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• La Bonne Aventure/The Good Adventure #14: The Prize
  
  "La Bonne Aventure" is a Franco-American children's show featuring puppets, animation and some interviews and footage of real people in New England. The characters in the show speak both French and English. In this episode, one puppet experiences feelings of jealousy when another is recognized for her talent. It features footage of a community bean supper and footage of Jean Dalpe of Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
• Vers L'Idéal (Worcester, MA, 1912/11/00-1923/06/00)
  
• Vérité, La (Woonsocket, RI, 1928/05/28-1928/11/22)
  
• Union, L' (Woonsocket, RI, 1987/04/00-2002 summer)
  
• Union, L' (Woonsocket, RI, 1902/11/00-1987/00/00)
  
• Tribune, La (Woonsocket, RI, 1895/04/06-1934/12/24)
  
• Travailleur, Le (Worcester, MA, 1931/09/10-1978/10/00)
  
• Travailleur, Le (Worcester, MA, 1874/10/16-1892/12/13)
  
• Signal, Le (The Signal) (Pawtucket, RI; Woonsocket, RI; Fall River, MA; Boston, MA, 1924/01/30-1924/08/16?)
  
• Sentinelle, La (Woonsocket, RI, 1924/04/04-1928/05/24)
  
• Réveil, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1875/04/??-1876/12?)
  
• Réveil, Le (Worcester, MA, 1895/05/03-1897/??/??)
  
• Réveil, Le (Worcester, MA, 1894?-1894?)
  
• Républicain, Le (Worcester, MA, 1892/03/19-1892/??/??)
  
• Renard, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1903/??/??-1904/??/??)
  
• Progrès, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1906?-1908?)
  
• Progrès, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1898/06/24-1913/06/27)
  
• Progrès, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1896/09/??-1897/02/19)
  
• Prince Carnaval et Christophe Colomb, Le (Worcester, MA, 1886?-1892?)
  
• Phare, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1948/02/00-1952/07/00)
  
• Passe-Temps, Le (Worcester [?], MA, 1895/??/??-1897/??/??)
  
• Paresseux, Le (Worcester, MA, 1876/00/00-1878/00/00)
  
• Opinion Publique, L' (Worcester, MA, 1893/01/27-1931/06/30)
  
• Mon journal (Worcester, MA, 1907/11/30-1907/11/30)
  
• Lanterne Magique, La (Worcester, MA, 1875/07/00-1875/11/??)
  
• Journal, Le (Worcester, MA, 1907/12/07-1907/12/07)
  
• Jour, Le (Worcester, MA, 1895/12/00-????/??/??)
  
• Jean-Baptiste, Le (Worcester, MA, 1891/??/??-1893/??/??)
  
• Je me souviens (Pawtucket, RI; Woonsocket, RI, 1978/09/00-present)
  
• Indépendant de Woonsocket, L' (Woonsocket, RI, 1935/02/04-1942/04/04)
  
• Impartial, L' (Worcester, MA, 1869/??/??-1869?)
  
• Idée Nouvelle, L' (The New Idea) (Burlington, VT; Worcester, MA, 1869/05/27?-1869/07/??)
  
• Guêpe, La (Woonsocket, RI, 1873/07/??-1873/??/??)
  
• Foyer Canadien, Le (Worcester, MA, 1873/03/18-1874/09/21)
  
• Foyer Canadien, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1892/??/??-1892/11/??)
  
• Fou, Le (Worcester, MA, 1907/10/30-1907/10/30)
  
• Forestier Franco-Américain, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1911/??/??-1919/??/??)
  
• Forestier, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1911/??/??-1912/??/??)
  
• Excelsior, L' (Woonsocket, RI, 1925/??/??-1930/??/??)
  
• Étoile, L' (Woonsocket, RI, 1873/??/??-1873/??/??)
  
• Étendard National et le Protecteur Canadien, L' (Worcester, MA; Montréal, QC, 1871/10/19-1871/12/28)
  
• Étendard National, L' (Worcester, MA; Montréal, QC, 1872/01/04-1874/12/24)
  
• Étendard National, L' (Worcester, MA; Montréal, QC, 1869/11/03-1871/10/18)
  
• Espérance, L' (Woonsocket, RI, 189?/??/??-189?/??/??)
  
• Devoir, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1912/03/31-1912/04/28)
  
• Démocrate, Le (Worcester, MA, 1912/??/??-????/??/??)
  
• Défense, La (Woonsocket, RI, 1928/12/13-1929/02/14)
  
• Courrier du Rhode Island, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1873/08/18-1874/09/29)
  
• Courrier du Nouveau Monde, Le (Worcester, MA, 1891/06/13-1891/06/13)
  
• Courrier de Worcester, Le (Worcester, MA, 1880/02/06-1892/00/00)
  
• Courrier de Woonsocket, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1880/08/12?-1892?)
  
• Courrier Canadien, Le (Woonsocket, RI, 1875/09/??-1892/??/??)
  
