The Immigration History Research Center: A Guide to Collections

by Joel Wurl (Editor), Suzanna Moody (Editor)

Overview

This book provides a summary of and guide to the archival and library holdings of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota. The Center has been a valuable resource for researchers for over twenty-five years. This guide will be a useful aid to those researching topics on immigration, ethnicity, labor, women, religion, jourbanalism, education, and other areas of American social and cultural history.

The volume includes chapters on separate ethnic groups. Each chapter reflects the organization of the collections and finding aids at the Center and includes descriptions of manuscripts, monograph, newspaper, and serial holdings for the individual ethnic groups. An index provides access to the material.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313268328
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/26/1991
Series:	Bibliographies and Indexes in American History , #20
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

JOEL WURL is curator of the archives at the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota.

SUZANNA MOODY is a self-employed indexer. She has also worked for the State Revisor's Office in Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Foreword
The Immigration History Research Center: A Historical Profile and Prospective Glimpse
Introduction
General Collection
Albanian American Collection
Armenian American Collection
Bulgarian and Macedonian American Collections
Byelorussian American Collection
Carpatho-Rusin American Collection
Croatian American Collection
Czech American Collection
Estonian American Collection
Finnish American Collection
Greek American Collection
Hungarian American Collection
Italian American Collection
Jewish American Collection
Latvian American Collection
Lithuanian American Collection
Near Eastern American Collection
Polish American Collection
Romanian American Collection
Russian American Collection
Serbian American Collection
Slovak American Collection
Slovenian American Collection
Ukrainian American Collection
Appendixes
IHRC Services and General Information
Publications
Index

Editorial Reviews

A summary of and guide to the archival and library holdings of the Immigration History Research Center at the U. of Minnesota. The volume includes chapters on separate ethnic groups. Each chapter reflects the organization of the collections and finding aids at the Center and includes descriptions of manuscripts, monograph, newspaper, and serial holdings for the individual ethnic groups. A detailed index provides access to the material. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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