Research Catalog

Title

Census of the Virgin Islands of the United States, November 1, 1917 / Prepared under the supervision of Eugene F. Hartley, chief statistician for manufactures.

Author

United States. Bureau of the Census, author.

Publication

Washington : Government Printing Office, 1918.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hartley, Eugene F. (Eugene Fuller), 1879-1961
• Edwards, Alba M., 1872-1947
• Hirsch, Arthur J.
• United States. Government Printing Office, publisher.

Description

174 pages, [13] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, forms; 25 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

• Virgin Islands
• Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Sam. L. Rogers, director

Subject

• Agriculture > United States Virgin Islands
• United States Virgin Islands > Census, 1917
• United States Virgin Islands > Population
• United States Virgin Islands > Statistics
• United States Virgin Islands > Description and travel

Genre/Form

Ink stamps (Provenance)

Note

• At head of title: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Sam. L. Rogers, director.
• Running title: Virgin Islands.
• "The section of the report relating to population was prepared by Dr. Alba M. Edwards, expert special agent of the Division of Population, and the section relating to agriculture was prepared by Mr. Arthur J. Hirsch, special agent of the Division of Agriculture."--page 9.

Provenance (note)

• with the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

• Geography -- Harbors -- Trade with the United States -- Minerals, flora, and fauna -- Climate and rainfall -- History -- Efforts to acquire the islands -- Government -- St. Croix (Santa Cruz) Island -- St. John Island -- St. Thomas Island -- Treaty between Denmark and the United States -- Act to provide a temporary government for the Virgin Islands.
• Population: Introduction -- Population and its distribution -- Color or race -- Sex distribution -- Age distribution -- Marital condition -- Place of birth -- Males of voting and militia ages -- Citizenship -- School attendance -- Illiteracy -- Inability to speak English -- Dwellings and families -- Occupations -- Wages and hours of labor.
• Agriculture: Introduction -- Farms and farm property -- Live stock on farms and elsewhere -- Live-stock products -- Crops -- Forest products -- Selected farm expenses -- Age of farmers -- Term of occupancy of farms.
• Manufactures: Introduction -- General summary -- Wage earners employed, by months -- Prevailing hours of labor -- Location of establishments -- Character of ownership -- Engines and power -- Fuel -- Special statistics -- General table.
• Fisheries: Introduction -- General summary -- Persons engaged -- Equipment -- Products -- Appendixes.

Call Number

SDG (Virgin Islands) (United States. Cemsus Bureau. Census of the Virgin Islands 1917)

LCCN

18026687

OCLC

• 476538
• NYPGR476538-B

Author

United States. Bureau of the Census, author.

Title

Census of the Virgin Islands of the United States, November 1, 1917 / Prepared under the supervision of Eugene F. Hartley, chief statistician for manufactures.

Publisher

Washington : Government Printing Office, 1918.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc 312-U (accession no. B389734) with the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Hartley, Eugene F. (Eugene Fuller), 1879-1961, editor.

Edwards, Alba M., 1872-1947, contributor.

Hirsch, Arthur J., contributor.

United States. Government Printing Office, publisher.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Running Title

Virgin Islands

Research Call Number

Sc 312-U (United States. Bureau of the Census. Census of the Virgin Islands)