3/4 in. archival original is transfer from original 2 in. tape. // Dropout throughout. // Episode produced in 1981 by Maine Public Broadcasting for a series entitled Reflets et Lumiere II, which explores the evolution of French Americans in Maine. Introduced by two men, the episode features a short comedy play in French and English written by Gregoire Chabot that examines culture shock, breakdown, and conflicting customs for the French Americans. Two couples play immigrants stranded in an automobile that they can not operate, and can not understand the instructions they are given by passers-by in English. Later, their descendants are stuck with a horse-drawn wagon that can not move. In the back they discover boxes containing 'Notre Heritage,' and must decide which items can be discarded so that the wagon will be light enough to move. Shot on location, has no subtitles. Episode concludes with a short dialogue between two French-speaking puppets: one is a log, the other is a potato.
Facts and fictions of being bilingual in a monolingual culture. An interview with Antonine Maillet, Acadian author and recipient of top honors for her many novels about Acadian life. See also Maine Humanities Collection, Acc. 0800, 3/4-inch.
Interviews with educators and clergy on the topic of bilingual education and changes and progress in the Church. Footage of classroom instruction. Most in French with no subtitles.
Bilingual education programs in Vermont and New Hampshire secondary schools. Father Nicknair of Fort Kent (Me.), Father Pelletier of Van Buren, (Me.), Auxiliary Bishop Amedee Proulx of Portland (Me.) on the role of priests.
Dated 12/28/81. Facts and fictions of being bilingual in a monolingual atmosphere, An interview with Antonine Maillet, Acadian author and recipient of top honors for her many novels about Acadian life. FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
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 Also of note, is an extensive collection of artwork by Théodore and Marie-Eugénie Jobin, two copies of an unpublished manuscript, The History of Fashion, by Marie- Eugénie Jobin, a collection of rare books acquired by Louis Jobin, proprietor of Schoenhof’s Foreign Books in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.
Oral history with activist for the preservation of the French language who spoke both French and English from earliest days. This is part 2. For part 1 see mums123-t001-i005.
Oral history with activist for the preservation of the French language who spoke both French and English from earliest days. This is part 1. For part 2 see mums123-t002-i001.
The Lowell E. Daigle Book Manuscript examines Franco-American culture and society in Maine’s Upper St. John Valley, focusing on data gathered between the late 1960s and the early 1990s in a small hamlet pseudonymously referred to as “Alouette.” Organized into six chapters, the manuscript focuses on family, church, and recent changes in the study community. The manuscript also includes historical background about the Acadians prior to their arrival in Northern Maine.
This collection consists of photocopies of two handwritten songbooks of French-language songs collected by Eugénie (Poirier) Clavette. Some songs are duplicates. The songs represent a wide range of repertory, including French Traditional songs, French and French-Canadian nineteenth century and early twentieth century patriotic, religious, and sentimental songs.
This collection consists of four notebooks of handwritten song lyrics by Elise Violette, as well as a page of Violette family genealogy created by Guy Dubay in 1992. The song lyrics are mostly in French, with some English. None of the songbooks are dated, although one has "Elise Violette, 19 years old" written faintly in pencil on the front cover, dating it circa 1910.
