Immigration

This list is a compilation of general books on the history of immigration to Kansas. All of these books are available to researchers in the Research Room of the Kansas State Historical Society. The hours of the Research Room can be viewed on our web site. Library books in our collections do not circulate outside the Research Room (unless on microfilm, denoted in this list by "reel" designation) and, therefore, would not be available through interlibrary loan request to researchers. For more information information on these and other books in our collections, please see our ask a research question page.

Beau, Rene and C. Dillet. Notice Sur les Francais de Florence. Paris, France: Moulineaux, 1889. (Reel: LM41, no. 5).

Bergthal Mennonite Church. Heritage First One Hundred: Karlswald, Russia, to Pawnee Rock and Dundee, Kansas, 1874-1974. Pawnee Rock, KS: Author, 1974. (K289.7/Pam.v.1/no. 2).

Bird, Roy D. An Ethnic History of Shawnee County, Kansas. Topeka, KS: Topeka-Shawnee County Metropolitan Planning Commission, 1974. (K325.1/B532).

Brown, Jean. "Immigration to Kansas." Kanhistique: Kansas History and Antiques 9 (August 1983): 5. (*Oversize/K 978.105/K13/V. 9/no. 4).

Butler, Thomas A. The State of Kansas and Irish Immigration. Dublin, Ireland: McGlashan and Gill, 1871. (K325.1/Pam.v.).

Carman, J. Neale. Foreign-Language Units of Kansas: Historical Atlas and Statistics. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 1962. (K325.1/C211).

Carruth, William H. "European Contributions to Kansas Agriculture." Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture for the Quarter Ending March, 1899. Topeka, KS: Kansas State Board of Agriculture, 1899. (SP 630.6/K13q/V. 16/pp. 235-240).

__________. "Foreign Settlements in Kansas." The Kansas University Quarterly 1 (October 1892): 71-84. (K325.1/Pam.v.1/V. 1/no. 2).

Chicago Grain and Provision Review. Where to Emigrate. Chicago, IL: Author, n.d. (Port/K325.1).

Cole, Arthur C. "The Passing of the Frontier." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 5 (December 1918): 288-312. (GL 973.06/M69/V. 5/no. 3/p. 297).

Cole, Rodney M. "The Issue Was Kansas: The Persuasive Campaign of the New England Emigrant Aid Company." Doctorate dissertation, University of Kansas, 1970. (K978.1/C676).

Connelley, William E. "First Settlers." A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans. New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Co., 1918. (K978.1/C76/1918/V.1/c.1/pp. 356-365).

Correll, Charles M. "Other Immigrant Elements." Kansas: The First Century. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1956. (K978.1/B768/V. 1/pp. 355-370).

Curl, Thelma J. "Promotional Efforts of the Kansas Pacific and Santa Fe to Settle Kansas." Master's thesis, University of Kansas, 1950. (Reel: LM 325, no. 4).

Dana, C.W. "Kanzas." The Great West, Or the Garden of the World. Boston, MA: Wentworth and Co., 1858. (GL 917.7/D19/pp. 177-226).

Dary, David A. "The Selling of the Great American Desert." Entrepreneurs of the Old West. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. (K978.1/D259e/pp. 226-248).

Dreiling, B.M. Golden Jubilee of the German-Russian Settlements of Ellis and Rush Counties, Kansas. Hays, KS: Ellis County News, 1926. (K978.1/-E15/D813).

Duram, James C. and Eleanor A. Duram. "Letters from Paradise." Kansas History 9 (Spring 1986): 10-18. (SP 906/K13qh/V. 9/no. 1).

Durr, Fred. "Nativity and Color." Population and the Labor Force. Lawrence, KS: School of Business, 1957. (SP 378/Z/B96esc/Pt. 4/pp. 43-46).

Emigrants Committee. "Kansas Circular." Meigs County Telegraph. Pomery, OH: Author, 1855. (K978.1/Mss.)

