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Government & Law | Immigration
Immigration
Immigration Centers
- Angel
Island: Guardian of the Western Gate
This article gives a detailed overview of the history of Angel
Island.
- Angel Island Immigration
Foundation
The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) is the
nonprofit partner of California State Parks and the National Park
Service in the effort to preserve restore and interpret the
historic immigration station.Their official website includes a
history of the immigration station and a bibliography.
- Angel
Island Links
This directory of Angel Island websites is from the Separate
Lives, Broken Dreams site that focuses on the experiences of
Chinese-American immigrants.
- Grosse-Ile
and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site of Canada
This site, by Parks Canada, includes historic articles, a photo
gallery of Grosse le then
and now, online tours, and answers to frequently asked
questions.
- American Family
Immigration Center - Ellis Island
Located in the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, the American
Family Immigration History Center (AFIHC) allows visitors to
explore the extraordinary collection of immigrant arrival records
stored in the Ellis Island Archives.
- Virtual Ellis Island
Tour
This site includes a history of the island and a list of related
immigration links.
- Immigration:
Ellis Island
This Thinkquest site on Immigration includes a section on Ellis
Island; the section includes a historical overview, primary
documents such as diaries, and historical photographs.
Asian Americans - General
Smithsonian Resources
Other Resources
- Ancestors
in the Americas
The ANCESTORS IN THE AMERICAS companion website helps to round
out the stories and ideas presented in this groundbreaking
series. ANCESTORS IN THE AMERICAS was the first in-depth
television series to present the untold history and contemporary
legacy of early Asian immigrants to the Americas, from the 1700s
to the 1900s.
- Asian Americans
The purpose of this web report is to provide a brief history of
Asian-Pacific-American immigration; the impact of Asian Pacific
Americans on business, education, and the political process; and
contributions of Asian-Pacific-Americans to the Department of
Defense. The report contains a link to a
chronology of Asian-American immigration from 1600 to 1989.
- Asian
Nation: The History of Asians in America
The purpose of the Asian-American website is to serve as a
concise but comprehensive information resource on the
Asian American community. The website contains a detailed
article on the history of Asian-American immigration and
includes statistics, historical photographs, and a bibliography.
The article also discusses American legislation related to
immigration such as the Chinese-Exclusion Act and the 1965
Immigration Act.
- Documenting
the South-east Asian Refugee Experience
This website documents the Southeast Asian refugee experience;
it focuses on the experiences of Vietnamese, Laotian, Hmong, and
Cambodian-Americans.
- The
Gold Mountain: Asian-Americans in the West
This section of the West-Web website provides information about
Asian-Americans in the West. Under Texts, the user will find
examples of primary texts, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act and
literary works, or secondary texts, such as critical essays or
historical studies. The Links to Other Sites section contains a
collection of links to sites dealing with various issues in
Asian-American history, such as WWII internment or immigration
history. Finally, under Images, the user will find both general
collections which include some images of Asian-American history
and direct links to pictures available online.
- A
History Bursting With Telling: Asian Americans in Washington State
The Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest and the
University of Washington Department of History jointly developed
this Curriculum Project for Washington State Schools. This
project discusses how Chinese, Japanese, and Filipinos came to
Washington State, struggled against discrimination, labored to
earn their living, and created distinctive cultures and
identities. This website chronicles, in a small way, how some
Asian immigrants became Asian Americans. Because of space
restrictions, this project focuses on Chinese, Japanese, and
Filipino Americans, the three largest and oldest groups in
Washington. Other immigrant groups from Korea, the
PacificIslands, and Southeast Asia, receive limited attention
here. The documents are organized by three general themes:
migration, labor, and community.
- Rural
Migration News
Rural Migration News summarizes the most important immigration and
integration developments affecting residents of cities and towns
in the agricultural areas of the United States. It is published
quarterly on October 15, January 15, April 15, and July 15. The
purpose of Rural Migration News is to provide summaries of recent
developments that can be read in 60 minutes or less. Most issues
also include special reports, abstracts of selected papers, and
announcements of conferences and upcoming events
- U.S.
