New York City has always been known as a city of immigrants. Starting from 1624 with the arrival of the first European settlers to the influx of Asians, Latin Americans and Caribbean immigrants, the city is a diverse mixture of groups and individuals. Most New Yorkers have roots in another country or countries. Other immigrants used New York as an arrival point and went on to settle in other areas of the United States.
The City Hall Library offers many resources on immigrants, immigration and various national, racial and religious groups. These are just a small example of what the researcher can find in the collection.
Beyond the Melting Pot by Nathan Glazer and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, published in 1963, discusses the history, culture, economics and influence of African-Americans, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians and Irish in New York City. From Ellis Island to JFK: New York’s Two Great Waves of Immigration by Nancy Foner compares the first major immigration from 1880 to 1920 to the next great wave of immigrants in the 1990s. Included are comparisons of countries of origin, residential patterns, economic conditions and education in both periods. Immigrant Life in New York City: 1825-1863 by Robert Ernst studies the reasons why so many immigrants came at that time, their working and cultural lives in New York City and assimilation. New York: An Illustrated History of the People by Allan Schoener, complete with photos, prints, drawings and original writings from newspapers and other sources, documents the history of immigration, immigrant groups and historical events from the days of the sixteenth century explorers to the late twentieth century.
Immigrant Women in the Land of Dollars: Life and Culture on the Lower East Side, 1890-1925 by Elizabeth Ewen tells the story of Jewish and Italian women who emigrated to New York, and the next generation, their daughters born in the United States. The focus is on women in the workplace and at home, how they established new lives, contributed to the economy, dealt with sickness and overcrowded living conditions and eventually became part of the modern culture.
City agency publications include The Newest New Yorkers published in a series of reports covering the 1980’s to 1996. Statistics on demographics are accompanied by a volume of analysis. Areas covered include places of birth of immigrants, demographic, social and economic characteristics, settlement patterns and naturalization. This report provides comprehensive and helpful information for anyone researching recent immigration trends.
Vertical files on immigrants, population and various ethnic, racial and religious groups offer newspaper clippings and magazine articles on topics such as problems of immigrants, economic conditions, social customs and population changes. Our biographical files may feature articles on immigrants who, through their accomplishments, became prominent in New York City.
These are just some of the resources accessible to the researcher who needs information on immigrants. Find out more about our predecessors who built New York City and today’s immigrants who carry on.
More information can be found here: http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/home/home.shtml
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