Migration to New Worlds

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Overview

Migration to New Worlds [1]provides access to documents related to emigration to the United States, Canada and Australasia during the ‘century of immigration’ from 1800 to 1924. Documents from the eighteenth century and some later material are also included.

This resource provides access to manuscript correspondence, diaries and travel journals, providing first-person accounts of the experiences of emigrants from various countries. It features material on English, Scandinavian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Polish and Scottish migrant experiences, along with some documents covering Chinese and Japanese migration to the United States. Primary source documents have been sourced from 15 contributing archives, libraries and museums, including material from the National Archives UK, Maritime Museum of San Diego, Museum Victoria, the Tenement Museum (New York) and the Maritime Museum of Tasmania.

Module 1: The Century of Immigration was released in November 2015.

Provider:

Adam Matthew Digital [2]

Posted:

Apr 8, 2015 10:18am

Updated:

Jun 16, 2016 12:00am

Source

CRL reviews are based on independent research. Information is researched by CRL staff and other specialists at CRL libraries. See CRL Review for additional source notes.

Details

Collection Content

Subject Areas:

Social Sciences

Resource Types:

Archival materials

Correspondence

Drawings

Government publications

Legal documents

Maps

Newspapers

Photographs

Reports

Transcription

Major Languages:

English

German

French

and Italian

- Denotes data sourced directly from publisher

Content Details:


Topics covered	Multi-archive collection provides a wide-ranging and in depth look at the emigration of peoples from Great Britain, mainland Europe and Asia during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, covering the following main topics: Motives for Emigration; Departures: Port Conditions and Organisation; Ships and Shipping Lines; Journey Conditions; Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences; Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community; Responses to Immigration;Politics, Legislation and Governance; Onward Trave; Permanent Settlement and Successive; Remigration
Geographic coverage	Covers the migration of people from Britain, Europe and Asia to North America and Australia
Chronological coverage	1800-1924
Source format(s)	Primary sources complimented by additional contextual research and teaching tools. Document types include: Correspondence, manuscript, printed books, printed extracts, photographs, objects, pamphlets, personal accounts, ephemera, legal papers, illustrations, shipping papers, watercolours, reports, leaflets, newspapers, postcards, maps, ship plans, periodicals, oral history (audio), 360 objects, posters, scrapbooks, sheet music, oral history (video). Contextual features include: An interactive data map showing emigration and immigration patterns for The US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand over time; Interactive floor plans of migrant housing in New York; Specially commission photographs of the Star of India ship; A photographic tour of the Grosse Ile quarantine station; Thematic essays written by leading academics; Biogrpahies of immigration agents
Total titles	2,437
Total pages	372,285
Major language (s)	English
Digital collection launch date	Publication of Module 1: November 2015
Completion date	Module 1 is now available. Publication of Module 2 will be in 2017
Collection ongoing	Module 2 (The Modern Era) will be published in 2017
Update frequency	One further module in 2017: Module 2 content will be made available in one release in 2017 as a supplement to Module 1 and contained within the same portal
Available supplements	Compatible content available in other Adam Matthew titles can be cross-searched through 'Archive Explorer' if an institution has access to these other collections. Module 2 content will be made available in one release in 2017 as a supplement to Module 1 and contained within the same portal

Specifications

Metadata:


MARC records available	Free to download MARC 21 records from our website amdigital.co.uk
Creator of MARC records	Adam Matthew
Source for obtaining MARC records	http://www.amdigital.co.uk/support/for-librarians/marc-records/ [3]
Fee for MARC records	Free to download MARC 21 records from our website amdigital.co.uk

Technical Platform:


Browser compatibility	IE9+, Latest versions of Chromr, Firefox and Safari on Mac
Authentication options	IP including Proxy
Archiving solution (master files)	Portico Dark Archiving
Archiving solution (derivative files)
Available in web discovery tools	Google: Adam Matthew provide data to major academic discovery services
Open url target	N/A: OpenUrl links are provided for any secondary references e.g. in essays and relevant link resolver details held in our access management database
Federated searching, z39.50	SRU can be supported on request
Local host option	YES: Adam Matthew can supply raw data and image files
Usage stats based on Counter code	Counter 4 compliant

Interface Tools:


