Bibliography

ELLIS ISLAND BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS

Allen, Leslie. Ellis Island. California: Albion Publishing Group, 1990.

Bearss, Edwin C. The Ferryboat " Ellis Island " Transport to Hope. Washington D.C.: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1969.

Bender, Eric J. Island Gateway: The Way of Life on Ellis Island. Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson, and Company, 1942.

Bell, James B./Abrams, Richard I. In Search of Liberty. The Story of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. New York: Doubleday, 1984.

Benton, Barbara. Ellis Island-A Pictorial History. New York: Facts on File, 1985.

Berengarten, Sidney. Ellis Island. Washington D.C.: Civil Works Administration for Office of National Parks, 1934.

Berman, John S. Portraits of America: Ellis Island. New York: Barnes and Noble Publishing, Inc. 2003.

Bernardin, Thomas. The Ellis Island Immigrant Cookbook. Memphis, Dallas: Wimmer Brothers and Company, 1991.

Bolino, August C. The Ellis Island Source Book. Washington D.C.: Kensington Historical Press, 1983, Second Edition, 1990.

Brownstone, David M./Frank, Irene M./Brownstone, Douglas L. Island of Hope, Island of Tears. New York: Rawson, Wade, and Company, 1979.

Bierman, Carol. Journey to Ellis Island: How My Father Came to America. Toronto, Ontario: Madison Press Books, 1998.

Binns, Tristan Boyer. Ellis Island. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2002.

Burdick, John. Ellis Island: Gateway of Hope. New York: Smithmark Publishers, 1997.

Cannato, Vincent J. Passage to America: The History of Ellis Island. Harper Collins. 2009

Chermayeff, Ivan/Wasserman, Fred/Shapiro, Mary J. Ellis Island An Illustrated History of the Immigrant Experience. New York: MacMillian Publishers, 1991.

Coan, Peter M. Ellis Island Interviews: In Their Own Words. New York: Facts On File Incorporated, 1997.

Coan, Peter M. Toward A Better Life America's New Immigrants in Their Own Words

From Ellis Island to the Present. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 2011.

Conway, Lorie. Forgotten Ellis Island: The Extraordinary Story of America's Immigrant Hospital. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2007.

Corsi, Edward. In the Shadow of Liberty: The Chronicle of Ellis Island. New York: Macmillan, 1935.

(N.B.: The author served as the commissioner of immigration at Ellis Island from 1931 to 1934.)

Cox, Vic. The Challenge of Immigration. New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, Inc. 1995.

Curran, Henry H. Pillar to Post. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941.

Daniels, Roger. Guarding the Golden Door. New York: Hill and Wang, 2004.

Di Paolo, Nino. Emigrazione: Da Ellis Island Al Giorno Nostri. Edizioni del Paguro, 2001.

Fairchild, Amy L. Science at the Borders: Immigrant Medical Inspection and the Shaping of the Modern Industrial Labor Force. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Fisher, Leonard Everett. Ellis Island: Gateway to the New World. New York: Holiday House, 1986.

Goodnight, Lyn and Check Terry, and Hunter James. Changing the Immigration Policy of the United States. Illinois: National Textbook Company, 1994.

Goodwin, Maud. The Dutch and English on the Hudson. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1919.

Green, Nicole W. Immigration. Washington D.C.: CQ Press, 2002.

Hamblin, Colin B. Ellis Island The Official Souvenir Guide. Santa Barbara, California: Companion Press, 1991.

Hanser, Richard. The Island Called Ellis. New York: McGraw‑Hill Publishers, 1966.

Heaps, Willard. The Story of Ellis Island. New York: Seabury Press, 1967.

Heer, David. Immigration in America's Future: Social Science Findings and Debates. Colorado: Westview Press, 1996.

Heffernan, Maureen, The Statue of Liberty A History and A Celebration. Durham, North Carolina: Patti Cake Productions, 1986.

Howe, Frederic C. The Confessions of a Reformer. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.

Jacobs, William Jay. Ellis Island: New Hopes in a New Land. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990.

Jacobson, David. Immigration Reader- America in a Multidisciplinary Perspective. Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 1998.

Janik, Dorota. Ellis Island-The Gate to America. Krakow: Jagiellonian University, 2004.

King, Desmond. Making Americans-Immigration, Race, and the Origins of the Diverse Democracy. Massachusetts and England: Harvard University Press, 2000.

Kinney, Paul. The First Experience with Liberty: Ellis Island. Washington D.C.: Portfolio Project, 1986.

