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Identifiant de l’institution contributrice
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MCC-00429
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Description
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Cette collection comprend des articles de journaux sur Albina et son père, des partitions de chansons imprimées, les paroles manuscrites des chansons d'Albina, un petit volume du Army Song Book, une collection de chansons de Noël imprimées sur des cartes pliées de 4,5" x 5,5" d'A.G.C.C. datées de 1948, des photographies d'Albina Cyr et une photo dédicacée de l'artiste Gene Autry prise lorsqu'il était à l'Auditorium de Bangor, dans le Maine, pour un spectacle daté du lundi 13 février (l'année n'est pas indiquée).
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Déclaration de droit d’auteur et conditions d’utilisation
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes.
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Biography, Administrative History and Provenance
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Albina Cyr
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Degré
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5 folders
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Arrangement
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Dossier 1 : Feuilles de chansons imprimées et partitions de musique imprimées. Dossier 2 : Chansons manuscrites composées par différents artistes Dossier 3 : Army Song Book et A.G.C.C. Cartes de chansons de 1948 Dossier 4 : Articles de journaux Dossier 5 : 12 photographies couleur d'Albina Cyr et 1 image dédicacée de Gene Autry
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Remarques
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Albina Cyr was born on March 1, 1920, in Van Buren, Maine, the daughter of Edna Cyr (daughter of Joseph and Flavie Clavette) of St-Basile, New Brunswick and Pierre "Pit" Cyr (son of Vital and Flavie Plourde) of Van Buren, Maine. Around 1925, the family moved to Madawaska, where Pierre got a job at the newly opened Fraser paper mill. After eighteen years of millwork, an increasingly bad ulcer condition forced Pierre Cyr to quit his job at Fraser and move the family to a farm in Lille, where he farmed for six years. Around 1950, Pierre sold the farm and built the family house in Madawaska. At age seventeen, Albina quit school to help her mother at home. She continued to care for her parents throughout her life; her mother died at home in 1971, and her father lived at home until the age of 92. Albina worked a variety of part-time jobs during her lifetime, including four years of seasonal work at the Sneider Bird’s Eye packing plant in Caribou, and eight years of part-time work for the Saint John Valley Times. Albina died August 17, 2007 Albina Cyr comes from a musical background on both sides of her family. Her maternal grandfather Regis Clavette was a fiddle player. Her mother, Edna Cyr, sang and played harmonica. Edna Cyr collected some of her favorite songs into a songbook, as did one of her aunts, Anna Clavette (Anna Clavette married Ernest Fournier of St-Basile and was mother of Canadian senator Edgar Fournier). Albina’s first instrument was the "bombarde" (jaw harp), which she took up as a small child. Albina began playing fiddle at seventeen. For several years, she and fellow Madawaska residents Therese Cyr and Verna Cyr performed as a volunteer ensemble at senior citizen gatherings.
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Citation recommandée
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Albina Cyr papers and images, MCC-00429, Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes, University of Maine at Fort Kent
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