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Gardner, Ed, Ethan Bent

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Ed Gardner is a 62 year old gay male currently living in Falmouth and working in Portland. He grew up in Lewiston Maine and moved to Portland as a young adult. Starting from scratch, Ed was able to buy and sell buildings and found tremendous success over his long career as a real estate agent. Over the course of his life, Ed has fundraised and donated to a variety of Maine’s LGBTQ organizations. He was involved directly with the establishment of the Equality Community Center by first hosting LGBTQ tenants in his office space, and then helping to raise money …

Michaud, Jim, Angelli Bishop

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Jim Michaud, (he/him), was born in 1964. Jim is a local Mainer, born and raised in Lewiston, Maine. He was born into a middle-class family with his siblings, was raised Catholic, and even attended Catholic school in his earlier years. Since the late eighties, Jim has identified as a gay man. He is a USM alumnus and attended the USM Gay Men's Alliance, which was his first ever encounter participating in an LGBTQ-organized environment. Being proactive in his political activism, Jim annually attends the Pride Parades in Boston, New York, and Maine. He stresses the importance of creating open space …

Rand, Erica - 2022 Follow Up, Sofia Oliveri

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Erica Rand is a professor of Arts and Visual Culture at Bates College, an adult figure skater, author and activist. This is a follow-up interview to her previous interview for Querying the Past in 2017. Erica Rand was heavily involved with ACT- UP Portland and more specifically the branch of ACT UP called: Pissed Off Dyke Cell and Women’s Health Action Crew. But more recently she has been involved with a new form of activism through sports and writing. At Bates, she is pushing the importance of trans-inclusion policies in sports and even testing the gender limitations put in place …

Lg Ms 023 Roland Blais Papers Finding Aid, Julie Cismoski

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Description:

Roland Blais was born in Rumford, Maine in 1939, and knew by the time he was in high school that he was "different". He saved money and moved to Los Angeles in 1958, where he got a job with Broadway Department Store, and went to gay bars for the first time. He joined the Navy and served from 1959 to 1963, leaving with an honorable discharge. He then enlisted in the Army, serving 1963-1966, stationed at Walsrode, Germany, working with missiles. He returned to the United States, retrieving the car he bought in Germany from Newark Port, New Jersey, …

Franco Memory Through Song: Les Troubadours Of Lewiston, Maine, Colby College Mu493

Theatre Programs and Songbooks

Songbook, including lyrics in both French and English and sheet music, of the repertoire of Les Troubadours, an all-women's Franco-American choir based in Lewiston, Maine. Songs included are primarily those representative of day-to-day life, such as lullabies and children's songs. Also includes biographical sketches of three members of Les Troubadours: Aliette Couturier, Irene Mercier, and Jeannine Doucette.

Compiled in Spring 2017 by students from Professor Natalie Zelensky's MU493 class at Colby College.

Aa Ms 06 Home Is Where I Make It - Oral History Collection Finding Aid, Marieke Van Der Steenhoven

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Description:

This oral history project was directed by Dr. Maureen Elgersman Lee, of USM, and Rachel Talbot Ross. The interviews were conducted by local high school students. The Collection includes transcripts, photographs and audiotapes from the two phases of the project, which documented African American life in the Greater Portland and Lewiston-Auburn areas.

Date Range:

2001-2003

Size of Collection:

1 ft.

William Burney And John Jenkins: A Tale Of Maine’S Two African-American Mayors, Elwood Watson

Maine History

William Burney and John Jenkins were, respectively, mayors of Augusta and Lewiston. While this in itself is not unusual, the fact that they were African-American city leaders in a state where African-Americans make up less than one percent of the population is quite distinctive. Burney was elected mayor of Augusta in 1988, and Jenkins mayor of Lewiston in 1993. The article discusses their childhood and teenage years, their coming of age in college, and their early careers in the private sector. It suggests that these formative experiences, particularly their religious upbringing and their relation to white peers, was important in …

Franco-Americans, 1992 (Scrapbook #16), Franco-American Collection

Scrapbooks

Newspaper articles with photographs, personal accounts, and book reviews about French culture in Lewiston, Maine.

Events In Lewiston, 1991 (Scrapbook #14), Franco-American Collection

Scrapbooks

An interesting collection of newspaper clippings with photographs of newsworthy events in our Franco community...schools, churches, businesses, societies, awards, musicals, politics, genealogy etc.

Events In Lewiston, 1991 (Scrapbook #15), Franco-American Collection

Scrapbooks

Collection of news clippings with photographs of events in Lewiston, Maine...genealogy, wedding anniversary, community accomplishments, school news etc.

Franco-American Business, Jan-May 1991 (Scrapbook #8), Marie-Jeanne Laurendeau, Therese Laurendeau, Lione Laurendeau

Scrapbooks

Newspaper clippings with photographs of business ads, promotions, sports, school events, births, real estate, and local politics etc., from Lewiston and Auburn, Maine from 1991.

Franco-American Album, 1980 (Scrapbook #7), Franco-American Collection

Scrapbooks

Newspaper clippings with photographs of politics, schools, church, wedding anniversaries, obituaries and social events etc., in Lewiston and Auburn, Maine and Canada from 1980.

Franco-American Album, 1979 (Scrapbook #6), Franco-American Collection

Scrapbooks

Newspaper clippings with photographs of politics, schools, church, wedding anniversaries, obituaries and social events etc., in Lewiston and Auburn, Maine and Canada from 1979.