Knabe, Wolfgang. Die Neue Heimat Nimmt Sie Auf. Berlin: Westkreutz-Verlag, 1992.

Knabe, Wolfgang. Aufbruch in die Ferne. Berlin: Westkreutz-Verlag, 1992.

Kotker, Norman/ Burden, Shirley C./Hagen, Charles/Twombly, Robert. Ellis Island: Echoes From A Nation's Past. New York: Aperture, 1989.

Krabbendam, Hans. Ellis Island: Drawings of Leendert van der Pool. Goes, The Netherlands: De Koperen Tuin Publishers, 1997.

Kroll, Steven. Ellis Island: Doorway to Freedom. New York: Holiday House, 1995.

Lacey, Dan. The Essential Immigrant. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1990.

Lawlor, Veronica. I was Dreaming to Come to America. Penguin Books, 1997.

Leighton, Maxinne Rhea. An Ellis Island Christmas. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

Lemmon, Ione G. Ellis Island. New York: 1942.

Levine, Ellen. If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island. New York: Scholastic Incorporated, 1993.

Marcovitz, Hal. Ellis Island. Philadelphia: Mason Crest Publishers, 2003.

MacLean, Barbara Barondness. One Life Is Not Enough. Buena Vista, Colorado: Communications Creativity, 1990.

Mclaughlin, Virginia Yans/Lightman, Marjorie. Ellis Island and the Peopling of America: The Official Guide. New York: The New Press, 1997.

Mesenhöller, Peter. Augustus F. Sherman: Ellis Island Portraits-1905-1920. Aperture Press.

Morris, Elting. The Letters of Theodore Roosevelt. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 8 Volumes, 1951‑1954.

Moreno, Barry. Images of America: Children of Ellis Island. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2005.

Moreno, Barry. Images of America: Ellis Island. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2003.

Moreno, Barry. Images of America: Ellis Island's Famous Immigrants. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2008.

Moreno, Barry. Encyclopedia of Ellis Island. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2004.

Moreno, Barry. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ellis Island. New York: Fall River Press, 2004, 2010.

Mylonas, Eleni. Ellis Island. New York: Sammass Productions, 1984.

Novotny,Ann. Strangers at the Door: Ellis Island, Castle Garden and the Great Migration to America. Riverside, Connecticut: Chatham Press, 1971.

Palmer, Carleton H. Report of the Ellis Island Committee. New York: Ozer Press, 1971.

Pegler-Gordon, Anna. In Sight of America-Photography and the development of U.S. Immigration Policy. Berkley-Los Angeles-London: University of California Press, 2009.

Perec, Georges/Bober, Robert. Recits d'Ellis Island: Histoires d'Errance et d'Espoir.

Paris, France: Editions du Sorbier, 1980.

Perec, Georges/Bober, Robert. Ellis Island. New York: The New Press, 1995.

Pitkin, Thomas M. Keepers of the Gate: A History of Ellis Island. New York: New York University Press, 1975.

Quiri, Patricia Ryon. Ellis Island. New York, Toronto, London, Auckland, Sydney, Mexico City, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Danbury, Connecticut: Children's Press,1998.

Raatma, Lucia. We The People: Ellis Island. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2003.

Rand, Erica. The Ellis Island Snow Globe. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2005.

Reef, Catherine. Ellis Island. New York: Dillon Press/MacMillian Publishing Company, 1991.

Reeves, Pamela. Ellis Island Gateway to the American Dream. New York: Cresent Books, 1991.

Reimer, Rudolph. History of Ellis Island. New York: 1934.

Reimers, David M. Unwelcome Strangers: American Identity and the Turn Against Immigration. New York: Columbia University Press, 1983.

Richardson, John T.E Howard Andrew Knox: Pioneer of Intelligence Testing at Ellis Island. Columbia University Press, 2011.

Sandler, Martin W. Island of Hope. Scholastic Inc., 2004.

Severn, William. Ellis Island: The Immigrant Years. New York: Julian Messner, 1971.

Shapiro, Mary J. Gateway to Liberty: The Story of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

New York: Vintage Books, 1986.

Sherlock, Kevin. Ellis Island-When America Did Immigration Right. Ohio: Brennyman Books, 2010.

Sherlock, Kevin. Ellis Island Scrapbook. Ohio: Brennyman Books, 2010.

Sherman, Augustus F. (photographer), with an historical essay by Peter Mesenhoeller. Augustus F. Sherman: Ellis Island Portraits, 1905-1920. New York: Aperture Foundation, 2005.

