Melvin B. Yoken Franco-American collection - Finding Aid
- Contributing Institution
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- Repository
- Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections: Franco American Historical Collections
- View at Contributing Institution
- https://archivesspace.lib.umassd.edu/repositories/3/resources/135
- Digitization Status
- Finding Aid Only / Instrument de recherche
- Identifier/Call Number
- MC 140
- Collection/Part of
- Melvin B. Yoken Franco-American collection
- Description
- en The collection consists mainly of items documenting the French Canadian Community of New England, such as newspapers, flyers, programs, calendars, and notes on the history of French Canadian immigration, all collected by retired UMD professor of Foreign Languages (French) Melvin B. Yoken. Also included in the collection is a series of recordings made at events organized by the Friends of the Fall River Public Library. Prof. Yoken was involved in this organization. See MC 106 for a student oral history project overseen by Prof. Yoken.
- Date(s)
- 1938/2006
- Genre
- en records (documents)
- en newspapers
- en flyers
- en programs
- en calendars
- en notes
- en video recordings
- Topic & Theme
- Daily Life/Vie quotidienne
- Family and Home Life/Famille et vie domestique
- Work/Travail
- Educators/Professeur(e)s
- Franco-American Newspapers/Journaux franco-américains
- Geography
- Fall River MA
- Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH)
- Franco-Americans--Massachusetts
- Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière (RVM)
- Franco-américains--Massachusetts
- Copyright Statement and Conditions governing use
- Reproduction and/or public viewing of the audiovisual materials for profit is prohibited without permission of the Fall River Public Library or other copyright holder. Some materials may be protected by copyright. Reproduction of items beyond that allowed by the Fair Use doctrine of the U.S. Copyright Code (section 108) requires written permission of the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections and/or the copyright owners. Materials with no copyright are considered in the public domain. If you feel you hold legal rights in the copyright of any materials included on this site, or your copyright has been infringed, under Section 512(c) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") you may notify the archives by email or in writing requesting that it be taken down.
- Conditions Governing Access
- The Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections at UMass Dartmouth offers access to the materials in the Archives and Special Collections for use in research, private study and teaching.
- Existence and Location of Originals
- UMass Darmouth Claire T. Carney Library, 285 Old Wesport Road, Dartmouth, Massachusetts
- Extent
- 6 linear ft.
- Recommended Citation
- Melvin B. Yoken Franco-American culture collection, MC-140. Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- Country
- United States
- Media
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- Contributing Institution
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- Repository
- Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections: Franco American Historical Collections
- View at Contributing Institution
- https://archivesspace.lib.umassd.edu/repositories/3/resources/135
- Digitization Status
- Finding Aid Only / Instrument de recherche