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• Liberté, La (Willimantic, CT, 1908/04/23-1908/06/04)
  
• Depot, Cyril (Mr. and Mrs.) [Peoples French Canadian]
  
  Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Depot, 318 Jackson Avenue, Willimantic, Connecticut, on April 7, 1975 for the Ethnic Heritage Project by Andrea Levy.
• 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.
• Laramee, Adrien [Peoples French Canadian]
  
  Interview with Mr. Adrien Laramee by Gerald Mountain.
• Ethier, Daniel [Peoples French Canadian]
  
  Interview between Gerald Mountain and Dan Ethier [Hartford, Connecticut].
• Therrieult, Giselle [Peoples French Canadian]
  
  Interview with Mrs. Gisele Therrieult, 33 Girard Avenue, Willimantic, Connecticut, for the Ethnic Heritage Project, by Holly Izard.
• Le Petit Livre des Trois Voyagers
  
  A script for "Le Petit Livre de Trois Voyagers" by Louis Bonin, published in Willimantic, CT, in 1878. Gatineau's name is inscribed in his own hand at top.
• Champlain Silk Mills Smoke Stack in Whitehall, NY
  
  Among the businesses that flourished in Whitehall, thanks in large part to the presence of the Champlain Canal and the availability of "cheap labor" from Quebec, was the Champlain Silk Company. The Champlain Silk Mills located in Whitehall in 1874 and produced silk ribbon and fabric until the 1940s. The mill closed in the 1950s, and a fire in 1966 destroyed its buildings. However, one of the remnants of the once vibrant industry is the smoke stack featured in these photos. The railway crossing in one of the photos dates to 1909.
• Champlain Canal in Whitehall, NY
  
  Work on the Champlain Canal began south of Whitehall in 1817. The Canal would open officially on September 10, 1823, allowing boats to travel a distance of 66 miles from Cohoes to Whitehall, thereby linking a variety of businesses and varied products.
• Street Sign for Champlain Street in Whitehall, NY
  
  Champlain Street is one of the streets in a neighborhood in which the majority of inhabitants were French-Canadian in origin. The street is located in an area that featured housing built by the Champlain Silk Mills for its workers.
• Angelina Levesque-Dumond's Song Book
  
  Two pages photocopied from a handwritten French song book
• Octave Dumont (Dumond) and Angelina Levesque-Dumont (Dumond)
  
  Photograph of Octave Dumont and his wife Angelina Levesque-Dumont taken shortly after their May 15, 1900 marriage.
• Philomene Levesque
  
  Framed photograph of Philomene Levesque