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about me
Childhood Trauma – Loss of Love
Jacqueline & Francois – Death
Lowell
History
Lowell Statistics from 1835 to 1920
Suicide Stats Reported by Lowell Sun from 1879 to 2000
The Saga of Demoulas’ Market Basket
Entertainment
Sports
Politics
Religion
Jobs
Careers, Professions and Jobs in the City
Career Choices for my Brother Bob and me in September, 1957 -Part #1
Career Choices for my Brother Bob and me in September, 1957 – Part #2
Working Class Employment Opportunities – 20th Century
“Working Class” Job Opportunities according to Lowell Sun – 1920 to 2000
Lowell Sun classifieds
Success
Success, Lowell Style
Immigrants
Types
More Stories about our Centralville Neighborhood
Cultures
Centralville Memories #1
Languages
Foods
Festivals
Franco-Americans
French Canadian Emigration to the United States – 1840-1930
A Tale of the Franco-American Diaspora – Work in Progress, WIP
Emotions and Opinions of Relatives & Friends – 1939 to 1961
Emotions and Opinions of Lowell Relatives – 1939 – 1961
Family Issues – An Overview
Survivance
La Survivance
Quebec
French Language
Langue Française du Latin Médiéval
François Villon – Medieval French Poet
Latin
Fun with Latin over the Years
Recipes
Socioeconomic
Poverty
Ignorance
Conflicts, Points of View & Beliefs
Housing
Streets of Lowell
Services
Education
Credo – Early Beliefs
Early Education
High School – Le College Saint-Joseph de Lowell
Romance
Marist Brothers – 3-12-2012
High School Era Books – 2-5-2012
St.-Joseph’s Boys High School etc, etc. final version
St.-Joseph’s Boys High School – A Young Canuck’s Place of Learning – 1-9-12 version #2
University
Coming Attractions – Lowell Tech Institute Years – 1957 to 1961
Words of Wisdom – the Early Years
Books
A Fork in the Road – Lowell or Nittany Valley?
Anschluss – Austria – 1938
When was Franz Kafka a happy, carefree camper?
Employment
Industry
Earning a Living in Spindle City, USA
Textile Mills
Utilities-new
Utilities
Telephone
Water
Gas
Heating Oil
Coal
Ice
News Print
Retail
Department Stores
Variety Stores
Ma & Pa Shops
Wholesale
World-View
Culture
Discovery
Words to Live By
Existentialism – A Blessing?
Facts
Humanities
Trusted Friend – Coco Bean
Knowledge
Learning
A Young and Curious Character
History – universal
La France, les nazis, Pétain et la guerre – 5-15-2013
Research
Personal
A Tale of Three Uncles – working copy – 3-9-2012
An Irish Woman – 2-18-13
Prejudice, mistrust and misadventures in Lowell – 1940 to 1960 – again
My Promise to Keep, August, 1961 – Lowell, Mass.
Driving Directions for a Friend Visiting Lowell, Massachusetts – 9-14-10
Prejudice, mistrust and misadventures in Lowell – 1940 to 1960
More tales of tests and accidents in my youth – 5-14-13
Personal – more
An Immigrant’s Son recalls the World as it once was – Part#2
Ludlam St House Details – 2-5-2012
Excerpts from Prejudice, mistrust etc. – 1-21-2013
Decision on Career Goals
Prejudice, mistrust and misadventures in Lowell – 1940 to 1960 -again
More August 1961 Stuff – 10-5-13
Dad
Dad’s Quirks – working paper – 3-11-2012
My Father’s Oakwood Chest of Drawers
Notes on Dad – 8-23-13
Lowell stuff
Lowell Neighborhoods
Lowell – Centralville Scenes in 1945 & early 1946 – Part 1
Lowell Centralville Scenes of 1945 & early 1946 – Part #2
Friends and Neighbors – Lower Centralville by the Merrimack
Ideas for a paper – 8-3-2012
Relatives
Ah ! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira ! – Wikipedia
Descendants of Paul Theodule Charbonneau
Mom and Dad – Starting out in Life – 2-11-2012 – Final version
Grandfather Eugene Bolduc, who married Marie Anne Blondin
Ah, ça ira ! – 8-25-2012
Edith Piaf – 50 years after her death in 1963
La Beauce – Quebec
Memoir Project
Reflections on Writing a Memoir Book
Writing One’s Memoirs
