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  • Author: Fecteau, Edward

Date: 1945

Language: en

Find in a Library: 1312704

Find Online: OL6484968M

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Historical text on French, French Canadian, and Franco American persons significant to political, social, religious, and artistic life in the United States both before and after 1776 - from the early 17th century to the 1940s. Composed of…

  • Author: McQuillan, D. Aidan

Date: 1979 avril

Publication: Cahiers de géographie du Québec

Volume: 23

Language: English

Find in a Library: 60627975

Article on French Canadian immigrant and worker communities in the states of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois in the nineteenth century. How farming, lumbering, and mining communities of this era differed from the fur-trading, French…

  • Author: Gartenberg, Max

Date: 1949 October

Publication: The Journal of American Folklore

Volume: 62

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1782260

Article on the geographic origins of French Canadian and American folklore lumberjack, Paul Bunyan. Traces research that relates the character to one "Tit Jean" or "Bon Jean" of French Canadian lore, and to his predominant occurrence in tales around…

  • Author: Bélanger, Albert A.

Date: 1921

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 24363618

Find Online: OL14019254M

Un repertoire des noms, professions, et brèves biographies des principaux citoyens franco-américains dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre, New York, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, et Minnesota. Organisé par état, diocèse…

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  • Author: Paré, Paul

Date: 1972 (reprinted 2003)

Language: English and français

Find in a Library: Unknown/Inconnu

A condensed history of Franco American journalism - from its birth in 1837, to its demise in 1972. The emigration of French Canadians to the United States and the correspondingly wide and rapid production of Franco American, French language…

  • Author: Bizier, Hélène-Andrée

Date: 1978

Publication: Forces

Language: Bilingual/bilingue

Find in a Library: 1081651, 61523125

Une introduction à l'histoire des prémières Français aux États-Unis, commençant par les explorateurs historiques qui ont établis les noms français de nombreux endroits en Amérique. Le début et la fin de la Nouvelle France, aussi que la…

  • Author: Santerre, Richard

Date: 1978

Publication: Forces

Language: Bilingual/bilingue

Find in a Library: 1081651, 61523125

Un aperçu général d'une histoire des Canadiens français aux États-Unis - les Franco-Américains - et les changements qui ont eu lieu dans leurs communautés au fil du temps. De leurs débuts migratoires, à la fin de leurs enclaves ethniques, à…

  • Author: Vincens, Simone J.

Date: 1985 January

Publication: Contemporary French Civilization

Volume: 9

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 6466586, 3234085

Une vue d'ensemble de l'histoire de la presse franco-américaine du 19e et 20e siècles, écrit par un professeur de Millersville State College. Commentaire sur les divers publications et leur ampleur géographique à la hauteur de leurs succès.…

  • Author: Giguère, Madeleine

Date: 1974

Language: English

Find in a Library: 2146602, 77398996

A focused presentation of some data acquired in the 1970 United States census. Statistics collected specifically on the populations of persons of French mother tongue in New England and Louisiana. Illustrates in table form their distribution by…

  • Author: Fisher, James Terence

Date: 1989

Language: English

Find in a Library: 19130477

Examination of immigrant Catholic influences on the traditions of Catholicism in the United States. A collection of largely biographical segments dedicated to certain influential, thought-provoking, and paradigm-shifting American Catholics from the…

  • Author: Clark, Les

Date: 1958

Language: English

Find in a Library: 31829463

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Walt Disney cartoon rendition of the American folklore tale about a woodsman from the Northeast and Midwest named Paul Bunyan. This cartoon also incorporates another piece of folklore from French Canada - the character of Joseph Montferrand (or Joe…

  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1892 June 6

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

Find in a Library: 1760220

Another editorial on French-Canadian populations in the United States, their common patterns of community congregation, and what to the author seems to be a resistance to assimilation. From the text: "It is next to impossible to penetrate this mass…

  • Author: Martin, André (editor)

Date: 1980

Volume: 2 of 8

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 6523696

Volume 2 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the second of six…

  • Author: Casanova, Jacques Donat

Date: 1975

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 299654602

Un exploration québécois des contributions historiques des gens français et canadiens-français à la vie quotidienne et la culture des Etats-Unis. Du texte: "Quand on parle de l'apport français à l'histoire des États-Unis, on songe…

  • Author: Kloss, Heinz

Date: 1971

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 395663143

Une histoire légale moderne sur la langue française à la Louisiane, la Nouvelle Angleterre, le Midwest É.U., et des autres états qui contiennent les grandes populations francophones.

  • Author: LaVergne, Marcel

Date: 2008 February

Language: Français and English

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A brief and general history of French Canadian immigration to New England around the turn of the century, followed by a list of Franco-American writers, their works, and a selection of excerpts.

  • Author: La Société Canadienne Française du Minnesota

Date: 1983

Language: en

Find in a Library: Unknown

Manual for a French Canadian cultural heritage organization based in Minnesota. Contains a narrative of the organization's own brief history, its constitution and by-laws, the function of its head members, and a listing of member contact information.…

  • Author: Casanova, Jacques Donat

Date: 1975

Language: en (translation)

Find in a Library: 4134570

Find Online: OL4288424M

A brief history of the French presence in North America. English translation of "Une Amérique française." From the text: "When we think of the French contribution to the history of the United States, we immediately think to Lafayette, especially…

  • Author: Kent, Timothy J.

Date: 2009

Language: English

Find in a Library: 466744451

From the author: "When Kevin and Ben Kent were ages seven and five, their parents conceived an exciting, enriching, and educational project for the family. As a team, they began paddling the 3,000 mile length of the mainline fur trade canoe route…

  • Author: Corey, Eleanor Lemire

Date: 2001

Language: English

Find in a Library: 50562148

Memoirs spanning the period from 1901 to 1945, focusing on stories of the author's family throughout the midwestern United States during that period.

  • Author: Proulx, E. Annie

Date: 1996

Language: English

Find in a Library: 34515071

A startlingly inclusive selection of a century's worth of American immigrant vignettes tied together by the movement of a single accordion. For immigration studies, it is a portrayal attentive in sentiment and beckoning in its concern for the new…