Browse Collections (45 total)
Camara Family Photograph Collection [c. 1920-1925]
During the summer of 1989, the Camara Family donated a collection of glass plate negatives to UMass Lowell Libraries Center for Lowell History. These…
UMass Lowell Portuguese American Oral Histories [1976-2018]
These oral histories with Portuguese immigrants and their descendants in the Greater Lowell area were conducted between 1976-2016. Topics covered…
Maria Barroso Soares' Visit to St. Anthony's Church [1994]
In May 1994, Maria Barroso Soares, wife of Portugal's president Mario Soares (1986-1996, Socialist Party), visited the United States and stopped in…
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…
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…
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,…
Lowell Files, Center for Lowell History, UMass Lowell [1905-2017]
This collection includes items related to the Portuguese community in Lowell, MA.
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…
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…
Leite and Loureiro Family Collection [1902-1980]
The items in this collection relate to the Leite and Loureiro families, two families who lived in Lowell, MA. The photographs mostly cover life in…
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…
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
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…
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…
Saint Anthony's Church Archives [1902-2014]
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…
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…
Holy Ghost Society Archives [1967-1995]
Historical Overview:By 1905, Lowell had nearly 1,000 Portuguese immigrants, the majority having been born in the Azores. Most lived in the vicinity of…
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…
Maria de Lourdes Serpa Collection [1970-1975]
This collection focuses on Maria de Lourdes Serpa's involvement with the Portuguese youth movement in Lowell, Massachuetts, in the 1970s. Items…
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…
Ares Family Collection [1937-1985]
The Ares Family Collection includes three sets of items: photographs donated by Joseph Ares, photographs donated by Carmen Ares, and two photo albums…
Lawrence History Center Portuguese American Collection [1920-1999]
These items are part of the collection at the Lawrence History Center in Lawrence, MA. This collection reflects the organization of the local…
Lawrence Portuguese American Club Collection [1975-2006]
This growing collection includes photos of events that took place at the Lawrence Portuguese American club. The Club's soccer team is heavily…
Ares Family Recordings [circa 1977]
This collection is partnered with the Ares Family Collection. These items include recordings digitized from cassette tapes provided by Carmen Ares.…
Manny Dias Collection [1919-1950]
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…
Hudson News-Enterprise Newspaper Collection [1923-1929]
This collection includes news clippings focusing on the Portuguese American community in Hudson, MA.
The Hudson News-Enterprise Newspaper…
Silva Family Photograph Collection [1928-1965]
This collection includes photographs that represent the life of the Silva family, a family with a mix of Azorean and Brazilian roots. Photographs…
Helena Lucas Santos Collection [1937-2000]
The Helena Lucas Santos Collection contains documents and photographs pertaining to the life and career of Helena Santos, EdD, a Portuguese American…
Manuel Espirito Santo Espinola Family Collection [c. 1935-1995]
This collection features images from the Espinola family of Lowell, MA. Family photographs are included, as well as photos from Lowell Lusitanos, a…
Sawyer Free Library Portuguese American Collection [1978-1989]
The Sawyer Free Library (SFL) works to foster the values of place, belonging, and connection in the Gloucester community. The SFL mission is to be a…