Joseph Francis Cyr papers - Finding Aid

Contributing Institution: University of Maine at Fort Kent
Repository: Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes, University of Maine at Fort Kent, Fort Kent, Maine
View at Contributing Institution: https://archivesspace.umfk.edu/repositories/4/resources/329
Digitization Status: Finding Aid Only / Instrument de recherche
Identifier/Call Number: MCC-00144
Collection/Part of: Joseph Francis Cyr papers
Title: en Joseph Francis Cyr papers - Finding Aid
Description: en 39 items consisting of certificates, report cards, correspondence, and other documents related to Joseph Cyr’s training and career as a common school teacher and as a school superintendent. Also included: copies of his baptismal certificate and marriage record, and some personal correspondence.
Author/Creator: Cyr, Joseph Francis
Date(s): 1883/1945
Genre: en report cards; en documents; en certificates; en letters (correspondence); en marriage records; en baptismal certificates
Topic & Theme: Daily Life/Vie quotidienne; Education/Éducation; Work/Travail; Educators/Professeur(e)s
Geography: Van Buren ME; Frenchville; Fort Kent ME; Clayton Lake ME; Madawaska ME; St. John ME; St. Francis ME; Maine
familyName: Cyr; Morin
Source Language: English; French
Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH): Education--Maine--Aroostook County; Education--Maine--Fort Kent; Madawaska Training School (Fort Kent, Me.); Saint John River Valley (Me. and N.B.); University of Maine at Fort Kent
Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière (RVM): Éducation--Maine--Aroostook (comté d'); Éducation--Maine--Fort Kent; Maine--Fort Kent--Madawaska Training School; Saint-Jean, Fleuve (Canada / États-Unis ; cours d'eau); Université du Maine à Fort Kent
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Conditions Governing Access: There are no restrictions on this collection
Existence and Location of Originals: Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes, University of Maine at Fort Kent, Fort Kent, Maine
Biography, Administrative History and Provenance: en Biographical Note: Joseph Francois Cyr was born 2 October 1867 at Van Buren, Maine. He was a member of the fourth graduating class of the Madawaska Training School and taught in Frenchville, Fort Kent, Clayton Lake, Saint Francis, and Saint John, Maine. He was a school superintendent (1909-1920), Justice of the Peace (1898-1905), Register of Deeds (1899-1907), Trial Justice (1920-1917), and notary public (1924-1931). He married Elise Morin in Frenchville on 29 October 1898, and had one child Anne Marie Cyr Atwell. Mr. Cyr died on 10 June 1945. Provenance: This collection was donated to the Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes in July 1996 by Therese R. McGrath. Ms. McGrath obtained the collection from her mother Martha Cyr Genest in November 1978. Order and Arrangement: 39 items of manuscript.
Extent: 0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Collection Inventory: en 39 items consisting of certificates, report cards, correspondence, and other documents related to Joseph Cyr’s training and career as a common school teacher and as a school superintendent. Also included: copies of his baptismal certificate and marriage record, and some personal correspondence.
Recommended Citation: Joseph Francis Cyr Papers, MCC:92-00144, Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes, University of Maine at Fort Kent.
State/Province: Maine
Country: United States

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