Category: mills
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Hurricane Letter from Henniker (1938) (Part 3)
Dorothy’s account of the Hurricane of ’38 continues, with some rather surprising twists…
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Video: “John Weeks, 1911”
A sing-along music video based on the landmark Weeks Act of 1911… ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Comic! >> DOWNLOAD:Printable 2-page PDF 2-page JPG version: SOURCE MATERIALS: Here are some of the primary sources that helped make this song & comic possible: The Weeks Act itself = I looked up the pages from the 1911 congressional…
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To Work in the Mills? (Keene, 1845)
A farm family debates sending their youngest daughter to work in the mills…
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The Weeks Act of 1911
Here’s a comic to celebrate the Weeks Act Centennial, drawn at the intersection of environmental science, government policy, activism, & private industry… ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Music Video! >> DOWNLOAD: printable 2-page PDF >> ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Music Video! >> REFERENCE IMAGES: The starting point for my research was the text of the Weeks…