The Library holds a number of microform collections of works by and about immigrants.
The Immigrant in America collection covers the fields of immigration history and ethnic studies from 1820-1929. Included are selected songs, plays, political pamphlets, family histories, folklore and first-hand accounts of experiences of various immigrant groups. Compiled from several major archives, this collection includes books, pamphlets, government publications, serials, society publications and lesser-known ethnic newspapers. Many selections are in the native language of the immigrant group. It is located at Newspapers & Microforms MICROFILM 78024. There is an accompanying guide. The first-hand accounts written in English are included in the Zotero Library.
Voices from Ellis Island an oral history of American immigration: a project of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. More than 200 transcribed interviews with immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island Immigration Station between 1892-1924 , or who were employed at the Station. Newspapers & Microforms MICROFICHE 24312 For guide, see MICROFICHE 24312 guide NEWS.
American Immigrant Autobiographies includes manuscript autobiographies from the Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota. The guide to the collection outlines the contents of the autobiographies and also includes a subject index. The collection is located at Newspapers & Microforms MICROFILM.71258. Some of the autobiographies are included included in the Migration to New Worlds digital archive and are listed in the Zotero library.