Immigration Center: A Legislative History
U.S. immigration legislation is also a key factor in determining
the numbers and composition of Americas new residents. This
overview highlights the history of U.S. immigration legislation
and the parallel rise and fall in numbers and changing ethnic
makeup.
- U.S.
History Internet Resources: Asian American History
The University of Minnesota History Department complied this
diverse list of Asian-American History Resources. It provides
links for Cambodian-Americans, Chinese-Americans,
Filipino-Americans, Japanese-Americans, Korean-Americans, and
Vietnamese-Americans. The site also allows users to organize the
resources in chronological order from the 1860s to the 1990s.
Cambodian Americans
- Cambodia: Beauty and
Darkness
This site provides information on recent history of Cambodia,
particularly the Khmer Rouge period, as well as information relating
to Cambodian refugees and immigrants abroad. The site also contains
a lengthy bibliography of relevant websites.
- Documenting
the South-east Asian Refugee Experience
This website documents the Southeast Asian refugee experience; it
focuses on the experiences of Vietnamese, Laotian, Hmong, and
Cambodian-Americans.
- Southeast
Asia Archives
The University of California Irvine created this list of web
resources about the resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees and
immigrants in the United States plus the culture and history of
Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
Chinese Americans
- Asian
Americans - Chinese Immigration
This article provides an overview of Chinese immigration to the
United States from the 1840s to the 1980s.
- Chinese
in California
The Chinese in California illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth
century Chinese immigration to California from 1850 to 1925 through
about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials.
These documents describe the experiences of Chinese immigrants in
California, including the nature of inter-ethnic tensions. They also
document the specific contributions of Chinese immigrants to
commerce and business, architecture and art, agriculture and other
industries, and cultural and social life in California Chinatown in
San Francisco receives special treatment as the oldest and largest
community of Chinese in the United States. Also included is
documentation of smaller Chinese communities throughout California,
as well as material reflecting on the experiences of individuals.
The materials in this online compilation are drawn from collections
at The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley.
- A History of
Chinese Americans in California: 1850-1900
This website provides users with a detailed report of the history of
Chinese Americans in California from 1850-1900. This site contains
information about several Chinese-American historic sites in
California.
- The
Promise of Gold Mountain: Tucson's Chinese Heritage
This site traces the history of Chinese Americans in Tucson. It
includes information on Chinatowns, farming and small business, and
railroad buildings as well as some short biographies.
- Separate
Lives, Broken Dreams
Separate Lives, Broken Dreams explores the deep and broad impact
that Chinese Exclusion had on individual lives, families, and entire
communities in America and China. As fears regarding America's
economy and security ebb and flow through our national
consciousness, public sentiment and politicians focus once again on
new and existing immigrants. One hundred twenty years after the
passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, America continues to grapple
with both its image and the stark reality of all that is encompassed
by its descriptor, "the land of immigrants." This list
includes a glossary and a list of web resources.
Filipino Americans
- Filipino
Americans
This article about the history of Filipino Americans is from the
Commission of Asia Pacific Americans Association (CAPAA) website. It
includes information about immigration, civil rights struggles,
current population, noteworthy Filipino Americans and Filipino
veterans of World War II.
- Filipino-Americans
in History: From the Manila Men, to the Alaskeros, to Miss America
This article summarizes Filipino-American history from the 1500s to
the 1990s. The author is Joann Natalia Aquino, a freelance
professional writer/ journalist, and a Legislative Liaison working
on public policy development and legislative affairs for the
Governors Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs for the
State of Washington.
- Filipino
American History Resources
This guide serves as a starting point for research about the history
and accomplishments of Filipino Americans. Some of the topics
covered include Filipino-American War Brides, the history of
Filipinos in Chicago, and Filipino Workers in Hawaii.
