Yoken, Melvin B.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
French-Canadian Oral History Project interviews
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC-106
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 27 videotaped oral history interviews of French-Canadian immigrants living in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. This project was the culmination of an upper-level independent study French course taken under the supervision of Dr. Melvin B. Yoken, professor of French at UMass Dartmouth. The subjects were French-Canadian immigrants who settled in New England. Most interviews were conducted in the summer and fall of 2002 by undergraduate students Dawn Lyons and Matt...
Dates:
1993 - 2003; Majority of material found in 2002
Melvin B. Yoken Franco-American culture collection
Collection
Identifier: MC-140
Scope and Contents
The collection consists mainly of items documenting the French
Canadian Community of New England, such as newspapers, flyers, programs, calendars, and
notes on the history of French Canadian immigration, all collected by retired UMD professor of
Foreign Languages (French) Melvin B. Yoken. Also included in the collection is a series of
recordings made at events organized by the Friends of the Fall River Public Library. Prof.
Yoken was involved in this organization. See MC 106 for a student...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1938 - 2006
Temple Beth El breakfast in honor of Albert Yoken, sponsored by the Yoken family
Item — Box: 1, Recording: 2
Identifier: URC016.002
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- Collection 2
- Archival Object 1
- Subject
- Franco-Americans 2
- Video recordings 1