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  • Author: Maillet, Marguerite A.

Date: 1976

Thesis Type: M. Ed.

Institution: University of Maine Portland-Gorham

Language: en

Find in a Library: Unknown (available at Franco American Centre, University of Maine)

Historical origins of Franco American community in the city of Lewiston, Maine. Cultural heritage as related to the establishment of textile mills and shoe shops, the influence of church parishes and schools, and the concerns of local Roman Catholic…

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  • Author: Murray, John O'Kane

Date: 1876

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6910728

Find Online: OL5916517W

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A single volume on the history of the Catholic Church in North America: from Columbus' arrival in 1492 to the French Jesuits and Native Americans of the 16th and 17th centuries, to the Irish of the 18th and 19th, up to the America of the period of…

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  • Author: Hebert, Ernest

Date: 2005

Language: English

Find in a Library: 59755997

The most recent novel in Hebert's acclaimed "Darby Series," depicting realities of family and class in a fictional New Hampshire town. After the death of a young mother in childbirth, and with her wealthy parents seeking custody for the newborn son,…

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  • Author: Rivard, Adjutor

Date: 1924 (1914)

Language: en (trans.)

Find in a Library: 1962661

Find Online: OL202049W and others

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A series of graphic and sentimental depictions of different elements significant to home and community in rural Quebec. 21 chapters for as many subjects - some of simple descriptions with warmth in detail, others related as narrative in the manner of…

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  • Author: Taylor, Scott

Date: 2010 December 9

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 26622903

Article on the redevelopment of the downtown Lewiston, Maine, space that housed the city's long-running French language newspaper, Le Messager.

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  • 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,…

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  • 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.

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  • Author: Olivier, Julien

Date: 1981

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 9185697

Une histoire de la vie artistique et communautaire d'un homme franco-américain de New Hampshire. Racontée par lui-même, M. Marcoux - bûcheron, sculpteur, musicien, ami - comme vu dans les contes qui se présentent dans ses entrevues…

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  • Author: Bernard, Shane

Date: 2003

Language: English

Find in a Library: 49618900

Find Online: OL2988647W

A history of twentieth-century Southern Louisiana by way of an exploration of the processes of assimilation experienced its people of French and Acadian heritage. Descripions of the transformations of Louisiana Cajuns and Cajun culture, as well as…

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  • Author: Ornstein, Lisa

Date: 1997

Publication: The River Review / La Revue rivière

Volume: 3

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 33064369

A list of resources relative to the epic poem "Evangeline" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, compiled by the director of the Acadian Archives at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Contains listings of different published editions of the poem,…

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  • Author: Bourque, Darrell

Date: 1994

Language: English and Cajun French

Find in a Library: 30602537

Book of poems from an Acadiana writer, now the tenth poet laureate of the state of Louisiana. First chapbook in a series featuring Cajun writers. Illustrated. From Cross-Cultural Communications: "In this first bilingual (English-Cajun French)…

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  • Author: Goff, Lisa

Date: 2010-05-00

Thesis Type: Ph. D., History

Institution: University of Virginia

Language: en

Find in a Library: 703598810

From the author: "This dissertation adds a missing piece to the history of the American working class by documenting an overlooked category of low-income housing and the ways in which these self-reliant communities were assigned cultural meanings at…

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  • Author: Brault, Gerard J.

Date: 1986

Language: en

Find in a Library: 12665191

Find Online: OL2541215M

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Comprehensive history of French Canadians and Franco Americans in New England, with an emphasis on the early 20th century. Introduced with a summary of early North American exploration and colonization. Spans in specific an historical period that…

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  • Author: Perreault, Robert B.

Date: 2005

Language: en

Find in a Library: 62285075

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A pictorial history of Manchester, New Hampshire created from images featured on aged postcards. Compiled by the author of several other texts on Manchester and Franco Americans in New England, Robert B. Perreault. From Arcadia Publishing: "Here, for…

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  • Author: Turner, Loretta M.