Siegel, Beatrice. Sam Ellis's Island. New York: MacMillian Publishers, 1985.

Smith, Darrell Hevnor, and Herring, H. Guy. The Bureau of Investigation. Maryland: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1924.

Spencer, Sharon/Toner, Dennis. Ellis Island, Then and Now.

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey: Lincoln Springs Press, 1988.

Spiering, Frank. Bearer of a Million Dreams The Biography of the Statue of Liberty.

Ottawa, Illinois: Jameson Books, 1986.

Staeger, Rob. Deported Alien. Pennsylvania: Mason Crest Publishers, 2004.

Stakely, J. Tracy. Cultural Landscape Report for Ellis Island. Massachusetts: Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, 1966.

Stein, R. Conrad. Ellis Island. Chicago: Children's Press, 1992.

Steiner, Edward. On the Trail of the Immigrant. New York: The Fleming Revell Company, 1906.

Swain, Gwenyth. Hope and Tears Ellis Island Voices. Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Calkins Creek Press, 2012.

Szucs, Loretto Dennis. Ellis Island- Gateway to America. Ancestry Incorporated, 1986.

Teitelbaum, Michael S. Latin Migration North- The Problem for U.S. Foreign Policy. U.S.: Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., 1985.

Terjeson, Thomas. Ellis Island and Me. New York: Carlton Press, 1988.

Tifft, Wilton. Ellis Island. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1990.

Tifft, Wilton/Dunne, Thomas. Ellis Island: A Picture Text History. New York: Norton Press, 1971.

Varga, Yolan. Children of Ellis Island: The Experiences of Hungarian Americans. New Jersey: I.H. Printing Co. Inc., 1988.

Visiting Ellis Island- A Souvenir of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. Collier Books- MacMillan Publishing Co., 1992.

Von Freeden, Hermann and Smolta, Georg. Auswanderer. Leipzig: Bibliographidyes Inftiut UG, 1937.

Woodruff, Elvira. The Orphan of Ellis Island. New York: Scholastic Press, 1997.

Young, Robert. A Personal Tour of Ellis Island. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2001.

Zeidel, Robert F. Immigrants, Progressives, and Exclusion Politics: The Dillingham commission, 1900-1927. Illinois: Northern University Press, 2004.

Zolberg, Arthur R. A Nation by Design- Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America. Massachusetts-England: Harvard University Press. 2006.

REPORTS, PERSONAL PAPERS, AND STUDIES BY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Beyer Blinder Belle/Anderson Notter Finegold. "Existing Condition Survey: Unit One Buildings." Volume 2, Appendix D, 1989.

Beyer Blinder Belle/Anderson Notter Finegold. "Existing Condition Survey: Powerhouse." Volume 3, Appendix A, 1989.

Beyer Blinder Belle/Anderson Notter Finegold. "Existing Condition Survey: Units 2, 3, and 4." Volume 4, Appendix A, Part One, 1989.

Beyer Blinder Belle/Anderson Notter Finegold. "Historic Structure Report: Powerhouse." Volume 3, 1988.

Beyer Blinder Belle/Anderson Notter Finegold. "Historic Structure Report: Unit 2, 3, and 4." Volume 4, Part Two, 1989.

Beyer Blinder Belle/Anderson Notter Finegold. "Historic Structure Report: Units 2, 3, and 4." Volume 4, Part Three, 1989.

Dessauer, Peter F. "Preliminary Historic Structure Report: Copper Roof Restoration, The Main Building, Ellis Island, 1983."

Ehrenkhanz Group. "Historic Cultural Resources, 1981."

Ehrenkhanz Group. "Historic Structures Report: Ellis Island, 1978."

Ehrenkhanz Group. "Historic Structures Report". Volume 4, Part 3, 1989.

Hunter Research, Inc. "Archaeological Investigations in Connection with the New Wall of Honor, Ellis Island, City of New York, New York County, New York, 1993."

"Master Plan for Ellis Island, 1968."

MetaForm/Rathe/D&P. "Ellis Island- A Conceptual Program, 1984."

Pousson, John F. "An Overview and Assessment of Archaeological Resources on Ellis Island, Statue of. Liberty National Monument." National Park Service, Denver Service Center, 1986.

Stakely, J. Tracey. "Cultural Landscapes Report for Ellis Island." Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, 2003.

"Study Report on Ellis Island, 1964."

