308 resources

• University of Connecticut, Peoples of Connecticut Project Records - Finding Aid
  
  The "Peoples of Connecticut" Project was begun in 1974 under a grant from the Ethnic Heritage program, Office of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The goal of this program was to increase awareness, within Connecticut secondary schools, of different ethnic groups. Using curriculum guides and other instructional materials, the project endeavored to provide teaching and learning tools for discovering the cultural diversity of Connecticut's residents./n The collection contains a wide variety of materials more specifically detailed in the series descriptions. All aspects of the project are documented in the collection from the working papers of the grant to the published curriculum guides and bibliographies. Reference and resource materials pertinent to the ethnic groups represented by Connecticut's residents are included in Series IV-VII. The collection also includes some general reference materials pertaining to these ethnic groups in the United States, as well./n Series IX-XI include similar information to that found in Series I-III. The later series appears to be materials added at a later date and not integrated into the processed collection.
• Pete Le Tendre is the smallest worker. Said 9 years old. [...]
  
  Full title of image: Pete Le Tendre is the smallest worker. Said 9 years old. Lives 44 Bowler Street, Fall River, Mass. Location - South Carver [vicinity] - Smart's Bog, Massachusetts.
• French Ambassador receives French-Canadian boy entered in National Spelling Bee. Aaron Belanger, (right) French-Canadian boy [...]
  
  Full title of image: French Ambassador receives French-Canadian boy entered in National Spelling Bee. Aaron Belanger, (right) French-Canadian boy who is representing southeastern Massachusetts in the National Spelling Bee now being held in Washington was received French Ambassador Paul Claudel today. On the left is Eleanor Harrison, who came to Washington as alternate for the boy
• Maine Acadian cultural survey collection, 1991 - Finding Aid
  
  Collection consists of sound and video recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, printed materials, correspondence, field notes, and administrative files documenting folklife--including architecture, music, dance, storytelling, material culture, and occupational culture--in the Upper Saint John River Valley on the Maine and New Brunswick border.
• Lowell Folklife Project collection - Finding Aid
  
  This year-long study conducted by the American Folklife Center yielded an ethnographic collection consisting of 196 hours of sound recordings covering a wide range of subjects and activities, including oral history interviews, religious services, musical events, parades and religious processions, ethnic festivals, ethnic restaurants, and neighborhood tours. An additional 23 hours of sound recordings of musical events and oral history interviews were copied from originals lent by Lowell residents. Collection materials also include correspondence; field notes; questionnaires; neighborhood maps; reports; publications; administrative files; interview transcripts; black-and-white photographic prints, contact sheets, and film negatives (ca. 10,000 images); and color slides and prints, (ca. 3,500 images) which documented community life in Lowell, Massachusetts from 1987 to 1988.
• [unidentified man in kitchen]
  
  Photograph from Box 10 Series 5: Personal, circa 1921-1963. Digitized photograph 56 of 58.
• [unidentified woman in kitchen]
  
  Photograph from Box 10 Series 5: Personal, circa 1921-1963. Digitized photograph 55 of 58.
• [Langlais Family at Old Town, Thanksgiving ca. 1957-1958]
  
  Photograph from Box 10 Series 5: Personal, circa 1921-1963. Digitized photograph 24 of 58.
• [Bernard Langlais portrait]
  
  Photograph from Box 10 Series 5: Personal, circa 1921-1963. Digitized photograph 10 of 58.
• [Bernard Langlais, drawing]
  
  Photograph from Box 10 Series 5: Personal, circa 1921-1963. Digitized photograph 9 of 58.
• [Bernard Langlais and friend]
  
  Photograph from Box 10 Series 5: Personal, circa 1921-1963. Digitized photograph 8 of 58.
• [Bernard and Norman, September 8, 1936]
  
  Photograph from Box 10 Series 5: Personal, circa 1921-1963. Digitized photograph 6 of 58.
• [Bernard Langlais, child and pram]
  
  Photograph from Box 10 Series 5: Personal, circa 1921-1963. Digitized photograph 4 of 58.
• [Bernard Langlais, child skiing]
  
  Photograph from Box 10 Series 5: Personal, circa 1921-1963. Digitized photograph 3 of 58.
• [Bernard Langlais, child]
  
  Photograph from Box 10 Series 5: Personal, circa 1921-1963. Digitized photograph 2 of 58.
• [Bernard Langlais, infant]
  
  Photograph from Box 10 Series 5: Personal, circa 1921-1963. Digitized photograph 1 of 58.
• Bernard Langlais papers, circa 1925-2010 - Finding Aid
  
  The papers of Bernard Langlais measure 13.3 linear feet and date from circa 1925 to 2010. The papers document Langlais' career as a painter and sculptor through correspondence with friends, colleagues, and art institutions and organizations; writings; exhibition records, video recordings about Langlais, resumes, and other professional activity files; appraisals, invoices, inventories, and other personal business records; newspaper and magazine clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and press releases; as well as scrapbooks, drawings, sketchbooks, and photographic material of Langlais and his artwork.
• Thomas Morin papers, 1952-2015 - Finding Aid
  
  The papers of sculptor and teacher Thomas Morin measure 4.7 linear feet and date from 1952-2015. His career at several universities and art schools as well as his work as a sculptor and metalsmith are documented through biographical material, correspondence, writings, professional files, printed material, and artwork. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs and slides of Morin's artwork and the fabrication process.
• Omer Thomas Lassonde papers, 1935-1942 - Finding Aid
  
  Clippings, photographs and other documents relating to the work of the New Hampshire Federal Art Project, 1935-1942, directed by Omer Lassonde.
• 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.
• Program, Banquet de Bienvenue
  
  The program for the banquet honoring Dr. Daudelin upon his return from Europe.
• Program, Banquet honoring Dr. Daudelin after his nomination to Chevalier in the Légion d'Honneur.
  