• Coq, Le (Worcester, MA, 1901/07/04-1901/??/??)
  
• Cloche du Dimanche, La (Woonsocket, RI, 1899/10/14-1900/12/29?)
  
• Canadien-Américain, Le (Worcester, MA, 1907/04/14-1907/04/29)
  
• Bien public, Le (Worcester, MA, 1879/01/01?-1881/03/??)
  
• Bataille, La (Woonsocket, RI, 1928/11/29-1928/11/29)
  
• Assumption=Assomption (Assumption) (Worcester, MA, 1958/09/00-)
  
• Assomption, L' (Assomption=Assumption) (Worcester, MA, 1924/01/00-1957/06/00)
  
• Apôtre du Sacré-Cœur, L' (Worcester, MA, 1930/06/00-1933/12/00)
  
• Apôtre, L' (Worcester, MA, 1923/??/??-1929/??/??)
  
• Annuaire catholique, pour l'année ... : à l'usage du clergé, des sociétés et des familles canadiennes (Woonsocket, RI, 1881/00/00-1891/00/00)
  
• Almanach de l'Assomption, L' (Worcester, MA, 1924/12/00-1929/12/00)
  
• Abeille de social, L' (Woonsocket, RI, 1912/10/31-1921/??/??)
  
• Laramee, Adrien [Peoples French Canadian]
  
  Interview with Mr. Adrien Laramee by Gerald Mountain.
• [French Canadian Textile Worker]
  
• Worcester Employment Society and Craft Center records, 1883-1972 - Finding Aid
  
  Three volumes of minute books, 1883-1948, containing minutes, constitution, letters and annual reports; and newspaper clippings, 1949-1972, about the Craft Center.
• Oral history interview with Michelle Holzapfel, 2008 January 26 and March 1
  
  An interview of Michelle Holzapfel conducted 2008 January 26-March 1, by Josephine Shea, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Holzapfel's home and studio, Applewoods Studio and Gallery, in Marlboro, Vermont. Holzapfel speaks of her childhood in Rhode Island; her large extended family and their French-Canadian heritage; working with her father in his machine shop; early art education and exposure from elementary school through high school; the influence of high school art teacher Audrey Blake; trips to Rhode Island School of Design Museum and Boston Museum of Fine Arts; attending Marlboro College; meeting her husband, David, at Marlboro; traveling in Italy with friends and David; earning her B.A. from Norwich College; participating in craft shows; having two children in two years; teaching experiences at Worcester Center for Crafts and Wood Turning Center; the difference in relationships with galleries and museums; the woodturning field; and the struggles and success of women artists; and plans for the future. Holzapfel recalls Gilbert Taylor, Barry Friedman, Glenn Adamson, Nathan Ancell, Peter Joseph, Kenneth Trapp, Chris Tyler, Albert LeCoff, and others.
• Oral history interview with Edouard Du Buron, 1993 March 9-May 13
  
  An interview with Edouard Du Buron conducted 1993 March 9-May 13, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Du Buron discusses his childhood in Worcester, Massachusetts in a poor family with an abusive father and his rearing in various Catholic orphanages; his loss of religion in his youth and growing up as a French-Canadian in New England; his career as a solo dancer in Boston (1925-32) and as a member of the Ruth St. Denis Troupe (1932-38); his dance career in New York City in the late 1930s and his job as a display designer at Filene's department store in Boston (1942-45).
• Worcester Parish Archives - Finding Aid
  
  Finding aid of the Worcester Parish Archives
• Museum of Work & Culture Theater Collection - Finding Aid
  
  Finding aid of the Museum of Work & Culture Theater Collection
• Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Amérique Mortuary Banner
  
  Photograph of USJB's mortuary banner, likely used at funerals or services for deceased members of the Caisse de Vieillards. Image captured by Knight, of Worcester, MA.
• Letter from an unknown USJB representative, to La Supérieur des Soeurs Franciscaines
  
  A letter from an unknown USJB representative, to La Supérieur des Soeurs Franciscaines of Worcester, MA, 30 July 1921. The letter provides interesting details about the USJB, and discussion regarding a new building on Thorne Street in Worcester, MA.
• 25ième Anniversaire de La Société des Artisans Canadiens-Français aux Etats-Unis
  
  Dinner program for the 25ième Anniversaire de La Société des Artisans Canadiens-Français aux Etats-Unis. Held at the Hotel Bancroft in Worcester, MA on 9 October 1921.The back cover of the program includes committee members' names.
• Les Cloches de Corneville
  
  The program for "Les Cloches de Corneville," performed 27-28 February 1911. The performance was held at the Salle de l'Opera in Woonsocket, RI.
• Letter from Cora Gatineau to Albert A. Belanger
  
  In this letter Cora Gatineau clarifies that her father Félix Gatineau is in the Louis Pasteur Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, recovering from an operation. She goes on to note that her father would like to see Belanger soon, at which time they can discuss the census he undertook.
• List from Adolphe Robert, to Félix Gatineau
  
