South Branch: The Social History of a Changing Rural Community in New Hampshire

FAIN: RS-10073-76

University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Amherst, MA 01003-9242)
Thomas M. Fraser (Project Director: July 1976 to present)

To study the development of a small New Hampshire town from the original settlement to the present. Emphasis will be on the ways historical influence have shaped the community with regard to the surrounding area and the effect of agriculture, industrialization and an increase in population.