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  • Author: Collin, Marc
  • Author: Létourneau, Jocelyn
  • Author: Buck, Paul

Date: 2006 spring/summer

Publication: Québec Studies

Volume: 41

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60628349

Article describing several ways to integrate resources in Québec history into American university curricula on the history of the United States and North America. Historiographical summaries of historical periods and subject areas in Québec…

  • Author: Murray, Kathleen Rochefort

Date: 2000-09(2000 fall / 2001 winter)

Publication: Québec Studies

Volume: 30

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60628349

Article on iconography surrounding Ste. Anne - the mother of Jesus' mother, Mary - in the Roman Catholic culture of Québec. Exploration's of the saint's importance for understanding Québec and its people more intimately, first in terms of…

  • Author: Giguère, Madeleine

Date: 1983-spr

Publication: Québec Studies

Volume: 1

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60628349

Challenges of teaching the sociology of Quebec to American students using English language resources. A brief annotated bibliography of suggested relevant and appropriate works, divided by sociological theme: primary resources, analytical focus,…

  • Author: Poulin, A., Jr.

Date: 1972

Language: en

Find in a Library: 340273

Find Online: OL5708981M

Book of poems from Lisbon, Maine native, former professor of creative writing at SUNY Brockport, and translator of Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies.

  • Author: Poulin, Norman A.

Date: 1985-04

Publication: French Review

Volume: 58

Language: en

Find in a Library: 1238339

Article exploring the extent to which non-native speakers of French are able to communicate with native French speakers of Canadian heritage. Presentation of a study conducted in Lowell, Massachusetts with native speakers and non-native…

  • Author: Hudson, Katharine B.

Date: 1988 Winter

Publication: Bowdoin Magazine

Language: English

Find in a Library: 16529966

Historical essay marking the links between the Franco American community of Brunswick, Maine, and the city's historic liberal arts institution, Bowdoin College. Details of Brunswick's French history alaongside notes on Bowdoin's Franco American…

  • Author: Brault, Gerard J.

Date: 1972 Summer

Publication: Maine Historical Society Newsletter

Volume: 12

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6243334

Transcript of a presentation to the annual meeting of the Maine Historical Society held at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, on June 24, 1972. An overview of the history of Franco Americans in Maine, and an introduction to what the speaker terms…

  • Author: Ploch, Louis A.

Date: 1989 May

Language: English

Find in a Library: 32947634

Brief overview of the general cultural heritage in contemporary New England, with an emphasis on rural communities. The roles of religion and education, economics and immigration, often among communities that can trace their New England origins to…

  • Author: O'Halloran, Ruth Libbey

Date: 1997

Language: English

Find in a Library: 39122231

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The fifth book in a series on the history of Lewiston, Maine, Historic Lewiston, from the Lewiston Historical Commission. Historic Lewiston: Its Architectural Heritage is a 116-page overview of the architecture of the city: the depth of its history,…

  • Author: Parent, Daniel

Date: 2009 February

Language: English

Find in a Library: Unknown/Inconnu

Comparative study of the education levels of Franco Americans and francophone Quebeckers of similar age, based on census data from 1970/1 and 2000/1. Patterns of educational attainment among each group. Franco American educational achievement as…

  • Author: Boucher, Norman

Date: 1980

Language: English

Find in a Library: 27191804

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A teacher's guide to accompany 10 half-hour episodes of the children's television program, "The Franco File," produced by the Eastern Educational Television Network and New Hampshire Public Television. This program, designed to improve the…

  • Author: Hagel, Phyllis L.

Date: 1981 February

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 54

Language: English

Find in a Library: 137573897

Article describing the French-English bilingual elementary education program as developed and instituted by the Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union of Franklin County, Vermont. Bilingual education as a response to certain educational and…

  • Author: Pelletier, Raymond J.
  • Author: Slott, Kathryn

Date: 1996

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 34983269

Présentation sur la façon dont les professeurs de langue française et des études franco-américaines répondent aux besoins des étudiants de l'Université du Maine. Comprend un poème inspiré par les expériences…

  • Author: Marguerite-Félicie, Soeur (Sr.)

Date: 1952

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 34155569

Find Online: OL12306665W

Le cinquantième anniversaire de l'arrivée des Filles du Saint-Espirit (dit les Soeurs Blanches) de Bretagne, en France, á la Nouvelle-Angleterre, précisement au diocèse de Hartford, Connecticut. Un récit de l'oeuvre accomplie par…

  • Author: Smith, James Brian

Date: 1993

Thesis Type: Ed. D.

Institution: Boston College

Language: en

Find in a Library: 31951945

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Education study of the cultural validity of standardized testing in Maine. Based on test performances in 1988 and 1989 from samplings of students in St. Agatha, Madawaska, Lewiston, Fort Kent, Van Buren, and Caribou. Analyzes scoring in the areas of…

  • Author: Hickel, Raymond A.

