Collection Guides

The Lawrence History Center has many different collections of business records, personal papers, photographs, objects, textiles, etc. We are currently in the process of creating guides for all of our collections so that you can easily find information on your topic. Below you will find the collection guides that we have completed. We have provided the general subjects of the collections, as well as some of the people mentioned, but you can also search within the documents. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of our collections. For information on our other materials you should look at the other sections of the 'Collections' Menu as well as contact the LHC.

Barry Flynn Essex Company Collection, 1804-1985?
Subjects: Essex Company, Boston Associates, Mills, Textile Industry, Manufacturing, Water Power, Water Supply, Experiment Station, Public Health, Dams, Canals, Rivers, Construction, Engineering, Businesses, Real Estate, City Planning
People: Abbott Lawrence, Richard A. Hale, Hiram F. Mills, Charles S. Storrow, Barry Flynn

Bruce Family Papers, 1865-1955
Subjects: World War I, Families, Politics, Mayors, Community Involvement, Arlington Mills, Immigrants, Gold Rush, Harvard University, Phillips Academy, Civil War, Clubs, Businesses
People: Alexander B. Bruce, David Bruce, Charles Wainwright, Carrie Wainwright, Emma Wainwright, Mary Mitchell, Alec Bruce, Lillian Bruce, Beverley Bruce, Edith Bruce, Helen Bruce, Reverend William E. Wolcott, Alfred J. Bates, M. H. Young

Church of the Good Shepherd Unitarian Universalist Collection, 1847-1980
Subjects: Religion, Churches, Unitarians, Universalists, Church Events, Church Government, Church Clubs, Church Organizations, Church Finances, Sunday School, Sermons, American Unitarian Association, Essex Company, Philanthropy
People Charles Storrow, Lucey Storrow, Hezekiah Plummer, William Joplin, George Howe, Amos Barstow Murphy, Robert Wheatley, Theodore Deluca, Josephine Spalding, Ernest J. Bowden, Frank A. Sherman, Clinton Andrews, George Brown, Perley Leck, Eugene Woodbury, Evangeline O’Connor Proctor, Don Howard Little, Keith Munson, Edwin Craven, Priscilla Allen, George Clark, Summer Needham, George H. McFarlin, Henry Buell, Rev. MJ Steere, W. Wayne Artis, Kenneth Hawkes

Mayor Daniel P. Kiley, Jr. Papers, 1900?-1971
Subjects: Mayors, Politics, Politicians, City Officials, Political Campaigns, Elections, Urban Renewal, Urban Redevelopment, Lawrence Housing Authority, Title I, Mental Health Initiatives, Labor, Unions, Collective Bargaining, Lawrence School Committee, Lawrence Public Schools, Youth and School Programs, Clubs, Sports, Football, Policemen, Police Department, Massachusetts League of Cities & Towns, U.S. Conference of Mayors
People: Mayor Daniel P. Kiley, Jr., Daniel Kiley, Sr., Rosemary Kiley, Kevin Kiley, Donald Kiley, Dr. Fritz Lindquist, Patrick J. Mogan, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, John F. Burke

Essex Company Collection, 1845-1987: Overview
Essex Company Collection, 1845-1987: 1st Floor Vault Inventory
Essex Company Collection, 1845-1987: 2nd Floor Vault Inventory
Subjects: Essex Company, Boston Associates, Mills, Textile Industry, Manufacturing, Water Power, Water Supply, Experiment Station, Public Health, Dams, Canals, Rivers, Construction, Engineering, Businesses, Real Estate, City Planning
People: Amos Lawrence, Abbot Lawrence, Samuel Lawrence, Nathan Appleton, Patrick Tracy Jackson, Daniel Saunders, William Sturgis, Ignatious Sargent, Hiram F. Mills, Charles S. Storrow, Robert Tewksbury, Richard A. Hale

Elizabeth Drwila Massachusetts Women's Defense Corps Collection, 1941-1992
Subjects: Women's History, World War II, Military History, Massachusetts Women's Defense Corps, Volunteers, First Aid, Air Raids, Camp O'Connor, Celebrations, Holidays
People:: Elizabeth Drwila, Vincenza Lomastro, Colonel Carolyn F. Standley

First Spiritual Church of Methuen Collection, 1887-1974
Subjects: Churches, Spiritualism, Religion, Mediums, Church Events, Church Organizations, Church Clubs, Lyceum, Hymns, Church Finances, National Spiritualist Association, Massachusetts State Association of Spiritualists, Church Government
People: Thomas Hadfield, Martha A. Whitehead, Elizabeth Short, Dan Moore

First Universalist Society of Methuen Collection, 1824-1959
Subjects: Churches, Universalism, Religion, Church Events, Church Organizations, Church Clubs, Sunday School, Church Finances, Church Government, Massachusetts Universalist Convention, Philanthropy
People: Rev. Libby, Kimball Gleason Colby, Fred S. Woodbury, W. L. S. Gilcreast, Charles H. Tenney, Addison P. Russell, Asa Simonds, A. Gertrude Earl

