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Manuscripts
Papers, 1933. 2 linear in.
Papers of Adler consist of a photocopy of his notes for Marcus Lee Hansen's immigration history course. In English. Original forms part of Selig Adler papers, University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
Alliance of Transylvania Saxons, Series I (Cleveland, Ohio).
Records, 1902-1981. 1 microfilm reel.
The Alliance is a fraternal and insurance organization. It was founded in 1902 and is open to Americans of Transylvanian Saxon descent. It has forty-three branches and approximately 10,000 members. Its weekly publication is the Volksblatt.
Records include convention minutes. In German. Related collections: Alliance of Transylvania Saxons, Series II (Cleveland, OH); Alliance of Transylvania Saxons, Series III (Cleveland, OH).
Alliance of Transylvania Saxons, Series II (Cleveland, Ohio).
Records, 1957-1981. 1 microfilm reel.
Records consist of minutes of the grand officers' meetings. Minutes of 1970-1980 restricted. In English. Related collections: Alliance of Transylvania Saxons, Series I (Cleveland, OH); Alliance of Transylvania Saxons, Series III (Cleveland, OH).
Alliance of Transylvania Saxons, Series III (Cleveland, Ohio).
Records, 1923-1981. 35 microfilm reels.
Records consist of application files Nos. 42-23958. Restricted. In English. Related collections: Alliance of Transylvania Saxons, Series I (Cleveland, OH); Alliance of Transylvania Saxons, Series II (Cleveland, OH).
American Council for Emigres in the Professions (New York, New York).
Records, ca. 1938-1979. 475 linear ft.
Founded in 1945, the American Council for Emigres in the Professions (ACEP) was a service organization aiding professional émigrés in all aspects of resettlement. The ACEP was formerly the American Committee for Refugee Scholars, Writers and Artists. In 1963, it absorbed the National Committee for Resettlement of Foreign Physicians. The ACEP provided counseling, English tutoring, evaluation and interpretation of foreign credentials, and job retraining and placement as well as specialized help such as studios for music practice, art exhibitions, and radio broadcasts.
Records consist of case records and administrative files of the Council and its predecessors. Included are history, medical, and research files, annual reports, board records, meeting records, language instruction materials, placement reports, employment seminar programs, career information files, correspondence, and lists of the board of directors. Mainly in English. Preliminary inventory available. Restricted.
American Council for Nationalities Service (New York, New York).
Records, 1918- . 180 linear ft.
The Council had its origins during World War I in the United States Committee on Public Information, Division of Work with the Foreign Born. After several brief nongovernmental affiliations, the Division became independent in 1921 as the Foreign Language Information Service (FLIS). The main purpose of the FLIS was education; it also provided service to immigrant organizations. The FLIS was disbanded in 1939, succeeded by the Common Council for American Unity (CCAU), which continued the educational mission of the FLIS. The CCAU was responsible for release of information to the foreign language press, operated a radio service, published Common Ground, and worked with the government to help with activities such as alien registration and foreign language publicity. In 1959, the CCAU merged with the American Federation of International Institutes (AFII) under the new name American Council for Nationalities Service (ACNS). The ACNS carried on most of the projects and activities of its predecessor organizations, including work with the foreign language press and radio, nationality groups, and the United States government. It has played an important role in resettlement of Cuban and Southeast Asian refugees.
Records of the ACNS contain records and publications of its predecessors, FLIS, CCAU, and AFII. The collection records the activities of the Council, which has been interested in all aspects of immigration and resettlement, including educational services, ethnic presses and radio, social services, and immigration legislation. In multiple languages. Preliminary inventory available. Related collection: Josephine Roche.
Assembly of Captive European Nations (New York, New York).
Records, 1954- . 60 linear ft. and 13 scrapbooks.
The Assembly was founded in 1954 by exiled democratic leaders, diplomats, trade unionists, and intellectuals from captive European nations. Its purpose is political action aimed at the restoration of freedom and independence for the nations of Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania. Committees of the ACEN include Cultural-Information, Economic-Social, and Political-Legal.
Records include internal organizational materials of delegations to various nations; information on the General Committee and its members; information on working committees; records of the plenary assemblies; minutes; lists of national and international member organizations, consultative organizations, and associate-member organizations; information on the United Nations and Council of Europe; and information on relations with and correspondence with various governments, including that of the United States. In multiple languages. Inventory available.
Austria. Main Government Archives (Allgemeines Verwaltungs-archiv) (Vienna).
Records, 1910-1913. 1 microfilm reel.
Records consist of reports and correspondence from Austro-Hungarian consulates in the United States pertaining to immigration. Topics include the Greek Catholic Church; pan-Slavic nationalist agitation; immigration from Galicia; Hungarian, Slovak, and Slovene American newspapers; conditions of Slovak workers in Pennsylvania; political activity of immigrants; the Hungarian Reformed Church in New York; Slovene and Hungarian American organizations; and Croats and Serbs. Correspondents include Archbishop John Ireland of St. Paul, MN, and Monsignor Falconio. In German. Inventory available (in German only).
Austria. Foreign Affairs Ministry (Ministerium des Aussern) (Vienna).
Records, 1895-1914. 2 microfilm reels.
Records consist of selected consular reports and correspondence dealing with immigrants to the United States from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Included are reports from Austrian consuls in Pittsburgh, PA; information on the Greek Catholic Church and the Catholic Church, Latin Rite, in the United States; reports on Slovak and Galician immigration; Slovak American newspapers; and information on Russian Orthodoxy. Correspondents include Archbishop John Ireland of St. Paul, MN. In German. Inventory available (in German only).
Austria. Royal and Imperial Foreign Ministry (k.u.k. Ministerium des k.u.k. Hauses des Aussern).
Records, ca. 1874-1918. 2 microfilm reels.
Records of this Austrian archives include a booklet on churches and church schools of the Helvetic Confession in Bohemia; information on the Polish people (1874-1877), including a copy of Dziennik Warsawski; and files pertaining to the Uniate Church in Galicia (1885-1891, 1914-1915, 1918) and Vatican- ustro-Hungarian relations. Also included is an index to Austrian files pertaining to the Hungarian Prime Ministry's American Action; the files themselves are not included. Mainly in German; some items in French, Italian, and Polish.
Austria. State Archives (Staatsarchiv) (Vienna).
Records, 1848-1918. 32 microfilm reels.
Records consist of consular dispatches, telegrams, police reports, and correspondence pertaining to emigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Included are communications and annual immigration reports from the Austro-Hungarian consulates in Canada, Germany, Latin American, the South Slav lands, the United States, and European cities. Reports and correspondence contain information on a wide variety of topics, including (but not limited to) immigrants' political activity, radical political groups, espionage, immigration legislation, natural disasters and relief efforts, return migration, and Austrian immigrant groups. Annual migration reports (1906-1909) are broken down by regions and states. The reports detail immigrants' living conditions, wages, working conditions, shipping reports, and size and flow of immigrant groups from Austria-Hungary. Reports from the years 1904 to 1916 include the above as well as Magyar consular reports, descriptions of climate and geography of various regions, and investigations of steamship companies. Reports concentrate on Austro-Hungarian immigrants in the Southern States. In German. Partial inventory available (in German and English).
Banater Benefit Society (Cleveland, Ohio).
Records, 1911-1959. 2.5 linear ft.
A mutual aid organization originally known as the Erster Deutsch-Ungarischer Unterstützungs Verein (EDUUV), the Society was established in Cleveland, OH, in 1911. Membership consisted primarily of Roman Catholic German immigrants from Banat, in what is now Yugoslavia and Romania. The Banaters were descendants of Swabians who had settled in the Banat area in the 16th and 17th centuries and began coming to the United States in the late 1800s.
