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  • Author: Creveling, Harold Franklin

Date: 1951

Thesis Type: Ph. D.

Institution: Clark University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 31005518

Local geographic landscapes and social conditions of various ethnic groups in Worcester, Massachusetts. Author's 1955 article in the journal Economic Geography, "Mapping Cultural Groups in an American Industrial City," is based on the research…

  • Author: Cox, Harold R.

Date: 1972

Thesis Type: M.A., Political Science

Institution: University of Maine at Orono

Language: en

Find in a Library: 11328160

Study of links between French ethnicity and voting in Maine in the 20th century. Franco American voting patterns, and the recent history of the Franco American voting bloc in Maine state politics.

  • Author: Callnan, Miriam Therese

Date: 1974

Thesis Type: M.A., History

Institution: University of Maine at Orono

Language: en

Find in a Library: 3488495

Biographical history of a northern Maine Roman Catholic priest, Rev. Joseph S. Marcoux. Fr. Marcoux was the first pastor at St. Joseph's Parish in the town of Wallagrass, Maine, in Aroostook County.

  • Author: Brown, Michael Serizawa

Date: 1992

Thesis Type: M.A., History

Institution: University of Maine at Orono

Language: en

Find in a Library: 27201223

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From the author: "In 1970 a group of Franco-Americans at the University of Maine, Orono, began meeting to discuss the creation of a new Franco-American ethnic identity. By the end of 1972, the succeeded in establishing a formal Franco-American…

  • Author: Blazon, Gerard

Date: 1974

Thesis Type: M.A.

Institution: University of New Hampshire

Language: en

Find in a Library: 53773481

Master's thesis on the French Canadian immigrants to the towns of Suncook, Pembroke, and Allentown, New Hampshire at the turn of the century. Emphasis on community and social life.

  • Author: Bérubé, Bernard (Barney) Arthur

Date: 1986

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Education

Institution: University of Maine

Language: en

Find in a Library: 16643811

From the introduction: "The extent to which cultural diversity in Maine schools is enhanced by appropriate educational programs for Franco-Americans is the focus of this research effort."..."A study of culture-related attitudes of citizens..."..."An…

  • Author: Bernier, Margaret

Date: 1981

Thesis Type: B.A., Sociology (Senior Scholar paper)

Institution: Colby College

Language: en

Find in a Library: 19834728

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Study in labor history of the Franco-Americans in Waterville, Maine up to 1940. Includes author-conducted interviews. From Bernier: "The purpose of this study is not to undermine the importance of [successful Franco-American businessmen and…

  • Author: Bernard, Laureat Odilon

Date: 1949

Thesis Type: M.A., History and Government

Institution: University of Maine

Language: en

Find in a Library: 49798931

Government and politics in the industrial city of Lewiston, Maine, in the midst of the Great Depression.

  • Author: Anctil, Pierre

Date: 1980

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Political and Social Science

Institution: New School for Social Research

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 8613568

Dissertation on class development and distinction through North American industrialization, immigration, and urbanization in Rhode Island. The particularity of this history as shaped in the Franco American community's experience of Woonsocket, Rhode…

  • Author: Dexter, Robert Cloutman

Date: 1923

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Sociology

Institution: Clark University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6634661

Early 20th-century doctoral dissertation on some scientific observations of French-Canadian immigrants to New England. Reflects certain attitudes toward stereotyped ethnic immigrants to the United States between 1830 and 1920.