27 resources

• [The Catholic Church]
  
  Amedee Proulx, Auxiliary Bishop of Portland (Me.) Also, Raymond LaGasse, a married priest from Concord (NH). Discussion of celibacy, changing morals, the relevancy of the church. Ray Pelletier inteviews Ernest Guiliet of Holyoke (Ma.) about the area.
• [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].
• Vérité, La (Holyoke, MA, 1901/04/24-1901/??/??)
  
• Vedette, La (Holyoke, MA, 1908/??/??-????/??/??)
  
• Revue Littéraire, La (Holyoke, MA, 1904/04/??-1904/??/??)
  
• Progrès, Le (Holyoke, MA, 1881/??/??-1884/??/??)
  
• Presse, La (Holyoke, MA, 1895/00/00-1902/00/00)
  
• Justice, La (Holyoke, MA, 1904/11/??-1964/01/13)
  
• Journal français, Le (Holyoke, MA, 1904/02/??-1904/??/??)
  
• Journal, Le (Holyoke, MA, 1904/02/??-1904/??/??)
  
• Jean-Baptiste, Le (Northampton, MA; Holyoke, MA, 1875/02/20?-1883/05/??)
  
• Défenseur, Le (Holyoke, MA, 1884/09/??-1894/??/??)
  
• Courrier de Holyoke, Le (Holyoke, MA, 1874/10/08-1875/01?)
  
• Courrier, Le (Holyoke, MA, 1898/??/??-1903/??/??)
  
• Canado-Américain, Le (Holyoke, MA, 1892/00/00-1892/11/??)
  
• Bons Romans, Les (Holyoke, MA, 1912/01/01-????/??/??)
  
• Annexionniste, L' (Holyoke, MA, 1889/10/22-1892/??/??)
  
• Américaniste, L' (Holyoke, MA, 1892/??/??-1892/??/??)
  
• Souvenir de la Parioisse Notre Dame
  
  A souvenir program of Notre Dame Parish. It was produced in recognition of a visit from friends, as well as a Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste congress held in Holyoke.
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Springfield District Council Records - Finding Aid
  
  The records of the Western Massachusetts locals and district councils of the UBCJA documents the rise of unionization among carpenters in the Connecticut River Valley since the 1880s. This collection represents a merger of separate accessions for the District Councils in Springfield (MS 110), the Pioneer Valley (MS 231), and Holyoke (MS 108), along with post-merger records for Local 108. In general, each has been maintained as a distinct series.
• Anne St. Laurent oral history with Eloise A. Brière, August 17, 1982
  
  Oral history with former dressmaker Anne St. Laurent, who was born in Laval, Quebec and came to the United States with her family as a young woman, taking up work first at a tailor's shop in Chicopee Falls, Mass., and then for several years as a dressmaker at Dorothy Dodd in Holyoke, where she gradually picked up the English language with the help of her coworkers. Subsequently she took floristry, having taught herself how to arrange flowers, and was doing so as her profession at the time of recording.
• Ernest Proulx oral history with Eloise A. Brière, August 19, 1982
  
  Oral history with the Mayor of Holyoke, about his interest in politics, his belief in cultural pride, the Franco-American community in Holyoke and Massachusetts, and its traditionally low level of political participation and voting at the local and state level.
• Vivianne Potvin oral history with Eloise A. Brière, August 10, 1982 [part 2 of 2]
  
  Oral history with activist for the preservation of the French language who spoke both French and English from earliest days. This is part 2. For part 1 see mums123-t001-i005.
• Vivianne Potvin oral history with Eloise A. Brière, August 10, 1982 [part 1 of 2]
  
  Oral history with activist for the preservation of the French language who spoke both French and English from earliest days. This is part 1. For part 2 see mums123-t002-i001.
• 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.
• James S. Leamon collection of Maine research material - Finding Aid
  
  The collection includes research material on Lewiston/Auburn and Maine history compiled by Bates professor of history James Leamon in the course of his research on the early history of Maine. There are subject folders on the mills, architecture, economy, government, and general history of the Lewiston/Auburn area. Additionally, there is a significant amount of information about the Franco-Americans in Maine and the Penobscot Expedition of 1779, the largest American naval expedition of the American Revolution.
• Exes H. Minet Civil War diary
  
  Diary kept by Exes H. Minet, who enlisted from Mount Tabor, Vermont, in Company E, of the 2nd Sharpshooter Regiment. The entries are short and concern the weather, his duties as corporal, and brief descriptions of battles and troop movements. Of note, in his entry dated 22 February, Minott mentions that a woman dressed in men's clothing was found in one of the barracks. The diary entries stop on 3 July and resume on 22 August. Included are two photographs of Exes H. Minet, one in uniform and one as a civilian. As well, there is a color photograph of his gravestone. Finally, there is also included a small Catholic prayer book in French. Note that Exes' surname was spelled three different ways, Minet, Minett, and Minette.