Records include minutes, membership, and financial records of the Society and related groups, including the Banater Athletic Club (1922-1930), the Banater Civic League, the Banater Damen-chor, the Banater Männer-chor, the Banater Frauen Verein, the Banater Hall Gesellschaft, and the Banater Sewing Circle. Also included are records of the Central Ohio Sänger Verein; the Cleveland Soccer League; the Deutsch-Canadian Verband (German-Canadian Home Society, Regina, Saskatchewan); the Deutscher Stadtverband (German-American Civic League); the Greater (or German) Beneficial Union, Districts 70 and 258; materials pertaining to other German American organizations; and papers of Matthias Bohr. In German (old and Roman script), and English. Inventory available.
Records, ca. 1940-1960. Ca. 1.5 linear ft.
The Bureau was founded ca. 1940 after reorganization of its predecessors, the Service Bureau for Education in Human Relations and the Service Bureau for Intercultural Education. Rachel DuBois had founded the former to help teachers and school administrators in the New York area set up intercultural programs. In 1937, the Service Bureau became the "Commission on Intercultural Education" of the Progressive Education Association; in 1938 it was renamed the Service Bureau for Intercultural Education. DuBois resigned in 1940, and the organization then became the Bureau for Intercultural Education. Its first director was Stewart Cole, who was succeeded by H. H. Giles. The group established field centers in cities such as Detroit, MI, led workshops for educators, and conducted scientific research. It ceased to operate in 1954.
Records include correspondence, articles, interviews, minutes, publications, and reports. Also included are tapes and transcriptions of tapes of Stewart Cole. In English. Preliminary inventory available. Related collections: Stewart Cole; Rachel Davis DuBois.
Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey (Chicago, Illinois).
Records, ca. 1861-1938. 67 microfilm reels.
Organized in 1936, the Survey translated and classified selected news articles that appeared in the foreign language press of Chicago during the past century. The project was under the auspices of the Works Projects Administration and the Chicago Public Library.
Organized by topic--including education, mores, social and economic organization, politics, and war--files of translated articles include materials for the following ethnic groups in Chicago: Albanian, Bohemian, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Jewish, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian. In English. Inventory available. Negatives held by Chicago Public Library.
Citizens Committee on Displaced Persons (New York, New York).
Records, 1946-1953. 5 linear in.
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The Committee was formed in 1946, initiated by the American Council of Voluntary Agencies and the National Committee on Immigration Policy. Its objective was to seek temporary legislation suspending immigration quotas and allowing displaced persons to enter the United States. The CCDP aroused public concern through local committee groups, publications, films, etc., and also lobbied directly for passage of the desired bills. Though unsuccessful in obtaining passage of the Stratton Bill (HR2910) and Wiley Bill (S2242), the CCDP played some role in passage of the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, and in its amendment in 1950. The Committee disbanded after the adoption of this amendment.
Records include correspondence, financial records, and minutes. Most correspondence is of Nathan W. Levin, who was involved in financial supervision of the Committee. In English. Inventory available.
Cole, Marie Chase.
Papers, ca. 1936-1949. 1 linear in.
Cole was Executive Secretary of the YWCA of New York City. Papers comprise reports, bulletins, and brochures of the YWCA and the International Institute of New York. Materials pertain particularly to work with displaced persons. Also included are an international cookbook, and the 1936 Christmas issue of the Woman's Press. In English.
Cole, Stewart G. (1892- ).
Papers, ca. 1937-1979. Ca. 2 linear ft.
An educator and author, Cole was educated at McMaster University (Toronto, Canada), and the University of Chicago. He taught at various schools and colleges and published extensively.
Papers highlight Cole's career and his leadership in various organizations. Included are correspondence, reports, book reviews, manuscripts, publications, photographs, and honorary plaques. Materials pertain to his involvement in Anytown, U.S.A., the Service Bureau for Intercultural Education, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, religion, and education. In English. Preliminary inventory available. Related collections: Bureau for Intercultural Education; Rachel Davis DuBois.
Cotton, Thomas L. (1891-1964).
Papers, ca. 1925-1937. 6 linear in. and 1 oversize portfolio.
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A public relations specialist and community leader with an interest in adult education, Cotton was born in Cumberland, IA. He began work with the YMCA while attending Dartmouth College, later worked with the Boston Naval YMCA, and in 1917 went to Russia to organize YMCA activities among the armies of the eastern front. Upon his return to the United States, he worked for the New York YMCA (Foreign Born Division), the International Community Center, the American-Russian Chamber of Commerce, the Foreign Language Information Service, the Folk Festival Council, the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration, and the Works Projects Administration. In 1948, he founded Thomas L. Cotton Associates, a public relations firm, and later served on the New York State Citizens Council.
Cotton's papers include biographical information, personal correspondence, organizational reports, writings, and materials pertaining to educational organizations, adult education, Lithuanian Americans, Polish Americans, and miscellaneous published material. Correspondents include Eleanor Roosevelt and Anna Roosevelt Dall. Other materials pertain to Cotton's YMCA work, the International Community Center, the Foreign Language Information Service, the Folk Festival Council, the Croatian Fraternal Union, Dania, and ethnic events in the Chicago and New York areas. In English. Inventory available.
Papers, ca. 1932-1957. 15.5 linear ft.
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DuBois was born in Clarkesboro, NJ, the daughter of Quaker farmers. She attended Bucknell University, and taught in the schools of Glassboro, NJ, until 1920. From 1920 to 1924, she was active in the peace movement. Subsequently, improvement of racial and ethnic group relations and development of greater appreciation for American society's diverse cultural strains became her life's work. She helped develop the assembly program technique, which combined assembly programs on contributions of various ethnic or racial groups to American life with classroom follow-up. After moving to New York City in 1929, DuBois initiated and participated in a series of intercultural curriculum experiments in schools in Washington, DC; Philadelphia, PA; and Englewood, NJ. She received her doctorate in educational sociology from NYU. In 1934, she founded the Service Bureau for Education in Human Relations, later identified as the Service Bureau for Intercultural Education.
In 1941, DuBois founded the Intercultural Education Workshop, which in 1946 was incorporated as the Workshop for Cultural Democracy. It remained in existence until about 1958. In 1951, the State Department sent DuBois to West Germany to aid in post-war reconstruction. When she returned, the Workshop focused its efforts on programs to train "leaders of leaders" on a nationwide basis. After its dissolution, she was invited by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to lead a program to lessen race tensions in the South. Her lifetime activities as teacher, author, lecturer, and organizational leader earned her many commendations and distinctions. Papers include both personal papers and organizational records documenting much of DuBois's life and career, and are comprised of correspondence, minutes, reports, publications, and curricular materials. In English. Inventory available. Related collections: Bureau for Intercultural Education; Stewart G. Cole.
Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley (1890-1964).
Papers, 1917-1923. 1 microfilm reel.
A labor activist, Flynn was born in Concord, NH, daughter of Irish immigrant revolutionaries. In 1906 she joined the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and was active in textile strikes in Lawrence, MA (1912), and Paterson, NJ (1913), as well as in the Minnesota Mesabi Range iron miners strike and the Passaic, NJ, strike (both 1916). She was organizer for the Workers Defense Union between 1917 and 1923. She was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union in 1920. In 1937 she joined the Communist Party; she was jailed from 1955 to 1957 for advocating the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. She died in Moscow.
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers pertain to Flynn's efforts to secure justice for labor leaders, anarchists, IWW members, and others deprived of their civil rights during the "Great Red Scare." Originals held by Wisconsin State Historical Society.
Graff, George.
Papers, ca. 1931-1947. Ca. 5 linear in. and 1 tape cassette.
