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  • Author: Guignard, Michael

Date: 1973-win

Publication: Maine Historical Society Newsletter

Volume: 12

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6243334

Study of a brief period in the history of the Roman Catholic Church in the state of Maine at the beginning of the twentieth century. A political portrait of the "Corporation Sole" controversy - a drawn-out public dispute between the bishop of the…

  • Author: Doty, C. Stewart

Date: 1995 Fall

Publication: Thought & Action : The NEA Higher Education Journal

Volume: 11

Language: English

Find in a Library: 11018391, 46310703

A brief history behind ethnic slurs directed toward Franco Americans in the US Northeast. A historical contextualization of this type of discrimination in government, business, and scholarship. Some historical foundations of the "dumb Frenchman"…

  • Author: Boyle, Gerry

Date: 1993 January 22

Publication: Morning Sentinel

Language: English

Find in a Library: 38243806, 232119454, 38243825

Editorial piece on the derogatory ethnocentricity of certain recent (winter, 1992-1993) newspaper publications and radio broadcasts in central Maine, and a reflection on one Waterville, Maine, mother's reaction to them in specific.

  • Author: Gillman, Richard

Date: 1993 January 21

Publication: Morning Sentinel

Language: English

Find in a Library: 38243806, 232119454, 38243825

Letter to the editor berating Waterville, Maine's Morning Sentinel editorial staff for failing to criticize a Portland-based radio station (WBLM) that frequently included in its morning show a segment poking fun at a Franco American character. Cites…

  • Author: Cartwright, Steve

Date: 1993 January 15

Publication: Morning Sentinel

Language: English

Find in a Library: 38243806, 232119454, 38243825

Article on certain reactions to Portland, Maine, radio station, WBLM's morning broadcast featuring humor based on "a slow-witted Franco-American" character. Differing public attitudes toward the station's program, including complaints issued by the…

  • Author: Frenette, Yves

Date: 1986 spring

Publication: Maine Historical Society Quarterly

Volume: 25

Language: en

Find in a Library: 2263768, 607696548

Essay on the extra-cultural forces that helped to shape the French Canadian immigrant community of Lewiston, Maine. Class and ethnicity among the peoples of urban Lewiston in the second half of the 19th century. The impact of the industrial…

  • Author: Stewart, Alice R.

Date: 1987 Winter

Publication: Maine Historical Society Quarterly

Volume: 26

Language: en

Find in a Library: 2263768, 607696548

Brief essay characterizing the historical writings on Franco Americans in Maine, the evolution of the historical scope of these writings, and the transformation of their concerns from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. A call for new…

  • Author: Born, Warren C. (editor)

Date: 1976

Language: English

Find in a Library: 2108146

A collection of reports from the working committees of the 1976 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. An overview of the history and tradition of immigration in the United States, and an introduction to ethnic groups associated…

  • Author: Giguère, Madeleine

Date: 1974

Institution: University of Maine at Portland-Gorham

Language: en

Find in a Library: 2146676

Unpublished presentation of statistics on persons of French and English mother tongue in the state of Maine, adapted from 1970 United States census data. Shows figures related to family make-up, mobility, education, labor, income, state geography,…

  • Author: Dubé, Normand C.

Date: 1971

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Education

Institution: The Ohio State University

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 22407012

Dissertation exploring the resources and methods available for teaching the French language to the Franco American native French speaker. Suggestions for materials, activity, and practice in the Franco American's bilingual education setting,…

  • Author: Vincens, Simone J.

Date: 1985-01

Publication: Contemporary French Civilization

Volume: 9

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 6466586, 3234085

Une vue d'ensemble de l'histoire de la presse franco-américaine du 19e et 20e siècles, écrit par un professeur de Millersville State College. Commentaire sur les divers publications et leur ampleur géographique à la hauteur de leurs…

  • Author: Duke Alumni Association

Date: 2010 August 31

Language: English

Find in a Library: Unknown

Read: Watch: VIDEO

Waterville, Maine, writer, Ron Currie, Jr., discusses his book "Everything Matters!," his life, and his writing, and takes questions from Duke University's class of 2014. Currie's novel was chosen to be read and discussed by the entire first-year…

  • Author: Alpert, Jessica

Date: 2008 Spring

Language: English

Find in a Library: Unknown

Radio documentary piece on the violent invasion of the Waterville, Maine, convent of the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament in 1996. The death of two nuns, the recollections of surviving sisters, and how their community has chosen to live and express…

  • Author: Sun Journal Staff

Date: 2003 March 14

Publication: Sun Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 26622903

Article on Quebec's donation of nearly 10,000 books in the French language to the Franco-American Centre at the University of Maine, to be distributed into the state's Franco-American communities.

