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  • Author: Labine, Mark
  • Author: Labine, Judy

Date: 2012

Language: en

Find in a Library: 840842060

Historical novel driven by a love story, with a search for treasures extending from the 11th-century Crusades and the Knights of Templar, to the Acadians and Mi'kmaq of 17th-century Atlantic Canada, to colonial Boston. Includes illustrations, maps,…

  • Author: Matthews, F. Louise

Date: 1955-04-00

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 28

Language: en

Find in a Library: 137573897

Article describing French, French-Canadian, and Franco-American newspapers published in the US and Canada as useful classroom tools for language learning and cultural competency. Discussions of various relevant French-language periodicals, their…

  • Author: Banks, Russell

Date: 2000 (2011)

Language: en

Find in a Library: 42861911

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Collection of previously published and some uncollected short stories, from 1975 to 2000. From the New England-native author of several novels including "Cloudsplitter" and "Continental Drift." Accounts of breaking laws in Katonga, playing hockey in…

  • Author: Barnes, Thomas Garden

Date: 1988

Publication: Québec Studies

Volume: 7

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60628349

Historiographical exploration of the Acadians' expulsion from their homeland region in Atlantic Canada in 1755. The roles and functions of oral and written histories on and of this time period. Description, assessment, reasoning, and judgment of the…

  • Author: Stratton, Richard E.

Date: 1991-00-00

Language: English

Find in a Library: 48621796

A history of the Morin family of Island Falls, Maine, situated in an historical account of the lifespan of Acadia - from the prehistoric, to French colonization and expulsion, to the twentieth century. Book one describes prehistory in the…

  • Author: Belliveau, J.E.

Date: 1977

Publication: Canadian Geographical Journal

Volume: 95

Language: en

Find in a Library: 1553099

Article on the Acadian people of the Canadian Maritimes and the persistence of their French vernacular. The Acadian presence in North America from the 17th century; to various settlements in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; to the 18th century…

  • Author: Hutchinson, Gloria

Date: 1985

Language: English

Find in a Library: 13210635

A collection of student writings in celebration of the 200th year of the Acadian settlement at St. David, Maine, in the northern St. John River Valley. Created during a 1985 Madawaska, Maine summer program for gifted and talented students - MEGA…

  • Author: Quintal, Claire

Date: 1984

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 18136947

Le cinquième colloque de l'Institut français du Collège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 16-17 mars 1984. Imprimé dans un numéro du périodique "Vie Française: Revue trimestrielle,"…

  • Author: Lacourcière, Luc

Date: 1972 May 2

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1950581

Paper outlining a proposed bibliography of New England French folklore. Describes an inventory of materials on New England French popular tradition - folklore, folk song, legend - being collected and cataloged at the Archives de Folklore,…

  • Author: Pullen, Clarence

Date: 1902

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6640470

Find Online: OL14014732M

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Subtitled, "Where Acadia and Scandinavia's Subtle Touch Turned a Wilderness into a Land of Plenty." Travel writings of a journalist's visit to Aroostook County in northern Maine at the beginning of the 20th century. The writer's impressions of…

  • Author: Schilcher, Elisabeth

Date: 1992

Thesis Type: M.A., French

Institution: University of Maine

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 27257499

Étude sur l'identité ethnique et sa transformation dans les Acadiens de la vallée de la rivière Saint-Jean au nord de l'état du Maine dans les années 1990; analyse basée sur des recherches historiques et des données locales…

  • Author: DeCourcy, Sr. Theresa

Date: 1972 (?)

Language: English

Find in a Library: Unknown/Inconnu

Subtitled, "A Unit for Sixth Grade Students in Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Portland." A 9-week elementary school guide for teachers in Maine history, with specific emphasis on cultural content, ethnic groups, and the contributions of the…

  • Author: Stewart, Alice R.

Date: 1971

Language: English and français

Find in a Library: 533246

Book-length listing of the materials on New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, that are to be found in a handful of Maine's largest and most thorough libraries. Compiled by historian and Canadian-American…

  • Author: Massey, Lucy Alice

Date: 1961

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Education

Institution: New York University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6634706, 58668868

Historiography of Acadia up to 1755. Analysis of writings on the Acadian people as they were thought to have lived in Atlantic Canada before their 18th-century expulsion. Presentation of pre-expulsion Acadian customs, behaviors, and social life as…

  • Author: Mount, Graeme S.
  • Author: Stevenson, Michael D.