Graff, an educational administrator, was associated with the Service Bureau for Intercultural Education. Papers comprise correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, newsletters, and miscellany pertaining to the Service Bureau and to intercultural education. The tape contains an interview with Graff. Correspondents include Rachel Davis DuBois, Margaret Mead, E. C. Lindemann, Mordecai Soltes, and Stewart G. Cole. Newspaper clippings pertain to Blacks and to treatment of Jews in the 1930s. Also included are papers by DuBois, the Interracial Newsletter, issues of Intercultural Education News, and materials on the radio program "Americans All--Immigrants All" and the American Institute of Intercultural Arts. In English. Preliminary inventory available. Related collection: Rachel Davis DuBois.
Hansen, Conrad.
Papers, 1920-1976. Ca. 1 linear in. and 1 cassette tape.
Papers of Hansen comprise a photocopied memoir by him of his work as Americanization secretary for the YMCA in St. Paul, MN, and a cassette tape of an interview of Hansen conducted by Rudolph Vecoli. In English.
Hughes, Langston.
Papers, 1932-1953. 1 linear in.
Papers of Hughes consist of correspondence to him from M. Margaret Anderson, editor of Common Ground, magazine of the Common Council for American Unity. Included are three letters from Louis Adamic. In English. Restricted: available for reference use only; permission for reproduction and publication must be obtained from Yale University Library. Available as photocopies only. Originals held by Yale University Library, New Haven, CT.
Hungarian Ministry of Religion and Public Instruction (Budapest).
Records, 1901-1906. 1 microfilm reel.
Records of the Ministry (Orszagos Leveltar, Minisz Terelnoksegi Leveltar) pertain to Slovak nationalism, pan-Slavism, and Czech-Slovak activities in Europe and the United States. Also included are Hungarian county and church officials' reports, a few Slovak publications, and a few village school statistics from Szepes County. Mainly in Hungarian.
International Center of Baltimore (Maryland).
Records, 1922-1976. 1 microfilm reel.
The Center originated in 1888 with establishment of the Baltimore YWCA's "Helping Hand Society." In 1911, the YWCA appointed a "Foreign Communities Secretary," and an International Institute Building was opened in 1919. In 1929, the Institute became independent of the YWCA; it did not prosper, however, and an effort was made to revive the YWCA's nationality group program. In 1935, the East Baltimore Center was renamed the International Center of the YWCA, and in 1970, the Center moved to the central YWCA building in Baltimore.
Records include minutes, annual reports, monthly reports on agency activities and services rendered (1936-1943, 1957-1968), financial reports, directors' correspondence (1928-1970), and related records. Also included is a history of the YWCA and the Baltimore International Center. Mainly in English. Inventory available. Related collection: American Council for Nationalities Service.
International Institute of Biddeford-Saco (Maine).
Records, 1916-1941. 1 microfilm reel.
The Institute was established by the York County, ME, YWCA in 1919. It was closed in 1936 due to lack of funds and the illness of its director.
Records include annual association meetings of the York County YWCA, records of the Institute (1924-1935), bylaws, and reports of the Institute (ca. 1933-1934). In English. Inventory available. Originals held by York County YWCA, Saco, ME. Related collection: American Council for Nationalities Service.
International Institute of Boston (Massachusetts).
Records, 1924-ca. 1955. 25 linear ft.
The Institute had its inception in 1923, and opened in 1924. Described as a "service bureau for foreign-speaking people," it sought to provide information, education, and personal service to clients. The Institute published a monthly newsletter, the Beacon, beginning in 1933, and sponsored several annual social events. In addition, community and nationalities studies were done. The Institute severed its ties with the YWCA in 1935 and became autonomous. It subsequently became a member of the Boston Council of Social Agencies, the Greater Boston Community Fund, and the National Institute for Immigrant Welfare (the umbrella organization for independent international institutes--later the American Federation of International Institutes). In 1959, it merged with the American Council for Nationalities Service. During the late 1940s, the Institute struggled to maintain its services and provided aid to war victims and recreational facilities to enlisted men. Throughout the 1950s, it continued to work with both immigrant and international communities in Boston.
Records of the Institute substantially document its first thirty years and consist of case files, administrative records, files on activities, resources, memorabilia, and information on related organizations. Mainly in English. Inventory available. Case files closed. Related collection: American Council for Nationalities Service.
International Institute of Buffalo (New York).
Records, 1917-1936. 1 microfilm reel.
The Institute was established under the auspices of the Buffalo YWCA in 1918. It separated from the YWCA in 1934 and is still in existence.
Records include Board minutes, correspondence, evaluation studies, narrative and miscellaneous reports, lists, notes, and brochures. In English. Inventory available. Originals held by Buffalo YWCA. Related collection: American Council for Nationalities Service.
International Institute of Jersey City (New Jersey).
Records, 1926-1938. 1 microfilm reel.
Records of the Institute consist of minutes, correspondence, and reports pertaining to its separation from the YWCA. Mainly in English. Related collection: American Council for Nationalities Service.
International Institute of Lewiston (Maine).
Records, 1917-1944. 1 microfilm reel.
The Institute had its beginnings in 1917, when the Lewiston-Auburn YWCA appointed an immigration secretary. In 1919, the Institute was formally established. For several years, it retained semi-autonomous status but by 1941 had been reorganized as a Foreign Community Department. The Department was discontinued in 1946.
Records consist of minutes of the Institute Committee (1937-1941), annual reports (1918-1944), monthly narrative reports (1917-1943), miscellany, and National Board Statistical Reports (1928-1930). In English. Inventory available. Related collection: American Council for Nationalities Service.
International Institute of McKeesport (Pennsylvania).
Records, 1922-1940. 1 microfilm reel.
The Institute was organized by the McKeesport YWCA in 1918. It occupied rental quarters until 1926, when it was moved into the main YWCA building. In 1940, the Institute separated from the YWCA and merged with the American Service Institute of Allegheny County.
Records include annual reports, annual statistical reports to the national board (1927-1939), scrapbooks of newspaper clippings pertaining to Institute publicity and activities (1923-1940), background on the foreign born (ca. 1936-1937), photographs (1921-1923), and miscellany. Mainly in English. Inventory available. Originals held by McKeesport YWCA. Related collection: American Council for Nationalities Service.
International Institute of Minnesota.
Records, ca. 1920-1971. 42 linear ft. and 1 microfilm reel.
The Institute had its beginnings in 1919, under the auspices of the YWCA. During the 1920's, it offered English and citizenship classes, casework services, and activities for St. Paul ethnic communities. The first executive director, Alice J. Sickels, came in 1931. Under her direction, the Institute expanded and also began sponsoring the Festival of Nations. In 1938, the Institute broke from the YWCA, the result of expanding programs in casework and folk art, inclusion of men in programs, and increased service to non-Protestants. During the years prior to World War II, casework emphasized naturalization and resolution of immigrant legal problems. During and after World War II, services centered on resettlement of displaced persons. The Institute has continued, in various ways, to help the foreign born adjust to American life while retaining their cultural heritage.
Records of the Institute include music, travel literature, case files, correspon-dence, photographs, minutes of the membership council and board of directors (on microfilm), administrative records, educational program information, department records, documentation of group services and activities, material on special programs, publications, publicity, and miscellany. Mainly in English. Inventory available. Case files closed. Related collection: American Council for Nationalities Service.
International Institute of New Bedford (Massachusetts).
Records, 1919-1939. 1 microfilm reel.
The Institute was organized by the New Bedford YWCA in 1918. It was retained as a separate branch until 1931, when it was moved to the main building of the Association and reorganized as the "International Department." It was discontinued in 1942.
Records consist of bylaws, monthly and annual narrative statistical reports, minutes of the International Institute Committee, and miscellaneous financial materials. In English. Inventory available. Originals held by YWCA of New Bedford. Related collection: American Council for Nationalities Service.
International Institute of New Castle (Pennsylvania).
Records, 1929-1960. 1 microfilm reel.
The Institute was established in 1923. Until 1933, it was housed in rental quarters in an area of heavy immigrant concentration; a financial crisis then forced it to move into the central YWCA building. The Institute continued to operate until ca. 1950, when it was merged with the Adult Program Department. Until the late 1950s, a few of the Institute's clubs, such as the Italian Mothers Club and the Polish Mothers Club, remained in existence.
