8 resources

• Porte Ouverte sur l'Emigration/Immigration...The Journey
  
  Dated 9/28/95 [sic]. Immigration movement of French-Canadians to New England at the turn of the century. Two puppets comment on the program after it is over. FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
• Bisaillon Collection of French Canadians in Connecticut - Finding Aid
  
  The collection consists of materials relating to Henri Alfred Bisaillon, Beatrice Blanche Audette, the Cyr family, L'Union des Franco-Americains du Connecticut and the Rochambeau- Liberty Ball. Newspaper clippings, genealogies and other literature with information about the history of French Canadians in Connecticut.
• [Noted French Canadian Personalities]
  
• Familial Agreement regarding artwork, between S. Alphonse Daudelin and his parents.
  
  A familial agreement regarding artwork, most notably drawings of family members, multiple frames, and a wedding gift. A type of will, this agreement gives S. Alphonse Daudelin the artwork once belonging to Casimir Daudelin and Flavie Thibeault. Executed in Montréal, 24 April 1896.
• Rosalie “Rose” Bosse Flanagan and Flora Bosse, interviewed by Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Yvonne Ouellette, and Betty Maderos
  
  243L Rosalie (Rose) Bosse Flanagan and Flora Bosse, interviewed by Adeline (Connie) St. Louis, Yvonne Ouellette, and Betty Maderos, November 22,1993, in Old Town, Maine. 34 page transcript. The two sisters talk about growing up on French Island in Old Town; family history; emigration from Canada; neighbors; swimming; ball games; food shopping on the Island; ice and milk delivery; parents' work; Great Depression; changes on the Island; vegetable gardens; keeping pigs and chickens; Christmas celebrations; French food; St. Joseph School; speaking French at home and school; buying and making clothes; funeral customs and wakes; bootlegging and homebrew; tobacco use; present-day use of French, and extent to which their children's generation speak French. Tape: C 1481
• Irenée Bolduc and Simone Bolduc, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Raymond Pelletier
  
  1688 Irenée Bolduc and Simone Bolduc, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Raymond Pelletier, January 29, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. The Bolducs discuss their lives as Franco-Americans; his family’s move to Auburn in 1919; playing cards; raising chickens for eggs; retirement and the importance of staying active; and Irenée sings “Somewhere My Love” in French and plays the harmonica. Text: 13 pp. transcript English sections only (handwritten). Recording: T 1809 1-1/4 hours, partially in French.
• Berthe Roger, interviewed by Mark Silber and Steffan Duplessis
  
  1676 Berthe Roger, interviewed by Mark Silber and Steffan Duplessis, January 29, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Roger talks about her mother’s motivation for moving the family to Lewiston during the Great Depression; living as a Franco-American outside “Little Canada”; working in a shoe shop; and childhood family gatherings. Text: 12 pp. partial transcript. Recording: T 1797 CD 2515 1-1/2 hours.
• Eugenie Donnelly and Eva Hanrahan Posing Along the Mohawk Trail
  
  Eugenie Donnelly (nee Therriault) standing and Eva Hanrahan (nee Therriault) sitting along the Mohawk Trail in bathing suits.