Frustrations in Finding Essential Data thru Search in Newspaper-Anchives
Finding Info in Newspapers
Request for Information on Available Science References in 1950s
Favorite Quotes
Philosophy-me
Betwixt two Worlds, version #3 – August 1961
A New Look Around – Hope or the Same Shit in the Future? – 8-30-13
Les Enfants du Paradis – 4-17-2013
Guideposts on the Rocky Highway of Life – 2-24-2012
Suicide – Friend – Quotes – 4-25-2013
Thoreau – Walden – 8-27-13
Alexis de Tocqueville, Quotes and Essays
Edgar Allan Poe References – 3-29-2012
Publius Cornelius Tacitus (Quotes) 12-18-2012
Poems and Stuff – 10-19-14
Michel de Montaigne
Plato Quotes
Philosophical Quotes – 3-3-2012
Andrea Bocelli – Plaisir D’Amour Lyrics
Roman Republic – 1-20-14
Tale of Two Cities
Anatole France Stuff – 2-7-2012
Les Halles – 2-15-2012
Learn some argot from “La Grande Guerre” de 14 au 18, today is 11-19-13
Deutsche Volkslieder – 10-4-2013
Lili Marlen – 6-23-2012
Career Issues
Eisenhower Years, Sputnik, A-Bomb & H-Bomb
H-Bombs in the Sky Work in Progress, WIP
Personal and Professional Crises ~ 1973
Reflections before a Job Interview at Sandia National Laboratories – Fall, 1969
Lowell Surprises
Musical Memories 1939-1965
Temp Control : 1940s & 1950s
Discoveries in a 1952 Ghetto
After World War 2
1947 and 1948 – End of the War
St-Jean Baptiste Parish and the Franco-Americans of Lowell, Massachusetts
New Friends & Neighbors – Ludlam St. ~ 1945
Memoir – words of wisdom over the early years
Odds and Ends
U-Mass-Lowell – Lowell Tech
Thoughts and Reflections on Lowell Technological Institute, LTI – Summer, 1957
Science & Physics – Early Stages
Euler–Lagrange equation – 4-14-12
Hamilton’s Principle – 3-1-2013
Nuclear Physics – Fusion – Neutron Generator – 6-25-13
L’epuration en France apres la seconde guerre mondiale
Center of Mass Coordinate System – 2-27-2013
Binomial Distribution – 9-18-2013
Physics Topics presented by John Gribbin – 12-18-13
A Little Bit of of Backyard Science
Ghetto Life
Comments on Those Depression Years – 1929 to 1939
Reform School, Orphanage, Public School & Poor Farm
SURVIVANCE – Quebec Cultural Survival
George Bourbeau and I – Years of Discovery ~ 4th grade to Lowell Technological Institute
Christmas Celebrations: 1940s & 1950s in Lowell-town
The Good Old Days in Lowell by the Merrimack River
More Ghetto Life
Hard Times
Getting out from Under – Reaching up to Touch Bottom
Disappointment, Coping, Getting Adjusted
A franco-américain discovers Lowell
Suicide Stats – Measure of Happiness Since 1879
Lowell, My Fair City by the Merrimack
My Mom’s Photo Albums
Photos from my Mom’s Camera
Other Photos from Mom’s Camera
Yet More Photos from My Mom’s Camera
Photos#2: Dad, Mom, Mémère Bolduc, Bob, Michelle & Paul
Aunt Vic at Pepere’s House 1934
Career Review
Men’s Group Discussion – Personal Career Review
Lowell’s Work & Job Opportunities
Available Jobs in City from 1880 to 2000
French-English Verbal Exchanges
Reform School, Orphanage, Public School & Poor Farm
Personal and Dad
A kid grows up at 179 Ludlam Street in Lowell, MA in the 1940s and 1950s
Lowell Sun Clippings from 1900s to 1950s – random selection
A Few Personal Notes from a Time Long Ago – Summer, 1961, Part #1
A Few Personal Notes from a Time Long Ago – Summer, 1961, Part #2
Jobs as a boy in Lowell
Discoveries in a 1952 Ghetto
Disappointments over the Years – Self-Reprimand, Always
LTI Transcripts – 1957 to 1961
Transcripts test page
Stories of the Past
Equations & Math – Text Trials
The Immigrant Way
My Feelings in High School
St Joseph High School – Math
St Joseph High School – Latin & Roman History
Discovery
St-Joseph High School for Boys – Le College Saint-Joseph 1953 – 1957
Personal Background, an Overview
Lowell’s Plebian Reflections of the Times
Unemployment Issues in Lowell during my Youth & Decades Before
Escape to USA
What happened in Lowell in 1946?
