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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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1950 United States Census - Chicago, Illinois, 1952 (Folder 127)
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Statistical report on housing and population characteristics for Chicago and adjacent area, comprising Volume III Chapter 10 of the 1950 United States Census. Includes statistics on "Race and Nativity", "Country of birth of foreign-born white" and "Persons with Spanish surname".
Date:
1952
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
A Study of Recent Statistics on Crime and the Foreign Born study (Folder 118)
162 Text
Detailed study of crime statistics involving immigrant and racial groups in a number of cities across the United States, prepared for the national Committee on Crime and Criminal Justice in Relation to the Foreign Born.
Date:
1930
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Abbott, Grace - Reprinted articles on and by Grace Abbott, October 1920 - November 1939 (Folder 1)
19 Text
Articles on Grace Abbott and her public welfare work, including her social work career and discussions over mother's aid grants from the Public Welfare News, Survey Midmonthly, and The Social Services Review.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
Administrative Organization and Extent of Naturalization in the Chicago District study, June 1928 (Folder 3)
137 Text
Study of the organization, processes and functions for naturalization, with a focus on Chicago and the State of Illinois. Includes statistical tables. Ethnic groups and nationalities mentioned include: Native Americans, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Indians, Filipinos, Armenians, and Syrians.
Date:
June 1928
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
Arrival Conditions, 1928 (Folder 9)
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Interviews with immigrants and Traveller's Aid Society members about travel conditions and the arrival conditions in Chicago. Also includes report on findings. Ethnic groups and nationalities mentioned include Swedes, Czechs, Italians, Russians, Norwegians, Poles, Croats, Armenians, Austrians, English and Irish.
Date:
1928
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1957 (Folder 11)
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Information on the situation of American Indians in the United States from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Date:
December 1957
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Churches in the Chicago area, 1952-1955 (Folder 15)
15 Text
Documents relating to Chicago area and national church organizations and their services to the community.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Detention and Exclusion of 112 Recent Immigrants at the Point of Entry into the U.S., 1927 (Folder 25)
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Report concerning the detention and exclusion of immigrants at the point of entry into the United States, mainly drawing on experiences at Ellis Island. Contains statistical information and examines reasons for detaining and/or excluding certain immigrants when entering the United States.
Date:
1927
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Effects of the War on the work of the Immigrants' Protective League, 1942 (Folder 54)
9 Text
Report from the Immigrants' Protective League on the effects of World War II on the work of the League. Information about individual cases seeking assistance, and information about some foreign language newspapers.
Date:
October 16, 1942
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Foreign Newspaper Information, 1926 (Folder 42)
59 Text
Summary and overview of news covered by different foreign newspapers in 1926. Includes information on foreign newspapers in the United States, gathered to assist the work of the Immigrant's Protective League.
Date:
1926
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Hungarian Refugee Resettlement in the United States report, 1958 (Folder 45)
20 Text
Report concerning Hungarian refugee resettlement in the United States.
Date:
January 1958
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Immigrants' Protective League Annual Meetings, Director Addresses, 1945-1950 (Folder 49)
43 Text
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
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
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Immigrants' Protective League Correspondence and Reports, 1924 (Folder 53c)
61 Text
Report on the work of the Immigrants' Protective League after the passage of the "Quota Act" of 1921, including individual case histories.
Date:
1924
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Immigrants' Protective League Finances, 1927-1933 (Folder 55)
11 Text
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Immigrants' Protective League Historical Statement (Folder 57)
66 Text
Statements and reports from the Immigrants' Protective League on its work, programs, and organization, including some statistical summaries.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Immigrants' Protective League, Displaced Persons Cases (Folder 31)
8 Text
Summaries of cases from the Immigrants' Protective League involving displaced persons from various countries in Europe.
Date:
circa 1949
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
In the Shadow of Liberty Review, 1935 (Folder 70)
8 Text
Review of Edward Corsi's book "In the Shadow of Liberty: The Chronicle of Ellis Island".
Date:
1935
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Maintenance Orders in Separated Families, 1931 (Folder 81)
138 Text
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
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Naturalization and Domicile of Foreign Women, 1928-1929 (Folder 88)
24 Text
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".
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
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
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Personal assurances (Folder 97)
5 Text
Form from the Displaced Persons Commission for sponsorship of a refugee by a relative.
Date:
circa 1948
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Refugee Relief. Children and Adoption, 1939-1954 (Folder 103)
8 Text
Press release from the Non-Sectarian Committee for German Refugee Children, notes on the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 as regards children adopted into the United States, and a memo with information relating to German refugee children.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Some Near Eastern Immigrant Groups in Chicago dissertation, 1922 (Folder 111)
142 Text
University of Chicago dissertation on Armenian, Syrian and Assyrian immigrant groups in Chicago, with appendices containing case studies. Document with extracts from the Immigration Act of 1917, rules for its enforcement, and study questions.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
Two Hundred Immigrants in Industry in Chicago dissertation, 1928 (Folder 121)
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Dissertation submitted to Sociology department, University of Washington (St. Louis, Missouri) analyzing a group of two hundred immigrants working in industry in Chicago, including discussion of their nationalities, occupations, and opportunities and challenges for economic success and advancement.
Date:
June 1928
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
United Hias Service Bulletins, 1957-1959 (Folder 123)
136 Text
Bulletins issued by the United Hias Service for those who provide immigration and location services. Bulletins contain information regarding immigration and nationality acts, Jewish refugees' material claims against Germany, analysis of the law regarding immigration and naturalization service regulations, immigration quotas, adoption of orphans, employment and immigrant visas.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
United States Census - Citizenship, Immigration, Illiteracy, 1921-1928 (Folder 125)
229 Text
Copy of the Illinois State Compendium of the fourteenth United States census, with statistics on population, occupations, agriculture, drainage, manufactures and mines and quarries for the state's counties and cities. Includes a copy of "Country of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population", also part of the fourteenth United States census.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
United States Census - Citizenship, Immigration, Illiteracy, 1921-1928 (Folder 126)
190 Text
Three publications covering immigration issues, produced as part of the fourteenth United States census: "Color or Race, Nativity and Parentage", "Mother Tongue of the Foreign White Stock", and "Farm Statistics by Race, Nativity, and Sex of Farmer".
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Wives Bringing Husbands, 1928-1930 (Folder 133)
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List of individual cases of wives bringing husbands into the United States, and a report on citizenship status and related issues for American-born women abroad married to non-citizens.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
World's Fair Report - 1933 (Folder 136)
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Annual report from the Director of The League of the Foreign Born, and a report on "The World's Fair and the Immigrants' Protective League" concerning the League's assistance with issues with individuals coming from other countries to the Chicago World's Fair (Century of Progress International Exposition).
Date:
November 1933
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access

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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
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Ethnicity/Immigration
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