89 resources

• [Maine State Library]
  
  A report on Franco-American resources in the Maine State Library in Augusta (Me.). Interviews with Franco-American families: the Norman Dubes [sic] of Manchester (NH); the Greg Chabots [sic] in Newburyport (Ma.); Julien Oliver in New Hampshire. Hosted by Ludger Duplissie [sic].
• ['Les Trois Anges', and Genealogy]
  
  A short comedy piece by Paul Pare [sic] about three guardian angels who are tired of working with Franco-Americans. The American-Canadian Genealogical Society in Manchester (NH).
• [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).
• Voix du Peuple, La (Manchester, NH, 1869/02/25-1869/09/15)
  
• Union Nationale, L' (Manchester, NH, 1881/06/24?-1881/??/??)
  
• Souvenir, Le (Manchester, NH, 1895/??/??-1895/??/??)
  
• Rose Effeuillée, La (Manchester, NH, 1941?-1963?)
  
• Revue Rose, La (Manchester, NH, 1906/11/02-1906/12/07)
  
• Revue Minière, La (Manchester, NH, 1909/05/15?-1911/??/??)
  
• Revue des Familles, La (Manchester, NH, 1909/??/??-1909/??/??)
  
• Réveil, Le [de Cercle Davignon] (Manchester, NH, 1927/01/00-1931?)
  
• Réveil, Le (Manchester, NH, 1908/09/14-1910/08/10)
  
• Réveil, Le (Manchester, NH, 1894/06/??-1895?)
  
• Réveil, Le (Manchester, NH, 1890/10/02-1890/12/18)
  
• République, La (Manchester, NH, 1936/03/19-1937/02/23?)
  
• Rateau, Le (Manchester, NH, 1881/11/05-1882/??/??)
  
• P'tite Gazette, La (Manchester, NH, 1911/11/28-1911/12/05)
  
• Progrès, Le (Manchester, NH, 1930/07/??-1932/08/11?)
  
• Progrès, Le (Manchester, NH, 1892/??/??-1893/01/??)
  
• Peuple, Le (Manchester, NH, 1906/06/15-????/??/??)
  
• Petite République, La (Manchester, NH, 1886/02/17-1887/??/??)
  
• Petite Presse, La (Manchester, NH, 1894/??/??-????/??/??)
  
• Parole française, La (Manchester, NH, 1920/06/18-????/??/??)
  
• New England, Le (Manchester, NH, 1907/10/23-1907/12/??)
  
• National, Le (Manchester, NH, 1891/08/03-1895/03/22)
  
• Nation, La (Manchester, NH, 1908/01/15-1908/09/??)
  
• Merrimack, Le (Manchester, NH, 1896/??/??-1896?)
  
• Justice, La (Manchester, NH, 1884/07/??-1884/??/??)
  
• Jeunesse Ouvrière, La (Manchester, NH, 1938/??/??-1940?)
  
• Jeunesse, La (Manchester, NH, 1890/05/23-1890/07/11?)
  
• Genealogist, The (Manchester, NH, 1973/00/00-1991/00/00)
  
• Foyer Canadien, Le (Manchester, NH, 1908/03/00-1908/06/00)
  
• Foyer, Le (Manchester, NH, 1886/??/??-1887?)
  
• Fidèle Messager, Le (Manchester, NH, ????/??/??-1892/??/??)
  
• Étoile, L' (Manchester, NH, 1895/??/??-1895/??/??)
  
• Entre Nous (Manchester, NH, 1980/??/??-????/??/??)
  
• Émigré Canadien, L' (Manchester, NH, 1878/08/18-1878/??/??)
  
• Écho des Canadiens, L' (Manchester, NH, 1880/07/02-1884/05/14)
  
• Écho de Notre-Dame, L' (Manchester, NH, 1931/??/??-1936/??/??)
  
• Écho de la Presse, L' (Manchester, NH, 1906/??/??-1906/??/??)
  
• Courrier du New Hampshire, Le (Manchester, NH, 1881/07/15-1890/10/01)
  
• Cœurs français (Manchester, NH, 1907/12/00-1908/11/00)
  
• Clairon, Le (Manchester, NH, 1927?-????/??/??)
  
• Causeur, Le (Manchester, NH, 1893/??/??-1893/??/??)
  
• Canado-Américain, Le (Manchester, NH, 1974/07/00-2009/01/00)
  
• Canado-Américain, Le (Manchester, NH, 1958/06/00-1974/04/00)
  
• Canado-Américain, Le (Manchester, NH, 1900/10/13-1957/12/00)
  
• Bulletin, Le (Manchester, NH, 1896/01/??-1899/04/02?)
  
• Bulletin, Le (West Manchester [Manchester], NH, 1896/04/09?-1899/??/??)
  
• Bulletin, Le (Manchester, NH, 1893/??/??-1893/??/??)
  
• Bibliothèque du fidèle messager (Manchester, NH, 1892/08/??-????/??/??)
  
