3 resources

• Jeanne d’Arc Turgeon, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber
  
  1671 Jeanne d’Arc Turgeon, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber, May 13, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Turgeon talks about her life as a Franco-American; exclusive use of French in daily life as a child; working in the shoe shop and mill during the 1940s; movement of Franco-Americans out of Lewiston’s “Little Canada”; social activities; and the value of sacrifice. Partially in French. Text: 13 pp., partial transcript (excludes French portion). Recording: T 1790, CD 2091 1 hour.
• Faye Jordan, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis
  
  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 hours.
• Antoine Paradis collection of songs and typescripts by Cecile Marquis Picard - Finding Aid
  
  This collection consists of an audio recording of songs and harmonica music, as well as 5 sheets of "histoires et contes" from Cecile Marquis Picard of Madawaska, Maine. All materials submitted for a course at the University of Maine at Fort Kent in Spring 1975.