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Franco-Americans -- Maine -- Social life and customs

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:

Adelard Janelle, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis

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1668 Adelard Janelle, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis, winter 1981, Lewiston, Maine. 3 pp. Tape: 3 hrs. No cat, or trans. Janelle talks about life as a Franco-American. French. Text: no catalog or transcript. Recording: T 1787, CD 2087, 2088.

Dates: 1977-1982

Albert Dumais, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis

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1672 Albert Dumais, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis, spring 1981, Lewiston, Maine. 73 pp. Tape: 3 hrs. w/ handwritten trans. French. Dumais talks about his life as a Franco-American. Text: 73 pp., transcript in French (handwritten). Recording: T 1791, T 1792 / CD 2091, CD 2104 3 hour French.

Dates: 1977-1982

Albert Michaud and Rita England Michaud, interviewed by Carol Nichols

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Abstract 2771 Albert Michaud and Rita England Michaud, interviewed by Carol Nichols, July 27, 1993, at their home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The Michauds discuss early memories of French Island; children's entertainment and games; why French Island was once called Skin Island; city dump; Shuffle Inn; softball; boxers; schools; meals; gardens; Mardi Gras and Lent; community and neighboring; Great Depression; 1936 flood; bootlegging; hunting, raising, selling, and eating...
Dates: 1959-2008

Albert Michaud and Rita England Michaud, interviewed by Carol Nichols

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...
Dates: 1992-1993

Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, and Ernest Dubay, interviewed by James Bishop

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...
Dates: 1992-1993

Albert Morin and Bernice Morin, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...
Dates: 1992-1993

Alexander T. Rouleau and Lucille (Dumont) Rouleau, interviewed by Mark Silber and Raymond Pelletier

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1684 Alexander T. Rouleau and Lucille (Dumont) Rouleau, interviewed by Mark Silber and Raymond Pelletier, February 18, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. The Rouleaus talk about their lives as Franco-Americans, his various jobs; living during the Great Depression, his work as a school bus driver in the 1960s and 70s; religions as all the same; and her childhood on a family farm in Winslow, Maine. Text: 18 pp. transcript. Recording: T 1805 CD 2523 1-3/4 hours.

Dates: 1977-1982

Andrew Redmond, interviewed by Barry H. Rodrigue

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Abstract 2325 Andrew Redmond, interviewed by Barry H. Rodrigue, spring 1993, Madison, Maine and St. Georges de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada. Series of eight interviews. Redmond, a French-Irish timber jobber, entrepreneur, and Maine State Senator, talks about life on both sides of the Maine - Quebec border; people: Barry Rodrigue, Kenoci Rodrigue, Yvon Labbe, Liliane Labbe, Angela Hebert, Sylvester Redmond, and others. The interviews are in both English and French. Text: 257 pp. transcript. Recording: C...
Dates: 1989-1993

Antoinette Boucher, interviewed by Steffan Duplessis and Mark Silber

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1696 Antoinette Boucher, interviewed by Steffan Duplessis and Mark Silber, December 15, 1980, Lewiston, Maine. 19 pp. Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ trans. French. Boucher talks about her life as a Franco-American and her family history. Text: transcript. Recording: T 1817 3/4 hour.

Dates: 1977-1982

Bella Nadeau, interviewed by Carol Nichols

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...
Dates: 1992-1993

Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...
Dates: 1992-1993

Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by James J. Bishop and Amy Bouchard Morin

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...
Dates: 1992-1993

Bernice Morin, Betty Labretton, Flora Bosse, and Pauline Baillargeon, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...
Dates: 1992-1993

Berthe Roger, interviewed by Mark Silber and Steffan Duplessis

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1676 Berthe Roger, interviewed by Mark Silber and Steffan Duplessis, January 29, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Roger talks about her mother’s motivation for moving the family to Lewiston during the Great Depression; living as a Franco-American outside “Little Canada”; working in a shoe shop; and childhood family gatherings. Text: 12 pp. partial transcript. Recording: T 1797 CD 2515 1-1/2 hours.

Dates: 1977-1982

Betty Thibodeau Medieros, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...
Dates: 1992-1993

Cecile Boisvert, interviewed by Steffan Duplessis, Marcella Sorg, and Mark Silber

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1694 Cecile Boisvert, interviewed by Steffan Duplessis, Marcella Sorg, and Mark Silber, winter 1981, Lewiston, Maine. 38 pp. Tape: 1 1/4 hr. w/ handwritten trans. French. Boisvert talks about her life as a Franco-American. Text: handwritten transcript. Recording: T 1815 1-1/4 hour, French.

