79 resources

• [Lowell Mills]
  
  Lowell (Ma.) talk with Irene Simoneau, Franco-American historian and authority on the role of women in the mills. Professor Roger Paradis of Fort Kent (Me). talks about Franco-American folklore and music.
• [Festivals]
  
  The Lewiston Franco-American Festival. The Lowell (Ma.) ethnic Festival. The second annual Old Town (Me.) Franco-American Festival featuring storytelling by Bill Gangon [sic], music by Simon St. Pierre, a wood-chopping contest and an interview with a retired woodcutter from 'French Island' in Old Town. Ray Pelletier talks to two teachers about Franco-American studies in Waterville (Me.) . An overview of the arts and crafts fair in Manchester (NH).
• Bon Soir Mes Amis
  
  Film about the music of Lionel 'Toots' Bouthot, keyboard and guitar player, and Ben Guillemette, fiddler. Franco-American musicians from Maine, includes footage of dances and festivals. They talk about their cultural background, how they came to play music, and about their partnership, which breaks up during the shooting of the film. Includes French and English language singing, line dancing with senior citizens in a community center, square dancing in a gym, the Lowell, Mass., folk festival, La Kermesse Franco-Americaine in Biddeford, Me., and the Festival of American Folklife in Washington, D.C.
• Vie, La (Lowell, MA, 1892/05/??-????/??/??)
  
• Vérité, La (Lowell, MA, 1910/08/15-1910/11/19)
  
• Union Continentale, L' (Boston, MA, 1893/??/??-1893/??/??)
  
• Union, L' (Lowell, MA, 1889/03/01-1890/04/??)
  
• Supplément du Bulletin Paroissial Franco-Américain de Lowell, Mass. (Lowell, MA, 1911/00/00-1916/??/??)
  
• Soleil, Le (Lowell, MA, 1888/10/??-1888/11?)
  
• Signal, Le (The Signal) (Pawtucket, RI; Woonsocket, RI; Fall River, MA; Boston, MA, 1924/01/30-1924/08/16?)
  
• Sentinelle, La (Lowell, MA, 1879/??/??-1880/01/??)
  
• Revue Antialcoolique des Cercles Lacordaire et Jeanne d'Arc (Revue Antialcoolique des Cercles Lacordaire et des Cercles Jeanne d'Arc) (Boston, MA; Fall River, MA, 1915/01/15-1942/12/00)
  
• Revue, La (Lowell, MA, 1902/08/07?-1906/??/??)
  
• Réveil, Le (Lowell, MA, 1908/09/14-1908/10?)
  
• République, La (Lowell, MA, 1901/03/21-1902?)
  
• République, La (Lowell, MA, 1876?-1876?)
  
• République, La (Boston, MA, 1875/10/02-1876/02/12)
  
• Républicain, Le (Boston, MA, 1881/01/22-1884/12/24)
  
• Petite Revue et l'Abstinence Totale des Breuvages Alcooliques parmi les Franco-Américains telle que préconisée par la Direction des Cercles Lacordaire et Jeanne d'Arc, La (L'Abstinence Totale des Breuvages Alcooliques parmi les Franco-Américains telle que préconisée par la Direction des Cercles Lacordaire et Jeanne d'Arc) (Boston, MA, 1914/03/15-1914/??/??)
  
• Petite Revue, La (Lowell, MA, 1910/??/??-1913/??/??)
  
• Petit Journal, Le (Lowell, MA, 1898/11/27-????/??/??)
  
• Patriote, Le (Lowell, MA, 1910/01/04-1910/01/15)
  
• National, Le (Lowell, MA, 1890/06/13-1895/10/04)
  
• Journal du dimanche, Le (Lowell, MA, 1890/04/??-1893/??/??)
  
• Journal du commerce, Le (Lowell, MA, 1884/04/??-1885/04/??)
  
