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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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Illinois Immigrants' Commission, 1919-1936 (Folder 47)
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Mixed material concerning the Immigrants' Commission of Illinois and the Immigrants' Protective League, including background, purpose and objectives. Includes articles from The Chicago Woman's Club Bulletin concerning immigration in Illinois, and articles from the Mississippi Valley Magazine detailing the impact of immigration on the Mississippi River area in Illinois. Includes newspaper clippings in Dutch, Swedish, Finnish and Italian.
Collection:
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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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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Some Near Eastern Immigrant Groups in Chicago dissertation, 1922 (Folder 111)
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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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Alien Registration Act of 1940, 1939-1944 (Folder 4)
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Information on the Alien Registration Act of 1940 including a manual for "Aliens and those advising them", copies of the Act, and press releases from the Department of Justice.
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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Deportation of criminals, 1921-1933 (Folder 21)
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Mix of material including reports, documents, articles and some clippings, concerning immigrant criminals and prisoners, and deportation policies and rights. Includes a study "The Deportation Cases of 1919-1920".
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Works Progress Administration - Relief and Employment for Aliens, 1937 (Folder 135)
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Study on "The Families of Aliens" and their citizenship status, and a statement providing details about conditions for "Special Naturalization" for immigrants.
Date:
1937
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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Deportation drive clippings, 1926 (Folder 22b)
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Clippings from the Chicago Tribune and New Republic about raids and arrests of "deportable" immigrants from Italy and Sicily. Includes an article about immigrants hoping to enter the United States under the provisions of the Wadsworth-Perlman bill.
Date:
1926.0
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Immigrants' Protective League records
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United States Chamber of Commerce - Report of the Immigration Committee, Emergency Immigration Legislation, 1931-1932 (Folder 128)
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Reports, pamphlets and correspondence from the Committee on Immigration, Chamber of Commerce of the USA. Covers issues such as deportation, laws surrounding immigration from China and Japan, immigration quotas, and emergency restriction of immigration.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Effects of the War on the work of the Immigrants' Protective League, 1942 (Folder 54)
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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
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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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"The Social Significance of Our Immigration and Naturalization Policies" paper, 1957 (Folder 108)
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Paper given at the meeting of the American Catholic Sociological Society, 28 December 1956, Marquette University.
Date:
1956
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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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Filipinos, 1946-1948 (Folder 41)
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Documents concerning naturalization of Filipino immigrants in United States. Includes a copy of Bataan magazine, clippings, a program from the Filipino-American Association's Naturalization Celebration dinner and a program of the Rizal Day commemoration dinner held by the Filipino National Council of Chicago. Also includes a copy of an amendment to the federal Nationality Act to make Filipinos eligible for naturalization.
Collection:
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
Collection:
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".
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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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
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Refugees from Europe, 1939-1954 (Folder 104)
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Pamphlet "Fences" calling for changes to the McCarran-Walter Immigration Act. Pamphlet issued by the Netherlands Embassy in Washington D.C. describing the Dutch Immigrant Program under the Refugee Relief Act. Newspaper articles on refugees.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Review of the Present Immigrant Situation, 1917-1933 (Folder 105)
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Review of the immigrant situation in Illinois and the work of the Department of State. Includes a copy of a federal government publication "The Immigration Work of the Department of State and its Consular Officers", an outline for and a report on The Immigrant in Chicago, and statistical tables and information on immigrants in Chicago and Illinois.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
State Institutions - Problems of the Foreign Born, 1929-1931 (Folder 115)
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Includes summary of a conference session held by the Illinois Society for Mental Hygiene regarding issues including deportation of immigrants in State Hospitals, correspondence regarding the need for interpreters for immigrants in mental health institutions in Illinois, two issues of the Mental Health Bulletin published by the Illinois Society for Mental Hygiene, a copy of a report on the Responsibility of the State Department of Public Welfare toward the Deportation of Alien Wards of the State, and a map showing locations of state hospitals in Illinois.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Support of Relatives Abroad, 1927-1930 (Folder 120)
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Includes letters discussing support for relatives abroad and situations with immigrant men in the United States divorcing wives who are still living abroad, and a copy of a translation of a report by the Permanent Conference for the Protection of Migrants.
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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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Public access
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
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.
Collection:
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
Collection:
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Congressional Record articles of interest, 1949-1960 (Folder 18)
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Mixed materials including the First Semi-Annual Report of the Displaced Persons Commission to the president and congress; copies of the "Congressional Record" dealing with immigration, citizenship, civil rights, human rights and refugee rights issues; an appendix of the Interpreter Release with the text of President Eisenhower's immigration message, and clippings from the "Congressional Record" dealing with foreign policy and views on immigration.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Corsi, Edward, 1954-1955 (Folder 20)
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Newspaper and magazine clippings concerning the Edward Corsi affair, and an article by Edward Corsi titled "My Ninety Days in Washington".
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Social Service Review Reprints, 1935-1944 (Folder 107)
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Reprints from the Social Service Review. Includes an address on Chinese-American relations by former Chinese ambassador to the United States Hu-Shih, a copy of a review of the Report of the Ellis Island Committee and a statement regarding education requirements for naturalization, both by League Director Mrs. Kenneth F. Rich (Adena M. Rich).
Collection:
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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United Hias Service Bulletins, 1957-1959 (Folder 123)
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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
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Public access
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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UIC and on-campus only
Protection Cases. Accident and Alien Tax Refunds, 1919 (Folder 99)
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Includes original forms, notes on immigration cases and tax issues, with individual cases from Chicago and the surrounding region, including Indiana. Correspondence with various agencies including the Internal Revenue Service (Treasury Department) and Gary Neighborhood House.
Date:
1919
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
Chinese community, 1944 (Folder 14)
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Press releases, invitation to an event and information on a case relating to the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Acts.
Date:
1944
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
Deportation Drive Interviews, 1926-1927 (Folder 24)
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Summaries of interviews with lawyers and embassy and consulate officials regarding the deportation of immigrant criminals from the United States.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
Children Born Out of Wedlock - Admission to the United States, 1930 (Folder 13)
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Documents relating to cases where children have been born out of wedlock, and have a naturalized immigrant parent who seeks the child's admission to the United States.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
Alexander, Roblee (Folder 74)
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Itineraries and correspondence regarding citizenship of Latin American individuals and employment of Mexicans. Includes lists of talks with employers, visits to Mexican organizations, employment of Mexicans at Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company and brief biographical information on Mexican immigrants and their employment.
Date:
1943
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
American Federation of International Institutes, 1952-1954 (Folder 8)
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Material relating to the American Federation of International Institutes' activities. Includes invitations, newsletters, pamphlets, and reports.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
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.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access
Deportation Drive Clippings, 1926-1931 (Folder 22a)
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Newspaper clippings concerning the deportation of Italian gangsters, and conditions in prisons.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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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
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Public access
Disabilities of Aliens, 1933-1944 (Folder 26)
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Mixture of official records discussing the rights of "aliens" in the United States, particularly in employment. Includes two booklets, "The Social Security Program: Legislative and Administrative Developments to April 1, 1936" and "Laws relating to Pensions and Paupers", various letters, and a newspaper clipping concerning difficulties of immigrants to gain relief and citizenship in America.
Collection:
Immigrants' Protective League records
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Public access

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