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  • Author: Melvin, Charlotte Maxine Lenentine

Date: 1955

Thesis Type: M.A., History

Institution: University of New Brunswick

Language: en

Find in a Library: 433902080

History of the Madawaska border region of the Upper Saint John River Valley as a meeting point of New Brunswick and the state of Maine. Madawaska as an area of political negotiation, a borderland infused with geographic and political meaning in the…

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  • Author: Craig, Béatrice (Chevalier)

Date: 1983

Thesis Type: Ph. D., History

Institution: University of Maine at Orono

Language: en

Find in a Library: 52377703

From the author: "The Madawaska settlement, on the Upper St. John Valley in Northern Maine and North West New Brunswick was started in 1785 by a group of Acadian and French-Canadian families for New Brunswick, and a group of French Canadians from the…

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  • Author: Desrosiers-Lauzon, Godefroy

Date: 2008

Thesis Type: Ph. D., History

Institution: University of Ottawa

Language: en

Find in a Library: 658153238

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From the author: "This thesis explains and analyzes the phenomenon of seasonal, long-term winter travel to Florida, travelers that South Floridians have called 'snowbirds.' It demonstrates what pushed and pulled [Canadian and American] snowbirds to…

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  • Author: Thompson, Laura Anne

Date: 2008

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Secondary Education

Institution: University of Alberta

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 229425429

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From the author: "In the province of Alberta, the recent phenomenon of French-speaking newcomers, who are multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic and multifaith, is putting into question the concept of a collective Francophone identity in Canada. On…

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  • Author: WCAX-TV

Date: 2001

Language: English

Students at North Country Union High School in Newport, Vermont are champions of the 2001 Cyberfair, a worldwide website design competition. Their site, LifeonTheBorder.com (no longer in service), was about their Franco American community's heritage,…

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  • Author: Thoet, Denis

Date: 2009 December 4

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 8814143, 60630676

Humorous opinion piece on Maine as an American outcast state, sharing more in common with its Canadian neighbors than with the people and places of its neighboring American states.

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  • Author: Louder, Dean R. (editor)
  • Author: Waddell, Eric (editor)

Date: 1993

Language: en

Find in a Library: 25412445

Find Online: OL7945499M

Translation and expansion of "Du continent perdu..." by Dean Louder. A collection of historiographical, geographical, anthropological, and theoretical essays on francophone cultures in North America - from Québec, to New England and the US…

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  • Author: Dubay, Guy F.

Date: 1983

Language: fr; en

Find in a Library: 11513772

Find Online: OL3190559M

A book written to accompany a 1982 Maine State Museum exhibit dedicated to history and life in the St. John Valley, Aroostook County, Maine. Author Guy Dubay is a member of the Maine State Franco-American Hall of Fame. From the text: "Guy Dubay's…

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  • Author: Abramson, Harold J.

Date: 1973

Language: en

Find in a Library: 579627

Sociology of Catholic religion in the United States. Explores how ethnicity characterizes Roman Catholicism in immigrant communities in the. Abramson supports his claims with statistics compiled by the National Opinion Research Center.

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  • Author: Albert, Thomas
  • Author: Therriault, Patrick (recherches)
  • Author: Mercure, Prudent L. (notes manuscrites)

Date: 1920

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 7665792

Find Online: OL23649400M

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L'histoire du Madawaska, Maine, et ses villages voisins du dix-huitième siècle jusqu'à 1920.

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  • Author: Albert, Thomas

Date: 1985 (original, 1920)

Language: en

Find in a Library: 12603804

Find Online: OL1802847M

Translation of 1920 history text on Madawaska, Maine, and its neighboring towns. Republished through the efforts of the Madawaska Historical Society. From the preface: "We believe that Father Thomas Albert's book, 'L'Histoire du Madawaska,' is far…

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  • Author: Martin, André (editor)

Date: 1980

Volume: 2 of 8

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 6523696

Volume 2 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the second of six…

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  • Author: Giguère, Madeleine (editor)

Date: 1981

Volume: 3 of 8

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6523696

Volume 3 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the third of six…

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  • Author: Coulet du Gard, René
  • Author: Coulet du Gard, Dominique

Date: 1974

Language: en

Find in a Library: 1254074

Find Online: OL5073992M

Geography and etymology of places in the United States with names of French origin. Mostly concerned with California, Louisiana, and the U.S. Midwest.