Unrau, Harlan D. "Historic Structure Report –Ellis Island (Historical Data, Statue of Liberty National Monument." Denver Service Center, National Park Service, 1981

Unrau, Harlan D. "Historic Resource Study (Historical Component) – Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty National Monument (three volumes)." Denver Service Center, National Park Service, 1984.

Yans-McLaughlin, Virginia, and Marjorie Lightman. Ellis Island and the Peopling of America. New York: The New Press, 1997.

REPORTS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND MEMOIRS BY CONGRESS AND OTHER U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

U.S. Congress, House of Representatives. "Conditions at Ellis Island. Hearings before the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization". 66th Congress, 1st Session, 1919.

U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor. "Report of the Commission Appointed by the President on September 16, 1903 to Investigate the Condition of the Immigration Station at Ellis Island, 1904".

Washington, D.C. National Archives. "Bureau of Immigration. Record Group 85. Record of Correspondence, 1891‑1903".

Washington, D.C. National Archives. "General Records of the Department of Labor. Record Group 174. Immigration Service Records, 1907‑1935".

Washington, D.C. National Archives. "Office of the Quartermaster General. Record Group 92. Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794‑1915".

PERIODICALS

1890‑1916

Abbott, E.H. "America's Welcome to the Immigrant." Outlook. (72) October 4, 1902. Pages 256‑264.

"American in the Raw." World's Work. (4) October 1902. Pages: 2644-2655.

"Bennet‑Howe Controversy." Outlook. (113) August 2, 1916. Pages: 763-764.

"Christmas Party for the Immigrants." Outlook. (100) January 13, 1912. Pages: 96‑98.

Daggett, M.P. "Loves of Ellis Island." Delineator. September 1909. Page: 205.

"Detained Immigrant." Harper's Weekly. (37) August 26, 1893. Page: 821.

Dimock, J.A. "Ellis Island as Seen by the Cameramen." World Today. (14) April 1908. Pages: 394‑396.

Durland, Kellogg. "Steerage Impositions." Independent. (61) 30 August 1906. Pages: 499‑504.

"Ellis Island Cool Under Showers of Shrapnel." Survey. (36) August 5, 1916. Pages: 486‑487.

"Ellis Island Investigation." Charities. (11) October 10, 1903. Pages: 324‑325, Pages: 223‑224.

Emerson, E. "Threshold of America." Harper's Weekly. (42) February 26, 1898. Pages: 209‑210.

Fairchild, H.P. "Ellis Island." Nation. (92) June 8, 1911. Page: 577.

"For A Better Ellis Island." Outlook. (108) October 21, 1914. Pages: 402‑403.

Foster, M.H. "General Hospital For All Nations." Survey (33) February 27, 1915. Pages: 588‑590.

Gleason, A.H. "New Ellis Island." Charities and the Commons. (19) October 19, 1907. Pages: 910‑912.

Harbour, J.L. "Our Country's Open Door." The Classmate. November 14, 1914. Pages: 358‑363.

Harrington, J.W. "New Clearing House for Immigrants." Harper's Weekly. (45) January 19, 1901. Page: 73.

Howe, F.C. "Turned Back in Time of War; Ellis Island Under War Conditions." Survey. (36) May 6, 1916. Pages: 147‑156.

"Humanities and Efficiency." Outlook. (88) March 28, 1908. Page: 672.

"Immigrants at Ellis Island." Outlook. (79) March 25, 1905. Pages: 730‑732.

"Investigation of Ellis Island Proposed." Survey. (36) July 29, 1916. Pages: 445‑446.

McLaughlin, A. "How Immigrants are Inspected." Popular Science Monthly. (66) February 1905. Pages: 357‑361.

"New York Immigration Station." Architectural Record. (12) December 1902. Pages: 726‑733.

Norris, K. "My New York at Ellis Island." Ladies Home Journal. (32) September 1915. Page: 9.

Ogg, Frederic Austin. "New Plan for Immigration Inspection." Outlook. (83) May 5,1906. Pages: 33‑36.

Reed, Alfred C. "Going Through Ellis Island." Popular Science Monthly. (82) January 1913. Pages: 5‑18.

Reed, Alfred C. "Medical Side of Immigration." Popular Science Monthly. (80) April 1912. Pages: 383‑392.

Riis, Jacob A. "In The Gateway of Nations." Century Magazine. (65) March 1903, Pages: 674‑682.

Sayless, M.B. "Keepers of the Gate." Outlook. (87) December 28, 1907. Pages: 913‑923.

