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Jacques Cartier Chalet Certificate Of Appreciation, Sabattus Mountaineers Snowmobile Club

Le Club Jacques Cartier

Certificate of appreciation form Sabattus Mountaineers Snowmobile Club to Jacques Cartier Chalet for the 1996-1997 winter season. Signed by Roger Gervais, Club President, and James Waterman, Trail Master.

Les Jacques Cartier Inc. Certificate Of Recognition, Les Amis Choises

Le Club Jacques Cartier

Certificate of recognition for Les Jacques Cartier Inc. from Les Amis Choises Inc. for participation in "A Fun Parade". Signed by Peter G. Fleury, President.

Maine Snowmobile Association Certificate Of Appreciation, Maine Snowmobile Association

Le Club Jacques Cartier

Certificate of appreciation from the Maine Snowmobile Association to Jacques Cartier Chalet c. 1980

Holy Parish Family Choir Photograph, Franco-American Collection

Franco-American Music Traditions Exhibit

The Holy Family Parish Choir, directed by Roland M. Roy, performed at the 100th anniversary of the Sisters of Charity held at SS. Peter and Paul Church. Diane J. Biron was the organist.

Roland M. Roy was director of the Holy Family Parish Choir for 15 years until 1989. He organized workshops for Maine parish choir directors and recorded an album. With accompanist Diane J. Biron, he produced cantatas and concerts composed Masses and psalms performed by the choir.

Diane J. Biron served as organist and choir director for 5 years at St. Mary’s Parish and, for 15 years, as …

Letter From Jacques Nadeau To Charlotte Michaud, Jacques Nadeau

Correspondence 1970-1973

April 24, 1973: Letter from Jacques Nadeau, reporter from Société Radio Canada, to Charlotte Michaud.

Letter From Bernard Théroux To Charlotte Michaud, Bernard Théroux

Correspondence 1970-1973

October 25, 1972: Letter from Bernard Théroux, secretary of the Massachusetts American and Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission, to Charlotte Michaud in French.

Letter From Charlotte Michaud To Mike Guignard, Charlotte Michaud

Correspondence 1970-1973

October 25, 1972: Letter from Charlotte Michaud to Mike Guignard, recounting her attempts to reach him prior. Reverse side of paper: 10.16.1972: Generic letter from Jordan Marsh business on special deal.

Letter From Mike Guignard To Charlotte Michaud, Mike Guignard

Correspondence 1970-1973

October 5, 1972: Letter from Mike Guignard in New York exchanging Franco-American information for future articles.

Letter From Robert Crocker To Charlotte Michaud, Robert Crocker

Correspondence 1970-1973

April 1, 1972, letter from Robert (Bob) Crocker, Secretary-Treasurer of The Newspaper Guild, to Charlotte Michaud, about her articles reminiscing on past times at the Lewiston Sun Journal.

Letter From James Leamon To Charlotte Michaud, James Leamon

Correspondence 1970-1973

July 27: Congratulatory letter on article in The Maine History News from James Leamon to Charlotte Michaud.

Letter To Doris From Charlotte Michaud, Charlotte Michaud

Correspondence 1970-1973

April 25, 1971, letter from Charlotte Michaud to Doris about an upcoming article idea.

Letter From Doris Isaacson, Doris Isaacson, Charlotte Michaud

Correspondence 1970-1973

A handwritten letter from Doris Isaacson to Charlotte Michaud about her article "Franco-Americans in Lewiston."

The article, with edits, is included and discusses the history of French Canadians and Franco-Americans in Lewiston, Maine.

Letter From Donald W. Webber Of The State Of Maine Supreme Judicial Court To Charlotte Michaud, State Of Maine Supreme Judicial Court

Correspondence 1970-1973

October 19,1970: Letter from Donald W. Webber, Associate Justice of the State of Maine Supreme Judicial Court, to Charlotte Michaud.

Letter From Camille L. Bissonnette To Charlotte Michaud, Camille L. Bissonnette

Correspondence 1970-1973

Handwritten letter from Camille Lessard Bissonnette to Charlotte Michaud. Also included: Envelope front and envelope back.

Letter To Louis-Philippe Gagne From Charlotte Michaud, Charlotte Michaud

Correspondence 1970-1973

June 27, 1970, letter from Charlotte Michaud to Louis-Philippe Gagne recounting the week's work and plans for her and her team's current article.

Maurice Gagnon Photograph, Franco-American Collection

Franco-American Music Traditions Exhibit

Ethnomusicologist Bau Graves has written about Maurice Gagnon (1927-1973): “Maurice Gagnon is remembered as a dynamic performer by those who him play. At the age of ten, he was already an ace harmonica player and could attract an audience and earn money playing in clubs. He played a repertoire of jigs and reels and also composed a number of tunes some of which he recorded as 45’s and one LP album. These recordings, released between 1964 and 1970, are a historical scarcity: only a relative handful of disks of traditional Maine Franco-American music have ever been available to the public.”

