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• La Bonne Aventure/The Good Adventure #14: The Prize
  
  "La Bonne Aventure" is a Franco-American children's show featuring puppets, animation and some interviews and footage of real people in New England. The characters in the show speak both French and English. In this episode, one puppet experiences feelings of jealousy when another is recognized for her talent. It features footage of a community bean supper and footage of Jean Dalpe of Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
• Vérité, La (Woonsocket, RI, 1928/05/28-1928/11/22)
  
• Union, L' (Woonsocket, RI, 1987/04/00-2002 summer)
  
• Union, L' (Woonsocket, RI, 1902/11/00-1987/00/00)
  
• Tribune, La (Woonsocket, RI, 1895/04/06-1934/12/24)
  
• Signal, Le (The Signal) (Pawtucket, RI; Woonsocket, RI; Fall River, MA; Boston, MA, 1924/01/30-1924/08/16?)
  
• Sentinelle, La (Woonsocket, RI, 1924/04/04-1928/05/24)
  
• Réveil, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1875/04/??-1876/12?)
  
• Renard, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1903/??/??-1904/??/??)
  
• Progrès, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1906?-1908?)
  
• Progrès, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1898/06/24-1913/06/27)
  
• Progrès, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1896/09/??-1897/02/19)
  
• Phare, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1948/02/00-1952/07/00)
  
• Je me souviens (Pawtucket, RI; Woonsocket, RI, 1978/09/00-present)
  
• Indépendant de Woonsocket, L' (Woonsocket, RI, 1935/02/04-1942/04/04)
  
• Guêpe, La (Woonsocket, RI, 1873/07/??-1873/??/??)
  
• Foyer Canadien, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1892/??/??-1892/11/??)
  
• Forestier Franco-Américain, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1911/??/??-1919/??/??)
  
• Forestier, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1911/??/??-1912/??/??)
  
• Excelsior, L' (Woonsocket, RI, 1925/??/??-1930/??/??)
  
• Étoile, L' (Woonsocket, RI, 1873/??/??-1873/??/??)
  
• Espérance, L' (Woonsocket, RI, 189?/??/??-189?/??/??)
  
• Devoir, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1912/03/31-1912/04/28)
  
• Défense, La (Woonsocket, RI, 1928/12/13-1929/02/14)
  
• Courrier du Rhode Island, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1873/08/18-1874/09/29)
  
• Courrier de Woonsocket, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1880/08/12?-1892?)
  
• Courrier Canadien, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1875/09/??-1892/??/??)
  
• Cloche du Dimanche, La (Woonsocket, RI, 1899/10/14-1900/12/29?)
  
• Bataille, La (Woonsocket, RI, 1928/11/29-1928/11/29)
  
• Annuaire catholique, pour l'année ... : à l'usage du clergé, des sociétés et des familles canadiennes (Woonsocket, RI, 1881/00/00-1891/00/00)
  
• Abeille de social, L' (Woonsocket, RI, 1912/10/31-1921/??/??)
  
• Laramee, Adrien [Peoples French Canadian]
  
  Interview with Mr. Adrien Laramee by Gerald Mountain.
• [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.
• Museum of Work & Culture Theater Collection - Finding Aid
  
  Finding aid of the Museum of Work & Culture Theater Collection
• Les Cloches de Corneville
  
  The program for "Les Cloches de Corneville," performed 27-28 February 1911. The performance was held at the Salle de l'Opera in Woonsocket, RI.
• List from Adolphe Robert, to Félix Gatineau
  
  This list, sent from Adolphe Robert to Félix Gatineau, provides the names and addresses of the delegates to the mid-September 1922 meeting of the Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Amérique.
• Letter from Adolphe Robert, to Félix Gatineau
  
  Written on stationery from La Fédération Catholique Franco-Américaine, Robert wrote to Gatineau informing him of the next meeting of the Union Saint-Jean Baptiste d'Amérique, to be held in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
• Letter from Herbert De Fossé, to S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Herbert De Fossé
• Letter from S. Alphonse Daudelin, to his parents
  