Emmons, David M. Garden in the Grasslands: Boomer Literature of the Central Great Plains. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1971. (GL 333/Em 67).

Fitzgerald, Daniel C. "We Are All in this Together: Immigrants in the Oil and Mining Towns of Southern Kansas, 1890-1920." Kansas History 10 (Spring 1987): 17-28. (SP 906/K13qh/V. 10/no. 1).

Giannangelo, Emory. "The Migration of the Swedes to Lindsborg, Kansas." Doctorate dissertation, University of Wichita, 1947. (Reel: LM 323, no. 4).

Goodnow, I.T. "Personal Reminiscences and Kansas Emigration, 1855." Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 4 (1890): 244-253. (Reel: LM 933, no. 1).

Hale, Edward E. Emigration to Kansas. Boston, MA: Goege H. Ellis, 1879. (K325.1/Pam.v.1).

__________. "New England in the Colonization of Kansas." Kansas History Pamphlets. N.p.: n.d. (K978.1/Pam.v.3/Pt. 2/no. 8).

__________. The Gospel of Freedom Extended by the Organization of Emigration. Fall River, MA: 1855. (Port/K325.1).

Hiebert, Clarence. Brothers in Deed to Brothers in Need: A Scrapbook About Mennonite Immigrants from Russia, 1870-1885. Newton, KS: Faith and Life Press, 1967. (K325.1/H531).

Hinton, Richard J. "Emigration in 1856." [Topeka] Commonwealth. Oct. 22, 1879. [1 p.]. (Reel: T1053)

Holbrook, Stewart H. "Kansas-Bloody But Safe." The Yankee Exodus: An Account of Migration from New England. New York, NY: MacMillan Co., 1950. (GL 973/H696/pp. 187-207).

Howes, Cecil. "This Month in Kansas History: The Birth of a State." Kansas Teacher. Topeka, KS: Kansas State Teachers Association, 1943. (K370.6/K13/V. 51/no. 9/pp. 46-48).

Illinois and Kansas Colony Association. Announcement of the Illinois and Kansas Colony Association. N.p.: Quincy Tribune, 1871. (Port/K978.1/-B28/B).

Johannes, Sister Mary E. "A Study of the Russian-German Settlements in Ellis County, Kansas." Doctorate dissertation, Catholic University of America, 1946. (K325.3/J597).

Kansas Herald. The Kansas Herald Devoted to Immigration and Home Missionary Enterprise of the West. Marathon, NY: James H. Lathrop, 1871. (K325.1/Pam.v.1).

Kansas Land and Emigration Co. Emigration to Kansas: The Glory of the West. London, UK: R.H. Drew, 1869. (K917.81/K13).

Kansas State Board of Agriculture. "Immigration." Report of the State Board of Agriculture to the Legislature of Kansas. Topeka, KS: State Printer, 1874. (SP 630.6/K13/pp. 303-307).

Kansas State Historical Society. Immigration Clippings, 1854-1988. (3 vols.). Topeka, KS: Author, n.d. (K925.1/Clipp.).

__________. "New England, Texas and Kansas." New England Emigrant Aid Company Clippings. Topeka, KS: Author, n.d. (K978.1/N42/Clipp./V. 1/p. 79).

Kirkpatrick, Doris. "I'll Die for Kansas." The City and the River. Fitchburg, MA: Fitchburg Historical Society, 1971. (GL 974.42/-F55/K636).

Klem, Mary J. "Missouri in the Kansas Struggle." Proceedings of Historical Association the Mississippi Valley 9 (1917-18): 393-413. (GL 973.06/M69/1917-18/V. 9).

Laird, Judith A. Argentine, Kansas: The Evolution of a Mexican-American Community, 1905-1940. Ann Arbor, MI: Xerox University Microfilms, 1975. (K 978.1/-W97/Ar37).

