Immigration History Research Center : University of Minnesota

Immigration History Research Center
ihrc@umn.edu
612-625-4800

Immigration History Research Center.

The Immigration History Research Center promotes interdisciplinary research on international migration, develops archives documenting immigrant and refugee life, especially in the U.S., and makes specialized scholarship accessible to students, teachers, and the public.

Scholarly Initiatives

Other IHRC Notices

POSTPONED: GREM Talk on January 31 by Charlotte Albrecht

Today's Global Race, Ethnicity & Migration talk by Charlotte Karem Albrecht will be postponed, due to the speaker's illness. IHRC will repost information as soon as we have rescheduled her presentation of "Working Class Syrian Migrants and the International Institutes of the Early 20th Century United States."
(Continue Reading)January 30th, 2012
IHRC Fellowship Applications Solicited from UMN Departments

The application period for 2012-2013 IHRC fellowships for UMN graduate students conducting research in the Center's Estonian, Finnish and Italian immigrant collections is now open.
(Continue Reading)January 10th, 2012
Winter Break and Spring Semester Hours at IHRC

The IHRC office will begin closing 12-1 pm for lunch in January 2012 rather than at 11:30-12:30 so that the Center's administrative hours align with typical academic departments on campus. Read on for more important information about closure and service during the winter break.
(Continue Reading)December 2nd, 2011

Collections Quick Search

Digital Sources

Search thousands of photographs, illustrations, texts, and other archival materials selected from the IHRC collections using the UMedia Archive.

Orientation for researchers (PDF) to use IHRC Collections.
Consultations with collection staff by appointment. IHRC Hours
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Books

IHRC books are catalogued by the University of Minnesota Libraries and their bibliographic records are accessible in the online public access catalogue MNCAT.

Orientation for researchers (PDF) to use IHRC Collections.
Consultations with collection staff by appointment. IHRC Hours
Make an appointment.

Periodicals

Orientation for researchers (PDF) to use IHRC Collections.
Consultations with collection staff by appointment. IHRC Hours
Make an appointment.

Other Collection Notes

New finding aid for Carl Ross Papers

In the spring of 2011, Student Assistant Mia Overly working with IHRC archives staff processed the papers of Carl Ross, labor activist and historian of Finnish American immigration. A new finding aid is now available on the IHRC web site.
(Continue Reading)November 11th, 2011
New major addition of digital content!

During the spring and summer of 2011, the IHRC digitized the entire collection of records compiled by the Ukrainian Folk Ballet of the Twin Cities. The project has added over 1500 new items to the IHRC's digital archive. Read more and view images
(Continue Reading)September 28th, 2011

Selection Guidelines for Potential Donors of Archival Materials

We invite your comments about the Immigration History Research Center's collection acquisition guidelines. We prioritize acquisitions in order to ensure that we have the resources to preserve and make accessible for future generations a remarkable and distinct group of documents for understanding immigrant experiences. For information about IHRC priorities, please read more.
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