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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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Administrative Organization and Extent of Naturalization in the Chicago District study, June 1928 (Folder 3)
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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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Aliens - Naturalization in Bearing Arms, 1927-1932 (Folder 5)
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Information relating to naturalization and the willingness to bear arms. Includes cases where naturalization was blocked because of a refusal to bear arms, and information about families separated by immigration legislation.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
American Association of University Women Project, 1946 (Folder 7)
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Correspondence, notes, reports and strategy for a project on International Relations on the Home Ground for the American Association of University Women, run by the Immigrants' Protective League. Includes a copy of 'News and Views', a publication produced by the Adult Department of the Chicago Board of Education.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
Loss of Citizenship, 1932-1940 (Folder 79)
124 Text
Reports and notes on expatriation of minors, naturalization treaties, and the immigration status and issues pertaining to individual cases.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
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".
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
Society of the Colonial Dames in Illinois, 1926-1927 (Folder 109)
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Materials relating to educational preparation of immigrants for citizenship. Includes correspondence between the Illinois chapter of the National Society of the Colonial Dames and the Immigrants' Protective League about primers and charts for this purpose.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
The All Chicago Committee to Promote Instruction of Democratic Ideals and the American Way of Life in the Public Schools, 20 October 1939. (Folder 6)
37 Text
Conference proceedings from the Joint Conference on Education for Democracy, held at the Sherman Hotel in Chicago.
Date:
October 20, 1939
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
Access:
Public access
United States Department of Justice - National Conference on Citizenship, 1953-1954 (Folder 131)
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Conference proceedings of the eighth National Conference on Citizenship, sponsored by the United States Department of Justice and the National Education Association. Includes press release, and registration forms for the ninth National Conference on Citizenship.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access

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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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