Franco-American Collection Receives Gift from Oak Hill

Some of the valuable Franco-American publications donated by Oak Hill High School will become part of the book collection in the Madeleine Giguere Reading Room, (partially displayed in photo) which is in the Franco American Collection located at USM's Lewiston-Auburn College.

July 2004

An significant collection of Franco-American publications was donated recently to Lewiston-Auburn College's Franco-American Collection by Oak Hill High School in Sabattus.

These reprints of rare and sometimes little known novels and poetry, as well as more recent reference works complement existing holdings at the Collection. Most of these works were published in the mid-1970's to the early 1980's by the former National Materials Development Center in Bedford, New Hampshire.

Several local authors, including Alberte Gastonguay, Madeleine Giguère and Grégoire Chabot are included in these English and French language publications. They are representative of important core works in the study of Franco American history and culture. These works will become part of the book collection in the Madeleine Giguere Reading Room.

Oak Hill High School's generous gift adds to what is already Maine's largest collection of Franco-Americana. The Franco-American Collection, formerly known as the Centre d'Heritage Franco-Americain, contains material on politics, religion, language, education, business, politics and the arts. The Collection and the Giguere Reading Room are open to the public Mondays and Wednesdays, 8:30 - 5:00, and Thursdays, 8:30 - 12:30. Anyone in possession of material relating to the history and culture of Franco-Americans (photos, scrapbooks, journals, news clippings. etc.) that they might wish to donate to the Collection is encouraged to visit or call 753-6545.

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