- Filipino
Americans in Seattle
This article summarizes the history of Filipino Americans in Seattle
and is from HistoryLink.org, an online encyclopedia of Seattle and
King County history.
Hmong Americans
- Documenting
the South-east Asian Refugee Experience
This website's focus is to document the Southeast Asian refugee
experience focusing on the experiences of Vietnamese, Laotian, Hmong,
and Cambodian-Americans.
- Hmong
means Free
First chapter of a book about the Hmong experience inLaos and in
theU.S. It is divided into the following sections: Geography,
History, and Ethnic Composition, French Colonial Rule, Japanese
Occupation, First Indochina War, American Intervention in Laos,
The Laotian Civil War, Second Indochina War, and Adapting to Life
in the United States
- The
Hmong People in the U.S
This website discusses the Hmong people and their immigration to
the U..S. and includes a bibliography
- Hmong
Studies Journal
Hmong Studies Journal is an Internet-based publication devoted to
the scholarly discussion of Hmong history, Hmong culture, Hmong
people, and other facets of the Hmong experience in the U.S., Asia
and around the world.
- Southeast
Asia Archives
The University of California Irvine created this list of web
resources about the resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees and
immigrants in the United States, plus the culture and history of
Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
Indian Americans
Japanese Americans
- Asian
Americans: Japanese Immigration
This article provides an overview of Japanese immigration into the
United States from the 1800's to the 1940's.
- Five
Views: Japanese Americans in California
This chapter of the online book, Five Views, discusses the
history of the Japanese Americans in California. The chapter is
divided into six sections. This publication also includes historical
photographs and a bibliography.
- Immigration
- The Journey to America: The Japanese
This article provides a short overview of Japanese-American
immigration and settlement from the 1870's to the 1990's. It mainly
focuses on the Japanese in Hawaii and contrasts their experiences
with the Japanese in mainland America.
- The
Japanese American Network
This portal site has many links to information about Japanese
American history, including a number of sites focusing on Japanese
American Internment during WWII. It includes a chronology and links
to Japanese Town (San Francisco) photographs.
Korean Americans
- Korean
American Digital Archive
The Korean American Digital Archive brings more than 13,000 pages of
documents, over 1,900 photographs, and about 180 sound files together
in one searchable collection that documents the Korean American
community during the period of resistance to Japanese rule in Korea
and reveal the organizational and private experience of Koreans in
America between 1903 and 1965.
- Korean
Historical Society
Founded in 1985, Korean American Historical Society (KAHS) is
a nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the collective
memory of Korean Americans through collecting, maintaining, and
transmitting the heritage and achievements of Koreans living in
the United States and abroad. Their website has excellent resource
page for Korean-American immigration featuring chronologies,
bibliographies, and articles.
- Traditions
of Change: Korean Immigration to Washington State
This article summarizes the history of Korean immigration to
WashingtonState from the 1900s to the 1990s. This article is brief
but it does discuss the various reasons why Koreans immigrated to
the United States.
- Korean
American Elders, through the decades of the 1900s
This article provides a short overview of Korean immigration into
the United States from the 1900s to the 1990s.
Vietnamese Americans
- Asian-Nation:
A Modern Day Exodus
This article is from the Asian-Nation website and focuses on
Vietnamese immigration into the United States from 1975-1992. The
exodus of approximately 125,000 citizens from Viet Nam in the months
after April 1975 was just the first of several waves of Vietnamese
refugees who would eventually settle in the U.S. There were also
significant waves of refugees in 1978, 1982, and 1992. Each of these
waves were also slightly different in terms of exactly why they
left, the personal characteristics of the refugees, and the
reception they encountered in the U.S. from Vietnamese already here
and from non-Vietnamese as well.
