Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Carol Nichols; Connie St. Louis
Interview date
11-22-1993
Interview location
Old Town, Maine
Time
00:31:34
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Abstract
Yvonne Shorette Currier, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, November 22, 1993, at her home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Currier, born on French Island in 1908, discusses St. Joseph's school and the Island school; friends and family; children's games; French at home and English at school; parent's work; traditional foods; Silver Slipper dance hall; changes on the Island; Christmas; family names of French Islanders; movie theaters; peddlers, including the ice man; nicknames; homebrew and bootlegging.
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Disciplines
Oral History | United States History
Nation of origin
United States
Home state/Territory
Maine
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
European-American
Ethnic group
Franco-American
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
NA2767
Recommended Citation
Currier, Yvonne Shorette, "Yvonne Shorette Currier, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 1" (2023). MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine. 25.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf026/25
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