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Lowell (Mass.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Elisha Bartlett papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1279
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writing, and notes of Elisha Bartlett, documenting his medical education, travels in Europe, and study and teaching of medicine. Also included are letters to Harvey Cushing concerning the Bartlett Papers.

Dates: 1821-1936

Simeon Pease Folsom papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 947
Abstract: Correspondence and a small amount of Civil War papers of Simeon Pease Folsom of St. Paul, Minnesota and various members of his family. Included are letters from Folsom to his second, third, and fourth wives and other family correspondence. A letter from his brother, Jeremiah, describes conditions in Lowell, Massachusetts and another from E. D. Spalding discusses a small pox epidemic. The Civil War items consist of papers relating to Folsom's service with the Minnesota infantry volunteers and...
Dates: 1840-1888

Joe Vincent Meigs papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 334
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, scrapbooks, genealogical materials and papers related to the Meigs Transit System in Boston and the American Civil War, including the formation of a black light artillery battalion. Meigs’ Civil War service in the Tennessee army is documented in correspondence, a memoir, and a scrapbook. Meigs designed and installed his elevated rail system in 1885 and over 400 drawings as well as other materials connected with the enterprise are included in...
Dates: 1858-1915