BDN covers library dedication ceremony at Franco-American Centre
The Bangor Daily News reported on a dedication ceremony for the Adrien Lanthier Ringuette Library at the University of Maine’s Franco-American Centre. The collection includes 2,100 books, 100 topographical and historical maps, and thousands of pages of handwritten notes compiled by Adrien or his mother, Anita Ringuette, and dozens of original genealogical schematics documenting the Ringuette and Lanthier lineages, according to Joe Arsenault, a research associate at the center. Much of the collection is written in French, according to the article. Several members of the Ringuette family, including his widow, Celeste, and son, Scott, attended Tuesday’s event, as did Daniel Devoe, Maine-Canadian trade ombudsman with Gov. Paul LePage’s office. Last October, the Ringuettes drove a moving truck from Indiana to Maine to bring the collection to the center, the article states. “Franco-American communities are often omitted from the standard narratives of the U.S. migration history, American literature and the French language in North America,” said Susan Pinette, director of Franco-American programs at UMaine. The collection also was mentioned in the BDN‘s genealogy column “Family Ties.”