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Guide to the Records of the Industrial Removal Office, undated, 1899-1922

*I-91

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Descriptive Summary
Creator:	Industrial Removal Office
Title:	Records of the Industrial Removal Office
Dates:	undated, 1899-1922
Abstract:	The Industrial Removal Office was created as part of the Jewish Agricultural Society to assimilate immigrants into American society, both economically and culturally. It worked to employ all Jewish immigrants. The collection contains administrative and financial records, immigrants' removal records, and correspondence. A database has been constructed to search for persons removed by the Industrial Removal Office.
Languages:	The collection is in English and Yiddish.
Quantity:	74.25 linear feet + 1 Oversized folder (115 manuscript boxes, 10 oversized boxes (20.5x17x3), 1 oversized folder)
Identification:	I-91
Repository:	American Jewish Historical Society

In 1901, following anti-Semitic decrees by the Romanian government, a large wave of Romanian Jews fled to New York. The Rumanian Committee was quickly formed in New York to distribute the immigrants to other towns where they might find employment. B'nai B'rith lodges in these towns and cities assisted the refugees upon their arrival. The Romanian Committee rapidly evolved into the Industrial Removal Office, which took over the work on a much larger scale and opened its availability to any unemployed Jewish immigrant, regardless of their origin.

The Industrial Removal Office was formally created as part of the Jewish Agricultural Society at the Society's January 24, 1901 Executive Committee meeting. The Society rented a store at 34 Stanton Street in New York and named it "The Industrial Removal Office." The office was later transferred to 174 Second Avenue. The process of procuring work for immigrants was done through traveling agents, who also obtained the cooperation of local Jewish organizations. Local committees, organized primarily by B'nai B'rith, obtained orders for workers and assisted the immigrants on their arrival. The New York bureau noted requests received from the traveling agents and local committees and matched up opportunities from their applicant lists. In the first year of the Industrial Removal Office's existence, nearly 2000 individuals were sent to 250 places throughout the United States.

The philosophy behind the IRO was to assimilate the immigrants into American Society, both economically and culturally. As David Bressler, IRO general manager for sixteen years, noted, the goal was to allow immigrants to find "their own salvation." Local committees were told to regard the arriving immigrant as a newcomer filling a definite place within the community, not as a charity case. The immigrant's work should be carefully chosen to fully use his abilities and closely correspond to his earning powers. Lastly, care should be made to make the immigrant comfortable in his new community. The IRO believed that individuals or families settling in their new lives would serve as magnets for immigrating relatives and friends.

The types of occupations and trades immigrants were placed in varied widely. The records list a total of 390 variations including: carpenters, shoemakers, butchers, blacksmiths, farmers, locksmiths, clerks, machinists, paperhangers, tanners, furriers, harness makers, printers, watchmakers, weavers, and wood carvers. A major success of the IRO was to encourage diverse occupations beyond those in the needletrades.

With the financial panic in 1907 and the ensuing industrial depression, the demand for labor decreased sharply. The IRO counteracted this crisis by sending traveling agents farther away from New York and by increasing its publicity. The result was a broader range of distribution that included the Southern, Rocky Mountain, and Pacific States. This year also marked an administrative autonomy from the auspices of the Jewish Agricultural Society. In 1909, the ongoing industrial depression produced the lowest distribution figures since 1902. Many IRO city offices suspended their operations. David Bressler organized offices in Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Spokane, and other agricultural centers that were not as affected by the depression. Two major distribution centers, Philadelphia and Boston, ceased their operations in 1911 and 1914, respectively.

With the onset of World War I, distributing IRO offices had so shrunk that only 3,500 immigrants were placed out of a total of 12,000 applicants. IRO's income also decreased and to maintain morale a bulletin "Distribution" began to be published in July 1914. The IRO preserved its core organization throughout the war. In 1921, with deepened US immigration restrictions, the IRO attempted to place immigrants in Mexico. The project was soon discontinued. IRO formally dissolved in 1922. From 1901 to 1922, the IRO distributed approximately 79,000 individuals throughout the United States and Canada. From 1901 to 1913, IRO distributions represented close to 6 or 7 per cent of the US total immigration figures.

References

Glazier, Jack. Dispersing the Ghetto: The Relocation of Jewish Immigrants Across America. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998.

Joseph, Samuel. History of the Baron de Hirsch Fund: the Americanization of the Jewish Immigrant. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1935.

Chronology of the Industrial Removal Office
1900	Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society founded by the Baron de Hirsch Fund and the Jewish Colonization Association to encourage migration from NYC into the interior of the US and agricultural interest/education.
	Romanian Relief Committee (RRC), with help of Jewish philanthropists and B'nai Brith lodges, helps large Romanian influx of immigrants find employment.
1901	Industrial Removal Office created, taking over the duties of the RRC and applying them on a larger scale with more organization; courtesy of de Hirsch Fund, B'nai Brith, United Hebrew Charities, and other Jewish immigrant groups.
1903	United Hebrew Charities and the de Hirsch Fund hire David Bressler as the IRO general manager. Before, Bressler had worked for the Romanian Aid Society and spent the majority of his adult life working with immigrants.
1904	IRO hires and sends forth college educated young men to work as "traveling agents" to promote the IRO around the country, investigate employment opportunities, and establish local liaisons and committees.
1905	IRO moves New York main office from store space at 34 Stanton St. to 174 2^nd Avenue.
1906	Congress passes the Galveston Plan, making Galveston, Texas an alternative entry station into the United States, furthering the effort to discourage new Jewish immigrants from settling in the Lower East Side.
1907	Jewish Immigration Information Bureau (JIIB) founded as branch of IRO to receive immigrants through Galveston and send them to other communities in the US.
1914	Relations between the JIIB and other Jewish organizations deteriorate and Jews are no longer sent through Galveston. Over 10,000 Jews were helped and settled through Galveston by the JIIB.
1917	Burnett Immigration Law passed in Congress over President Wilson's 2^ndveto; requiring a literacy test for new immigrants. Jewish lobby procures small victory in that literacy test is not applied to those seeking refuge from religious persecution.
	David Bressler resigns from position of IRO general manager.
	78,995 immigrants resettled by the IRO since 1901, by the end of the year.
1921	Congress passes the Quota Act, limiting annual immigration to 3% of given national resident group already living in the United States.
1922	Immigration reaches nearly a standstill and IRO activity ceases.

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Scope and Content Note

The records of the Industrial Removal Office document the efforts made on the part of this office and other agencies to assist immigrants arriving and living in New York City. A precious part of this collection is the immigrants' perceptions of their new life and the IRO's work. The complexity of material encompasses administrative, financial, statistical records; small town population and Jewish life conditions surveys; placement and removal records; correspondence of IRO traveling and local agents and potential employers; correspondence of overseas Jewish immigrant organizations and American Jewish aid societies, trade unions, courts, newspapers, and other agencies; correspondence between immigrants and the IRO staff; and correspondence from significant individuals in the IRO, politics, and Jewish social services.

The collection is particularly strong in regards to immigrant removal and placement records, correspondence of IRO staff, other organizations, and major individuals, and IRO financial records. It is less so concerning IRO administrative reports and committee minutes, where several time gaps exist.

Among the research areas available within the IRO material are genealogy, American immigration, Jewish philanthropic agencies, labor, demographic surveys, Jews in small towns in the early 1900s, and the relationship between German Jews and Eastern European Jewish immigrants.

It is recommended that genealogists begin with the ledgers in Series II, and then later research further into additional series.