• Journal de Lowell, Le (Lowell, MA, 1975/02/00-1995/12/00)
  
• Journal de la Société Médico-Chirurgicale canadienne-française de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, Le (Lowell, MA, 1891/00/00-1891/00/00)
  
• Journal, Le (Lowell, MA, 1916/04/02-1916/06/25?)
  
• Indépendance, L' (Lowell, MA, 1890/04/04-1890/09/19?)
  
• Gazette, La (Lowell, MA, 1886/??/??-1887/01?)
  
• Franco-Américain, Le (Lowell, MA, 1906/12/16?-1907/??/??)
  
• Farceur, Le (Lowell, MA, 1887/??/??-1887/??/??)
  
• Étudiant, L' (Boston, MA, 1896/??/??-1896/??/??)
  
• Étoile, L' (Lowell, MA, 1886/09/16-1957/08/09)
  
• Écho du Canada, L' (Lowell, MA, 1875/01/02-1875/11/06)
  
• Écho du Canada, L' (Boston [Fall River; Lowell], MA, 1875/01/02-1875/06/05)
  
• Écho de la CMAC [Corporation des membres de l'Association catholique de Lowell, Massachusetts], L' (Lowell, MA, 1953/??/??-1969/??/??)
  
• Courrier du Connecticut, Le (Lowell, MA, 1892/??/??-1893/??/??)
  
• Courrier de Boston, Le (Boston, MA, 1898/03/11-????/??/??)
  
• Courrier, Le (Lowell, MA, 1890/??/??-1892/??/??)
  
• Courrier, Le (Boston, MA, 1884/07/12-1885/??/??)
  
• Clairon, Le (Lowell, MA, 1905/??/??-1939/??/??)
  
• Citoyen Américain, Le (Boston, MA, 1886/??/??-1887/01/01)
  
• Citoyen, Le (Lowell, MA, 1936/??/??-????/??/??)
  
• Bulletin paroissial franco-américain, Le (Lowell, MA, 1910/10/00-1948?)
  
• Bulletin de la Société Historique Franco-Américaine (Boston, MA, 1906/00/00-1973/00/00?)
  
• Bien public, Le (Lowell, MA, 1888/04/17-1888/05/01)
  
• B'lette, La (Lowell, MA, 1909/01/14-1910/05/27)
  
• Artisan Canadien, L' (Lowell, MA, 1880/11/11-1881/??/??)
  
• Apostolat, L' (Lowell, MA, 1935/??/??-1953/??/??)
  
• Annales historiques, Les (Lowell, MA, 1892/06/15-1892/??/??)
  
• Abeille, L' (Lowell, MA, 1880/??/??-1884/??/??)
  
• LeMay, Gerald J. [CT Credit Union League]
  
  Gerald J. LeMay, Senior Consultant, Connecticut Credit Union League, 1964-1982; Vice-Pres., Board of Directors, Watertown Community Federal Credit Union, Watertown, Connecticut; Connecticut Credit Union League; Interview by Michael Chaney, June 28, 1984
• Phaneuf, Alda [Peoples French Canadian]
  
  Interview with Mrs. Alda Phaneuf, at the University of Connecticut for the Ethnic Heritage Project, April 9, 1975, by Holly Izard.
• Lowell Folklife Project collection - Finding Aid
  
  This year-long study conducted by the American Folklife Center yielded an ethnographic collection consisting of 196 hours of sound recordings covering a wide range of subjects and activities, including oral history interviews, religious services, musical events, parades and religious processions, ethnic festivals, ethnic restaurants, and neighborhood tours. An additional 23 hours of sound recordings of musical events and oral history interviews were copied from originals lent by Lowell residents. Collection materials also include correspondence; field notes; questionnaires; neighborhood maps; reports; publications; administrative files; interview transcripts; black-and-white photographic prints, contact sheets, and film negatives (ca. 10,000 images); and color slides and prints, (ca. 3,500 images) which documented community life in Lowell, Massachusetts from 1987 to 1988.
• [French Canadian Textile Worker]
  
