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• Henri d'Arles Collection - Finding Aid
  
  A collection of French-language manuscripts, correspondence, and clippings by and about Henri d’Arles (1870–1930), the nom de plume of Father Henri Beaudé (né Beaudet) who was a writer and Catholic priest from Québec. Beaudé was initially professed with the Dominican Order in Québec but was later incardinated into the Diocese of Manchester (New Hampshire). In 1924, he became a citizen of the United States. Between 1903 and 1930 Beaudé authored over 25 books and pamphlets in addition to writings in literary and historical journals. He edited and annotated the three volume Acadie: reconstitution d’un chapitre perdu de l’histoire d’Amérique based on Édouard Richard’s manuscript which earned him the Medaille d’or from l’Académie Française in 1922. The collection includes manuscripts for many of his published books, his personal diary (Journal Intime), clippings, and various correspondence of different provenance.
• James Howard Lawton's Remembrance of Holy Communion
  
  This First Communion certificate was tucked behind a framed Baptismal record. Note that the language for the Baptismal record was French. Eight years later, at the same church, the First Communion record is in English. There was also another priest, albeit Franco-American as well, named Fr. Troie.
• James Howard Lawton's Baptismal Record
  
  James' Franco-American mother made the frame for the baptismal record. Her family name was Houle, also spelled Rule. The baptism took place on July 10, 1928 at Assumption Church in Redford, NY. The priest was Fr. Laramee. Godfather (Parrain) was ? Lanctot. Godmother (Marraine) was Lina Fecteau.
• Frequent Franco-American Family Name Changes
  
  Pages are from Cemetery Listings compiled by Clyde Rabideau. Common Franco-American family names listed as they are now and what they were originally.
• Assumption Roman Catholic Church in Redford, NY: Memory Book Cover and Acknowledgments plus Photographs
  
  Assumption Church was consecrated on August 15, 1855, the Feast Day of the Assumption of Mary. Every year on August 15, a community picnic was held by the parish. It continues today on the 3rd Sunday in August. The masses were said in French until Irish parishioners complained. Then bilingual masses were held, followed later by separate masses. There was also a parish school whose teachers and administrators were nuns from the Order of the Holy Cross from St-Laurent, Quebec. The church was Sallaz Academy.
• Letter and Linen
  
  Letter found in the wall of the rectory of the Roman Catholic priest in Redford, NY. It is in French and written by a young woman who says that she is "compelled by law" to return to Montreal. It was found in the wall along with a linen with a cross on it.
• 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.