Jun
18
2009
Donna Cassidy is Professor of American & New England Studies and Art History at the University of Southern Maine. Her most recent book, Marsden Hartley: Race, Region, and Nation, led to her current research on U.S. artists in Quebec and Atlantic Canada from 1890 to 1940. In this talk, co-sponsored by the Yarmouth and North Yarmouth historical societies, Cassidy descibes the travels of those artists in the region, and discusses the influence of the landscape and people on their work. (The images that accompanied the talk are protected by copyright, but searching any of the artists’ names in the Artcyclopedia or Google Images should yield some samples.)
This presentation took place in Yarmouth on June 15, 2009. Please leave your feedback below.
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| tags: ANES, art, border, Canada, Donna Cassidy, Yarmouth Historical Society
| posted in History
Feb
6
2008
The complete Voici the Valley Audio Story (available here) includes a thorough historical account of the deportation of the Acadian people from the Maritime Provinces in 1755, the territorial disputes that ensued, and the eventual settlement of the Valley in 1785 by Acadian refugees. This brief excerpt explains how, in the wake of the 1842 treaty that established the border, residents of the south side of the Valley—now a part of the United States—turned to the Catholic Church to provide social services, schools, and hospitals. The Church, rather than their new government, shaped their lives and culture. The photo at right by Don Cyr shows the angel on the tower of the former Catholic church, Notre Dame du Mont-Carmel, now the Musee culturel du Mont-Carmel in Lille, Maine.
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| tags: Acadian, border, Canada, Catholic, cultural tourism, deportation, New Brunswick
| posted in Franco-American, Maine Places
Feb
6
2008
Governments on both sides of the international border that runs through the Valley have made laws to regulate the crossing of people and goods. This segment offers a glimpse of how current residents feel about these laws and how their forebears got around them during Prohibition. At right: bagosse, which is homebrew or moonshine, depicted by Daniel Picard.
This recording is excerpted from the Voici the Valley Cultureway Audio Story. We welcome your feedback on this Voici the Valley podcast.
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| tags: Acadian, border, Canada, cultural tourism, New Brunswick, prohibition, St. John Valley, trade
| posted in Franco-American, Maine Places
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