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Arrangement

The collection has been arranged into eleven series as follows:

Series I: Organizational Records, (1903-1922)
Series II: Removal Records, (1899-1922)
Series III: Traveling Agents, (Surveys of Towns for Possible Removal, undated, 1905-1914)
Series IV: Outside Organizations, (Correspondence, 1901-1922)
Series V: Local Agents, (1901-1921)
Series VI: Job Offers, (1901-1921)
Series VII: Bureau of Information and Advise, (1912-1921)
Series VIII: IRO and Jewish Colonization Association, (Correspondence, 1901-1921)
Series IX: Personal Correspondence, (1904-1922)
Series X: Correspondence of Immigrants, (1901-1921)
Series XI: Surveys of Jewish Population and Living Conditions, (undated, 1906-1909)

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open to all researchers by permission of the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society, except items that are restricted due to their fragility.

Use Restrictions

Information concerning the literary rights may be obtained from the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society. Users must apply in writing for permission to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection. For more information contact:
American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16^th Street, New York, N.Y., 10011
email: reference@ajhs.org

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Related Material

Related materials can be found in the Baron de Hirsch Fund Records, Max James Kohler papers, and the National Committee for the Relief of Sufferers by Russian Massacres Records at AJHS and the Jewish Agricultural Society Records at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

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Provenance

The Industrial Removal Office Collection was donated to the American Jewish Historical Society in 1949 as part of the Baron de Hirsch Fund Records.

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Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); Records of the Industrial Removal Office; I-91; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre, MA and New York, NY.

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Database

A database indexing immigrants' names recorded in ledgers found in Series II: Removal Records, has been completed and is available online at: (May 2008). PLEASE NOTE: By using this link you will be exiting the current Industrial Removal Office finding aid.

The names recorded in the database are listed in ledgers that are located in Box 6 through Box 12 of the collection. Please note that additional material concerning individual immigrants may also be found in other areas of the collection. The database provides the location of the immigrant's information in the ledger. The actual ledger record may include the following information: New York address, new destination, date of distribution, name and age of the wife and children, immigrant's occupation, country of birth, length of time in the U.S., present wages, IRO statistics, and status after his or her new residence.

Please note that the name indexing for this database was taken from handwritten entries, many of which were unclear. It is recommended that one search under various alternative spellings and possible incorrect letters of a name. For instance, one may wish to search for the last name Katzin as Kalzin or Kalzim.

The American Jewish Historical Society is deeply grateful for the support provided by the Estelle Guzik, the Jewish Genealogy Society of New York, and the efforts of the following volunteers: Ronni Beer, Esther Brownstein, Bernard Cedar, Claire Cohen, Jacob Cohen, Jane Foss, Barbara Frank, Bobby Furst, Shirley Gerstel, Ava Gorkin, Estelle Guzick, Sheila Heitner, Eden Joachim, Phyllis Kramer, Ken Kravitz, Jeffrey Levin, Florette Lynn, Susan Mann, Robin Newman, Mark Polisar, Ann Rabinowitz, Carol Raspler, Renee Resky, Toby Sanchez, Claudia Schellenberg, Charlene Segot, Doug Seidman, Rebecca Simmons, Greta Tedoff, Bruce Zatz, Dorothy Zenilman, and Paula Zieselman.

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Access Points

Subject Names:
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935
- Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940
- Arkush, Reuben
- Barondess, Joseph, 1867-1928
- Benderly, Samson, b. 1876
- Benjamin, Eugene S., 1862-
- Bero, Stanley
- Bijur, Nathan, 1862-1930
- Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941
- Bressler, David M.
- Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951
- De Haas, Jacob, 1872-1937
- Goldstein, Henry P.
- Hallgarten, Charles L., 1838-1908
- Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple, 1856-1929
- Jeretzki, Alfred, 1861-1925
- Kohler, Max J. (Max James), 1871-1934
- Lipsitch, Irving
- Loeb, Morris, 1863-1912
- Magnes, Judah Leon, 1877-1948
- Marshall, Louis, 1856-1929
- Mendes, H. Pereira (Henry Pereira), 1852-1937
- Paley, Y. [John], 1871-1907
- Pool, David de Sola, 1885-1970
- Root, Elihu, 1845-1880
- Sanders, Leon, 1867-
- Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915
- Schiff, Jacob H. (Jacob Henry), 1847-1920
- Seman, Philip L. (Philip Louis), 1881-1957
- Solomons, Adolphus
- Sulzberger, Cyrus L. (Cyrus Lindauer), 1858-1932
- Sulzer, William, 1863-1941
- Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
- Waldman, Morris D. (Morris David), b. 1879
- Weil, Leo
- Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949
Subject Organizations:
- American Immigration and Distribution League
- American Jewish Committee
- American Palestine Company
- Baron de Hirsch Fund
- Central Committee for the Relief of Jewish Sufferers in Russia
- Delaware Valley Agricultural College
- Federation of American Zionists
- Federation of Oriental Jews of America
- Galveston Plan
- HIAS (Agency)
- Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America
- Industrial Removal Office (U.S.)
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
- International Workers of the World
- Jewish Agricultural Society
- Jewish Colonization Association
- Jewish-Socialist-Territorialist-Labor-Party of America
- Journeymen Tailors of America
- Montreal Baron de Hirsch Institute and Hebrew Benevolent Society
- National Committee for Relief of Sufferers of Russian Massacres
- National Council of Jewish Women
- National Desertion Bureau, New York
- National Liberal Immigration League (New York)
- North American Civic League for Immigrants
- Roumanian Relief Committee
- United Cloth Hat and Cap Makers of North America
- United Hebrew Charities of the City of New York
- Zionist Organization of America
Subject Topics:
- Building trades
- Charities
- Children
- Emigration and immigration (Russia)
- Emigration and immigration (U.S.)
- Industrial arts
- Jews Persecutions
- Occupations
- Persecution
- Refugee children
- Refugees
- Social service
- Statistics (U.S.)
- World War, 1914-1918
Subject Places:
- Boston (Mass.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Denver (Colo.)
- Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
- Galveston (Tex.)
- Mexico
- Milwaukee (Wis.)
- Montréal (Québec)
- New York (N.Y.)
- Omaha (Neb.)
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Romania
- Russia
- Saint Louis (Mo.)
- St. John's (N.L.)
Document Types:
- Annual Reports
- Application Forms
- Bookkeeping Records
- Correspondence
- Demographics
- Financial Records
- Genealogies
- Minutes
- Monthly Reports
- Surveys

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Container List

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series I: Organizational Records, (1903-1922).
The predominant language of the series is English.
Boxes 1-5.
Arrangement: The records are divided into administrative and financial records, in original order.
Scope and Content: This series contains administrative and financial records. Administrative records consist of meeting minutes of the Board, Executive Committee, and Removal Committee; office correspondence; annual reports from 1910 and 1913; monthly reports, statistics, and bulletins, a publication of David Bressler's presentation to the 1910 National Conference of Jewish Charities; a draft of his 1902 presentation report; reports on immigration restriction; studies conducted on removals and the agency's outlook; and memorabilia such as IRO business, referral, and luggage cards. Although there is a wide representation of documents, they include portions of various years. The financial records consist of detailed balance sheets, investments sheets, audits, and comparison cost figures. Three ledgers finish the series: petty cash covering June 1903 to December 1906; receipts and disbursements covering April 1904 to September 1911; and a financial record of agencies, indexed by town name, that includes cost and number of tickets by immigrants' names.
Administrative Records, undated, 1901-1919
Box	Folder	Title	Date
1	1	Board of Directors Minutes	(1903, 1907)
1	2	Executive Committee Minutes	(1907)
1	3	Removal Committee Minutes	(1903-1917)
1	4	Annual Reports	(1910, 1913)
1	5	Monthly Reports	(1901-1919)
1	6	Monthly Bulletins	(Vol. 1, nos. 6,8, December 1914, February 1915; Vol. 2, no. 2, August 1915)
1	7	Studies of Removal	(1913)
1	8	"The Removal Work, Including Galveston" (delivered by David M. Bressler before the National Conference of Jewish Charities)	(May 17, 1910)
1	9	Miscellaneous papers relating to the IRO and immigration	undated
1	10	Memorabilia (Business cards, I.D. tags)	undated
1	11	Routine office correspondence	undated
Financial Records, 1903-1922
Box	Folder	Title	Date
2	1	Budget	(1914)
2	2	Comparative Per Capita Cost Figures	(1909-1922)
2	3	Audits	(1915-1918)
2	4	Receipts and Expenditures	(1918-September 1922)
2	5	Investments-Correspondence	(1917-1922)
2	6	Bank Balances	(1907-1922)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
3/4 (OVERSIZE)	7	Removal Work Cash Book	(April 1903-September 1911)
3/4 (OVERSIZE)	8	Office Expenses-Petty Cash Account	(1903-1906)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
5	9	Financial Records of Agencies (payments to local representatives)	(1906)