  The dinner was hosted by M. Emile Bertin, and was held at the Restaurant des Sociétés Savantes in Paris. The program includes the menu, wine list, and speakers.
• Program, Dinner Russe
  
  Program for a dinner hosted by the Russian representative to the International Maritime Exposition. The program includes both the menu and list of wines.
• Program, Dinner hosted by U.S. High Commissioner Dr. Daudelin.
  
  Program for a dinner hosted by Dr. Daudelin in his role as High Commissioner of the U.S. to the International Maritime Exposition. The program includes both the menu and list of wines. An image of President Theodore Roosevelt is on the front cover, and an image of the U.S. Pavilion at the exposition is on the back cover.
• Literary, Dramatic, and Musical Entertainment Program at L'Assomption College
  
  This event program details the various acts that were part of the evening's entertainment. Daudelin played the role of skipper Captain Nat. Skillings, in the one act farce "My Uncle, the Captain."
• Dr. S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  The only known photograph of Dr. Daudelin in a professional setting. Daudelin is at center. The photograph was likely taken in either Paris, France, or Vienna, Austria while he was continuing his medical studies.
• Dr. S. Alphonse Daudelin at the Chateau de Chantilly
  
  Dr. S. Alphonse Daudelin visited the Chateau de Chantilly, where he posed for a photograph on the far side of the moat.
• Louis-Èmile Bertin Portrait
  
  Photograph of Louis-Èmile Bertin personally autographed to Daudelin on September 11, 1907. Bertin was a noted French naval engineer who hosted a banquet in Daudelin's honor when we was awarded the Ledion d'Honneur
• US Pavilion at the International Maritime Exposition
  
  The US Pavilion at the International Maritime Exposition was designed as a miniature White House. The Garonne River is visible at left.
• US Pavilion at the International Maritime Exposition
  
  The US Pavilion at the International Maritime Exposition was designed as a miniature White House.
• Dr. S. Alphonse Daudelin and group
  
  Dr. S. Alphonse Daudelin and an unidentified group, standing outside of the US Pavilion at the International Maritime Exposition, 1907.
• Dr. S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  Photograph of Dr. S. Alphonse Daudelin, taken at the Panajou Frères studio in Bordeaux, France. This photograph was taken while Daudelin was the High Commissioner of the United States to the International Maritime Exposition.
• 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."
• Dr. S. Alphonse Daudelin
  
  Photograph of Dr. S. Alphonse Daudelin taken at the Thibert Studio in Worcester, Massachusetts.
• Jobin Family Archive - Finding Aid
  
  The Jobin Family Archives contain materials collected by family members and compiled by Rev. Philippe Thibodeau. The bulk of the collection includes correspondence between family members in New England and Québec from 1890 to the present day. Of particular note are two extant letters by Joseph-Jobin to his family in Québec from Boston that pertain to his immigration in 1890. Also of note, is an extensive collection of artwork by Théodore and Marie-Eugénie Jobin, two copies of an unpublished manuscript, The History of Fashion, by Marie- Eugénie Jobin, a collection of rare books acquired by Louis Jobin, proprietor of Schoenhof’s Foreign Books in Cambridge, MA., and letters from youngest son, Gustave Antoine Jobin, to his mother and other relatives from the Western Front during World War I.
• The Achille J. St. Onge Papers - Finding Aid
  
  The Achille J. St. Onge (1913-1978) papers include correspondence with authors, printers, and the subjects of some of the 48 miniature books he published.
• Raymond Luc Levasseur Papers - Finding Aid
  
  The Levasseur papers are an important record of a committed revolutionary and political prisoner. Beginning with his work in the early 1970s with the Statewide Correctional Alliance for Reform (SCAR), a prisoners' rights organization, the collection includes communiques and other materials from revolutionary groups including the Sam Melville/Jonathan Jackson Unit, the United Freedom Front (UFF), the Armed Resistance Unit, and the Black Liberation Army; Levasseur's political and autobiographical writings; numerous interviews; selected correspondence; and a range of material on political prisoners and mass incarceration. Consisting in part of material seized by the FBI following Levasseur's arrest or recovered through the Freedom of Information Act, and supplemented by newsclippings and video from media coverage, the collection has particularly rich content for the criminal trials of UFF members and the Ohio 7 seditious conspiracy case, as well as Levasseur's years in prison and his work on behalf of political prisoners. Although the collection is organized roughly into three series -- Writing and radicalism, Trials, and Prisons, and political prisoners -- there is considerable overlap.
• Coralie Guertin Lajoie Collection - Finding Aid
  
  The collection contains ephemera and photographs from young Coco Lajoie's two-year sojourn on Kyushu. These include a copy of her school yearbook for 1951, a bill for a folk dance performance, and a series of letters from Japanese schoolchildren she met on a visit.
• Capt. Leander Lavallee: Portrait of captain of paddle steamer Mount Washington, which he purchased in the 1920s and operated on Lake Winnepesaukee until destroyed by fire in 1939, ca. 1940
  
  From a series of images of New England characters.
• J. WIlliam Belanger Papers - Finding Aid
  
  Correspondence, biographical material, writings, scrapbooks, subject files, newsclippings; pamphlets, manuals, and other printed materials; and memorabilia related to Belanger's union and election activities, and his work with various government agencies and commissions. Scrapbooks comprise the bulk of the collection and include correspondence, news clippings, photographs, postcards, and various memorabilia. Correspondents include: the U.S. Conciliation Service of the U.S. Department of Labor; the National War Labor Board; the War Manpower Commission of the Office for Emergency Management; the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts; the Council for Constitutional Reform in Massachusetts, Inc.; and The White House.
• Calumet Club (Fall River, Mass.) records - Finding Aid
  
  The collection includes the club constitution and by-laws, secretary's minutes, correspondence, photographs, treasurer's books, and dues collector's books.
• Franco-American Civic League (Fall River, Mass.) records - Finding Aid
  