- Southeast
Asia Archives
The University of California Irvine created this list of web
resources about the resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees and
immigrants in the United States plus the culture and history of
Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
- Montagnards:
Their history and Culture Refugee Service Center
This booklet is a basic introduction to the history, cultures, and
resettlement experiences of the Montagnard people of Vietnam. It is
designed primarily for service providers and others assisting
Montagnard refugees in their new communities in the United States.
This profile looks at the backgrounds of the Montagnard people in
Vietnam. It also looks at their resettlement experiences in the
United States and discuses specific areas of adjustment that have
proven problematic for this population
Hispanic Americans - General
Smithsonian Resources
- A
Collector's Vision of Puerto Rico
The art and artifacts in this exhibition present a sampler of Puerto
Rico's history and culture over centuries. They are part of a vast
collection created by Teodoro Vidal, who began a personal quest in
the 1950s to document the people, history, and culture of Puerto
Rico from the 1700s to the present. Mr. Vidal donated much of this
collection of more than 3,200 artifacts to the Smithsonian
Institution in 1997.
- Hispanic-American
- Bibliography - The Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution has complied this Hispanic-American
bibliography: the bibliography includes books on Cuban Americans,
Mexican Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, as well as more general
books on the Hispanic-Americans and their experiences in the United
States.
- U.S.-
Mexico Border Issues - Smithsonian Institution
This bibliography includes selected print and electronic sources
related to U.S.-Mexico border issues that are availableat the
Smithsonian Institution Libraries, as well as various academic and
public libraries. The materials encompass a variety of disciplines
including history, political science, health science, economics,
society and culture, and the arts.
Other Resources
- Andanzas al
Web Latino
This site brings together notable e-resources by/about Latinos and
Hispanics in the U.S., with a special emphasis on the U.S.-Mexico
border region. The guide is an extensive and substantial compilation
of links to Latino/Hispanic and border studies and contains links to
websites, lists, and newsgroups. It is divided into seven
categories: Puertas Abiertas ( Major Latino Gateways), Puertas
al Sur (Gateways to Latin America), Puertas Culturales (Cultural
links), Puertas Politicas (Political links), Puertas Economics
(Economic links), and listservs and newsgroups.
- The
BiblioNoticias Series
The BiblioNoticias series is an ongoing subject-oriented
bibliography to which several new issues are added on a yearly
basis. The series is compiled by staff members at the Benson Latin
American Collection and, except where otherwise noted, all materials
cited are available in this library. Individual issues in the series
address specific subject areas, which are considered likely to be of
interest to researchers within the field of Latin American Studies.
Consequently, although the BiblioNoticias series is
collection-specific (i.e., referring only to materials available at
the Benson Latin American Collection), it is nonetheless a useful
guide for any person wishing to find some initial bibliographic
landmarks within a given subject area. Issues #65 and #95 are on
Latinos in the United States.
- Handbook of
Latin American Studies - Library of Congress
The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works
selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division
of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook
alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities.
Each year, more than 130 academics from around the world choose over
5,000 works for inclusion in the Handbook. Continuously published
since 1936, the Handbook offers Latin Americanists an essential
guide to available resources. Updated frequently, HLAS Online
provides rapid, comprehensive access to future, current, and
retrospective volumes of the Handbook.
- The
Hispanic-American Baseline Essays
Baseline Essays are a series of essays that give information about
the history, culture, and contributions of a specific geo-cultural
group in the areas of art, language, arts, mathematics, science,
social science and music. The purpose of the essays is to provide
the reader with a holistic and thematic history of the culture and
contributions of a specific geo-cultural group from ancient times to
the present
- History
of Hispanic American Immigration
This World Book Encyclopedia online article provides a concise and
informative overview of the history of Hispanic American immigration
in the United States.
- Hispanic
American History WWW Resources
Northwest Missouri State University Library created this subject
guide to help students locate pertinent web resources for Hispanic
American History.
