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

Date: 2005

Language: English

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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."…

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  • Author: Eno, Arthur L. Jr.

Date: 1976

Language: en

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A collection of 14 essays on the history of Chelmsford and Lowell, Massachusetts, from pre-incorporation to industrialization, into the middle 20th century. As the title suggests, an emphasis on the prevalence of mill work and immigrants cultures…

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  • Author: Falla, Jack

Date: 2008

Language: English

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Novel about longtime friends that become professional hockey players and end up playing against one another in the deepest of rivalries. Flashbacks into the hockey of the Lewiston, Maine, of their youth. From MacMillan Books: "Veteran Boston…

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  • Author: Knowlton, Evelyn H. P.

Date: 1948

Language: en

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An organizational, corporate, and industrial history of the Pepperell Manufacturing Company, whose Boston-run mills operated in the coastal city of Biddeford, Maine, and in the other industrial towns of Lewiston, Maine, Laconia, New Hampshire, and…

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  • Author: Bevis, Charlie

Date: 2008

Language: en

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A history of the New England minor baseball league around the turn of the century. The league's rise, demise, and its place in the social and economic transitions of that era. The impact of the league on the industrial centers of New England, and…

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  • Author: Akin, William E.

Date: 2009

Publication: NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture

Volume: 17

Language: en

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Review of Charlie Bevis' 2008 history of the New England League - a minor baseball league that entertained the US Northeast for decades around the turn of the century.

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  • Author: Manseau, Peter

Date: 2005

Language: English

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The biography of a Catholic nun and a Catholic priest in Boston, Massachusetts - their work and their faith, their marriage and their family - written by their son. Moves through the author's youth and his own unique relationship with faith and…

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  • 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…

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  • Author: Parent, Michael

Date: 2010

Language: English and français

A recording of Parent's live storytelling performance. From his website: "Known for his poignantly humorous glimpses into Franco-American life, Michael Parent describes 'A Beautiful Game' as the 'mostly true' recollections of his longtime connection…

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  • Author: Bullard, F. Lauriston

Date: 1929 September 29

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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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…

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1881 November 4

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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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."

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1891 November 15

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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Brief 1891 article acknowledging the upcoming visit of Wilfrid Laurier, potential Canadian Prime Minister, to Boston, Massachusetts.

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1893 November 10

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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1893 obituary of historian of French in North America, Francis Parkman. Wrote, among other books, "Pioneers of France in the New World" (1871).

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  • Author: Quimby, Beth

Date: 2010 May 12

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

French consul general to Boston, Cristophe Guilhou, makes a tour of Maine guided by Severin Beliveau. Guilou's visit comes in preparation of an October 2010 Maine/France trade mission. Article originally written for the Portland Press Herald.

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  • Author: Frutig, Judith

Date: 1975 October 17

Publication: The Christian Science Monitor

Language: English

Find in a Library: 10969332, 35351012

Article on the translation of baseball into the cultural registers of French Canada and the vernaculars of the Canadian French language.

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  • Author: Boston Daily Globe

Date: 1913 May 9

Publication: Boston Daily Globe

Language: English

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Article on the relocation of Massachusetts' Franco-American Club from Boston to Worcester.

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  • Author: Boston Daily Globe

Date: 1880 October 7

Publication: Boston Daily Globe

Language: English

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Article on a Massachusetts "national convention of French residents," with discussion held about political party affiliations, support for various candidates, etc.

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  • Author: Boston Daily Globe

Date: 1927 November 16

Publication: Boston Daily Globe

Language: English

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Article on the comments of a Bellingham, Massachusetts, pastor regarding his alleged opinion of attorney/journalist Elphege J. Daignault - a harsh critic of the local Cardinal and his position relative to national churches and schools coming under…

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  • Author: Boston Daily Globe

Date: 1925 June 22

Publication: Boston Daily Globe

Language: English

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Article on the 1925 St-Jean-Baptiste Day Celebration in Greater Boston.

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  • Author: Chandonnet, Thomas Aimé

Date: 1872

Language: fr

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Une histoire des débuts d'une paroisse nationale catholique franco-américain de Worcester, Massachusetts, dans le cadre de tous les Canadiens francophones aux États-Unis de la seconde moitié du dix-neuvième siècle. Pensées sur…

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  • Author: Bellerive, Georges

Date: 1908

Language: fr

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Un collection (1908) de discours de locales variés des Etats-Unis, offrés par des francos prominents ou des canadiens français de la gouvernment canadienne.

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  • Author: Casanova, Jacques Donat

Date: 1975

Language: Français

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Un exploration québécois des contributions historiques des gens français et canadiens-français à la vie quotidienne et la culture des Etats-Unis. Du texte: "Quand on parle de l'apport français à l'histoire des États-Unis, on…

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  • Author: Benoit, Josaphat

Date: 1935

Language: fr

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Un livre majeur d'un défenseur très passionné de la survivance franco-américaine, et d'un maire ancien de Manchester, New Hamshire. L'auteur de "Catéchisme d'Histoire Franco-Américaine" et "Rois ou Esclaves de la Machine." De…

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  • Author: Dublin, Thomas

Date: 1994

Language: en

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  • Author: Dublin, Thomas

Date: 1979

Language: en

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From Columbia University Press: "In this prize-winning study, Thomas Dublin explores, in carefully researched detail, the lives and experiences of the first generation of American women to face the demands of industrial capitalism. Dublin describes…

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  • Author: Dubois, Émile

Date: 1920

Language: fr

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De l'intro, "aux Lecteurs," écrit par Emile Dubois: "Au cours des vacances de 1918, en compagnie de M. l'abbe Edmond Lacroix, je faisais un séjour d'un mois au pays d'Evangeline. Au jour le jour, a mesure que je visitais les endroits…

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  • Author: Beaudé, l'Abbé Henri

Date: 1919

Language: fr

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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.

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  • Author: Byrne, William
  • Author: Leahy, William Augustine
  • Author: O'Donnell, Jason H.
  • Author: Finen, John E.
  • Author: McCoy, J.J.
  • Author: Dowling, A.
  • Author: Young, Edmund J.A.
  • Author: Michaud, John S.

Date: 1899

Language: en

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Lengthy 1899 historical portrait of Roman Catholic dioceses in the New England states. Includes the archdiocese of Boston, the dioceses of Providence (Rhode Island), Portland (Maine), and Manchester (New Hampshire).

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  • Author: Beaudoin, Lionel F.

Date: 1974

Language: en

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A 50-year history of the Roman Catholic Society of Mary and Marist priests in Boston, Massachusetts.

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  • Author: Forbes, Allan

Date: 1971

Language: English

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