Records consist of minutes and attendance lists of the International Institute Committee and records of the Italian Mothers Club. In English. Inventory available. Originals held by New Castle YWCA. Related collection: American Council for Nationalities Service.
International Institute of New Haven (Connecticut).
Records, 1928-1933. 1 microfilm reel.
The Institute was established in 1919 under the auspices of the YWCA. It separated from the YWCA in 1932, and in September of that year closed because of financial problems.
Records consist of minutes and reports of the Institute's Committee, correspon-dence and monthly reports, and miscellany including a "Study of Services for the Foreign-Born" done by the New Haven Council of Social Agencies. In English. Inventory available. Originals held by YWCA of New Haven. Related collection: American Council for Nationalities Service.
International Institute of Niagara Falls (New York).
Records, 1918-1925. 1 microfilm reel.
The Institute was established in 1919 under the auspices of the YWCA. It separated from the YWCA in 1933 and became known as the International Center and Girls Club. Its work was discontinued in 1970.
Records of the Institute consist of correspondence, monthly reports, and newspaper clippings. In English. Inventory available. Originals held by YWCA of Niagara Falls. Related collection: American Council for Nationalities Service.
The Institute was established in 1919 under the direction of Letitia Fyffe; it was under the auspices of the YWCA from 1920 until 1923, when it became an agency of the St. Louis Community Fund. The Institute provided casework, education, and recreation services. During the Depression, cooperative efforts between the Institute and ethnic communities were manifested by Christmas folk festivals, international arts and crafts exhibits, and the International Folk Festival of 1934. From 1935 to 1937, a branch was active in the Italian American section of Fairmont Hill. During World War II and the years following, efforts were concentrated on resettlement of refugees and war brides. Between 1950 and 1960, rcreational group activities figure prominently in records of the Institute. In 1955, the Institute became affiliated with the American Council for Nationalities Service.
Records of the Institute include historical overviews, bylaws, constitutions, articles of incorporation, and administrative minutes; monthly and annual reports and records of annual meetings; statistical reports on services; membership materials; financial records; programs and projects; materials pertaining to specific ethnic groups; English and citizenship classes; community agencies and resources; publicity materials; photographs; and case records. Mainly in English. Inventory available. Case records closed. Related collection: American Council for Nationalities Service.
International Institute of San Francisco (California)
Records, 1922-1992, 19 linear ft.
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Established in 1918 as an educational program for immigrant women and girls under the leadership of the San Francisco YWCA, the Institute gained independence in 1934 and joined the local Community Chest as a charter member. Additional information about the Institute is available at the IISF website.
The records include annual reports, meeting minutes of the board of directors, organizational correspondence, files of the Institute's officers and case workers, documentation on various programs within the Institute such as the Club La Senores for Latin American women, the Japanese war brides program, resettlement projects for refugees from Cuba, Hungary, China, Poland, the Philippines, Southeast Asia, etc. The collection is particularly rich in materials pertaining to the International Institute's work with the Asian American communities of the San Francisco Bay area. Included are also a large number of photographs documenting the Institute's activities. Search the IHRC online database COLLAGE for digital images of selected photographs from the collection.
Related collections: American Council for Nationalities Service Records, Annie Clo Watson Papers
Kenyon, Mildred Adams.
Papers, 1936-1976. 1 linear in.
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An author and translator, Kenyon began her career writing for Woman's Journal in New York. She soon became a feature writer for The New York Times and contributed to many other magazines. She often was on assignment in Europe and witnessed historic events such as Russia's admittance to the League of Nations and the making of the Spanish constitution in 1931. She also reported on the Spanish Civil War and became involved with relief efforts and work with refugee immigrants. She continued her work during World War II, aiding refugees from the Nazi regime. Kenyon specialized in interviewing such notables as Huey Long, Henry A. Wallace, and Calvin Coolidge.
Papers pertain mostly to her work with Spanish Civil War refugees and relief organizations. Included are correspondence to and from various persons and committees concerning relief work (1939-1942), organizational and special reports (1940-1942), publications, press releases, personal notes, and a diary. In English. Inventory available.
Lutheran Church Archives (Budapest, Hungary).
Records, ca. 1880-1889. 1 microfilm reel.
Records of the Church consist of minutes of the Lutheran Superintendent of Sáros-Zemptén's official visits in 1883 to churches and their filial congregations: Hanusfalva (Hanu-Sovce), Mernyik (Merník), Kladzchyny (Kladzany), Ujklenóc (Novy Klenovec), Pazdics (Poszisovce), Rank (Rankovce), Ofalva (Opina), Zsegnye (Zegna), Budamér (Budzimir), Akos (Obysovce), Kassa (Kosice). Minutes contain budget and leadership data; vital statistics are excluded. In Hungarian. Originals held by the Lutheran Church Archives (Budapest, Hungary).Lutheran World Federation Service to Refugees (Geneva, Switzerland).
Records, 1947-1949. 1 microfilm reel.
The Federation was originated by Howard Hong, a Norwegian Lutheran and director of refugee work for the Lutheran World Convention and the World Council of Churches. He also was associated with the YWCA in its work with World War II prisoners of war.
Records of the Service include a report edited by Hong, with contributions by leaders of Lutheran churches in exile and by Service staff. The report includes information on the origins of the Service; various Lutheran churches and groups including Estonians, Hungarians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Poles, and Ukrainians; educational, institutional, and youth work; and refugees in Germany after World War II. Also included are correspondence from pastors, financial records, publicity materials, and photographs. In English. Inventory available. Originals held by Howard Hong, St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN).
Malkovsky, Kyra (1894- ).
Papers, ca. 1939-1949. Ca. 4 linear in.
A social case worker with Russian immigrants, Malkovsky was born in Minsk and came to the United States in 1917. After five years as an employee of the Russian embassy in New York, she began a long career as a social worker with the International Institute of New York City. She was also co-founder in 1925 of the Children's Welfare Society and worked for the Tolstoy Foundation in Austria, Italy, and the United States.
Papers comprise journals; case work and statistical reports; photographs and other materials of the International Institute of New York City; and miscellaneous correspondence, publications, and materials pertaining to the YWCA Summer School at Fletcher Farm (Proctorville, VT). In English. Inventory available.
Minneapolis Public Schools. Multi-Ethnic Role-Playing Activities Project.
Records, 1979-1980. 5 linear in.
Records of the Project include role-playing activities developed for secondary school students by the school system's Ethnic Cultural Center. Activities include "Immigration Quotas," "Hard Times," "Mining of the Reservation," "Malloy Island," "Molly McGuires," and "HydroFarm Plan." Also included is correspondence to the Advisory Committee and two drafts of a final report. In English.
Minnesota Project on Ethnic America.
Records, 1975-1979. 2 linear in.
Records of the Project consist of bylaws, incorporation papers, correspondence and memoranda, and minutes of the board of directors. In English.
Mitchell, Ruth Crawford.
Papers, 1916-1978. 2 microfilm reels and 1 tape cassette.
Mitchell was assistant and field secretary to Edith Terry Bremer, national secretary of the YWCA National Board, Immigration and Foreign Community Work.
Papers consist of a diary (1916-1917) and a taped interview (1978) discussing her association with the YWCA and the Institute movement. The diary details her training in New York under Bremer's direction. In English.
New York City P.S. 20 Alumni Association.
Records, ca. 1958-1972. 1 linear in.
Public School 20 served the Jewish Lower East Side of New York City. Its graduates include Edward G. Robinson, Paul Muni, Sen. Jacob Javits, and George and Ira Gershwin. It is the only elementary school in New York with an alumni association.
Records include newspaper clippings, photographs, lists of alumni, routine correspondence, invitations, programs, and other records as well as miscellaneous publications. In English.
