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Articles 1 - 15 of 15
Full-Text Articles in Canadian History
Seeing Beyond The Frontier: Maine Borders, The Borderlands, And American History, Sasha Mullally
Seeing Beyond The Frontier: Maine Borders, The Borderlands, And American History, Sasha Mullally
Maine History
Sasha Mullally is an associate professor of History at the University of New Brunswick. She is the author of the forthcoming book Unpacking the Black Bag: Country Doctor Stories from the Maritimes and Northern New England, 1900-1950, which will be published by the University of Toronto Press.
The Meeting Of Two Border Worlds: How The Maine-Canada And Texas-Mexico Borders Met In 1920, Carla Mendiola
The Meeting Of Two Border Worlds: How The Maine-Canada And Texas-Mexico Borders Met In 1920, Carla Mendiola
Maine History
This study follows two families living on the Maine and Texas borders in order to explore how seemingly different border communities shared much in common as they developed in the broader context of the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. A brief background history of the two border areas and families is followed by a more detailed look, beginning with a comparison of the conflicts that finalized the borderlines of each state, and ending with a description of the key factors involved in hybrid-culture formation on these borders. The family vignettes offer a window onto examples of how community members …
Under His Own Flag: John Baker’S Gravestone Memorial In Retrospect, George L. Findlen
Under His Own Flag: John Baker’S Gravestone Memorial In Retrospect, George L. Findlen
Maine History
John Baker is an enigmatic figure, half hero and half scoundrel His actions in raising the American flag on the north shore of the St. John River in July 1827, in defiance of British authorities, contributed to the tensions that resulted in the “Bloodless” Aroostook War in 1839, and this in turn provided the impetus for settling the U.S.-Canadian boundary along the St. John River according to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. Jn 1868 the State of Maine erected a monument of sorts to the memory of John Baker in a cemetery near Fort Fairfield. Pondering why the monument was …
The Life Of Mother Marie-Joseph De L’Enfant Jesus, Or, How A Little English Girl From Wells Became A Big French Politician, Ann M. Little
The Life Of Mother Marie-Joseph De L’Enfant Jesus, Or, How A Little English Girl From Wells Became A Big French Politician, Ann M. Little
Maine History
In 1703 seven-year-old Esther Wheelwright was kidnapped from her home by the Wabanaki during an attack on the town of Wells, Maine. Ultimately sold to a French missionary and taken to Quebec, she converted to Catholicism, entered the Ursuline convent, and rose to become their first and last English-born Mother Superior. Her biographers have seen Esther Wheelwright/Mother Esther de L’Enfant Jesus as a passive instrument of religion and politics and have rendered her nothing more than an antiquarian curiosity. This study instead explores how her ability to cross many borders— national, religious, and linguistic—enabled Mother Esther to become both an …
“They Lynched Jim Cullen”: Story And Myth On The Northern Maine Frontier, Dena Lynn Winslow York
“They Lynched Jim Cullen”: Story And Myth On The Northern Maine Frontier, Dena Lynn Winslow York
Maine History
James Cullen was born in 1846 in Peel, New Brunswick. In 1864 he applied for a grant of land and began a small farm near his father’s homestead. From there, events unfolded, as Cullen crossed the border, married Rosellah Twist, and became one of the most celebrated villains in Aroostook County history.
Center And Peripheries: Locating Maine's History, Alan Taylor
Center And Peripheries: Locating Maine's History, Alan Taylor
Maine History
What is the place of Maine history? Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor uses the misfortunes of George Ulmer, commander of militia volunteers in Eastport during the War of 1812y, to argue that historians should refocus their view of the past by paying attention to places traditionally deemed “marginal” or “peripheral” to the larger story of American history. Professor Taylor points out that, as a borderland, Maine has long been an international crossroads—an area of dense cultural and economic interaction—and, therefore, should be at the center of our quest for understanding past experience. A professor of history at the University of …
Cultural Trigonometry Of Franco-American Stereotypes, Barry H. Rodrigue
Cultural Trigonometry Of Franco-American Stereotypes, Barry H. Rodrigue
Maine History
The life of Franco-American Tom Plant represents a group of "lost Francos" who came to the United States prior to the great migrations of 1870-1920. His experience differed from that of the archetypical French-Canadians who found work in a textile mill and settled into one of New England's many petits Canadas. Plant's life adds another facet to a story much richer and more complex than most scholars of Franco-American have documented.
Quebec In The United States: A Historiographical Survey, Yves Roby
Quebec In The United States: A Historiographical Survey, Yves Roby
Maine History
The article analyses the body of literature on Franco-American studies with explanation of its nature and scope and the context in which it was produced.
The Franco-Americans Of Maine: A Historiographical Essay, Alice R. Stewart
The Franco-Americans Of Maine: A Historiographical Essay, Alice R. Stewart
Maine History
This article is a review of the books, articles, and theses about those Maine citizens whose origins lie in Quebec. It discusses that this is a people who for many years have been undergoing major changes both within their own society and in relation to the communities around them.
Book Reviews, Madeline Giguere
Book Reviews, Madeline Giguere
Maine History
Review of the following book: The First Franco-Americans: New England Life Histories from the Federal Writers Project, 1938-1939 by C. Stewart Doty.
Maine And The End Of Reciprocity In 1866, Graeme S. Mount
Maine And The End Of Reciprocity In 1866, Graeme S. Mount
Maine History
This article discusses why many Maine politicians wanted an end to economic reciprocity with Canada in spite of its seeming importance to the state’s key commercial port, Portland.
Early French Migrations To Northern Maine, 1785-1850, Beatrice C. Craig
Early French Migrations To Northern Maine, 1785-1850, Beatrice C. Craig
Maine History
The article explores the origins of the Madawaska settlement in Northern Maine and provides an opportunity to study the process of migration and resettlement.
Timber Down The St. John: A Study In Maine-New Brunswick Relations, Richard W. Judd
Timber Down The St. John: A Study In Maine-New Brunswick Relations, Richard W. Judd
Maine History
This article is an expanded version of a paper read at a meeting of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations - Forest History Group in Portland, Oregon, October 18-19, 1983. The meeting was sponsored by the Forest History Society, Santa Cruz, California, which published the proceedings of the meeting under the editorship of Harold K. Steen.
French Aspirations In The Kennebec-Penobscot Region, 1671, John G. Reid
French Aspirations In The Kennebec-Penobscot Region, 1671, John G. Reid
Maine History
This article discusses early events in the conflict between England and France over ownership of the area of Maine known as the Kennebec-Penobscot area
The Franco-Americans Of Maine, Gerard J. Brault
The Franco-Americans Of Maine, Gerard J. Brault
Maine History
This article is a synopsis of the immigration, cultural habits, demographics and language of French-Canadian immigrant to New England and particularly to Maine.