Immigration to 1924

The Face of America: Immigration in Massachusetts, 1776-1924

"Study the increasing diversity of American settlement and immigration. See how immigration interacts with issues of race, work, and culture. Learn about the history of American citizenship in relation to Chinese immigration to the U.S."

With: Scott Wong, Professor of History, Williams College
          Rich Colton, Historian, Springfield Armory National Historic Site

Held: June 26-28, 2007
          Smith College, Northampton, MA

 

  

Primary Sources

  1. Payroll excerpt for Horace Smith, Springfield Armory, 1841-43
  2. Payroll excerpt for Chauncey Colton, Springfield Armory, 1841-44
  3. Payroll excerpts for laborers, Springfield Armory, 1841-44
  4. Payroll excerpts for night watchmen, Springfield Armory, 1841-44
  5. 10th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Payroll Segment for Week of June 10th, 1861
  6. “Strike at North Adams, and Introduction of Chinese Workmen,” Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor, Boston, MA (1871)
  7. Excerpts from the 1900 Census for Boston Chinatown
  8. The Cable Act of 1922
  9. U.S. Supreme Court: Takao Ozawa v. U.S. (1922)
  10. U.S. Supreme Court: U.S. v. Bhagat Singh Thind (1923)

Secondary Resources

  1. Important Dates Concerning American Immigration and Citizenship History
  2. K. Scott Wong, Possible questions for conducting oral history interviews

Web Resources

  •  Immigration…
    An online resource developed by the Library of Congress that traces the migration of groups of people to the United States. Use the toolbar on the left to choose a group, and use the toolbar on the right to navigate each group’s experience over time.
  • Destination America
    A website, developed by PBS in conjunction with a television series, which tells the story of European immigration to the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930
    A web-based collection of selected historical materials from Harvard University’s libraries, archives, and museums that document voluntary immigration to the United States from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression.
  • Digital History: Ethnic America
    As part of a website devoted to using online technologies to enhance teaching and research, this website focuses on the experience of particular groups in American history through primary sources.