Albert Babin's membership booklet for the Société l’Assomption, a mutual insurance company for Acadians. Yellow booklet in a beige envelope with blue writing.

The object bears witness to the development of Acadian and Gaspé society in general, and more specifically, to the development of ties between the Petites-Cadies in Quebec and other Acadian settlements in the Maritime provinces and the United States through a mutual insurance company, the Société L'Assomption.

The object also bears witness to the life of a person of Acadian origin, Albert Babin. The booklet indicates that Mr. Albert Babin was a member in good standing from 1945 to 1955.

The Assumption Society, founded in 1903, still exists today. Founded by Acadians in Massachusetts, it was initially an insurance company. In 1913, its headquarters moved to Moncton, and in 1969, it became a mutual insurance company. Today, it is known as Assumption Life. (https://www.assomption.ca/fr/Home). According to the organization Memory NS, this society was created to fill the need for a nationalist organization aimed at unifying the Acadian people. "Article 2 of the constitution set out the goals of the new association: "To rally all Acadians under the same flag; to assist its sick members; to provide financial assistance to the legal heirs of deceased members; to preserve our language, customs, and religion." Articles 92 to 100 of the constitution established a school fund and set out its regulations. This society, founded in the United States in 1903, spread to the three Maritime provinces in 1904. By 1908, it had $12,727 in the bank, 72 branches, and 4,320 members. In 1909, it founded its magazine, L'Assomption, published in Fitchburg." (http://www.cyberacadie.com/cyberacadie.com/indexfa2a.html?/Renaissance_histoire/La-Societe-mutuelle-l-Assomption.html) It was thus a mutual aid society that later added life insurance to its offerings.