  The Franco-American Civic League (Fall River, Massachusetts) Historical Collection is divided into six series. Series I consists of FACL administrative and subject files assembled by Lucienne Dionne. Administrative files include the league’s bylaws and constitution, correspondence, press releases and special event programs and tickets. Subject files cover individuals and organizations of interest to members of the French Canadian community of Fall River. Series II consists of materials collected on religious organizations such as the Dominican Fathers of Fall River, the Federation of Cercles Lacordaire, and the Franco-American Federation of Fall River. This series also contains information on Fall River parishes, including Notre Dames de Lourdes and St. Anne's, two of the oldest parishes in Fall River. Series III includes pamphlets, programs, and newspapers articles on French Canadian social/cultural organizations of Greater Fall River. Of note in this series are the records of the Calumet Club. Series IV includes items from educational organizations such as La Societe de Concours de Francais de Fall River and materials relating to French education and instruction. There were a number of French primers with this collection that have been catalogued as Special Collections monographs. Series V contains items collected by Josephine Perrault, including a scrapbook and collection of religious books. Series VI contains examples of Franco-American newspapers, including L'Independant and Le Petit Courrier. The collection includes one artifact, the parade suit and top hat worn by Dr. Omer Boivin on the occasion of the dedication of Monument du Lafayette in Fall River.
• Omer E. Boivin papers - Finding Aid
  
  The majority of the collection consists of French-language newspapers and clippings pertaining to prominent members of the Fall River community, Franco-American organizations, and medical associations. The collection also contains notes, correspondence, and speeches from the various organizations of which Dr. Boivin was a member; programs for conferences and celebrations from The French Cultural Association and The St. Anne School; and a black and white photograph of the Lafayette Monument on Eastern Avenue in Fall River. The most notable item in the collection is a large 18x13x4 indexed scrapbook which contains newspaper clippings on local doctors, lawyers, church and school leaders of French Canadian descent, as well as events, organizations, and associations within the French Canadian community of Fall River. The bulk of these clippings date from 1935-1977. The scrapbook also contains thank you notes, cards, and photographs which are attached to the inside covers.
• Series: Community Outreach, 1987-ongoing
  
  This series documents the Festival's community outreach activities, including the Youth Arts Program that serves local youth ages 6-17 with dance and music training, and the Community Dance Project that invites local residents to participate in an intensive creative collaboration with a choreographer and Festival dancers. There is significant documentation on Doug Varone's "A Momentary Order" (1992), a dance made in collaboration with scenic designer Power Boothe and composer Christopher Hyams-Hart, which premiered at the WS Libbey Mill in Lewiston, Maine on October 2, 1992. The work explores the Franco-American roots and culture of the Lewiston-Auburn area, and brought together a wide cross-section of participants, including artists, dancers, musicians, craftspersons, and community groups and individual members. The series also includes material related to Sara Pearson/Patrick Widrig and Company's "If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride," a performance tour of dance, live music, spoken word, video and photography and produced by the Festival in collaboration with the Portland Museum of Art and the OnSite Performance Network. This work premiered at the Portland Museum of Art on May 10, 2000.
• Stone monument to Franco-Americans of Lewiston Auburn, surrounded by flowers; building in background, man on bench at left, July 6, 1998; summer
  
  From the Collection: Contains colored slides of classroom scenes, campus scenes photographed in various seasons, campus buildings, sports, staff and faculty, commencement, reunion, short term and study away as well as other special events; also contains key slides used in various slideshow presentations, Capital Campaign slideshow, play productions, snow sculptures, slide sets and originals used in various college publications.
• James S. Leamon collection of Maine research material - Finding Aid
  
  The collection includes research material on Lewiston/Auburn and Maine history compiled by Bates professor of history James Leamon in the course of his research on the early history of Maine. There are subject folders on the mills, architecture, economy, government, and general history of the Lewiston/Auburn area. Additionally, there is a significant amount of information about the Franco-Americans in Maine and the Penobscot Expedition of 1779, the largest American naval expedition of the American Revolution.
• Smith-Muskie buildings dedication
  
  Senators Cohen, Muskie, Smith, Joe Brennan and others socializing at Blaine house luncheon during Smith-Muskie buildings dedication.
• Charlotte Michaud Correspondence
  
  Entries include letters, a lengthy typed biography, and a photographic portrait. Date range: 1930-04/1930-10
• Gilberte (Laroche) Gagnon collection - Finding Aid
  
  This collection of family papers and memorabilia reflects mainly the Lauzon, Laroche and Proulx families of Biddeford, especially from the 1930’s to the 1950’s. It includes birth, confirmation and communion certificates from the 1890’s to the 1940’s; photograph albums and scrapbooks from the 1930’s - 1940’s; and a large amount of clippings reflecting marriages, births, family events, anniversary, club and school happenings, and graduations. A number of items are about the life and career of Laura (Lauzon) Proulx, maternal aunt to Gilberte Laroche, and for 30+ years the organist at St. Andre’s Church in Biddeford; as well as materials pertaining to Edmond Laroche, father to Gilberte Laroche and a foreman at the Bates/York Mill in Saco. Large amount of material relating to St. Andre’s parish, Biddeford.
• Tremblay-Agnew family collection - Finding Aid
  
  Collection of portraits of family members (none identified), taken in Maine and Massachusetts. Belonged to Marie Celina (Tremblay) Agnew or her parents (Norbert and Celanire Pelletier Tremblay).
• Pauline Gaudette Canning Papers - Finding Aid
  
  Collection of materials related to St. Joseph School, Biddeford, which belonged to Pauline (Gaudette) Canning, SJHS '49. The collection contains images, class photos, clippings, correspondence, programs, albums and certificates. One item not related to SJS is the elementary school diploma from Saco's Burns School belonging to Kenneth Canning.
• Salvas-Coulombe Theater Collection - Finding Aid
  
