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  • Author: Beaudé, l'Abbé Henri

Date: 1919

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 3124441

Find Online: OL16922887M

De brèves descriptions de la situation de la langue française dans les écoles et les communautés - et de l'américanisation des canadiens-français - du New Hampshire et de la Nouvelle-Angleterre du XIXe siecle à 1919.

  • Author: Searles, James
  • Author: Morse, Kent
  • Author: Hinchman, Stephen

Date: 1982

Language: en

Find in a Library: 8582872

Find Online: OL8515130M

From the preface: "This book is the culmination of a two-year project conducted by Hyde School students and faculty. With the backing of grants from the Ethnic Heritage Studies Division, Office of Education, and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation,…

  • Author: Truesdell, Leon Edgar

Date: 1943

Language: English

Find in a Library: 7145279

Find Online: OL15096107M

Scientific study of cross-border populations, ethnicity, language, and occupation as they are made evident by Canadians and Americans in each other's homeland. Complete with tables, maps, and diagrams that illustrate various demographic figures. From…

  • Author: Church of St. John the Baptist

Date: 1927

Language: fr; en

Find in a Library: 3522212

50th anniversary tribute to the Church of St. John the Baptist, serving the Catholic communities of Brunswick and Bath, Maine. Contains photos, advertisements, and some information on St. John School (L'École Saint-Jean-Baptiste).

  • Author: Hendrickson, Dyke

Date: 2010

Language: en

Find in a Library: 535495395

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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,…

  • Author: Sleeper, Frank

Date: 1998

Language: en

Find in a Library: 39701913

Find Online: OL10819670M

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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.

  • Author: Schriver, Edward (editor)

Date: 1973

Language: English

Find in a Library: 3187379

Proceedings of a 1972 conference at the University of Maine on the subject of French culture in the northeastern borderlands of Maine and Canada. Contents include transcripts of the following presentations: "The Loyalists and the Acadians" "Le Centre…

  • Author: Lawrence, Benjamin

Date: 1912

Language: en

Find in a Library: 246377445

Find Online: OL6557023M

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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…

  • Author: Hornsby, Stephen
  • Author: Konrad, Victor A.
  • Author: Herlan, James J.

Date: 1989

Language: English

Find Online: 21307276

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  • Author: Rosengarten, Joseph G.

Date: 1907

Language: en

Find in a Library: 2662696

Find Online: OL7249749M

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French presence in the United States from 1684 to the beginning of the 20th century. Includes early missions from France to the American South and Midwest, colonies in Louisiana, Huguenot communities on the Mid-Atlantic American coast, French…

  • Author: Clarke, Maurice D.
  • Author: Clarke, John Badger

Date: 1875

Language: en

Find in a Library: 3898298

Find Online: OL251120W

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Subtitled, "A brief record of its past and a picture of its present, including an account of its settlement and of its growth as a town and city a history of its schools, churches, societies, banks." 1875 history of Manchester, New Hampshire. Begins…

  • Author: Heffernan, Nancy Coffey
  • Author: Stecker, Anne Page

Date: 1986

Language: en

Find in a Library: 12907801

Find Online: OL3321887M (3rd ed.)

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From University Press of New England: "A classic history of New Hampshire’s economic and political development, now updated for the twenty-first century....From fiercely ambitious and independent colonial towns to the media circus of the…

  • 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: Craig, Béatrice
  • Author: Dagenais, Maxime

Date: 2009

Language: English

Find Online: 298184228

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  • Author: Plocher, Stephen

Date: 2007

Language: en

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A brief history of Waterville, Maine, written by a graduate of Waterville's Colby College and published online by the city government of Waterville. Begins with the city's peopling, moving through the town's incorporation apart from Winslow in 1802,…

  • 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: Poland, Alex
  • Author: Adams, Erin

Date: 2003

Language: English

Find in a Library: None

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Outline of Franco American history, traditional practices, cultural norms. Culminates in suggestions to healthcare providers for communicating with Franco Americans. Published online by the Child Welfare Training Institute, Muskie School of Public…

  • Author: Roberge, Céleste

Date: 1974

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 1075370

Collection of 1970s writings on Franco Americans and Franco American culture, compiled and edited by Céleste Roberge. Contains the following sections and selections: Introduction - Céleste Roberge I. Social Sciences A History of…

  • 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: Tardivel, Jules Paul

Date: 1900

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 6856491

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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: New Hampshire Historical Society

Date: 2013

Language: en; fr

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Short history lesson on French Canadian immigration and community building in New Hampshire, covering the 19th and early 20th centuries. Concludes with discussion questions about the provided information and photographs. Designed by the New Hampshire…

  • 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: 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: 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: Doane, Ashley W., Jr.

Date: 1979 August 21

Language: English

Find in a Library: 425819036

A 1970s report seeking "to define the status of Franco-Americans in New Hampshire, and their relationships to the majority culture." With data from the US census and a variety of business and education studies (published and not), Doane seeks to get…

  • Author: Simoneau, Irene M.

Date: 2008 October

Language: English

Find in a Library: None (full text available here)

Presentation made at St. John's Episcopal Church in Bangor, Maine, by a former Ph. D. candidate in Canadian-American history at the University of Maine, Orono, Maine. The presentation is, as the author calls it, a "spiritual autobiography," exploring…

  • Author: Albert, Gilbert

Date: 1985

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 31682670

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Un livre pour les jeunes (pour practiquer la langue française) sur le camping, la cabane à sucre, le bord de l'eau, les fraises, et des autres choses amusants de la vie dans le forêt. Contient des histoires, chansons, et des…