The records of the Western Massachusetts locals and district councils of the UBCJA documents the rise of unionization among carpenters in the Connecticut River Valley since the 1880s. This collection represents a merger of separate accessions for the District Councils in Springfield (MS 110), the Pioneer Valley (MS 231), and Holyoke (MS 108), along with post-merger records for Local 108. In general, each has been maintained as a distinct series.
Oral history with parish priest of Notre Dame du Bon Conseil in Easthampton. Morissette had been priest at the church for seven years after having been an administrator there for eight. Morissette grew up in Chicopee, a child of immigrant parents, speaking only French at home. Studied at Assumption College and then (1941) to seminary in Montreal. Classes at St. Georges parochial school in Chicopee were half in English, half French; regimented nature of study at Assumption, taught mostly by members of the Assumptionist community from Belgium and France. Current generation is unwilling to accept the rigors of education he received.
Oral history with the Gagnon family, part of the Franco-American community in Springfield since 1953. Topics include their participation in Franco-American activities at St. Joseph’s Church, their interest in Franco-American studies, and what nationality means to them, as people with roots in America, Canada, and France.
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.
Wooden washer is part of a bedroom set made in Randolph, Vermont by the Salisbury Bros. Furniture Co. for a Franco-American wedding gift of furniture for the first home of Edward (Ned) and Josephine LaTant.
Wooden dresser with oval mirror and four drawers, part of a bedroom set made in Randolph, Vermont by the Salisbury Bros. Furniture Co. for a Franco-American wedding gift of furniture for the first home of Edward (Ned) and Josephine LaTant.
Wooden chest of drawers, part of a bedroom set made in Randolph, Vermont by the Salisbury Bros. Furniture Co. for a Franco-American wedding gift of furniture for the first home of Edward (Ned) and Josephine LaTant.
Dresser is part of a bedroom set made in Randolph, Vermont by the Salisbury Bros. Furniture Co. for a Franco-American wedding gift of furniture for the first home of Edward (Ned) and Josephine LaTant.
Bed with headborad and footboard made in Randolph, Vermont by the Salisbury Bros. Furniture Co. for a Franco-American wedding gift of furniture for the first home of Edward (Ned) and Josephine LaTant.
Five drawer dresser made in Randolph, Vermont by the Salisbury Bros. Furniture Co. for a Franco-American wedding gift of furniture for the first home of Edward (Ned) and Josephine LaTant.