  For nearly forty years Joseph Jovite "J.J." Salvas was actively engaged in the staging and direction of amateur theatrical productions for French-speaking audiences. His companies were made up largely of Biddeford people, and they played to enthusiastic audiences locally and throughout New England. Felix Coulombe (his cousin, Conrad, as well as Mr. and Mrs. John B. Joncas), were amongst the many active members of this vibrant local theater community. The materials donated by Salvas and Coulombe make up the basis of this collection, which tells the story of Biddeford's incredibly rich theatrical tradition. The photographs, posters and programs in the collection reveal some of the players and the well-known plays they appeared in. They form an interesting part of Biddeford's social history, and showcase the talents of numerous local women and men who spent their non-working hours actively engaged in Biddeford's cultural life.
• Clement Deschambault Papers - Finding Aid
  
  This collection contains materials relating to Hon. Clement Deschambault's law enforcement and political careers in the city of Biddeford. It is comprised of clippings, correspondence, photographs, awards, and speeches he delivered in both French and English. The bulk of the materials cover the years 1957 to 1964.
• Rudy Vallée Papers and Memorabilia - Finding Aid
  
  The papers of a popular vocalist in the U.S. during the 20th century. Included are correspondence from 1917 to 1984, newspaper clippings, scores, photographs, scrapbooks, phonograph records, megaphone, and other memorabilia.
• Charles Stewart Doty Academic Papers - Finding Aid
  
  The papers of a professor of history at the University of Maine, Orono. The papers contain materials concerning his research, writing, and teaching. Professor Doty was the author of Acadian Hard Times. Included are manuscripts, correspondence, syllabi, lecture notes, research papers, research notes, photographs, slides, and articles.
• Normand Dubé Education Papers - Finding Aid
  
  The papers of an educator, poet, and major figure in the Franco-American revival of the 1970s. The collection includes his poetry, artwork, correspondence, scrapbooks, manuscripts, published works, research materials, and teaching materials. Also included are materials concerning bilingual education, human rights, and the St. John Valley Bilingual Project.
• Therese L. Drapeau School-Day Memories Album
  
  An album belonging to Therese Drapeau and commemorating her days as a student at St. Joseph's High School in Biddeford, Maine. The album contains photographs and name cards of students, autographs, and an invitation to the graduation ceremony at the high school.
• “Our Life, Our Work” Lewiston Western Older Citizens Council/Marcella Sorg and Stefan Duplessis - Finding Aid
  
  This project involved a series of bilingual interviews utilizing family albums to stimulate discussion about Franco-American culture, particularly as it pertained to work. That is, it concerned the following: how work reflected cultural values; work ethic; work/occupation patterns; how work was integrated with family life (or interfered with it); the history of work patterns in the Lewiston area, and about Franco-American culture and family life in general. We interviewed elderly persons identified by the Western Maine Older Citizens Council. The interviewers included Raymond Pelletier (professor of French at UM), Marcella Sorg, Mark Silber, and Steffan Duplessis. The products of these interviews included: (1) a filmstrip with bilingual audio tape using reproduced family photos which illustrated themes from the ethnography and excerpts from the tape-recorded interviews; and (2) a bilingual traveling photo exhibit using selected family photos and captioned with quotes (with translations).
• Leon A. Guimond collection - Finding Aid
  
  This collection primarily consists of genealogical materials collected by Leon Guimond on numerous families in Northern Maine and Canada. The collection contains materials on the following names: Albert; Beaupre; Blondeau; Bosse; Caron; Cayouette; Chasse; Clifford; Cote; Curtis; Cyr; Daigle; Demers; Deom; Deschenes; Drouin; Dube; Dubois; Dufour; Gagnon; Giguere; Guimond; Jean; Jimmo; Kovacs; Lagace; Landry; Leach; Martin; Michaud; Morin; Ouellette; Pellerin; Perrault; Plourde; Raymond; Rossignol; Roy; Saucier; Sirois; Soucy; Talbot family; Tallard family; Talon; Tanguay; Tardif; Tellier; Tessier; Tetreault; Theberge; Thibodeau; Violette; and Voisine. Also included in the collection are maps, images, newspaper clippings, and some personal materials, including correspondence.
• Mae Ann Gagnon collection - Finding Aid
  
  This collection consists of one matted black and white photograph and one exercise booklet (missing) of the 1914 graduating class at the Madawaska Training School. The photo dimensions are 20 cm x 24 cm. The dimensions of the decorative mat board with photo are 29.5 cm x 34.5 cm. The mat board has a grayish colored core with a blue gray decorative frame. There are 20 females dressed in white either sitting or standing and 2 males, standing, dressed in suits and neck ties. The man in the middle of the photo has been identified as George F. Martin
• Paula Lerner photographs - Finding Aid
  
  The eighty slides in the “Paula Lerner Photographs, 1995” collection are a representative selection of a series of approximately 400 images of Maine’s Upper St. John Valley shot during the summer and early fall of 1995 by Paula Lerner. Ms. Lerner, a professional free-lance photographer, took these photographs for Mark Sullivan’s Yankee Magazine features “This New England,” which appeared in the June 1996 issue. The original images belong to the photographer. Acadian Archives staff contacted Ms. Lerner and requested that she select a representative sampling of the slides for purchase by the Archives.
• Emma Almira Jones collection - Finding Aid
  
  The Emma Almira Jones Collection spans the years 1910 - 1939 and documents commencement ceremonies, certification, alumni activities, and memorial exercises related to the Madawaska Training School in Fort Kent, Maine (now the University of Maine at Fort Kent). It includes a program for the 1926 fourth annual commencement of the Fort Kent High School, then a department of the Madawaska Training school, and memorial exercises for Miss Mary P. Nowland, who served as principal at the School from 1896 through 1926. These documents shed light on the institutional culture of the Madawaska Training School. Alumni Day programs provide clues to the type of entertainment which organizers thought would attract a large turn-out from their largely local alumni in the early 1930s.
• D. Wilfrid Soucy collection - Finding Aid
  
