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Audio Recording Interview with Gerard LaVallee and Thomas Burns, Lowell, Massachusetts, part 1

Interview with Gerard LaVallee and Thomas Burns, Lowell, Massachusetts, part 1

Transcript: PDF

About this Item

Title

  • Interview with Gerard LaVallee and Thomas Burns, Lowell, Massachusetts, part 1

Names

  • Norkunas, Martha K. (Interviewer)
  • LaVallee, Gerard (Interviewee)
  • Burns, Thomas (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • September 1, 1987

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Massachusetts
  • -  Franco-Americans
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Sound recording
  • -  United States -- Massachusetts -- Lowell

Genre

  • Field recordings
  • Interviews
  • Sound recording

Medium

  • audiotape reel, 7 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1987/042: LFP-MN-R039
  • MBRS shelflist: RXD 4607

Source Collection

  • Lowell Folklife Project collection (AFC 1987/042)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Online Format

  • audio
  • pdf

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Credit line: Lowell Folklife Project collection (AFC 1987/042), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Norkunas, Martha K, Gerard Lavallee, and Thomas Burns. Interview with Gerard LaVallee and Thomas Burns, Lowell, Massachusetts, part 1. September 1, 1987. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_mn_r039/.

APA citation style:

Norkunas, M. K., Lavallee, G. & Burns, T. (1987) Interview with Gerard LaVallee and Thomas Burns, Lowell, Massachusetts, part 1. September 1. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_mn_r039/.

MLA citation style:

Norkunas, Martha K, Gerard Lavallee, and Thomas Burns. Interview with Gerard LaVallee and Thomas Burns, Lowell, Massachusetts, part 1. September 1, 1987. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_mn_r039/>.