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Series II: Removal Records, (1899-1922).
The predominant language of the series is English.
Boxes 6-17.
Arrangement: Box 13 records the permission received or denied in 1905 by local agents for immigrants to travel. It is indexed by town name. Box 14 lists requests for family reunions from the period 1901-1904. This ledger is alphabetized by last name and includes the destination, relatives being requested, Charity providing assistance, and arrival date. Boxes 15 to 17 consist of monthly placement records completed by the local agent from 1904-1914. The amount of placement records is not complete, but offers a large sampling. The placement records are arranged alphabetically by town name and include the name, occupation, quality of work performed, and (if applicable) next destination. The placement records also may contain remarks on individual immigrants by the local agent. Please note: some box and folder numbers differ between the written finding aid and this computerized version. In the written finding aid, files holding records of removals for boxes 15-17 are recorded in numerical order by year (i.e., Box 17, 1910, Folders 1-2; Box 17, 1911, Folders 1-2); actual folders within these boxes use both numerical order by year, and a sequential number of total folders within a single box (i.e., Box 17, 1910, 1911, Folders 1-4). This computerized version of the finding aid reflects the sequential number of total folders within a single box.
Scope and Content: The series is primarily divided by ledgers into records of removals of persons from location A and records of placement of persons to location B. For instance, a record of removal tracks a single person removed from location A, New York, and placed in location B, San Francisco. This series is highly valuable for genealogists. Boxes 6 to 12 contain removal ledgers that provide the New York address, new destination, name and age of wife and children, occupation, country of birth, and status after removal. The ledgers are listed chronologically and by Charity providing assistance. An online name index database has been created to ensure easier access.
Record of Removal, #1-43417 (OVERSIZE), 1899-1922.
Record of Removal, #1-3468, 1899-1902
Box	Folder	Title	Date
6	1	Philadelphia Removals	(1899-1902)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
6	2	Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society	(1901-1902)
6	3	Rumanian Relief	(1901-1902)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
6	4	Weiser Inger and Werthheimer	(1902)
6	5	Daniel N. Bloomenthal from Baltimore to Woodbine	(1902)
6	6	Brotmansville, N.J.	(1901-1902)
6	7	Shops of C & G Contr., A. Birer	(1901)
6	8	Shops of A, B, & Co., Contr., Ike Albert	(1901)
6	9	Shop of H. Bros Contr. I. Bresslauer	(1901)
6	10	Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society	(1902)
Record of Removal, #3469-8884 (OVERSIZE), 1903-1904
Box	Folder	Title	Date
7	1	Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society	(1903-1904)
7	2	Philadelphia Removals	(1903)
7	3	Carlton Manufacturing Co. "Alliance, NJ"	(February-March 1903)
7	4	Rumanian Relief	(January 1903-July 1904)
Record of Removal, #8885-15528 (OVERSIZE), undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
8	1	Record of Removal, #8885-15528	Unspecified
Record of Removal, #15529-24366 (OVERSIZE), 1906-1908
Box	Folder	Title	Date
9	1	Removal Committee	(April 1906-March 1908)
9	2	Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society	(April 1906-March 1908)
Record of Removal, #24367-31645 (OVERSIZE), 1908-1911
Box	Folder	Title	Date
10	1	Account A.	(April 1908-December 1911)
10	2	Account B.	(April 1908-December 1911)
Record of Removal, #31646-40938 (OVERSIZE), 1912-1914
Box	Folder	Title	Date
11	1	Account A.	(January 1912-December 1914)
11	2	Account B.	(January 1912-December 1914)
Record of Removal, #40939-43417 (OVERSIZE), 1915-1922
Box	Folder	Title	Date
12	1	Account A.	(1915-1922)
12	2	Account B.	(1915-1922)
Preliminary Removal Record and Family Reunion Cases, 1901-1905.
Box		Title	Date
13		Preliminary Removal Record, alphabetical listing of places where people were sent to from New York	1905
Box		Title	Date
14		Family Reunion Cases, alphabetical listing of names of applicants (OVERSIZE)	1901-1904
Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1904-1914.
Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1904-1905
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	1	Albany, NY, 10 pgs.	(May 1904-March 1905)
15	1	Allentown, PA, 4 pgs.	(June, August, Nov-December 1904)
15	1	Altoona, PA, 3 pgs.	(May-June 1904)
15	1	Atlanta, GA, 2 pgs.	(August-September 1904)
15	1	Aurora, MO, 1 pg.	(January 1905)
15	1	Beatrice, NE, 1 pg.	(October 1904)
15	1	Bellaire, OH, 1 pg.	(January 1904)
15	1	Birmingham, AL, 4 pgs.	(March-April, June, September 1904)
15	1	Boonville, MO, 2 pgs.	(December 1904, March 1905)
15	1	Boston, MA, 2 pgs.	(January-March 1905)
15	1	Boulder, CO, 2 pgs.	(September, December 1904)
15	1	Buffalo, NY, 9 pgs.	(June-August, October-December1904, January-March 1905)
15	1	Cedar Rapids, IA, 4 pgs.	(October-December 1904, January 1905)
15	1	Chariton, IA, 1 pg.	(November 1904)
15	1	Chattanooga, TN, 1 pg.	(September 1904)
15	1	Cheyenne, WY, 2 pgs.	(September, November 1904)
15	1	Cincinnati, OH, 17 pgs.	(March-June, August-December 1904, January, March 1905)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	1	Cleveland, OH, 3 pgs.	(December 1904, January, Mar 1905)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	1	Clinton, IA, 1 pg.	(October 1904)
15	1	Clinton, MO, 1 pg.	(March 1905)
15	1	Colorado Springs, CO, 2 pgs.	(January, September 1905)
15	1	Council Bluffs, IA, 1 pg.	(June 1904)
15	1	Cripple Creek, CO, 2 pgs.	(January, March 1905)
15	1	Dallas, TX, 1 pg.	(March 1905)
15	1	Dayton, OH, 1 pg.	(March 1905)
15	1	Demopolis, AL, 1 pg.	(September 1904)
15	1	Des Moines, IA, 5 pgs.	(March, October-December 1904, January 1905)
