A report on Franco-American resources in the Maine State Library in Augusta (Me.). Interviews with Franco-American families: the Norman Dubes [sic] of Manchester (NH); the Greg Chabots [sic] in Newburyport (Ma.); Julien Oliver in New Hampshire. Hosted by Ludger Duplissie [sic].
A short comedy piece by Paul Pare [sic] about three guardian angels who are tired of working with Franco-Americans. The American-Canadian Genealogical Society in Manchester (NH).
The Lewiston Franco-American Festival. The Lowell (Ma.) ethnic Festival. The second annual Old Town (Me.) Franco-American Festival featuring storytelling by Bill Gangon [sic], music by Simon St. Pierre, a wood-chopping contest and an interview with a retired woodcutter from 'French Island' in Old Town. Ray Pelletier talks to two teachers about Franco-American studies in Waterville (Me.) . An overview of the arts and crafts fair in Manchester (NH).
Collection includes statutes and by-laws, minutes, administrative records, correspondence, financial records and receipts, scholarship records, publications, records of programs and events, and artifacts and ephemera.
Interview includes discussions of: connection between Lewiston and Quebec in the 1930s-1940s; Robert Wiseman; bootlegging; “Wiseman Gang” of Paul Couture, Al Lessard, Jere Clifford, Robert Caron, Roland Tanguay, and Louis Jalbert; Lewiston political cliques; Muskie as a legislator; Ernest Malenfant; legislative issues of the 1950s; Frank Coffin; Le Messager; Richard Sampson; running for Senate President; determining Lewiston political line-ups; television; Ed Muskie story: convention 1960; lobbying for Kennedy at the 1960 convention; run-ins between Louis Jalbert and Bill Jacques; urban renewal; difference between Lewiston and the St. John Valley; airport politics; Kennedy visit to Lewiston; Clay-Liston fight in Lewiston; Ed Muskie’s impact on Maine; and Androscoggin County jail reconstruction.
Interview includes discussions of: World War II memories; Kent State massacre; conservative Ohio; Model Cities; Manchester Union Leader incident; Community Concepts; St. Mary’s hospital; Lewiston City Council; and the Bates College and Lewiston/Auburn relationship.
Interview includes discussions of: family background; President Johnson’s “War on Poverty”; Model Cities; 1972 presidential campaign; Maine politicians; the “character” of Maine; Paul Couture; John Orestis; 1968 Humphrey-Muskie ticket; Vietnam; Muskie’s 1972 campaign; Manchester Union Leader; Nixon’s “dirty tricks”; Vietnam War; Watergate; and Muskie’s public speaking.
Interview includes discussions of: family background; Lewiston Public Library; Lewiston- Auburn Arts Council; au Canada; Model Cities program; Maine Development Foundation; and Muskie’s impact on Maine.
A collection of French-language manuscripts, correspondence, and clippings by and about Henri d’Arles (1870–1930), the nom de plume of Father Henri Beaudé (né Beaudet) who was a writer and Catholic priest from Québec. Beaudé was initially professed with the Dominican Order in Québec but was later incardinated into the Diocese of Manchester (New Hampshire). In 1924, he became a citizen of the United States. Between 1903 and 1930 Beaudé authored over 25 books and pamphlets in addition to writings in literary and historical journals. He edited and annotated the three volume Acadie: reconstitution d’un chapitre perdu de l’histoire d’Amérique based on Édouard Richard’s manuscript which earned him the Medaille d’or from l’Académie Française in 1922. The collection includes manuscripts for many of his published books, his personal diary (Journal Intime), clippings, and various correspondence of different provenance.
