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Patrick Crowley, Interviewed By Alan Comeau, Part 2, Patrick Crowley

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Patrick Crowley, interviewed by Alan Comeau, September 21 and October 20, 1993, at the Shuffle Inn in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Crowley talks about life on French Island; family reunions and genealogy; businesses on the Island; St. Joseph's school; crossing the ice; swimming and the booms on the Penobscot river; changes in winter weather; children's work and recreation; neighborhood relationships; getting married; Christmas; mother's divorce; feelings about his religion; working at the University; Saturday baths; Father John's tonic; lighting a candle to pray; bars on French Island.

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Patrick Crowley, Interviewed By Alan Comeau, Part 1, Patrick Crowley

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Patrick Crowley, interviewed by Alan Comeau, September 21 and October 20, 1993, at the Shuffle Inn in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Crowley talks about life on French Island; family reunions and genealogy; businesses on the Island; St. Joseph's school; crossing the ice; swimming and the booms on the Penobscot river; changes in winter weather; children's work and recreation; neighborhood relationships; getting married; Christmas; mother's divorce; feelings about his religion; working at the University; Saturday baths; Father John's tonic; lighting a candle to pray; bars on French Island.

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Eva Collins, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 2, Eva Collins

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Eva Collins, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, November 22, 1993, in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Collins discusses moving to French Island after her marriage; LaBree's bakery; other stores and businesses; speaking French; neighbors; adult's and children's entertainment; holidays; blood sausages (boudin); boxing; Great Depression; Prohibition and homebrew; changes on the Island.

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Eva Collins, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 1, Eva Collins

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Eva Collins, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, November 22, 1993, in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Collins discusses moving to French Island after her marriage; LaBree's bakery; other stores and businesses; speaking French; neighbors; adult's and children's entertainment; holidays; blood sausages (boudin); boxing; Great Depression; Prohibition and homebrew; changes on the Island.

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Lucienne Cloutier, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 1, Lucienne Cloutier

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Lucienne Cloutier, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, August 2, 1993, in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Cloutier talks about living on French Island; neighbors; animals; stores; meeting her husband and moving onto French Island; emigration from Canada to the Lewiston mills, then to a farm in Old Town; Great Depression; names; Pea Cove school; woolen mill in Old Town; children's entertainment; peddlers; holidays; traditional foods; boxing and baseball games; changes on the Island.

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Lucienne Cloutier, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 2, Lucienne Cloutier

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Lucienne Cloutier, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, August 2, 1993, in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Cloutier talks about living on French Island; neighbors; animals; stores; meeting her husband and moving onto French Island; emigration from Canada to the Lewiston mills, then to a farm in Old Town; Great Depression; names; Pea Cove school; woolen mill in Old Town; children's entertainment; peddlers; holidays; traditional foods; boxing and baseball games; changes on the Island.

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Norman Brilliant, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, Norman Brilliant

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Norman Brilliant, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, August 25, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Also present, Benoit Bouchard. 18 page transcript. Brilliant discusses life on French Island; father's work; neighbors; businesses; swimming in the Penobscot River; St. Joseph's school and coming home for lunch; food; Christmas; children's and adult's entertainment; Fourth of July; Helen Hunt school; English and French at home and school; WWII in the Pacific; outhouses; weddings on Mondays; funerals; LaBree's bakery.

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Norman Brilliant, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, Norman Brilliant

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Norman Brilliant, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, August 25, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Also present, Benoit Bouchard. 18 page transcript. Brilliant discusses life on French Island; father's work; neighbors; businesses; swimming in the Penobscot River; St. Joseph's school and coming home for lunch; food; Christmas; children's and adult's entertainment; Fourth of July; Helen Hunt school; English and French at home and school; WWII in the Pacific; outhouses; weddings on Mondays; funerals; LaBree's bakery.

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John Bouchard And Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 3, John Bouchard, Benoit Bouchard

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

John Bouchard and Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, October 19, 1993, at Benoit's home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The Bouchard brothers talk about French Island: neighbors; businesses; school on the Island and teacher's names; interior layout of the school; school yard games; recipe for homemade lemon, onion, and honey cough medicine; family relationships and mother's death; watching fights between Orono and French Island young men; boxing; children's work and play; relationships with neighbors; John's brush with tuberculosis; time at Maine Maritime Academy and joining the Coast Guard.

