Links



Government and Organizations

http://www.lowellma.gov
City of Lowell official site
http://www.lowell.org/
"There's a lot to like about Lowell" - An old slogan has a comeback. This looks like a good landing page.
http://www.nps.gov/lowe/
Lowell National Park
http://www.cultureiscool.org/
Cultural Organization of Lowell (COOL). This page has a lot of deep links to different artists, organizations, etc. Their link to the artists at Western Avenue is broken (which links to a lot of different people), so I'll provide it here.
http://www.lowellcentercity.org/
Lowell Center City Committee - Has a lot of economics related articles.

News and Blogs

http://www.lowellsun.com
Lowell Sun - Lowell's newspaper of record.
http://www.thesunblog.com/gourmetgal/
Gourmet Gal - Run by The Sun, great source for info on new and existing restaurants.
http://lowellma.wordpress.com/
City Manager's blog.
http://www.leftinlowell.com/
Left in Lowell - a politically progressive blog. Good source of information, links to lots of other local blogs and other resources.
http://www.richardhowe.com/
Richard Howe's blog. Lot of posts about local history, politics, etc.

History resources

http://library.uml.edu/clh/
Center for Lowell History @ UMass Lowell. I spend a lot of time on the maps.
http://ecommunity.uml.edu/lhs/
Lowell Historical Society
http://ecommunity.uml.edu/francolowellma/index.htm
The Franco-Americans in Lowell, Massachusetts - Excellent resource for one of Lowell's most visible communities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell at Wikipedia
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html
Library of Congress - Prints and Photographs online. Search for Lowell or click here for some cool ones.
http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/56
Lowell National Historical Park photograhic collection at Digital Commonwealth. Mostly 1979 flyby photos of the city.
http://www.massstats.com
Mass Stats. If you ever wanted a graphical presentation of just about any socioeconomic topic, this is your site.

Other People's Sites on Lowell / People from Lowell

http://www.gatogato.com/
Resident of the Beaver Brook area - pictures of the 2006 and 2007 floods.
http://www.llcorricelli.com/
Lloyd Corricelli - Author
http://www.leefortier.com/
Lee Fortier - Photographer
http://www.jessicahosman.com/
Jessica Hosman - Photographer
http://lucas-photography.com/LowellMassachusetts/index.html
Andrew Lucas - excellent series of photos of Lowell at night
http://picasaweb.google.com/jennphelpsquinn/2007LowellMA?authkey=RZOvbkgYDGQ
UC Berkeley grad student Jennifer Phelps Quinn's photo album from her visit to Lowell
http://www.flickr.com/groups/48600081582@N01/pool/
Lowell on Flickr - way better pics than I can take. Links to a lot of different people who photograph the city.
http://flickr.com/photos/10951005@N03/
Marcfoto on Flickr - Actually from Southeastern Massachusetts, but his photography of and knowledge about the New England textile centers is amazing.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariannika/
Marianne Gries lives downtown. Lot of excellent photos - many of Lowell. She also maintains a blog at http://mariannika.wordpress.com/

Bibliography

I figure I owe these books some credit, since a lot of times they're where I got my information from! Some are out of print or available only at the National Park...

Lowell Then and Now - Restoring the Legacy of a Mill City by Charles Parrott
Great resource for old pictures of Lowell, as well as when many buildings were built and what for.
Images of America - Lowell by John Pendergast
John Pendergast also wrote the very interesting Bend in the River about pre-contact and colonial settlement in this area.
Images of America - Lowell Volume II by John Pendergast
Second volume.
Images of America - Lowell Firefighting by Jason T. Strunk
Historic photos of many of Lowell's largest fires.
Lowell - The River City by Lowell Historical Society
Lot of historic photos and postcards, focused on the rivers.
Lowell - The Mill City by Lowell Historical Society
Lot of historic photos and postcards, focused on the factories.
A History of Lowell by Charles Cowley
Written shortly after the Civil War.
History of Lowell and Its People Volume I by Frederick W. Coburn
Written in 1920, Volume I goes till the 1890s.
The Continuing Revolution: A History of Lowell, Massachusetts edited by Robert Weible
Short essays by professional and amateur historians on a wide range of topics.
From Building to Architecture, The Emergence of Victorian Lowell by Randolph Langenbach
A short paper from the Harvard Architecture Review.
The Continuing Revolution: A History of Lowell, Massachusetts by Robert Weible
A collection of essays on many facets of Lowell's history, from professional and amateur historians.

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Corey Sciuto (e-mail)
2009