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Books on: new york ellis island

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In the Shadow of Liberty: The Chronicle of Ellis Island

Book by Edward Corsi; Macmillan, 1935

Subjects:

Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. And N.J.), United States--Emigration And Immigration

Collections: History, Entire Library

...The News," New York. ELLIS ISLAND FROM THE AIR...reports of the Ellis Island Immigration Station and the New York State Hospital...CHAPTER IV ELLIS ISLANDS ROMANTIC BACKGROUND NEW YORK, where I had...
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Around Manhattan Island and Other Maritime Tales of New York

Book by Brian J. Cudahy; Fordham University Press, 1997

Subjects:

Harbors--New York (State)--New York--History--20th Century

Collections: Entire Library

This book contains six different stories about six different maritime subjects, each involving the port of New York in a central and important way. A second theme common to all six stories - perhaps the only other one - is sheer personal interest on my part. The stories also include one or more ...
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This book contains six different stories about six different maritime subjects, each involving the port of New York in a central and important way. A second theme common to all six stories - perhaps the only other one - is sheer personal interest on my part. The stories also include one or more appendices found at the end of the book (before the index).
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New York: A Guide to the Empire State

Book by New York State Writers' Program; Oxford University Press, 1940

Subjects:

New York (State), New York (State)--Guidebooks

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Long Island Tour Map...Railroads: New York Central System...Pennsy. ; Long Island R.R.; Delaware...R. D. H. ; New York, New Haven...the glory of New York State; the duck farms of Long Island give their region...
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Willa Cather's New York: New Essays on Cather in the City

Book by Merrill Maguire Skaggs; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Cather, Willa--1873-1947--Knowledge--New York (N.Y.), City And Town Life In Literature, New York (N.Y.)--In Literature, New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual Life--20th Century, Women And Literature--New York (State)--New York

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...I was born a New York boy, educated...miles out on the island, I thought it...Nebraska and New York are again juxtaposed...Treasure of Far Island (1902), when...shelter artists in New York suburbs, one near Long Island Sound, steel-blue...
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A Short and Remarkable History of New York City

Book by Jane Mushabac, Angela Wigan; Fordham University Press, 1999

Subjects:

New York (N.Y.)--History--Chronology, New York (N.Y.)--History--Pictorial Works

Collections: History, Entire Library

...visitors buy tickets to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty...first Chinese ship in New York Birds-Eye View of New...Biaekmar in 199a. Ellis Island 1892 The episcopal Cathedral...depres- sion. 1893 The New York City inventor Thomas...

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Journal Articles on: new york ellis island

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Ellis Island a Welcome Site? Only after Years of Reform

Journal article by Henry P. Guzda; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 109, 1986

Subjects:

Ellis Island--History, Emigration and immigration--History, Howe, Frederick C.--Biography, New York, New York--History, United States history--Social aspects, United States. Department of Commerce--History, United States. Department of Labor--History, Watchorn, Robert--Biography, Williams, William--Biography

Collections: Entire Library

...operation of Ellis Island. The island...from the New Jersey shoreline in New York Harbor...Commissioner of Ellis Island, William...lawyer from New York. He was an...from the Ellis Island debarkation...them on the New York, New Haven...
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Immigration and Net Migration in New York City 1980-90: A Small Area Analysis

Journal article by Katherine Hempstead; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 30, 2002

Subjects:

Immigration policy--New York, Local government--Management, Migration, Internal--New York, New York, New York--Emigration and immigration

Collections: Entire Library

...major sources of New York City immigration were Caribbean islands such as the Dominican...10302 Staten Island 0.0185...published by New York City Department...and business. New York, NY: Wiley. Walker, R., Ellis, M., Barff...
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Tragedy and Transformation in New York City

Journal article by Brian J. Godfrey; The Geographical Review, Vol. 92, 2002

Subjects:

Cities and towns--Social aspects, New York, New York--History, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001

Collections: Entire Library

...maintain these essential public services. Invisible New York provides a haunting photographic survey of the citys...Verrazano Narrows Bridges; the deteriorating ruins on Ellis and Roosevelt Islands; railroad yards and transportation facilities; crumbling...
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Original Inventories of Early New York Jews (1682-1763)

Journal article by Leo Hershkowitz; American Jewish History, Vol. 90, 2002

Subjects:

American Jewish Historical Society, American Jews--Analysis, American Jews--History, Jews, American--Analysis, Jews, American--History, New York Historical Society, New York. Supreme Court

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Citty of New York S.S.The Court of Record of the City...3.) Levi v. Vanderwilde. (4.) New York State Library, Albany, Will Liber...library of Congregation Shearith Israel, New York City. Another inventory may have existed...
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Policing the cinema: Traffic in Souls at Ellis Island, 1913

Journal article by Lee Grieveson; Screen, Vol. 38, 1997

Subjects:

Critical Theory, Film Criticism, Identity (Philosophical Concept), Motion Pictures, Poststructuralism, Television

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Souls, the abduction at Ellis Island and at Penn Station figure...Manuscripts Division, New York Public Library (hereafter...Immigrant Girls Home in New York City, approached Walter...arriving in the USA via Ellis Island. 15 Haggen was clearly...

