Francis Jacques [sound recording] · Franco American Digital Archives

Contributing Institution: Vermont Historical Society
View at Contributing Institution: http://catalog.vermonthistory.org/V92022/OPAC/Details/Record.aspx?BibCode=3292841
Digitization Status: Not Digitized / Non numérisé(e)
Identifier/Call Number: Audio 25
Title: en Francis Jacques [sound recording]
Description: en The interview begins with Gardner McNaulty talking about growing up on Jones Brook Road in Moretown, Vt. The interview then focuses on Francis Jacques, a more recent resident of Moretown. Discussed are "kitchen junkets"(farmhouse square dancing and hard cider get-togethers), clearing the roads of snow with roller and horses, people helping each other, and other life philosophies. Jacques also talks about fixing up a bus in the early 1950's and traveling the country with his wife and mother-in-law, riding up Camel's Hump on a horse, being struck by lightning three times, and varied other aspects of Vermont life, and life in general, that he thinks have gone wrong in these more modern days. Further in the interview Jacques is joined by Percy Manning. All agree that life was better in the "old days." Last section of the interview has Jacques and Hubbard riding around the area visiting the "Sleeper place" (a 200-year-old farmhouse), an area called the "Lost Nation, " and "Party Hill."
Author/Creator: Jacques, Francis; Hubbard, Ethan
Date(s): 1972
Genre: en oral histories; en interviews; en sound recordings
Topic & Theme: Daily Life/Vie quotidienne; House parties/Soirées
Geography: Moretown VT
familyName: Jacques; Hubbard
Source Language: English
Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH): Franco-Americans--Vermont; Franco-Americans--Vermont--Social life and customs; Moretown (Vt.)--Social life and customs
Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière (RVM): Franco-américains--Vermont; Franco-américains--Vermont--Moeurs et coutumes; Moretown (Vt.)--Moeurs et coutumes
Conditions Governing Access: No restrictions on access.
Related Items: Summary notes available, MSA 251.
Extent: 4 audio cassettes (240 minutes)
Materials Specific Details: Analog, 1 7/8 ips., mono.
State/Province: Vermont
Country: United States

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