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Immigrants' Protective League Records, 1919-1967

The Immigrants' Protective League was founded in 1908 as a resource for all new immigrants arriving in Chicago. The Immigrants' Protective League records contain reports, memoranda, case histories, affidavits, legislative bills, dissertations, press releases, resolutions, photographs, maps, addresses, statements, clippings, and articles.

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Illiteracy Commission of the United States, 1920-1931 (Folder 48)
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Illiteracy statistics in Illinois by county, including documents detailing ways to improve literacy rates in the state and documents relating to the Adult Education Bill. Includes articles on the Adult Education law by Mrs. Kenneth Rich of the Immigrants' Protective League.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants and Race Relations Clippings, 1919-1924 (Folder 68)
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Selection of magazine cuttings, article reprints and pamphlets, including the Congressional Record and a transcript of a speech made in the House of Representatives, concerning immigration to the United States, race relations and racial types.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League Annual Meetings, Director Addresses, 1945-1950 (Folder 49)
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Texts of addresses to various annual meetings of the Immigrants' Protective League by Director Mrs. Kenneth F. (Adena M.) Rich, discussing naturalization, citizenship, reunion of families, expatriation, immigration problems, impact of the Second World War and displaced persons in the United States. Includes copy of article "Current Immigration Problems" by Adena M. Rich.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League Case Histories, 1920-1933 (Folder 50)
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Documents discussing topics such as naturalization, citizenship, the Cable Act, reunion of families, expatriation, immigration problems and deportation. Includes individual case studies of immigrant life in the United States and a photograph of an immigrant couple.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League Case Histories, 1934-1954 (Folder 51)
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Materials on topics including naturalization, citizenship, reunion of families, expatriation, immigration problems, the impact of the Second World War, displaced persons in the United States and deportation. Includes reprint of a Life Magazine article on New Americans.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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UIC and on-campus only
Immigrants' Protective League Cheating Report No. VI (Folder 52)
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Reports of complaints by migrants against steamship companies and other fraudulent operators, including case histories. Also discusses cheating in business by immigrants.
Date:
circa 1920s
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League Correspondence and Reports, 1910-1918 (Folder 53a)
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Statistics on the foreign population in Illinois. Subscription information and correspondence regarding financial support for the Immigrants' Protective League. Includes a conference program from the Conference of Oppressed or Dependent Nationalities, and a report on work of the Legal Aid Bureau done in cooperation with the Immigrants' Protective League.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League Correspondence and Reports, 1919-1924 (Folder 53b)
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Information on membership and financial contributions to the Immigrants' Protective League. Includes a summary of suggestions for immigrant services.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League Correspondence and Reports, 1924 (Folder 53c)
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Report on the work of the Immigrants' Protective League after the passage of the "Quota Act" of 1921, including individual case histories.
Date:
1924
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League Finances, 1927-1933 (Folder 55)
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Bank documents and other financial records of the Immigrants' Protective League. Includes a list of banks and individual bankers who provide financial support to the League.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League Historical Statement (Folder 57)
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Statements and reports from the Immigrants' Protective League on its work, programs, and organization, including some statistical summaries.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League Publicity, 1921-1927 (Folder 62)
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Includes copies of the newsletter Social Service, the Woman's City Club Bulletin, The Labor Bulletin, and Bulletin of the Illinois League of Women Voters containing information about the Immigrants' Protective League, issues of interest to the League. Includes articles by Mrs. Kenneth F. Rich (Adena Miller Rich), and a copy of the Chicago Naturalization Handbook.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League Publicity, 1928-1931 (Folder 63)
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Mixed material on publicity for the Immigrants' Protective League and its work, including press releases, newspaper clippings and newsletters in various languages. Documents include information on Mexican immigrants in Chicago, aid with naturalization procedures, documents on deportation, refugees and the threat of immigrant family separation. Includes a small amount of correspondence with Chicago Commons and pages from the Hull House Year Book.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League Publicity, 1935-1947 (Folder 64)
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Copies of newspapers from immigrant communities in the United States, including Yugoslavian, Swedish and Greek. Includes periodicals covering Polish migration and the Polish American community, a pamphlet "My World of Tomorrow" containing extracts from the writing of Adolf Hitler, and a list of names of immigrants with their citizenship and their questions about naturalization status.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League Work Plans, 1925-1926 (Folder 61)
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Documents regarding the reorganization and expansion of the Immigrants' Protective League. Includes newspaper clippings and a newsletter, and descriptions of individual cases assisted by the League.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League, Displaced Persons Cases (Folder 31)
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Summaries of cases from the Immigrants' Protective League involving displaced persons from various countries in Europe.
