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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, 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.
• 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.
• Photograph of George and Mary (Minnie) Therien with Two Grandchildren
  
  George and Minnie Therien were married for 64 years. They had only one child but went on to become grandparents to 4 grandchildren. From left to right: Maryann Powers, Minnie Therien, George Therien, John Powers.