Franco-American Album, 1978 (Scrapbook #5), Franco-American Collection

Scrapbooks

Newspaper clippings with photographs of politics, schools, church, wedding anniversaries, obituaries and social events etc., in Lewiston and Auburn, Maine and Canada from 1978.

Lewiston, 1977 (Scrapbook #13), Franco-American Collection

Scrapbooks

Newspaper clippings with photographs for arts and theater related events in Lewiston, Maine and Canada from 1977.

Franco-American Album, 1977 (Scrapbook #4), Franco-American Collection

Scrapbooks

Newspaper clippings with photographs of politics, schools, church, wedding anniversaries, obituaries and social events etc., in Lewiston and Auburn, Maine and Canada from 1977.

Congres Richelieu District No. 9 - 15ieme Anniversaire Du Club Richelieu, Lewiston-Auburn Maine, Club Richelieu Lewiston-Auburn

Richelieu Club of Lewiston-Auburn, Maine

Program for the 15th anniversary of the Richelieu Club of Lewiston, Maine

25th Anniversary St. Pierre Credit Union, St Pierre Credit Union

Sts Peter and Paul (SS Pierre et Paul, SSPP) Parish, Lewiston, Maine

Souvenir program for the 25th anniversary of the St Pierre Credit Union, which was formed by the Catholic parish of Sts Peter & Paul in Lewsiton, Maine.

Franco-American Album 1904-1964 (Scrapbook #2), Franco-American Collection

Scrapbooks

Newspaper clippings with photographs of politics, schools, church, wedding anniversaries, obituaries and social events etc., in Lewiston and Auburn, Maine and Canada.

Programme-Souvenir Du 75e Anniversaire Des Dames De Ste-Anne De La Paroisse St-Pierre Et St-Paul (Lewiston, Maine 1888-1963), Dames De Ste Anne

Sts Peter and Paul (SS Pierre et Paul, SSPP) Parish, Lewiston, Maine

Souvenir program for the 75th anniversary of the Dames de Sainte-Anne, a women's organization attached to the Parish of Sts Peter & Paul, in Lewiston, Maine.

75e Anniversaire Du Club Musical-Littéraire (Jubilé De Rubis 1888-1963), Club Musical-Littéraire

Club Musical-Littéraire, Lewiston, Maine

Souvenir program for the 75th anniversary of the Musical-Literary Club of Lewiston, Maine.

Northeast Folklore Volume 3 Numbers 1-4, Edward D. Ives

Northeast Folklore Monographs

The third issue of Northeast Folklore was published in the spring of 1959 under the editorship of Edward D. Ives (known as Sandy) and Bacil F. Kirtley through the Department of English at the University of Maine. The four editions that year were later bound into a single volume.

Table of Contents:

Number 1 (Spring):

The Legend of Molly Ockett by Joseph A. Perham

A Penobscot Indian Story of Colonial Maine by Nicholas N. Smith

The Maid of Tide Head

Notes and Queries

Book Review
Bluenose Ghosts (Creighton) by Horace P. Beck

Number 2 (Summer):

Bibliography of New England-Maritimes Folklore …

60e Anniversaire Du Club Musical-Litteraire De Lewiston, Maine (Album Souvenir 1888-1948), Club Musical-Littéraire

Club Musical-Littéraire, Lewiston, Maine

Souvenir program for the 60th anniversary of the Musical-Literary Club of Lewiston, Maine

The Franco-American Collection is one of the largest repositories of its kind in the North-East. The Collection contains tens of thousands of printed books, photographs, newspaper clippings and audio-visual recordings. Please review the Collection's Terms and Conditions of Use of Collection Material regarding use of its material.

1946 Festival De La Bonne Chanson Program, L'Association Des Vigilants

Festival de la Bonne Chanson

Program booklet from the May 5, 1946 Festival de la Bonne Chanson in Lewiston, Maine, the 10th anniversary.

Historical Newspaper Clippings Of Lewiston-Auburn In The Late 1800'S (Scrapbook #1), Franco-American Collection

Scrapbooks

Newspaper clippings regarding local events with photographs from the late 1800's from Lewiston and Auburn, Maine.

1940 Festival De La Bonne Chanson Program, L'Association Des Vigilants

Festival de la Bonne Chanson

Program booklet from the May 19, 1940 Festival de la Bonne Chanson in Lewiston, Maine.

Lewiston C.1940, Janelle-Paradis Family Collection (Scrapbook # 10), Franco-American Collection

Scrapbooks

Assorted newspaper clippings of national news, local news, family events, obituaries, and wedding annoucements in Lewiston, Maine from the 1940's.

15Ème Anniversaire De La Paroisse Sainte-Croix Lewiston, Maine, Paroisse Sainte Croix

Holy Cross (Ste Croix) Parish, Lewiston, Maine

Souvenir program for the 15th anniversary of the Catholic Parish of The Holy Cross in Lewiston, Maine.

50Ème Anniversaire Du Club Musical-Littéraire 1888-1938, Club Musical-Littéraire

Club Musical-Littéraire, Lewiston, Maine

50th anniversary of the Musical-Literary Club of Lewiston, Maine

Vingt-Cinquième Anniversaire De La Société Des Défenseurs Du Saint-Nom De Jésus (Album-Souvenir 1907-1932, Lewiston, Maine), Société Des Défenseurs

Sts Peter and Paul (SS Pierre et Paul, SSPP) Parish, Lewiston, Maine

Souvenir program for the 25th anniversary of the Société des Défenseurs du Saint-Nom de Jésus (Society of the Defenders of the Holy Name of Jesus), a fraternal organization affiliated with the Catholic Parish of Sts. Peter & Paul in Lewiston, Maine.