Tag Archives: University of Southern Maine

You are cordially invited to tour the Franco-American Collectioin

Madeleine Giguere

Open Collections Night! Explore the Franco-American Collection! LEWISTON, Maine – A free community outreach and educational opportunity hosted by the Franco-American Collection Board of Directors and the University of Southern Maine Lewiston Auburn College at 51 Westminster Street in Lewiston. Please RSVP! We are excited to invite you to explore our collections as part of an […]

Maine mourns the loss of a brilliant Franco-American writer

Susann Pelletier and Denis LeDoux

LEWISTON, Me– Community condolences extend to the grieving family and friends of our writing colleague Susan Pelletier. Reported in the Lewiston Sun Journal, Susan Pelletier died on September 15, 2022, in Lewiston. Her obituary can be read at this site here. Among the poetry readings Ms. Pelletier provided to the community, was when she spoke […]

Enjoy Franco-American Noel

Noel

My annual Noël blog includes recommendations to watch two beautiful children’s books read in French, available for free viewing on the University of Southern Maine’s video channel and links to Chants de Noël (Christmas Carols). Children’s books read in French by two directors on the Board of the Franco-American Collection (FAC) are now on the […]

Border Library by Ellen Taylor

Border Library

Following months of international COVID separations, petitions from Maine’s political leaders supported the opening of the Canadian border with the U.S..  The burden caused by the closing caused an emotional burden on families. My report about the impact is published in the University of Southern Maine Digital Commons, located at this site here. Ellen Taylor […]

Free “Empire of Scents” film viewing and ZOOM with producer

Lucie Tremblay Canadian film producer

Be sure to take advantage of watching The Empire of Scents  (Le Nez) while viewing the entertaining documentary film is provided free, for a limited time, on the University of Southern Maine Franco-American Collection’s website! (Info and links are below.) I loved this film! Meanwhile, my IMDb review about the film is posted on line […]

Documentary film connects two French cultures: Le Carrefour-The Intersection

Lewiston Maine documentary

To Premiere at the September, 2021 Camden International Film Festival “Cécile reconnects with the French of her childhood thanks to recently arrived Franco-African immigrants, like Tresor, who is seeking asylum in Cécile’s hometown of Lewiston, Maine. Cecile’s Franco roots tie her to the thousands of French-Canadians who came before her to power the local industrial mills, […]

Yvon Chouinard shared his Franco-American heritage

University of Southern Maine honorary degree recipient Mr. Yvon Chouinard.

Born in Lewiston, Yvon Chouinard is an outdoorsman and entrepreneur whose company, Patagonia, supports environmental activism, Merci beaucoup from Maine’s Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine Lewiston Auburn College, to Mr. Yvon Chouinard, for sharing his Franco-American heritage in a personal biography he composed to add to the growing oral histories collection.  His […]

Racism and Franco-Americans

How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

“None of these labels are fully true, and none are fully false, but all are examples of history blurred, obscured and exaggerated to suit contemporary political preferences.”- Timothy St. Pierre. A copy of the best selling and award winning book “How to be an Antiracist”, by Ibram Kendi, was received via the University of Southern Maine, because I am chair […]

A Franco-American and French Canadian history documentary

documentary by Ben Levine

While sheltering in place The Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine Lewiston Auburn College is offering free streaming access for 30 days only to Réveíl: Waking Up French. This film explores the struggle for cultural survival among the French-Canadian, Franco-American communities of New England. It reveals the importance of history and heritage and […]

Franco-Americans living at home with kindness

Franco-American Collection University of Southern Maine

“Something good will come of all things yet.“- Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) We can share kindness by keeping each other safe, and participating in many free and enriching at home programs. Although the coronavirus pandemic has impacted all of us, the quote by Kerouac is evident in all those who are dedicated to caring for our […]