Cover Page and Forward to “Our Immigrants at Ellis Island.”

Two pages from the book "Our Immigrants at Ellis Island." On the left, the cover page reads: OUR IMMIGRANTS AT ELLIS ISLAND An Exercise Prepared for the Young People and Descriptive of the Reception, Inspection, and Experiences of our Immigrants in the Detention-Room and Railway Offices BY MRS. FRANCIS E. CLARK COPYRIGHT, 1912 UNITED SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR BOSTON CHICAGO." On the right, the forward to the book reads: "FOREWORD THIS exercise has been prepared in order that our young people may know more of the conditions under which the immigrants come to our shores, and may have a more sympathetic interest in their lives. All the stories here told are true accounts of real experiences of immigrants who have recently come to our country. Pictures in our home-missionary magazines and leaflets will give illustrations of the costumes needed, and a glance at the immigrants we may see in our railway stations will also help. But simply a bright-colored handkerchief and apron will do much towards picturing out one of these foreign women, and almost any old-fashioned garret will furnish carpetbags and boxes and bundles for their luggage."

Cover Page and Forward to “Our Immigrants at Ellis Island.”

Related Lessons

lesson:
Immigration and Ellis Island featuring Irving Berlin and Bruce Springsteen

Grades: High

Subjects: Social Studies/History

What was Ellis Island, and what might have been the experience of Europeans who immigrated to the United States at the turn of the century?