Items Donated to the Lawrence History Center by Clarisse A. Poirier, November 21, 2014
Miscellaneous File Folders:
“I.C.A.” Copies of early correspondence, clippings, invitations, etc. for the Immigrant City Archives. From 1978-1980.
Photocopied Materials:
Benanti, Carl Joseph. “The Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912: Contributions of the Italian Community.” Masters’ Thesis, Vermont College of Norwich University, February 16, 1988.
Bourque, Therese. “The Housing Crisis in Lawrence.” Merrimack College, Urban Studies Seminar, November 28, 1988.
Charow, John. “Clubs and Mutual Benefit Organizations in Lawrence During the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries.” Merrimack College, Student Seminar Paper, October 29, 1987.
City of Lawrence. “Official Fire Alarm, Street Directory and Book of General Information.” Mutual Relief Association of the Lawrence Fire Department, 1899.
Cloutier, Julie. “The Lawrence Family.” Merrimack College, Student Seminar Paper, October 29, 1987.
Cusack, Timothy P. “The Irish in America and Urban Politics: the Election of John Breen.” Merrimack College, Student Seminar Paper, October 28, 1987.
Douglas, Michael. “Labor Organizing in Lawrence 1845-1919.” Merrimack College: Student Seminar Paper, October 29, 1987.
Grimes, Robert. “The Irish in Lawrence, Massachusetts and Their Struggle to be Accepted while Maintaining Their Own Identity.” Merrimack College, Student Seminar Paper, October 29, 1987.
Horizons Lawrence, Massachusetts: Centennial Anniversary 1853-1953, June 7th-14th.”
Kirk, Robert G. “Recreation in Lawrence: The Park Movement from 1848-1920.” Merrimack College: Student Seminar Paper, October 29, 1987.
“Lawrence, Massachusetts: Its Current Situation and Outlook.” Prepared by Drs. James M. Howell, Neville L. Lee and Judy P. Appelt, Department of Economics, Bank of Boston. February, 1985.
O’Connor, Karen. “Post-War American Social Change: Lawrence 1945-1965.” Merrimack College: Student Seminar Paper, Fall 1987.
O’Neil, Francis J.? or James F. Sullivan? Authorship unclear. “Building a Mill Town: History of the Essex Company, 1845-1855.” Master of Arts Thesis, either 1959 or 1976.
:Palmese, Robert. “Ethnic Tension in the Urban Setting: Lawrence’s Old Versus New Immigrants.” Merrimack College: Student Seminar Paper, October 22, 1987.
Tellier, Tracy. “Trolley Parks: Canobie Lake Park, Turn of the Century Amusement for the Masses. Merrimack College: Student Seminar Paper, October 28, 1987.
Wadsworth, H. A. History of Lawrence, Massachusetts, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches. Lawrence: Hammon Reed, 1880. Copy.
Photographs, Negatives, and Slides:
1940 Eagle-Tribune Rotogravure photo negatives of Lawrence and Shawsheen Village (Andover), copied in 1981 by Clarisse A. Poirier. In blue pocket folder. c. 70 35 mm negatives and 2 contact sheets.
1981 Black and White negatives of North Canal area (Canal Street including Fisi Sales Building, now Visitors’ Center for Lawrence Heritage State Park. C. 1981, shot by Clarisse A. Poirier. In blue pocket folder.
Aerial views, negatives taken from helicopter September/October 1984 by Clarisse A. Poirier, Preservation Planner, Community Development Department.
Aerial View, Color, 14”x9”, Lawrence, c. 1982.
Essex Company Offices, 7 BxW photos (8”x10”) taken c. 1978.
Print Material:
Art Work of Lawrence and Vicinity. Chicago: The W. H. Parish Publishing Co., 1893.
Atlas of the City of Lawrence, Mass., 1875. Philadelphia: Fred. Bourquin. 1875.
Atlas of the City of Lawrence, Mass, 1896. Springfield, Mass.: L. J. Richards & Co., 1896.
“Build on Lawrence.” A guide to local architectural history, c. 1980.
City of Lawrence, “Façade, Signage & Streetscape Guidelines: North Broadway, South Broadway, Union Street, Jackson Street.” c. 1986 (Kevin J. Sullivan was Mayor).
City of Lawrence, Community Development Department. Lawrence: A Citizen’s Guide to Housing Rehabilitation. Brochure produced c. 1984 (Kevin J. Sullivan was Mayor).
City of Lawrence, Community Development Department. Lawrence: A Citizen’s Guide to a Revitalized Intown. Glossy illustrated map (29”x23”) with comments on plans. 1979- 1980.
Economics Research Associates, “Property Analysis Essex Company Compound Union and Essex Streets.” May, 1989.
“Fifth Annual Report of the Park Commissioners of the City of Lawrence, Massachusettts.” Lawrence: Star Publishing Co., 1900.
“Fifty Years a City: Souvenir of the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of Lawrence, Mass. Morning Eagle/Evening Tribune, 1903.
“The Great Lawrence Canal and Its Mills: A Walking Tour.” Brochure, 1984. 6 copies.
“Growing Up Hispanic in Lawrence, Massachusetts.” Lawrence High School and Phillips Academy, Andover. 1986.
Langenbach, Randolph. A Future from the Past: The Case for Conservation and Reuse of Old Buildings in Industrial Communities. U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Massachusetts Department of Community Affairs. 1977.
The Lawrence Gazetteer, Containing a Record of the Important Events in Lawrence and Vicinity from 1845 to 1894. Lawrence: Charles G. Merrill, 1894. Hardcover.
“Lawrence Police Department.” Year Book. 1984.
“Lawrence Step by Step: A Walking Tour of the North Canal and Its Mills.” Brochure with games, produced c. 1982 (John J. Buckley was Mayor). 4 copy.
“Leonard School Area to be Developed into Park.” 1982 blueprint of aerial view.
“Merrimack College: Urban Institute.” Brochure, c. 1987.
Merrimack Valley Textile Museum. “New City on the Merrimack: Prints of Lawrence.” Occasional Reports, Number Two, 1974.
“New City on the Merrimack.” Brochure guide to 1973 exhibit installed at Lawrence Public Library. 8 copies.
Photographic History of Greater Lawrence, Volume I. Lawrence: Bay State National Bank, 1980. 2 copies of paperback
“Robert Frost: The Lawrence Years.” Pamphlet Reprint of a series from the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune. c. 1980. 2 copies.
U.S.G.S. Lawrence Quadrangle Map. 1979 Revised.
Wadsworth, H. A. History of Lawrence, Massachusetts, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches. Lawrence: Hammon Reed, 1880. Hardcover
Wetherbee, Emily Greene. Poems and Addresses of Emily Greene Wetherbee: A Memorial Volume with Introduction by John Francis Gildea. Lawrence: The Lawrence Publishing Co., 1898. Hardcover
Zjednoszonych, Stanach. Czytanka Druga Dla Szkol Polskich. Chicago: Polish American Publishing Company, 1899. Hardcover Polish-American Catholic reader.