15	2	Des Moines, IA, 5 pgs. (cont'd)	(March, October-December 1904, January 1905)
15	2	Detroit, MI, 9 pgs.	(March, August 1904, January, March 1905)
15	2	Dubuque, IA, 1 pg.	(October 1904)
15	2	Elmira, NY, 4 pgs.	(August, September 1904, May 1905, undated)
15	2	Fort Wayne, IN, 2 pgs.	(October-November 1904)
15	2	Fort Worth, TX, 1 pg.	(September 1904)
15	2	Grand Island, NE, 3 pgs.	(September, October 1904)
15	2	Greeley, CO, 2 pgs.	(September, December 1904)
15	2	Hannibal, MO, 1 pg.	(January 1905)
15	2	Harrisburg, PA, 2 pgs.	(June, September 1904)
15	2	Hastings, NE, 1 pg.	(November 1904)
15	2	Hutchinson, KS, 3 pgs.	(December 1904, Jan, March 1905)
15	2	Indianapolis, IN, 2 pgs.	(September 1904)
15	2	Jacksonville, FL, 2 pgs.	(April, September 1904)
15	2	Joplin, MO, 1 pg.	(January 1905)
15	2	Kalamazoo, MI, 1 pg.	(October 1904)
15	2	Kansas City, MO, 19 pgs.	(Mar-June, August-December 1904, January March 1905)
15	2	Keokuk, IA, 1 pg.	(December 1904)
15	2	Lancaster, PA, 4 pgs.	(May-June, August 1904)
15	2	Lawrence, KS, 2 pgs.	(December 1904, January 1905)
15	2	Leavenworth, KS, 2 pgs.	(January, March 1905)
15	2	Lexington, MO, 1 pg.	(January 1905)
15	2	Lincoln, NE, 5 pgs.	(April, September-November 1904, January 1905)
15	2	Louisiana, MO, 2 pgs.	(January 1905)
15	2	Louisville, KY, 3 pgs.	(April, August, November 1904)
15	2	Macon, GA, 3 pgs.	(June, October 1904, February 1905)
15	2	Marshalltown, IA, 1 pg.	(October 1904)
15	2	Memphis, TN, 9 pgs.	(April-June, August, October 1904, January March 1905)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	3	Memphis, TN, 9 pgs. (cont'd)	(April-June, August, October 1904, January March 1905)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	3	Mexico, MO, 1 pg.	(January 1905)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	3	Milwaukee, WI, 15 pgs.	(March-June, August-December 1904)
15	3	Minneapolis MN, 7 pgs.	(August-December 1904, January-March 1905)
15	3	Mobile, AL, 6 pgs.	(May-June, August-September 1904, January 1905)
15	3	Montgomery, AL, 5 pgs.	(April-June, August 1904)
15	3	Murray City, OH, 1 pg.	(November 1904)
15	3	Muscatine, IA, 1 pg.	(October 1904)
15	3	Nebraska City, NE, 1 pg.	(March 1905)
15	3	New Orleans, LA, 3 pgs.	(April, August 1904, March 1905)
15	3	North Adams, MA, 1 pg.	(September 1904)
15	3	North Platte, NE, 1 pg.	(October 1904)
15	3	Omaha, NE, 4 pgs.	(October-December 1904, January 1905)
15	3	Oskaloosa, IA, 1 pg.	(November 1904)
15	3	Ottumwa, IA, 2 pgs.	(November,October 1904)
15	3	Pittsburg, KS, 2 pgs.	(December 1904, January 1905)
15	3	Portland, ME, 1 pg.	(September 1904)
15	3	Pueblo, CO, 1 pg.	(December 1904)
15	3	Reading, PA, 3 pgs.	(June, September 1904)
15	3	Richmond, VA, 1 pg.	(October 1904)
15	3	Rochester, NY	(March-June, August-December 1904, January, March 1905)
15	4	Rock Island, IL, 1 pg.	(October 1904)
15	4	St. Charles, MO, 2 pgs.	(March, April 1904)
15	4	St. Joseph, MO, 3 pgs.	(November-December 1904, January 1905)
15	4	St. Louis, MO, 20 pgs.	(March-June, August-December 1904, January 1905)
15	4	San Francisco, CA, 3 pgs.	(March-April, November 1904)
15	4	Scranton, PA, 4 pgs.	(May-June, August-September 1904)
15	4	Sedalia, MO, 1 pg.	(December 1904)
15	4	Shreveport, LA, 1 pg.	(March 1905)
15	4	Sioux City, IA, 2 pgs.	(October-November 1904)
15	4	South Bend, IN, 12 pgs.	(March-June, August-November 1904, January, March 1905)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	4	Spokane, WA, 1 pg.	(June 1904)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	4	Springfield, IL, 3 pgs.	(August, October-November 1904)
15	4	Streator, IL, 1 pg.	(June 1904)
15	4	Syracuse, NY, 2 pgs.	(June, September 1904)
15	4	Topeka, KS, 2 pgs.	(January, Mar, 1905)
15	4	Tyler, TX, 1 pg.	(March 1905)
15	4	Uncasville, CT, 3 pgs.	(April-June 1904)
15	4	Uniontown, PA, 2 pgs.	(June 1904, January 1905)
15	4	Vicksburg, MS, 1 pg.	(June 1904)
15	4	Warren, PA, 1 pg.	(April 1904)
15	4	Wheeling, WV, 3 pgs.	(June, October 1904)
15	4	Wichita, KS, 3 pgs.	(December 1904, January March 1905)
15	4	Wilkes-Barre, PA, 2 pgs.	(June, August 1904)
15	4	Wilmington, DE, 1 pg.	(April 1904)
15	4	Winona, MN, 1 pg.	(June 1904)
15	4	Youngstown, OH, 1 pg.	(November 1904)
Placement Records from Cities which Persons Removed to, 1905-1906
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	5	Albany, NY, 7 pgs.	(February, April-June, October-November 1905)
15	5	Atlanta, GA, 5 pgs.	(April, June-July, October, December 1905)
15	5	Austin, TX, 1 pg.	(November 1905)
15	5	Beaumont, TX, 1 pg.	(April 1905)
15	5	Birmingham, AL, 6 pgs.	(April, June, September, December 1905, March 1906, undated)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	5	Boulder, CO, 1 pg.	(April 1905)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	5	Buffalo, NY, 7 pgs.	(April, July-August, October-November 1905, February 1906)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	5	Burlington, IA, 1 pg.	(October 1905)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	5	Cedar Rapids, IA, 1 pg.	(March 1906)
15	5	Charleston, SC, 1 pg.	(October 1905)
15	5	Chattanooga, TN, 2 pgs.	(June, August 1905)
15	5	Cincinnati, OH, 11 pgs.	(April, June, August, October-November 1905, February 1906)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	5	Columbus, GA (November 1905)	(November 1905)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15	5	Columbus, OH, 6 pgs.	(March-April, June, August, October-November 1905)
15	5	Dallas, TX, 2 pgs.	(April, November 1905)
15	5	Detroit, MI, 5 pgs.	(April, June, October-November 1905, undated)
15	5	Evansville, IN, 3 pgs.	(June, September, November 1905)
15	5	Fall River, MA, 3 pgs.	(August, October-November 1905)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15A	1	Fort Smith, AR, 3 pgs.	(April, October-November 1905)
15A	1	Fort Worth, TX, 3 pgs.	(March-April 1905, January 1906)
15A	1	Gainsville, TX, 1 pg.	(April 1905)
15A	1	Grand Rapids, MI, 2 pgs.	(October-November 1905)
15A	1	Great Bend, KS, 2 pgs.	(December 1905)
