Lyddie: Acknowledgements

Funding for this project came from the Center for Children’s Books at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Informational Sciences. Additional support was provided by Lowell National Historical Park, The Tsongas Industrial History Center, and the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Thank you to the Center for Children’s Books research assistants, Emma Hartman and Melina Hegelheimer, and to the Director of the Center for Children's Books, Dr. Sara Schwebel, Park Ranger MaryBeth Faucher for overseeing the project, Rivier University intern Megan Pardoe, University of Massachusetts, Lowell intern Amelia Fantasia, and Park Ranger Frank Clark for research and web site assistance.
For research assistance and permission to use resources:

• Lowell National Historical Park
• Center for Lowell History

Additional thanks to

• Voices from the Field contributors