• Avenir National, L' (Manchester, NH, 1895/03/26-1949/12/23)
  
• Avenir Canadien, L' (Manchester, NH, 1888/09/11-1891/07/23?)
  
• Antonoire, L' (Manchester, NH, 193?/??/??-193?/??/??)
  
• Ami du peuple, L' (Manchester, NH, 1881/04/??-1882/??/??)
  
• Ami du foyer, L' (Manchester, NH, 1901/02/02-1902/04/10)
  
• American-Canadian Genealogist, The (Manchester, NH, 1991/00/00-[present])
  
• Action ouvrière, L' (Manchester, NH, 1943/01/00-1944/11/??)
  
• Action, L' (Manchester, NH, 1950/06/21-1971/09/01)
  
• Abeille, L' (Manchester, NH, 1891/05/??-1891/05/??)
  
• Gregoire, Raymond [CT Workers]
  
  Interview with Ray Gregoire, Connecticut Workers and Technology Project, by Bruce Sheridan, 10 October 1981.
• 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.
• [French Canadian Textile Worker]
  
• Oral history interview with Michelle Holzapfel, 2008 January 26 and March 1
  
  An interview of Michelle Holzapfel conducted 2008 January 26-March 1, by Josephine Shea, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Holzapfel's home and studio, Applewoods Studio and Gallery, in Marlboro, Vermont. Holzapfel speaks of her childhood in Rhode Island; her large extended family and their French-Canadian heritage; working with her father in his machine shop; early art education and exposure from elementary school through high school; the influence of high school art teacher Audrey Blake; trips to Rhode Island School of Design Museum and Boston Museum of Fine Arts; attending Marlboro College; meeting her husband, David, at Marlboro; traveling in Italy with friends and David; earning her B.A. from Norwich College; participating in craft shows; having two children in two years; teaching experiences at Worcester Center for Crafts and Wood Turning Center; the difference in relationships with galleries and museums; the woodturning field; and the struggles and success of women artists; and plans for the future. Holzapfel recalls Gilbert Taylor, Barry Friedman, Glenn Adamson, Nathan Ancell, Peter Joseph, Kenneth Trapp, Chris Tyler, Albert LeCoff, and others.
• Omer Thomas Lassonde papers, 1935-1942 - Finding Aid
  
  Clippings, photographs and other documents relating to the work of the New Hampshire Federal Art Project, 1935-1942, directed by Omer Lassonde.
• Germaine Pellerin Collection - Finding Aid
  
  Finding aid of the Germaine Pellerin Collection
• Association Canado-Américaine Archive - Finding Aid
  
  Finding aid of the Association Canado-Américaine Archive
• Letter from Odile Giard's sister, to Odile Giard
  
  This unsigned letter is written to Odile Giard, from an unknown sister. The letter is about Félix Gatineau's failing health and faith.
• Letter, 1929 July 18
  
  Letter from Joseph Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy and Joseph Lessard
• Letter, 1925 May 13
  
  Letter from Dorilla, Azilda, and Anna Sansoucy, to Napoleon Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1919 September 20
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1919 August 19
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• 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.
• Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection: Jim Carignan [2]
  
  Interview includes discussions of: World War II memories; Kent State massacre; conservative Ohio; Model Cities; Manchester Union Leader incident; Community Concepts; St. Mary’s hospital; Lewiston City Council; and the Bates College and Lewiston/Auburn relationship.
• Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection: Henry Bourgeois [1]
  
  Interview includes discussions of: family background; President Johnson’s “War on Poverty”; Model Cities; 1972 presidential campaign; Maine politicians; the “character” of Maine; Paul Couture; John Orestis; 1968 Humphrey-Muskie ticket; Vietnam; Muskie’s 1972 campaign; Manchester Union Leader; Nixon’s “dirty tricks”; Vietnam War; Watergate; and Muskie’s public speaking.
• Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection: Henry Bourgeois [2]
  
  Interview includes discussions of: family background; Lewiston Public Library; Lewiston- Auburn Arts Council; au Canada; Model Cities program; Maine Development Foundation; and Muskie’s impact on Maine.
• Map of Southern Ontario and Quebec: Showing Natural Resources and Roads 1925
  
  Map designed to highlight the roads of southern Ontario and Quebec
• Carte de la partie septentrionale des États Unis : comprenant le Canada 1797
  
  Geological Map of Maine
• Henri d'Arles Collection - Finding Aid
  
  A collection of French-language manuscripts, correspondence, and clippings by and about Henri d’Arles (1870–1930), the nom de plume of Father Henri Beaudé (né Beaudet) who was a writer and Catholic priest from Québec. Beaudé was initially professed with the Dominican Order in Québec but was later incardinated into the Diocese of Manchester (New Hampshire). In 1924, he became a citizen of the United States. Between 1903 and 1930 Beaudé authored over 25 books and pamphlets in addition to writings in literary and historical journals. He edited and annotated the three volume Acadie: reconstitution d’un chapitre perdu de l’histoire d’Amérique based on Édouard Richard’s manuscript which earned him the Medaille d’or from l’Académie Française in 1922. The collection includes manuscripts for many of his published books, his personal diary (Journal Intime), clippings, and various correspondence of different provenance.
• Annie Proulx correspondence with Joel Connaroe - Finding Aid
  
