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Identifier/Call Number
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MCC-00004
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Description
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The research collection of Béatrice Craig (b. 1949), historian, professor, and author, consists of data on the history of the Upper St. John Valley for the period ca. 1785-1870. In 1992, Béatrice Craig offered to loan the Acadian Archives her collection for the purpose of creating a photocopy version. Additional materials were added the following year.
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Copyright Statement and Conditions governing use
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Most of the items in this collection are available for consultation without restriction. Materials marked restricted in the inventory are not to be consulted without the donor’s permission before 1/1/2003.
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Extent
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Photocopies; some off-prints of journal articles; eight 5.25" diskettes.
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Arrangement
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1. PROPERTY TRANSFER RECONSTITUTIONS Data on acquisition and conveyance of property for Saint John Valley families (Maine and New Brunswick) during the period ca. 1785-1870. Folders 1-346. Arranged alphabetically by family name, first name of head of family, last name of spouse. 2. NOTES ON PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND CONVEYANCE Data from Canadian and American registry offices, note concerning property sales, maintenance deeds, Houlton Probate Court records 1840-1900, timber and sawmill petitions 1817-1865 (restricted), and land applications from Madawaska settlers to the New Brunswick government 1785-1828 (partially restricted). Folders 347-354. Arranged by source of data and time period. 3. FAMILY RECONSTITUTIONS Family reconstitution data for the Upper Saint John Valley (Maine and New Brunswick) during the period ca. 1785-1870and. Folders 355-684. Arranged alphabetically by family name, first name of Husband, last name of wife. 6 4. DEMOGRAPHIC DATA SUB SETS Demographic data for the Upper St. John Valley (Maine and New Brunswick): families present in the St. John Valley prior to 1800, demographically complete families 1785- 1840, and demographically incomplete families 1785-1840. Folders 685-687. Arranged by topic, last name, first name of husband, last name of wife. 5. CENSUS DATA Census data for the Saint John Valley (Maine and New Brunswick) during the period 1820-1871; a facsimile of the J.A MacLaughlan report of 1833. Folders 688-712. Population schedules are followed by agriculture schedules, grouped chronologically by country. 6. TRAVELLERS’ ACCOUNTS Excerpts from and notes concerning accounts, letters, and petitions by travelers to or residents of the Upper St. John Valley during the period 1790-1878. Folders 713-725. Arranged chronologically. 7. BÉTRICE CRAIG PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIOS Unpublished and published works by Professor Craig. Folders 726-748. Arranged chronologically. 8. ELECTRONIC DATA GUIDES AND PRINT-OUTS Codebook, print-out of electronic file. Folders 749-750. Arranged by topic. 9. MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS Materials created by Craig and a paper by Martine Côtè. Folders 751-753. Arranged by topic. 10. DISKETTES Electronic files of archival and census data (restricted), bibliographies, and texts. Items 754-761. Diskettes 1-4 in original order; 5-8 in order of receipt
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Materials Specific Details
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This collection consists of Dr. Craig’s 1973-1993 scholarship on the Upper Saint John Valley, including publications, working papers, and research data. The collection consists primarily of photocopies of data entry sheets, data print-outs, notes, related archival documents, published and unpublished articles, presentation papers, and theses. In addition, the collection contains a small number of manuscript notes and eight diskettes of electronic data. These papers offer significant information about the history, demography, and economy of the Upper St. John River Valley of Maine and New Brunswick from the period 1785-1870. Major data compilations include transfer of property, family reconstitutions, and population and agricultural censuses. The collection also includes excerpts and notes from accounts by travellers to the St. John Valley, as well as copies of Professor Craig’s conference papers and publications on the Upper St. John River Valley
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Notes
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Béatrice Craig is an historian. Born in France in 1949, she obtained a certificate for English language instruction from the Université de Lille (France) III in 1974. Prior to writing her M.A. dissertation, she spent a year in Presque Isle, Maine as a teaching assistant at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, where she began research on the Franco-American community of the Upper St. John Valley. Dr. Craig obtained an M.A. in American Studies from the Université de Lille in 1975; she received her Ph.D. in Canadian and American History from the University of Maine in 1983. Since 1985, she has been employed as a professor of history at the University of Ottawa. For the last twenty years, the primary focus of Dr. Craig’s historical research and scholarship has been the Franco-American community of the Upper St. John valley. Her early work concentrated on kinship and migration; later she began exploring inheritance of property, and most recently she has been studying economics history. In addition to her thesis and dissertation, Dr. Craig has produced numerous journal articles, conference presentations, and book chapters 5 concerning the history of the Upper St. John Valley. She is presently preparing a monograph titles Family, Land and Society in the Upper St. John Valley, 1785-1870.
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Recommended Citation
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Beatrice Craig research collection, MCC-00004, Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes, University of Maine at Fort Kent
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