Dates: 1977-1982

Cecile Dionne, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis

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1681 Cecile Dionne, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis, February 18, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Dionne talks about her childhood in the 1910s and 20s on a farm in Auburn, Maine; her job drawing-in at Bates Mill; working in the shoe shops; speaking French and English; and working while raising a family. Partially in French. Text: 17 pp. transcript, French sections not transcribed. Recording: T 1802 CD 2520 1-1/2 hours.

Dates: 1977-1982

Cecile Lebel, interviewed by Mark Silber and Raymond Pelletier

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Abstract 1692 Cecile Lebel, interviewed by Mark Silber and Raymond Pelletier, February 18, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Lebel shares, with occasional comments from her mother, a tape of sing-along in French; her career as a seamstress and designer of bridal gowns; job seeking and working during the Great Depression; work ethic taught by her grandmother and mother; the sacrifices and benefits of designing dresses; her love of the French language; and large family weddings. Text: 19 pp. transcript, French...
Dates: 1977-1982

Cecile Pietrowski, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...
Dates: 1992-1993

Clayton Landry, interviewed by Albert Michaud

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...
Dates: 1992-1993

Doris (Libby) Ashland, interviewed by Barry H. Rodrigue

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Abstract 2288 Doris {Libby} Ashland (1909-1988) interviewed by Barry H. Rodrigue, 1978 1988, Belgrade Maine. Tape: 1 with no transcript. Doris Ashland talks about being a member of a French-Canadian family in the 19th and 20th centuries in Maine. Doris speaks of her husband Albert Felix Ashland (1897-1960) being born in Livermore Falls, Maine. His father, Joseph Ashland walking from Canada to Livermore Falls in 1878, becoming a subsistence farmer. Doris and Albert married in 1927. Topics include...
Dates: 1989-1993

Ephrem Boucher, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Raymond Pelletier

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1691 Ephrem Boucher, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Raymond Pelletier, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. 3 pp. Tape: 1 hr. No cat, or trans. Boucher talks about his life as a Franco-American. Partially in French. Recording: T 1812 1 hour, partially in French.

Dates: 1977-1982

Estelle Voter and Henrietta Taylor, interviewed by Albert Michaud

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...
Dates: 1992-1993

Eugene Beaulieu, interviewed by Albert Michaud

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...
Dates: 1992-1993

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

Faye Jordan, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis

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Abstract 1669 Faye Jordan, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis, February 18, 1981, Auburn, Maine. Tape: 1 1/2 hrs. w/ partial trans. Jordan talks about her life as a Franco-American; celebrating Christmas in Canada with her grandparents; running away to marry a "swamp yankee;" jobs she worked; being bilingual and speaking "true French;" sewing, making clothes for her daughter; crochet work. No notes taken from side 2. Text: 7 pp. partial transcript. Recording: T 1788, CD 2089 1-1/2...
Dates: 1977-1982

Florida Charest, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis

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1678 Florida Charest, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis, January 29, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. 34 pp. Tape: 1 1/2 hrs. w/ handwritten trans. French. Charest talks about her life as a Franco-American. Text: transcript (handwritten). Recording: T 1799 CD 2517 1 1/2 hours French.

Dates: 1977-1982

Francoise Bolduc Charest, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis

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1682 Francoise Bolduc Charest, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis, February 19, 1981, Auburn, Maine. 29 pp. Tape: 1 3/4 hrs. w/ partial trans. French. Charest talks about her life as a Franco-American. Text: partial transcript. Recording: T 1803 CD 2521 1 3/4 hours French.

Dates: 1977-1982

Genoria Pelchat, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Stefan Duplessis

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1675 Genoria Pelchat, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Stefan Duplessis, January 29, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ partial trans. French. Pelchat talks about her life as a Franco-American. Text: partial transcript. Recording: T 1796 1 hour French.

Dates: 1977-1982

Gerard Raymond, Rev. Br. Jerome Forest, Reverend Brother Lionel Morneau, Mr. Paul Gobeil, Mrs. Paul Gobeil, and others, interviewed by Richard Jacques

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Abstract 0212 Gerard Raymond, Reverend Brother Jerome Forest (Biddeford), Reverend Brother Lionel Morneau (Biddeford), Mr. Paul Gobeil, Mrs. Paul Gobeil, and others, interviewed by Richard Jacques for CP 180, November and December, 1964, Sully, Quebec; Biddeford, Saco, and Kennebunk, Maine. Raymond, Forest, Morneau, and Gobeils talk about stories and legends: the story of the Devil at a dance; a werewolf [Loup Garou]; religious stories (told by the Reverend Brothers); jokes and sex lore; the Saco...
Dates: 1959-2008