Lindquist, Emory. "A Proposed Scandinavian Colony in Kansas Prior to the Civil War." The Swedish Pioneer 9 (April 1958): 48-60. (K325.1/Pam.v.1/V. 9/no. 2).

__________. "The Swedish Pioneer Historical Society." Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly 10 (October 1958): 111-123. (K325.1/Pam.v.1).

Lynch, William O. "Popular Sovereignty and the Colonization of Kansas from 1854 to 1860." Proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1917-1918 (May 1919): 380-392. (GL 973.06/M69/V. 9/Pt. 3).

___________. "Population Movements in Relation to the Struggle for Kansas." Studies in American History (June 1926): 383-404. (K325.1/Pam.v.1).

__________. "The Westward Flow of Southern Colonists before 1861." The Journal of Southern History 9 (August 1943): 303-327. (GL 975.05/J827/V. 9/no. 3).

McQuillan, D. Aidan. "Adaptation of Three Immigrant Groups to Farming in Central Kansas 1875-1925." Doctorate dissertation. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975. (K630.1/M243).

__________. Prevailing Over Time: Ethnic Adjustment on the Kansas Prairies, 1875-1925. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, (K630.1/M243/1990).

Melaragano, Kenneth J. "Immigrants Viewed Through the Baptismal Register." Papers in History: A Journal Published by the History Club of Pittsburg State University 13 (Spring 1982): 19-25. (SP 371.42/Q/H629/V. 13/no. 1).

Miller, Wallace E. The Peopling of Kansas. Columbus, OH: Fred J. Herr Press, 1906. (Reel: LM 227, no. 1).

Morrow, Robert. "Emigration to Kansas in 1856." Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1903-1904. Topeka, KS: State Printer, 1904. (Reel: LM 935, no. 2).

Mould, David. The Kansas Immigrants. (2 vols.). Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, 1980-81. (SP 378/Z/C767ki/V. 1-2).

N.A. Diamond Jubilee: German-Russian Colonists, 1876-1951. Hays, KS: 1951. (K325.1/Pam.v.1).

N.A. Free Homesteads in the Garden of the World. Lawrence, KS: Kansas Publishing Co., 1870. (K917.81/Pam.v.1/no. 2).

N.A. "Immigration Convention: A Large and Influential Gathering of the Representative Germs of the State at Atchison Yesterday." Leavenworth Democratic Standard. Aug. 3, 1881. [1 p.]. (Reel: L829).

N.A. "Prohibition: Its Effect on Foreign Immigration." [Topeka] Commonwealth. July 16, 1881. [1 p.]. (Reel: T1056).

N.A. "Settlers Descendants Preserve Ethnicity/Kansas-The First 125 Years." Topeka Capital Journal. Jan. 29, 1986. [2 pp.]. (Reel: T2293).

N.A. "Southern Emigration to Kanzas." Web Scrapbook. (Vol. 11). N.p.: Author, 1856. (K040/W38/V. 11/p. 40).

New Haven Colony. Ho! For Kansas!! The New Haven Colony of Kansas. New Haven, CT: Stafford Co., 1871. (K325.1/Pam.v.1).

New York Times. "Immigration from the South." Kansas Territorial Clippings. Topeka, KS: Kansas State Historical Society, 1856. (K978.1/Clipp./V. 3/Pt. 2/pp. 235-239).

Newburyport (Massachusetts) Herald. "The New States and Territories." Indiana Magazine of History 32 (March 1936): 72-75. (GL 977.206/In2/V. 32/no.1).

Octagon Settlement Co. The Octagon Settlement Company, Containing Full Information for Inquirers. New York, NY: Fowler and Wells, n.d. (K325.1/Pam.v.1).

Oliphant, Frank. "Immigration." Kansas Magazine 5 (September 30, 1893): 23-26. (K050/N42/Sept. 1893/V. 5/no. 1).

