The Immigration History Research Center is home to thousands of
feet of archival records that illuminate the immigrant
experience, past and present. While these records are available
to students and teachers for research in the University of
Minnesota’s Andersen Library, exploring the archive from afar is
as simple as connecting to the internet. The IHRC’s collection
of digitized archival material provides a plethora of resources
suitable for a variety of purposes, including the creation of
curriculum for K-12 educators interested in migration history.
What were characteristics of the immigrant experience? How did
immigrants and refugees adjust to their new lives in the United
States? Inversely, how did American citizens born in the United
States react to the increased diversification of their
communities, and learn to live with individuals from different
ethnic and cultural backgrounds? Minnesota K-12 Academic
Standards in Social Studies expect students of all grade levels
to consider how immigrants and citi