Date:
circa 1949
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League, Materials Received, 1941-1963 (Folder 59)
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Mix of material received by the Immigrants' Protective League from organizations in Chicago and beyond. Includes copy of program from memorial for Grace Abbott, booklets from the Russell Sage Foundation and the Chicago Committee To Defend America By Aiding The Allies, an annual report from the Chicago Public Library, various news bulletins and product advertising brochures.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League, Naturalization Recommendations to President's Committee, 1933-1934 (Folder 60)
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Includes a report from the Immigrants' Protective League to the President's Committee on the Revision and Codification of the Nationality Laws, making recommendations about changes to naturalization procedures.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League, Reports to the University of Chicago, 1926-1927 (Folder 65)
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Outlines for a research study covering naturalization, conditions for immigrants in Chicago, and conditions surrounding separated immigrant families. Includes reports on naturalization procedures and issues for immigrants, and progress reports for this study.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Protective League, Statements of Purpose, 1920-1930 (Folder 66)
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Material about the Immigrants' Protective League's work with Mexican immigrants in Chicago, population statistics in Chicago, and impact of immigration on demographics. Includes a pamphlet describing the history and objectives of the Immigrants' Protective League and its social work with immigrants.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Immigrants' Service League, 1944 (Folder 67)
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Pamphlet describing the International Social Service, article reprints, and an invitation to the Immigrants' Protective League 1944 Annual Meeting.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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In the Shadow of Liberty Review, 1935 (Folder 70)
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Review of Edward Corsi's book "In the Shadow of Liberty: The Chronicle of Ellis Island".
Date:
1935
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Inter-American Club, 1928-1930 (Folder 58)
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Reports on Inter-American immigration from the Immigrants' Protective League, including discussion of immigration from Mexico, Cuba and South American countries.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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International Refugee Organization, 1947-1949 (Folder 69)
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Material relating to the United Nations' International Refugee Organization (IRO) and refugees. Contains IRO publications and reports, including a copy of the IRO Constitution, the IRO News Digest from June 1948, a 1947 review of work undertaken by United Nations (UN) and its specialized agencies including the IRO, a UN Newsletter for July 1948, and a copy of a speech about the United Nations made by Secretary of State Marshall. Also includes a summary of the 1948 Displaced Persons Act, and some documents relating to the work of the Immigrants' Protective League.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Latin American Consulates in Chicago, 1943 (Folder 72)
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Mixed material, including lists of Mexican societies and associations in Chicago, a pamphlet in Spanish on the United States' Social Security law, documents about cooperation efforts between the Immigrants' Protective League and the consulates of various South American countries in Chicago, and newspaper clippings on consuls from Latin America and South America.
Date:
1943
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Latin American Project, 1925-1945 (Folder 73)
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Various reports, summaries, articles, newsletters, correspondence and case studies on Mexican immigration and Mexican immigrants in Chicago, Also includes service statistics compiled by the Protective League, a survey of Mexican contract labor camps, and documents about a project to provide naturalization assistance to Mexican immigrants in convenient Chicago locations. Outline of "The Latin American Project", a Northwestern University study of Mexican organizations.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Latin American Project, Follow-up Correspondence, 1942-1944 (Folder 75)
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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases, and other documents related to the Immigrants' Protective League's Latin American Project. Includes lists of radio stations in Illinois, notes on high-profile Mexican immigration cases and the work of the League to protect and aid them, and lists of Spanish-speaking immigrants contacted by the League.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Legislation, 1928-1956 (Folder 76)
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Legislation relating to immigration and civil rights, including a copy of the Internal Security Act of 1950. Documents include transcripts of federal government hearings on proposed amendments to the Immigration Act of 1924, documents about the "Hobbs Bill" of 1941, a special report of a House Committee on Communist Takeover and Occupation of Ukraine. Also documents issued from the American Immigration and Citizenship Conference, the National Council on Naturalization and Citizenship, and the Immigrants' Protective League.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Legislation, 1956-1960 (Folder 77)
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Legislation relating to immigration and civil rights. Includes amendment bills for immigration legislation, the text of President Eisenhower's immigration speech, copies of the Congressional Record, a report and other material from the Chicago Urban League, and various statements, press releases, and correspondence. Includes pamphlet "Refugee Immigration Facts and Figures".
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Lincoln, Abraham - photos and pamphlet, 1935-1941 (Folder 78)
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Pamphlets, drafts of pamphlets, notes, and related materials on printing and photography for the Immigrants' Protective League, all with an emphasis on Abraham Lincoln. Includes pamphlets "Washington: Historic and New", "Guide to Illinois State Buildings", "Washington: Shrine of American Patriotism", an Immigrants' Protective League informational pamphlet, and a copy of the Educational Press Bulletin.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Loss of Citizenship, 1932-1940 (Folder 79)
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Reports and notes on expatriation of minors, naturalization treaties, and the immigration status and issues pertaining to individual cases.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Maintenance Orders in Separated Families, 1931 (Folder 81)
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Report on maintenance orders in separated families by the Immigrants' Protective League, including individual cases of Czech, German, Polish and Lithuanian immigrants, and discussion on the support of relatives abroad. Presented at the Permanent Conference for the Protection of Migrants in Geneva, Switzerland.
Date:
1931
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Map of Post-war Zones of German Occupation (Folder 43)
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A printed map of Germany showing occupation zones after World War II.
