Title: Translated account of an emigrant voyage, 1854
Summary: A vivid, day-by-day, 37-page typewritten account, translated by Herman Bottema in February 1928, by Remeeus of the voyage he and his family took from the Netherlands to their new home in Milwaukee, Wis. in 1854.
Call Number: SC 1941
Title: Papers, 1888-1901
Summary: Letters sent to John S. Roeseler in reply to his questionnaires concerning foreign populations in Wisconsin, which he issued to school superintendents, teachers, county officials, priests, pastors, and others. The information covering nearly every county of the state varies from brief form replies to detailed accounts of the racial and religious backgrounds of foreign groups and their progress in amalgamating with the native-born population.
Call Number: Wis Mss AK
Title: Papers, 1907-1968
Summary: Papers of the labor economist, historian, and teacher, who investigated the Americanization of immigrant workers, the steel strike of 1919, and the labor movement and cooperatives in France between 1918-1929, and who served as senior research associate for the Twentieth Century Fund from 1934-1945.
Call Number: Mss 113
Title: Letter, 1848
Summary: Original, typed transcription, and English translation of a July 25, 1848, letter written by Schulte-Krueggel to his family near Lippstadt, Westphalia, describing his journey from Europe to New Orleans and his purchase of land in the Town of Centerville, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; with background information from C. Joseph Nuesse.
Call Number: Green Bay SC 85
Title: Records, 1904
Summary: An album of portrait photographs and biographical sketches of the members of a fraternal society for Swedish settlers in Marinette, Wis. The biographies include details such as names of parents and wives, birthplace and date, date of immigration, occupation in Sweden and America, education, military service, etc. Written in Swedish with accompanying English translations by Eva Agren.
Call Number: Green Bay Mss 121
Title: Oral history interview with Clara shu-Yi Sun, 1993
Summary: Tapes and transcriptions of an oral history interview conducted by Lili Kim for the State Historical Society of Wisconsin with Chinese immigrant Clara Shu-Yi Sun on August 5, 1993 in Madison, Wis. In the course of the interview, Sun describes her journey to America to attend graduate school, her opinions of American students, and her experience as a new immigrant in the United States. She also discusses her decision not to return to China following the victory of the Chinese Communists in 1949, and her attempts to secure work and citizenship in the U.S. and Singapore. The interview also includes discussions of how Clara Sun maintained her Chinese heritage, the importance of her Catholic religion in her life, her feelings and opinions about race relations in the United States, her work as a teacher, and her trips to China in the 1970s and 1980s.
Call Number: SC 335
Title: Records, 1856-1899
Summary: Records of Tillman Brothers, a furniture and undertaking establishment founded in 1859 in La Crosse, Wis., by Friedrich and Wilhelm Tillman, and operated by three generations of their descendants. Included are the original and translations of a diary kept by Friedrich Tillman when he sailed to America from Germany in 1856.
Call Number: LaCrosse Mss K
Title: Journal, 1842
Summary: Journal of an immigrant from Odefjeld, Norway, describing his journey to Muskego, Wis. in 1840 with his wife and three children. He tells of the sea voyage; passing inspection at New York; traveling by boat to Milwaukee via the Hudson River, Erie Canal, and Great Lakes; settling at Muskego and developing his farm; and his view of religious practices in the area. The collection includes the original journal written in Norwegian as well as a photostatic copy and a typed transcript, an English translation, and brief genealogical information on the Trovatten family.
Call Number: M2000-149
Title: Letters, 1891-1894
Summary: Letters to White concerning early settlers and conditions in the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin and Icelandic settlements in Door County and other parts of the United States and Canada.
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Title: Wisconsin. Bureau of Human Resources: Refugee Assistance Program Correspondence, 1975-1983
Summary: Records including correspondence on Indochinese refugees, general correspondence on the Cuban/Haitian entrant program and records on the program for specific counties, and contracts and correspondence with various child care facilities that provided services for Cuban minors.
Call Number: 1990/022
Title: Wisconsin. Governor: Correspondence and Letterbooks: Special, 1840-1914.
Summary: Incoming and outgoing gubernatorial correspondence grouped by topic. The majority of the files span several administrations. The portion of the collection pertaining to the encouragement of immigration to Wisconsin consists of letters from emigration agents, railroad officials, real estate dealers, and farmers. Among the documented topics are railroad plans for the encouragement of immigration, applications for appointment as emigration agents, proposed legislation, inquiries about acquisition of land under the Homestead Act, and other topics.
Call Number: Series 34
Title: Wisconsin. Governor's Committee on Resettlement of Displaced Persons: Records, 1948-1956
Summary: Records, mainly 1948-1953, of the Governor's Committee on Resettlement of Displaced Persons, a special committee appointed by Governor Oscar Rennebohm that was responsible for much of the resettlement of World War II refugees in Wisconsin. Included are case files and indexes for individuals, companies, and organizations that sponsored refugees; correspondence with social welfare agencies such as the Displaced Persons Commission, the International Relief Organization, Church World Service, the National Catholic Welfare Conference, and the International Institute of Milwaukee; minutes and internal correspondence; reports; newsletters, photographs, radio scripts, and other publicity material; and biographical information about Wisconsin immigrants.
Call Number: Series 2195
Title: Records, 1976-1977
Summary: Minutes of a committee established by Governor Patrick Lucey in December 1974 charged with investigating how government might better serve the needs of Wisconsin’s Latin population. Also included are detailed responses to questionnaires submitted to various state agencies concerning their activities for and employment of Spanish-speaking people.
Call Number: Series 2579