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- Author: Franco-American Centre Franco-Américain
Date: 1996
Language: Bilingual/bilingue
Find in a Library: 38755550
An examination of Franco-American history and life through the folkloric means of artistic woodcarving in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The introduction reads, "This exhibit catalogue is designed to share with the public the vitality and 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…
- Author: Pelletier, Martine A.
Date: 1976
Language: en
Find in a Library: 3047975
A pictorial history of Van Buren, Maine at the beginning of the twentieth century. Most of the book's photos were taken by Joseph Michael Bouchard (b. 1869) and C.C. Caron, reproduced out of their original glass-plate form to be featured in this…
- Author: Rand, John A.
- Author: Leamon, James S.
Date: 1975
Language: en; fr
Find in a Library: 1502215
Find Online: OL5188250M
A short history of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine, published on the centennial year of the local "Peoples Savings Bank" and conceived through the lens of that financial institution. Historical content is segmented by decade, each chapter illustrated with…
- Author: Hagel, Phyllis
Date: 1977
Language: fr
Find in a Library: 10618549
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Le deuxieme texte de la collection "Villes franco-ameÌricaines de la Nouvelle Angleterre." Une histoire de la ville de Berlin, New Hampshire - son peuple et son paysage. Introduit par CeÌline Fortier de Berlin. Ecrit pour les jeunes pour…
- Author: Sterling, Grace Newton
- Author: Jackman Bicentennial Book Committee
Date: 1976
Language: en
Find in a Library: 2601588
Find Online: OL16792827W
A history of the Moose River Valley region in northwestern Maine, partly written in 1937 with the remainder written nearer to 1976 and the book's date of publication.
- Author: Giguère, Madeleine (editor)
Date: 1981
Volume: 4 of 8
Language: en
Find in a Library: 6523696
Volume 4 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fourth of six…
- Author: Weiner, Marli Frances (editor)
Date: 2005
Language: en
Find in a Library: 61184330
Find Online: OL9521726M
From UMaine Press: "This volume of fourteen essays on Maine women's history fills a real need, helping to answer questions about what women were doing in local communities and highlighting their similarities and differences from women elsewhere.…
- Author: Downs, Jacques M.
Date: 1985
Language: en
Find in a Library: 12419914
Find Online: OL2535469M
A photo-history of the cities of the Saco River Valley in southern Maine. A heavily researched and crafted exhibition of landscapes from colonization to contemporary times, 'The Cities on the Saco' weaves a storytelling tapestry of Saco, Biddeford,…
- 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: Cumbler, John Taylor, Jr.
Date: 1979
Language: en
Find in a Library: 4492431
Find Online: OL4743780M
Based on the research for Cumbler's 1974 dissertation, "Continuity and Disruption," this text is a narrower (twenty years fewer), illustrated exploration of ethnicity woven through the working-class communities of Lynn and Fall River, Massachusetts.…
- Author: Writers' Program, New Hampshire W.P.A.
Date: 1940
Language: en; fr
Find Online: OL7199146W
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From the introduction: "Today approximately 150,000 Americans of French ancestry, including a few who came directly from France, are living in New Hampshire. Like their grandparents in Quebec, they have preserved many of the traditions of their…
- 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: 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: Calvert, Mary
Date: 1986
Language: en
Find in a Library: 15523085
Find Online: OL2769969W
Historical piece on the Kennebec River and its surrounding valley towns, from the end of the American Revolution until the river's final log drive in the second half of the twentieth century. Relationships between early settlers and Native Americans.…
- Author: Moran, William
Date: 2002
Language: en
Find in a Library: 49627749
Find Online: OL9515646M
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A history of New England women during industrialization, and the lifestyle differences among women of different economic classes. From Thomas Dunne Books: "This is a masterful, definitive, and eloquent look at the enormous cultural and economic…
- Author: Lambert, Raymond
- Author: Kowalczyk, Bruno
Date: 2010
Language: Bilingual/bilingue
Find in a Library: Aucun
Un histoire de la musique québécoise et de l'harmonica. Des techniques de jouer l'harmonica du facon québécois traditionel. Des biographies d'un quatre-vingtaine de musiciens québécois.
- Author: Mcgrath, Anna Fields
Date: 1989
Language: en
Find in a Library: 19509718
Subtitled, "A Pictorial History of Aroostook County, Maine." A celebration of Aroostook County's 150th year. A pictorial regional history consisting of general narrative and more intimate, anecdotal accounts of the place in present-day northern Maine…
- Author: Allain, Mathé (editor)
- Author: Brasseaux, Carl A. (editor)
Date: 1982
Volume: 8 of 8
Language: en; fr
Find in a Library: 6523696 (volumes 1 through 6)
Volume 8 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. Concerned specifically with "French Louisiana in the Twentieth Century." Contains the following essays: "Les Acadiens au XXe siecle" - Margeurite Roman, "Acadians and Acadians" -…
- Author: Stratton, Frances Morin Webb
Date: 1985
Language: en
Find in a Library: 24660801
Memoirs of a Northern Maine woman growing up during the Great Depression, with family straddling the rural and agrarian borderland of Maine and New Brunswick. Memories of her great-grandmother and extended family from working on a New Brunswick farm…
- Author: Cogels, Annette
Date: 2010-00-00
Language: fr
Find in a Library: 769770961
La publication des écrits personnels d'Annette Cogels, de son voyage 1929 du Belgique, au Canada, dans le Maine, pour chasser le chevreuil dans les bois du nord du Maine. Son temps dans la forêt du Maine qui est associé souvent…
- Author: Currie, Ron, Jr.
Date: 2009
Language: English
Find in a Library: 268957344
Waterville, Maine, native Ron Currie, Jr.’s sophomore effort, Everything Matters!, is not a story about aliens – although it could be. The voice in Junior Thibodeau’s head has told him precisely when the world will end. Lecturing…
- Author: Cormier, Robert
Date: 1974
Language: English
Find in a Library: 722968
Young adult novel about the violence of peer pressure and the search for adolescent identity. From Laurel Leaf Books: "Refusing to sell chocolates in the annual Trinity School fund-raiser may not seem like a radical thing to do. But when Jerry…
- Author: Robichaud, Gerard
Date: 1961
Language: English
Find in a Library: 1451604
Ten-story chronicle of the fictional Franco-American Martel family in the fictional town of Groveton, Maine, modeled after Lewiston. A touching, funny, and intimate portrayal of family life in the early twentieth century. Most recent version of the…