Retired State Supreme Court Justice Armand J. Dufresne, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis

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/351454
Digitization Status: Digitized / Numérisé(e)
Identifier/Call Number: MF 029 - NA 1670
Collection/Part of: “Our Life, Our Work” Lewiston Western Older Citizens Council/Marcella Sorg and Stefan Duplessis
Title: en Retired State Supreme Court Justice Armand J. Dufresne, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis
Description: en 1670 Retired State Supreme Court Justice Armand J. Dufresne, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis, May 14, 1981, Auburn, Maine. English and French. Dufrense talks about his family history; his childhood in the early 1900s; his family’s baking work; putting himself through college and law school during the Great Depression; how being Franco-American helped his career as a lawyer and justice; his many years as an active and semi-retired justice; and working with the Franco-American population in Androscoggin County. Text: 14 pp., partial transcript. Recording: T 1789 CD 2090 1-1/2 hours.
Author/Creator: Dufresne, Armand; Sorg, Marcella; Duplessis, Steffan
Date(s): 1981-05-14
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; New Auburn ME; St. Louis Parish (Auburn ME)
familyName: Dufresne; Duplessis
Source Language: English; French
Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH): Bilingualism--Maine; Depressions--1929--United States; Family--History; Franco-Americans--Maine--Social Life and Customs
Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière (RVM): Bilinguisme--Maine; Crises économiques--1929--États Unis; Famille--Histoire; Franco-américains--Maine--Mouers et coutumes
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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; 14 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
Country: United States

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