3 sheets of tracing paper with handwritten notes by Françoise Bujold in pencil. The database indicates that this is an "AirMail" type writing tablet. Some consider it to be "crystal" paper.

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The object bears witness to the participation of people of Acadian origin in Quebec's artistic, political, and social effervescence. Indeed, the object bears witness to the work of Françoise Bujold, an Acadian artist from Bonaventure. Throughout her work, Françoise Bujold highlights the cultural characteristics of the Gaspé Peninsula, beginning with the communities that make up the region, the richness of the Gaspé language, and its territory. This document illustrates Françoise Bujold's artistic activities, including her poetry writing, which spanned her entire career (1953-1981).

These three draft pages contain fragments of poems and a thank-you note to a man named Eugène Bussière. They were written by Françoise Bujold and are valuable in that they represent the artistic career of Ms. Bujold, a native of Bonaventure. The first page is a tribute to Mr. Eugene Bussière. The second page is a continuation of this tribute, and the third page is a kind of poetic lexicon.

This set of documents is also valuable in that it demonstrates recognition of Françoise Bujold's work by a third party. Here, Eugène Bussière could well be the associate director of the Canada Council for the Arts, responsible for the adult education program at UNESCO and Canadian consul general in Marseille.

Françoise Bujold (1933-1981) was the daughter of Oscar Bujold and Elise Grenier. She was a multidisciplinary artist from Bonaventure, a writer, poet, and artist. Along with Marie Anastasie, she was the first woman to study at the Institut des arts graphiques de Montréal. She studied graphic arts with Albert Dumouchel, graphic design and layout with Gilles Robert, and color separation with Arthur Gladu. During her lifetime, she published nine collections of poetry, five articles, and wrote short stories. She hosted and exhibited at the Percé Art Center for nearly twenty years. She also gave engraving workshops with the Mi'gmaqs of Gesgapegiag, which resulted in two collections: Une fleur debout dans un canot (1962) and La naissance du soleil (1966). She also made a film with Jacques Godbout featuring the Mi'gmaqs of Gesgapegiag, Le monde va nous prendre pour des sauvages. In the final years of her career, in 1979, she stayed in Miguasha to draw fossils. She died in January 1981.