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log in or sign upMigration to New Worlds 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.
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:
Sourced from 15 contributing archives:
The content is backed up by PORTICO dark archiving.
Special features included are:
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.