• Oral history interview with Edouard Du Buron, 1993 March 9-May 13
  
  An interview with Edouard Du Buron conducted 1993 March 9-May 13, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Du Buron discusses his childhood in Worcester, Massachusetts in a poor family with an abusive father and his rearing in various Catholic orphanages; his loss of religion in his youth and growing up as a French-Canadian in New England; his career as a solo dancer in Boston (1925-32) and as a member of the Ruth St. Denis Troupe (1932-38); his dance career in New York City in the late 1930s and his job as a display designer at Filene's department store in Boston (1942-45).
• Rev. Richard Santerre Collection - Finding Aid
  
  Finding aid of the Rev. Richard Santerre Collection
• Public Officials of Massachusetts, 1927-1928
  
  Published by the Boston Review Publicity Service, this small book provides short biographies and images of public officials in Massachusetts, 1927-1928.
• Banquet Annuel de la Fête Nationale Française
  
  A dinner program for the Banquet Annuel de la Fête Nationale Française, 14 July 1926. Hosted by the Société de Secours Mutuels de Langue Française, at the Cafe Seville on Boylston Street in Boston, MA.
• Catalogue Général de Livres Canadiens
  
  A book catalog from the Librairie Marlier in Boston, 1924. The catalog lists the publisher and bookstores "Canadian" titles for sale.
• Letter from Georges E. Prevost, to Félix Gatineau and Odile Giard
  
  letter from Georges E. Prevost of the Cercle des Etudiants Franco-Américains, to Félix Gatineau and Odile Giard. Prevost hoped that Gatineau and Giard would be the patrons of their upcoming concert, and discusses the importance of what they do. La Survivance is mentioned.
• Letter from Hugo A. Dubuque, to Félix Gatineau
  
  A letter to Félix Gatineau, from Hugo A. Dubuque, a member of the Massachusetts' House of Representatives. Written on stationery from Boston's Superior Court, Dubuque commended Gatineau on his recent publication "Histoire des Franco-Americains de Southbridge."
• Portrait of Félix Gatineau
  
  Portrait of Félix Gatineau, taken at the Elmer Chickering & Co. studio in Boston, before 1906. Inscribed on image: "F. Gatineau / Southbridge / Mass."
• Letter from Joseph Jobin, Boston, MA, September 17, 1890.
  
  September 17, 1890 letter from Joseph Jobin to his daughter Anne-Marie, who remained in Saint Augustin parish, Québec.
• Letter from Joseph Jobin, Boston, MA, August 30, 1890
  
  August 30, 1890 letter from Joseph Jobin in Boston, Massachusetts, to his daughter Anne-Marie, who remained in Saint Augustin parish, Québec.
• Jobin Family Archive - Finding Aid
  
  The Jobin Family Archives contain materials collected by family members and compiled by Rev. Philippe Thibodeau. The bulk of the collection includes correspondence between family members in New England and Québec from 1890 to the present day. Of particular note are two extant letters by Joseph-Jobin to his family in Québec from Boston that pertain to his immigration in 1890. Also of note, is an extensive collection of artwork by Théodore and Marie-Eugénie Jobin, two copies of an unpublished manuscript, The History of Fashion, by Marie- Eugénie Jobin, a collection of rare books acquired by Louis Jobin, proprietor of Schoenhof’s Foreign Books in Cambridge, MA., and letters from youngest son, Gustave Antoine Jobin, to his mother and other relatives from the Western Front during World War I.
• The Achille J. St. Onge Papers - Finding Aid
  
  The Achille J. St. Onge (1913-1978) papers include correspondence with authors, printers, and the subjects of some of the 48 miniature books he published.
• Eloise A. Brière Franco-American Oral History Collection - Finding Aid
  
  The interviews in this collection, conducted mostly in French between August 8, 1982 and Jan. 18, 1983, document the lives and experiences of forty-four Franco-American residents of Massachusetts, concentrated in the areas around Easthampton and Lowell. Transcripts are available for five interviews: Paul Racine, Paul Morrisette, Mme. Dauphinais, Eugène St. Pierre, and Vivianne Potvin.
• Richard Santerre Franco-American Collection - Finding Aid
  
