Henri Bourassa's speech, La Langue Française au Canada: ses droits, sa nécessité, ses avantages, given at the National Monument in Montréal, 19 May 1915. The speech was printed that same year by the Imprimerie du Devoir in Montréal.
This collection contains materials relating to Hon. Clement Deschambault's law enforcement and political careers in the city of Biddeford. It is comprised of clippings, correspondence, photographs, awards, and speeches he delivered in both French and English. The bulk of the materials cover the years 1957 to 1964.
This collection consists of photographs and newspaper clippings originally placed in scrapbooks and photograph albums by Rev. Alphée Marquis. Most of the photographs were taken by Rev. Marquis; the clippings represent subjects of interest to their collector. Of note in the photograph albums are images of Father D. Surette and Mme Armand Marquis, Mount Katahdin, and a number of local people and locations. The collection also includes a number of funeral cards and photographic slides. The original photograph albums and scrapbooks have been dismantled; the clippings are not in their original order. They have been arranged by subject.
Handmade wedding scroll made and signed by Eva and Alice Gaudreau for the bride, their cousin Eva, and the groom, Albert Charbonneau. Though geographically separated, the Gaudreau and Charbonneau families remained close and regularly visited each other.
Letter found in the wall of the rectory of the Roman Catholic priest in Redford, NY. It is in French and written by a young woman who says that she is "compelled by law" to return to Montreal. It was found in the wall along with a linen with a cross on it.
The fifth in a five-part series in which authors select and discuss a book that impacted their life. Russell Banks discusses Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Also included on the disc are other segments of the show, The Connection, broadcast on Boston NPR station WBUR.
