Cecile Dionne, 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/351467
Digitization Status: Digitized / Numérisé(e)
Identifier/Call Number: MF 029 - NA 1681
Collection/Part of: “Our Life, Our Work” Lewiston Western Older Citizens Council/Marcella Sorg and Stefan Duplessis
Title: en Cecile Dionne, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis
Description: en 1681 Cecile Dionne, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis, February 18, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Dionne talks about her childhood in the 1910s and 20s on a farm in Auburn, Maine; her job drawing-in at Bates Mill; working in the shoe shops; speaking French and English; and working while raising a family. Partially in French. Text: 17 pp. transcript, French sections not transcribed. Recording: T 1802 CD 2520 1-1/2 hours.
Author/Creator: Dionne, Cecile; 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: Lewiston ME
familyName: Dionne; Duplessis
Source Language: English; French
Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH): Franco-Americans--Maine--Social Life and Customs; Women--Employment--Maine--History--20th century; Bates Mill--Maine--Lewiston; Agriculture--History--Maine
Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière (RVM): Franco-américains--Maine--Mouers et coutumes; Femmes--Travail--Maine--Histoire--20e siècle; Agriculture--Histoire--Maine
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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; 17 pages
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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