Document Type

Oral History

Title

Bernice Morin, Betty Labretton, Flora Bosse, and Pauline Baillargeon, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 1

Interviewee name

Bernice Morin
Betty Labretton
Flora Bosse
Pauline Baillargeon

Interviewer

Carol Nichols; Adeline St. Louis

Interview date

3-2-1994

Interview location

Old Town, Maine

Time

00:30:41

Files

Streaming Media

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.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf026/65

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