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Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste Archives and Special Collections : a Collection of Franco-American Resources at the Assumption University Library: L'Union Photograph Collection -- Miscellaneous

L'UNION NEWSPAPER

The Union newspaper was published by the USJB from 1902-1996.  The purpose was to provide a link between the leadership of the society and its members.  The newspaper was published in French from 1902-1979 and in French and English 1980-1996. The newspaper started publishing articles on genealogy in the 1980's. 

Below is a list of miscellaneous photographic prints from the Union.

L'Union Photograph Collection -- Miscellaneous

TITLE

DESCRIPTION/NOTES

DATE

Accent on Youth Festival

Details of event and names on back of photos

1975

Alliance des Journaux Franco-Américains

Details of event and names on back of photos

1940

Alliance Radiophonique Français

no date

American and Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission of Massachusetts

1971

Autumnfest

Details of event and names on back of each photo.

1980-1983

Autumnfest

Details of event and names on back of each photo. 2 folders

1984,85,87,88

Association de la Jeunesse Franco-Américaine

Dignitaries and members of the AJFA. Details of event and names on back of each photo.

1956,1959

Concours de Français

1969

Bouvet Frigate (l'Escorteur d'Escarddre)

Includes invitation the the event

1971

Boy Scout Government Days

Details of event and names on back of each photo.

1983,1985,1988

Brandywine Trip

Details of event and names on back of each photo.

1983

Building Commission

1976

Busy Beavers Club

Details of event and names on back of each photo.

Various years

Caisse des Vieillards

Details of event and names on back of each photo.

Various years

Colebrook, N.H., Our Lady of Grace Shrine Pilgrimage

Details of event and names on back of each photo.

1958

L'Aventure (Frigate)

Dignitaries and officers of L'Aventure

1957

Boursiers Family

Details of event and names on back of each photo.

various dates

Conseils Jubilaires

Representatives from Conseils 1,147,230,291

1987

Constitution, U.S.S.

Details of event and names on back of each photo.

1980

Cote, Augustin J. Plaque Dedication

Details of event and names included in article clipping

1980

Dauphine Day Proclamation

Details of event and names on back of photo.

1979

Décoration de la France

Details of event and names on back of photo.

1956

Demonstration de Worcester, Mass

Includes mayor of Worcester and members of the USJB General Office

1940

Directeurs de la Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Vallie de la Chippewa, Wisconsin. 40e Anniversaire en 1910

see folder title

1910

Directeurs Spirituels

Details and names on back of photo

1978

Equipes, Réunion Générale, Hartford, Conn.

Multiple photos including USJB dignitaries, and drill teams.

c.1940's

Equipes, 14ᴇ Réunion Générale, Amesbury, Mass.

Multiple photos including drill teams and USJB dignitaries

1948

Equipes, 13ᴇ Réunion Générale, New Bedford, Mass.

USJB dignitaries on viewing stand

1947

European Tour

Multiple photo's including one with Pope Paul VI

c.1970's

Eucharistic Congress, 41st, Philadelphia, PA

Details of event and names on back of photo.

1976

L'Union Photograph Collection -- Miscellaneous

Fall River, Mass

Includes photo of 1935 Party for children at Christmas

1970,1935

Federation des Societes Franco-Américaines du Comité de Worcester, Leominster, Mass

Details and names on back of photo

1951

Fédération Féminine Franco-Américaine

Group photo

1957

Fenway Park Trip

 July 31, 1968, August 8, 1971

1968, 1971

Festival Ethnique de Fall River, Mass

1978

Fifty year members of the USJB

Multiple photos through the years of members celebrating their 50 years as in the USJB

multiple

Flags, French

French flag presented at Bishop Feehan High School

1963

Flags, Rhode Island

Rhode Island state flag being presented to General Officers of USJB

1976

Fogarty Memorial Hospital

1973

Founding Delegates of the USJB, Monument Square Hostelry

Republished in 1985 issue of L 'Union

1900

France comes to Rhode Island

Dozens of photos from events for the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Junior Alliance Francaise.  Held from November 16-22. Includes photos with Assumptionist priest. 5 folders

1955

Franco-American Social Club, North Attleboro, Mass.

Interior and exterior shots of Franco-American Social Club

Franco-American War Veterans

Details and names on back of photo

1958

Franco-Américaines. Film Documentaries

Details and names on back of photos

1978

Fraternal Congress, Boston, Mass

Details and names on back of photo

1970

Fraternal Week

Details and names on back of photos.         4 folders

Various years

Fraternal Week, Flag Day

Details and names on back of photos.         3 folders

Various years

French Exhibit at Home Office

Photos of exhibits created for visit from French to Rhode Island

1955

General Board

Multiple photos of undated. 2 folders

undated

General Board, 1903

Photo taken in Winooski, VT. Details and names in caption of photo

1903

General Board, 1927

2 folders

1927

General Board, 1933

1933

General Board, 1937-1939

1937-1939

General Board, 1941-1945

1941-1945

General Board, 1946-1950

1946-1950

General Board, 1969,1970,1977,1983

1969,1970, 1977,1983

General Board, 1986-1990

1986-1990

Germany and Switzerland, Trip

1984

Greek Catholic Union of the USA

Details and names in caption of photo

no date

Heritage Day

Details and names on back of photos.  