Sherwood, Herbert Francis. "The Silent Keeper of the Gate." Outlook. (89) June 6,1908. Pages: 289‑296.

"Turning Ellis Island Inside Out." Survey. (33) October 17,1914. Page: 63. 1917‑1954

1917‑1953

"At the Observation Post; Ellis Island's Importance as our Chief Gateway Stressed by the Resignation of Edward Corsi." Literary Digest. (117) February 24,1934. Page: 14.

Bird, Robert S. "Ellis Island Closes, Last Alien Out." New York Herald Tribune." November 13, 1954.

"Bouquets for Ellis Island." Saturday Evening Post. (199) September 4, 1926. Page: 26.

Bremer, E.T. "How the Immigration Law Works." Survey. (53) January 15, 1925. Pages: 441‑444.

"British Criticism on Ellis Island." Literary Digest. (86) July 25, 1925. Page: 19.

Brundige, H.T. "Passing of Ellis Island." American Mercury. (79) December 1954. Pages: 37‑39.

"Catholic Social Work at Ellis Island." Catholic World. (120) January 1925. Pages: 527‑531.

"Christmas Spirit at Ellis Island." Survey. (39) December 22, 1917. Pages: 347‑348.

Crawford, R. "Colorful Side of Ellis Island." Outlook. (143) July 7, 1926. Pages: 346‑348.

"Detention of Krauss C. Adams." New Yorker. (19) March 6, 1943. Page: 43.

Ehrhorn, O.W. "Not So Bad." Forum. (78) August 1927. Page: 9.

"Ellis Island." The Independent. (111) September 29, 1923. Pages: 125‑126.

"Ellis Island." Survey. (45) October 30, 1920. Pages: 154‑157.

"Ellis Island." Survey. (47) January 14, 1922. Pages: 585‑586.

"Ellis Island a Red Rag to John Bull." Literary Digest. (78) September 22, 1923. Pages: 23‑24.

"Ellis Island 1950." Life. (29) November 13, 1950. Pages: 123‑127.

"Ellis Island's Gates Ajar." Literary Digest. (63) December 13, 1919. Pages: 17‑18.

"Ellis Island's Railroad Murals for the Dining Hall." Time. (26) September 16, 1935. Page: 30.

"Ellis Island Stirring up the British." Literary Digest. (78) September 1, 1923. Pages: 17‑19.

"Ellis Island Stuck Fast." Survey. (49) October 15, 1922. Pages: 75‑76.

"Growth of Ellis Island." Scientific American. (120) April 26, 1919. Page: 427.

Hannah, I.C.; and Razovski, C.; and Calkins, M.C. "Ellis Island." Survey. (45) October 30, 1920. Pages: 154‑157.

Harrington, J.W. "Ellis Island, by Liberty Darkened." Forum. (77) March 1927. Pages: 331‑340.

Harrington, J.W. "Ellis Island, Enlightened by Liberty." Forum. (77) April 1927. Pages: 562‑569.

Hayne, C. "Treating Immigrants as Brothers." Missionary Review of the World. (49) January 1926. Pages: 25‑30.

Hunter, R. "Eight Days on Ellis Island." Nation. (121) October 28, 1925. Pages: 483‑484.

Huxley, F.A. "A.L.A. Work on Ellis Island." Library Journal. (45) April 15, 1920. Pages: 350‑352.

"Is Ellis Island Infected?" Literary Digest. (73) April 8, 1922. Page: 25.

"Kind Words For Ellis Island." Literary Digest. (80) March 8, 1924. Pages: 46-48.

"Light on Arriving Immigrants." Survey. (46) August 1, 1921. Page: 560.

"Littlest Immigrants." Christian Science Monitor Magazine. September 9, 1950. Page: 8.

Logan, A. "Reporter at Large." New Yorker. (27) May 12, 1951. Page: 56.

"Making Anti‑Americans." Outlook. (129) November 2, 1921. Pages: 333‑334.

Montalvo, M. and Bres, R.F. "Where Bad Citizens are Made." Delineator. (98) March 1921. Pages: 8‑9.

"Practical Americanism at Ellis Island." Outlook. (130) February 8, 1922. Pages: 223‑224.

Price, C. "Harbor Camp for Enemy Aliens." New York Times Magazine. January 25, 1942. Page: 29.

Raskin, A.M. "New Role for Ellis Island." New York Times Magazine. November 12, 1950. Page: 20.

