Issues of the Communicator are just one valuable resource.
Additional Resources Relevant to the Revitalization of Lowell
For the most comprehensive account of the city in the 70s and 80s:
- Marion, Paul. Mill Power: The Origin and Impact of Lowell National Historical Park. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
- For primary sources on the history of the city, consult The Center for Lowell History at UMass Lowell Libraries.
Individual Topics:
- Cook, Patrick, Middlesex Community College: Celebrating a Forty Year Legacy of Learning. Middlesex Community College, 2011.
- Dyment, James. “ArtUp: A Win-Win for Artists, Patients, and Health Center.” Artscope (Nov/Dec. 2015).
- Forrant, Robert. “The Rise, Fall and (Possible) Resurrection of Lowell, Massachusetts,” Historical Journal of Massachusetts, v. 50 (1/2), Summer 2022: 106-147.
- Howe, Richard P. Jr. and Chaim M. Rosenberg, Legendary Locals of Lowell. Arcadia Press, 2013.
- Howe, Richard P. Jr., Lowell: Images of Modern America. Arcadia Press, 2015.
- Parrott, Charles. Lowell Then and Now: Restoring the Legacy of a Mill City. Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, 1995.
- Lowell Historic Board.
- Paul Tsongas Digital Archive, Center for Lowell History, University of Massachusetts Lowell.
- Niki Tsongas Social Media Collection, Center for Lowell History, University of Massachusetts Lowell.
- Market Basket. “About Us.”
- Currier, Peter. “Family, friends, and colleagues remember the life of community activist and philanthropist Carol Duncan,” The Lowell Sun, July 9, 2023.
- Welker, Grant. “ArtUp: So much blank space, so little art.” The Lowell Sun, March 9, 2015.