Will you please fill out the following blank and return it to the person sending it to you, or to the address given below? Please complete all the columns relating to each person in your employ.
Only estimates can be given in reply to Questions 7, 10, and 12.
If any question—as No. 17—is not applicable to you, this sign—X—may be used.
A prompt reply will be considered as a special favor.
All personal information will be treated as confidential. The name is asked as a guarantee of good faith, to avoid sending duplicates, and to render possible further correspondence in regard to special points of experience. It may, however, be omitted if desired.
Please return to—Department of History,
Vassar College,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
December 1, 1889.
| OCCUPATIONS | NUMBER ETC. | WAGES | LABOR | |||||||
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| I Number engaged in each occupation | II Place of birth[1] | III Time in your employ | IV Paid by the day, week, or month | V Amount | VI With or without board | VII Actual working hours per day | VIII Time allowed each week | IX Vacation time allowed during year | X With or without loss of wages | |
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| General Servants | $ | |||||||||
| Second Girls | $ | |||||||||
| Cooks and Laundresses | $ | |||||||||
| Cooks | $ | |||||||||
| Laundresses | $ | |||||||||
| Chambermaids and Waitresses | $ | |||||||||
| Chambermaids | $ | |||||||||
| Waitresses | $ | |||||||||
| Nurses | $ | |||||||||
| Seamstresses | $ | |||||||||
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| MEN | ||||||||||
| Butlers | $ | |||||||||
| Coachmen and Gardeners | $ | |||||||||
| Coachmen | $ | |||||||||
| Gardeners | $ | |||||||||
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[1] If foreign born, state the number of years each employee has resided in this country.