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- Author: Guignard, Michael J.
Date: 1982
Language: en
Find in a Library: 11210512
Find Online: OL3006097M
Edited and updated book version of a dissertation published five years earlier ("Ethnic survival in a New England Mill Town," Syracuse University, 1977), with a foreword by author and Biddeford resident, Norman Beaupré. A Franco American history…
- 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…
- Author: Knowlton, Evelyn H. P.
Date: 1948
Language: en
Find in a Library: 2235222
Find Online: OL9259422W
An organizational, corporate, and industrial history of the Pepperell Manufacturing Company, whose Boston-run mills operated in the coastal city of Biddeford, Maine, and in the other industrial towns of Lewiston, Maine, Laconia, New Hampshire, and…
- Author: Moran, William (speaker)
Date: 2002 October 26
Language: English
Find in a Library: 174144-1 (C-SPAN Video Library)
A presentation by William Moran on his book, "The Belles of New England," as a portion of the 2002 Concord Festival of Authors, Concord, Massachusetts. From C-SPAN: "Mr. Moran discussed his book 'The Belles of New England: The Women of the Textile…
- Author: Downs, Jacques M.
Date: 1985
Language: en
Find in a Library: 12419914
Find Online: OL2535469M
A photo-history of the cities of the Saco River Valley in southern Maine. A heavily researched and crafted exhibition of landscapes from colonization to contemporary times, 'The Cities on the Saco' weaves a storytelling tapestry of Saco, Biddeford,…
- Author: Moran, William
Date: 2002
Language: en
Find in a Library: 49627749
Find Online: OL9515646M
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A history of New England women during industrialization, and the lifestyle differences among women of different economic classes. From Thomas Dunne Books: "This is a masterful, definitive, and eloquent look at the enormous cultural and economic…
- Author: Fairfield, Roy P.
Date: 1956 (2003)
Language: en
Find in a Library: 3085526
Find Online: OL2044914W
A history of the coastal and industrial city of Saco, Maine, from its inception to the 1950s. Written by a Saco native. The inside cover reads: "In a rich and vivid history, documented with record, with facts bearing evidence of infinitely rewarding…
- Author: Perreault, Robert B.
Date: 1976
Language: English
Find in a Library: 3585739
Essay written in 1976, "in the spirit of the [United States'] Bicentennial," recognizing the Franco Americans as a distinct and significant ethnic group in American history. The 38-page piece begins its observations at the 1524 French explorations of…
- Author: Leloup, Laurent
Date: 1994
Thesis Type: M.A., Géographie
Institution: University of Maine
Language: fr
Find in a Library: Inconnu/Unknown
De l'introduction de cet étudiant de France: "Afin d'approcher le sujet, trois méthodes ont été employées. La lecture de documents écrits retracent l'immigration et l'installation de canadiens français dans le Maine. Afin de mieux percevoir ce…