6 resources

• Raymond Luc Levasseur Trial Transcripts - Finding Aid
  
  The Levasseur Collection consists of the complete transcripts of the 1989 sedition trial of the “Ohio Seven” (US v. Levasseur) as well as miscellaneous motions and legal documents leading up to the trial.
• Statement by Martha Proulx collected by Rachel George on September 17, 2014
  
• Memoirs of Israel Belanger
  
  Memoirs of Israel Belanger as dictated to stenographer. Israel Belanger was Margaret Powers' great uncle, brother to her maternal grandfather. In this "little sketch of my life," Israel recounts his roots in Ste. Beatrix, QC, his arrival in Cohoes to begin work in Harmony Mills at the age of eight, his education and family life as a child and later as an adult, and his trials in the political arena. He served in many roles, including Deputy Attorney General.
• GENEALOGIE de la FAMILLE RIBERDY
  
  Genealogy of the Riberdy Family, compiled and typed by Margaret Powers' mother to record the genealogy of her mother, Melanie Riberdy Belanger, Margaret's grandmother. Melanie was from Ste. Melanie, QC. It is noteworthy that Alice was able to do this research and to type the genealogy in French because the girls in the family were educated. The boys, meanwhile, went to work, all of them for various mills in Cohoes with the exception of one who went to work for a railroad company. This reversal of gender expectations regarding schooling was unusual.
• Je Me Souviens...I Remember: Presenting and Preserving the Heritage of Upstate New York's Franco-American Communities - [Overview]
  
  The Je me souviens…I remember Collection includes images of artifacts generally owned by Franco-Americans and shared with Siena College for the purposes of historic preservation and broader education. This collection was made possible by a National Endowment for the Humanities Common Heritage grant.
• Stove Pipe City manuscript
  
  Original manuscript of a memoir and history written by Andre J. Dupré about life in "Stove Pipe City," a section of Barre, Vermont, near the granite quarries in the village of Websterville, during the years 1890 to 1930. The manuscript describes daily life of the inhabitants, mostly French Canadians, and their work in the granite quarries. It includes original drawings, maps, photographs, and floor plans of the workers' housing.