Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Carol Nichols; Adeline St. Louis
Interview date
3-2-1994
Interview location
Old Town, Maine
Time
00:30:41
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Abstract
Bernice Morin, Betty Labretton, Flora Bosse, and Pauline Baillargeon, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, March 2, 1994, in Old Town, Maine, for the "Islands and Bridges" project. Also present, Albert Morin. The group of women discuss life on French Island; traditional foods; Great Depression; nicknames; stores; movie theaters; schools; baseball; boxing; childbirth; Christmas; neighborhood relationships; children's and adult's entertainment; and changing French names to English.
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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
NA2785
Recommended Citation
Morin, Bernice; Labretton, Betty; Bosse, Flora; and Baillargeon, Pauline, "Bernice Morin, Betty Labretton, Flora Bosse, and Pauline Baillargeon, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 1" (2023). MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine. 65.
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