LibGuides: Immigration to America 1865-1914: Home

Push/Pull Factors

Adapted from:

Library of Congress
Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History
Maine Memory Network - Browse People
A project of the Maine Historical Society.
Chronicling America - Historic American Newspapers
Historic newspapers from 1756-1963
Harvard Library Collection: Immigration to the US, 1789-1930
This collection documents voluntary immigration to the United States from the signing of the Constitution to the start of the Great Depression
Immigrant Records at the National Archives
Historical records and information relating to immigrants from the late 1700s through the early 2000s
CaliSphere
Digital collections from California's great libraries, archives, and museums.
Digital Public Library of America
The Digital Public Library of America empowers people to learn, grow, and contribute to a diverse and better-functioning society by maximizing access to our shared history, culture, and knowledge.
DPLA - Primary source sets - Emergence of Modern America: 1890-1930
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: US Immigration
Fordham University History Department

PBS - Destination America
Immigration from historical, sociological and geographical perspectives. Content from a four-part documentary and a book.
Siteseen Ltd
US Immigration facts, laws, history, and statistics

Created by Max Galka

Ellis Island Foundation
Learn about this New York immigration station that had almost 8 million immigrants pass through its doors.
Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
Learn more about this SnFrancisco Bay island that served as an immigration port between 1910 and 1940.
Tenament Museum
This website shares stories of the immigrant and migrant experience through tenement buildings in NYC.

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