  This list, sent from Adolphe Robert to Félix Gatineau, provides the names and addresses of the delegates to the mid-September 1922 meeting of the Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Amérique.
• Letter from Adolphe Robert, to Félix Gatineau
  
  Written on stationery from La Fédération Catholique Franco-Américaine, Robert wrote to Gatineau informing him of the next meeting of the Union Saint-Jean Baptiste d'Amérique, to be held in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
• Letter from Ovide LeClair, to Félix Gatineau
  
  A letter to Félix Gatineau, from Ovide LeClair. Writing from Montana, LeClair included payment with his letter for a copy of Gatineau's "Histoire des Franco-Americains de Southbridge," and provided extensive details about Franco-Americans in the the northwestern states. He mentions two priests- Father Tougas from Worcester, Massachusetts, and Father LeClair from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• Correspondence between Leslie P. Leland and Béatrice Tougas
  
  Correspondence between Leslie P. Leland and Béatrice Tougas, Daudelin's widow. Under the letter from Leslie P. Leland is a handwritten reply from Béatrice Tougas. The correspondence is regarding a memorial in Daudelin's honor.
• Letter from Herbert De Fossé, to S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Herbert De Fossé
• Letter from Herbert De Fossé, to S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Herbert De Fossé
• Letter from Senator Winthrop Murray Crane, to S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Senator Winthrop Crane.
• Letter from Senator Winthrop Murray Crane, to S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Senator Winthrop Crane.
• Letter from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, to S. Alphonse Daudelin.
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. The letter is in regards to Franco-American representation in politics.
• Letter from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, to S. Alphonse Daudelin.
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. The letter is in regards to Franco-American representation in politics.
• Letter from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, to S. Alphonse Daudelin.
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. The letter is in regards to Franco-American representation in politics.
• Letter from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, to S. Alphonse Daudelin.
  
  A letter to S. Alphonse Daudelin, from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. The letter is in regards to Franco-American representation in politics.
• Letter from S. Alphonse Daudelin, to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
  
  A letter to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, from Dr. Daudelin. The letter is in regards to Franco-American representation in politics.
• Letter from S. Alphonse Daudelin, to Hugo Dubuque.
  
  A letter to Hugo Dubuque, from Dr. Daudelin. The letter is in regards to the memorial for Ferdinand Gagnon that Daudelin was helping to plan.
• Letter from Hugo Dubuque, to S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  A letter to Dr. Daudelin, from Hugo Dubuque. The letter is in regards to the memorial for Ferdinand Gagnon that Daudelin was helping to plan.
• Letter from Louis Frechette, to Dr. S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  A letter to Dr. Daudelin, from Louis Frechette. The letter is in regards to the memorial for Ferdinand Gagnon that Daudelin was helping to plan.
• Letter from Malvina Lalime, to Dr. S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  A letter to Dr. Daudelin, from Ferdinand Gagnon's widow Malvina Lalime. In the letter she expresses her gratitude for the memorial planned for her late husband.
• Letter from S. Alphonse Daudelin, to his parents
  
  A letter S. Alphonse Daudelin wrote to his parents Casimir Daudelin and Flavie Thibeault documenting a trip to New York City, 12 October 1896. Written while traveling back north, it details the sights seen in New York City, as well as the return voyage- including stops at various New England cities.
• Invitation, Banquet de Bienvenue
  
  An invitation to a banquet honoring Dr. Daudelin upon his return from Europe. The Banquet was to be held at the Restaurant Putnam & Thurston, in Worcester.
• Bill for expenses incurred by the Comité Executif de la Demonstration commemorative Fr. Gagnon
  
  This bill from the Franco-American Regalia and Novelty Co. documents various expenses incurred by the Comité Executif de la Demonstration commemorative Fr. Gagnon. In includes such supplies as stamps and electric lights purchased for the memorial and banquet held in Ferdinand Gagnon's honor.
• Bill for expenses incurred by the Comité d'Organisation Memorial Fr. Gagnon
  
  This bill from Belisle Printing & Publishing Co. of Worcester, Massachusetts documents expenses incurred by the Comité d'Organisation Memorial Fr. Gagnon. The expenses include various print matter that was created for the memorial and banquet held in Ferdinand Gagnon's honor.
• Certificate of S. Alphonse Daudelin's U.S. Citizenship
  
  Dr. S. Alphonse Daudelin became a United States citizen on 13 February 1903, in Worcester, Massachusetts.
• A selection of Dr. S. Alphonse Daudelin's Business Cards
  
  Top: an early business card, c. 1898-1906. Middle: business card from Daudelin's time in Europe, c. 1908-1911. Bottom: business card from later in Daudelin's career, c. 1931-1941.
• Portrait of Félix Gatineau
  
  Portrait of Félix Gatineau, taken at the Elmer Chickering & Co. studio in Boston, before 1906. Inscribed on image: "F. Gatineau / Southbridge / Mass."