- Hispanic
Americans - Encarta Encylopedia
This Encarta encyclopedia article provides an overview of
Hispanic-American history. The article covers the following
subjects: Mexican Americans; Puerto Ricans; Cuban Americans; Other
Hispanic Americans; Hispanic American Cultural Diversity; Hispanic
American Identity; and Current Debates.
- Hispanic America U.S.A.
According to their mandate, the purpose of the Hispanic America
organization is to publicize the contributions of Hispanics to the
United States of America. The site has received an award for Best
Veterans - Military Site for the preservation of American history,
and for academic value, historic importance and service to veteran
and military service persons. The site features pictures,
documents, and related links.
- Hispanic
Americans
This page, available via the Ekstrom Library, University of
Louisville Web site, provides links to United States government
documents about Hispanic Americans in the following categories:
census and population; economy, industry, business and labor;
education; government and politics; and health.
- Hispanic
Americans in Congress: 1822-1955
This site, available via the Library of Congress, provides
biographical and political information about Hispanics who served in
Congress from 1822-1955.
- Hispanic
Outlook
The Hispanic American Outlook in Higher Education is published 26
times a year. It is the sole Hispanic journal on today's college
campus that reaches a broad cultural audience of educators,
administrators, students, student service and community-based
organizations, plus corporations. Each edition brings forth the
significance of communication in academic circles, the importance of
positive learning experiences, the contributions of both Hispanic
and non- Hispanic role models, and constructive observations on
policies and procedures in academia.
- Hispano
Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande
Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B.
Rael Collection is an online presentation of a multi-format
ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular
music of Spanish speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and
Southern Colorado. The recordings included in the Archive of
Folk Culture collection were made in Alamosa, Manassa, and Antonito,
Colorado, and in Cerro and Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico. In addition to
these recordings, the collection includes manuscript materials and
publications authored by Rael which provide insight into the rich
musical heritage and cultural traditions of this region.
- Latin American Network
Information Center (LANIC)
This WWW site, managed by the Institute of Latin American Studies at
the University of Texas at Austin, is the most comprehensive server
and gateway of Internet resources focused on Latin America. Since
its establishment as a gopher directory in 1992, it has become a
renowned website and directory for Latin American Studies resources,
with over 3,500 links to websites, newsgroups, and listservs. This
site has earned recognition from the Internet, publishing, and
scholarly communities. LANIC's main page is organized into
geographic and subject directories, and provides access to 33
countries and 38 subjects. Also listed are ten other topics/guides
with pages of links and services including inter-disciplinary
subject-based resources, international services, virtual libraries,
conference announcements, business and personal pages, and
WWW/internet tools.
- Latino
American History: A Guide to Resources & Research on the Web
The University of Colorado Department of History created this
website to help users locate resources for Latin American History.
The site is well-organized and divided into the following subjects:
General Sources, Archives, Political Movements, Popular Culture,
Religion, Hispanic Women's History and Sources in Chronological
Order.
- Spain,
United States, & the American Frontier: Historias Paralelas
The Spain, United States, & the American Frontier: Historias
Paralelas project is a digital library portal which provides free
Internet access to certain historical documents from the following
institutions: the Library of Congress, Institucin Colombina, and
the National Library of Spain. The site features maps, rare books,
manuscripts, prints and photographs, and motion pictures. These
selected items relate to Spanish influence and interaction with
other cultures existing in the geographic areas of North America,
the Caribbean, and present-day Mexico between 1492-1898. Bilingual,
English/Spanish access is provided throughout the site whenever
possible.
Cuban Americans
- The
new Cuban-American immigration in context
This article focuses on Cuban immigration to the United States
since 1990. The paper examines trends in immigration from Cuba,
compares the magnitude of recent Cuban immigration with that from
other countries in the Caribbean, describes some social and
demographic characteristics of the new Cuba immigrants, discusses
current U.S. immigration policy towards Cuba and closes with a
delineation of policy alternatives. The author is Max Castro, a
senior research assistant at the Dante B.Fascell North-South
Center of the University of Miami.
