From East and West, 1840-1870

Copy of transcript for political statement concerning European immigration to Mexico. The statement describes the terms of immigration (amount of land offered per person and per family, the requiremen…

This is an English translation of the German text, which is a historical novel about the creation of the Republic of Texas. It consists of a series of sketches that depict the new Republic of Texas as…

Title from item, from additional material accompanying item, or from information provided by the Boston Public Library. Music title page is part of sheet music for Answer to the Lament of the Irish Em…

Manuscript Map and Deed, German Emigration Company to F. T. Arnold in Comal County. Signed by the Chief Surveyor, H. Wilke, Th. Herzing, and ?, a Trustee of the German Emigration Colony. Has Adelsvere…

Newspaper clipping regarding the settlement in Texas. First portion (front side) is signed by W. D'Hanis & Co. and dated March 1846 from Antwerp. Second portion (front side) mentions Haby's return to…

List of emigrants going from Antwerp to Galveston. Signed Guillaume D'Hanis and dated January 21 and April 1, 1846 in Antwerp. "Ledger of the emigrants embarked this day on the ship "Diamond". [2] p.…

Theodore Rodolf came to Wisconsin from Switzerland in 1834, settling in the lead country of Lafayette County. Drawn to the area because of its rising economic importance, Rodolf met many prominent Wis…

Long packtrain of miners, wagons, and oxen crossing mountain pass; overturned wagon and dead horse in foreground; abandoned wagons along road. Printed title (LC). From periodical?

Soon after Wisconsin became a state, the legislature established a Commission of Emigration to actively encourage the settlement of European immigrants. In this 1853 report to the governor, a member o…

Includes text and illustrations Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Color not given.

Print ed. also available in the Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo UT 84602 Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley : illustrated with steel engravings and wood cuts from sk…

Signed lower center (on trunk): Homer. Signed lower right: Damoreau. Foster number: 145 Published in: Ballou's Pictorial, Volume XIII, 31 October 1857, p. 273. Foster, Allen Evarts, "A Check List of I…

Portage County was home to one of the first large Polish communities in the United States. This article looks at Polish settlement in the county, describing some of the earliest immigrants and their a…

This German text is a work of fiction that paints a historical picture of life in Spanish Texas. The protagonist is a young Spanish immigrant, Don Hesu Navarro, who befriends Tehuan and his family. Th…

Several Chinese workers on a railroad hand car in an arid landscape.

Chinese likely working on the Transcontinental Railroad across the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Chinese laborers working near entrance to Summit Tunnel. DCB