Father Henri Carrier, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber

Contributing Institution: University of Maine
Repository: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History
View at Contributing Institution: https://archives.library.umaine.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/351483
Digitization Status: Digitized / Numérisé(e)
Identifier/Call Number: MF 029 - NA 1697
Collection/Part of: “Our Life, Our Work” Lewiston Western Older Citizens Council/Marcella Sorg and Stefan Duplessis
Title: en Father Henri Carrier, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber
Description: en 1697 Father Henri Carrier, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber, March 19, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Carrier talks about his decision to become a priest in the 1930s; requirements for the priesthood; differences in parishes throughout Maine; changes in the priest’s role with the development of parish councils; Church involvement in political and social issues; motivations for people to stay in “Little Canada”; strengthening the family; and the declining use of French. Partially in French. Text: 32 pp. transcript (French section handwritten), missing 2 pp. Recording: T 1818 1-1/4 hours.
Author/Creator: Carrier, Father Henri; Pelletier, Raymond; Silber, Mark
Date(s): 1981-03-19
Genre: en interviews (audio); en interviews (transcript)
Topic & Theme: Daily Life/Vie quotidienne; Family and Home Life/Famille et vie domestique; Work/Travail; Religion; Religious Men/Hommes religieux
Geography: Lewiston ME; Little Canada (Lewiston ME)
familyName: Carrier; Pelletier
Source Language: English; French
Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH): Catholic Church; Clergy--Maine; Franco-Americans--Maine--Social Life and Customs; Little Canada (Me.)--Lewiston
Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière (RVM): Église catholique; Clergé--Maine; Franco-américains--Maine--Mouers et coutumes; Petit Canada (Me.)--Lewiston
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Existence and Location of Originals: Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.
Extent: 1 1/4 hours; 32 pages (transcript)
Materials Specific Details: The project "Notre Vie, Notre Travail - Our Life, Our Work" was initiated by the Western Maine Older Citizens Council, by Diane Brown who worked there. The project was funded by the Maine Humanities Council.
Recommended Citation: Interviewee last name, interviewee first name. Year. NA[unique series identification number], MF029, NAFOH. Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Department, University of Maine, Orono, Maine.”
State/Province: Maine
Country: United States

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