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John Bouchard And Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, John Bouchard, Benoit Bouchard

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

John Bouchard and Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, October 19, 1993, at Benoit's home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The Bouchard brothers talk about French Island: neighbors; businesses; school on the Island and teacher's names; interior layout of the school; school yard games; recipe for homemade lemon, onion, and honey cough medicine; family relationships and mother's death; watching fights between Orono and French Island young men; boxing; children's work and play; relationships with neighbors; John's brush with tuberculosis; time at Maine Maritime Academy and joining the Coast Guard.

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John Bouchard And Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, John Bouchard, Benoit Bouchard

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

John Bouchard and Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, October 19, 1993, at Benoit's home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The Bouchard brothers talk about French Island: neighbors; businesses; school on the Island and teacher's names; interior layout of the school; school yard games; recipe for homemade lemon, onion, and honey cough medicine; family relationships and mother's death; watching fights between Orono and French Island young men; boxing; children's work and play; relationships with neighbors; John's brush with tuberculosis; time at Maine Maritime Academy and joining the Coast Guard.

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Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, And Beatrice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 3, Benoit Bouchard, Bernard Bouchard, Albert Morin, Walter Nadeau, Bertrice Morin

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, and Beatrice Morin, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, February 18, 1994, at Albert and Amy Morin's home in Old Town, Maine, for the "Islands and Bridges" project. The group reminisces about life on French Island: family relationships; where specific families lived; stores; carpenter work; Great Depression; prices; homebrew, bootlegging, and Prohibition; nicknames; music and dances; cutting and storing ice from the river; coal and grain from the railroad; cellar flooding; property ownership and land use on the island; drainage and sewers; food packaging, barrels and boxes of pickles, crackers, molasses, …

Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, And Beatrice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 4, Benoit Bouchard, Bernard Bouchard, Albert Morin, Walter Nadeau, Bertrice Morin

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, and Beatrice Morin, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, February 18, 1994, at Albert and Amy Morin's home in Old Town, Maine, for the "Islands and Bridges" project. The group reminisces about life on French Island: family relationships; where specific families lived; stores; carpenter work; Great Depression; prices; homebrew, bootlegging, and Prohibition; nicknames; music and dances; cutting and storing ice from the river; coal and grain from the railroad; cellar flooding; property ownership and land use on the island; drainage and sewers; food packaging, barrels and boxes of pickles, crackers, molasses, …

Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, And Beatrice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, Benoit Bouchard, Bernard Bouchard, Albert Morin, Walter Nadeau, Bertrice Morin

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, and Beatrice Morin, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, February 18, 1994, at Albert and Amy Morin's home in Old Town, Maine, for the "Islands and Bridges" project. The group reminisces about life on French Island: family relationships; where specific families lived; stores; carpenter work; Great Depression; prices; homebrew, bootlegging, and Prohibition; nicknames; music and dances; cutting and storing ice from the river; coal and grain from the railroad; cellar flooding; property ownership and land use on the island; drainage and sewers; food packaging, barrels and boxes of pickles, crackers, molasses, …

Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, And Beatrice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, Benoit Bouchard, Bernard Bouchard, Albert Morin, Walter Nadeau, Bertrice Morin

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, and Beatrice Morin, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, February 18, 1994, at Albert and Amy Morin's home in Old Town, Maine, for the "Islands and Bridges" project. The group reminisces about life on French Island: family relationships; where specific families lived; stores; carpenter work; Great Depression; prices; homebrew, bootlegging, and Prohibition; nicknames; music and dances; cutting and storing ice from the river; coal and grain from the railroad; cellar flooding; property ownership and land use on the island; drainage and sewers; food packaging, barrels and boxes of pickles, crackers, molasses, …

Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By James J. Bishop And Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, Benoit Bouchard

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, May 24, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Bouchard talks about family history; emigration from Canada to Old Town; businesses on French Island and work opportunities off the Island; his father's ice cream parlor and confectionery store; Fourth of July celebrations; baseball and other games; growing up with, and recovering from polio paralysis; speaking French at home and English at school; houses on the Island; cutting and storing ice; electricity on the Island; work and recreation on the Penobscot River.

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Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By James J. Bishop And Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 3, Benoit Bouchard

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, May 24, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Bouchard talks about family history; emigration from Canada to Old Town; businesses on French Island and work opportunities off the Island; his father's ice cream parlor and confectionery store; Fourth of July celebrations; baseball and other games; growing up with, and recovering from polio paralysis; speaking French at home and English at school; houses on the Island; cutting and storing ice; electricity on the Island; work and recreation on the Penobscot River.

