About: History of the Franco-Americans in Holyoke, Massachusetts

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During the late 19th and early 20th centuries Holyoke saw an influx of Franco-Americans (French: les Holyokais franco-américains, lit. "the French-American Holyokians"), predominantly French-Canadians, who immigrated to Massachusetts to work in the city's growing textile and paper mills. By 1900, 1 in 3 people in Holyoke were of French-Canadian descent, and a 1913 survey of French Americans in the United States found Holyoke, along with other Massachusetts cities, to have a larger community of French or French-Canadian born residents than those of New Orleans or Chicago at that time. Initially faced with discrimination for the use of their labor by mill owners to undermine unionization, as well as for their creation of separate French institutions as part of the La Survivance movement, thi

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  • During the late 19th and early 20th centuries Holyoke saw an influx of Franco-Americans (French: les Holyokais franco-américains, lit. "the French-American Holyokians"), predominantly French-Canadians, who immigrated to Massachusetts to work in the city's growing textile and paper mills. By 1900, 1 in 3 people in Holyoke were of French-Canadian descent, and a 1913 survey of French Americans in the United States found Holyoke, along with other Massachusetts cities, to have a larger community of French or French-Canadian born residents than those of New Orleans or Chicago at that time. Initially faced with discrimination for the use of their labor by mill owners to undermine unionization, as well as for their creation of separate French institutions as part of the La Survivance movement, this demographic quickly gained representation in the city's development and civic institutions. Holyoke was at one time a cultural hub for French-Canadian Americans; the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of America was first organized in the city in 1899, along with a number of other institutions, including theater and drama societies from which famed vaudevillian Eva Tanguay was first discovered, and regular publications, with its largest French weekly newspaper, La Justice, published from 1904 to 1964. The city was also home to author Jacques Ducharme, whose 1943 book The Shadows of the Trees, published by Harper, was one of the first non-fiction English accounts of New England's French and French-Canadian diaspora. A changing industrial economy, Americanization, and emigration to the suburbs led to demographic decline, and by 1990 this population had dropped to about 16% of the population, and as of the 2010 US Census this demographic represented less than 10% of residents. In contrast, the demographic's suburbanization is reflected in 2010 Census figures as well, as Hampden County respondents who identified as French (12.7%) or French Canadian (5.5%) represented 18.2% of the population, the county's largest group by ancestry were the two taken as a whole. In 2015, the American Community Survey estimated less than 1 percent of all residents of Holyoke spoke some form of French or French Creole. (en)
  • À la fin du XIXe et au début du XXe siècle, Holyoke a un afflux de Franco-Américains (en anglais : Holyoke Franco-Americans, lit. « les Français-américains Holyokians »), principalement Canadiens français, qui ont immigré au Massachusetts pour travailler dans la croissance des usines textiles et papiers de la ville. En 1900, une personne sur trois résidant à Holyoke était d'origine franco-canadienne et, selon une enquête menée en 1913 sur les Américains français aux États-Unis, Holyoke, avec d'autres villes du Massachusetts, avait une communauté plus grande que celles de la Nouvelle-Orléans ou Chicago à cette époque. Initialement confronté à la discrimination des propriétaires de moulins pour saper leur syndicalisation, ainsi qu'à la création d'institutions françaises distinctes au sein du mouvement La Survivance, ce groupe démographique a rapidement acquis une représentation dans les institutions civiques et dans le développement de la ville. Holyoke était à une époque un centre culturel pour les Américains franco-canadiens ; la Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Amérique a été créée pour la première fois dans la ville en 1899 ainsi que pour un certain nombre d'autres institutions, notamment des sociétés de théâtre et de théâtre qui ont découvert le célèbre vaudevillian Eva Tanguay, et des publications régulières, avec ses Le plus grand hebdomadaire français, La Justice, publié de 1903 à 1964. L'évolution de l'économie industrielle, l'américanisation et l'émigration dans les banlieues ont entraîné un déclin démographique et, en 1990, cette population était tombée à environ 16 % de la population 10 % des résidents. En revanche, les chiffres du recensement de 2010 reflètent également la banlieue démographique, les répondants du comté de Hampden ayant déclaré être francophones (12,7 %) ou canadiens français (5,5 %) représentaient 18,2 % de la population. pris dans son ensemble. En 2015, l'American Community Survey estimait que moins de 1 % de tous les résidents de Holyoke parlaient une forme de créole ou un créole français. (fr)
