This item is a manuscript paper (probably a draft) titled "Wage problems in textile mills of New Orleans." It is a sociological investigation of the wage earners employed at the Lane and Maginnis mills during Bloom's junior year at Tulane University.

“The Factory Girl’s Home Life” represents a general description of a tobacco factory and the home life of a factory girl. The manuscript includes illustration and photographs. The text and photographs are attributed Charles J. Bloom, who visited the factory and then the workers at home and recorded his observations in this volume.