The record of a city : a social survey of Lowell, Massachusetts

Front matter

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School of Social Work

Preface

The Record of a City : A Social Survey of Lowell was originally undertaken as a partial fulfilment of the conditions for the degree of Ph. D. in the Department of Social Ethics of Harvard University, and this Department, though not responsible for the conclusions reached in the present volume, has generously promoted the inquiry by the provision of a special fellowship. The author acknowledges with gratitude the valuable help he has received from Professor F. G. Peabody and Drs. R. M. McConnell, James Ford and R. F. Foerster, throughout the whole course of the preparation of the Survey. He is indebted to many residents of Lowell, whose names appear in the Survey, and desires to thank especially G. Forrest Martin, M. D., of the Board of Health, for advice regarding the study of health conditions, Mr. W. S. Southworth for information regarding the mills, Mrs. Sara Swan-Griffin for material on the early days of Lowell, Mr. Chester E. Wheeler for the colored maps, Mr. Herbert D. Hope for the photographs of Lowell, Mr. Harry Prescott Graves for the plan of Lowell, Mr. Lewis E. MacBrayne and Mr. Harry Stocks for revision of the text.

Contents

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I. The Past I

II. The Present Population 28