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Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, Benoit Bouchard

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, May 24, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Bouchard talks about family history; emigration from Canada to Old Town; businesses on French Island and work opportunities off the Island; his father's ice cream parlor and confectionery store; Fourth of July celebrations; baseball and other games; growing up with, and recovering from polio paralysis; speaking French at home and English at school; houses on the Island; cutting and storing ice; electricity on the Island; work and recreation on the Penobscot River.

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Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By James J. Bishop And Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, Benoit Bouchard

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, May 24, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Bouchard talks about family history; emigration from Canada to Old Town; businesses on French Island and work opportunities off the Island; his father's ice cream parlor and confectionery store; Fourth of July celebrations; baseball and other games; growing up with, and recovering from polio paralysis; speaking French at home and English at school; houses on the Island; cutting and storing ice; electricity on the Island; work and recreation on the Penobscot River.

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Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, Benoit Bouchard

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, May 24, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Bouchard talks about family history; emigration from Canada to Old Town; businesses on French Island and work opportunities off the Island; his father's ice cream parlor and confectionery store; Fourth of July celebrations; baseball and other games; growing up with, and recovering from polio paralysis; speaking French at home and English at school; houses on the Island; cutting and storing ice; electricity on the Island; work and recreation on the Penobscot River.

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Rosalie “Rose” Bosse Flanagan And Flora Bosse, Interviewed By Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Yvonne Ouellette, And Betty Maderos, Part 2, Rosalie Bosse Flanagan, Flora Bosse

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Rosalie “Rose” Bosse Flanagan and Flora Bosse, interviewed by Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Yvonne Ouellette, and Betty Maderos, November 22, 1993, Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The two sisters talk about growing up on French Island in Old Town; family history; emigration from Canada; neighbors; swimming; ball games; food shopping on the Island; ice and milk delivery; parents' work; Great Depression; changes on the Island; vegetable gardens; keeping pigs and chickens; Christmas celebrations; French food; St. Joseph School; speaking French at home and school; buying and making clothes; funeral customs and wakes; bootlegging and homebrew; tobacco …

Rosalie “Rose” Bosse Flanagan And Flora Bosse, Interviewed By Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Yvonne Ouellette, And Betty Maderos, Part 1, Rosalie Bosse Flanagan, Flora Bosse

MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine

Rosalie “Rose” Bosse Flanagan and Flora Bosse, interviewed by Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Yvonne Ouellette, and Betty Maderos, November 22, 1993, Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The two sisters talk about growing up on French Island in Old Town; family history; emigration from Canada; neighbors; swimming; ball games; food shopping on the Island; ice and milk delivery; parents' work; Great Depression; changes on the Island; vegetable gardens; keeping pigs and chickens; Christmas celebrations; French food; St. Joseph School; speaking French at home and school; buying and making clothes; funeral customs and wakes; bootlegging and homebrew; tobacco …

New! Mainestreet Gender & Pronoun Selection Options Email, University Of Maine System Academic & Student Affairs

UMS Academic Affairs

Update from the University of Maine System Academic & Student Affairs regarding new functionality in MaineStreet allowing for the optional selection of gender and pronouns.

Black Maternal Mortality: A Result Of The Haunting Past, Jaylynn Arnold

Global Honors Theses

Throughout history, Black women have been treated as less than human in a variety of traumatic ways for generations, all of which have negatively affected the physical and emotional well-being of free and enslaved Black women. This consisted of being victims of medical abuse, sexual abuse, degrading stereotypes, and the right to easily access basic human needs such as quality healthcare. Current research has shown that within the United States, Black women have the highest rate of maternal mortality than any other ethnicity of women especially when compared to white women. Being that 84% of these maternal deaths are preventable, …

Fogler Library: The Patents Of Summer, John Hutchinson

UMaine Video

This video slideshow explores patents for summer inventions. It was part of a display in Fogler Library during the summer 2023. For more information on business and patent resources at Fogler Library, the business librarian is here to help!

Elizabeth Melvin

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

Announcement from James R. Barnes Mortuary. Attached is a newspaper announcement.

2023-07-16 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

A message sent on July 16, 2023 from the President of Morehead State University to update the campus community regarding the cyber attack committed on the University's computer systems.

Ronnie Lamar Johnson

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

No abstract provided.

Lizzie Mccall

African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia

No abstract provided.

Interview With Patrick Binsenga, Keasha Buchana, Chris Davey

Interviews

Transcript of interview and audio recording conducted with Patrick Binsenga. Per the "Methodology" section, the transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.

This interview was recorded over Zoom and manually transcribed.