Author Archives: clarkco

Introduction

Immigrants have always been entering the United States since the start of the country. During the mid to late 1800s, there was a large increase in the amount of immigrants… Read more »

1855-1900

By The Numbers Center of Immigration Research. Italians to America Files, Manifest Header Data File. Washington DC: 1901. This file details the number of Italian immigrants that came to the… Read more »

1900-1920

A Visual of Those Who Came This picture displays a sea of Italian immigrants crossing the bridge on Ellis Island as they enter the United States. Both the men, and… Read more »

1920-1939

Making The Best Of What They Had The book discusses the the living area of Italian immigrants in the state of New Jersey. Two towns that many immigrants moved to… Read more »

1940-1960

Finally Being Recognized This article discusses the efforts made at home by Italians and Italian Americans in Boston during World War II. Lyons mentions efforts form children enlisting for the… Read more »

Sources

Primary: Altamura, Mike.  Men of the Service Company, 750th Tank Battalion. October 18th, 1944.  France.  Italian Americans in World War II.                   … Read more »