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Description:
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| Migration to New Worlds offers a
wide-ranging and in depth look at the emigration of peoples from Great Britain,
Ireland, mainland Europe and Asia to the New World and Australasia during the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. From 1800 to 1980, the resource charts the
movement of people throughout the ‘Century of Immigration’, through the First
and Second World Wars and into the modern era. Late eighteenth- century
documents also provide context on the early stages of migration. Made of two modules: Century of Immigration /
The Modern Era Canadian Archive
Sources:
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21: Photographs and objects reveal the process of
immigration in action, with English, Italian, German, Dutch and Eastern
European passengers arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Oral history extracts
provide information on experiences from war brides and refugees arriving in
Canada during and after the Second World War.
Glenbow Museum: Manuscript
diaries and letter collections chart the life of immigrants and their reasons
for emigration to Canada, whether prompted by family concerns, business
opportunities, religious calling or military postings. Collection highlights:
Brook Family Fonds, 1883-1919, Alexander Begg Letters, 1843-1914, Wood Family
Fonds, 1886-1906, Archdeacon J. W. Tims Family Fonds, 1883-1890, Miles / Hanlan
Family Fonds, 1892-1908
Libraries and Archives Canada: Canadian and British government correspondence,
reports and returns from the Department of Agriculture, Canada House, the
British Overseas Settlement Board and the Department of External Affairs
discussing British and Japanese emigration to Canada, 1842-1928.
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