

1931 diocesan history from a densely populated Massachusetts mill town. Dedicated in 1832, FRD's cathedral parish is St. Mary's, while the city's traditionally Franco American parish - St. Anne's - was established in 1869.

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  • Author: Vermont Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights

Date: 1983

Language: English

Find in a Library: 9609949

Find Online: OL5336454W

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…

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