Posted: September 3rd, 2015

HST 325 Immigration and Ethnicity Primary Source Approval

Find primary accounts from 4 different immigrants (the 4 have to be from different ethnic backgrounds and at least one has to be pre-1865).
Please use the text books and online sources as references for the primary source, print source and the … David G. Gutierrez; Walls and Mirrors, 1995, Daniel J. Tichenor; Dividing Lines, 2002 and Jon Butler, Becoming American, The Revolution before 1776, 2000. Feel free to use any other source as well.
The requirements for your 4 sources are that they 1. Have to concern immigrants or immigration 2. Be from four different immigrant groups (i.e. you can’t have four sources all on Dutch immigrants) 3. One of the four sources has to be dated pre-1865. You are welcome and encouraged to have family history or the experiences of friends serve as one, or more of the sources. You can use as many sources as you feel necessary, but all outside sources you use must be approved. The Primary Source Approval will be in the form of an annotated bibliography. An example will be posted, but in essence, you must provide a complete and proper citation for your source and then provide a paragraph description of the source. The purpose of approval is twofold: 1. to make sure that you have your sources and 2. To make sure you have read through your sources. The grading for the Primary Source Approval breaks down as follows: first-time approval 40 points, and then a 10% deduction each for any source that needs to be replaced. So, if you need to replace two sources, it is a 20% deduction. The most common reason for source rejection is because the source is a secondary not a primary source; be sure to ask if you are unclear on the different. The other common reason for rejection is lack of a clearly pre-1865 source. For sources that need to be replaced, you must submit new sources until receiving final approval. Finally, in order to receive points for any aspect of the project, you first must have your primary sources approved. The points are only associated with on-time submissions, but even if you don’t submit your sources on time, you must still submit 4 sources in order to be eligible for the points for the Presentation and the Paper.

The following is only an example
Example of Primary Source Approval:
Example of a Print Source: Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar Núñez. The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca. Edited and translated by Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2003. The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca is a shorter version of Cabeza de Vaca’s 1542, Relación, an account of the experiences Cabeza de Vaca had in southeastern North America after a shipwreck. The source recounts Cabeza de Vaca’s experiences amongst the various Native tribes that lived in the area around the Gulf of Mexico, including Cabeza de Vaca’s time as a prisoner and medicine man. It provides an experience of Spanish colonization, but from the interesting vantage point not of European domination, but of the immense collaboration and intermixing that was a central feature of the colonial period. The narrative also offers a glimpse of the broader Atlantic World as Cabeza de Vaca’s travels brought him into contact with not only Native groups, but also Africans and other Europeans. The source helps to reveal the nature of early American immigration and the conditions under which new peoples encountered one another.
Example of an Online Resource:
Van de Kemp, Francis Adrian. Franics Adrian Van der Kemp, 1752-1829, An Autobiography, Together with Extracts from His Correspondence. Edited by Helen Lincklaen Fairchild. New York, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1903. Internet Archive, Library of Congress. https://archive.org/details/francisadrianvan00vand, accessed 25 January 2015. Francis Adrian van der Kemp’s autobiography provides a detailed look at an immigrant’s experiences during the Age of Revolutions. Van der Kemp was a participant in the Dutch Patriot Revolt, a revolt contemporary to the American Revolution, and was in constant contact with American leaders, especially John Adams. After the failure of the Dutch Patriot Revolt, van der Kemp, with the help of Adams, immigrated to America and settled in western New York. Van der Kemp’s autobiography helps reveals how immigrants adjusted to the brand new landscape that was the Early American Republic. It shows van der Kemp’s struggles to find a new home and reveals the experience of many new Americans, a westward trip to find land and space. The autobiography reveals the effects of the American Revolution and the emphasis on natural rights and equality on an immigrant’s understanding of America and their hopes for a better future. Finally, van der Kemp’s family shows a classic immigrant story, which is that the conditions in the United States provided more access to opportunities and success to the children of immigrants than their parents had.

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