15A	1	Hannibal, MO, 2 pgs.	(June, December 1905)
15A	1	Indianapolis, IN, 6 pgs.	(March-April, June, October-November 1905)
15A	1	Jacksonville, FL, 2 pgs.	(October, December 1905)
15A	1	Joplin, MO, 1 pg.	(March 1905)
15A	1	Kansas City, MO, 5 pgs.	(April, June, August, November1905)
15A	1	Knoxville, TN, 3 pgs.	(February, June., August 1905)
15A	1	Lake Charles, LA, 2 pgs.	(April, November 1905)
15A	1	Leavenworth, KS, 2 pgs.	(April, December 1905)
15A	1	Lincoln, NE, 2 pgs.	(April, October 1905)
15A	1	Little Rock, AR, 2 pgs.	(June, December 1905)
15A	1	Louisville, KY, 3 pgs.	(March, June, November 1905)
15A	1	Macon, GA, 1 pg.	(June 1905)
15A	1	Marietta, OH, 1 pg.	(October 1905)
15A	1	Marshall, TX, 2 pgs.	(August 1905, undated)
15A	1	Mason City, IA, 2 pgs.	(August November 1905)
15A	1	Memphis, TN, 5 pgs.	(April, June, October-November 1905, February 1906)
15A	1	Milwaukee, WI, 9 pgs.	(January, March-April, June, August 1905)
15A	2	Milwaukee, WI, 9 pgs. (cont'd)	(January, March-April, June, August 1905)
15A	2	Minneapolis, MN, 4 pgs.	(April, June, August, October 1905)
15A	2	Moberly, MO, 1 pg.	(March 1905)
15A	2	Mobile, AL, 2 pgs.	(June-July 1905)
15A	2	Montgomery, AL, 3 pgs.	(March-June 1905)
15A	2	Nashville, TN, 5 pgs.	(March, June, November, undated 1905)
15A	2	New Decatur, AL, 1 pg.	(August 1905)
15A	2	New Orleans, LA, 2 pgs.	(April 1905)
15A	2	Newport News, VA, 2 pgs.	(August, November 1905)
15A	2	Omaha, NE, 5 pgs.	(March, August, October, December 1905, February 1906)
15A	2	Paducah, KY, 1 pg.	(June 1905)
15A	2	Pensacola, FL, 1 pg.	(June 1905)
15A	2	Palestine, TX, 1 pg.	(April 1905)
15A	2	Perry, IA, 1pg.	(June 1905)
15A	2	Pine Bluff, AR, 2 pgs.	(April, October 1905)
15A	2	Pittsburg, PA, 6 pgs.	(February, April, June, October-November 1905, February 1906)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15A	2	Pueblo, CO, 5 pgs.	(April, June, September November-December 1905)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15A	2	Richmond, VA, 3 pgs.	(August, October-November 1905)
15A	2	Rochester, NY, 6 pgs.	(April, June, August, October-November 1905)
15A	2	Rock Island, IL, 2 pgs.	(August, October 1905)
15A	2	St. Joseph, MO, 4 pgs.	(March, June, August, December 1905)
15A	3	St. Louis, MO, 10 pgs.	(March-April, June, August, November 1905)
15A	3	St. Stephens, SC, 1 pg.	(November 1905)
15A	3	San Antonio, TX, 1 pg.	(April 1905)
15A	3	San Francisco, CA, 2 pgs.	(April 1905, March 1906)
15A	3	Scranton, PA, 3 pgs.	(April, June 1905, March 1906)
15A	3	Sherman, TX, 1 pg.	(April 1905)
15A	3	Shreveport, LA, 2 pgs.	(November 1905, undated)
15A	3	Sioux Falls, SD, 1 pg.	(October 1905)
15A	3	South Bend, IN, 6 pgs.	(April, June, August, October-November 1905, February 1906)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15A	3	Starkweather, ND, 1 pg.	(October 1905)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
15A	3	Syracuse, NY, 4 pgs.	(April, June, September-October 1905)
15A	3	Terre Haute, IN, 1 pg.	(August 1905)
15A	3	Toledo, OH, 5 pgs.	(April, June, August, October 1905, February 1906)
15A	3	Topeka, KS, 1 pg.	(April 1905)
15A	3	Tyler, TX, 2 pgs.	(April, June 1905)
15A	3	Vicksburg, MS, 1 pg.	(November 1905)
15A	3	Waco, TX, 1 pg.	(April 1905)
15A	3	Waterloo, LA, 1 pg.	(August 1905)
15A	3	Wichita, KS, 2 pgs.	(April, July 1905)
15A	3	Wilkes-Barre, PA, 3 pgs.	(April, June, August 1905)
15A	3	Woodbine, NJ, 1 pg.	(October 1905)
15A	3	Youngstown, OH, 1 pg.	(April 1905)
Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1906
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	1	Albany, NY, 5 pgs.	(April, June, September, November 1906)
16	1	Atlanta, GA, 4 pgs.	(February, April, June, October 1906)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	1	Augusta, GA, 1 pg.	(April 1906)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	1	Birmingham, AL, 2 pgs.	(April, June 1906)
16	1	Boston, MA, 1 pg.	(April 1906)
16	1	Buffalo, NY, 4 pgs.	(April, June, October-November 1906)
16	1	Cedar Rapids, IA, 2 pgs.	(June, October 1906)
16	1	Chatanooga, TN, 1 pg.	(November 1906)
16	1	Cincinnati, OH, 9 pgs.	(April, June, October-November 1906)
16	1	Cleveland, OH, 4 pgs.	(April, June, October-November 1906)
16	1	Columbus, OH, 4 pgs.	(April, June, October-November 1906)
16	1	Des Moines, IA 2 pgs.	(May, November 1906)
16	1	Detroit, MI, 6 pgs.	(February, April, June, October-November 1906)
16	1	Fall River, MA, 1 pg.	(December 1906)
16	1	Ft. Smith, AR, 1 pg.	(June 1906)
16	1	Ft. Worth, TX, 3 pgs.	(April, October-November 1906)
16	1	Houston, TX, 1 pg.	(May 1906)
16	1	Indianapolis, IN, 4 pgs.	(April, June, October-November 1906)
16	1	Kent, OH, 2 pgs.	(August 1906)
16	1	Keokuk, IA, 1 pg.	(April 1906)
16	1	Knoxville, TN, 1 pg.	(April 1906)
16	1	La Crosse, WI, 1 pg.	(June 1906)
16	2	Logansfront, IN, 1 pg.	(April 1906)
16	2	Lafayette, IN, 2 pgs.	(July, October 1906)
16	2	Lincoln, NE, 1 pg.	(November 1906)
16	2	Louisville, KY, 4 pgs.	(April, June, November 1906)
16	2	Memphis, TN, 3 pgs.	(April, June, November 1906)
16	2	Milwaukee, WI, 1 pg.	(April 1906)
16	2	Nashville, TN, 2 pgs.	(June 1906)
16	2	New Decatur, AL, 1 pg.	(April 1906)
16	2	New Orleans, LA, 1 pg.	(November 1906)
16	2	Omaha, NE, 5 pgs.	(April, July, November-December 1906)
16	2	Pittsburg, PA, 6 pgs.	(May, June, October-November 1906)
16	2	Portland, OR, 1 pg.	(June 1906)
16	2	Rochester, NY, 5 pgs.	(May-June, November-December 1906)
16	2	Scranton, PA, 1 pg.	(April 1906)
16	2	St. Joseph, MO, 2 pgs.	(April 1906)
16	2	St. Louis, MO, 8 pgs.	(April, July, October-November 1906)
16	2	South Bend, IN, 6 pgs.	(April, June, November-December 1906)
16	2	Syracuse, NY, 1 pg.	(July 1906)
16	2	Toledo, OH, 5 pgs.	(May, July, November 1906)
16	2	Waterloo, IA, 1 pg.	(April 1906)
16	2	Woodbine, NJ, 1 pg.	(June 1906)
16	2	Youngstown, OH, 1 pg.	(April 1906)
Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1907
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	3	Albany, NY, 3 pgs.	(January, March, May 1907)
