American Immigration Coming to America

Sources must be credible and authoritative.  Universities, educational sites, museums, historical societies, etc., are good choices. Use Wikipedia only for background info.  It is not recognized as credible source, so do not cite it for this project. 

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Comprehensive Information:

Gale Reference Library - Immigration (Paid Database). 

Library of Congress -- Navigate through the themes to find primary source information. 

LOC's Immigration Presentation - Specific info on immigrants to the U.S.

Grolier Online (Paid Database). Multimedia Encyclopedia has articles and links.

Kingwood College Library Timeline  - historic events, political issues, government policies, arts and items of national importance from the 19th and 20th Centuries.  

 Ellis Island exhibit from The History Channel.

 EyeWitness to History First-person accounts throughout history

Archives.gov  Immigration Records compiled by the US government. 

Open Content Project Large collection of primary source documents supporting immigration restrictions, compiled by Harvard University.

http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/links.html#hist Links to primary sources compiled Harvard U

Quarantine Rules  Primary Source Quarantine information by the US Government 1877 (starts on page 5) from Harvard U.

Digital History Textbook Our Online History Textbook from the University of Houston and other sponsors.

Spartacus A great directory of historical facts about specific individuals, countries, issues and events.

Red Star Line  web portal from our National Archives.

Tenement Housing:

http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/citysites/ Interactive, multimedia essays about New York and Chicago from 1870s-1930s, created by the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham.

http://www.tenement.org/Virtual_Tour/index_virtual.html  the Lower East Side Tenement Museum provides virtual tours of apartments from the mid/late 19^th Century.

http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/contents.htm Hull House: The Urban Experience in Chicago 1889-1963.

Working Conditions – Men:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/papr/west/westhome.html Inside an American Factory 1904 movie.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/history/history.htm History of the Sweatshops from Smithsonian Institution.

Working Conditions – Women:

http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/ Harvard University Library’s online collection of historical manuscripts, photos and pamphlets about women in the workplace.

http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Womanswork/ American Antiquarian Society’s collection on women’s work.

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/ The Triangle Factory Fire from Cornell University.

Working Conditions – Children:

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html Child Labor photos and commentary by famed photographer Lewis W. Hine.

http://www.msha.gov/KIDS/DIRTY/DIRTY.HTM Photo essay, “Dirty Children” from the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s archives.

Society and Culture:

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/ Advertisements from 1850-1920, compiled by Duke University.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/smhome.html American sheet music and lyrics from the time period.

http://www.history.rochester.edu/godeys/ Godey’s Lady’s Book Online, from the U of R, is the premier example of high society in the 1850’s.

http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/metlives/index2.html Artwork from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on ethnic neighborhoods. Click on the painting to enter the collection!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/index.html From PBS, this site explores the innovations and innventors that revolutionized society.

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/LM001-ELLISISLAND.htm  photo images of Ellis Island.

Specific Ethnic Groups and Regions: 

http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/exhibits/panam/immigrants/immigrants.html Immigrant settlements in Buffalo; excellent for local German, Italian, Polish and Irish resources!

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html California As I Saw It, First-person narratives from the state’s early years 1849-1900.

http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/sba/first.htm Women's Suffrage Movement biographical information on Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and more.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/wworld/es_antebellum.html PBS site on women in antebellum U.S.

http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/great_hunger/great_hunger_ch1.htm Irish Potato Famine webquest with tons of links

http://www.yivoinstitute.org/exhibits/amerpix.htm  The Jewish Immigrant Experience

http://www.angel-island.com/intro.html  Immigrant journeys of Chinese Americans

http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/etfss.html Croatian-specific info

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