Date: 1965 October

Publication: Maine Foreign Language Bulletin

Volume: 12

Language: English

Find in a Library: 424818881

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Brief article on bilingualism among third-generation Americans of French Canadian heritage in Maine, and the common instances of their superior French language skills in school. Thoughts on psychological approaches toward teaching French to Franco…

  • Author: Gilbert, Glenn G.

Date: 1981

Book Title: Language in the USA

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6649746

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Essay presenting data on a study of French, French Canadian, and German immigrants in the United States; French and German language usage therein; and figures corresponding to French and German American language communities. Data on patterns in…

  • Author: Brière, Eloise A.

Date: 1986

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 16579879

Une sélection de présentations du programme des "Franco-American and Quebec Heritage Series" de l'Université de l'État de New York (Albany) entre 1983 et 1985. Imprimé dans un numéro du périodique "Vie…

  • Author: Albert, Renaud S. (editor)

Date: 1978

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 9985485

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Music and lyrics for 31 French-language songs of French, French-Canadian, and Acadian origins. Designed for the language-learning classroom. Text is divided into three sections for appropriate audiences: children 5-7 years old; 8-9 years old; 10 and…

  • Author: Quintal, Claire

Date: 1982

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 16057111

Le deuxième colloque de l'Institut français du Collège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 14 mars 1981. Imprimé dans un numéro du périodique "Vie Française: Revue trimestrielle," publié…

  • Author: Quintal, Claire
  • Author: Vachon, André

Date: 1980

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 25248271 (print)

Le premier colloque de l'Institut français du Collège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 15 mars 1980. Imprimé dans un numéro du périodique "Vie Française: Revue trimestrielle," publié par le…

  • Author: Peloquin, Marthe Biron (coéditrice)
  • Author: Ducharme, Sr. Marie-Jeanne (coéditrice)

Date: 1984

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 49677769

Les actes du 16e congreÌ€s biennal de la Fédération Féminine Franco-Américaine de la Nouvelle-Angleterre tenu au College Rivier, Nashua, New Hampshire les 27, 28 et 29 avril 1984. Constituent égalemente le Bulletin de la…

  • Author: Bolduc, Claire
  • Author: Colin, Cecile

Date: 1979

Language: English

Find in a Library: 5542504

Franco American language and culture resource guide for healthcare personnel. Glossary of French language terms and phrases, lessons, and an example story of French-English bilingual interaction. Published for a 1979 telecture (long-distance…

  • Author: Elzas, Sarah (producer)

Date: 2004 August 30

Language: English, with some français

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Radio piece on the transformations of French language and Franco American culture in Lewiston, Maine, in the 21st century. Features Marie Marthe Rivard, a 1922 immigrant from Québec to Lewiston, at her home, at work, and at Catholic mass. Some…

  • Author: Squires, James Duane

Date: 1956 January

Publication: New Hampshire Profiles

Volume: 5

Language: English

Find in a Library: 3901797

Part one of a historical profile of Franco Americans in the state of New Hampshire, with an emphasis on the origins of their community in the city of Manchester during the 19th- and 20th-century period of Quebec immigration to New England.…

  • Author: Squires, James Duane

Date: 1956 February

Publication: New Hampshire Profiles

Volume: 5

Language: English

Find in a Library: 3901797

Part two of a historical profile of Franco Americans in the state of New Hampshire, with an emphasis on New Hampshire French language journalism and Franco American clubs and fraternal benefit societies. Remarks on late-19th-century labor research…

  • Author: Fort, Marron C.

Date: 1973

Publication: Revue de Louisiane / Louisiana Review

Volume: 2

Language: en

Find in a Library: 1886710

Presentation of conference lectures in support of the creation of CODOFINE - Council for the Development of French in New England - as modeled after Louisiana's CODOFIL. CODOFINE and its organizers' competing orientations toward Franco Americans in…

  • Author: Raymond, Marcel-Alexandre-Lucien

Date: 1959

Thesis Type: M.A., Education

Institution: University of Ottawa

Language: en

Find in a Library: 16015534

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Education research into the Roman Catholic diocesan school system in Maine - from the Church's early teaching there, to the system's official establishment in 1853, to its middle-twentieth-century form. One of the earlist writings on the Maine…

  • Author: Rudolph, John

Date: 1997 May 4

Publication: Boston Globe Magazine

Language: English

Find in a Library: 18840841

Article on past prohibitions against French language usage in the schools of northern Maine's St. John River Valley, the lasting impacts of these prohibitions, and recent unique efforts to nurture and strengthen bilingualism in that region. Emphasis…