  These materials consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and a scrapbook, a trophy, and sound recordings that primarily document Rev. Soucy’s Career as a priest in the Saint John Valley. The Bulk of the manuscript material consists of articles and correspondence relating to Soucy’s work on establishing cooperatives in the Valley. This includes a scrapbook Father Soucy kept of articles about himself and the valley and correspondence sent to him during the height of the cooperatives success, and early 1940s. Although few of the manuscript materials are primary sources, the over five-hundred, mostly well-labeled photographs taken between 1909 and 1980 offer visual insight into Father Soucy’s life. Both personal and professional, the photo collection includes pictures of Soucy’s family and friends as well as his various activities as a priest, especially during his pastorate in Sinclair- Guerette.The seventy-one sound recordings are the other significant component of the collection. Soucy made several recordings about cooperatives for broadcast on his weekly radio show, and he also cut several records on various occasions with his friends and family. These recordings are a valuable source for research about both Father Soucy’s personal and professional life.
• Marcella Bélanger Violette scrapbooks - Finding Aid
  
  The items in this collection were gathered throughout Mrs. Violette’s lifetime and archivally duplicated by her daughter-in-law, Holly Ramsdell Violette. Materials in this collection include newspaper articles, church programs, photos, letters, cards, telegrams, postcards, brochures, and other items. This collection will be of interest to historians, politicians, educators, St. John Valley and Maine residents, and others.
• Nora Marquis Baker collection - Finding Aid
  
  For the most part, this collection is made up of personal letters, photographs, cards, notebooks, and scrapbooks. There are maps of and documents about New Canada. Other non-personal documents: Will of Georgiana Bourgoin, Naturalization papers of Alfred Bourgoin, and a description of the plot of land in New Canada that Nora and Joe Baker bought from Joseph Daigle in 1949.
• Paul D. Thibodeau collection - Finding Aid
  
  This collection consists of a scrapbook, photographs, Thibodeau family genealogy, Thibodeau’s Insurance documents, stenographer/shorthand booklet, newspaper articles. The scrapbook belonging to Mr. Paul D. Thibodeau contains correspondence, meeting minutes, resolutions, and newspaper articles regarding the organization of the First National Bank of Fort Kent in Fort Kent, Maine. The correspondence is mostly between the President of the bank, Mr. Paul D. Thibodeau and the office of Currency at the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. The bank was organized by Paul D. Thibodeau on July 7, 1919. The officers elected were as follows: President, Paul D. Thibodeau; 1st vice president, Henry W. Nadeau; 2nd vice president, Fred E. Michaud; cashier Arthur A. Hebert; directors, Paul D. Thibodeau, Henry W. Nadeau, Fred E. Michaud, Irenee Cyr, Ulderic Dumond, Maxime P. Gagnon, Albert R. Michaud, Saul Michaud, T. T. Michaud, Cleophas Nadeau, Philip A. Roy, William L. Savage, T. A. St. John, Frank A. O’Connell, Henry W. Theriault. The photographs are from the Thibodeau, Nadeau, and Collin families. The collection is divided into 4 series: Series I: The First National Bank of Fort Kent; Series II: Thibodeau’s Insurance Agency; Series III: images; Series IV: Thibodeau family
• Anathalie Hébert Cyr Diary, genealogy, and images - Finding Aid
  
  This collection consists of the diary of Anathalie Hébert Cyr, kept between approximately 1874 and 1885. In addition to personal entries on various social, religious, and family matters, the diary also includes transcripts and paraphrases of short stories, fables, and news articles. The diary contains entries in both french and english. Also inlcuded in the collection are photocopied portions of the diary, a Cyr family genealogy complied by Claudette Cyr, and digital copies of images depicting Nathalie Hébert Cyr, Marie Délina Cry Crotto, and a photograph of Simon H and Josette Daigle with Roger Paradis (UMFK professor)
• Carlene M. Martin collection - Finding Aid
  
  4 C-60 audio cassettes containing folklore, songs, and stories from Laura Plourde and Joyieme Ouellette of Madawaska, Maine, and from Mrs. Edgar Cyr, Josephine Lagasse, and Richard A Martin of St. David, Maine. Also, recipes, song texts and photographs. Submitted for a course at the University of Maine at Fort Kent in Fall 1974.
• C. Stewart Doty Photograph Collection - Finding Aid
  
  The C. Stewart Doty Photograph collection is comprised of 220 black and white photographs taken by John Collier Jr. and Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration in 1941-42, and by Jack Walas in 1989. This collection of photographs were collected for use in C. Stewart Doty’s publication Acadian Hard Times, The Farm Security Administration in Maine’s St. John Valley, 1940-1943 (Orono, University of Maine Press, 1991).
• Alphonsine Kent Photograph Collection - Finding Aid
  
  The 59 black and white nitrate negatives in this collection date circa 1915-1920. They consist of 39 informal portraits of unidentified individuals and groups; 17 outdoor scenes (mostly images of Fort Kent, Maine and Clair, New Brunswick); 4 interior/exterior images identified on the negatives as Eagle Lake Camps; and 3 images of a parlor room with musical instruments.
• Alphée Marquis photographs newspaper clippings and other materials circa 1929 to1994 - Finding Aid
  
  This collection consists of photographs and newspaper clippings originally placed in scrapbooks and photograph albums by Rev. Alphée Marquis. Most of the photographs were taken by Rev. Marquis; the clippings represent subjects of interest to their collector. Of note in the photograph albums are images of Father D. Surette and Mme Armand Marquis, Mount Katahdin, and a number of local people and locations. The collection also includes a number of funeral cards and photographic slides. The original photograph albums and scrapbooks have been dismantled; the clippings are not in their original order. They have been arranged by subject.
• Albina Cyr papers and images - Finding Aid
  
