Paul Morissette oral history with Eloise A. Brière

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Title:
Paul Morissette oral history with Eloise A. Brière
Description:
Oral history with parish priest of Notre Dame du Bon Conseil in Easthampton. Morissette had been priest at the church for seven years after having been an administrator there for eight. Morissette grew up in Chicopee, a child of immigrant parents, speaking only French at home. Studied at Assumption College and then (1941) to seminary in Montreal. Classes at St. Georges parochial school in Chicopee were half in English, half French; regimented nature of study at Assumption, taught mostly by members of the Assumptionist community from Belgium and France. Current generation is unwilling to accept the rigors of education he received.
Interviewee:
Morissette, Paul
Interviewer:
Brière, Eloise A.
Date:
August 9, 1982
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Genre:
Audiocassettes
Oral histories (document genres)
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Eloise A. Brière Franco-American Oral History Collection
Subjects:
Easthampton (Mass.)--Social life and customs
Assumption College (Worcester, Mass.)--Students
Franco-Americans--Massachusetts--Easthampton
Notre Dame du Bon Conseil (Church : Easthampton, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampshire (county) > Easthampton
Extent:
1 audio recording ; 00:09:45
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums123-t001-i002
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Easthampton (Mass.)
Language:
French
Identifier:
mums123-t001-i002