The Origins and Cultural Influences of French-Canadian Immigration
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About this event
The weather is starting to get a bit warmer and we're looking forward to our second installment of PHC's History Happy Hour!
This month, Anna Faherty, Archivist, Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine will present The Origins and Cultural Influences of French-Canadian Immigration on Thursday, May 12, at 5:30pm.
We all know that many French-Canadian families came into Maine in large numbers in the 18th and 19th centuries, working in mills and other industries. Brunswick—like Biddeford, Lewiston, and Waterville, among other areas--was one of the largest concentrations of immigrants. But how much do you know about why those families left their homeland, and what being uprooted was like? Like most immigrants, they brought their culture and traditions with them. What were those traditions and how did they continue them in their new home? Digging into both USM’s Franco-American Collection archives, and resources at PHC, Anna Faherty will share with us some of the preserved stories about the families who chose to leave and what they carried with them.
Anna, the archivist at the Franco-American Collection, is a recent graduate of Simmons University’s dual degree Master’s program in History and Archives Management. Before working at the Franco-American Collection, she worked at Fort Ticonderoga, an 18th Century military site, integral in the French and Indian War (also known as the Seven Years War), and the American Revolutionary War. Anna’s historical background is in labor and immigration in the United States from the 19th-early 20th centuries.
Tickets: $8 PHC Members; $12 non-Members
Admission includes one drink ticket.
Our programming this year is made possible in part by the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust.
Please note that this is an in-person event. If Covid-19 restrictions limit in-person gatherings, we will adjust accordingly and contact all attendees.