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Program

Research Programs: Summer Stipends

Period of Performance

6/1/1978 - 7/31/1978

Funding Totals

$2,500.00 (approved)
$2,500.00 (awarded)

From Farm Village to Mill Town: Dudley, MA, 1780-1850

FAIN: FT-13835-78

Theodore M. Hammett
Westfield State University (Westfield, MA 01085-2580)

To study the socio-economic effects of the coming of textile mills to a small inland agricultural community. Town and company records will be examined to assess qualitative and quantitative dimensions of changes in wealth, income distribution, family patterns and the abandonment of rural ways.