1982,1984

Home Office, Agents and Regional Managers

Details and names on back of photos.  3 folders

Various years

Home Office, Bouvier Hall

First home of the USJB

1900

Home Office, Employees

4 folders

Various years

Home Office, Exterior

3 folders

Various years

Home Office, Interior

2 folders

Various years

Home Office, Management

1979,1986

Home Office, Miscellaneous

no date

Home Office, Party, Christmas

1987,1989

Home Office, Rededication

1976

Home Office, Renovations

3 folders. Includes Report: the Home Office Building Commission.

1975-1977

Home Office, Retirements

2 folders

1960-1989

Ice Capades

1989

Institut Franco-Américaine

1967

Junior Achievement Program

1981,1982

Lewiston, Maine, Club le Montagnard

Details and names in caption of photo

1942

Life Insurance

Promotional materials describing increased Life Insurance sales and fraternal activities

1975,1976

Ligue des Societés de Langue Francaise

Held in Lewiston, Maine, iincludes program from the event

1969

L'Union Photograph Collection -- Miscellaneous

Maison de la Bonne Presse, Paris

Details and names on back of photos

1948

Mallet Library

Details and names on back of photos

Various years

Manager of the year

Details and names on back of photo

1979

Manchester String Ensemble

Manchester, New Hampshire

c1940

Mardi Gras

Woonsocket, RI

1956

Miscellaneous

Multiple unrelated photos that span 1940's through the 1980's

Various years

Montreal  World's Fair

Details and names on back of photos

1967

Morin, François, Famille de.

Portrait of family from New Hartford, Connecticut

1908

Mutuelles - Vie Françaises d'Amerique

Details and names on back of photo

1948

National Fraternal Congress of America

Details and names on back of photos, 2 folders

1970's-1980's

New Brunswick Trip

Details and names on back of photos

1982

New England Fraternal Congress

Details and names on back of photos

Various years

Oberammergan Trip

Details and names on back of photos

1984

Operation Care and Share

no date

Operation Outreach

Details and names on back of photos

1978

Operation Rice Bowl

no date

Ordre de Mérite et d'Honneur

Details and names on back of photos

Various years

Ottawa, destroyer

Includes article from Lowell Sun

1971

Ottawa Trip

Details and names on back of photos

1978

Paris Boys Choir

Includes article regarding visit of the Paris Boys Choir from the Providence Journal

1981

Paris, Students from

Details and names on back of photo

no date

Paris Trip

1972

Pawtucket Red Sox

Edgar Martel throwing out the first pitch

1983

Pearl Harbor Commemoration

Details and names on back of photos

1943

Pin, USJB

undated

President's Court of Honor

3 folders

Various years

Professeurs Franco-Américains

no date

Programme de Française

1957

Providence, Diocese, Catholic Charities

no date

L'Union Photograph Collection -- Miscellaneous

Ralliêment Patriotique

Details and names on back of photos

1942

Relgious Educators

1963

Rendezvous

1990

Rome Trip

1 negative only

1980

Rutland, Vermont, Académie Notre-Dame de Vermont

Saint Benoît du Lac

Saint Jean Baptiste Day

Rhode Island, many photos taken as parade goes by USJB building, 2 folders

1890, 1920, 1935, 1939, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984

Saint Jean Baptiste Day

Greenfield, Massachusetts

1928

Saint Jean Baptiste Day

Montréal

1943

Saint Jean Baptiste Day

Moosup, Connecticut

1956

Saint Jean Baptiste Day

Springfield, Massachusetts

1980

Saint Mary Church

Willimantic, Connecticut

1935

Scholars Club

Various years

Scholastic Aid Recipients

3 folders

Various years

Seventy-Fifth Anniversary

2 folders

1975

Sixtieth Anniversay

1960

Société des Artisans Canadiens Français

Various years

Sociétés Franco-Américaines des Rhode Island

1978

Société Historique, New Bedford, Mass.

no date

Student Loan Conference

1988

Televised Mass (1st Televised Mass)

Details and names on back of photos

1971

Toronot Trip

Details and names on back of photos

1979

Ukranian National Association, Inc

Details and names on back of photos

1983

Union L' des Gardes Franco-Américaines de la Nouvelle-Angleterre

Details and names on back of photo

1942

United Way Campaign

Details and names on back of photo

1979

U.S. Bicentennial Celebrations, etc.

1976

U.S. Bicentennial Celebrations, etc., Bicentennial Contest

1976

USJB Bicentennial Parade Floate

Details and names on back of photo

1976

USJB Billboards

USJB Board of Directors

1989

USJB Chorale

1990

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Dutch Trip

Includes article about trip

1988

Vétérans des Guerre Franco-Américains

Details and names on back of photo

1958

Vie Franco-Américaine

Some Details and names on back of photos

Various years

Washington, D.C. Trip

Details and names on back of photos

1981

"Woonsocket Call" Reception

1968

Woonsocket Harris Public Library

Includes article

1974

Woonsocket Youth Festival

1989

Worcester, Mass, St. Francis Home for Aged Men and Women

no date

Workshop, Woonsocket

Includes names of those pictured

1975

World War II

Details and names on back of photo

1943

WWON Radio

Names on back of photo

1977