LibGuides: Immigrant Stories Project: Books

NY Society Library

Marymount has a school membership in the New York Society Library, located at 53 East 79th Street. To borrow a particular book, contact Ms. Jones.

Marymount's library catalog for print books.

U. S. Immigration and Migration by Lawrence W. Baker
Call Number: ON RESERVE in US Library
Presents biographical profiles of fifty significant figures in the history of U.S. immigration and migration and includes a time line, a glossary, and research.
Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1870-1920 by June Granatir Alexander; Ivan R. Dee
Call Number: ON RESERVE in US Library
A comprehensive study of the immigration of millions of men, women, and children to America between 1870 and 1920 noticing the significant shifts in geographic origins and the daily lives of the people including distribution and settlement patterns.

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