RESOURCE: The Ellis Island Foundation’s Oral History projectis

[Ryan Goble]

via @StatueEllisFdn

From 1892 to 1954, more than 12 million immigrants entered the United States through the portal of Ellis Island, a small island in New York Harbor within the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. The Ellis Island Foundation’s Oral History projectis dedicated to preserving the firsthand recollections of immigrants who passed through the Ellis Island immigration station during that period and the employees who worked there. Each person interviewed for the Oral History Library describes his or her daily life in the country of origin, family history, reasons for emigration, journey to New York, arrival and processing at Ellis Island, and adjustment to life in the United States. In addition to the free oral histories, the Ellis Island website displays an interactive Immigration Timeline showing the forces behind immigration and their impact on the immigrant experience. Students can explore the timeline by clicking or tapping each of the time periods.

Web: https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/oral-histories [website]
Web: https://libertyellisfoundation.org/oral-history-library [Oral History Library]

Web: https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/immigration-timeline[Immigration Timeline]