Source: New York Public Library’s Public Domain Archivehttps://nypl.getarchive.net/media/charles-dickens-786cdd It is often mentioned that Charles Dickens valued his visit to Lowell in February 1842 more than… Read More
November 28th is the 80th anniversary of the Cocoanut Grove Fire at 17 Piedmont Street, Boston. Four hundred and ninety people were killed and many… Read More
Content warning: this article includes mentions of murder, poisoning, self harm, and mental health issues. Many say that the links to Lowell through… Read More
Have you ever wondered who that school is named for? Sure the Butler and Wang schools are easy but what about the Morey? Having a… Read More
Cynthia Bicknell Atkinson, Lowell Historical Society Collection In the early 1830s, when Lowell was an emerging boom town of textiles and mill girls, there were… Read More
Over the course of February, 2021, former, long-time Lowell Historical Society board member and archivist, Martha Mayo published a series of Untold Lowell Stories on… Read More
In 2018, Genealogist Walter Hickey did a presentation on the Spanish Flu epidemic in Lowell nearly 100 years after it happened. Because of the recent… Read More
Eileen did a presentation on Lowell-raised Charles L Willoughby today. Check it out!… Read More
The following is an essay from former, long-time Lowell Historical Society board member and archivist, Martha Mayo. Martha was also a Librarian at the Center… Read More