Slaughter, M.G. "America`s Front Door." Heigeia. (11) January 1933. Pages: 11‑14.

Truelsen, R. "Things That Happened on the Island!" Saturday Evening Post. (224) July 21, 1951. Pages: 32‑33.

"Uncle Sam's Housekeeping at Ellis Island." Literary Digest. (78) August 4, 1923. Pages: 42‑46.

United Kingdom Government. The Foreign Office. "Despatch from His Majesty's Ambassador at Washington Reporting Upon Conditions at Ellis Island Immigrant Station." London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1923.

"Welcome Strangers! A Tribute to Ellis Island by a Guest; Brutal and Inconsiderate Reception." Atlantic Monthly. (140) August 1927. Pages: 157‑166.

White, W.L. "Isle of Detention." American Mercury. (72) May 1951. Pages: 556‑563.

"Who Pays for Ellis Island?" New Republic. (36) September 26, 1923. Pages: 115‑117.

Zucker, W.J. "History and Activities of the Boarding Division." Monthly Review. September 1946, Pages: 30‑34.

1954‑1985

Angus, Robert. "The Story of Ellis Island." The American Legion Magazine. (86) April 1969. Pages: 20‑25.

Del Collo, Joan. "Ellis Island Gateway to Opportunity for Seventeen Million." Villanova. (1) May 1985. Pages: 9‑12.

Dennis, Lee. "Doorway to America." Historic Preservation. (30) April/June 1978. Pages: 12‑19.

"Deserted Island." New York Times Magazine. January 15, 1956, Page: 78.

"Dog's Domain." Travel. (125) January 1966. Page: 60.

"Ellis Island." New Yorker. (53) July 11, 1977. Page: 20.

"Ellis Island/New York Endeavour." Courier. (30) July 1985. Page: 10.

"Ellis Island: How It Was and How It Is Today." U.S. News. (80) June 28, 1976. Pages: 64‑65.

"Ellis Island: Park, Youth Center, Shrine or ? Symposium." New York Times Magazine. May 25, 1958, Pages: 64‑65.

"Ellis Island Restoration Underway." American History Illustrated. (10) October 1985.

Ferretti, Fred. "The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Splendid Restoration Begins." Travel and Leisure. (14) July 1984. Pages: 86‑88.

Finston, Mark. "An Ellis Island Scrapbook." The Star Ledger. July 25, 1983.

Gambino, Richard. "Island of Tears." Attenzione. (2) July 1980. Pages: 30‑35.

Gould, K.M. "Golden Door." Scholastic. (66) February 9, 1955. Page: 15.

Hackett, George. "Return to Ellis Island." Newsweek. (102) October 24, 1983. Page: 10.

"Hallowed Halls." Newsweek. (56) September 12, 1960. Page: 94.

Halter, Jon C. "Giving Liberty A Hand." Boy's Life. (74) July 1984. Pages: 17‑19.

Iacocca, Lee. "Let's Save Our Symbols Of Liberty." Success. (30) July 1983. Page: 18.

"Invasion from New Jersey." New Yorker. (31) January 15, 1956. Pages: 19‑20.

"Island For Sale." New Yorker. (33) February 15, 1958. Pages: 24‑26.

"Island Ideas." New York Times Magazine. April 24, 1960, Page: 108.

"Island of the Millions." Newsweek. (48) September 24, 1956. Page: 36.

Jaynes, G. "From Ellis Island to LAX (Korean Immigrants Arriving in Los Angeles Compared to Early Immigrants at Ellis Island.)" Time. (126) July 8,1985. Pages: 60‑61.

Kaplan, Peter B. "The Lady Lives." National Parks. (58) June 1984. Pages: 10‑11.

Kennedy, E.M. "Ellis Island." Esquire. (67) April 1967. Pages: 118‑121.

Kolbert, Elizabeth. "Memories Wanted for History of Ellis Island." New York Times. November 24,1985.

Meskus, H.D. "Saga of Ellis Island." America's. (10) April 1958. Pages: 8‑12.

Moran, Rick. "Ellis Island." Travel Holiday. (164) July 1985. Pages: 34‑39.

"Negro: Creating Our Own GNP." Newsweek. (76) September 28, 1970. Page: 71.

Pappas, Nick. "Ellis Island of Tears." Accent. (50) July/August 1984. Pages: 20‑26.

"Rescued by the President: 9 Landmark." U.S. News. (41) October 5, 1956. Page: 22.