- The
Cubans: Their History and Culture Refugee Service Center
The purpose of this fact sheet is to give those working with the
most recently arrived Cubans a brief refresher on Cuban geography
and history, particularly the history of Cuba's relations with the
United States. The fact sheet brings readers up-to-date on events
in Cuba that have resulted in the recent flows of Cubans to
Florida.
The Dominican Republic Americans
- The
Dominican Diaspora Revisited: Dominicans and Dominican Americans
Revisited
This paper presents new data on the Dominican migration process
and Dominicans in the United States. This paper examines why
migration from the Dominican Republic increased dramatically from
the 1960s to the mid 1990s and includes detailed demographic
information about the Dominicans in the United States. The author
is Max Castro, a senior research assistant at the Dante B. Fascell
North-South Center of the University of Miami.
- Las
Voces del Caribe: Recent Immigrants from the Caribbean - Yale-New
Haven Teachers Institute
This is the online version of an educational unit designed for
high school students. It focuses on three groups of Hispanic
immigrants/migrants: Cubans, Dominicans, and Puerto Ricans; it
examines the similarities and differences between these ethnic
groups in terms of their migration experiences.
Haitian Americans
- Haitian-Americans
This informative article focuses on the history and culture of
Haiti. One section of the article, entitled Reasons for
Migration and Associated Economic Factors, discusses the
history of Haitian immigration to the United States
- The
Haitians: Their History and Culture Refugee Service Center
This fact sheet is a basic introduction to the people, history,
and culture of Haiti. It is designed primarily for service
providers and others assisting refugees in their new communities
in the United States. This fact sheet also briefly discusses the
history of Haitian-American immigration.
Mexican Americans
- Five
Views: A History of Mexican Americans in California
This chapter of the online book, Five Views, discusses the history
of the Mexican Americans in California. The chapter is divided
into six sections. This publication also includes historical
photographs and a bibliography.
- Los
Braceros:1942-1964
this website discusses the history of the border agricultural
workers, from their origins in rural Mexico, to the agricultural
fields of America. It focuses on the time period of the Bracero
Treaty. In 1942, the governments of the United States and Mexico
signed this treaty for the recruitment and employment of Mexican
citizens in order to alleviate the shortages of manual labor in
the agricultural fields and to help maintain the American
railways. The treaty officially ended in 1964.This site includes
statistics, historical photos, and newspaper clippings.
- Tejano Voices
Project
The Tejano Voices Project focuses on seventy-seven oral history
interviews with Tejano and Tejana leaders from across the state of
Texas. These interviews were conducted in 1992-1999, and emphasize
the personal stories and struggles of the interviewees, many of
whom are the first individuals of Mexican descent in their
communities elected or appointed to government office. The
interviews are unique, and reflect the history of the Tejano
community as it pressed for an end to racial segregation in the
state and access to political power in the post-WWII period.
- WestWeb
- Tierra Nuestra: The Chicano West
This section of West-Web provides information about Chicanos and
Chicanas in the West. Under Texts, the user will find examples of
primary texts, such as the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, or
secondary texts, such as critical essays or historical studies.
Under Resources, the user will find biographies of Chicanos and
Chicanas as well as other resources, such as bibliographies and
teaching materials. Under Links to Other Sites, the user will find
a collection of links to sites dealing with various issues in
Chicano history, such as land grants and immigration history.
Finally, under Images, the user will find both general collections
which include some images of Chicano history and direct links to
pictures available online."
Puerto Rican Americans
- Puerto
Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth
Century Perspectives
Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and
Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives portrays the early history of
the commonwealth of Puerto Rico through first-person accounts,
political writings, and histories drawn from the Library of
Congress's General Collections. Among the topics it highlights are
the land and its resources, relations with Spain, the competition
among political parties, reform efforts, and recollections by
veterans of the Spanish-American War. The materials in the
collection were published between 1831 and 1929 and consist of 39
political pamphlets, 13 monographs, and 1 journal.
