Faye Jordan, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis · Franco American Digital Archives

Contributing Institution: University of Maine
Repository: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History
View at Contributing Institution: https://archives.library.umaine.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/351453
Digitization Status: Digitized / Numérisé(e)
Identifier/Call Number: MF 029 - NA 1669
Collection/Part of: “Our Life, Our Work” Lewiston Western Older Citizens Council/Marcella Sorg and Stefan Duplessis
Title: en Faye Jordan, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis
Description: en 1669 Faye Jordan, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis, February 18, 1981, Auburn, Maine. Tape: 1 1/2 hrs. w/ partial trans. Jordan talks about her life as a Franco-American; celebrating Christmas in Canada with her grandparents; running away to marry a "swamp yankee;" jobs she worked; being bilingual and speaking "true French;" sewing, making clothes for her daughter; crochet work. No notes taken from side 2. Text: 7 pp. partial transcript. Recording: T 1788, CD 2089 1-1/2 hours.
Author/Creator: Jordan, Faye; Sorg, Marcella; Duplessis, Steffan
Date(s): 1981-02-18
Genre: en interviews (audio); en interviews (transcript)
Topic & Theme: Daily Life/Vie quotidienne; Family and Home Life/Famille et vie domestique; Work/Travail
Geography: Auburn ME; Plainfield CT; Westbrook ME
familyName: Gauthier; Duplessis
Source Language: English; French
Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH): Bilingualism--Maine; Christmas; Franco-Americans--Maine--Social Life and Customs; Sewing--Societies, etc.; Women--Employment--Maine--History--20th century; Women--Maine--Social conditions--20th century
Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière (RVM): Bilinguisme--Maine; Noël; Franco-américains--Maine--Mouers et coutumes; Couture--Associations; Femmes--Travail--Maine--Histoire--20e siècle; Femmes--Maine--Conditions sociales--20e siècle
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Existence and Location of Originals: Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.
Extent: 1 1/2 hours; 7 pages (transcript)
Materials Specific Details: The project "Notre Vie, Notre Travail - Our Life, Our Work" was initiated by the Western Maine Older Citizens Council, by Diane Brown who worked there. The project was funded by the Maine Humanities Council.
Recommended Citation: Interviewee last name, interviewee first name. Year. NA[unique series identification number], MF029, NAFOH. Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Department, University of Maine, Orono, Maine.”
State/Province: Maine; Connecticut
Country: United States

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