Browse Collections (16 total)

Alvarina Braga Family Collection [1906-1997]
This collection centers on the life of the Braga family, an Azorean American couple who raised their children in Lowell, MA.
Biographical…

Ares Family Collection [1937-1949]
The Ares Family Collection includes two sets of items: photographs donated by Joseph Ares and two photo albums created by Victor Ares. The items focus…
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Camara Family Photograph Collection [c. 1905-1915]
During the summer of 1989, the Camara Family donated a collection of glass plate negatives to UMass Lowell Libraries Center for Lowell History. These…

Coutinho Family Collection [1899-2000]
The Coutinho Family Collection consists of 38 items, mostly documents, that represent the life and immigration of Manuel Nunes Coutinho and his wife,…

Firmo Correa Family Collection [1921-1980]
The Firmo Correa Family Collection is a unique look into multiple generations of one Portuguese-American family. The collection focuses on the…

George W. Rose Collection [1900-2003]
This collection contains images related to the Rose family, focusing on the life of George W. Rose. Items include pictures from his childhood, his…

Lillian Francis McMackin Collection [1931-2021]
Dr. Lillian Francis McMackin, MD, a pediatrician and the first female medical trainee and house officer at Boston’s Children’s Hospital, was born on…

Lowell School Department Work Permit Collection [1898-1925]
The Lowell School Department work collection consists of original documents pertaining to age verification for many immigrant children in the Lowell,…

Manuel Pestena Correa Family Collection [1918-1986]
The Manuel Pestena Correa Family Collection follows the lives of the Correa family members of Lowell, MA. The collection focuses on the the Correa…

Melodies of Portugal (December 1954)
Melodies of Portugal was a weekly radio show broadcast every Sunday at 2pm for the Portuguese community of the greater Lowell, MA area. This selection…
Contributors: Mello, George, Ferreira, Elaine, Rousseau, Gerry, Candy, John, Ferreira, Julie, Ferreira, Marie

Oliveira Family Photograph Collection [c. 1915-1989]
The Oliveira family were well known within the Portuguese community in Lowell, MA for their involvement in the music and religious scenes. This…

Oliveira Music Collection [c. 1960-1986]
This collection includes selected songs from the Oliveira Family music collection. Tracks include instrumentals, often featuring the mandolin, and…

Portuguese American Oral Histories [1985-2018]
These oral histories with Portuguese immigrants and their descendants in the Greater Lowell area were conducted between 1985-2016. Topics covered…

Related Collections
The items in this collection link out to projects that are outside of the Portuguese American Digital Archive (PADA), but are highly related to the…

Saint Anthony's Church Collection, UMass Lowell [1905-2017]
This collection includes items related to St. Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA from the Center of Lowell History's collection. Current items include two…

Santos Family Collection [1938-1968]
This collection contains images related to the Santos family, who lived in Lowell, MA. There are 101 items, dating from 1905-1972, that focus on the…