  Comprises typescript, manuscript, email and post-card correspondence between author Annie Proulx and Joel Connaroe, author of books and essays about American poetry and fiction, editor of Six American Poets, and president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation from 1985 to 2002 ; with 143 color photographs.
• 60th Anniversary of the Ordination of Reverend Father Francois-Xavier Fafard
  
  Photograph of Rev. Francois-Xavier Fafard and guests at his ordination anniversary celebration. 400 friends and family members from the U.S. and Canada attended.
• Yvonne Buhrle Strumpf Skiing
  
  Photograph of Yvonne Buhrle Strumpf (1911-2003) skiing, probably in Vermont or New York. Yvonne was born in France in 1911 to a French mother and a Swiss/German father. Yvonne spent time in a refugee camp during World War I due to her Swiss/German heritage. Yvonne emigrated to the United States in 1929.
• Traditional French-Canadian music [video recording]
  
  This DVD presents a wide variety of music, both vocal and instrumental, as played on a variety of instruments. It presents the French-Canadian folk music of the last part of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century as it was performed at that time. It is an attempt to capture those songs before the old folks who remember the songs and the way they were performed are gone from us.
• Vermont-New Hampshire Labor History Society survey papers
  
  The Vermont-New Hampshire Labor History Society survey project sought to create a comprehensive listing of all Vermont's labor-related materials - books, periodicals, manuscripts, newspapers, oral histories, scrap books, maps, broadsides, court documents, union and state records, photographs and films, artifacts and equipment, and more - in all Vermont repositories, including public libraries, college libraries, historical town clerks' offices, museums, churches, private collections, and others.
• Vermont Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
  
  This collection contains official records, including meeting agendas, minutes, correspondence and reports, of the Vermont Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights between 1983 and 1991. Also documented are some activities of the Eastern Regional Division and news releases on the death of Clarence Pendleton. Included here is a report on the civil rights of Franco-Americans in Vermont.
• Lake Champlain Quadricentennia​l Commission records
  
  This collection documents of activities of the Vermont Lake Champlain Quadricentennia​l Commission during the period 2004-2009. It contains a binder with minutes of the Commission and committees, as well as sample fundraising and marketing materials and two CDs containing digital copies of the same material. The collection also includes four folders containing Commission marketing materials in English and French, one folder containing two Commission-​supported publishing projects, and two folders with publicity material for events outside the state.
• Jessie Lafountain Bigwood papers
  
  The papers consist of Jessie Lafountain Bigwood's letters to family members from 1931 to 1953, photographs, and her step-sister's correspondence in regard to Bigwood's estate. In a group of 1931 to 1940 letters that Bigwood wrote to her teenage niece Helen Phipard, Bigwood encouraged Helen to study for a profession. With each letter she enclosed a column, "Training for Life's Work, " from an unnamed Ontario newspaper. Bigwood wrote to her step-sister, Cora Gebo Munsell, in South Royalton during the last months of her life. Bigwood, a widow, lived in a modest Toronto apartment, and supplemented her pension working as a nurse's aid. After Bigwood's death in September 1953, her niece, Marguerite Bigwood Rogers, wrote a series of letters from Toronto to Cora Munsell. Bigwood died intestate; Marguerite was administrator of her estate and Cora Munsell was one of the heirs. The papers include photocopies of the Vermont Bar Association Proceedings, August 1903, and Vermont Bar Journal, December 1980 and April 1988, that have articles about Bigwood's early professional achievements. The papers also include a photocopy of an April 30, 1904, article from Burlington Clipper, on which the previous articles are based.
• The Guillemet family 2008 [electronic resource] : Guillemet research
  
  Contents: The Guillemette family : Nicolas Guillemette, pioneer of New-France and ancestor of the Guilmet, Guilemette, Guillemet, Guillemette families in Quebec, Canada, and their descendants in North America / Richard A. Guilmette (2008) (794 p.) -- Census files information, 1840-1930 -- Listings from city directories (CA, CT, HI, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, RI, TX, VT) -- Massachusetts vital statistics information -- Maine marriage information -- Missing list -- "L'entre-​Guilmets" newsletter, v. 1 (1993) - v. 52 (2009) -- Social Security deaths, 1937 thru Jan. 2008 (various states) -- Draft registration list, World War I.
• Dedication of a monument to solidify the friendship between the Province of Québec and the State of Vermont [sound recording]. Sponsored by the International Kiwanis Club.
  
  Speeches in French and English ; speakers include Gov. George D. Aiken and Vermont Attorney General Lawrence Jones.