16	3	Atlanta, GA, 3 pgs.	(January, March August 1907)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	3	Beloit, WI, 1 pg.	(October 1907)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	3	Birmingham, AL, 5 pgs.	(January, March, August, October, December 1907)
16	3	Buffalo, NY, 8 pgs.	(January, March, May, August, October, December 1907)
16	3	Chattanooga, TN, 3 pgs.	(January, April, May 1907)
16	3	Chickasha, OH, 1 pg.	(January 1907)
16	3	Cincinnati, OH, 7 pgs.	(January, March, May, August, October 1907)
16	4	Cincinnati, OH, 7 pgs. (cont'd)	(January, March, May, August, October 1907)
16	4	Columbus, OH, 7 pgs.	(January, March, May, August, October, December 1907)
16	4	Detroit, MI, 7 pgs.	( January, March, May, August, October, December 1907)
16	4	Erie, PA, 1 pg.	(September 1907)
16	4	Fall River, MA, 1 pg.	(October 1907)
16	4	Indianapolis, IN, 7 pgs.	(January, March, May, August, October, December 1907)
16	5	Jacksonville, FL, 1 pg.	(October 1907)
16	5	Louisville, KY, 5 pgs.	(January, April, September, October, December 1907)
16	5	Memphis, TN, 5 pgs.	(January, March, May, August, October 1907)
16	5	Nashville, TN, 3 pgs.	(January, March, December 1907)
16	5	Natchez, MS, 1 pg.	(April 1907)
16	5	North Adams, MA, 1 pg.	(May 1907)
16	5	Omaha, NE, 6 pgs.	(January, March, May, August, October, December 1907)
16	5	Padacuh, KY, 1 pg.	(March, 1907)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	5	Pittsburg, PA, 7 pgs.	(January, March, May, August, October, December 1907)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	5	Rochester, NY, 7 pgs.	(January, March, May, August, October, December 1907)
16	5	Rockford, IL, 1 pg.	(October 1907)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	6	St. Louis, MO, 11 pgs.	(January, March, May, August, October, December 1907)
16	6	South Bend, IN, 5 pgs.	(January, March, May, August, October 1907)
16	6	Syracuse, NY, 1 pg.	(October 1907)
16	6	Toledo, OH, 7 pgs.	(January, April, June, August, September, October, December 1907)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	6	Youngstown, OH, 1 pg.	(August 1907)
Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1908
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	7	Atlanta, GA, 2 pgs.	(April, July 1908)
16	7	Birmingham, AL, 2 pgs.	(February, April 1908)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	7	Buffalo, NY, 3 pgs.	(February, April, July 1908)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
16	7	Cincinnati, OH, 1 pg.	(April 1908)
16	7	Columbus, OH, 3 pgs.	(February, April, July 1908)
16	7	Detroit, MI, 1 pg.	(February 1908)
16	7	Indianapolis, IN, 2 pgs.	(February, April 1908)
16	7	Kalamazoo, MI, 1 pg.	(April, 1908)
16	7	Lafayette, IN, 1 pg.	(February 1908)
16	7	Lynchburg, VA, 1 pg.	(February 1908)
16	7	Omaha, NE, 1 pg.	(February 1908)
16	7	Pensacola, FL, 2 pgs.	(February, July 1908)
16	7	Pittsburg, PA, 3 pgs.	(February, April, November 1908)
16	7	Rochester, NY, 1 pg.	(February 1908)
16	7	St. Louis, MO, 1 pg.	(February 1908)
16	7	South Bend, IN, 1 pg.	(February 1908)
16	7	Toledo, OH, 1 pg.	(February 1908)
16	7	Traverse City, MI, 1 pg.	(February 1908)
16	7	Ybor City, FL, 1 pg.	(February 1908)
Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1910
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	1	Akron, OH, 3 pgs.	(June, August, November 1910)
17	1	Alliance, OH, 1 pg.	(March 1910)
17	1	Atlanta, GA, 2 pgs.	(June, August 1910)
17	1	Buffalo, NY, 4 pgs.	(March, June, August, November 1910)
17	1	Bellaire, OH, 2 pgs.	(February, June 1910)
17	1	Canton, OH, 1 pg.	(March 1910)
17	1	Chattanooga, TN, 1 pg.	(no date)
17	1	Cincinnati, OH, 4 pgs.	(February, June, August, November 1910)
17	1	Columbus, OH, 1 pg.	(June 1910)
17	1	Dayton, OH, 4 pgs.	(February, June, August, November 1910)
17	1	Detroit, MI, 5 pgs.	(January, February, June, August, November 1910)
17	1	Erie, PA, 1 pg.	(March 1910)
17	1	Grand Rapids, MI, 1 pg.	(February 1910)
17	2	Indianapolis, IN, 6 pgs.	(January, February, March, June, September, November 1910)
17	2	Lima, OH, 1 pg.	(March 1910)
17	2	Lincoln, NE, 2 pgs.	(February, June 1910)
17	2	Lorain, OH, 1 pg.	(February 1910)
17	2	Los Angeles, CA, 2 pgs.	(April 1910)
17	2	Macon, GA, 1 pg.	(July 1910)
17	2	Marion, OH, 1 pg.	(January 1910)
17	2	Minneapolis, MN, 4 pgs.	(April, August, November, no date 1910)
17	2	Pittsburg, PA, 4 pgs.	(February, June, August, November 1910)
17	2	Portland, ME, 1 pg.	(March 1910)
17	2	Rochester, NY, 3 pgs.	(February, June, September 1910)
17	2	St. Joseph, MO, 1 pg.	(No date)
17	2	St. Louis, MO, 7 pgs.	(June, August, November, no date 1910)
17	2	Seattle, WA, 1 pg.	(February 1910)
17	2	Shelbyville, IN, 1 pg.	(June 1910)
17	2	Springfield, OH, 1 pg.	(February 1910)
17	2	Spokane, WA, 1 pg.	(February 1910)
17	2	Syracuse, NY, 2 pgs.	(February, July 1910)
17	2	Toledo, OH, 4 pgs.	(February, June, September, November 1910)
17	2	Zanesville, OH, 1 pg.	(February 1910)
Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1911
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	3	Akron, OH, 1 pg.	(November 1911)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	3	Buffalo, NY, 4 pgs.	(March, June, August, November 1911)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	3	Champaign, IL, 1 pg.	(May 1911)
17	3	Cincinnati, OH, 4 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1911)
17	3	Columbus, OH, 1 pg.	(August 1911)
17	3	Dayton, OH, 4 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1911)
17	3	Detroit, MI, 3 pgs.	(May, August, November 1911)
17	3	Grand Rapids, MI, 2 pgs.	(February, no date 1911)
17	3	Indianapolis, IN, 4 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1911)
17	4	Indianapolis, IN, 4 pgs. (cont'd)	(February, May, August, November 1911)
17	4	Lima, OH, 1 pg.	(no date)
17	4	Lorain, OH, 1 pg.	(May 1911)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	4	Macon, GA, 2 pgs.	(February, May 1911)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	4	Milwaukee, WI, 2 pgs.	(August, November 1911)