Refugee Studies Center, University of Minnesota
Records, ca. 1970's-1999, 24 linear ft.
The Refugee Studies Center was established by the University of Minnesota on its Twin Cities Campus, originally in 1980 as the Southeast Asian Refugee Studies program (SARS) within the Center for Urban and Regional Development (CURA). In 1995 the name was changed to Refugee Studies Center.
Collection consists primarily of rich resource material pertaining to recent refugees from predominantly Southeast Asia, but also Africa, the Carribean and Europe. Included are statistical reports, files documenting the individual ethnic groups' histories and cultures, newspaper clippings and information regarding other organizations nationally working with refugee groups. A large segment of the records are related to the various research projects the RSC conducted or participated in such as the Hmong Resettlement Study. Included are also the monographs and a large set of articles accumulated by the RSC. For detailed description of the collection, please click here.
Rempel, Dietrich D. (b. ca. 1886).
Papers, 1985. 2 linear in.
A physician, Rempel was born in Ukraine in the Mennonite village of Gnadenfeld, near the Azov Sea. He was educated at the University of Dorpat, in Estonia, and earned his MD in 1913. He served as a medical officer in 1914 in the Russian Army and later in the White Army, until he and his wife fled in 1920 following the Revolution. Rempel's siblings were deported to Siberia and remained in concentration camps there. The Rempels eventually came to the United States in 1922 and settled in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Rempel practiced in the Mennonite community of Brownton, MN.
Papers consist of an unpublished typed manuscript of memoirs entitled "Holy Cross to the Hammer and Sickle." The memoirs relate events during the Russian Revolution of 1917. In English.
Restore Ellis Island Committee.
Records, 1974-1980. Ca. 1 linear in.
The records consist of photocopies of correspondence, speeches, and press releases of Peter Sammartino related to his service as chairman of the Committee. In English.Roche, Josephine Aspinwall (1886-1976).
Papers, 1913-1923. 2 microfilm reels.
Director of the Foreign Language Information Service (later the American Council for Nationalities Service), Roche was educated at Vassar College and Columbia University, where she developed an interest in social work. Before coming to the FLIS, she was chief probation officer and director of girls' work in the Denver, CO, Juvenile Court, inspector of amusements and policewomen in Denver, and special investigator for the National Consumers' League. During World War I, she did relief work in Belgium. From 1934 to 1937, she served as assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury, from 1934 to 1940 as a representative on the President's Cabinet Committee on Economic Security, and also as chair of an interdepartmental committee for health and welfare services of the federal government.
Roche's papers include personal letters and reminiscences of immigrants, such as one from a Lithuanian steel worker; materials pertaining to the immigrants and to the problems they faced, with excerpts from the immigrant press; and information on various aspects of immigrant life, including health, organizations, work, legal problems, and women's lives. Also included are budget statements, copies of the Immigrant and the Bulletin, correspondence of Roche and George Creel, and pamphlets on the FLIS. Among groups represented are Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Yugoslav Americans. Mainly in English. Related collection: American Council for Nationalities Service.
Trieste State Archives (Italy).
Records, 1863-1922. 6 microfilm reels.
Records consist of consular reports, correspondence, emigration statistics, statistics on return migration, shipping information, passenger regulations, information on epidemics and diseases, letters to officials of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and information pertaining to the Canadian Pacific Rail Road and to the Hamburg America Line. Mainly in German and Italian; some French and English.
United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Records, 1919-1932. 8 microfilm reels.
Records of the INS, files 71-42 and No. 54809-general, largely consist of correspondence of the Service regarding deportation proceedings against radicals, anarchists, and communists during the Palmer Raids of 1919-1920, and particularly to the cases of Carlo Tresca, Vincenzo Vacirca, and Pietro Allegra.
Included are correspondence of J. Edgar Hoover; Anthony Caminetti of the Immigration Commission of the Department of Labor, and the Italian Ambassador to the Department of State; directives to INS local offices; lists of aliens under investigation; transcripts of hearings; membership lists from the Union of Russian Workers; and excerpts from the Russian press, the Worker, Daily Worker, Moscow News, and the International Sea-Transport Worker. Also included are publications and correspondence of the American Civil Liberties Union and newspaper clippings on cases (especially from the Tampa Tribune [FL]). Materials mainly concern Italian-, Russian-, and Spanish-speaking aliens. Mainly in English; some Russian and Spanish. Originals held by National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC.
United States Committee on Public Information, Division of Work with the Foreign Born.
Records, 1916-1919. 1 microfilm reel.
During World War I, the United States Committee on Public Information, Division of Work with the Foreign Born, published and disseminated materials intended to inform persons of foreign origin residing in the United States of their rights and obligations. Records include correspondence, newspaper clippings from American and foreign newspapers, and miscellaneous publications. In multiple languages. Preliminary inventory available. Microfilm negatives held by National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C.
Watson, Annie Clo (1891-1960).
Papers, 1934-1960. 3 linear in.
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A social worker, Watson began her career at the Flint, MI, YWCA in the early 1920s; during that time she was also associated with the New York School of Social Work. In 1928, she began a long association with the American Federation of International Institutes when she became executive director of the International Institute of San Antonio, TX. She later worked with the International Institute of San Francisco, CA.
Watson was active in developing the Fellowship Church for All People and in founding the Council for Civic Unity. She also served on the board of the American Civil Liberties Union; was active with the International House of Berkeley, CA; and assisted ethnic groups including Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Mexican Americans. She was a president of the National Association of Social Workers (Golden Gate Chapter), and winner of the prestigious Koshland Award for Social Work.
Papers consist of biographical information, correspondence, personal publications, and other publications. Included are newspaper clippings and photographs pertaining to her career, articles and speeches, publications dealing with customs and costumes of other cultures, and information regarding establishment of the Annie Clo Watson Scholarship for Social Workers. Correspondence largely pertains to efforts to relocate war refugees following World War II. In English. Inventory available. Related collection: International Institute of San Francisco Records.
Wilson, Elizabeth.
Papers, 1956-1978. Ca. 1 linear in.
Wilson was Executive Director of the International Institute (Gary, IN) from 1945 to 1965. Papers include correspondence, newspaper clippings, and memoirs pertaining to her career in the immigrant service movement. In English.
Young Men's Christian Association. International Committee (New York, New York).
Records, ca. 1903-1936. 5 microfilm reels.
In 1907, the YMCA established a comprehensive immigration program to assist immigrants at embarkation and debarkation points, in transit, and after arrival in the United States. This service program included bureaus of information, employment, legal aid, medical aid, banking advice, courses in English, citizenship and naturalization procedures, and related services. A YMCA agent was appointed for Ellis Island.
Selected records of the YMCA consist of documents pertaining to immigrants and immigration as well as U.S. immigration policy and law. Included are minutes, reports, and correspondence of the Industrial Department; materials pertaining to the General Committee of Immigration Aid at Ellis Island; records of the YMCA of Greater New York containing information on the National Liberal Immigration League, the Immigrant Education Society, and the International Committee of the YMCA; and miscellaneous publications and autobiographical materials. Mainly in English. Inventory available.
Young Women's Christian Association of Greater Lansing (Michigan). Nationality Communities Department.
Records, 1916-1941. 1 microfilm reel.
The Department was established in 1924 and was the first such department organized by the YWCA. Records include annual reports (1926-1949), a scrapbook of programs, club announcements, newsletters (1926-1931), records of the Thistle Club (ca. 1928-1951), membership lists, and photographs. Also included are programs of the Caledonian Club, the Foreign Students Night School, the German Dramatic Club, the Mothers Club, the Syrian Sisterhood, and the Young Phoenician Society. In multiple languages. Inventory available. Originals held by YWCA of Greater Lansing.