Pardonnet,, Georges de. Emigration au Kansas. Paris, France: Bureau Principal en France, n.d. (K385/M69/Pam.v.1/no. 6).

Powell, William E. "European Settlement in the Cherokee-Crawford Coal Field of Southeastern Kansas." History of the Peoples of Kansas: An Anthology. (SP 378/Z/C767hp/pp. 275-282).

Prouty, S.S. "The Kansas Emigrant of 1856." [Topeka] Commonwealth. Apr. 24, 1877. [1 p.]. (Reel: T1048).

Reynolds, M.W. "Kansas as a Field for Immigration." Facts and Figures About Kansas. Lawrence, KS: Blackburn and Co., 1870. (K325.1/Pam.v.1).

Rister, Carl C. Southern Plainsmen. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1938. (GL 978/R49s/pp. 24-30, 220-222).

__________. The Greater Southwest. Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1934. (GL 978/R395/pp. 356-362).

Schmidt, Carl B. "Kansas in Europe." [Topeka] Commonwealth. July 28, 1881. [1 p.]. (Reel: T1083).

__________. "Reminiscences of Foreign Immigration Work for Kansas." Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1905-1906. (Vol. 9). Topeka, KS: State Printer, 1906. (Reel: LM 936, no. 1).

Schrag, Martin H. The European History of the Swiss Mennonites from Volhynia. North Newton, KS: Mennonite Press, 1974. (K325.1/Sch69).

Shawnee County Historical Society. "The Melting Pot: Shawnee County's Ethnic Communities." Shawnee County Historical Society Bulletin. Topeka, KS: Author, 1981. (K978.1/-Sh1/Sh1/no. 58).

Shortridge, James R. "People of the New Frontier: Kansas Population Origins, 1865." Kansas History 14 (Autumn 1991): 162-185. (SP 906/K13qh/V. 14/no. 3).

__________. Peopling the Plains: Who Settled Where in Frontier Kansas. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1995. (K304.8/Sh81).

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. "Population." Economic Survey of Kansas. St. Louis, MO: Author, 1930. (K917.81/So89/pp. 171-191).

Swan, Robert A. The Ethnic Heritage of Topeka, Kansas: Immigrant Beginnings. N.p.: Author, 1974. (K325.1/Sw24).

Swiss-German Cultural and Historical Association. A Study Guide of the Swiss Mennonites Who Came to Kansas in 1874. N.p.: 1974. (K325.1/Pam.v.2/no. 3).

Turk, Eleanor L. "Selling the Heartland: Agents, Agencies, Press, and Policies Promoting German Emigration to Kansas in the Nineteenth Century." Kansas History 12 (Autumn 1989): 150-159. (SP 906/K13qh/V. 12/no. 3).

__________. "The Germans of Atchison, 1854-1859: Development of an Ethnic Community." Kansas History 2 (Autumn 1979): 146-156. (SP 906/K13qh/V. 2/ no. 3).

U.S. General Land Office. Kort Beskrivelese Over Det Offentlige Land I de Forende Stater I Amerika. Washington, DC: De Forende Statem Trnckeri, 1873. (K917.81/Pam.v.3/no. 14).

Unruh, Abe J. The Helpless Poles. Grabill, IN: Courier Printing Co., 1973. (K325.1/Un7).

Unruh, Tobias. Great Grandfather's Diary. Montezuma, KS: Abe J. Unruh, 1970. (K325.1/Pam.v.2/no. 1).

Waldron, Nell B. "Colonization in Kansas from 1861 to 1890." Doctorate dissertation, Northwestern University, 1923. (K325.1/W147).

Wedel, David C. The Story of Alexanderwohl. North Newton, KS: Mennonite Press, 1974. (K289.7/W414s).

Winther, Oscar O. "The English and Kansas, 1865-1890." The Frontier Challenge: Reponses to the Trans-Mississippi West. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1971. (GL 973.04/C548/pp. 235-273).