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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: Parent, Michael
  • Author: Boardman, Greg

Date: 2010

Language: English and français

A recording of a collection of songs and tales by storyteller Michael Parent, with the musical accompaniment of Greg Boardman. From the artists: "This live DVD of a Johnson Hall [Gardiner ME] concert features a variety of songs in the French-Canadian…

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  • Author: Parent, Michael

Date: 2010

Language: English and français

Recorded at the 2009 Mariposa Storytelling Festival, Mariposa, California. From Parent's website: "In this live CD, Michael performs his original stories 'My Semi-fictional Cousin Artie,' 'The Geno Maneuver,' 'Geriatric Lock Ward,' 'The Garbage…

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  • Author: Bélanger, Damien-Claude

Date: 2011

Language: en

Find in a Library: 466659872

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From University of Toronto Press: "As a country with enormous economic, military, and cultural power, the United States can seem an overwhelming neighbour - one that demands consideration by politicians, thinkers, and cultural figures. Prejudice and…

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  • Author: Religieuse de la Présentation de Marie, La (Hudson, New Hampshire)

Date: 1945

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 22844640, 34711965

La biographie de Monseigneur Arthur Décary, dit le Révérend Père Zénon Décary: un prêtre qui a servi les églises catholique romain du Maine. Écrite comme hagiographie moderne, avec…

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  • Author: Fecteau, Edouard

Date: 1941

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 8372494

Pris du texte: "Les Franco-Américains du Greater Lawrence ne se connaissent pas assez. Nous avons donc compilé une liste de nos hommes d'affaires , de nos professionnels, de nos marchands, de nos hommes publics et un court résumé de nos…

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  • Author: Richard, Mark Paul

Date: 2010-12-00

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 40

Language: en

Find in a Library: 690210682

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From the author: "This article examines a little-known dimension to the Ku Klux Klan movement in the United States during the 1920s. As Anglo-Canadian Protestants supported the KKK to assert control over French-Canadian and other Catholics in the New…

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  • Author: Deb, Siddhartha

Date: 2007 September 2

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

New York Times review of Providence-born writer David Plante's recent novel, "ABC."

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  • Author: Anctil, Gabriel

Date: 2007 septembre 5

Publication: Le Devoir

Language:

Find in a Library: 18514599

Du Devoir: "Alors qu'on célèbre le 50e anniversaire de la parution d''On the Road,' la découverte de manuscrits inédits à New York par Le Devoir montre que l'écrivain souhaitait écrire en français et qu'il avait même…

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  • Author: Le Magazine OVO
  • Author: OVO Magazine

Date: 1982

Publication: Le Magazine OVO (Ovo Magazine)

Volume: 12

Language: Français et English

Find in a Library: 11474336

Numéro du Magazine OVO de Montréal - une revue de la photographie - dédié aux Franco-américains dans le New Hampshire, et les phénomènes de l'immigration canadienne française et…

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  • Author: Belluck, Pam

Date: 2006 June 4

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

2006 New York Times article on the particular history of French language in Maine and more recent attempts of many - including the founders of a Freeport elementary school - to revive it after a prolonged suppression.

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  • Author: Peterson, Lisa

Date: 2004 May 7

Publication: The Bowdoin Orient

Volume: CXXXIII

Language:

Find in a Library: 54828382

Bowdoin College senior seminar in the French language culminates in a documentary film and a theatrical piece. Students used information learned through over 60 hours of interviews with local Francos.

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1889 July 5

Publication: New York Times

Language:

Find in a Library: 1760220

1889 article on the French-Canadian immigration phenomenon in the United States and the need for rapid Americanization. Author argues that French Canadians do not appear to be assimilating as well as they should. Article refers to the political and…

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  • Author: Dionne, E.J., Jr.

Date: 1979 November 25

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

From a separate article written by Robert C. Carroll: "A recent New York Times article, written by a Franco-American reporter, E. J. Dionne, Jr., cites uncontestable opinion as well as social research testifying to the obvious decline in the use of…

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  • Author: Laberge, Yves

Date: 2008 November 3

Publication: University Affairs/Affaires universitaires

Language: English

Find in a Library: 61569585

A sympathetic review of the anthology, "Voyages: A Franco-American Reader" (Gardiner, Maine: Tilbury House, 2007). Discusses a few of the entries and their importance to the whole of American Studies.

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1885 September 23

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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1885 editorial that begins with the appointment of a French-Canadian priest to a Fall River, Massachusetts, Catholic parish only after parishioners appealed to the Archbishop to overturn the diocesan bishop's Irish appointment. Devolves into a tirade…

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1889 January 22

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

Very brief article about the number of French-Canadian Catholics in the United States and their representation in the American Church hierarchy.

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  • Author: Gross, Sarah Chokla

Date: 1952 September 14

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

A review of the 1952 children's book, "Party for Suzanne," written by Cecile Pepin Edwards and illustrated by Jane Costle. Edwards and Costle attempted to create a book that talks about a French-Canadian child's experience in a New England public…

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  • Author: Wiggin, P.G.

Date: 1901 December 15

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

Descriptive, ethnographic New York Times feature article on "French-Canadian women" from youth to old age in New England. The author considers the Franco-American working woman a peculiarly American character, and the French-Canadian American mother…

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  • Author: Wiggin, P.G.

Date: 1901 October 13

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

1901 supplementary article on French-Canadian communities in New England. According to author, these communities - unlike other immigrants to the United States around the turn of the century - appear to resist cultural assimilation by the insular…

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  • Author: Bullard, F. Lauriston

Date: 1929 September 29

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

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: 1889 January 27

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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Article from the Montreal Witness, January 22, about a French-Canadian American's visit to a Quebec Cardinal in order to request French-Canadian coadjutor bishops in New England, for the purpose of representing the majority Franco congregations.

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  • Author: Beston, Henry

Date: 1943 May 2

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

A review of the exploratory book-length essay entitled "The Shadows of the Trees," by Jacques Ducharme, on the Franco-American experience in the United States. Ducharme attempts to explore the most prominent aspects of French-Canadian emigrant…

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1889 June 19

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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Short news briefings on different subjects under a single headline. The first subject is the 1889 Fall River, Massachusetts, festival de St-Jean-Baptiste.

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1939 July 2

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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A collection of book reviews, including, as the title indicates, a review of Jacques Ducharme's 1939 novel, "The Delusson Family," about a French-Canadian immigrant family in the United States.

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1886 July 29

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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1886 brief article about a Fall River, Massachusetts, man traveling to Québec and Rome as a delegate of his local Catholic parishes.

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1892 June 6

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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Another editorial on French-Canadian populations in the United States, their common patterns of community congregation, and what to the author seems to be a resistance to assimilation. From the text: "It is next to impossible to penetrate this mass…

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  • Author: Naughton, James M.

Date: 1972 February 27

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1881 April 11

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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An article on various minor news topics of the day. Marked for a particular selection, the sixth paragraph of the column, on French-Canadian emigration into the United States. Remarks that the movement of people southward from Québec seems to be…

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