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).
Three volumes of minute books, 1883-1948, containing minutes, constitution, letters and annual reports; and newspaper clippings, 1949-1972, about the Craft Center.
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).
