The Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan, once the symbol of New York City’s migrant crisis, is laying off nearly all of its ...

In the 19th century, debates about contract workers sorted immigrants into "natural" and "unnatural" categories.

When history professor Mark Washburne wanted to learn about his grandmother’s arrival in the United States as an infant, he went to Ellis Island. Washburne took the ferry to the island just off ...

Before the European colonists came to America, Algonquin-speaking Native American tribes used Ellis Island as a home base to harvest food. The island contained large oyster beds and was also a ...

ELLIS ISLAND, NJ, UNITED STATES, March 31, 2025 /EINPresswire / -- Step back in time and explore the abandoned Ellis Island H ...

As members of the Sisters of Mercy, an international Catholic religious order dedicated to solidarity with women and children ...

Alex, a posh Englishwoman, finds no friends among the staff of Ellis Island, who have her strip down for exams that violate her and forcibly reveal her four-month pregnancy, something she learns ...

Pennsylvanians can navigate the digital records, for free, at the National Archives Philadelphia location: 14700 Townsend Rd.

A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the statue can be admired from several different vantage points around Manhattan, including ...

SCHLAEPFER Oh, I sure noticed. DEADLINE Let’s jump right into those Ellis Island scenes. That kind of detail isn’t usually depicted in film or TV when it comes to addressing how immigrants ...

only to encounter more horrors while passing through Ellis Island. Here, Schlaepfer looks back at the filming of the episode titled “Wrap Thee In Terror” and talks about what it’s like to ...