Description

This collection covers the fields of immigration history and ethnic studies from 1820-1929.  Included are songs, plays, political pamphlets, family histories, folklore and first-hand accounts of experiences of various immigrant groups. Compiled from several major archives, this collection includes books, pamphlets, government publications, serials, society publications and lesser-known ethnic newspapers. Many selections are in the native language of the immigrant group.

UB Libraries own the reels concerning the following groups:

Finns, Irish, Scotch Irish, Scots, Poles, Slovenes, Romanians, Lithuanians, Russians, Carpatho-Rusyns, Austrians, Germans, French, Italians, Swedes, Albanians, Belgians, Latvians, Croatians, Basques, Bulgarians, Icelanders, Jews, Swiss, Serbs, Dutch, and Greeks. Items are arranged in numerical sequence on reels according to a reference number assigned by the publisher. 

Location

The Immigrant in America is located at the CAPEN Multimedia Center MicFilm E184.A1 I435

Access

All titles of items in the collection are in BISON- UB Libraries Catalog.  The Immigrant in America: guide to the microfilm collection is available in  CAPEN Multimedia Center Reference E184.A1 I435 Guide

Primary Source Microfilm has an online guide to the collection.