Date of Award
6-1915
Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Sociology
Chief Instructor
Frank Hamilton Hawkins
Keywords
Massachusetts, Oxford
Abstract
Directly following the Civil War occurred a period of low vitality in the town of Oxford which lasted approximately thirty years, and it is chiefly concerning this period I have made my study. For the figures regarding population for the first eighty-five years I referred to a volume of vital statistics published by the state, and for those since 1850 I used the censuses of the United States and of Massachusetts. From a treatise on tuberculosis written by Dr. Elliot P. Joslin I gained by facts upon this subject. The vital statistics of the town were opened to me thru the kindness of Me. J. Darling, the town clerk. The historical statements I found in the "History of Oxford" written by Mr. George F. Daniels.
Recommended Citation
White, Carl Milton, "A Study of the Vital Statistics of Oxford, Massachusetts" (1915). Historical Dissertations & Theses. 62.
https://commons.clarku.edu/hist_disstheses/62