| North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries
and Oral Histories includes 2,162 authors and
approximately 100,000 pages of information, so providing a unique and
personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between
1800 and 1950.
Composed of contemporaneous letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives, the series provides a rich source for scholars in a wide range of disciplines. In selected cases, users will be able to hear the actual audio voices of the immigrants. The collection will be particularly useful to researchers, because much of the original material is difficult to find, poorly indexed, and unpublished; most bibliographies of the immigrant focus on secondary research; and few oral histories have been published. |
We have recently upgraded the PhiloLogic
software used by North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries
and Oral Histories, enhancing
performance and giving the collection a fresh new look. We have improved the
search engine for better performance and introduced new toolbar navigation
for easier browsing, but all other functionality of the collection remains
the same. See the
upgraded version of the database. This version of the collection will remain active until August 31, 2008. After that time, any bookmarks or links you have into any page of the database will automatically redirect to the correct page in this upgrade, but you will need to note the new location and update your bookmarks accordingly. Please e-mail any comments you have to Editor@AlexanderSt.com. |