Monographs
Secondary studies include most of the major books written by recent scholars of immigration and ethnic history. Among these authors are John Bodnar, Joshua Fishman, Victor Greene, Oscar Handlin, John Higham, Maxine Seller, and Phillip Taylor. Also included are key works by earlier scholars such as Theodore Blegen, John R. Commons, Emily Greene Balch, Marcus Lee Hansen, Robert Park, Joseph Roucek, and George Stephenson.
Along with general analyses of immigration, the collection contains numerous book-length treatments of more specific themes as they pertain to the immigrant experience. Among these are education, literature, the arts, refugee migration, assimilation, women, children, and politics. Particularly well represented are religion, labor and labor activism, language, the ethnic press, and immigration law and its impact. The collection is also strong in its coverage of published research on immigrant life in particular states and cities.
Primary publications cover the same wide range of subjects dealt with in secondary studies. These include books and pamphlets produced for or about immigrants by various secular and religious organizations and individuals. A major example is the large number of citizenship manuals and guidebooks distributed by the federal government as well as private publishers. Organizations whose literature on immigrants and immigration can be sampled through the collection include the American Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born, the American Council for Nationalities Service (and its predecessor agencies, the Foreign Language Information Service and the Common Council for American Unity), the Young Men's Christian Association and Young Women's Christian Association, the American Immigration and Citizenship Conference, the Industrial Workers of the World, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and the International Refugee Organization. Included also are the writings of several noted participant-observers of and commentators on American immigration and ethnicity. Among them are Jacob Riis, Rachel Davis DuBois, Peter Roberts, Kenneth D. Miller, Daniel P. Moynahan, Nathan Glazer, and Michael Novak.
Publications of the U.S. government form a substantial component of the collection. Many of these are documents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service providing information on immigration law or registration rules. Also contained are late-1800s documents of the U.S. Treasury Department as well as reports from numerous congressional committees including the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, the Committee of the Judiciary, and the Committee on Un-American Activities. In addition, the IHRC holds on microfilm the entire set of reports produced by the U.S. Immigration Commission (Dillingham Commission), 1907-1910.
An important compilation of primary publications preserved on microfilm and pertaining to several ethnic groups is "The Immigrant in America" collection produced by Research Publications, Inc. This collection, filmed from the holdings of several libraries, including the IHRC, contains over 4,000 imprints (most of them scarce) from thirty-seven European immigrant groups from ca. 1820 to 1929. Among the groups covered in this extensive microfilm series are Albanians, Bulgarians, Carpatho-Rusins, Croatians, Czechs, Finns, Greeks, Hungarians, Italians, Jews, Latvians, Lithuanians, Poles, Romanians, Russians, Serbians, Slovaks, Slovenians, and Ukrainians. There is also a segment on "general immigration."
Newspapers
The Dawn, Miami, FL. Monthly: 1979-date. English.
Ethnic America, Pittsburgh, PA. Frequency varies: 1973-1974. English.
Ethnic American News, Pittsburgh, PA. Monthly: 1976-1977. English.
Heritage Review, New Jersey. Bi-monthly: 1971-1972. English.
Justice, Jersey City, NJ. Semi-monthly (frequency varies): 1919, 1924-1958. English.
Michigan Slav, Detroit, MI. Monthly: 1942-1943. English.
Miners' Bulletin, Hancock, MI. Weekly: 1913-1914. English.
Minnesota Labor (previously titled Timber Worker; Midwest Labor), Minneapolis, MN (previously published in Duluth, MN). Weekly: 1937, 1939-1941, 1943-1944, 1946-1947. English.
The Minnesota Leader, St. Paul, MN. Irregular: 1938-1942. (Includes an issue of Minnesota Union Advocate, 1941). English.
National Co-operative News, Chicago, IL. Weekly: 1919-1920. English.
Northwest Ethnic News, Seattle, WA. Monthly: 1984-1986. English.
The Orthodox Church, Syosset, NY. Monthly: 1970, 1974, 1976-1986. English.
Our Sunday Visitor, Marquette, MI. Weekly (?): 1953. English.
Pick & Axe, Bessemer, MI. Weekly: 1976-1977. English.
Richardson Family Researcher and Historical News, Broken Bow, NE. Quarterly: 1980. English.
Saxon News Volksblatt, Cleveland, OH. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1954-1980). Microfilm available for sale.
The Wanderer, St. Paul, MN. Weekly: 1962. English.
Serials
ACEN News (Assembly of Captive European Nations), New York, NY. Frequency varies: 1955-1956, 1960, 1962, 1965-1971. English.
ACNS Newsletter (American Council for Nationalities Service), New York, NY. Quarterly: 1982. English.
Acontecer Migratorio (Migration Occurring; Centro de Estudios de Pastoral y Asistencia Migratoria), Caracas, Venezuela. Quarterly: 1978-1981. Spanish.
Alliance of Friendship, Chicago, IL. Frequency varies (bi-annual?): 1970, 1979. English.
American Association for Southeast European Studies Newsletter, Columbus, OH. Frequency varies: 1975-1977, 1979. English.
American Council for Nationalities Service Reports (previously titled The World of ACNS), New York, NY. Frequency varies: 1971-1973. English.
American Council for Nationalities Service Interpreter Releases, New York, NY. Frequency varies: 1940, 1971-1982. (Holdings also contain miscellaneous releases). English.
American Immigration and Citizenship Conference Legislative Bulletins, New York, NY. Frequency varies: 1969-1978. English.
American Immigration and Citizenship Conference News, New York, NY. Frequency varies: 1968-1982. English.
American Institute for Marxist Studies Newsletter, New York, NY. Bi-monthly: 1975-1985. English.
The American Leader, New York, NY. Monthly: 1916. English.
American Review of Eastern Orthodoxy, New York, NY. Monthly: 1955-1967, 1970. English.
The American Slav, Pittsburgh, PA. Monthly: 1939-1947, 1957, 1961, 1967. English.
Americans for Congressional Action to Free the Baltic States News Bulletin, Los Angeles, CA. Frequency varies: 1963-1966, 1970. English.
AREO Quarterly (Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church in America; merged with American Review of Eastern Orthodoxy in 1957), New York, NY. Quarterly: 1956. English.
Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies Newsletter, Mahwah, NJ (previously published in Brooklyn, NY). Semi-annual: 1976-1977, 1979-1985. English.
Association of Immigration and Nationality Lawyers Immigration Journal, New York, NY. Bi-monthly: 1980. English.
Association of Immigration and Nationality Lawyers Newsletter, New York, NY. Bi-monthly: 1978-1979. English.
Association of Immigration and Nationality Lawyers Reports, Memorandums & Bulletins, New York, NY. Frequency varies: 1963-1964, 1975-1979. English.
Balkan Arts Traditions, New York, NY. Annual: 1977. English.
Baltic Bulletin, Los Angeles, CA. Bi-monthly: 1982-1984. English.
Baltic Events (previously titled Estonian Events), West Hill, Ontario, Canada, and Irvine, CA. Bi-monthly: 1970-1975. English.
Baltic Forum, Gothenburg-Stockholm, Sweden. Quarterly: 1984. English.
The Baltic Review, New York, NY (previously published in Stockholm, Sweden). Frequency varies: 1945-1949, 1953-1971. English.
Baltic University Contributions of Baltic University, Hamburg, Germany. 1946. German, Lithuanian and English.
Baltimore's Ethnic Identity, Baltimore, MD. Bi-monthly: 1976-1979. English.
BATUN (Baltic Appeal to the United Nations; United Baltic Appeal Information Service News Release), Bronx, NY. Frequency varies: 1967-1982. English.
The Beacon (previously titled The International Beacon), Boston, MA. Monthly: 1959-1961, 1967, 1973-1974. (Microfilm: 1973-1974). Microfilm available for sale. English.
Benedictine Bulletin, Cleveland, OH. Frequency varies: 1971. English.
