This section contains documents pertinent to the history of
immigration in New Hampshire. They support the New Hampshire Historical Society's program Passport to New Hampshire
History: Immigration and the Granite State.
Documents are in PDF format unless otherwise specified. They require Adobe®
Acrobat® or the free utility
Adobe®
Reader®.
L'Association Catholique de Jeunesse Franco-Américaine
(Manchester)
New Hampshire's Immigrants: Shared Experience
Immigrants arriving in the United States tend to share
at least two experiences: they look forward, trying to become American, and they look back, trying to maintain
some traditions from their homeland. The following documents are part of a series meant to support the museum's
traveling program Passport to New Hampshire History: Immigration and the Granite State. Whenever possible,
they are organized to touch upon ways they became Americanized and ways they maintained links to the home country.
New Hampshire's
French-Canadian Americans
New Hampshire's Greek
Americans
New Hampshire's Irish
Americans
New Hampshire's Polish
Americans
New Hampshire's Russian
Americans
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New Hampshire's Immigrants: Who Are
We and Where Did We Come From? (slides)
[READ ME: Information
about viewing slide shows.]
This slide show briefly traces the history of immigration to New Hampshire, highlighting data in the census years
1890 through 1920 and 2000. The presentation could serve as support for the museum's traveling program Passport
to New Hampshire History: Immigration and the Granite State. [1.1 MB]
New Hampshire's Immigrants: Notes and Facts
The following documents reflect work in progress. They
are notes compiled by Joanne Ouelette, a New Hampshire Historical Society volunteer and teacher at Nashua's Fairgrounds
Junior High School, in preparation for the capstone project of her master's program at the University of New Hampshire.
They represent part of the Society's attempt to record and present contributions of those immigrants to New Hampshire
who arrived later than the English colonists. The documents will help prepare students for the museum's traveling
program Passport to New Hampshire History: Immigration and the Granite State.
Notes: Eastern European
Jews in New Hampshire
Notes: French
Canadians in New Hampshire
Notes: Greeks in
New Hampshire
Notes: Irish in New
Hampshire
Notes: Poles in
New Hampshire
Notes: Russians
in New Hampshire
Notes: Scandinavians
in New Hampshire
Notes: Vietnamese
in New Hampshire
Context Maps:
Where They Came From
Disgraceful Riot
In the aftermath of ethnic unrest in our country after
September 11, 2001, former education director Mark Foynes published an article in Horizon (XXII, Winter 2002) on
an historical instance of Nativism in New Hampshire: "Manchester's Disgraceful Riot, July 3 and 4, 1854."
The article, adapted and reprinted with permission, shows how a primary source (Manchester Union Democrat,
July 12, 1854) can be used to illuminate current issues. The article plus supplementary background material may
also serve as an introduction to the study of immigration in the state.
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