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Magazine Articles on: new york ellis island

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The Battle for Ellis Island; Preservation vs. Exploitation

Magazine article by Roberta Brandes Grastz, Eric Fettman; The Nation, Vol. 241, November 30, 1985

Subjects:

Burgee, John--Public opinion, Dickenson, Russell E.--Management, Ellis Island--Buildings and facilities, Emigration and immigration, Federal Advisory Committee Act, Iacocca, Lee A.--Management, Lax, Philip--Management, Monuments, New York, New York, Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York--Remodeling and renovation, Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation--Management

Collections: Entire Library

...Liberty and Ellis Island." The architectural...head of the New York City Landmarks...rehabilitation firm in New York City headed...living re-use of Ellis Island." At the...headquarters in New York on February...of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation...
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Ellis Island Truths Can Point the Way on Immigration

Magazine article by Martin Sieff; Insight on the News, Vol. 9, August 30, 1993

Subjects:

Ellis Island--Social aspects, Immigrants--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...on either side when I came to New York City, but that is nothing when...common with the heroic pioneers of Ellis Island. We too remember what it was...millions of lives awakening to a new beginning. For Ellis Island is linked to the Holocaust. At...
3.

Old New York

Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 78, October 2006

Subjects:

Cities and towns--Demographic aspects, Cities and towns--Description and travel, Cities and towns--Natural history, New York, New York--Demographic aspects, New York, New York--Description and travel, New York, New York--Natural history

Collections: Entire Library

...26,000 people per square kilometre New York Harbour at night, 1931. The harbour is home to Ellis Island, which was the main immigration station for New York between 1892 and 1954. Originally designed to cope with 500,000 immigrants a year, the centre...
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New York: Patricia Cleveland-Peck Visits the Big Apple in Search of Its Blossoming

Magazine article by Patricia Cleveland-Peck; History Today, Vol. 57, December 2007

Subjects:

Geography, Historical, Historical geography, New York--History, Travel--New York, Travel--Personal narratives

Collections: History, Entire Library

...only a tiny proportion of New Yorkers were able to live...negotiated the procedure at Ellis Island (which between 1892 and...FURTHER INFORMATION Governors Island www.govisland.com Wyckoff...Historic House Trust of New York City www.historichousetrust...
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France Dances through New York

Magazine article by Karyn Bauer; Dance Magazine, Vol. 75, April 2001

Subjects:

Dance companies--France, Dance festivals--New York, France Moves--2001

Collections: Entire Library

...series made by Preljocaj and inspired by his 1991 visit to Ellis Island. The son of Albanian refugees, Preljocaj explores through...diversity as its theme, "France Moves" is bringing to New York a glimpse of the result of thirty years of choreographic...

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Newspaper Articles on: new york ellis island

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New York, New York, Our Town; Immigrants Seek Its Poetry of Promise

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 9, 2002

Subjects:

New York

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...fact, the images of impoverished immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, juxtaposed to la creme de la creme of the culturally...must ask again today. At the Museum of the City of New York, another show examines the lives of Arab Americans who...
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Students Headed for Florida, New York

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 20, 2000

Subjects:

New York

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...possibly "Jekyl and Hyde" or "Les Miserables." No trip to New York would be complete without seeing the sights, and this...city. Topping the list is the Empire State Building, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. The Stageplayers took a...
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Slave Trade Shame ; 1. New Arrivals: Irish Migrants Queue Up at New Yorks Ellis Island 2. Bondage: Many Irish in America Were Opposed to Abolition of the Evil Trade

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 2, 2008

Subjects:

African Americans

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Queue Up at New Yorks Ellis Island 2. Bondage: Many...agreed. Experts in a new TG4 documentary reveal...therampage in New York, killed hundreds...murderous riot across New York with otherwhite people...built thesubways of New York together, they built...
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Masses Yearning to Breathe Free Actually Arrived in New Jersey

Newspaper article by Liz Trotta; The Washington Times, May 27, 1998

Subjects:

Ellis Island, New Jersey, New York

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Trotta NEW YORK - The U.S. Supreme...yesterday that Ellis Island, the fabled gateway...this decision, Ellis Island will always be part of New York in the hearts...agreement puts Ellis Island in New York and sets the state...
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ESO to Perform Boyer's 'Ellis Island: The Dream of America' May 5

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 28, 2006

Subjects:

Concerts

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...onboard ships or being processed at Ellis Island, on a screen suspended above the stage...actors recites lines from Lazarus "The New Colossus," with all seven joining...and the actors recorded in a New York studio six months later. Actors heard...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: new york ellis island

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Ellis Island

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ELLIS ISLAND island, c.27 acres (10.9 hectares), in Upper New York Bay, SW of Manhattan island...had an ancestor arrive at Ellis Island. Now part of the Statue of...acres (1.3 hectares) belong to New York, the remainder (created by...
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New York , State, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...See A. C. Flick, A History of The State of New York (10 vol., 1933 37; repr. 10 vol. in 5, 1962); D. M. Ellis, A History of New York State (1967); E. Wilson, Upstate: Records and Recollections of Northern New York (1971); W. Smith, The...
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New York Bay

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...facilities on all shores, the New Jersey waterfront is now the most active (see Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ). Ellis and Liberty islands (both part of Statue of Liberty National Monument) and Governors Island (site of Fort Jay) are in...
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New York , City, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Downing Stadium). In New York Bay are Liberty Island (with the Statue of Liberty ); Governors Island ; and Ellis Island . New York City is the seat of the United Nations . Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings...
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Battery, The

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...park also contains a war memorial and a statue of Giovanni da Verrazano, the first European to enter New York harbor. Boats to Liberty Island and Ellis Island leave from the park. New residential communities, such as Battery Park City, are developing...

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