Building Blocks (National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs), Washington, DC. Quarterly: 1973-1976, 1981-1983, 1985. English.
Canada Manpower and Immigration Publications, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Annual: 1974-1976. English and French.
Canadian Association of Slavists Newsletter, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Monthly (?): 1962. English.
Canadian Ethnic Studies; Études Ethniques au Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Bi-annual: 1969-date. English.
Canadian Ethnic Studies Association (Société Canadienne d'Études Ethniques) Bulletin, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Frequency varies: 1974-date. English and French.
CEESSA News (Central and East European Studies Society of Alberta), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Bi-monthly (?): 1977. English.
Center for Migration Studies Newsletter, Staten Island, NY. Monthly: 1973-1980, 1983. English.
Central Europe Journal, Bonn, West Germany. Monthly: 1966, 1968-1971. English.
The Central European Federalist, Jackson Heights, NY. Semi-annual: 1953-1958, 1962-1971. English.
Central European Newsletter, New York, NY. Bi-monthly: 1957. English.
The Challenge, Detroit, MI. Bi-weekly: 1980, 1986. English.
Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Published five times per year: 1963. English and French.
Cokato Historical Society Newsletter, Cokato, MN. Quarterly: 1984-date. English.
Colorado State University Information Bulletin; Germans from Russia in Colorado Study Project, Fort Collins, CO. Annual (?): 1977-1979. English.
Common Ground, New York, NY. Quarterly: 1940-1949. English.
Concern (Orthodox Christian Education Commission), New York, NY. Quarterly: 1969. English.
Cross-Cultural Southwest Ethnic Study Center Bulletin, El Paso, TX. Frequency varies: 1973, 1975-1976. English.
Cultural Columns, Harrisburg, PA. Bi-monthly: 1982-1984. English.
Cultures Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Monthly: 1980. English and French.
East and West; Facts from behind the Iron Curtain, London, England. 1947-1948. English.
East Europe (previously titled News from behind the Iron Curtain), New York, NY. Monthly: 1956-1957, 1960, 1962.
The Emigrant Institute Information, East Moline, IL. 1960, 1977-1978. English.
Emigration Digest (previous title of International Migration Digest and International Migration Review), Staten Island, NY. Annual: 1955-1957. English.
EMPAC Newsletter (Ethnic Millions Political Action Committee), Bayville, NY. Bi-monthly: 1975-1976. English.
Ethnic Affairs, New York, NY. Frequency varies: 1973-1974. English.
Ethnic American News, Pittsburgh, PA. Quarterly: 1977. English.
The Ethnic and Minority Scene in Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI. Monthly: 1972. English.
Ethnic and Racial Studies, Henley-on-Thames, England. Quarterly: 1978-date. English.
Ethnic Arts Quarterly, St. Paul, MN. Quarterly: 1983. English.
Ethnic Forum, Kent, OH. Frequency varies: 1981-date. English.
Ethnic Heritage Studies Project Newsletter, Providence, RI. Frequency varies: 1972, 1974. English.
Ethnic Newsletter, Washington, DC. Bi-monthly: 1974-1977. English.
Ethnic Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Frequency varies: 1970-1972. English.
Ethnicity: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Study of Ethnic Relations, New York, NY. Quarterly: 1974-1981. English.
Ethos, Buffalo, NY. Monthly: 1974-1976. English.
Expressions (The Urban Tradition Newsletter), Chicago, IL. Quarterly: 1985-date. English.
Face to Face (Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith), New York, NY. Quarterly: 1975-1979, 1981-date. English.
The Folio, Philadelphia, PA. Quarterly: 1959, 1961. English.
Folk-News, New York, NY. Bi-weekly: 1932-1939. English.
Forum (National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education), Rosslyn, VA. Bi-monthly: 1984. English.
Fraternal Monitor, Indianapolis, IN. Monthly: 1970-date. English.
Fraternity, New York, NY. Monthly: 1929-1930. English.
Freedom's Facts against Communism (All American Conference to Combat Communism), Washington, DC. Frequency varies: 1952-1959, 1961, 1967. English.
Friends of the Immigration History Research Center Newsletter (previously titled News from the Friends of IHRC), St. Paul, MN. Frequency varies: 1979, 1981-date. English.
Friendship Universal, Washington, DC. Quarterly: 1964-1965. English.
GOP Nationalities News, Washington, DC., Frequency varies: 1972-1974, 1976. English.
GOP Nationalities Reporter, Minneapolis, MN. Monthly: 1967, 1969. English.
Heritage, Chicago, IL. Quarterly: 1980-date. English.
Heritage Language Bulletin, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Quarterly: 1987. French and English.
Heritage News, Milwaukee, WI. Monthly: 1980-1981. English.
IHRC News, St. Paul, MN. Frequency varies: 1980, 1986-date. English.
Immigrant's Protective League Annual Report, Chicago, IL. Annual: 1917, 1930. English.
Immigration History Newsletter, Philadelphia, PA (previously published in St. Paul, MN. Semi-annual: 1968-date. English.
Immigration Research Digest, Philadelphia, PA (previously published in New York, NY). Semi-annual: 1960-1969. English.
In Review Bulletin (American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born), New York, NY. Frequency varies: 1935-1937.
In Their Own Words, Venice, Italy. Bi-annual: 1986. English.
Jerome B. Ingber and Associates Newsletter, Minneapolis, MN. Quarterly: 1980-1981. English.
Intercommunity Arts Newsletter, Washington, DC. Monthly: 1976-1978. English.
Intergovernmental Committee for Migration Monthly Dispatch, Geneva, Switzerland. Monthly: 1981-1983, 1985-date. English.
International Institute of Milwaukee Newsletter, Milwaukee, WI. Ten issues per year: 1978-1981. English.
International Institute of Minnesota Festival of Nations, St. Paul, MN. Annual: 1934, 1936, 1939, 1942, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1976. English.
International Institute of Minnesota Newsletter (title varies: Nationality News until 1970), St. Paul, MN. Monthly: 1953, 1957, 1958, 1960-1967, 1969-1979. English.
International Migration (preceded by Migration), Geneva, Switzerland. Quarterly: 1963-1965, 1968-1969, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1982-1987. English, Spanish and French.
The International Migration Digest (previously titled Emigration Digest, succeeded in 1966 by International Migration Review), Staten Island, NY. Semi-annual: 1964-1966. English.
International Migration Review (preceded by International Migration Digest), Staten Island, NY. Quarterly: 1964-date. Cumulative index 1964-1976. English.
International Peasant Union Bulletin, Washington, DC.- New York, NY. Monthly: 1951, 1971. English.
International Rescue Committee Annual Report, New York, NY. Annual: 1961-1962, 1964-1969, 1971-1975. English.
The Interpreter (Foreign Language Information Service; titled The Bulletin for 1922), New York, NY. Monthly: 1922-1930. English.
Invandrar Rapport (Migration Report), Borås, Sweden. 1977. Swedish and various languages.
Jacob's Well (Orthodox Church in America), Binghamton, NY. Quarterly: 1986. English.
Journal of American Ethnic History, New Brunswick, NJ. Semi-annual: 1981-date. English.
Journal of Baltic Studies (previously titled Bulletin of Baltic Studies), Brooklyn, NY. Quarterly: 1970-1981. English.
The Journal of Ethnic Studies, Bellingham, WA. Quarterly: 1973-date. English.
Journal of Intercultural Studies, Concord, MA. Tri-annual: 1980. English.
Journal of Mennonite Studies, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Annual: 1983. English.
Journal of the Polish-Hungarian World Federation, Chicago, IL. Semi-annual: 1970. English.
Kaleidoscope Canada (title varies: Focus on Immigration, Manpower and Immigration Information Service; Ethnic Kaleidoscope Canada), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Quarterly: 1973-1983. French and English.
