Franco-American Collection
News
Posted April 10, 2013
The Franco-American Collection recently received a donation of artifacts from the Lewiston chapter of Richelieu International, following its closure in 2010. The donation includes dozens of photographs and documents from the club's fifty-year history, as well as the official symbols of the organization, such as the club banner, collection bowl and chairman's gavel.
Posted April 3, 2013
The Franco-American Collection has been awarded $1,000 by the Maine Arts Commission and the Maine Humanities Council in a joint Maine Arts and Humanities Grant to fund an upcoming event series at the Collection.
Posted March 4, 2013
The Franco-American Collection will receive $1000 from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, through a grant administered by the Maine Historical Records Advisory Board, to preserve a large donation of maps from the estate of the late Vincent Leblanc, an engineer and surveyor.
Posted December 22, 2012
The Winter 2012/13 issue of Le Bulletin is now available to read!
Posted October 16, 2012
Collection Coordinator James Myall appeared on Blunt Youth Radio, broadcast on WMPG, Portland, Maine's community radio station, as part of an hour-long program on Franco-Americans.
Posted October 10, 2012
Collection Coordinator James Myall testified before a State of Maine Legislative Task Force on Franco-Americans September 26, presenting statistical information on Franco-Americans gathered from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Posted October 10, 2012
If you missed August 31st's successful book reading and discussion of Aurore: My Franco-American Mother with author Marguerite Roy, you can relive it through the column penned by local journalist Rachel Morin for the Lewiston Twin City Times.
Posted August 22, 2012
The Collection's new online exhibit, From French Canadians to Franco-Americans, was featured in August's edition of Making a Difference, the monthly newsletter of the University of Maine System.
Posted August 7, 2012
The Franco-American Collection has created a new online exhibit From French Canadians to Franco-Americans, funded by a grant from the Maine Historical Society.
Posted August 2, 2012
The Franco-American Collection and its coordinator, James Myall, were the subjects of a recent column by Portland Press Herald writer Juliana L'Heureux.
Giving to the Collection
The operation of the Franco-American Collection, its educational programs and the preservation of its materials are dependent on your generosity.
Find out more about giving to the Collection through the University of Southern Maine.
Please select "specific College/school funds", followed by "other", and specifiy "Franco-American Collection" to direct your donation correctly.
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