The Mountain Dews Photograph, Franco-American Collection

Franco-American Music Traditions Exhibit

Chuck Frechette, Bill Beauchesne, and Marcel Larrivee [L to R] have performed together since 1965. They began playing for Le Club Musicale Literaire, and after adding more members, became The Mountain Dews. Their repertoire includes western and bluegrass music. Bill first heard a bass washtub on the Ted Mack Amateur Radio Hour. He figured out how to make one and how to play it. Bill was 12 when he got together with a group of neighborhood friends playing guitar, harmonica, and washboard. Their gigs included bean suppers in church basements. Other members of the Mountain Dews have been Roland Boileau, …

Insitut Jacques Cartier Letter To Armand Dutil, L'Institut Jacques Cartier

Le Club Jacques Cartier

Letter from members of L'Institut Jacques Cartier to Armand Dutil, President of Club Raquetteur Jacques Cartier.

L'Insitut Jacques Cartier Letter To Armand Dutil Octobre 12, L'Insitut Jacques Cartier

Le Club Jacques Cartier

Letter from members of L'Institut Jacques Cartier to Armand Dutil, President of Club Raquetteur Jacques Cartier.

Letter To L'Institut Jacques Cartier President Napoleon Savard, Le Club Jacques Cartier

Le Club Jacques Cartier

Correspondence with Institute Jacques Cartier, from the Club Jacques Cartier, concerning a dispute between the two societies. Typed, in French, with postal receipt.

L'Insitut Jacques Cartier Letter To Armand Dutil Octobre 20, L'Insitut Jacques Cartier

Le Club Jacques Cartier

Letter from members of L'Institut Jacques Cartier to Armand Dutil, President of Club Raquetteur Jacques Cartier.

The Guitar Class Photograph, Franco-American Collection

Franco-American Music Traditions Exhibit

In the 1960’s, church services experimented with folk masses. As part of her responsibilities as music teacher at Our Lady of the Rosary School in Sabattus, Marie Jeanne Laurendeau (center) organized folk masses. She learned guitar chords along with her other students. Eddie LaGrange was the instructor. Two other adults, Roger Cadrin and Sister Rita Pelletier, studied with the class.

Postcard From Elizabeth Cookson, Elizabeth Cookson

Correspondence 1970-1973

Handwritten postcard from Elizabeth Cookson, a student at St. Joseph in Biddeford, to Charlotte Michaud.

Letter From Sr. [Ni.] St. Paul, Sr. Ni. St. Paul

Correspondence 1970-1973

Handwritten letter from Sr. Ni. St. Paul to Charlotte Michaud.

Letter To Charlotte Michaud, Unknown

Correspondence 1970-1973

Handwritten letter to Charlotte Michaud signed [Hic.].

La Fanfare Montagnard (The Montagnard Band) Photograph, Franco-American Collection

Franco-American Music Traditions Exhibit

This was one of many bands in the St. Jon’s Day parade in Lewiston. The Dewitt Hotel near City Hall was considered a local landmark.

The Dominican Band regrouped in 1939 under the auspices of The Montagnard Club, a well-known Lewiston snowshoe club, and was renamed La Fanfare Montagnard. The band played in parades and at social functions around the state.

La Ligue Des Des Sociétés De Langue Française Letter, La Ligue Des Des Sociétés De Langue Française

Le Club Jacques Cartier

Letter confirming membership of the Jacques Cartier Club in La Ligue des Sociétés de Langue Française de Lewiston et Auburn.

Le Cercle Canadien Jubilé D'Or, Franco-American Collection

Le Cercle Canadien, Lewiston, Maine

No abstract provided.

Letter To Alfred [Pousseau] From Charles [Legare], Charles Legare

Le Club Jacques Cartier

Handwritten letter from Charles [Legare] to Alfred [Pousseau] concerning Le Club Jacques Cartier.

The Pastime Snowshoe Club Drum And Bugle Corps Photograph, 1948-49, Franco-American Collection

Franco-American Music Traditions Exhibit

This parade for a snowshoe festival in Lewiston’s Kennedy Park, shows an ice palace in the background. Bert Dutil is in the front row playing the glockenspiel. Bert Dutil, his grandfather Louis Sr. (“Pitou”), father Armand, and uncles Raymond and Louis Jr. Were known as “The Snowshoe Family” for their involvement in the International Snowshoe Union. The three sons of Pitou formed a drum and bugle corps associated with the Pastime Social Club (Le passe Temps) in Lewiston. The Pastime Drum and Bugle Corp was the first to introduce the glockenspiel and color guard. Bert Dutil, who joined the snowshoe …