ELLIS ISLAND: A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INTRODUCTION

Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States. It served as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892-1954. The island was greatly enlarged with land reclamation between 1892-1934. Ellis Island was made part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965, and has hosted a museum of immigration since 1990. Although long considered part of New York State, a 1998 United States Supreme Court decision found that most of the island is in New Jersey.

Wikipedia article about Ellis Island:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island

LOCATION CODES

CE—Central Express
HG—History and Geography Room (Central Library)
SS—Social Sciences Room (Central Library
ST—Stacks (Central Library)
BA—Baden Branch
BU—Buder Branch
CP—Carpenter Branch
DA—Julia Davis Branch
SC—Schlafly Branch
WA—Walnut Park Branch

BIBLIOGRAPHY

This is a list of just some of the books in our collection that contain information about Ellis Island and immigration to this country.

Title: American passage: the history of Ellis Island.
Author: Cannato, Vincent J.
Local Call Number: 325.73 [SS; BU]
Publication Date: 2009.
Format: Books.

Title: Ellis Island; foreword by Lee Iacocca.
Author: Tifft, Wilton S.
Local Call Number: Oversize 917.471 [WA]
Publication Date: 1990.
Format: Books.

Title: Ellis Island: echoes from a nation's past / essays by Norman Kotker [et al.].
Author/Compiler: Kotker, Norman and Susan Jonas.
Local Call Number: Oversize 325.1 [ST]
Publication Date: 1989
Format: Books.

Title: Ellis Island: a pictorial history.
Author: Benton, Barbara.
Local Call Number: 325.1 [ST; BU; DA; WA]
Publication Date: 1985.
Format: Books.

Title: Ellis Island interviews: in their own words.
Author/Compiler: Coan, Peter M.
Local Call Number: 304.873 [SS; BU]
Publication Date: 1997.
Format: Books.

Title: Ellis Island research.
Author: Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo.
Local Call Number: 929.1 [GENEALOGY ROOM]
Publication Date: 2011.
Format: Books.

Title: From Ellis Island to JFK: New York's two great waves of immigration.
Author: Foner, Nancy.
Local Call Number: 974.71008 [HG; BU]
Publication Date: 2000.
Format: Books.

Title: Gateway to liberty: the story of the Status of Liberty and Ellis Island.
Author: Shapiro, Mary J.
Local Call Number: 974.71 [ST; MA; WA]
Publication Date: 1986.
Format: Books.

Title: In search of liberty: the story of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
Author: Bell, James B. and Richard I. Abrams.
Local Call Number: 974.71 [ST; KI]
Publication Date: 1984.
Format: Books.

Title: Island of hope, island of tears.
Author/Compiler: Brownstone, David M. and Irene M. Franck.
Local Call Number: 325.10973 [ST]
Publication Date: 1979.
Format: Books.

Title: Toward a better life: America's new immigrants in their own words: from Ellis Island to the present; foreword by Barry Moreno ; preface by Stephen A. Briganti.
Author: Coan, Peter M.
Local Call Number: 304.873 [MA]
Publication Date: 2011.
Format: Books.