Dedicated to helping Acadian Americans better understand their history, culture, and heritage. Founded in 1985; publishes quarterly magazine Le Reveil Acadien.<\/p>\n
Contact: P. A. Cyr, President.<\/p>\n
Address: P.O. Box 2304, Fitchburg, Massachusetts 01420-8804.<\/p>\n
Telephone: (978) 342-7173.<\/p>\n
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Those interested in maintaining links among individuals of Acadian descent and their relatives in New England. Conducts seminars and workshops on Acadian history, culture, and traditions.<\/p>\n
Contact: Richard L. Fortin.<\/p>\n
Address: P.O. Box 556, Manchester, New Hampshire 03105.<\/p>\n
Telephone: (603) 641-3450<\/p>\n
E-mail: rfortinnh@aol.com<\/p>\n
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Located at the University of Southwestern Louisiana ( Universit\u00e8 des Acadiens ), the center organizes festivals, special performances, and television and radio programs; it offers classes and workshops through the French and Francophone Studies Program; it also sponsors musicians as adjunct professors at the university.<\/p>\n
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A proponent of the standard French language, this council arranges visits, exchanges, scholarships, and conferences; it also publishes a free bilingual newsletter.<\/p>\n
Address: Louisiane Fran\u00e7aise, Boite Postale 3936, Lafayette, Louisiana 70502.<\/p>\n
This private-sector economic development group funds various French Renaissance activities in Cajun country.<\/p>\n
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Promotes local historical projects and celebrates events important in the history of Acadians in Maine.<\/p>\n
Visitors can see preservations and reconstructions of many nineteenth-century buildings at the Acadian Village and Vermilionville in Lafayette; the Louisiana State University, Rural Life Museum in Baton Rouge, and at the Village Historique Acadien at Caraquet.<\/p>\n
Researchers can find sources at Nichols State University Library in Thibodaux; at the Center for Acadian and Creole Folklore of the University of Southwestern Louisiana; and at the Center for Louisiana Studies at the University of Southwestern Louisiana.<\/p>\n
Offers on-site reference assistance to its Acadian archives, and to regional history, folklore and Acadian life.<\/p>\n
Contact: Lisa Ornstein, Director.<\/p>\n
Address: Univerity of Maine at Fort Kent, 25 Pleasant Street, Fort Kent, Maine 04743.<\/p>\n
Telephone: (207) 834-7535.<\/p>\n
Fax: (207) 834-7518.<\/p>\n
E-mail: acadian@maine.maine.edu.<\/p>\n
Ancelet, Barry, Jay D. Edwards, and Glen Pitre (with additional material by Carl Brasseaux, Fred B. Kniffen, Maida Bergeron, Janet Shoemaker, and Mathe Allain). Cajun Country. Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 1991.<\/p>\n
Brasseaux, Carl. Founding of New Acadia, 1765-1803; In Search of Evangeline: Birth and Evolution of the Myth. Thibodaux, Louisiana: Blue Heron Press, 1988.<\/p>\n
The First Franco-Americans: New England Life Histories From the Federal Writers Project, 1938-1939, edited by C. Stewart Doty. Orono: University of Maine at Orono Press, 1985.<\/p>\n
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I am grateful to by Evan Heimlich for providing me permission to reproduced the above-noted article. DISCLAIMER BY YVON: The above noted is a very interesting article however, be aware I have found a number of inaccuracies, in same.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Acadian Cultural Society. Dedicated to helping Acadian Americans better understand their history, culture, and heritage. Founded in 1985; publishes quarterly magazine Le Reveil Acadien. Contact: P. A. Cyr, President. Address: P.O. Box 2304, Fitchburg, Massachusetts 01420-8804. Telephone: (978) 342-7173. Association Nouvelle-Angleterre\/Acadie. Those interested in maintaining links among individuals of Acadian descent and their relatives […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":45,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1289","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n