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Immigration issues

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

A. William Hoglund papers

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC3325
Abstract

This collection consists of both published and unpublished materials pertaining predominantly to the history of Finnish American communities, but also includes the history of various ethnic groups, immigration history, and agricultural history; materials are all related to A.W. Hoglund's teaching career and personal life and include personal and work related correspondence, family records, papers and research.

Dates: 1882-2007; Majority of material found in 1940s-1990s

Berman Family records

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IHRC311
Abstract

Sarah and Alexander Berman family history (1868-1947) consists of a genealogy and narrative history that traces members of the family from their origins in Lithuania to their arrival in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the early 1890s.

Dates: 1868-1947

Immigrant of Distinction Award (American Immigration Lawyers' Association - AILA) Oral History collection

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC3953
Abstract

The video interviews were conducted and recorded with the recipients of the "Immigrant of Distinction" award by the American Immigration Lawyers' Association's Minnesota/Dakotas Chapter. The narratives document the immigrant experiences of the award recipients. Included are digital files containing the video and audio recordings, also transcripts for selected oral histories. Please see the descriptions of individual files for more details.

Dates: 2008-2013

Immigration and Ethnic History Society records

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC1017
Abstract Records of the Immigration History Society consist of correspondence and miscellaneous subject files accumulated by Carlton C. Qualey, former IHS treasurer and editor of the Immigration History Newsletter. Additionally, the collection contains the IEHS organizational records generated during the presidency of Philip Gleason. Included are the IEHS by-laws, correspondence, conference-related materials, meeting minutes, treasurer's reports, and reports pertaining to various committees and...
Dates: 1968-2001

International Institute of Erie records

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC1040
Abstract

Case files dating from the 1980s to 1990s.

Dates: 1981-1999

Italy. Office of the Commissioner of Emigration (Commissariato Generale dell' Emigrazione) records

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC1108
Abstract

Records of the office pertain to emigration and immigration legislation (Italian and foreign), office activities, office personnel, and field offices in border towns and port cities. Inventory available (in Italian only). Negatives held by Centro Studi Emigrazione, Rome. Originals in Archivio Storico Diplomatico, Ministero degli Affari Esteri, Roma, Italia.

Dates: 1901-1927

John Higham papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: IHRC890
Abstract

Correspondence of historian John Higham consists of letters pertaining to the Immigration History Society and to the Society's periodical THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN ETHNIC HISTORY. Included is correspondence with numerous scholars in the fields of immigration and ethnicity.

Dates: 1976-1987

Karen Freeze papers

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC3866
Abstract

Collection consists of materials pertaining to Karen Freeze's work on the Czech immigration chapter in the Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups (1980).

Dates: 1970-1980

Minnesota 2.0 Project collection

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC3908
Abstract Begun in September of 2009, Minnesota 2.0 aimed to document and understand how 1.5 and 2nd generation Mexican, Somali, and Hmong youth used social networking sites to express their emerging sense of identity and social connection – to Minnesota and the United States, to their parents and communities, to each other, and to the homelands from which their families arrived. Collection consists of 3 CD-Rs, 1 DVD (restricted), two binders and one file folder containing resource materials for the...
Dates: 2010

Refugee Studies Center, University of Minnesota records

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC2968
Abstract Collection consists primarily of rich resource material pertaining to recent refugees from predominantly Southeast Asia, but also Africa, the Caribbean 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 relates to the various research projects the RSC conducted or participated in such as the...
Dates: ca. 1970-1999

Selig Adler papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: IHRC96
Abstract

Papers of Selig Adler consist of a photocopy of his notes for Marcus Lee Hensen's immigration history course. (Original forms part of Selig Adler Papers, University Archives, SUNY Buffalo.)

Dates: 1933

Sidney Swensrud collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IHRC3436
Abstract

Collection consists of a typescript of Sidney Swensrud's reminiscences as recorded by the FAIR's Tenth Anniversary Oral History Project in 1990.

Dates: 1910-1990