After Barker St Experience
A Tale of the Franco-American Diaspora – Work in Progress, WIP
Air Conditioning, Climatic Control in Lowell of the 1950s
Career Goals and Aspirations
Venerable Isaac
Social and religious restrictions on all Franco-Americans (1900 – 1963)
Venerable Bede ~ A.D. 700
Excellent Quotes
Paul’s Favorite Quotes – Marcus Aurelius & Omar Khayyam
Wonderful Quotations
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Let’s celebrate!
Ask a Librarian – Boston Public Library –
Eisenhower Years, Sputnik, A & H-Bombs – #1
Beggars and Bums
Beggars can’t be choosers – Part 1
Beggars can’t be choosers – part #2
Beggars can’t be choosers – part #3
Beggars can’t be choosers
png data in the Media location – random inclusion
US Women Suffragettes in 1913
Review of my first two years at LTI
Quiet Reflection Years after my Decision to Enter LTI
German Musical Classics
8th Grade Graduating Class at St. Louis Elementary – June 15, 1953 – 62 graduates split into two classes – Reference: Lowell Sun
Lowell and Its Attributes – 1890 to 1963
Lowell Statistics from 1835 to 1920
Music in the 1940s and 1950s
Music of the 1940s
Music of the 1950s
Assortment of Post-WWII Musical Recordings
A variety of potential Images for Future Web pages
First Publications as a New Ph.D. Graduate
Jack Kerouac
Various fie types tested for compatibility with WordPress
Historical Events – End of WWI to Beginning of WWII
Childhood lessons that served me well – 12-15-21 – final & last
Mom’s Worries – Part #2
Before my High School Years
Illuminating Gas Poisoning reported in Lowell Sun
Inserts of Lionel, erector set, chemistry, etc.
Pennsylvania State University – First Impressions
Book Outline – version #1
State College, PA
New England Poor Houses, AKA Poor Farms
Carnival rides in the 1950s
Félix Albert – Histoire d’un Enfant Pauvre
Newspaper Resources
Textile Mills
Technology
Living Wage
Korea
Nuclear
Nuclear reactor
NASA
Best High School in the City for Science Training?
Lowell High School, LHS
Pius XII
Cardinal Richard Cushing
Labor Day
Marist Brothers
NDEA – National Defense and Education Act – 1958
Nuclear testing
Strontium-90 – (Sr-90)
Jacob Ziskind Scholarship and Fund
Science Fair
Evening Division
LTI plus
Science Fairs
Teacher certification
Nervous breakdown –
Drunkenness –
Germany Experience – 1965-1967
German Towns of Interest
Cold War Years and Worries
Favorite Tunes, 1961 – 1981
Public Shelters
Strategic Air Command – SAC
Nuclear Standoff
Music of 1940s
Civil Defense & Nuclear Weapons
Rock and Roll, R&R
TV of the 1950s
Tokamak vs Stellarator
Nuclear Standoff
Soviet-USA Cooperation
Lowell Sun images
Solar Physics
deuterium-tritium reaction
D-T Structural Issues
Lowell Sun Images
Color Test Page
Owner
Backyard Dilemma
Sample Page
Men’s Group topic – 10-24-2023
Letter of Appreciation to Reader
A Phony Page: a composite of many as fake Memoir Book
First Light of Day in 1939
Textile Mills closing down in Lowell, MA
Everything fascinated me as a young child
Part #3
Recent Reflections – email to friends & relatives
ACCESS all public pages
Fall of France – 1940
Who really owned and profited greatly from the Lowell Textile Mills?
Request for Information on Available Science References in 1950s
Preface – Memoir Book
New Year Message
The Hapless Samaritan
Reflections on writing a memoir
Reflections on writing a memoir #2
Introduction – A Kid grows up in Lowell, Mass. in the 1940s & 1950s-A
Introduction – A Kid grows up in Lowell, Mass. in the 1940s & 1950s-B
Introduction – A Kid grows up in Lowell, Mass. in the 1940s & 1950s-C
Brother Bob and I get ready for the future in 1957 – WIP – Work in Progress
Discoveries and Lessons from a Ghetto Town
Discoveries and Lessons in a Ghetto Town
Discoveries and Lessons in a Ghetto Town
Test Page with Images included
Memoir Book entitled: “Discoveries and Lessons in a Ghetto Town” now is a Work in Progress
Dark Clouds on the Horizon
Memoir Book – Hard Copy
Nuclear Standoff
