MS2008-3091 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 2 of 4
Franco-Americans--New England
French-Canadians--New England
Folk Songs, French--New England
Folk Songs, French--Québec (Province)
Franco-Americans--Music
French-Canadians--Music
General Physical Description note: Blue-green spiral notebook, 51 leaves. Name on front cover in red ink, "Yvonne Pellerin." Writing on recto of first leaf, recto and verso of leaves 2-10, recto of leaf 11 and verso of leaf 51 in blue ink, red ink and black ink. Remainder of book is blank with exception of occasional pen trials.
Scope and Contents note: MSS contains handwritten lyrics to 15 songs in French. All songs except the final song are numbered 1-14. Verso of final leaf contains numbered list of song titles.
Pellerin, Yvonne
VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
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MS2008-3092 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 3 of 4
General Physical Description note: Small notepad, spiral bound at top. 25 leaves. In poor condition. Front and rear covers missing. Stains and bleeding ink suggests volume has suffered damage from exposure to excess moisture. One leaf loose from binding. Writing on recto of all pages and verso of many pages in blue ink, red ink and pencil. Numbering of content suggests first several pages of manuscript are missing. Content on loose leaf suggests it is from the front of MSS.
Scope and Contents note: MSS contains handwritten lyrics to songs in French and includes some English translations. Songs are titled and numbered 3-10, numbering begins on thrid page. Incomplete lyrics to one song appear on page one, and an unnumbered song follows 10.
Pellerin , Yvonne
MS2008-3093 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 4 of 4
General Physical Description note: Small, top bound hardcover pocket notebook. 34 leaves. Red vinyl cover with worlds "Memo Book" stamped in gold at front. Excellent condition. Writing on recto of all leaves with exception of final attached leaf in blue ink and black ink. Writing on verso of final attached leaf. One loose leaf at rear of notebook.
Scope and Contents note: MSS contains handwritten lyrics to songs in French. Songs are titled. Unclear where loose leaf at rear of volume fits in with rest of MSS content.
General Physical Description note: Small, top bound hardcover pocket notebook. 49 leaves. Brown plastic cover. Name and address written on inside front cover and recto of rear fly sheet. Writing in pencil on recto and verso of leaves 1 and 2, in blue ink on recto of leaves 3 through 8, and in blue ink on verso of leaves 44 through 49. One loose leaf at front of notebook. One separate, associated 2 1/2" X 3 3/4 inch leaf of paper with writing in blue ink and a 3 1/2" strip of 1/2" plastic adhesive tape affixed to center of leaf.
Scope and Contents note: French language songbook manuscript attributed to Hervé Pellerin. Additional associated loose leaf of paper includes song text written in blue ink.
Pellerin, Hervé
General Physical Description note: Stitch-bound, tan cardstock cover notebook. 40 pages. Front and back cover have geometric design apparently imprinted using a resist process. Decorative floral frame printed on front cover in black with word “Memorandum” at center. Spine covered in strip of black paper, fragment missing approximately half way between top and bottom of spine. Name and date written on recto of first leaf. Writing in pencil on recto and verso of leaves 2 through 40.
Scope and Contents note: French language songbook manuscript attributed to Irma Labonté. MSS contains handwritten lyrics to 33 songs in French. Each song is numbered 1-33. Final leaf contains numbered list of song titles. Title list begins on verso of final leaf and continues on recto.
Labonté, Irma
General Physical Description note: Small stitch-bound ledger. 85 leaves. Grey cloth with printing on cover. Writing in blue and black ink on recto and verso of leaves 1-30, verso of leaf 42, recto and verso of leaves 43-44, recto of leaf 45. Leaf 26 loose from binding. Volume includes 5 loose leaves of paper from a different source. One 41/2" X 6" leaf with writing in blue ink on recto and verso; four 8" X 10" blue lined leaves each folded in half lengthwise to 4"X10". One leaf has writing on recto and verso in black ink, one leaf has writing on recto and verso in blue ink. Two leaves have writing on recto in blue ink.