Rosten, L. "Not So Long Again There Was A Magic Island." Look. (32) December 24, 1968. Pages: 26‑31.

Roth, Jack. "Ellis Island." Quinto Lingo. (8) November 1970. Pages: 14‑23.

"Saga of Ellis Island One of Gayety, Hope...and Weeds." The Denver Post. September 23, 1970.

Saul, Louise. "Scholars to Create Ellis Island Course." New York Times. February 17, 1985.

"Stabilizing The Ruins: Philip Johnson's Architecture Plans." Time. (87) March 4, 1966. Page: 78.

"Statue of Liberty to Close for Repairs, $230 Million Needed to Restore Ellis Island." National Parks. (57) March/April 1983. Page: 39.

Toufexis, A. "In New York: Ellis Island Revisited (views of S. Wolf)." Time. (116) December 15,1980. Page: 14.

"27.5 Acres, Private Waterfront, Near Subway." Business Week. September 26, 1956. Page: 34.

"Uncle Sam's Red Brick Elephant in New York Harbor." Business Week. September 26,1956. Page: 34.

Weiss, Nancy. "Gateway Collection." Americana. (11) January 1984. Page: 10.

"Welcome Back to Ellis Island." Life. (6) July 1983. Pages: 44‑49.

Wiseman, C. "Back to the Island of Hope (restoration)." New Yorker. (16) August 29,1983. Pages: 102‑103. 1983‑1985

Wood, Maria. "Bringing History of Ellis Island into Focus." The Sunday Record. August 21, 1983.

1986‑1990

Abrams, Sidney. "Clevelanders Remember Ellis Island." Cleveland Jewish News. Volume 48, Number 24. March 4, 1988.

Brown, Dennis. "Doorway to America." St. Louis Post Dispatch. January 22, 1989.

Brown, Dennis. "Wall of Honor Helps Fund Restoration Project." St. Louis Post Dispatch. January 22, 1989.

Butterfield, Fox. "At Ellis Island, Tracking 17 Million Names." New York Times. June 9, 1988.

Butterworth, Beverly. "A Place of Honor." The Oregonian. Section D, July 4, 1989. Pages: D1‑D2.

Calamai, Peter. "Canadians Honor Immigrant Ancestors." The Sun Times, Owen Sound. March 11, 1989.

Calamai, Peter. "Ellis Island, Official Entry Point to the New World Getting New Life as Monument, Shrine." The Ottawa Citizen. March 12, 1989.

Calamai, Peter. "Destiny's Doorway, Ellis Island to be Museum with a Million Memories." The Vancouver Sun. March 11, 1989. Pages: D15, D24.

Calamai, Peter. "Millions of Americans Trace Ancestry to Ellis Island." The Sun Times, Owen Sound. March 11, 1989.

Dallas, Gus. "Museum Traces Ellis Isle Trek." Daily News. March 2, 1990.

Dallas, Gus. "Not Ferry Easy to Give Up." Daily News. April 21, 1989.

Donohoe, Cathryn. "The Revival of Ellis Island." The Washington Times. October 3, 1989. Pages: E1, E10.

Finston, Mark. "An Ellis Island Scrapbook." The Star Ledger. July 25, 1983.

Fisher, Patricia. "Ellis Island Welcomes Foreign Concession." Newsday. December 1, 1988.

Fishman, Sylvia. "Needlework at Ellis Island." Threads Magazine. April/May 1989. Number 22, Page: 16.

Flynn, Don. "Rebuilding His History, Working on Ellis Island Brings Back Memories." Daily News. July 30, 1989.

Frank, Allen. "Debris Slowing Bid to Raise the Ellis Island Ferry." The Star Ledger. June 23, 1988.

Frank, Allen. "Developer Still Seeking Backers for Ellis Island Conference Center." The Star Ledger. February 25, 1990.

Frank, Allen. "Ellis Gathers Story of Immigration." The Star Ledger. December 26, 1988. Pages: 29‑30.

Frank, Allen. "Ellis Isle Restoration Project Yearning to Breathe Free." The Star Ledger. September 17, 1989.

Frank, Allen. "Extravaganza to Open Ellis Island Museum." The Star Ledger. June 18, 1990.

Frank, Allen. "Midwives to America, Koop Leads Salute to Medical Staff that Served at Ellis." The Star Ledger. September 29, 1989.

Frank, Allen. "Navy, Park Service Scrap Plan to Raise Sunken Ferry Ellis Island." The Star Ledger. June 6, 1989.

