The Park Library is available for limited public and research use by prearranged appointment only.
The Library at Lowell National Historical Park is a non-circulating collection of almost 3000 books, reports, dissertations, videos, and other materials relating to the history of Lowell, the early American industrial revolution, the American cotton textile industry, and the development and activities of the Park. The selection of books and historic records covers topics such as immigration, engineering, labor, textile production, museum/interpretation philosophy, industrialization, deindustrialization, slavery and race, architecture, and whatever else you may need to complete your research or learning experience!
You can also visit the National Park Service Library Catalog, where you can find all of Lowell National Historical Park's collections as well as those of other parks.
Email the Library
Phone Number: 978-970-5241
Mailing Address: Lowell National Historical Park Library Services, 67 Kirk St, Lowell, MA 01852
What do we have in our library?
Here are just a few of the archives available in the park library with the permission and supervision of our curatorial staff!
- Lowell Cultural Resources Inventory, also available here
- Lowell City Documents for 1891-1902, 1904-1906, 1909-1913, 1917-1918, 1919-1920, 1921-1923, 1924-28
- Lowell Directories for 1892-1971, 1973-1975, 1979, 1981-1982, 1986-1987
- "The Workers Remember" Oral Histories
- Phone Books
- Tax Lists
- Lowell National Historical Park Historic Structure Reports
- Newspaper clippings from the Courier-Citizen and Lowell Sun
- VHS Recordings of historic Lowell Folk Festivals
Here are just a few of the many wonderful library books that we recommend reading, and which our staff use to train new rangers!
- Lowell:The Story of an Industrial City - the National Park Service Handbook
- The Continuing Revolution: A History of Lowell Massachusetts, edited by Robert Weible
- Women at Work: The Transformation of Work and Community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826-1860 by Thomas Dublin
- Enterprising Elite: The Boston Associates and the World They Made by Robert F. Dalzell
- Nature Incorporated: Industrialization and the Waters of New England by Theodore Steinberg
- A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory by Lucy Larcom
- And a variety of novels by Lowell-native and Beat Generation author Jack Keroauc
