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- Author: Marshall, Jessica
Date: 2010 October 14
Language: English
Find in a Library: Unknown
Subtitled, "The longer a person has spoken two or more languages, the greater the cognitive effects." Article on the long-term benefits of bilingualism, including marked enhancements in decision-making functions, as well as longer retained brain…
- Author: Dev, Rupa
Date: 2010 September 25
Language: English
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Article of interview with filmmaker Marcia Jarmel on her and colleague Ken Schneider's new documentary, "Speaking in Tongues," about bilingual education in America. Features a Vimeo linked preview to the film. From the editor of New America Media:…
- Author: Kellogg, Carolyn
Date: 2010 July 30
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Language: English
Find in a Library: 10379910
From the Los Angeles Times literature blog, "Jacket Copy." Transcript of a brief interview with a novelist from Waterville, Maine, centered around his one-time choice of a book for summer reading. Includes bits about Currie's youth, his father,…
- Author: Currie, Ron, Jr.
Date: 2010 July 26
Language: English
Find in a Library: 268958614
Short essay by a writer from Waterville, Maine, in support of his recent novel, "Everything Matters!" The topic of this piece, reflected in its title, lends to the sharing of a few personal anecdotes that relate some of his experiences with family,…
- Author: Haritou, Dennis
Date: 2008 May 27
Language: English
Find in a Library: Unknown
Transcript of an interview with an author from Waterville, Maine, and an in-depth discussion of his 2007 novel-in-stories, "God is Dead."
- Author: DuLong, John
Date: 2001
Language: en
Find in a Library: 45830070
Find Online: OL3937234M
Overview of the French Canadian presence in the Great Lakes Region - from the forests of the seventeenth century to the industrial landscapes of the nineteenth and twentieth. Migration waves and community developments in this region, particularly in…
- Author: Lothian, Mona
Date: 2009 November 12
Language: English
Find in a Library: Unknown
Oral interview with a woman recalling her youth and family in Lewiston, Maine. Her memories of the pervasiveness of French language and culture in the first half of the twentieth century, and her thoughts on the decline of French language and…
- Author: Corbin, Michael
- Author: Rosenthal, Rob
Date: 2009 March 5
Language: English and français
Find in a Library: Unknown
Oral interview with the owner of CafeÌ de le Place in Madawaska, Maine. The role of food in his family life and historically in the lives of the Acadians of the St. John River Valley. Some descriptions of famous Acadian dishes. Recorded in the…
- Author: Dutram, Paul W.
Date: 2011 April 2
Publication: Kennebec Journal
Language: English
Letter to the editor criticizing Maine governor Paul LePage for his order to remove a mural depicting Maine's labor history from the walls of the Maine Department of Labor. A reference to how Maine's and LePage's Franco American history is largely…
- Author: Green, Susan
Date: 2011 April 3
Publication: Burlington Free Press
Language: English
Article in recognition of Burlington, Vermont's 2011 French Friendship Day - a gathering together of local and international francophiles and francophones to celebrate the presence of French Canadian and Franco American culture in Vermont. Contains…
- Author: Pipyn, Michel
Date: 1976
Language: Français
Find in a Library: 7294264
Une histoire qui nous présente à Antoine le jeune et à "des choses" qu'il fait et qu'il rencontre au cours de sa journée. Les différentes façons dans lequel il décrit ces choses - ses rêves,…
- Author: Dugas, Rene L., Sr.
Date: 2001
Language: en
Find in a Library: 51287773
Find Online: OL11733717M
A 125-year history of a Connecticut town fundamentally shaped by the New England textile industry. French Canadian community surrounding the Ponemah Cotton Mills on the Shetucket River in Taftville, Connecticut. Images of the mill and its workers,…
- Author: Edington, Steve
Date: 1999
Language: English
Find in a Library: 43208165
A genealogical and literary excavation of the roots of Jack Kerouac's family in Nashua, New Hampshire. Historical and literary scholarship on both Nashua and Kerouac, accompanied by the author's thoughts on family and culture, illustrated with some…
- Author: Salmond, John
Date: 2002
Language: en
Find in a Library: 56424876
Find Online: OL8166385M
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An account of 1934's nationwide textile strike in the United States. The trend of unionization that preceded the strike, and the strike's lasting impact on labor and industry in the United States. A specific focus on the impact of this strike in the…
- Author: Pohl, William
- Author: Sewall, Abbie (photographs)
Date: 1983
Language: en
Find in a Library: 9574985
A collection of oral history portraits from around the state of Maine. Introduction written by Marshall Dodge, and foreword from Robert Coles. From the text: " 'The Voice of Maine' offers an extraordinary glimpse into the heart and soul of the people…
- Author: Mitchell, Paige (editor)
Date: 2011
Language: English
Find in a Library: None
A collection of writings in a cultural studies reader, introduced with an essay from the instructor. Compiled for a University of Maine course in English composition. Available at the Franco-American Centre, Orono, Maine.