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"Statistical Information Relating to Certain Branches of Industry in Massachusetts For the Year Ending June 1, 1855"
1856
L02.054
The census of 1855 details the industrial and manufacturing base of the small towns of Massachusetts' Connecticut River counties. They offered a surprising amount of employment, especially remarkable given the difficulties in transporting the finished goods. |
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"History of Massachusetts Industries Their Inception, Growth and Success" Vol. I
1930
L02.055
These statistics are of the counties of Western Massachusetts' Connecticut Valley basin. They were compiled at the end of a booming decade, the 1920s, and represent the region's highest level of manufacturing. |
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"Census of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: 1895" Volume V
1898
L02.056
These 1895 statistics offer an important historical overview of the creation of industry in the Connecticut River valley by date and town. |
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"Statistical Information Relating to Certain Branches of Industry in Massachusetts, For the
Year Ending May 1, 1865"
1866
L02.057
In the ten years since the census of 1855, the counties along the Connecticut River in Massachusetts showed dramatic increases in industrial and manufacturing employment, a trend driven largely by the effects of the Civil War. |
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"Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury-Growth and Manufacture of Silk"
Feb 7, 1828
L02.060
The U.S. government published this pamphlet to promote domestic production of silk. |
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"Annual Report of the Town Officers of Deerfield For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1926-
Annual Report of the School Committee"
1927
L02.070
The 1926 report from Deerfield, Massachusetts' supervisor of schools notes with satisfaction the separation of the Deerfield Academy and the town's public high school, along with an expanding set of social services such as medical care and physical education. |
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"Annual Report of the Town Officers of Deerfield for the Year Ending, Jan. 1st, 1915-
Annual Report of the School Committee"
1914
L02.071
The 1915 report from the supervisor of Deerfield, Massachusetts' schools only addressed grades under high school because at that point the town's high school, the Dickinson High School, was jointly administered with the Deerfield Academy. |
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"Annual Report of the Town Officers of Deerfield For the Year Ending Feb. 1st, 1914-
Annual Report of the School Committee"
1913
L02.072
This 1914 report from the town's supervisor of education notes the schools of Deerfield were expanding, with a new grammar school in South Deerfield built to the most modern standards. |
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"Annual Report of the Town Officers of Deerfield For the Year Ending Jan. 1st 1916-
Annual Report of the School Committee"
1915
L02.073
The 1916 report from Deerfield, Massachusetts' supervisor of education notes the expansion of the school-age population of Deerfield, a direct effect of increased immigration in preceding years. |
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"Immigrants in Industries, Part 24: Recent Immigrants in Agriculture" from Reports of
the Immigration Commission
1911
L02.074
These Connecticut Valley excerpts from the Dillingham Commission represent the government's first efforts to understand immigration. Dillingham, however, was a strong opponent of immigration and he used these figures to justify the nation's first immigration quotas. |
