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Preferred Citation

Ann M. Lawton Midwifery Record Book, Special Collection Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased in 2012

Scope and Contents

Consists of one autograph album used by Ann M. Lawton, a midwife from South Middleboro, Massachusetts, to record the names of the babies she helped deliver. Each entry includes the baby's name, parent's names, date of birth, the weight of the baby, the doctor's name, and the place where they were born. Most of the babies were delivered in either Massachusetts or Rhode Island. On the opposite side of the first twelve entries, there are two lines to the poem "Baby" by George Macdonald.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Childbirth
• Midwives--Massachusetts
• Midwives--Rhode Island