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Lowell Conference on Industrial History

March 31, 2014 by PaulM Posted in Culture, Education, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

From 1980 through 1993, community partners in Lowell, including the National Park Service and University, hosted 12 gatherings of scholars in the name of the Lowell Conference on Industrial History. At least three volumes of conference proceedings were published. The regular meeting of teachers, students, historians, architects, preservation advocates, sociologists,…

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Lowell Festival ’81

March 29, 2014 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell 1 Comment

  Click on the Schedule of Events to see the array of activities. That’s the “old” Lowell Plan Inc. logo on the bottom left. This is pre-Lowell Folk Festival, when the national park was three years old. Note the trolley: that’s “The Whistler”  — and maybe George Price of the…

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Greeley Peace Scholars Gather at UMass Lowell

March 22, 2014 by PaulM Posted in Education, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

From UMass Lowell University Relations Office Contacts:  Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944 or Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu and Christine Gillette, 978-934-2209 or Christine_Gillette@uml.edu World-renowned humanitarians to convene at UMass Lowell: Peace scholars to unite for special events, engage community in their work Four internationally acclaimed human-rights activists honored by UMass Lowell, including the recipient of the 2011 Nobel…

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Community Assets

March 20, 2014 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

The machinery of justice grinds on in the dispute between the National Park Service and Enel Green Power North America over the future condition of the scenic and significant Pawtucket Dam at the falls on the Merrimack River in northern Lowell. The custodians of our country’s heritage treasures are trying…

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