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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, 1930 August 16
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1929 July 18
  
  Letter from Joseph Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy and Joseph Lessard
• Letter, 1929 April 12
  
  Letter from Dorilla and Anna Sansoucy, to Julienne Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1927 February 10
  
  Letter from Dorilla, Azilda, and Anna Sansoucy, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1926 November 8
  
  Letter from Dorilla, Azilda, and Anna Sansoucy, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1926 June 14
  
  Letter from Aimée-Rose Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1926 April 28
  
  Letter from Adelard Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1924 October 22
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1922 December 17
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1922 September 2
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin, to Napoleon Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1922 January 5
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin, to Johanna [surname unknown].
• Letter, 1922 January 4
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Napoleon Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1921 October 7
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Antionette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1921 July 29
  
  Letter from Adelard Sansoucy, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1921 May 25
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Antionette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1920 December 28
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Napoleon Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1920 November 14
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1920 June 20
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1920 June 16
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Lettter, 1919 December 24
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Napoleon Sansoucy and his children.
• Letter, 1919 September 20
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1919 August 19
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1919 July 20
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1919 January 1
  
  Letter from Adelard Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1917 December 10
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Napoleon Sansoucy and his children.
• Letter, 1917 February 27
  
  Letter from Adelard Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1916 December 23
  
  Letter from Adelard Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1916, June 5
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Napoleon Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1915 December 23
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Napoleon Sansoucy and his children.
• Letter, 1915 October 7
  
  Letter from Adelard Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1915 July 31
  
  Letter from Adelard Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1914 December 29
  
  Letter from Adelard Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1913 December 31
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Napoleon Sansoucy and his children.
• Letter, 1913 January 22
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin, to Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy's children
• Letter, 1912 November 20
  
  Letter from Adelard Harpin, to Corinne Harpin.
• Letter, 1912 October 21
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1912 October 7
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Philippe Sansoucy, to Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1912 August 3
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Phillippe Sansoucy, to Napoleon Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1912 May 21
  
  Letter from Adelard Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1912 May 16
  
  Letter from Adelard Harpin, to Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1912 April 18
  
  Letter from Adelard Harpin, to Corinne Harpin.
• Letter, 1911 September 24
  
  Letter from Joseph Harpin and Victoria Poitevin, to Napoleon Sansoucy and Corinne Harpin.
• Letter, 1911 May 3
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Phillippe Sansoucy, to Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1911 March 29
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Phillippe Sansoucy, to Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1911 March 11
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Phillippe Sansoucy, to Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1911 March 7
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Phillippe Sansoucy, to Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1911 February 17
  
  Letter from Maria Harpin and Phillippe Sansoucy, to Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1910 May 2
  
  Letter from Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy, to their daughter Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1910 April 10
  
  Letter from Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy, to their daughter Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1910 March 13
  
  Letter from Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy, to their daughter Antoinette Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1910 February 10
  
  Letter from Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy, to their daughters Antoinette and Anne Marie Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1910 January 16
  
  Letter from Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy, to their daughters Antoinette and Anne Marie Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1909 December 29
  
  Letter from Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy, to their daughters Antoinette and Anne Marie Sansoucy.
• Letter, 1909 December
  
  Letter from Corinne Harpin and Napoleon Sansoucy, to their daughters Antoinette and Anne Marie Sansoucy.
• Sansoucy - Harpin Family Archive - Finding Aid
  
  The 88 letters document the transnational Sansoucy - Harpin family as it maintains its Franco-Canadian familial connections while assimilating into American culture. Much of the earlier correspondence from Napoleon Sansoucy and Corinne Harpin, as well as the bulk of the correspondence from Canada, was written by unknown persons, as many of the family members were illiterate. Key family deaths, including Corinne Harpin, Isaac Sansoucy, Adelard Harpin (Father Jourdain Harpin), and Philippe Sansoucy are mentioned. Various marriages, details of professional lives, and important moves are also seen throughout these letters.
• 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.
• Saint-Basile (N.B.) parish registers - Finding Aid
  
  This collection consists of microflims reels containing images of the original Saint-Basile parish records for the following years:1811-1829; 1838-1845; 1857-1869; and 1869-1886.
• Saint-Bruno (Van Buren, Me.) parish census - Finding Aid
  
  This document is a photocopy facsimile of the nominal census of the population of the parish of Saint Bruno (Van Buren, Quebec) conducted by its resident priest, Father Pierre Stanislas Vallée in 1872. The census includes information about the location of the household, the names of its residents, their ages, the number of years of marriage of heads of household, birthplace, names of parents, occupation, and remarks. In addition, there are genealogical annotations by Guy F. Dubay of Madawaska, Maine. The cansus will be of interest to historical researchers and genealogists.
• Claude Picard’s paintings on postcards - Finding Aid
  
  This collection consists of seven colored postcards and one colored magazine clipping depicting paintings by Mr. Claude Picard. Six of the postcards are a representation of paintings illustrating the Deportation and losses of the Acadians from their lands. They hang in the Grand-Pré Memorial Church at Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, One postcard is of a Christmas Nativity scene at the Cathedral in Edmundston, New Brunswick that Mr. Picard painted. Not dated. The colored magazine clipping is of a fresco titled La vie au Madawaska 1785-1985 which is located at the Edmundston City Hall.
• A Guide to the Albina Cyr Song Manuscript Collection
  
  Three hand written notebooks of manuscript song texts and poems compiles by Madawaska, Maine area resident Albina Cyr (b. 1 March 1920) and by her maternal great aunt Anna Clavette (Mrs. Ernest Fournier) of St-Basile, New Brunswick. The Ablina Cyr song collection was loaned to the Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes for photocopying by Ms. Cyr following a field visit to her home on 21 October 1992.