Download or read book Visiting Ellis Island written by Ivan Chermayeff and published by New York : Collier Books ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International. This book was released on 1992 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellis Island is the port through which nearly half of the Europeans who emigrated to America passed. This book features the museum's highlights and a brief history of the immigrant experience.
Download or read book What Was Ellis Island written by Patricia Brennan Demuth and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-03-13 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island was the gateway to a new life in the United States for millions of immigrants. In later years, the island was deserted, the buildings decaying. Ellis Island was not restored until the 1980s, when Americans from all over the country donated more than $150 million. It opened to the public once again in 1990 as a museum. Learn more about America's history, and perhaps even your own, through the story of one of the most popular landmarks in the country.
Download or read book Ellis Island written by Hilarie N. Staton and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the main entry facility for immigrants coming to the United States for more than half a century, Ellis Island was the last stop before a move to freedom in America. About 12 million people from Europe and elsewhere entered teh United States through this portal. The fascinating Ellis Island uses immigrants' own words, photographs, and full-color illustrations to explore the significance to those who wished to pursue the American Dream.
Download or read book The Ellis Island Collection written by Brad Tuttle and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2004-06-24 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the legacy of Ellis Island via this fascinating collection. Between 1892 and 1924, millions of people from all corners of the globe waited a stone's throw from Lady Liberty, hoping to pass the rigorous inspections that could allow or deny them to set foot on U.S. soil. In this box you'll find more than 25 meticulously reproduced replicas of artifacts documenting the complicated immigration process at the "Island of Hope, Island of Tears." Hold pieces of history as you reflect on the immigrant experience at Ellis Island. Includes - Boarding card of an immigrant - Ship passenger list - Passport of an immigrant - Ellis Island dining room menu - Declaration of Intention form - Landing card - Steamship company's poster advertisement - Literacy test - Photographic portraits of families on Ellis Island - And much, much more!
Download or read book Ellis Island written by Terry Allan Hicks and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2007 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An exploration of the island that served as a gateway to thousands of immigrants and that has since become an important American symbol"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Ellis Island written by Tamara L. Britton and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history of Ellis Island, which housed the United States' most important immigration processing center from 1892 through 1943, serving seventeen million immigrants.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Ellis Island written by Barry Moreno and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2004-12-30 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellis Island, at the southern tip of Manhattan, was the major portal for European immigrants to the United States and looms large in 19th century and early 20th century history. After extensive restoration, today it is a national symbol and important museum. Authored by a noted historian and librarian at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, this is the first encyclopedia devoted to the Island, documenting its various incarnations. It contains more than 430 essay entries on the crucial people, operations, rooms and buildings, events, immigration laws and acts, organizations, and other terms associated with the island's history. This ready reference is perfect for synthesizing information for student reports on immigration and heritage. Genealogists and browsers will find this captivating reading as well. A chronology, primary document appendixes, and plentiful photos are added value.
Download or read book An Ellis Island Time Capsule written by Rachael Hanel and published by Capstone Press. This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The artifacts of Ellis Island tell the story of millions of immigrants who passed through its halls on their journey to a new life in the United States. A 1900 photograph of the Statue of Liberty, an antique stethoscope, and a jigsaw puzzle are some of the primary sources that can help students better understand the experience of journeying through Ellis Island in the early 1900s. Explore these and more in this Time Capsule History book!"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Ellis Island and the Peopling of America written by Virginia Yans-McLaughlin and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellis Island has become an invaluable resource center on immigration and genealogy as well as a national tourist attraction, widely praised for its excellent displays and informative exhibits. Now, the best of the Ellis Island Museum is available to readers in this book that provides an exciting overview of the island, placing it in historical context with a concise history of immigration and global migration. Photos, charts, map, graphs & cartoons.
Download or read book Ellis Island written by John S. Berman and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Called both the "Island of Hope" and "Island of Tears," Ellis Island has a history as rich and surprising as that of the immigrants who passed through its doors. Between 1892 and 1954, it was the first stop for some 12 million immigrants coming to America, a tiny speck of land in New York Harbor that served as their gateway to new lives in a strange new world. Their experiences are put into vivid historical context, highlighted with riveting firsthand accounts and vintage photographs that eloquently capture their hope and heartbreak. In addition, you'll read accounts of the hardworking officials manning the station and the reformers who strove to salvage the immigrants' humanity on their journey through the Golden Door.
Download or read book Ellis Island Immigration Museum written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, in New York City, which is part of the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Explains that the museum honors Ellis Island as the gateway in which millions of immigrants passed from 1892-1954.
Download or read book Ellis Island written by Ivan Chermayeff and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the immigrant's experiences and their pilgrimage of hope.
Download or read book Arriving at Ellis Island written by Dale Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Time line- Focus boxes- Maps- Primary source documents- Glossary, Index
Download or read book Ellis Island written by R. Conrad Stein and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 1992-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history, closing, and restoration of the Ellis Island immigration center and depicts the experiences of the immigrants who came to Ellis Island at the turn of the twentieth century.
Download or read book To Redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the Third Floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum Located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor as the Bob Hope Memorial Library written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ellis Island immigration museum written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spaces of History and Identity at Ellis Island Immigration Museum written by Joanne F. Maddern and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