The West
The American West
- The
First American West: The Ohio RiverValley, 1750-1820
This Library of Congress site consists of 15,000 pages of original
historical material documenting the land, peoples, exploration,
and transformation of the trans-Appalachian West from the
mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. The collection is
drawn from the holdings of the University of Chicago Library and
the Filson Historical Society of Louisville, Kentucky.
- The
Multicultural American West: A Resource Site
The focus of this website is to
provide the best set of links to online documents, course syllabi,
journals, resource sites, popular culture sites, and other
relevant materials regarding the American West as a region.
According to the site creators, " The West is an extremely
rich site for exploring the rewriting of American history as the
story of interactions, often tragic, sometimes creative, among a
variety of peoples.
- The
Oregon Trail
This website is a comprehensive source of information about the
historic Oregon Trail. It includes primary sources of information
such as Trail diaries and memoirs. The site was created by Prof.
Mike Trinklein and Steve Boettcher, creators of The Oregon Trail,
the award-winning documentary film which aired nationally on PBS.
- Pacific
Northwest Quarterly
Pacific Northwest Quarterly is the leading scholarly journal
devoted to the history and culture of the northwestern United
States, Alaska, and Western Canada. Published since 1906, PNQ
offers articles, edited primary-source documents, book reviews,
announcements of conferences, information on archival collections,
and lists of publications, dissertations, and theses, all in
history and related fields of study. The journal is illustrated
and partially indexed. Articles posted on this site, from back
issues of the journal, suggest the variety of topics and the
quality of work published in PNQ.
- Trails
to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869
Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869
incorporates 49 diaries, in 59 volumes, of pioneers trekking
westward across America to Utah, Montana, and the Pacific between
1847 and the meeting of the rails in 1869. In addition to the
diaries, the collection includes 43 maps, 82 photographs and
illustrations, and 7 published guides for immigrants. The source
materials are drawn from the collections of Brigham Young
University, members of the Utah Academic Libraries Consortium, and
other archival institutions in Utah, Nevada, and Idaho.
- Westward
Expansion
This site includes information about the Lewis & Clark
Expedition, the Santa Fe Trail, the Oregon Trail, the Mormon
Pioneer Trail, the Pony Express Route, the Overland Trail and Key
Dates of Expansion. Also a story on frontier transportation
explains the important role of the transcontinental railroad and
the railroad companies
- WestWeb
WestWeb is a topically organized website about the study of the
American West. Under each topic heading, the user will find
collections of primary and secondary documents, biographical and
bibliographical resources, and lists of hot links to other sites
of interest, and images.
The Canadian West
- The
Canadian Encyclopedia
The Canadian Encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference work on all
subjects relating to Canada. Full text of the authoritative
encyclopedia about Canada and its people is available online in
English and French.
- Early Canadiana
Online
Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a digital library providing access
to over 1,279,000 pages of Canada's printed heritage. It features
works published from the time of the first European settlers up to
the early 20th Century.
- The
Canadian West
This National Archives of Canada website explores several aspects of
European arrivals and settlement in the Canadian West, and provides
a glimpse of those people who helped forge the new society and bring
the West into Confederation.
- Immigration
to Western Canada
The Canadian Museum of
Civilization produced this article about immigration to Western
Canada from the late 1800s to the early 20th century.
- The
Peopling of Canada
The peopling of Canada is a history of migrations. This tutorial
examines one of Canada's most important migration periods. Between
1891 and 1921, millions of migrants left their homelands and
journeyed to Canada. Some, Canadians and non-Canadians, left Canada
to settle elsewhere. Many other Canadians moved from within Canada
to different regions of the country. Because of these migrations,
Canada's population grew, frontiers of settlement were extended and
the ethnic composition of the population diversified.
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