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  • Author: Cassidy, Frederic Gomes
  • Author: Hall, Joan Houston

Date: 1985

Language: English

Find in a Library: 116242656

Dictionary of American vernacular English as pronounced and heard in various segments of the United States. Now in 4 volumes. From Belknap Press: "'The Dictionary of Regional English (DARE)" is a multi-volume reference work that documents words,…

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  • Author: Violette, Lawrence A.

Date: 1952

Language: en

Find in a Library: 7520384

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Chronological history of the Acadian people and their eventual settlement of communities in Maine. Begins in the early 1600s and chronicles events and migrations up to the early 20th century.

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  • Author: Anderson, Elin L.

Date: 1937

Language: English

Find in a Library: 390309

Find Online: OL13576539M

Book-length 1937 demographic study of Burlington, Vermont - as a New England hub, as an American city in itself, and as a microcosm of American democracy. This book was a product of Vermont's 1930s Eugenics Survey that studied local demographics, and…

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  • Author: Truesdell, Leon Edgar

Date: 1943

Language: English

Find in a Library: 7145279

Find Online: OL15096107M

Scientific study of cross-border populations, ethnicity, language, and occupation as they are made evident by Canadians and Americans in each other's homeland. Complete with tables, maps, and diagrams that illustrate various demographic figures. From…

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  • Author: Adams, Rachel

Date: 2009

Language: English

Find Online: 300720580

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  • Author: Podruchny, Carolyn

Date: 2006

Language: English

Find Online: 69020884

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  • Author: Locke, William

Date: 1946

Language: en

Find in a Library: 26780979

Brief history of early French Canadian immigrant community in the town of Brunswick, Maine, beginning in 1850. Written by a scholar of linguistics and author of "Pronunciation of the French spoken at Brunswick, Maine" (1949).

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  • Author: Sleeper, Frank

Date: 1998

Language: en

Find in a Library: 39701913

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Photo history of the Upper St. John Valley, northern Maine, with a brief historical introduction. Part of the Arcadia Press "Images of America" series.

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  • Author: Rodrigue, Barry Hadfield

Date: 1994

Language: en

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Critical biography of Tom Plant, leader in the shoe industry of New England near the turn of the twentieth century, situated in the Bath, Maine, area. Refutes and diversifies the stereotypical notion of the French Canadian immigrant worker experience…

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  • Author: Hornsby, Stephen
  • Author: Konrad, Victor A.
  • Author: Herlan, James J.

Date: 1989

Language: English

Find Online: 21307276

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  • Author: Louder, Dean
  • Author: Morisset, Jean
  • Author: Waddell, Eric

Date: 2001

Language: Français

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  • Author: Lebel, Gérard
  • Author: Laforest, Thomas J.
  • Author: Saintonge, Jacques

Date: 1983-2000

Language: Français and English

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  • Author: Cyr, Paul Albert

Date: 2005

Language: English

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  • Author: Bellerose, Robert

Date: 2004

Language: en

Find in a Library: 57494168

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Arcadia's "Images of America" series revisits the pre- and post-industrial city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, with pictures that span the period from 1834 to 2000. Transitional American urban and riverbank landscapes across two centuries, through…

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  • Author: Classen, H. George

Date: 1967

Language: en

Find in a Library: 788812

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History of borderlands and border disputes between the United States and Canada. Chapter 1 is dedicated to the early-nineteenth-century St. John River Valley border dispute and the Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842) that solidified the division between…

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  • Author: Craig, Béatrice
  • Author: Dagenais, Maxime

Date: 2009

Language: English

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