  • Author: Bierman, Noah

Date: 2010 November 22

Publication: Boston Daily Globe

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1536853

Article introducing Maine's 2010 governor-elect, Waterville mayor Paul LePage, as an outspoken newcomer to state politics, and part of the Republican party's wave of success in Maine's 2010 elections.

  • Author: Cover, Susan M.

Date: 2011 January 3

Publication: Kennebec Journal

Language: English

Find in a Library: 60630676, 8814143

Article describing the similarities of Alonzo Garcelon, a late nineteenth-century Maine governor, and the state's most recently elected governor, Paul LePage. While recent news has debated the term "Franco American" as a descriptor for both governors…

  • Author: Maslin, Janet

Date: 2009 June 18

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1645522, 1760220

New York Times book review of Waterville, Maine native, Ron Currie, Jr.'s latest novel, "Everything Matters!"

  • 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: Green, Rebecca

Date: 2004 Winter

Publication: Colby Magazine

Volume: 93

Language: English

Find in a Library: None

Article on Colby College graduate ('66) and Waterville, Maine native, Gregoire Chabot, whose writings have resonated not only with the Maine Franco American communities who share the heritage that Chabot often explores, but with readers and scholars…

  • Author: L'Italien, Rosaire

Date: 2011 janvier 5

Language: Français

Find in a Library: Inconnu

Une vidéo des nouvelles sur le début de l'administration du gouverneur Paul Lepage dans l'État du Maine, et certains de ses visions pour l'avenir de l'Etat.

  • Author: Currie, Ron, Jr.

Date: 2009 Spring

Publication: Bosphorus Art Project Quarterly

Volume: 4

Language: English

Find in a Library: 74460731

Read: Listen: AUDIO

Online feature entitled "What happens when the world finds out that God is dead?: Ron Currie, Jr. reads from his novel." The feature is a link to the author's reading of the chapter "My Brother the Murderer" from his novel titled "God is Dead"…

  • Author: Hendrickson, Dyke

Date: 1980

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6627420

Find Online: OL4117174M

Historical overview of Franco Americans in New England. 27 interviews that lend personality, locality, and intimacy to the author's history. Hendrickson's work has led to his being quoted as a commentator on immigrant labor history in an exhibit of…

  • Author: Chenard, Robert E.

Date: 2010 January

Language: English

Find in a Library: None

Website publication. Brief essay on the beginnings of French Canadian migration to Waterville, Maine, in the nineteenth century, and the impact of later, more pervasive chain migrations on that town and its riverside industrialization before World…

  • Author: Rice-DeFosse, Mary

Date: 1999

Publication: The River Review / La Revue rivière

Volume: 5

Language: English and français

Find in a Library: 33064369

Critical essay on Waterville, Maine writer Rhea CoÌ‚té Robbins' 1997 memoir, "Wednesday's Child." Explores Robbins' work as it speaks newly to concepts of gender, cultural difference, and the specificity of a Franco American's experiences of…

  • Author: Levine, Ben (director)

Date: 2003

Language: English, with some français

Find in a Library: 64637065

Documentary film about Franco American culture and language in New England. Press release from Watching Place Productions: "Explores the struggle for cultural survival among the French-Canadian, Franco-American communities of New England. It reveals…

  • Author: Brière, Eloise A.

Date: 2002 Spring/Summer

Publication: Québec Studies

Volume: 33

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 60628349

Un essai qui explore l'étendue de l'imagination culturel des écrivains culturellement hybride en Amérique. De l'auteur: "Dans quelle mesure les Haitiens devenus écrivains Québécois ou les Canadiens-francais devenus écrivains…

  • Author: Leprince, Jean-Michel
  • Author: Devroede, Pierre

Date: 2001 septembre 7

Language: Français

Du Radio-Canada: "[Ici] Jean-Michel Leprince et Pierre Devroede ont rencontré des Franco-Américains de la communauté de Waterville, dans le Maine, qui réapprennent à parler français."