Immigration Restriction League (U.S.) records, 1893-1921.

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Immigration Restriction League (U.S.) records, 1893-1921.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612690096

The bulk of these materials are the records of Prescott Farnsworth Hall, one of the founders of the League, who was also the executive secretary from 1896 to 1921. Contains correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial ledger, scrapbook, drafts of writings of IRL publications and other compositions relating to immigration, clippings, and printed materials on immigration. Includes correspondence with Alexander Graham Bell, Madison Grant, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, President Theodore Roosevelt, and many others.

8 cartons and 17 volumes (12 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7796033

Houghton Library

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