The Lowell Historical Society is constantly receiving artifacts from people around the country. While it would be an impossible task to share them all out… Read More

On this Day November 5, 1818 – Benjamin F. Butler – a lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of… Read More

Our friends at St. Patrick’s, historian Dave McKeon and the Ancient Order of  Hibernians have just announced their Fall tour of St. Patrick’s Cemetery: circa… Read More

With all the interest and activity in the abolitionist movement in Lowell in the 1840s – 1860s, I though that this personal letter written by… Read More

This entry is a cross post from “Forgotten New England” – the blog site of Lowell Historical Society board member Ryan Owen. Note: In 1975,… Read More

Here’s the latest “Forgotten New England” column from Lowell Historical Society Board member Ryan Owens.July 9, 2012 The Story of Lowell’s Shedd Park By Forgotten New… Read More

Many volumes of the Lowell Technological Institute’s yearbook “The Pickout” have been digitized. Check out former LHS President and former LTI professor John Goodwin’s photo… Read More

Our dear friend and past President of the Lowell Historical Society and the Lowell Museum – John Goodwin died last month at the age… Read More

Lowell historian and Lowell Historical Society genealogist Walter Hickey is not only an avid and meticulous researcher, he is a great story teller. Check out this… Read More

Lowell Historical Society Board member and genealogist Eileen Loucraft shared this piece about Babe Ruth and his Lowell connection with our friends at LowellIrish.com. We… Read More