Date: 1993

Language: en

Find in a Library: 31033874

Find Online: OL10810066M

Pictorial History of Biddeford, Maine, with a particular emphasis on Franco American life there. Biddeford, an industrial city, can claim the presence of working mills from as far back as 1800, many years before the first French Canadian migrations…

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  • Author: Perreault, Robert B.

Date: 2010

Language: en

Find in a Library: 664354634

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An intimately crafted Franco American cultural history of Manchester, New Hampshire, written by one of its resident historians. From the author of such works as "One Piece in the Great American Mosaic," "La Presse Franco-Américaine et La…

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  • Author: Gagnon, Richard

Date: 1993

Language: English

Find in a Library: 31620163

Centennial history of the Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Parish in South Worcester, Massachusetts.

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  • Author: Ducharme, Jacques

Date: 1943

Language: en

Find in a Library: 932931

Find Online: OL6450417M

Book-length reflection on a personal journey through New England to learn about French-Canadian immigration and Franco American identity there. Permeated with personal anecdotes, comments on language, race, and genealogy, and perhaps the first…

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  • Author: Chassé, Paul P.

Date: 1977

Language: Français, with some English

Find in a Library: 5280413

Un livre qui raconte les vies de quelques franco-américain(e)s artistiques dans les milieux de l'écrire, le peintre, la poésie, les chansons, etc. Des sélections de leurs ouevres populaires. Présenté avec des…

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  • Author: Plante, Chantal
  • Author: Baribeau, Celine

Date: 2010 March 18

Language: English, with some français

Find in a Library: 3190 (BCTV)

A public television broadcast out of Bedford, New Hampshire, "Bonjour" features highlights of Quebec and New England for the purpose of re-educating New Hampshire about the breadth of its French heritage, seen across the state in its Franco…

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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: Manlove, George

Date: 1994 September 14

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

Some older tenement buildings at the base of Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine, are evacuated as their demolition begins - "part of a federally funded neighborhood improvement project."

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  • Author: Vanderweide, Doug

Date: 1994 September 15

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

As a plan is set forth to demolish five old housing tenements at the base of Sand Hill in Augusta, Maine, local historians consider their historical significance.

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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…

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  • 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…

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  • Author: Beaupré, Normand R.

Date: 1982

Language: English and français

Find in a Library: 21332161

Biography of Adelard Coté, Southern Maine artist and sculptor of wood. Includes pictures of his art, interviews, and a critical observation of his work as a part of Franco-American folklore. Also includes a brief history of French-Canadian…

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  • Author: F.A.R.O.G. (Franco-American Resource Opportunity Group)

Date: 1980

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 6538417

1980 catalog of people and places in New England that function as resources for Franco-American culture both in- and outside of their communities. The results of a student-led investigation through New England cities: community, industry, educational…

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  • Author: Paradis, Roger
  • Author: Olivier, Julien

Date: 1979

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 231785364

Une examination de la vie et l'ouevre de Gilbert Roy, un peintre qui a vécu à Fort Kent, Maine. De l'avant-propos: "Ce livre, on veut qu'il soit le premier parmi plusieurs. La série aura un meme thème: l'art populaire et l'artisanat chez…

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  • Author: Cyr, Sr. Marguerite

Date: 1976

Institution: Notre Album Culturel sur Google Books

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 2756715

Un affichage artistique de la culture acadienne quotidien dans la Vallée St-Jean du Maine. De l'auteur de, "Mémoires d'une famille Acadienne de Van Buren, Maine" Du texte: "Cet album est une collection de 'dits' et de 'faits' recueillis dans…

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  • Author: Calvert, Mary R.

Date: 1991

Language: en

Find in a Library: 23707025

Find Online: OL2769965W

Historical piece on early French Jesuits missionizing to Abenaki in Maine's Kennebec River Valley in the 17th century.

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