Frank, Allen. "Navy Salvage Team Clears 800 Tons of Mud from Ellis Island Ferry Hulk." The Star Ledger. July 11, 1988.

Frank, Allen. "Opening of Ellis Museum Pushed Back to Next Year as Construction Lags." The Star Ledger. March 2, 1989. Page: 37.

Frank, Allen. "Ship of Hope, Historic Ellis Ferry Can Be Raised From Deep." The Star Ledger. April 27, 1988.

Giordano, Rita. "Celebration of an Isle of Dreams, Ellis Island Will Reopen September 10."

Newsday. June 20, 1990.

Gormley, Myra Vanderpool. "After 66 Years, An Immigrant Learns Son's Fate." Los Angeles Times. November 25, 1988.

Gormley, Myra Vanderpool. "Ellis Island Files on Computers Soon." Los Angeles Times. March 15, 1989.

"Historical Guide to Ellis Island." Newsweek. July/August 1986.

Horn, Miriam. "The Return to Ellis Island." U.S. News & World Report. November 21, 1988. Pages: 63‑65.

Howe, Marvine. "Once Again, Ellis Island Will Open its Arms in Welcome." New York Times. June 9, 1989.

"Indian Ceremony on Ellis Island." New York Times. June 29,1987.

Labaton, Stephen. "Ellis Island Gathers the Pieces of Its Past." New York Times (Metropolitan News). October 14, 1987. Pages: 1B, 4B.

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Lundetrom, Meg. "They Left Their Marks, Graffiti of the Immigrants Being Preserved." New Jersey Record. November 22, 1987.

MacLeod, Hope. "Hull of an Effort to Raise Historic Ferry." New York Post. August 24, 1988.

McCallister, Jared. "Artifacts Sought for Ellis Island." Brooklyn & Staten Island. September 16, 1988.

Miller, William F. "Flight to Freedom, at 14, Alone, is Tearfully Retold." Cleveland Plain Dealer. May 11, 1988.

Nagourney, Adam. "Ellis Idyll for Duke, Odysseys Honored." New York Daily News. September 4, 1988. Pages: 5‑6.

"Navy to Begin Refloating Ellis Island Ferry." NJ/NY. June 7,1988.

"Return to Ellis Island." Dollar Sense. Fall 1989.

Rice, Patricia. "A Strange First Look." St. Louis Post Dispatch. January 22, 1989.

Seidel, Mitchell. "Ellis Island Exhibit Captures Feel of Masses Yearning to be Free." The Star Ledger. November 1984.

Slagle, Alton. "Museum Seeks Mementos." Daily News. September 6, 1987.

Sutton, Larry. "Historic Ferry May Rise Again." Daily News. August 24,1988.

Toner, Robin. "Dukakis, at Ellis Island, Sounds a Patriotic Note." New York Times. September 4, 1988.

Uhlig, Mark A. "Plan for Ellis Island by Group is Backed by Interior Secretary." New York Times. September 16, 1987.

Film Documentaries

Forgotten Ellis Island: 2008. Boston Film and Video Productions. Narrator: Elliot Gould. Director: Lorie Conway.

Project Twenty: An Island Called Ellis. 1967.Narrated by José Ferrer. Television Special, by National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC).

Island of Hope, Island of Tears. 1989. Narrated by Gene Hackman. Washington D.C.: Guggenheim Productions.

Special Collections

Bob Hope Memorial Library, Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island

National Park Service, Statue of Liberty N.M. and Ellis Island . 1973- Present. Ellis Island Oral History Project. This collection consists of about 2,000 audio recordings of interviews with Ellis Island immigrants and former government personnel that have been made from 1973 to the present time. Location: Oral History Listening Room, Ellis Island Immigration Museum.

National Park Service, Statue of Liberty N.M. and Ellis Island. Special Collections: Augustus F. Sherman Photograph Collection; Col. John B. Weber Photograph Collection; and selected historical photographs of Ellis Island and immigrants from the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Department of Justice, the Library of Congress and the National Archives and Records Administration . Location: Ellis Island Immigration Museum.

In addition, the Bob Hope Memorial Library holds many publications relevant to the history of Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, and U.S. immigration and ethnicity. These include books, periodicals, special government studies relating to Ellis Island and its restoration and current use as a historic site, and unpublished manuscripts. The library is open to the public by appointment. Please note the library does not contain original immigration records. On permanent display in the Library is an exhibit on the former Ellis Island immigrant, the late actor Bob Hope.

Last updated: November 8, 2016

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