  With book titles in both French and English, the Santerre Collection deals with the wide range of Franco-American experience in New England, touching on topics from literature and the arts to religion, benevolent societies, language, the process of assimilation, biography, and history. The collection includes several uncommon imprints regarding French American communities in Lowell, Lawrence, New Bedford, and Worcester, Mass., as well as in Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, and it includes publications of associations such as the Ralliement Français en Amérique, the Association Canado-Americain, and the Alliance Française de Lowell.
• Club Richelieu-Fall River records - Finding Aid
  
  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.
• Omer E. Boivin papers - Finding Aid
  
  The majority of the collection consists of French-language newspapers and clippings pertaining to prominent members of the Fall River community, Franco-American organizations, and medical associations. The collection also contains notes, correspondence, and speeches from the various organizations of which Dr. Boivin was a member; programs for conferences and celebrations from The French Cultural Association and The St. Anne School; and a black and white photograph of the Lafayette Monument on Eastern Avenue in Fall River. The most notable item in the collection is a large 18x13x4 indexed scrapbook which contains newspaper clippings on local doctors, lawyers, church and school leaders of French Canadian descent, as well as events, organizations, and associations within the French Canadian community of Fall River. The bulk of these clippings date from 1935-1977. The scrapbook also contains thank you notes, cards, and photographs which are attached to the inside covers.
• Pepin, W. Reid , June 10, 2005
  
  Growing up in Lowell, Massachusetts; Applying to Bates; Bates in the early fifties; The Outing Club; The Appalachian Trail; Memorable professors; Cultural Heritage; Sadie Hawkins Day; Mayoralty; Bow and arrow Story; Outing Club Advances; Coed Work Trip #1; Coed Work Trip #2; Batesies marrying Batesies; Chuck Phillips; The Bates Spirit; Water skiing story; Hearse story; Ladies hunting story.
• Interview with Ann Tartre by Andrea L’Hommedieu
  
  Interview includes discussion of: growing up in Biddeford, Maine; attending Tufts University; working as a field organizer for Joe Brennan; making the transition to Mitchell’s staff; working as a legislative correspondent after Mitchell became majority leader; working on the Clean Air Act with Kate Kimball and Jeff Peterson; working with Mary McAleney; the bond among the staff members coming from Maine; her personal interaction with Mitchell; Mitchell’s approach to researching issues; how the younger members of Mitchell’s staff interacted; influence of Senator Mitchell’s office on her later career; Mitchell’s stance on environmental issues and climate change; and Mitchell’s relationship with Senator Dole.
• 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.
• Paula Lerner photographs - Finding Aid
  
  The eighty slides in the “Paula Lerner Photographs, 1995” collection are a representative selection of a series of approximately 400 images of Maine’s Upper St. John Valley shot during the summer and early fall of 1995 by Paula Lerner. Ms. Lerner, a professional free-lance photographer, took these photographs for Mark Sullivan’s Yankee Magazine features “This New England,” which appeared in the June 1996 issue. The original images belong to the photographer. Acadian Archives staff contacted Ms. Lerner and requested that she select a representative sampling of the slides for purchase by the Archives.
• Jack Kerouac Papers - Finding Aid
  
  The Jack Kerouac Archive spans the years 1920 to 1977, with the bulk dated 1935 to 1969. The collection chiefly consists of holograph and typescript drafts of Kerouac's novels, stories, poetry, plays and screenplays, journals, diaries, notebooks, autobiographical and spiritual prose, fantasy horseracing, and fantasy baseball game. Other materials include Jack Kerouac's artwork, incoming and outgoing correspondence, photographs, personal and financial papers (including bank statements and canceled checks), publishing contracts, newspaper cuttings, maps, and realia.
• Docité Levesque-Dumond and Her Children, Alma and Octave
  
  Photograph of Alma Dumond, Docité Levesque-Dumond, and Octave Dumond (from left to right)
• The Connection, The Book That Changed My Life: Part Five
  
  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.