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Identifier/Call Number
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2019.FIC.150
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Description
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The collection includes a mixture of materials collected by Georgette herself and byCollection staff. A number of newspaper clippings cover her work as a state representative and senator. There are also materials from various election campaigns, including her run for Governor of . Invitations to various official events, and honors awarded to Georgette are well represented, as are tributes from her contemporaries at the time of her death. Materials from the Collection’s tribute to Georgette and Madeleine Giguère are included in the collection.
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Copyright Statement and Conditions governing use
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No known copyright issues.
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Biography, Administrative History and Provenance
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Georgette Beauparlant Bérubé (1927-2005) was a lifelong resident of Lewiston who served in the State Legislature for more than a quarter-century, longer than any other woman. She was the daughter of Leonard and Blanche (Tremblay) Beauparlant, a student of St Peter’s School and Ave Maria Academy, the University of at Augusta and the School of Commerce, where she met her future husband, Gérard Bérubé. She worked with her brother, Maurice, at Beauparlant Furniture, located at 359 Lisbon Street. As State Representative and Senator, she was an independently-minded who often voted with Republicans on fiscal issues. In 1978, she and Madeleine Giguère were censured by the local Democratic party for endorsing future US Senator William Cohen, a Republican. In 1982 she ran unsuccessfully for governor against the Democratic incumbent, Joseph Brennan. She retired from the State Senate in 2000. Georgette was a strong advocate for Franco-American heritage, as a legislator and community member. She hosted a long-running French radio station, Le Rendez-Vous de la Chanson on the Bates College Radio Station. She was a member of the International Association of French-Speaking Parliamentarians, the Fédération Feminine, L’Union Saint-Jean Baptiste d’Amérique and the Financial Council of the Catholic Diocese of . Along with Professor Madeleine Giguère, she was a founding member of the original Centre d’Héritage Franco-Américain which became the Franco-American Collection at USM LAC. She was chair of the Collection at the time of her death in 2005.
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Extent
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Various paper and VHS cassette (0.43 cubic feet)
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Arrangement
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Papers are organized into folders by subject, and chronologically within each folder.
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Notes
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The Franco-American Collection is one of the largest repositories of its kind in the North-East. The Collection contains tens of thousands of printed books, photographs, newspaper clippings and audio-visual recordings. Please review the Collection's Terms and Conditions regarding use of its material.
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Recommended Citation
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Georgette Bérubé Papers, Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries.
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