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Ansha Sholum at 100
Bread and Roses Strike of 1912: Two Months in Lawrence, Massachusetts, that Changed Labor History
"Short pay! All out! The Great Lawrence Strike of 1912"
Somos Latinos: Our Journey to Lawrence and Beyond
The Lewis Hine Project: Stories of the Lawrence Children, by Joe Manning
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Eartha Dengler History Award
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About
Board of Directors
Staff
Facilities: 6 Essex Street
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HVAC Project
Strategic Plan, FY2025 - FY2027
Strategic Planning Process
Goal 1: Activate Our Collections
Goal 2: Expand Learning & Connection
Goal 3: Re-imagine 6 Essex Street
Goal 4: Fuel the Future
Organizational Culture
How Will We Achieve Our Goals Over the Next 3 Years?
Annual Reports
Our Founder, Eartha Dengler
History
Background and Early Development of Lawrence
The History of the Essex Company
Lawrence History Timeline
Maps of Lawrence Through the Years
Additional Early Resources
Collections & Research
Collection Guides/Finding Aids
Essex Company Collection
Essex Company Collection Finding Aids
Examples of Essex Company Records at LHC
Guide to the Essex Company Blacksmith Shop, c.1883
Who Owns the Alleys?
Alice Winifred O’Connor Papers, 1846?-1990?
Digital Collections
Oral History Collection
Research Services
Education
Digital & Teacher Resources
Lawrence History Curriculum Unit Plans
Introduction to the History of Lawrence
Unit Plan #1: The Immigrant City
Unit Plan #2 : Remembering the Pemberton Mill Tragedy
My City is a Museum
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument
The William Lord Monument
The 1912 Strikers' Monument
The Campagnone Memorial
The Flag Pole
The Rising Loaves (Summer Program)
W. Dean and Sy Eastman Student Research Fellowship
Community Symposiums
April 27, 2024: The History and Evolution of Education in Lawrence
Session Recordings
Event Photos
Program At-A-Glance
Session Schedule & Descriptions
Opening Keynote Speaker: Lorena German
Speaker Bios
Archival Resources
Mary Girouard - The Lawrence History Curriculum Project
First Town of Lawrence School Committee Minutes, May 3, 1847
Symposium Sponsors
2024 Call for Participation
Directions to YDO
Exhibits
Ansha Sholum at 100
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Ansha Sholum Day, Sunday, November 8, 2009
Map, City of Lawrence
The Neighborhood
The Beginnings
Commonweatlh of Massachusetts (Charter), January 21, 1919
Agreement for Land (Hampshire Street), September 13, 1923
Poster: The Reverend's Lady
Knights of Pythias
Jewish Community Life
Hadassah: Federation of Women's Zionist Societies, January 25, 1925
The Workmen's Circle, Arbeiter Ring, December 31, 1932
Jewish Community Life (continued)
Jewish Community Center Building, Ground Breaking, Sunday, April 24, 1955
B'NAI B'RITH, Benevolence, Brotherly Love and Harmony, January 24, 1944
Transformation: The 1930s
"Congregation Anshei Sholom to open new synagogue... " (Sunday, March 15, 1931)
Key
Pledge Box
The WWII Generation
Flag of Jewish War Veterans
The 1960s
The 1970s and 1980s
Tradition
Taylor's Tool
... and Change
Today
Appendix
Bread and Roses Strike of 1912: Two Months in Lawrence, Massachusetts, that Changed Labor History
"Short pay! All out! The Great Lawrence Strike of 1912"
Somos Latinos: Our Journey to Lawrence and Beyond
The Lewis Hine Project: Stories of the Lawrence Children, by Joe Manning
Lewis Hine and Child Labor, By Joe Manning
Leo Andreoli (1896-1967)
Jacob Black (1897—1972)
Michael Devine (1896—1974)
George Driscoll (1896 or 1897—1980)
John Endyke (1898—1975)
Thomas Levesque (1895—1943)
Anita Pothier (1899—1983) & Antoinette Pothier (1897—1979)
Eva Tanguay (1896—1982)
Leon Valcourt (1895—1918)
Wilfred Valliere (1896—1978)
Pacific Mill Girls
Hyman (six year old newsie) and Washington Mill Workers
The Lewis Hine Project, By Joe Manning
Other Exhibits
New Deal for Lawrence: 75th Anniversary of WPA
Lawrence 1935
At Home With FDR
Alphabet Soup
A New Deal For Lawrence: Jobs
The Great Depression
What Is the WPA
How Did the WPA Work?
What Did the WPA Do?
Legacies
Who Worked for the WPA?
How Much? How Many?
Six Principles of WPA
The WPA Projects
Panoramas of Lawrence
Made in the USA: Reflections on Bread & Roses
Events
Recorded Past Events
"They Never Came Home"
Book Event: "Covid Conversations: Voices from Lawrence & Lowell,
Book Event: "Where Are the Workers?"
"Out of the Ashes: A Parish Community Rebuilds"
Influenza 1918: What Does History Teach Us About Crisis and Change?
Virtual Presentation by Ken Gloss
Virtual Walking Tour to the Great Stone Dam
Annual Meeting and Open House
Eartha Dengler History Award
2025 Eartha Dengler History Award Ceremony
EVENT RECAP: Oh, What a Night!
PHOTOS: 2025 Eartha Dengler History Award Ceremony
VIDEO: 2025 Eartha Dengler History Award Ceremony
EVENT SPONSORS, as of June 17, 2025
Ways to Give
Become a Member!
Donate Now!
Volunteer at LHC!
ONLINE STORE
accession
1988.073
Submitted by Mary Jo Griffin
on
30 Sep 2016