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  • French-Canadian poet laureate Louis Fréchette, who was received in Holyoke at a banquet welcoming him to the United States by a number of the city's Québecois residents, city and state officials, and most notably American author Mark Twain (en)
  • Louis Alphonse LaFrance, a developer who learned his trade as an apprentice in Holyoke under Gilbert Potvin, and whose commercial work during the city's peak years of industrial growth reshaped the landscape, with more than 126 blocks comprising 1,796 apartments; the "Battleship Block" apartments developed by LaFrance and designed by George P. B. Alderman (en)
  • Cover of 1979 edition of Mirbah, published by the National Materials Development Center for French; first edition of The Delusson Family by Jacques Ducharme; cover of Holyoke by François Hébert (en)
  • Floats and a procession of delegations pass Main Street storefronts during the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society Parade of October 1925, when more than 5,000 participants converged on Holyoke for a national meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste d’Amerique by Holyoke's own chapter (en)
  • Left to right: The front page of the Montreal newspaper La Presse, featuring several figures in Holyoke's Québécois community and the new Precious Blood Church; the memorial in Apremont-la-Forêt, France, for the 104th Division soldiers who liberated that village, and the Holyoke's gift of a new water supply; and Joseph Lussier editor and publisher of the weekly La Justice, who was honored by the French Republic with the Palmes académiques for his dedication to the French language and culture (en)
  • The Clovis Robert Block, named for an early Québecois resident who served as a real estate agent for the Holyoke and Westfield Railroad; nameplate of the former Monument National Canadien Français (en)
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  • French people in Holyoke (en)
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  • Courier de Holyoke.jpg (en)
  • Holyoke by François Hébert.jpg (en)
  • Holyoke, Mass., La Presse 27 Fevrier, 1897.jpg (en)
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  • Le Defenseur ad Holyoke Mass 1885.jpg (en)
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  • Louis Honore Frechette.jpg (en)
  • Mark Twain by Mora, 1882.jpg (en)
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  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste Parade float, Holyoke, October 1925.jpg (en)
  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste Parade, Holyoke, October 1925.jpg (en)
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  • Le Cercle Rochambeau drama troupe performing a play for the city centennial, 1973 (en)
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  • Franco-America in the Making, 2018 presentation by Dr. Jonathan Gosnell of Smith College (en)
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  • During the late 19th and early 20th centuries Holyoke saw an influx of Franco-Americans (French: les Holyokais franco-américains, lit. "the French-American Holyokians"), predominantly French-Canadians, who immigrated to Massachusetts to work in the city's growing textile and paper mills. By 1900, 1 in 3 people in Holyoke were of French-Canadian descent, and a 1913 survey of French Americans in the United States found Holyoke, along with other Massachusetts cities, to have a larger community of French or French-Canadian born residents than those of New Orleans or Chicago at that time. Initially faced with discrimination for the use of their labor by mill owners to undermine unionization, as well as for their creation of separate French institutions as part of the La Survivance movement, thi (en)
  • À la fin du XIXe et au début du XXe siècle, Holyoke a un afflux de Franco-Américains (en anglais : Holyoke Franco-Americans, lit. « les Français-américains Holyokians »), principalement Canadiens français, qui ont immigré au Massachusetts pour travailler dans la croissance des usines textiles et papiers de la ville. En 1900, une personne sur trois résidant à Holyoke était d'origine franco-canadienne et, selon une enquête menée en 1913 sur les Américains français aux États-Unis, Holyoke, avec d'autres villes du Massachusetts, avait une communauté plus grande que celles de la Nouvelle-Orléans ou Chicago à cette époque. Initialement confronté à la discrimination des propriétaires de moulins pour saper leur syndicalisation, ainsi qu'à la création d'institutions françaises distinctes au sein d (fr)
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  • Histoire des Français à Holyoke (fr)
  • History of the Franco-Americans in Holyoke, Massachusetts (en)
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