Guy Pennisi Papers, 1892-1995?
Subjects: Religion, Immigrants, Italian-Americans, Art, Theater, Holy Rosary Parish, Venerini Sisters, Private Schools, Public Schools, Graduations, Entertainment, Politics, Merrimack Valley History, Clubs, Boy Scouts, Sons of Italy, Knights of Columbus, Businesses, Technology, Healthy Living
People: Guy Pennisi, Julia Pennisi, Joseph Pennisi, Maurice Pennisi, Carmelina Pennisi, Mark Pennisi, John F. Kennedy

John S. Harrison Civil War Letters, 1860-1865
Subjects: Civil War, Military History, Soldiers, Draft Riots, Artillery, Weaponry, Romance
People: John H. Freeman, John S. Harrison, Wallace Bailey, Henry A. Dow, Angus T. Whitfield, Clara Cleveland, I. F. Batchelder, President Abraham Lincoln, General Ulysses Grant, General George McClellan, Governor Horatio Seymour
Note: The original letters have been restricted, but scans and transcriptions are available to researchers.

Mayor John J. Buckley Papers, 1921-1985
Subjects: Mayors, Politicians, Politics, City Officials, Political Campaigns, Elections, Department of Engineering, Department of Health and Charities, Department of Public Property and Parks, Department of Public Safety, Massachusetts Governor's Council, Rent Control Board, Urban Renewal, Urban Redevelopment, Traffic Operations Program to Improve Capacity and Safety (TOPICS), Taxes, Discrimination, Charter Reform, Education, Lawrence Public Schools, Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical High School, Massachusetts League of Cities and Towns, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Mayors' Association, Fair Housing Act, Unemployment, Labor, Transportation, Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, Lawrence Eagle Tribune
People: Governor Francis W. Sargent, Richard A. Reming, Robert J. Lippe, Alfred A. Donovan, James A. Feeley, Harold S. Weinroth, Roland R. Siskind

Mayor Lawrence P. LeFebre Papers, 1849-2005
Subjects: Mayors, Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Governors, Senators, Representatives, Politics, Politicians, City Officials, Political Campaigns, Elections, Legislation, Inaugurations, Hydroelectricity, Lawrence Community Boating Program, Lawrence Public Schools, Lawrence High School, Celebrities, Birthdays, Sports, Football, Lacrosse, Baseball, Families, Celebrations, School Committees, Total Quality Management, Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, God and Country Parade, Lawrence Musicians Union, Arlington District, Lawrence Rental Association, Ithaca College, Lawrence Development and Industrial Commission, Lawrence High School Hall of Fame, Lawrence In-Town, Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Lawrence Heritage State Park
People: Mayor Lawrence LeFebre, Lorraine LeFebre, Eileen (Crowley) LeFebre, Eva Graf, Georgianna LeFebre, Robert LeFebre, Pauline LeFebre, Patricia LeFebre, Barry Flynn, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, James (Chip) Carter, President James (Jimmy) Carter, Senator Edwards Kennedy, Vice President Walter Mondale, David Burke, Congressman Thomas Lane, Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, Governor Edward King, Mayor Walter Griffin, Mayor Kevin Sullivan, Joseph Markey, Robert Moynihan, Terrance Schiavone, John F. Burke, John F. Kennedy, Barbara Young, Lieutenant Governor Thomas O'Neill, Governor Michael Dukakis, Senator Sharon Pollard, Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

Lawrence General Hospital Collection, 1876-2003
Subjects: Hospitals, Philanthropy, Charities, Illness, Treatments, Patients, Doctors, Nurses, Schools, Lawrence Flower Mission, Ladies' Union Charitable Society of Lawrence, Immigrants, Poverty, Working Class, Children, Childcare
People: Susan Crocker

Lawrence Women's Club Collection, 1892-1989
Subjects: Women, Philanthropy, Charity, Social Improvement, Social Innovation, Immigration, Immigrants, Clubs, Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs, Lawrence Women's Club, Poverty, Social Clubs, Societies, Organizations, Volunteerism, Leadership, Tuesday Sorosis Club
People: Emily G. Wetherbee, Mrs. Henry Leslie Sherman, Marion Barker, Amanda M. Brackett

Moulton Batchelder Papers, 1863-1929
Subjects: Law Enforcement, Crimes, Criminals, Immigrants, Mill Accidents, Pacific Mills, Methuen Co., Mill Workers, Bread and Roses Strike, Textile Industry, Labor, Civil War, Families, Clubs
People: Moulton Batchelder, Joseph Ettor, Arturo Giovannitti, Chase Philbrick, John Montgomery, John Sherry, Kimball W. Rollins, William Hyde, John Daly, John W. Flynn, Jeannette Wilcox, Peter Harn, Carrie M. Maynard, Judge William Moody