Browse Collections (24 total)

This collection centers on the life of the Braga family, an Azorean American couple who raised their children in Lowell, MA.


Biographical…

The Ares Family Collection includes three sets of items: photographs donated by Joseph Ares, photographs donated by Carmen Ares, and two photo albums…

This collection is partnered with the Ares Family Collection. These items include recordings digitized from cassette tapes provided by Carmen Ares.…

During the summer of 1989, the Camara Family donated a collection of glass plate negatives to UMass Lowell Libraries Center for Lowell History. These…

The Coutinho Family Collection consists of 38 items, mostly documents, that represent the life and immigration of Manuel Nunes Coutinho and his…

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

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

This collection includes news clippings focusing on the Portuguese American community in Hudson, MA.

The Hudson News-Enterprise Newspaper…

These items are part of the collection at the Lawrence History Center in Lawrence, MA. This collection reflects the organization of the local…

This growing collection includes photos of events that took place at the Lawrence Portuguese American club. The Club's soccer team is heavily…

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…

The Lowell School Department work collection consists of original documents pertaining to age verification for many immigrant children in the Lowell,…

Manny Dias, also known as the “Blonde Bombshell,” was a dancer and entertainer in Lowell. He was born in Lowell on November 19, 1909 to Domingos (born…

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

In May 1994, Maria Barroso Soares, wife of Portugal's president Mario Soares (1986-1996, Socialist Party), visited the United States and stopped in…

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…

The Oliveira family were well known within the Portuguese community in Lowell, MA for their involvement in the music and religious scenes. This…

This collection includes selected songs from the Oliveira Family music collection. Tracks include instrumentals, often featuring the mandolin, and…

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

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…

This collection of items come from the Archives held at Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell, MA. These items are kept in the Rectory and were organized…

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…

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…

This collection includes photographs that represent the life of the Silva family, a family with a mix of Azorean and Brazilian roots. Photographs…