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  • Author: Austin, Mark D. (director)

Date: 2010 June 24

Language: English

Maine Public Broadcasting Network television show focusing on news, events, and people important to the state of Maine. Here, part two of a three-part episode. "Franco-Americans in Photos" is an interview with journalist Dyke Hendrickson, author of…

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  • Author: Hendrickson, Dyke

Date: 2010 October 17

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

Article on the absence of a Franco American in the Maine governor's seat. Observes the one-year term of Alonzo Garcelon in the 19th century, the losses of past Francos vying for election, and the contemporary case of Waterville, Maine, mayor Paul…

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  • Author: Metzler, Rebekah

Date: 2010 November 4

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

Article on Waterville, Maine native, Paul LePage, a Republican, being elected governor by a slim margin over Independent candidate Eliot Cutler. This article was printed on the Thursday - not Wednesday - following the election of Tuesday, November 2,…

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  • Author: Poulin, Michael

Date: 2010 November 10

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 26622903

Letter to the editor on the subject of Paul LePage, Maine's 2010 governor-elect, being the state's first Franco-American governor. Some minor disputes have risen over this point, with historians looking back to the nineteenth century to find one…

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  • Author: Rhoda, Erin

Date: 2010 May 24

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

Article about a granddaughter - now in her sixties - who enjoys traveling the same pass her grandmother rode from Canada to Central Maine on Route 201. The author recounts the history of emigration from Canada to the US down this route, and talks…

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  • Author: Robinson, David

Date: 2010 November 15

Publication: Morning Sentinel

Language: English

Find in a Library: 35961915

Article on Les Bavards - a group that gathers weekly in Waterville, Maine, to speak French and share stories to keep in mind their cultural heritage.

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  • Author: Lawton, R.J.

Date: 1915

Language: en

Find in a Library: 33372776

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From the text: "This volume is published chiefly for the purpose of showing the achievements of the Franco-American citizens of Maine to-day. Written from an independent viewpoint, the work seeks to make familiar to English reading people the status…

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  • Author: Olivier, Julien

Date: 1977

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 6467407

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L'histoire de Jim Caron, 101 ans, tel que raconté à Milton, New Hampshire, et rédigé par Julien Olivier. Sa famille, son travail dans les bois et dans le moulin, son école, and sa vie après son immigration…

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  • Author: Bellerive, Georges

Date: 1908

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 558085055

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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: 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,…

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  • Author: Chenard, Robert

Date: 1991

Language: English

Find Online: 23872104

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  • 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).

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  • Author: LaVerdiere, Clayton

Date: 1997

Language: en

Find in a Library: 38004982

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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,…

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  • Author: Dow, Joan

Date: 1976

Language: en

A self-published, self-printed sociology project written for Goddard College. A series of journal entries from July 1976 written on an American's trip through Nova Scotia. Includes conversations, information about historical places, and general…

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  • Author: Cantara, Michael
  • Author: Labbé, Yvon A.
  • Author: Lévesque, Jean-Pierre
  • Author: Paradis, Judy
  • Author: Robbins, Rhea Côté

Date: 1996

Publication: L'ouest français et la francophonie nord-américaine

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 34983269

Une table ronde sur la présence franco-américaine dans l'état du Maine, et les efforts culturels mise en place là par des gens qui sont associés avec le Centre franco-américan de l'Université du Maine. Des profils personnels,…

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  • Author: Calvert, Mary

Date: 1983

Language: en

Find in a Library: 10864362

Find Online: OL2769967W

Historical piece on the European explorers of the Kennebec River Valley and the Abenaki people of that Maine region. Highlights the relationships among British, French, and Native American, and their confrontations from the 17th century onward. The…

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  • Author: Robbins, Rhea Côté (editor)
  • Author: Petrie, Lanette Landry (editor)
  • Author: Langellier, Kristin (editor)
  • Author: Slott, Kathryn (editor)

Date: 1995

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 34344246

A selection of women's writings - fiction, poetry, essay, journalism - that have appeared in the University of Maine Franco-American Centre's publication, "Le FAROG Forum." Le Forum is a periodical dedicated to issues related to the Franco American…

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  • Author: Marche, Guillame

Date: 1990

Language: en

Find in a Library: 368157878

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Book-length study based on demographic research and personal observations on Franco Americans in Maine. Begins with a brief exploration of the diversity of Franco American history in New England and moves into the theoretical particularities often…

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  • Author: Rumilly, Robert

Date: 1958

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 873132

Find Online: OL20427768M

Un histoire complète des franco-américains - les français et canadiens-français en Amérique - depuis le temps de Champlain (17e siècle) jusqu'à la fin de la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale. Cet volume a été publié par…

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  • Author: Currie, Ron, Jr.

Date: 2007

Language: English

Find in a Library: 7446073

A collection of short stories loosely connected, all based on the premise of the death of God. From Viking Press: "Ron Currie's gutsy, funny book is instantly gripping: If God takes human form and dies, what would become of life as we know it?…

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  • 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…

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  • Author: Robbins, Rhea Côté

Date: 1997

Language: English

Find in a Library: 42401388

Memoir of a Franco-American woman who grew up "down the Plains" in Waterville, Maine. Winner of the 1997 Maine Chapbook Award.

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  • Author: Vicero, Ralph

Date: 1968

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Geography

Institution: University of Wisconsin

Language: en

Find in a Library: 2934957

Find Online: OL13204047W

Study of French-Canadian emigration into the United States during the nineteenth century. Pivotal research in French Canadian emigration. Includes maps that show migration patterns from specific Canadian regions to specific areas in New England. From…

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  • Author: Rowe, Amy E.

Date: 1999

Thesis Type: B.A., Anthropology, Honors

Institution: Colby College

Language: en

Find in a Library: 215

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From Rowe: "This paper traces how hegemonic forces create boundaries through the specific examples of the Lebanese and Franco-Americans in Waterville, Maine. These two immigrant groups entered into Waterville after an English-Scottish Protestant…

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  • Author: Dupuy, Brooke Plourde

Date: 2007

Thesis Type: M.A., French

Institution: University of Maine

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 232959230

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De l'auteur: "Le but de la présente étude est de contribuer à l'étude du français franco-américain, et en particulier, de considérer l'influence de certaines variables sociales sur la diphtongaison des voyelles orales. Nous…

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  • Author: Leloup, Laurent

Date: 1994

Thesis Type: M.A., Géographie

Institution: University of Maine

Language: fr

Find in a Library: Inconnu/Unknown

De l'introduction de cet étudiant de France: "Afin d'approcher le sujet, trois méthodes ont été employées. La lecture de documents écrits retracent l'immigration et l'installation de canadiens français dans le Maine. Afin de…

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  • Author: Larkin, Sr. Mary Teresita

Date: 1934

Thesis Type: M.S., Education

Institution: University of Maine at Orono

Language: en

Find in a Library: 50168005

Historical look at Catholic Education in Maine from the time of the first French explorers and missionaries in the Americas to the author's present - before World War II. Covers elementary though college educations, from the northern tip of the state…

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  • Author: Allen, James Paul

Date: 1970

Thesis Type: Ph. D.

Institution: Syracuse University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 5962074

Dissertation on areal patterns and geographic trends espoused by Roman Catholics in the state of Maine, with a focus on population distribution and respective voting patterns.

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  • Author: Fecteau, Albert

Date: 1952

Thesis Type: M.A., History

Institution: University of Maine at Orono

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6965308

From the text: "While there have been a number of books and articles on the French Canadians in New England, very little has been written about the French Canadians in Maine. This thesis presents a study of a typical Maine French Canadian community,…

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