Re: People who went thru Ellis Island

[Peter Milbury <pmilbury@ERICIR.SYR.EDU>]

Dear LM_NET Colleagues,

On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Kaaren Linton wrote:
> Another request for a student working on a history assignment.  This
> student is working on an Ellis Island project and has been told that she
> must have 50 primary sources (interviews, documents, etc.) pertaining to

  The Library of Congress American Memory site has oodles of primary
sources of that type.

  Just go to:  http://memory.loc.gov/
and use the search engine there on the home page. Better yet, browse the
various collections, and get to know this rich wealth of primary sources!
It is superb!

Peter Milbury                          pmilbury@cusd.chico.k12.ca.us

Librarian-Mentor Teacher      http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~pmilbury
American Memory Fellow:  Library Of Congress - National Digital Library
Chico High School, Chico, CA 95926     http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us
A National Blue Ribbon and California Distinguished School 530-891-3036
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