Title: Rev. Armand Morissette Collection
Dates: 1920s-1980s
Extent: 3 document boxes
Linear feet: 1.3 linear feet
Language: French and English. The bulk of this collection is in French.
Scope and Content: This collection provides a snapshot of Rev. Morissette’s life and activities. Series One is devoted to a selection of correspondence and newspaper clippings related to Rev. Morissette and his family. Additionally, there are general records and records of his involvement with the Légion Franco-Américaine. Series Two contains the bulk of the collection. All photographs, the majority of this series is a visual record of Rev. Morissette’s time at the Juniorate in Colebrook, NH, various images of Franco-American life in Lowell, MA, and Rev. Morissette’s trip to Europe in 1951. There are portraits of him from childhood through old age, images of politicians, and family snapshots alongside the more formal images. Most of the images in this series contain little to no identification.
Biographical Note: See Finding Aid.
Arrangement:
Series 1: General Records
Series 2: Photographs
Restrictions: The collection is available to researchers and other interested parties. Permission for use or reproduction can be obtained from the director of the French Institute, and is subject to the Institute’s user policies.
Preferred Citation: Rev. Armand Morissette Collection, French Institute, Assumption University
Processing Information: This collection was processed by Kate Bradley in the winter of 2024/2025.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition: At an unknown point, Rev. Morissette donated this collection to Armand Chartier. It was likely around the time that Chartier was working on his biography of Morissette, c. 1985.
Digitization Status: Undigitized.
Full Finding Aid:
Appointments recommended.
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Kate Bradley
Librarian/Archivist of the French Institute
508-767-7495
For reasons of preservation, French Institute collection materials do not circulate; however, non-rare materials are allowed to circulate through the d’Alzon Library or inter-library loan with the director’s permission.
It should be noted that the Institute’s collection includes a number of Franco-American newspapers from the New England region. Most consist of bound copies and nearly all have been microfilmed. To preserve the bound volumes, the Institute encourages scholars to consult the microfilm copies whenever they are available, for example, at the American Antiquarian Society or the Boston Public Library.
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