Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Amy Bouchard Morin
Interview date
5-24-1993
Interview location
Old Town, Maine
Time
00:30:43
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Abstract
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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Disciplines
Oral History | United States History
Nation of origin
Canada
Home state/Territory
Maine
Gender
Male
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
NA2759
Recommended Citation
Bouchard, Benoit, "Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1" (2023). MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine. 3.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf026/3
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