Date:
circa 1945
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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McCarran-Walter Act, 1952-1955 (Folder 80)
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Publications discussing the McCarran-Walter Immigration bill, including an issue of Platform magazine, issues of the Congressional Record, and newspaper clippings.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Methods for Teaching English, 1935-1945 (Folder 82)
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Correspondence, notes, reports, and syllabus examples discussing teaching English to adults, including illiterate adults. Includes religious pamphlet 'The Game with Minutes and How to Play It'.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Mexican Naturalization in Chicago manuscript (Folder 83)
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Graduate student research paper on Mexican naturalization in Chicago. Paper discusses the work of the Immigrants' Protective League and includes letters from the Secretary of State for Texas and California.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Mexican Night, 1943-1944 (Folder 84)
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Correspondence, press release, newspaper clippings, and organizational documents for a Mexican night held at Chicago's Newberry Library as part of the Immigrants' Protective League's Latin American Project.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Mexican Welfare Council and Center, 1945-1949 (Folder 86)
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Materials concerning the Mexican Welfare Council, including invitations and a summary of recreational and educational activities provided, information about the Mexican Social Center, bylaws and financial reports of the Mexican American Council of Chicago, and a report on Mexicans in Chicago.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Mexicans in Chicago Industry, 1941-1944 (Folder 85)
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Report on employers of Mexicans in industry in Chicago, and the attitude of Mexicans towards naturalization. Includes a list of members of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce in Chicago, report of the Social Service Committee of the Pan American Council on the situation of Mexican nationals in Chicago in terms of employment, and labor and case studies of immigrant labor and refusal of employment.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Naturalization and Citizenship Project, 1938-1939 (Folder 87)
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Reports and letters discussing the proof of citizenship requirement for voting, persuant to the Permanent Registration Act of Illinois, and difficulties related to obtaining such documentation. Includes a flyer advising individuals to provide citizenship documentation for voter registration.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Naturalization and Domicile of Foreign Women, 1928-1929 (Folder 88)
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Reports discussing the legal home country ("domicile") for married, separated and divorced women, including cases in Illinois, and a list of court cases in that state. Also a report "The Naturalization of Married Women".
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Naturalization and Racial Discrimination, 1929-1933 (Folder 89)
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Materials regarding race and racial thinking. Documents discussing and analyzing the "Arabian", "Korean" and "Mongol" races, and the denial of United States citizenship to certain immigrant groups such as the Japanese. Includes a case study of the naturalization difficulties of an elderly mother of a non-citizen resident in Chicago.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Naturalization for women, 1923 (Folder 90)
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Three statistical tables summarizing the number of naturalization certificates issued to women, number of naturalization petitions filed by women, and declarations of intention filed by women in thirteen United States naturalization districts in fiscal year 1923.
Date:
1923
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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News Clippings, 1951-1954 (Folder 91)
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Includes pamphlet "From Communist Germany to the Communist UE", an outline of proposed fundraising and public relations activities for the Immigrants' Protective League, and various newspaper clippings, including on the post-World War II refugee situation.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, 1940-1943 (Folder 92)
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Material concerning the purpose, aims and history, and activities of the Immigrants' Protective League. Includes reports and notes on coordination between the League and the federal government's Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs on a Latin American Project. Includes summaries and statistics on cases from Mexico and Central and South America handled by the League.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, 1944-1946 (Folder 93)
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Correspondence regarding the Immigrants' Protective League's Latin American project, newspaper clippings on various topics relating to Latin American immigrants in the United States, reports on Mexican immigrants and naturalization, documents relating to aid in obtaining citizenship offered by the Immigrants' Protective League to immigrants from Latin America, and statistics on Latin American cases taken on by the Immigrants' Protective League in 1945.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Oriental Project, 1944-1945 (Folder 95)
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Mixture of material, including notes, letters and reports regarding efforts made by the Immigrants' Protective League in aiding Chinese immigrants in Chicago to become naturalized and obtain United States citizenship. Includes material regarding adult English language classes for Chinese men sponsored by the Immigrants' Protective League, an illustrated calendar detailing Chinese businesses in Chicago and programs for Chinese events in Chicago. Includes a program for a Studebaker Theatre production of "Lute Song".
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Oriental Project, 1946-1949 (Folder 96)
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Mix of material, including notes, letters and reports regarding efforts made by the Immigrants' Protective League in aiding Chinese and Japanese immigrants in Chicago to become naturalized and obtain United States citizenship. Includes material on adult English language classes, programs from cultural and music events sponsored by the Chicago Oriental Council, and a leaflet requesting financial support for building the Chinese Christian Union Church in Chicago.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Personal assurances (Folder 97)
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Form from the Displaced Persons Commission for sponsorship of a refugee by a relative.
Date:
circa 1948
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Press Clippings on Immigration, 1920-1957 (Folder 98)
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Newspaper and article clippings on subjects relating to immigration, including the work of the Immigrants' Protective League, Mexican immigrants, Polish refugees in Mexico, and other refugees from Europe. Copies of Scholastic Teacher and Junior Scholastic magazines.
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Theme
Ethnicity/Immigration
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