Document Type

Oral History

Interviewee name

Benoit Bouchard

Interviewer

James J. Bishop; Amy Bouchard Morin

Interview date

8-19-1993

Interview location

Old Town, Maine

Time

00:31:17

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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

NA2760

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