Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection: Severin Beliveau

Contributing Institution

Bates College

Repository

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

View at Contributing Institution

https://scarab.bates.edu/muskie_oh/24/

Digitization Status

Digitized / Numérisé(e)

Identifier/Call Number

MOH 149

Collection/Part of

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection, 1985-2011

Title

en Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection: Severin Beliveau

Description

en Interview includes discussions of: Muskie family in Rumford; The Beliveau family and Rumford; Muskie’s law practice; Albert Beliveau, Sr; Maine Supreme Court appointment; Bill McCarthy; Louis Jalbert; Democratic Party organization in the 1950s-1960s; changing Maine politics; impact of Independents on Maine political parties; Muskie’s temper; Franco-American ethnicity in Maine; 1986 gubernatorial election; Margaret Beliveau; and Muskie’s legacy.

Author/Creator

Beliveau, Severin

L'Hommedieu, Andrea (interviewer)

Date(s)

1999-09-02

Genre

en sound recordings

en interviews

en oral histories (literary works)

Topic & Theme

American Experience/Américanité

Government/Gouvernement

Politics/Politique

Geography

Maine

Lewiston ME

Rumford ME

familyName

L'Hommedieu

Beliveau

Jalbert

Source Language

English

Copyright Statement and Conditions governing use

Copyright Bates College. This transcript is provided for individual Research Purposes Only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018.

Existence and Location of Originals

Part of the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Repository, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240 United States of America

Biography, Administrative History and Provenance

en Severin M. Beliveau was born and raised in Rumford, Maine to Margaret (McCarthy) and Albert Beliveau, Sr. He grew up in an activist Democrat family in the 1950s and 1960s, and witnessed the rise of the Democratic Party in Maine. Mr. Beliveau attended Georgetown University, and graduated from Georgetown Law School in 1963, and practiced for a brief time in Rumford with his father and his brother, Albert Beliveau, Jr. His Maine political experience includes chairmanship of the Maine Democratic Party in the late 1960s, Democratic National Committee service, as well as state legislative experience. He also ran for governor in 1986, losing to Jim Tierney in the Democratic primary. He is married to Cynthia Murray Beliveau and they have four boys. He is currently a partner in the Maine law firm Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, LLC and is an influential lobbyist. He has served in such capacities as the president of the American Association of the Forum Francophone des Affaires, and the French Consular Agent for the State of Maine.

Extent

10 pages, summary sheet and transcript

Materials Specific Details

Listening copies on CD are available for in-building use only at the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College.Digital preservation master WAV files are available for staff use only at the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College.Transcripts and some audio files are also available online. http://digilib.bates.edu/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?site=localhost&a=p&p=about&c=muskieor&l=en&w=utf-8

Recommended Citation

L'Hommedieu, Andrea, "Beliveau, Severin oral history interview" (1999). Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection. 24. https://scarab.bates.edu/muskie_oh/24

State/Province

Maine

Country

United States