  This collection consists of newspaper articles of Albina and her father, printed song sheets, Albina’s handwritten song lyrics, one small volume of Army Song Book, Christmas song collection printed on 4.5" x 5.5" folded cards from A.G.C.C. dated 1948, photographs of Albina Cyr, and one autographed photo of entertainer Gene Autry from when he was at the Auditorium in Bangor, Maine for a show dated Monday, February 13 (the year is not indicated).
• Adele Moreau Theriault oral history photograph and biography 1999 - Finding Aid
  
  This collection consists of an oral history recording of Adèle Moreau Thériault, recorded on August 15, 1999, by Thérèse Dufour, a color photograph of Mrs. Thériault taken during the recording, and a manuscript biography by Mrs. Thériault.
• Gloriane Perrier Collection - Finding Aid
  
  Gloriane “Glo” Perrier was born in Lewiston, ME, March 21, 1929, to Philias and Alma Gosselin Perrier. She had two brothers, Conrad and Marcel, and one sister, Therese. Glo graduated from Lewiston High School in 1949, and went on to work for the Department of the Army, as a secretary, until retiring in 1983. She was active in and competed in multiple sports including softball, basketball, bowling, speed skating, canoeing and Olympic kayaking. According to an oral history with Glo, recorded at the Franco-American Collection in 1994, she started kayaking by accident. While playing softball, a friend asked her if she’d be interested in bowling, and Gloriane Perrier Collection, (1919-1994) Franco-American Collection University of Southern Maine Libraries later, while bowling, another friend (an Olympic canoeist) asked if she’d be interested in canoeing and kayaking. Glo competed in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, the first time U.S. women competed in kayaking at the Olympics. In 1964, she and her kayak partner, 15-year-old Francine Fox, won the silver medal for 500 meter doubles in the Olympics in Tokyo. After Tokyo, she continued to travel and compete, while also coaching olympic teams for 9 years. She also dabbled in aviation and motorcycle riding. For the last 35 years of her life, she lived in Alabama with partner Deb Magee.
• Albert Coté Collection - Finding Aid
  
  Some materials on early life, primarily his time at LEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL, for which he played hockey. A large number of photographs of Cote, sometimes with other noted politicians, e.g. GOV EDMUND MUSKIE. The Collection also contains materials from his non-political activities, such as his snowshoeing days.
• Madeleine Giguère Collection - Finding Aid
  
  The collection includes information on Giguère’s early life and education, but focuses on her academic career at USM. In addition to many publications and conference papers, the collection features her research on the US census and its ancestry data, as well as her research for classes on Franco-American studies.
• Les Défenseurs du Saint Nom de Jésus, Lewiston, 1917
  
  Les Défenseurs du Saint Nom de Jésus, Lewiston, 1917. Possibly outside St Paul's Collège. The banner reads "BENI SOIT LE NOM DE JESUS / VIVENT SES DEFENSEURS" ("blessed be the name of Jesus, long live its defenders"). Boys' social organization founded by Fr. Antonin Dallaire, o.p. in 1907, for activities in theatre, religion, music, and sports. Affiliated with the Roman Catholic parish of Sts. Peter & Paul in Lewiston, . Left to right, front row: Jean-Charles Boucher (President); Fr Ange-Marie Côté; Ernest Desjardins (Vice President) 2nd row: A Lavoie; A Desjardins; Lucien Marcotte; A Pelletier; Clovis Lapierre; Léonard Gagné; H Forgue; Arthur Croteau; Delphis Proulx; Amédé Hémond; Edmond Bégin; Philias Perrier; Léo Gernier; R Guilmette 3rd row: D Turcotte; H Labbé; H Pelletier; A Michaud; Willié Cailler; Ronaldo Laliberté; C Jalbert; R Forgues; S Sirois; O Fournier; P Fortier; A Comeau; A Levesque; A Deslauriers; H Turcotte 4th row: H Marcotte; R Blais; D Gauthier; A Paradis; E Gagné; E Houle; A Pelletier; L Jutras; P Croteau; N Beaudry; R Cailler; E Lebrecque; H Jalbert; A Beliveau; A Bedard; M Lambert 5th row: S Rancourt; A Guay; A Morin; T Jalbert; A Marcotte; A Therrien; E Martin; A René; N Fournier; A Daigle; A Fortier
• Henri d'Arles Collection - Finding Aid
  
  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.
• Lewis Hine Papers - Finding Aid
  
  Collection consists of photographs taken by Hine, two Hine letters, and printed catalog. Photographs are in two series: one relating to immigration, the other to Pittsburgh steel mills and workers. Also, several miscellaneous photographs, letters written by Hine in 1921, and Hine Photo Company Catalogue of Social and Industrial Photographs.
• Annie Proulx correspondence with Joel Connaroe - Finding Aid
  
  Comprises typescript, manuscript, email and post-card correspondence between author Annie Proulx and Joel Connaroe, author of books and essays about American poetry and fiction, editor of Six American Poets, and president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation from 1985 to 2002 ; with 143 color photographs.
• The Annie Proulx Papers - Finding Aid
  
  The archive comprises material related to the publication of four short-story collections written and/ or composed by Proulx during this period, as well as uncollected short stories; material related to the composition and publication of four novels published between 1992 and 2002; material related to the composition of nonfiction articles, essays, and books, including freelance magazine work done by Proulx in the 1980’s and several “how-to” gardening and cooking publications; four academic theses completed by Proulx while she was a history student at the University of Vermont and George Williams University; a holograph journal begun by Proulx on 1976, and concluded on March 18, 1977, while she was living in the North Kingdom of Vermont (restricted until after the death of the author); book reviews, public remarks, interviews, book proposals, and a small section of poetry written by Annie Proulx. The archive also includes some born-digital drafts of works and correspondence, and her sketchbooks and watercolors of landscapes and people.\n Also contains Proulx’s extensive research files, which include maps and guides organized by region, project files with articles organized by subject, and hundreds of research photographs, many organized by place. Other photographs in the archive include portraits of Annie Proulx, photographs of literary events, and photographs from Proulx’s childhood and of family and friends.\n Also includes a large collection of artwork by Proulx’s mother, painter and amateur naturalist Lois Nellie Gill Proulx, and her estate papers, as well as a collection of genealogical and property records retained by Proulx.\n The archive is rich in both incoming and outgoing correspondence, and includes letters to and from writers and friends; agents and publishers; translators, and readers. In many cases, Proulx retained copies of her outgoing personal and business letters. Correspondence from fans of “Brokeback Mountain” is restricted for the life of the author, as is Proulx’s Vermont journal.
• Jack Kerouac Papers - Finding Aid
  
