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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Father Henri Carrier, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber

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Abstract 1697 Father Henri Carrier, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber, March 19, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Carrier talks about his decision to become a priest in the 1930s; requirements for the priesthood; differences in parishes throughout Maine; changes in the priest’s role with the development of parish councils; Church involvement in political and social issues; motivations for people to stay in “Little Canada”; strengthening the family; and the declining use of French. Partially in...
Dates: 1977-1982
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / “Our Life, Our Work” Western Maine Older Citizens Council/Marcella Sorg and Stefan Duplessis

Juliette Filteau, interviewed by Steffan Duplessis and Mark Silber

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Abstract 1695 Juliette Filteau, interviewed by Steffan Duplessis and Mark Silber, February 19, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Filteau discusses her childhood in Canada during the 1910s and 20s; moving to Lewiston in 1923; working in the shoe shop as a teenager; nuns and a convent in Canada; raising her daughter’s children; dates with her future husband; importance of religion and changes in Catholicism; leaving her alcoholic first husband, her catering business; opening her restaurant; dealing with drunks;...
Dates: 1977-1982
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / “Our Life, Our Work” Western Maine Older Citizens Council/Marcella Sorg and Stefan Duplessis

Maria Baeza, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall

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Abstract NA3719 Maria Baeza, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall, March 28, 2005, in Baeza’s office, Bangor, Maine. Baeza talks about being born in Puerto Rico; growing up in Brooklyn, New York; coming to Maine over 30 years ago when she married a man from Maine; her first impression of Maine which was that there were so many white people; culture shock; rural setting after living in a large city; concern with safety; life in Puerto Rico before the age of 5 when she moved to the U. S.; difference...
Dates: February to June 2005
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / Immigrants and Identity

Maria Rave, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall

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Abstract NA3722 Maria Rave, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall, April 1, 2005, at Thistles Restaurant, Bangor, Maine. Rave talks about being born in Colombia; coming to Ellsworth in 1985; moving to Bangor around 2001; being part owner of Thistles Restaurant; having two sons; language barrier at first in Maine; speaks Spanish and English; university education; difficult for younger son Santiago to adjust to school; sons graduating from Massachusetts College of Art; Santiago lives at home and manages...
Dates: February to June 2005
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / Immigrants and Identity

Norma Peters, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall

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Abstract NA3723 Norma Peters, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall, May 12, 2005, at the home of Peters, Veazie, Maine. Peters talks about being born in Cartagena, Colombia; the differences between living in Panama and Colombia; differences in education; learning to speak English; marriage and children; first impressions of Maine; difficulty finding work; lived in Hampden and 6 years later moved to Bangor; teaching children Spanish; discrimination in Maine; making friends; teaching children to be proud...
Dates: February to June 2005
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / Immigrants and Identity

Paul Belanger, interviewed by Mark Silber and Raymond Pelletier

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Abstract 1685 Paul Belanger, interviewed by Mark Silber and Raymond Pelletier, February 18, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Belanger talks about the history of Franco-Americans in Lewiston and Auburn; Franco-American love of music; working during the Great Depression; working for a French newspaper, the Messenger, and radio station; his father’s musical work for St. Mary’s Church, importance Franco-Americans placed on education for their children; religion; and retirement. Partially in French. Text: 18 pp....
Dates: 1977-1982
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / “Our Life, Our Work” Western Maine Older Citizens Council/Marcella Sorg and Stefan Duplessis

Social Justice Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0472
Scope and Contents

The collection contains miscellaneous issues of newspapers and magazines with articles relating to social justice. The periodicals include Our Sunday visitor, Green magazine, Boston advertiser, Pathfinder, Portland Sunday telegram, Boston herald, Church world, Bangor daily news. Some of the articles are about the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the end of World War II, the position of the Catholic Church on various issues.

Dates: 1933-1945
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections

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Archival Object 6
Collection 1
 
Subject
Emigration and immigration -- Maine 4
Family life 4
Food habits -- Social aspects 3
Franco-Americans -- Maine -- Social life and customs 3
Oral history 3
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Spanish language 2
Clergy -- Maine 1
Culture shock 1
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 1
Franco-Americans -- Maine -- Food habits 1
Holiday cooking 1
Holidays 1
Lewiston (Me.) -- Newspapers 1
Little Canada (Me.) -- Lewiston 1
Marriage 1
Newspapers 1
Periodicals 1
Racism -- American Northeast 1
Shoe industry 1
Social justice 1
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