Child Labor in America, Teaching with Primary Sources Series, Volume 3, developed by Cobblestone Publishing, Peterborough, New Hampshire: Cobblestone Publishing, 1996. A variety of primary source material including photographs, posters and letters which clearly elucidate the plight of child workers in America.

Denenberg, Barry. So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, An Irish Mill Girl. New York: Scholastic, 1997. A fictionalized diary account of a girl's journey from Ireland and her experiences working in a Lowell Mill.

Dublin, Thomas, ed. Farm to Factory: Women's Letters, 1830-1860. 2nd ed. New York: Columbia University Press. A collection of letters from the mill girls. Great primary source

Hall, Donald, Ox-Cart Man, New York: The Viking Press, 1979. A Picture book that shows the life of a New England farmer.

McCully, Emily Arnold. The Bobbin Girl. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996. A fictionalized account of a mill girl's life for younger readers.

Paterson, Katherine. Lyddie. New York: Puffin Books, 1991. A story for older readers which captures the life and times of a mill worker.

Ross, Pat. Hannah's Fancy Notions. New York: Puffin Books, 1992. A short chapter book for younger readers.

American Library Association, Research in a Nutshell: Information Literacy, 10 July 2001 (http://www.ala.org/aasl/learning/infolit.html). Provides a variety of reference sources including definitions.

Borish, Linda J., Old Sturbridge Visitor, "You Must Work Quite Too Hard: Farm Women, Work, and Cultural Perceptions of Health", Fall, 1993; pp. 4-5, 12 July 2001. (http://www.osv.org/education/OSVisitor/WomenWork.html) Examines the role of women on a 1830's New England farm.

The Child Labor Bulletin, August, 1914, The Story of My Cotton Dress, 13 July 2001 (http://www.history.ohio-state.edu/projects/childlabor/cottondress/) An article scanned from The Child Labor Bulletin explaining how cloth is produced.

ERIC Clearinghouse for Assessment and Evaluation, Search ERIC, 10 July 2001 (http://searcheric.org/). Used to find professional definitions and education research articles.

Handbook to Lowell, 1848, "Factory Rules", "Boarding House Rules", 16 July 2001. (http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/lowell.html) Primary source which includes factory and boarding house rules.

The Harbinger, November 14, 1836, An Account of a Visitor to Lowell (1836), 13 July 2001 (http://www.albany.edu/faculty/gz580/His316/VisitorLowell1836.html) An actual account of a visit to the Lowell mills. (primary source)

Hine, Lewis W. The History Place, Child Labor in America 1908-1912. 11 July 2001 (http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/). A collection of primary source photographs which deal with the subject of child labor and working conditions.

Hutchinson, Erica, Lessard, Wendy and Lovett, Jeanne, The Mill Girls, Summer 1999, Bryant College Student Projects 12 July 2001 (http://web.bryant.edu/~history/h364proj/summ_99/hutchinson/index.htm). Articles written for a course at Bryant College about life in the Lowell mills.

Larcom,Lucy, A New England Girlhood: Outlined from Memory, 19 July 2001 (http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/ECODEPT/kleind/eco024/documents/suffrage/larcom.htm) an autobiographical sketch by the daughter of a boardinghouse keeper (primary source)

Larkin, Jack , Old Sturbridge Visitor, "All Work and a Little Play: Children in Rural New England", Spring, 1994; pp. 7, 12 July 2001 (http://www.osv.org/education/OSVisitor/ChildrenPlay.html) An article that deals with the role of children on a typical New England farm.

Lavender, Catherine, Literary Rhetoric and Nineteenth Century American Women, 1998, 18 July 2001 (http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/americanstudies/lavender/queslowe.html#lowell) Questions developed to stimulate discussion about drawings and photographs related to early mill experience.

Lowell National Historic Park, History Pages (various topics), May 30, 2001, 16 July 2001 (http://www.nps.gov/lowe/loweweb/Lowell_History/Millgirls.htm) Documentation about the Lowell mills can be accessed through a pop-up window.

The Lowell Project, fourth grade students at the John Ward School in Newton, MA, 16 July 2001. (http://hammer.ne.mediaone.net/lowell/lowell.html) A collection of student essays which encompass varying aspects of life in the mills.

Mary Paul Letters, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, Vermont, 1845-1846, 16 July 200l. (http://www.albany.edu/faculty/gz580/His316/MaryPaulLetters.html) letters written back home by a mill girl (primary source).

Massachusetts House Document, no. 50, March of 1845, "Massachusetts Investigation into Labor Conditions", 16 July 2001 (http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/lowell.html) Primary source which includes information about life inside the mills including the bell schedules.

Paquette, Andrea and Harrington, Jackie, Harriet Robinson: A Mill Girl in The Lowell Mills, Spring 2000, Bryant College Student Projects, 12 July 2001 (http://web.bryant.edu/~history/h364proj/sprg_00/amp5/) Articles written for a course at Bryant College about life in the Lowell mills.

THE SPIRIT OF DISCONTENT, [fiction from from the Lowell Offering ca1840], 19 July 2001, (http://courses.wcupa.edu/johnson/Low-offr2.html) propaganda piece in praise of mill work

Staff of Old Sturbridge Village, Making Cloth: From Farm to Factory, Old Sturbridge Village Historical Teaching Resources, ""I Have But One Life to Live": Sally Rice to Her Parents", ""Letters From Susan: Stories About Life in Lowell", "An Independent Mill Girl", "Letters From Mill Girls", 19 July 2001 (http://www.osv.org/education/docs/farm/) Writings from different points of view.

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