  The Jack Kerouac Archive spans the years 1920 to 1977, with the bulk dated 1935 to 1969. The collection chiefly consists of holograph and typescript drafts of Kerouac's novels, stories, poetry, plays and screenplays, journals, diaries, notebooks, autobiographical and spiritual prose, fantasy horseracing, and fantasy baseball game. Other materials include Jack Kerouac's artwork, incoming and outgoing correspondence, photographs, personal and financial papers (including bank statements and canceled checks), publishing contracts, newspaper cuttings, maps, and realia.
• Woods Near Indian Lake, NY
  
  French Canadians began arriving as early as the 1850s in Indian Lake in the central Adirondacks to secure employment in the lumbering industry. Some would come as seasonal workers, while others settled there year round, raising families and clearing land for small farms to feed the lumber camp horses as well as family members. Indeed, so sizeable was their presence that on the outskirts of Indian Lake, near John’s Pond, that the area was referred to as “Little Canada.” Many of these French Canadians came to region from Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Consequently, they were undoubtedly experienced in living in dense woods such as those pictured here. Their most difficult challenge, however, came in 1897 when a black diphtheria epidemic swept through the region. Among the victims were two Franco-American children, 14-year old Eliza King (anglicized version of the family name Roy) and her 11-year old stepbrother Peter Savarie. Yet another blow came to the community in 1915 when the State of New York acquired most of the land occupied for decades by Franco-American settlers. (With sincere thanks to Indian Lake Historical Society and historians Wayne Blanchard and Bill Zullo).
• Champlain Silk Mills Smoke Stack in Whitehall, NY
  
  Among the businesses that flourished in Whitehall, thanks in large part to the presence of the Champlain Canal and the availability of "cheap labor" from Quebec, was the Champlain Silk Company. The Champlain Silk Mills located in Whitehall in 1874 and produced silk ribbon and fabric until the 1940s. The mill closed in the 1950s, and a fire in 1966 destroyed its buildings. However, one of the remnants of the once vibrant industry is the smoke stack featured in these photos. The railway crossing in one of the photos dates to 1909.
• Leandre-Arthur Dumouchel and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, NY
  
  Etching of Leandre-Arthur Dumouchel and photograph of Cathedral of Immaculate Conception in Albany, NY. Léandre-Arthur Dumouchel and his twin brother, Alphonse-Edouard, were born on March 1, 1841 in Rigaud, Quebec. From their youngest days, their aunt, Estelle Fournier, instilled in them a love of music, and it was she who cultivated their talent. At the age of 9, the 2 brothers entered Coll├¿ge Bourget in their hometown to further their musical studies. Just 18, Léandre-Arthur left home to pursue a career as an organist at various churches in Ontario before moving to Troy, NY in 1864. From there, he moved to Carthage, NY in 1866. (It was for the Musical Association of Carthage that Léandre-Arthur and his brother performed in concert of sacred music on November 29, 1866 as accompanists to another Franco-American, Emma Lajeunesse. Her story is featured elsewhere in this collection.) In 1869, Léandre-Arthur Dumouchel left for Europe in order to further his musical studies. His brother joined him shortly thereafter. Léandre-Arthur studied piano at the renowned Leipzig Conservatory, and in 1872, he successfully completed a doctorate in music there. When he returned from Europe in 1872, Léandre-Arthur settled once again in upstate New York, this time to become an organist in Rochester, NY. (Some sources contend that he went next to Oswego, NY.) He would leave there in 1876 to become the organist at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, NY, a position that he held until his passing in 1919. His brother Alphonse-Edouard would also become an organist in upstate New York, serving for 40 years at the cathedral in Ogdensburg. He died in 1914. The remains of both musician brothers were laid to rest in Rigaud, Quebec.
• Champlain Canal in Whitehall, NY
  
  Work on the Champlain Canal began south of Whitehall in 1817. The Canal would open officially on September 10, 1823, allowing boats to travel a distance of 66 miles from Cohoes to Whitehall, thereby linking a variety of businesses and varied products.
• Miss Albani and St. Joseph's Church in Albany, NY
  
  Emma Lajeunesse, known internationally as Mademoiselle (Miss) Albani and a photograph of St. Joseph's Church in Albany, NY. Emma Lajeunesse was born November 1, 1847 in Chambly, Quebec to musicians Joseph Lajeunesse and Mélina Mignault. Following Mélina's death in 1856, Joseph began work as music master at a convent in Montreal. The nuns there quickly became aware of Emma's musical talent. However, finding little support in Quebec, Joseph departed with his two daughters for upstate New York. Accounts differ on where they settled next. Some say Plattsburgh, others indicate Johnstown, and still others point to Saratoga Springs. What is certain is that by 1865, Emma and her family had made Albany their home where Emma joined the choir at St. Joseph's Church and obtained positions as first soprano, church organist, and choir director. It was parishioners there and Bishop McNierny who provided financial support for Emma to pursue her dream of studying music in Europe, and she departed in 1868. Shortly thereafter, she took on the stage name of Mademoiselle (or Miss) Albani, in part to have a more "European" (more sophisticated) name and in part to recognize her supporters from her adopted home. Eventually, she would go on to international fame, even singing at Windsor Castle at the invitation of Queen Victoria.
• Eulalie Durocher, Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
  