Full text displayed	Printed items and metadata across all documents are full text searchable
Page images	Scrollable zoom functionality; image rotation; browse pages; display pages at full-screen or view thumbnails of all images in a document
Color images	Full colour scans/images
Search full text	Boolean search enabled
Advanced search	Boolean search enabled with options to filter search by document title, author, ships, port, country, nationality, document type, theme, library/archive, date (year to and from), visual galleries and secondary resources
Search within results	Ability to search full text within documents that have been returned through search results
Limit results by dates and/or document types	Results can be limited by document type, theme, library/archive, by documents or secondary resources and can be sorted by title, date, theme, document type, module and library/archiveAt document level users can browse by section, chapter or visual highlights
Display highlighted search terms	Search terms highlighted in document image/page and also highlighted in thumbnails and image snippet at document level.
Display snippet (search term in context)	Image snippets showing search term in context are displayed at document level
Relevance sorting	Images containing search term can be sorted by relevance, pages and number of hits
Save searches	Searches can be saved to 'My Archive', a free repository built into the resource
Download PDF	All documents and document images can be downloaded to PDF either in full or a specified page range.
Download HTML
Print page	Print through browser or download to PDF to print
Print full document	Print through browser or download to PDF to print
Export citations	All documents can be exported to Endnote and Refworks to generate biliographic data.Citations are provided for all documents.
Annotation tools
Cross-product searching	Complimentary content available in other Adam Matthew titles can be cross-searched through 'Archive Explorer' if an institution has access to these other collections.
ILL permitted	Scholarly Sharing: Authorised Users may transmit to a third party colleague in hard copy or electronically, minimal, insubstantial amounts (defined as no more than 5% [five percent] of the total collection of the Licensed Materials) of the Licensed Materials for personal use or scholarly, educational or scientific research but in no case for re-sale.
Text/data mining permitted	Offline data is by application. Restricted to non-commerical use.
Restrictions on use	Authorised users only: The licensee shall not modify or create a derivative work of the licensed materials without the prior written permission of licensorThe licensee may not remove, obscure or modify any copyright or other notices included in the Licensed MaterialsThe licensee may not use the Licensed Materials for commerical purposes, including but not limited to the sale of the Licensed Materials or bulk reproduction or distribution of the Licensed Materials in any form

Terms and Provider Details

Terms:


Subscription option	None
Purchase option	One-time purchase, perpetual access
Multiple year payments option	Yes: Can discuss directly with Adam Matthew the requirements for this option.
Maintenance fees	None
Hosting charges	0.5% of net purchase price, paid annually or 7.5% of net purchase price to cover perpetual hosting on Adam Matthew server

Provider:

Adam Matthew Digital [2]

Website:

http://www.amdigital.co.uk/ [4]

Main Address:

Pelham House, Pelhams Court

London Road

Marlborough

SN8 2AG

United Kingdom

CRL Review

Collection Content:

Migration to New Worlds provides access to documents related to emigration to the United States, Canada and Australia during the ‘century of immigration’ in the period 1800 to 1924.

This collection mainly focuses on European emigration, including material on English, Scandinavian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Polish, and Scottish settlers. It also includes some documentation on Chinese and Japanese movements to the United States.

The collection contains:

Complete CO 384 files from the UK National Archive: Emigration Original Correspondence from the War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office
Logbooks of the Euterpe/Star of India emigrant ship
McRoberts Collection of ocean liner photographs from 1860 onwards
Canadian emigration pamphlets, with particular encouragement for women to emigrate
manuscript correspondence
diaries
travel journals
posters
postcards
notebooks
photographs
statistics
printed books
newspapers, magazines, and periodicals

Sourced from 15 contributing archives:

American Antiquarian Society
British Library
California Historical Society
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Glenbow Museum
Grosse Île (Parks Canada)
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Liverpool Record Office
Merseyside Maritime Museum, Maritime Archives & Library
Maritime Museum of Tasmania
Maritime Museum of San Diego
Museum Victoria
The National Archives, UK
Robert Opie Collection
Tenement Museum, New York.

Delivery:

The content is backed up by PORTICO dark archiving.

Special features included are:

Interactive features showing: tenement housing, an emigrant ship and a quarantine station
Ship plans
Contextual essays
Interactive map
Visual galleries
Online exhibitions
Oral histories

Terms:

Access to the database is granted through a one-time purchase (subject to an annual hosting fee) allowing an unlimited numbers of concurrent users, remote access, downloads and scholarly sharing.

This purchase is subject to Adam Matthew's standard license [5].

Sources

Sources for this review include information publicly posted or obtained directly from the publisher; data collected by CRL staff and specialists at CRL libraries; and examination of the digital collection when possible. Other sources are noted where cited. CRL continues to gather additional information on this resource and to solicit critical assessment.

CRL Offers & Status

Status	Current	Description
CRL Flagged	no	Potential interest to CRL community
Offer Pending	no	Currently a candidate for CRL offer
Active Offer	no	Currently offered for purchase or new subscription
Trial Access	no	Available for trial
Renewal Offer	no	Currently offered for renewal
Expired Offer	yes	Past offers
Inactive / Declined	no	No longer under consideration by CRL
Reviewed by CRL	yes	Evaluation available by CRL and community
Special Access	no	Member-only access available for a limited time

The complete offer and activity details for this resource are only available to CRL members.

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