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Identifiant de l’institution contributrice
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MOH 193
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Description
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fr
L'entretien comprend des discussions sur : les antécédents familiaux ; la « guerre contre la pauvreté » du président Johnson ; Villes modèles ; Campagne présidentielle de 1972 ; Les politiciens du Maine ; le « caractère » du Maine ; Paul Couture; Jean Orestis ; Billet Humphrey-Muskie 1968 ; le Viêt Nam ; la campagne de Muskie en 1972 ; leader syndical de Manchester ; les « sales tours » de Nixon ; La guerre du Vietnam; Porte d'eau ; et la prise de parole en public de Muskie.
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Déclaration de droit d’auteur et conditions d’utilisation
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Copyright Bates College. This transcript is provided for individual Research Purposes Only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018.
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Biography, Administrative History and Provenance
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en
Henry Bourgeois was born July 22, 1945 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. He came from a Franco-American background and his grandparents were New England mill workers. His father was an entrepreneur and his business provided LPG gas for heating homes. Bourgeois grew up in Massachusetts and then went to college at St. Anselms in Manchester, New Hampshire and graduated as a double major in sociology and economics. He then successfully pursued his graduate degree in library science at University of New Hampshire while working at the Nashua High School library in Nashua, New Hampshire. After he graduated, he moved to Lewiston, Maine to run the Lewiston Public Library. Lewiston was chosen as a recipient for the Model Cities program in 1968 and Bourgeois took over directing the program around 1969-1970 and left it in 1973. At the time of this interview he worked at the Maine Development Foundation.
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Degré
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10 pages, summary sheet and transcript
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Citation recommandée
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Ruttmann, Robert, "Bourgeois, Henry oral history interview" (2000). Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection. 46. https://scarab.bates.edu/muskie_oh/46