Photo, Print, Drawing Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; Genealogy display at Sirois/Duplessis family reunion at Acadian Festival, Madawaska, Maine

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Title

  • Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; Genealogy display at Sirois/Duplessis family reunion at Acadian Festival, Madawaska, Maine

Names

  • Brassieur, C. Ray (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • Van Buren, Maine; Madawaska, Maine, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Van Buren
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Madawaska

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document a visit to the Village Acadien, a collection of historic buildings in Keegan village, town of Van Buren, ME. All of the buildings have been moved to the site from other locations in the study area. This site is on the National Register of Historic Places; 1, Maison Ouellette, a typical nineteenth century Acadian house; 2-4, Maison Morneault, also a nineteenth century house; the small addition was once used as a post office; 5, Acadian barn; 6, Outhouse; 7, Grotto with religious statuary; 8-9, Replica of an eighteenth century log church, Notre Dame de I'Assumption; 10, Another of the restored houses (pink) and the schoolhouse; 11, ?????; 12-13, Blacksmith shop undergoes restoration; the wooden barrels are potato barrels; 14, House in Madawaska, ME; the red-brown color is a popular one in the area; 15, House in Madawaska; These images document a genealogy display for the Sirois/Duplessis family reunion at the annual Acadian Festival in Madawaska; 16, Table where genealogical books and other material was available; 17, Wall display of family genealogy; 18, Large Acadian flag as stage backdrop; 19, Part of the genealogy display; 20, Duplessis coat-of-arms

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C004
  • Field project identifier: MAP-RB-C004

Source Collection

  • Maine Acadian Cultural Survey collection (AFC 1991/029)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

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Credit line: Maine Acadian Cultural Survey collection (AFC 1991/029), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray. Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; Genealogy display at Sirois/Duplessis family reunion at Acadian Festival, Madawaska, Maine. Van Buren Aroostook County Madawaska Maine United States, 1991. Van Buren, Maine; Madawaska, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_rb_c004/.

APA citation style:

Brassieur, C. R. (1991) Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; Genealogy display at Sirois/Duplessis family reunion at Acadian Festival, Madawaska, Maine. Van Buren Aroostook County Madawaska Maine United States, 1991. Van Buren, Maine; Madawaska, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_rb_c004/.

MLA citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray. Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; Genealogy display at Sirois/Duplessis family reunion at Acadian Festival, Madawaska, Maine. Van Buren, Maine; Madawaska, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_rb_c004/>.