Scope and Contents note: French language song book manuscript attributed to Adelard Guay. Recto and verso of first leaf contain letter addressed to "Kim", Kim Chase of Burlington, VT, from J. Armand Guay dated October 18, 1980. Letter attributes contents to Adelard Gecoy, father of J. Armand Guay and describes the contents of the book, the creation of the book, and the context of the performance of the songs, as well as gifting the work to Kim Chase.
Custodial History note: Book created by Adelard Guay for his son, J. Armand Guay. Given by J. Armand Guay to Kim Chase. Given by Kim Chase to Martha Pellerin.
Guay, Adelard
General Physical Description note: Small staple-bound notebook. 18 leaves. Textured, black laminate cover. First leaf serves as title page. Writing in pen on recto of first leaf, adhesive sticker on verso with writing in red wax crayon. Following leaves numbered on recto and verso 1-8, 11-35. Leaves numbered 1-2 and 11-12 loose from binding. Final leaf unnumbered and bottom half missing. Writing in black ink, blue ink and pencil on recto and verso of leaves 1-17. Writing on verso of leaf 18.
Scope and Contents note: Unattributed French language song book manuscript. Recto of first leaf contains phrase, "Cahier De Chant." Verso of first leaf contains adhesive sticker with image of Christ child in manger with the phrase "JESUS dANS LA CRECHE" written below in red wax crayon.
Unknown
General Physical Description note: Staple-bound, French-language 1946 wall calendar. Blank sides of calendar pages used as notebook. 11 leaves. Writing in pencil recto of leaves 1-7. Verso of leaves 1-11 are calendar pages for the months "Décembre" through "Février". Circular piece missing from upper left of cover. Cover partially loose from staples.
Scope and Contents note: Unattributed French language song book manuscript. Recto of first leave contains word "chanson" in pencil as well as two arithmetic problems in blue ink. Following 6 leaves contain lyrics to a song or songs on recto. Recto of final 4 leaves are blank.
MS2008-3090 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 1 of 4
General Physical Description note: Blue-green spiral notebook, 59 leaves. Name on front cover in red ink, "Yvonne Pellerin." Writing on front and back of each leaf in blue ink, red ink and pencil.
Scope and Contents note: MSS contains handwritten lyrics to 82 songs in French. Each song is numbered 1-82. Final four leaves contain numbered list of song titles. Title list begins on verso of final leaf and continues on recto, then on to verso/recto of next-to-last leaf.
TC1998-1070 Interview with Alberta Gagné
Interview of Alberta Gagné by Martha Pellerin. Part of a project (VFC1998-0007) on Franco-American song in New England funded by the Vermont Folklife Center and undertaken by Pellerin. Interview is one in a series of six conducted between 1995-01-09 and 1995-12-06 as an effort to document the French language song repertoire of Gagné.
Delaney, Carol
Gagne, Normand
Gagne, Mrs. Normand
Gagne, Laurianne
sound cassette (analog)
digital audio file (MP3)
sound recording
Vermont (state)
New England (general region)
Quebec (province)
TC1998-1071 Interview with Alberta Gagné
VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. TC1998-1071 Interview with Alberta Gagné. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
Gagné, Laurianne
TC1998-1072 Interview with Alberta Gagné
TC1998-1073 Interview with Alberta Gagné
TC1998-1074 Interview with Alberta Gagné
TC1998-1075 Interview with Alberta Gagné
Song text from VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3090-001 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 1 of 4. Pp. 1 - 2.
VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3090 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 1 of 4. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
Complete Manuscript: vfc1998-0007_au2008-3090
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Song text from VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3090-002 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 1 of 4. Pp. 2.
Song text from VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3090-003 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 1 of 4. Pp. 3.
Song text from VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3090-004 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 1 of 4. Pp. 4.
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Song text from VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3090-005 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 1 of 4. P. 4.