  A letter S. Alphonse Daudelin wrote to his parents Casimir Daudelin and Flavie Thibeault documenting a trip to New York City, 12 October 1896. Written while traveling back north, it details the sights seen in New York City, as well as the return voyage- including stops at various New England cities.
• Letter, c. 1935, unfinished
  
  Letter from Antoinette Sansoucy, to Adrien and Isaac Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1926 April 28
  
  Letter from Adelard 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.
• Francoise Cloutier, 1996
  
  Born 1916 in Canada, one of 14 children, and had 8 years of school there. Family moved to Lewiston when she was 17. Worked in the mill until she married in 1936. From the Collection: This collection is the work of two separate classes taught by Anne William, Professor of Economics at Bates College: First Year Seminar FYS 187 during the winter term of 1996, and Economics s37 during the short-term session in the spring of 1998. Together, the two projects comprise 45 interviews with 50 individuals
• Map of the British and French Plantations in North America 1755
  
  Map of British and French colonies
• View from Little Russell Mountain Forest Fire Station 1921
  
  Area surrounding the fire lookout at Little Russell Mountain
• View from Rocky Mountain Forest Fire Station 1919
  
  Area surrounding the fire lookout at Rocky Mountain.
• Extract from Map of the British and French Dominions in North America
  
  This map was Undertaken with the Approbation and at the Request of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations; and is chiefly composed from Draughts, Charts, and Actual Surveys of different parts of His Majesties Colonies and Plantations in America; Great part of which have been lately taken by their Lordship’s Orders and transmitted to this office by the Governors and said colonies and others. Plantation Office, Feb 13, 1755 John Pownall Secretary
• View of the Rivers Kennebec and Chaudiere 1776
  
  Benedict Arnold expedition to Canada
• Colton's Railroad & Township Map of the State of Maine 1855
  
  Brightly colored map of Maine including portions of New Hampshire, New Brunswick & Canada
• General Map of the Northern British Colonies in America 1776
  
  Mid-Atlantic to Canada
• Sketch of the North Eastern Boundary Between Great Britain and the United States 1842
  
  as settled by treaty Aug. 9th, 1842
• New Map of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island 1775
  
  Map with the adjacent parts of New England and Canada, composed from a great number of actual surveys; and other materials regulated by many new astonomical observations of the longitude as well as the latitude.
• English Empire in America, Newfoundland, Canada 1700
  
  Map of British colonies
• New Map of Nova Scotia and Cape Britain 1775
  
  Maritime provinces of Great Britain
• Partie orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada
  
  Eastern part of New France or Canada
• Emond-Fournier piano music collection - Finding Aid
  
  Piano music (single sheets and bound in books) owned by Marie Rose (Emond) Fournier, longtime Biddeford piano teacher, and her family. Materials in English and in French, from her days at conservatory and later as a teacher. Stamps from music shops that were located in Biddeford, Portland, Philadelphia and Canada.
• Maps of Upper St. John and Madawaska Rivers in 1778 and land requested by the Natives and Kelly’s lot, 1787 from Library and Archives Canada - Finding Aid
  
  This collection consists of a CD with two maps bought from Library and Archives Canada. The maps were printed on vinyl for an exhibit at the Acadian Archives and are part of the Acadian Archives permanent collection.
• Eugénie Clavette songbooks - Finding Aid
  
  This collection consists of photocopies of two handwritten songbooks of French-language songs collected by Eugénie (Poirier) Clavette. Some songs are duplicates. The songs represent a wide range of repertory, including French Traditional songs, French and French-Canadian nineteenth century and early twentieth century patriotic, religious, and sentimental songs.
• Beatrice Craig Research Collection 1994 - Finding Aid
  
  Consists of 16 manuscripts, Professor Craig’s scholarship on the Upper Saint John River Valley of Maine and New Brunswick. Includes publications, working papers and research data.