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  • Author: Levine, Ben (director)

Date: 1980

Language: English and français

Find in a Library: 56624171

A documentary that captures sentiments toward francophone cultures between France, Quebec, and New England in the context of Quebec's 1980 sovereignty referendum. From WorldCat: "Features interviews with French Canadians and Franco-Americans about…

  • Author: Fournier, Claude

Date: 1988

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 77099172, 235986817

Read: Regarder: BANDE-ANNONCE

Un drame télévisé sur l'émigration canadienne française à la Nouvelle-Angleterre au début de la vingtième siècle, et les travailleurs des usines textiles de l'époque industrielle aux Etats-Unis.

  • Author: Beresford, Bruce (director)

Date: 1991 September

Language: English, Latin, Cree, Mohawk, Algonquin

Find in a Library: 228009707

Read: Watch: TRAILER

From the Canadian Film Encyclopedia: "Black Robe is a bleak but majestic film about the diverse cultures of the French settlers and the Algonquin people, and the clashes between them....The hostile wilderness of 17th-century New France is the setting…

  • 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…

  • Author: Bélanger, Damien-Claude

Date: 2011

Language: en

Find in a Library: 466659872

Read: Preview

From University of Toronto Press: "As a country with enormous economic, military, and cultural power, the United States can seem an overwhelming neighbour - one that demands consideration by politicians, thinkers, and cultural figures. Prejudice and…

  • Author: Richard, Mark Paul

Date: 2010-12-00

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 40

Language: en

Find in a Library: 690210682

Read: Full text

From the author: "This article examines a little-known dimension to the Ku Klux Klan movement in the United States during the 1920s. As Anglo-Canadian Protestants supported the KKK to assert control over French-Canadian and other Catholics in the New…

  • Author: Peterson, Lisa

Date: 2004 May 7

Publication: The Bowdoin Orient

Volume: CXXXIII

Language:

Find in a Library: 54828382

Bowdoin College senior seminar in the French language culminates in a documentary film and a theatrical piece. Students used information learned through over 60 hours of interviews with local Francos.

  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1889 July 5

Publication: New York Times

Language:

Find in a Library: 1760220

1889 article on the French-Canadian immigration phenomenon in the United States and the need for rapid Americanization. Author argues that French Canadians do not appear to be assimilating as well as they should. Article refers to the political and…

  • Author: Dionne, E.J., Jr.

Date: 1979 November 25

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

From a separate article written by Robert C. Carroll: "A recent New York Times article, written by a Franco-American reporter, E. J. Dionne, Jr., cites uncontestable opinion as well as social research testifying to the obvious decline in the use of…

  • Author: Wiggin, P.G.

Date: 1901 December 15

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

Descriptive, ethnographic New York Times feature article on "French-Canadian women" from youth to old age in New England. The author considers the Franco-American working woman a peculiarly American character, and the French-Canadian American mother…

  • Author: Wiggin, P.G.

Date: 1901 October 13

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

1901 supplementary article on French-Canadian communities in New England. According to author, these communities - unlike other immigrants to the United States around the turn of the century - appear to resist cultural assimilation by the insular…

  • Author: Bullard, F. Lauriston

Date: 1929 September 29

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

Brief editorial on the growth of the French-Canadian/Franco-American population in the United States relative to other cultural groups. Considers the dilemma of the French-Canadians' resistance to full assimilation alongside their healthy…

  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1881 November 4

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

Brief article taken from the Boston Commercial Bulletin that cites Boston French Canadians being granted a hearing to protest against the Bureau of Statistics labeling them the "Chinese of the East."

  • Author: Beston, Henry

Date: 1943 May 2

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

A review of the exploratory book-length essay entitled "The Shadows of the Trees," by Jacques Ducharme, on the Franco-American experience in the United States. Ducharme attempts to explore the most prominent aspects of French-Canadian emigrant…

  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1892 June 6

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

Another editorial on French-Canadian populations in the United States, their common patterns of community congregation, and what to the author seems to be a resistance to assimilation. From the text: "It is next to impossible to penetrate this mass…

  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1890 January 6

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

1890 article on one Fall River, Massachusetts, social organization's response to the Catholic Centennial Congress's outright rejection of the existence of national societies.

  • Author: Lemay, George

Date: 1900 September 9

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

1900 letter to the New York Times refuting pejorative descriptions leveled on "the French-Canadian of to-day" by a New York Times editorialist who had only spent a short time in Canada. The letter covers the editorialist's attitude toward…

  • Author: Hale, Karlene K.

Date: 1991 October 22

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

Part 2 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 2 focuses on St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, the unifying center for many in…

  • Author: Hale, Karlene K.

Date: 1991 October 23

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

Part 3 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 3 is a brief look into St. Augustine School, the educational foundation - alongside…

  • Author: Hale, Karlene K.

Date: 1991 October 24

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

Part 4 of 4 of the October, 1991, series entitled, "Against all odds: Life on the 'Hill'" - a close look into Augusta, Maine's Sand Hill (Sandhill) neighborhood. Part 4 includes two pieces: one acknowledging the vast changes that have taken place in…

  • Author: Poulain, Jean-Paul

Date: 1991 August 30

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

Guest article written by Franco-American performer, Jean-Paul Poulain, on the need to preserve Le Club Calumet as a private organization. This piece comes amidst the controversy surrounding a county court ruling that the Augusta, Maine, Club was…

  • Author: Violette, Maurice

Date: 1991 October 9

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

A lengthy open letter concerning the potential effects of Kennebec County Superior Court's ruling against Le Club Calumet, charging it to begin admitting women into the membership ranks of its historically all-male establishment in Augusta, Maine.…

  • Author: Betit, Elizabeth

Date: 1992 May 29

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

Letter to the editor opposed to the Maine Supreme Court's decision in favor of Le Club Calumet barring women from membership in its Augusta, Maine, organization.

  • Author: Ledoux, Denis

Date: 1974 July 9

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

Find in a Library: 10969332, 35351012

Article on the concurrent usages of French and English in 1970s Québec, and opinions as to the future of the province of Québec's language landscape. Special to the CSM written by Lisbon, Maine, author, Denis Ledoux.

  • Author: Christian Science Monitor

Date: 1959 August 15

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

Find in a Library: 10969332, 35351012

Article on the comparisons made between French language varieties in Canada, France, and elsewhere in the Francophone world.

  • Author: Tessier, Marie

Date: 2001 April 12

Language: English

Find in a Library: 44854099

E-news article on women reviving Franco culture in Maine.

  • Author: Langellier, Kristin
  • Author: Peterson, Eric E.

Date: 2004

Language: en

Find in a Library: 52214849

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Performance studies theory text. Maine Franco American case studies in a discussion of the methods and forms of storytelling. Written by two University of Maine professors. From Temple University Press: "The authors ably guide readers through the…

  • 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…