Jeanne d’Arc Turgeon, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber · 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/351457
Digitization Status: Digitized / Numérisé(e)
Identifier/Call Number: MF 029 - NA 1671
Collection/Part of: “Our Life, Our Work” Lewiston Western Older Citizens Council/Marcella Sorg and Stefan Duplessis
Title: en Jeanne d’Arc Turgeon, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber
Description: en 1671 Jeanne d’Arc Turgeon, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber, May 13, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Turgeon talks about her life as a Franco-American; exclusive use of French in daily life as a child; working in the shoe shop and mill during the 1940s; movement of Franco-Americans out of Lewiston’s “Little Canada”; social activities; and the value of sacrifice. Partially in French. Text: 13 pp., partial transcript (excludes French portion). Recording: T 1790, CD 2091 1 hour.
Author/Creator: Turgeon, Jeanne d'Arc; Pelletier, Raymond; Silber, Mark
Date(s): 1981-05-13
Genre: en interviews (audio); en interviews (transcript)
Topic & Theme: Daily Life/Vie quotidienne; Family and Home Life/Famille et vie domestique; Work/Travail
Geography: Lewiston ME; Little Canada (Lewiston ME)
familyName: Turgeon; Pelletier
Source Language: English; French
Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH): Bilingualism--Maine; Franco-Americans--Maine--Social Life and Customs; Little Canada (Me.)--Lewiston; Shoe industry; Women--Employment--Maine--History--20th century; Women--Maine--Social conditions--20th century
Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière (RVM): Bilinguisme--Maine; Franco-américains--Maine--Mouers et coutumes; Petit Canada (Me.)--Lewiston; Chaussures--Industrie; 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 hour; 13 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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