Oral history with the Gagnon family, part of the Franco-American community in Springfield since 1953. Topics include their participation in Franco-American activities at St. Joseph’s Church, their interest in Franco-American studies, and what nationality means to them, as people with roots in America, Canada, and France.
Collection includes statutes and by-laws, minutes, administrative records, correspondence, financial records and receipts, scholarship records, publications, records of programs and events, and artifacts and ephemera.
The 59 black and white nitrate negatives in this collection date circa 1915-1920. They consist of 39 informal portraits of unidentified individuals and groups; 17 outdoor scenes (mostly images of Fort Kent, Maine and Clair, New Brunswick); 4 interior/exterior images identified on the negatives as Eagle Lake Camps; and 3 images of a parlor room with musical instruments.