17	4	Montgomery, AL, 1 pg.	(May 1911)
17	4	Omaha, NE, 1 pg.	(August 1911)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	4	Pittsburg, PA, 1 pg.	(November 1911)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	4	St. Louis, MO, 5 pgs.	(February, May, August November 1911)
17	4	Sandusky, OH, 1 pg	(May 1911)
17	4	Syracuse, NY, 2 pgs.	(February, May 1911)
17	4	Toledo, OH, 4 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1911)
Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1912
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	5	Akron, OH, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	5	Atlanta, GA, 2 pgs.	(August, November 1912)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	5	Bay City, MI, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	5	Beloit, WI, 2 pgs.	(August, November 1912)
17	5	Buffalo, NY, 3 pgs.	(February, August, November 1912)
17	5	Charlestown, SC, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	5	Chattanooga, TN, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	5	Cincinnati, OH, 2 pgs.	(August, November 1912)
17	5	Cleveland, OH, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	5	Columbus, OH, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	5	Danville, IL, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	5	Dayton, OH, 3 pgs.	(February, August, November 1912)
17	5	Decatur, IL, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	5	Detroit, MI, 5 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1912)
17	5	Fort Wayne, IN, 1 pg.	(August 1912)
17	5	Gary, IN, 2 pgs.	(August, November 1912)
17	6	Grand Rapids, MI, 2 pgs.	(August, November 1912)
17	6	Indianapolis, IN, 4 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1912)
17	6	Jackson, MI, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	6	Jacksonville, FL, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	6	La Crosse, WI, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	6	Lafayette, IN, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	6	Lima, OH, 1 pg	(November 1912)
17	6	Lincoln, NE, 1 pg.	(February 1912)
17	6	Logansport, IN, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	6	Louisville, KY, 2 pgs.	(February November 1912)
17	6	Marion, GA, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	6	Milwaukee, WI, 7 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1912)
17	6	Muncie, IN, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	6	Pittsburg, PA, 4 pgs.	(February, August, November 1912)
17	6	Racine, WI , 1 pg.	(August 1912)
17	6	St. Louis, MO, 5 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1912)
17	6	Sandusky, OH, 2 pgs.	(May, August 1912)
17	6	Sheboygan, WI, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	6	Terre Haute, IN, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	6	Toledo, OH, 3 pgs.	(February, May, November 1912)
17	6	Wheeling, WV, 1 pg.	(November 1912)
17	6	Zanesville, OH, 3 pgs.	(November 1912)
Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1913
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	7	Akron, OH, 4 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1913)
17	7	Atlanta, GA, 2 pgs.	(February, May 1913)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	7	Bay City, MI, 1 pg.	(February 1913)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	7	Beloit, WI, 2 pgs.	(August, November 1913)
17	7	Birmingham, AL, 1 pg.	(February 1913)
17	7	Buffalo, NY, 6 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1913)
17	7	Canton, OH, 1 pg.	(February 1913)
17	7	Cedar Rapids, IA, 1 pg.	(no date)
17	7	Cincinnati, OH, 4 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1913)
17	7	Columbia, SC, 1 pg.	(no date)
17	7	Columbus, OH, 4 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1913)
17	8	Columbus, OH, 4 pgs. (cont'd)	(February, May, August, November 1913)
17	8	Danville, IL, 1 pg.	(February 1913)
17	8	Dayton, OH, 5 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1913)
17	8	Decatur, IL, 1 pg.	(February 1913)
17	8	Detroit, MI, 7 pgs.	(February, May, August, November, no date 1913)
17	8	Evansville, IN, 1 pg.	(November 1913)
17	8	Fall River, MA, 1 pg.	(November 1913)
17	8	Fort Wayne, IN, 2 pgs.	(February, November 1913)
17	8	Gary, IN, 6 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1913)
17	9	Gary, IN, 6 pgs. (cont'd)	(February, May, August, November 1913)
17	9	Grand Rapids, MI, 1 pg.	(February 1913)
17	9	Indianapolis, IN, 4 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1913)
17	9	La Crosse, WI, 1 pg.	(February 1913)
17	9	Lafayette, IN, 1 pg.	(February 1913)
17	9	Lima, OH, 3 pgs.	(February, May, November 1913)
17	9	Logansport, IN, 1 pg.	(February 1913)
17	9	Louisville, KY, 2 pgs.	(February, May 1913)
17	9	Lynchburg, VA, 1 pg.	(February 1913)
17	9	Milwaukee, WI, 9 pgs.	(May, July, August, November 1913)
17	9	Nashville, TN, 1 pg.	(February1913)
17	9	Pittsburg, PA, 7 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1913)
17	10	Pittsburg, PA, 7 pgs. (cont'd)	(February, May, August, November 1913)
17	10	Racine, WI, 1 pg.	(February 1913)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	10	Richmond, VA, 1 pg.	(August 1913)
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	10	St. Louis, MO, 6 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1913)
17	10	St. Paul, MN, 2 pgs.	(February, May 1913)
17	10	Sheboygan, WI, 3 pgs.	(February, August, November 1913)
17	10	South Bend, IN, 1 pg.	(February 1913)
17	10	Springfield, IL, 2 pgs.	(February, November 1913)
17	10	Terre Haute, IN, 1 pg.	(February, 1913)
17	10	Toledo, OH, 4 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1913)
17	10	Youngstown, OH, 4 pgs.	(February, May, August, November 1913)
17	10	Zanesville, OH, 4 pgs.	(March, May, August, November 1913)
Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1914
Box	Folder	Title	Date
17	11	Atlanta, GA, 1 pg.	(May 1914)
17	11	Buffalo, NY, 1 pg.	(May 1914)
17	11	Cedar Rapids, IA, 1pg.	(May 1914)
17	11	Savannah, GA, 1 pg	(May 1914)

