Title: Ellis Island : echoes from a nation's past /
Authors: Kotker, Norman.; Jonas, Susan.; United States.; Montclair State College.; Ellis Island Immigration Museum.; United States.
Publisher: An Aperture Book in association with the National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior and Montclair State College,
Year: 1989
Subjects: Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) History.; United States Emigration and immigration History.
Abstract: Traces the history of Ellis Island and describes the experiences of immigrants arriving there.
Contents: Introduction: from the future in America / H.G. Wells -- Welcome: the immigrants arrive (1892-1954) / Norman Kotker -- An Island abandoned (1954-1984) / Shirley C. Burden -- Ellis Island: symbol and reality (1983-1990) / Charles Hagen -- Portfolio / by 34 contemporary photographers / Ellis Island: an architectural history (1892-1990) / Robert Twombly -- Chronology / Paul Kinney.