Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Amy Bouchard Morin
Interview date
10-19-1993
Interview location
Old Town, Maine
Time
00:30:54
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Abstract
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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Disciplines
Oral History | United States History
Nation of origin
Canada
Home state/Territory
Maine
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
European-American
Ethnic group
Franco-American
Branch of service
U.S. Coast Guard
Headings
Maine History; Old Town Maine History; Franco-Americans History; Franco-américains Histoire
Collection name
Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine / French Island Collection
Collection number
MF026
Item number
NA2762
Recommended Citation
Bouchard, John and Bouchard, Benoit, "John Bouchard and Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2" (2023). MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine. 13.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf026/13
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