Acadian Hard Times: The Farm Security Administration in Maine's St. John Valley, 1940-1943Published in conjunction with an exhibit of the same name that will be mounted in several Maine locations during 1991. Historian Doty (U. of Maine) located 100 individuals from 15 families photographed by FSA photographers John Collier and Jack Delano. He interviewed many of them and presents their memories here with 168 photos, including current photos of people and places featured in the FSA collection. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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1940 | 73 |
The Léonard Gagnon Family | 103 |
The Oneil Daigle Family | 131 |
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Acadian farm acres Aroostook County August barn Berenice Brown Buren caption Claude Lévesque Clavette client families cooperative creamery crop Daigle children Daugh daughter Delano and Collier Delano took Depression Dubé Dumond Eagle Lake Emma Gagnon family's farm income Farm Security Administration farmstead father Fort Kent foundation seed potato French Frenchville FSA agents FSA clients FSA loan FSA photographers FSA Rural Rehabilitation Gendreau Grand Isle Home Management Irène Daigle Jack Delano Jack Walas Joan John Collier John River John Valley July Kent Lawrence LC-USF left to right Léonard Gagnon Lévesque's Lille Lillian Lindore Labbé lives Lorena Hickok Madawaska Maine's Marie Anne October Oneil Daigle pellagra picture ployes potato farmer Region Rehabilitation Loan Route 11 Roy Stryker Security Administration client seed potato unit Soldier Pond Stewart Doty Suitland tatoes Therèse town University of Maine Wallagrass Waltham woods Zéphirin