Date: 1993-01 (winter, spring)

Publication: Maine Historical Society Quarterly

Volume: 32

Language: en

Find in a Library: 22663768, 607696548

Article discussing the impact of the 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty on the remapping of Roman Catholic diocesan boundaries in the New Brunswick and northern Maine border region. How Maine and Canadian political geography figured into the organization…

  • Author: Langlois, Simon (rédacteur)

Date: 1995

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 32091322

Une collection d'essais sur l'évolution du fait français en Amérique du Nord. La langue, les histoires, et les cultures de communautés francophones au Canada et aux États-Unis. Origines des expressions culturelles…

  • Author: Brown, Becky

Date: 1993-03

Publication: Language in Society

Volume: 22

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 484389948

The status of French language in Louisiana over time - diversity, amalgamation, decay, revival, and current modes of expression. How the written French word in the context of Louisiana French language revival has taken on special political and social…

  • Author: Bernard, Shane

Date: 2003

Language: English

Find in a Library: 49618900

Find Online: OL2988647W

A history of twentieth-century Southern Louisiana by way of an exploration of the processes of assimilation experienced its people of French and Acadian heritage. Descripions of the transformations of Louisiana Cajuns and Cajun culture, as well as…

  • Author: Dronet, Curney J.

Date: 2000

Language: en

Find in a Library: 45015911

Find Online: OL8844075M

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History of the community of Erath, Louisiana, in the twentieth century. Introduced by a brief account of the Acadian exile in 1755. Contains snapshots of the town's economic and political development; the social life, religion, and education of its…

  • Author: Arceneaux, Jean

Date: 1994

Language: English and Cajun French

Find in a Library: 30610563

Poem under pseudonym from Louisiana writer Barry Ancelet. A history of the Cajun, from Acadia to the American South, in book-length verse. Cajun French text side-by-side with an English translation. The second chapbook in a series featuring Cajun…

  • Author: Krupa, Grazyna

Date: 2004

Language: English and français

Find in a Library: 62329002

Documentary on the birth, development, demise, and renovation of Acadia - from France, to Nova Scotia, to Louisiana, and back again. Includes interviews with historians, archaeologists, and genealogists, as well as dramatic reenactments of 17th…

  • Author: Chetro-Szivos, John

Date: 2006

Language: en

Find in a Library: 70916480

Find Online: OL8844491W

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A case study in intercultural communication, with linguistic and psychological insight into the dynamics of an American Acadian community in Gardner, Massachusetts. Large emphasis on the communal value of work, or how ideas about work are situated in…

  • Author: Hornsby, Stephen (editor)
  • Author: Reid, John G.

Date: 2005

Language: English

Find in a Library: 57431351

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Collection of essays by various scholars on New England, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island - critical geographies to what has emerged in historical studies in recent decades as the field of North American "borderland studies."…

  • Author: Breton, Raymond (editor)
  • Author: Savard, Pierre (editor)

Date: 1982

Language: English

Find in a Library: 36283800

A conference publication consisting of a collection of essays on the titled topic. Contains the following written pieces by their respective authors: "The Acadians: a People in Search of a Country" by Jean Daigle, "Emigration and Colonization: Twin…

  • Author: Jepson, Brenda N. (director)

Date: 2006 (?)

Language: English

Find in a Library: 71009361

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From Crown of Maine Productions: "'The Story of the Acadians' is a tale of discovery, tragedy and determination – of a peace loving people who never give up. Learn how the first French settlers brought with them pre-fabricated homes from…

  • Author: L'Heureux, Juliana

Date: 2010 April 21

Publication: Portland Press Herald

Language: English

Find in a Library: 9341113

Article about the focus on Franco-American cultures during Appreciating Diversity Day at Falmouth Middle School in southern Maine.

  • Author: Liptak, Msgr. David Q.

Date: 2009 April 1

Publication: The Catholic Transcript

Language: English

Find in a Library: 17864375

Short response to a question submitted to the monthly newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford regarding First Amendment politics, the Acadians, and the history of anti-Catholic prejudice in Connecticut.