Lácznik Polsko-Ukraïns'ky Zv'iazkovy (Polish-Ukrainian Ties), New York/Munich, West Germany. Frequency varies: 1984. Polish and Ukrainian.
The Lamp (American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born), New York, NY. Monthly: 1944. English.
Light of Orthodoxy (United Movement of Orthodox Youth), New York, NY. Bi-monthly: 1953-1954. English.
The Manitoba Multicultural Resources Centre Bulletin, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Bi-annual: 1986-date. English.
Migration (succeeded by International Migration), Geneva, Switzerland. Quarterly: 1961-1962. English.
Migration Review (previously titled Immigration Review), Washington, DC. Quarterly: 1967-1971. English.
Migration Today (newspaper format before 1976), Staten Island, NY. Bi-monthly: 1973-1976. English.
Minnesota Genealogist, St. Paul, MN. Quarterly: 1983-1984. English.
Mosaic (Institute for Intercultural Relations and Ethnic Studies), New Brunswick, NJ. Quarterly (monthly): 1975-1977, 1979-1980. English.
Mosaic Church Growth, Atlanta, GA. Quarterly: 1977-1979. English.
Multiculturism (Ministry of Culture & Recreation of Ontario), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Quarterly: 1977. English.
Multi-Ethnic Heritage Studies Center Newsletter, Vineland, NJ. Monthly: 1981.
Multi Ethnic Horizon (Ann Arbor Public Schools), Ann Arbor, MI. Weekly: 1975. English.
Multi News (Department of the Secretary of State), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Bi-monthly: 1976-1977. French and English.
National Association of Interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies, La Crosse, WI. Semi-annual: 1976-1977. English.
National Confederation of American Ethnic Groups News (NCAEG), Washington, DC. Every six weeks: 1958-1961. English.
National Coordinating Assembly on Ethnic Studies Newsletter, Washington, DC. Frequency varies: 1972-1973. English.
National Ethnic Studies Assembly Newsletter, Detroit, MI. Semi-annual: 1974-1975, 1977. English.
National Ethnic Studies Assembly Newsletter, Washington, DC. Monthly: 1973. English.
National Fraternal Congress of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. Annual: 1974, 1976-1977. English.
National Museum of Man; Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies Newsletter. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Annual: 1968-1972. English.
Nationalities Papers, Charleston, IL. Quarterly: 1973-1974, 1977-date. English.
Nationalities Service Center Annual Report, Philadelphia, PA. Annual: 1977-1978. English.
Nationalities Services Center News Bulletin, Cleveland, OH. Monthly: 1959, 1961, 1963. English.
A New America (newsletter of Ethnic Millions Political Action Committee), Bayville, NY. Bi-monthly: 1975-1977. English.
New Dimensions (The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies), Philadelphia, PA. Bi-annual: 1982-date. English.
The New Jersey Heritage (The New Jersey Tercentenary Commission), Trenton, NJ. 1963. English.
New Jersey Mosaic, Jersey City, NJ. Quarterly: 1979, 1987. English.
The New Review, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Quarterly: 1961-1971. English.
Newcomer, Los Angeles, CA. Quarterly: 1965. English.
Newsbox, Omaha, NE. Quarterly: 1974-1975. English.
Newsletter from behind the Iron Curtain, Stockholm, Sweden. Quarterly (?) (weekly): 1947-1949, 1971-1972. English.
Northern Mosaic, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Bi-monthly: 1975, 1986-1987. English.
The Novak Report on the New Ethnicity, Washington, DC. 1979-1981. English.
Ohio Slavic and East European Newsletter, Columbus, OH. Bi-monthly: 1973. English.
The One Big Union Monthly (Industrial Workers of the World), Chicago, IL. Monthly: 1937-1938. English.
Oral History of the American Left Newsletter, New York, NY. Annual: 1978-1979. English.
Original Works, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Quarterly: 1969-1971. Various languages.
Orthodox Theological Society in America Bulletin, Annapolis, MD. Monthly: 1975-1979. English.
Our Life, Württemberg, Germany. Monthly: 1948. German.
Pennsylvania Ethnic Studies Newsletter, Pittsburgh, PA. Quarterly (bi-monthly): 1975-1978, 1984-date. English.
The Persecuted Church, Springville, CA. Quarterly: 1975-date. English.
Polyphony, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bi-annual: 1977-date. English.
Problems of Communism, Washington, DC. Monthly: 1953. English.
Quo Vadimus, New York, NY. Bi-monthly: 1980-1981. English.
Ragusan Research Bulletin, San Carlos, CA. Quarterly: 1983-date. English.
Range History, Gilbert, MN. Quarterly: 1976-1981. English.
Range History News (Iron Range Historical Society), Gilbert, MN. Quarterly: 1978, 1981. English.
Refugee Abstracts (International Refugee Integration Resource Center), Geneva, Switzerland. Quarterly: 1982, 1984. English.
Refugees (Public Information Section of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), Geneva, Switzerland. Monthly: 1985-date. English.
Saskatchewan Multicultural Magazine, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Monthly: 1985-1986. English.
Scoop, Minneapolis, MN. Bi-monthly: 1976. English.
The Slavonic Monthly, New York, NY. Frequency varies: 1941-1946. English.
Sophia, Newton Centre, MA. Bi-monthly: 1986. English.
Southeast Minnesota Historical Center News, Winona, MN. Quarterly: 1977. English.
Spectrum (Immigration History Research Center), St. Paul, MN. Frequency varies: 1975-date. English.
Statistics of Fraternal Benefit Societies, Chicago, IL. Annual: 1966-1982. English.
Synaxis, Chilliwhack, British Columbia, Canada. Monthly: 1975-1976. English.
Texas People, San Antonio, TX. Monthly: 1976-1977. English.
The Tlingit Herald, Chilliwhack, British Columbia, Canada. Monthly: 1975, 1977. English.
United Cooperative Farmers Supplement for the Twenty-fifth Anniversary (supplement to The Cooperative Farmer), Fitchburg, MA. Special issue: 1955. English.
U.S. Bureau of Immigration Annual Report, Washington, DC. Annual: 1892, 1896-1905, 1907-1909, 1912-1918, 1920-1931. English.
U.S. Catholic Historical Society News and Notes, Yonkers, NY. Quarterly: 1976-1978. English.
U.S. Commissioner of Naturalization Annual Report, Washington, DC. Annual: 1923, 1924, 1926-1932. English.
U.S. Committee for Refugees Issue Papers, Washington, DC. Monthly: 1984-date. English.
U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Services Annual Report, Washington, DC. Annual: 1952-1953, 1955-1967, 1972-1974. English.
U.S. Treasury Department Quarterly Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics relative to Imports, Exports, Immigration and Navigation of the United States. Quarterly: 1890-1893. English.
Upper Midwest Folklife Newsletter, Madison, WI. Four times per year: 1978. English.
The Vigil (Diocese of the Midwest Orthodox Church in America), Hinsdale, IL. Bi-monthly: 1982, 1984-1986. English.
The Village Interpreter, Moorehead, MN. Quarterly: 1982-date. English.
Viltis: A Folklore Magazine, Denver, CO (previously published in Chicago, IL; Norwalk, CT; and San Diego, CA). Bi-monthly: 1945-1961, 1968-date. English.
Voice of the American Slav, New York, NY (previously published in Pittsburgh, PA). Frequency varies: 1942, 1944. English.
Wayne State University Ethnic Studies Newsletter, Detroit, MI. Annual: 1986-1987. English.
Wayne State University Folklore Archive Annual Report, Detroit, MI. Annual: 1969-1970. English.
World Refugee Survey (American Council for Nationalities Service, U.S. Committee for Refugees), New York, NY. Annual: 1981, 1984-1985. English.
WZAK The Ethnic Voice of Cleveland (WZAK Radio), Cleveland, OH. Bi-weekly (weekly): 1972-1975. English.
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