St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston (Me.)--roots in the early 1800s, influence on the Franco-American community. Ray Pelletier interviews teachers from central New Hampshire about the Canadian American institute.
Oral history with former gérant (manager) of the Town Infirmary (Hospice d'Easthampton) on Oliver Street, Easthampton. Racine arrived in Easthampton in 1947 from Quebec and married a French Canadian woman from Springfield. Had arranged a job at Hampton Specialty prior to emigration with assistance of a brother in law who had already emigrated. Continues to speak French at church and at the Franco-American club, though his work at Hampton Specialty was mostly in English; in Canada they speak good French, but in Easthampton there is much mingling of English words. Prepares good French Canadian meals at the Infirmary.
This collection consists of copies of han+N7:N17dwritten and typescript letters between Father Joseph Marcoux, Pastor of Wallagrass and Eagle Lake, the Little Franciscans of Mary of Baie-Saint-Paul, Bishop Louis S. Walsh of the Diocese of Portland, and Father Aimé Giguère of Fort Kent. The correspondence, starting in 1906 through 1949, requesting the Little Franciscans of Mary to administer and staff Father Marcoux’s hospital (Northern Maine General Hospital) and the Convent School (St. Mary’s Convent) in Eagle Lake and Father Aimé Giguère’s hospital in Fort Kent, Maine. Note that the ArchivesSpace record and the finding aid for this collection identify it, incorrectly, as MCC-00434 and MCC-00434.