  Photographs of the portrait of the founder of the Order of the Sisters of the Holy Names, her home in Quebec, other related items. Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (SNMJ) was founded in 1843 by Eulalie Durocher in Longueil, Quebec. Sister Marie Rose, as was her name as a religious, was just 32 at the time, and her goal was to provide Christian education to girls and young women, particularly those who were poor and disadvantaged, especially in rural areas. In 1849, at the age of 38 and just six years after taking her vows and founding the Order, Mother Marie Rose died. She left behind a community of women that had grown from three to 44 sisters. In addition to the portrait of Sister Marie Rose is a painting of her childhood home in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, both of which are lovingly displayed at Academy of the Holy Names. As for the history of that school, in June 1880, Father Joseph Brouillet, the Pastor of AlbanyΓÇÖs Church of the Assumption, a French-Canadian church, received permission from the Bishop of the Albany Diocese, the Very Reverend Francis McNierney, to found a Canadian school. The French-speaking Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (SNJM) from Longueil, Quebec arrived in September of that same year to teach in Assumption Parish School and to open an academy. The founding sisters of what would eventually become Academy of the Holy Names in Albany were: Mother Theresa of Jesus, Sister M. Rosalie, Sister Marie de l'Espérance, and Sister M. Cyprien. They left Hochelaga, Quebec (now part of the city of Montreal) on August 30, 1880, initially for Schenectady where Holy Names Sisters were already located. The Sisters of the Holy Names were teaching in 1880 at a school affiliated with the Church of Saint John the Evangelist at 809 Union Street in Schenectady. (Along the way, they visited with sisters in Rutland, VT., a point that underscores a French-Canadian presence elsewhere in the northeast.) Once settled in Albany, the Sisters lived for a brief time in the church rectory at 107 Hamilton Street. Fr. Brouillet purchased 113 (or 120) Hamilton Street with the purpose of it becoming the academy, but the Bishop did not allow them to proceed until the 1884-1885 academic year. That first year, the academy welcomed four boarders, 20 day scholars, 20 music pupils, and 15 ladies and young girls who studied painting and embroidery. By April 1885, the academy, incorporated as Academy of Notre Dame, relocated to 628 Madison Avenue. The school was officially renamed in 1899 as Academy of the Holy Names. Eventually the Academy found a new and permanent home at 1075 New Scotland Road.(Also of note: In 1877, the Rev. Joseph Brouillet came to Albany to become the pastor of Church of the Assumption. Prior to his arrival, the pastor was the Rev. L. M. Dugas, who left Assumption to become the pastor of St. JosephΓÇÖs Church in Cohoes.) (With sincere thanks to Mary Ellen Conboy at Academy of the Holy Names)
• Headstone for Adele Tanguay
  
  This is the tombstone for Marie Adéle Pageau Tanguay, here named simply Adele Tanguay. She was born in Keeseville, NY, eventually married a Québécois, Joseph Octave Tanguay, and was mother to 4 children, the youngest of whom was Eva Tanguay, the famous "Queen of Vaudeville" and "Don't Care Girl."
• Street Sign for Champlain Street in Whitehall, NY
  
  Champlain Street is one of the streets in a neighborhood in which the majority of inhabitants were French-Canadian in origin. The street is located in an area that featured housing built by the Champlain Silk Mills for its workers.
• DuMouchel home in Rigaud, Quebec
  
  Renowned musician and composer, Léandre-Arthur DuMouchel and his twin-and equally talented musician-brother, Alphonse-Edouard, were born on March 1, 1841 in Rigaud, Quebec. From their youngest days, their aunt, Estelle Fournier, instilled in them a love of music, and it was she who cultivated their talent. At the age of 9, the 2 brothers entered Collège Bourget in their hometown to further their musical studies. This is a photo of their family home, courtesy of of Lorraine Auerbach Chevrier, présidente du Cercle d'histoire de Rigaud.
• Bishop Scully and Parishioners outside of the French Church, St. Joseph's Church, in Cohoes, NY
  
  This photograph was taken on confirmation day. Note the dwindling numbers of attendees.
• Sarrault Family at 76 Congress Street in Cohoes, NY
  
  Family of Albert Sarrault and Alma Lemoine. In the photograph are Wilfrid and Alfred Sarrault, Stella Chartier, Minnie Chartier, Queenie Chartier, Emile Galipeau, George Blair, and various children.
• Chartier Family
  
  The Chartier Family immigrated from Iberville, Quebec to Troy, NY. Back Row, left to right: Francois Chartier, (his second wife) Severine Lorraine, Rose Delima Courtois, Lillian Chartier, Minnie Chartier, Regina "Queenie" Chartier, unknown; Second row, left to right: (seated) Stella Chartier, 4 children (unknown), Joe Chartier.
• Chartier Sisters
  
  From left to right: Minnie, Marie, Queenie, Lily and Stella Chartier. It is believed that these dresses were made from fabric produced at the local textile mills.
• Wilfrid Sarrault and Daughter Gloria
  
  Wilfrid was City Assessor. The photo was taken at the corner of Congress and Hart Streets. Wilfrid was a builder and city assessor. He was first generation Franco-American.
• Stella and Queenie Chartier
  
  Photograph of Stella and Queenie Chartier dressed in dark suits for an occasion.
• Alfred Sarrault at 76 Congress Street in Cohoes, NY
  
  Alfred Sarrault was the first of his family to immigrate to the United States. He came to the US from Napierville, Quebec.
• Chartier Sisters in the Hudson River near Troy, NY
  
  All of the Chartier sisters worked in various mills in the Cohoes-Troy area. This was a rare day of relaxation.
• Armistice Day Parade in Cohoes, NY
  
  Many Franco-Americans were in the U.S. military during WWII. Marvin Haines married into a Franco-American family and was adopted by a Franco-American family, the Daigneaults.