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Series III: Traveling Agents (Surveys of Towns for Possible Removal, undated, 1905-1914).
The predominant language of the series is English.
Boxes 18-20.
Arrangement: Material is arranged alphabetically by traveling agent, state, and town.
Scope and Content: Within this series is correspondence and reports made by traveling IRO agents to David Bressler canvassing local Jewish communities. The traveling agents were responsible for promoting the IRO with local Jewish leaders, seeking the leaders' agreement to accept a certain number of men and families per month. The traveling agents also researched employment possibilities in towns and established reception and assistance committees for incoming immigrants.
Stanley Bero, 1906-1907.
Alabama
Box	Title	Date
18	Birmingham	1906-1907
Georgia
Box	Title	Date
18	Atlanta	1906-1907
18	Macon	1906-1907
18	Savannah	1906-1907
Illinois
Box	Title	Date
18	Rockford	1906-1907
18	Springfield	1906-1907
Indiana
Box	Title	Date
18	Evansville	1906-1907
18	Fort Wayne	1906-1907
18	Indianapolis	1906-1907
18	Lafayette	1906-1907
18	Terre Haute	1906-1907
Iowa
Box	Title	Date
18	Cedar Rapids	1906-1907
18	Clinton	1906-1907
18	Council Bluffs	1906-1907
18	Davenport	1906-1907
18	Des Moines	1906-1907
18	Dubuque	1906-1907
18	Fort Dodge	1906-1907
18	Keokuk	1906-1907
18	Ottuma	1906-1907
Kansas
Box	Title	Date
18	Hutchinson	1906-1907
18	Independence	1906-1907
18	Leavenworth	1906-1907
18	Iola	1906-1907
18	Pittsburgh	1906-1907
18	Topeka	1906-1907
Michigan
Box	Title	Date
18	Battle Creek	1906-1907
18	Bay City	1906-1907
18	Grand Rapids	1906-1907
18	Jackson	1906-1907
18	Kalamazoo	1906-1907
18	Saginaw	1906-1907
18	Travers City	1906-1907
Minnesota
Box	Title	Date
18	Chisholm	1906-1907
18	Dalcuth	1906-1907
18	Eveleth	1906-1907
18	Hibbing	1906-1907
18	Minneapolis	1906-1907
18	St. Paul	1906-1907
18	Virginia	1906-1907
Missouri
Box	Title	Date
18	Hannabal	1906-1907
18	Joplin	1906-1907
18	Kansas City	1906-1907
18	Moberly	1906-1907
18	St. Louis	1906-1907
Nebraska
Box	Title	Date
18	Grand Island	1906-1907
18	Hastings	1906-1907
18	Lincoln	1906-1907
New York
Box	Title	Date
18	Syracuse	1906-1907
North Dakota
Box	Title	Date
18	Fargo	1906-1907
Ohio
Box	Title	Date
18	Akron	1906-1907
18	Alliance	1906-1907
18	Ashland	1906-1907
18	Astabula	1906-1907
18	Bellafontaine	1906-1907
18	Bellaire	1906-1907
18	Bacyras	1906-1907
18	Canton	1906-1907
18	Cincinnati	1906-1907
18	Coneat	1906-1907
18	Columbus	1906-1907
18	Dayton	1906-1907
18	Findlay	1906-1907
18	Galion	1906-1907
18	Hamilton	1906-1907
18	Iranton	1906-1907
18	Kenton	1906-1907
18	Lima	1906-1907
18	Lorain	1906-1907
18	Mansfield	1906-1907
18	Marietta	1906-1907
18	Marion	1906-1907
18	Middleton	1906-1907
18	Newark	1906-1907
18	Pique	1906-1907
18	Portsmouth	1906-1907
18	Sandusky	1906-1907
18	Springfield	1906-1907
18	Toledo	1906-1907
18	Youngstown	1906-1907
18	Zanesville	1906-1907
Pennsylvania
Box	Title	Date
18	Altoona	1906-1907
18	Connellsville	1906-1907
18	Eire	1906-1907
18	Harrisburg	1906-1907
18	Pittsburg	1906-1907
18	Scranton	1906-1907
18	Uniontown	1906-1907
18	Wilkes-Barre	1906-1907
18	Williamsport	1906-1907
South Dakota
Box	Title	Date
18	Sioux Falls	1906-1907
Tennessee
Box	Title	Date
18	Chattanooga	1906-1907
18	Knoxville	1906-1907
18	Nashville	1906-1907
West Virginia
Box	Title	Date
18	Huntington	1906-1907
18	Parksburg	1906-1907
18	Wheeling	1906-1907
Wisconsin
Box	Title	Date
18	Milwaukee	1906-1907
Morris D. Waldman, 1905-1906.
Massachusetts
Box	Title	Date
18	Fall River	1905-1906
Virginia
Box	Title	Date
18	Richmond	1905-1906
Wisconsin
Box	Title	Date
18	Superior	1905-1906
Henry P. Goldstein, n.d.
Box	Title	Date
19	General Correspondence; American Palestine Company	undated
Michigan, undated.
Box	Title	Date
19	Adrian	undated
19	Ann Arbor	undated
19	Battle Creek	undated
19	Flint	undated
19	Grand Rapids	undated
19	Jackson	undated
19	Lansing	undated
19	Manistee	undated
19	Port Huron	undated
19	Saginaw	undated
19	Traverse	undated
Ohio
Box	Title	Date
19	Akron	undated
19	Alliance	undated
19	Astubula	undated
19	Bellaire	undated
19	Cambridge	undated
19	Canton	undated
19	Chillicotlle	undated
19	Coshocton	undated
19	Dayton	undated
19	East Liverpool	undated
19	Findlay	undated
19	Freemont	undated
19	Hamilton	undated
19	Ironton	undated
19	Lima	undated
19	Mansfield	undated
19	Marietta	undated
19	Marion	undated
19	Middletown	undated
19	Newark	undated
19	Pique	undated
19	Salem	undated
19	Sandusky	undated
19	Springfield	undated
19	Steubenville	undated
19	Tiffin	undated
19	Wellstown	undated
19	Youngstown	undated
19	Zanesville	undated
19	Zenin	undated
Philip Seaman, 1905-1914.
Indiana
Box	Title	Date
19	Evansville	1905-1914
19	Fort Wayne	1905-1914
19	Gary	1905-1914
19	South Bend	1905-1914
19	Terre Haute	1905-1914
Michigan
Box	Title	Date
19	Bay City	1905-1914
19	La Crosse	1905-1914
19	Milwaukee	1905-1914
19	Racine	1905-1914
19	Sheboygan	1905-1914
Elias Margolis, 1908-1909, 1912.
Box	Title	Date
19	General Correspondence	1908-1909, 1912
Delaware
Box	Title	Date
19	Wilmington	1908-1909, 1912
Illinois
Box	Title	Date
19	Aurora	1908-1909, 1912
19	Bloomington	1908-1909, 1912
19	Chicago	1908-1909, 1912
19	Danville	1908-1909, 1912
19	Decatur	1908-1909, 1912
19	Elgin	1908-1909, 1912
19	Evansville	1908-1909, 1912
19	Jacksonville	1908-1909, 1912
19	Moline	1908-1909, 1912
19	Peoria	1908-1909, 1912
19	Springfield	1908-1909, 1912
19	Streator	1908-1909, 1912
Indiana
Box	Title	Date
19	Elwood	1908-1909, 1912
19	Evansville	1908-1909, 1912
19	Fort Wayne	1908-1909, 1912
19	Goshen	1908-1909, 1912
19	Huntington	1908-1909, 1912
19	Indianapolis	1908-1909, 1912
19	Kokome	1908-1909, 1912
19	Lafayette	1908-1909, 1912
19	Liganter	1908-1909, 1912
19	Logansport	1908-1909, 1912
19	Madison	1908-1909, 1912
19	Marion	1908-1909, 1912
19	Michigan City	1908-1909, 1912
19	Muncie	1908-1909, 1912
19	Pero	1908-1909, 1912
19	Richmond	1908-1909, 1912
19	South Bend	1908-1909, 1912
19	Terre Haute	1908-1909, 1912
19	Wabash	1908-1909, 1912
Iowa
Box	Title	Date
19	Cedar Rapids	1908-1909, 1912
Michigan
Box	Title	Date
19	Grand Rapids	1908-1909, 1912
Missouri
Box	Title	Date
19	St. Louis	1908-1909, 1912
Ohio
Box	Title	Date
19	Canton	1908-1909, 1912
19	Cincinnati	1908-1909, 1912
19	Columbus	1908-1909, 1912
19	Dayton	1908-1909, 1912
19	Toledo	1908-1909, 1912
19	Youngstown	1908-1909, 1912
Pennsylvania
Box	Title	Date
19	Allentown	1908-1909, 1912
19	Lancaster	1908-1909, 1912
19	Philadelphia	1908-1909, 1912
19	York	1908-1909, 1912
Wisconsin
Box	Title	Date
19	Beloit	1908-1909, 1912
19	Jamestown	1908-1909, 1912
19	Oshkosh	1908-1909, 1912
19	Racine	1908-1909, 1912
Abraham Solomon, 1912-1913.
Alabama
Box	Title	Date
20	Birmingham	1912-1913
20	Mobile	1912-1913
20	Montgomery	1912-1913
Georgia
Box	Title	Date
20	Atlanta	1912-1913
20	Augusta	1912-1913
20	Macon	1912-1913
20	Savannah	1912-1913
Illinois
Box	Title	Date
20	Champaign	1912-1913
20	Danville	1912-1913
20	Decatur	1912-1913
20	Springfield	1912-1913
Indiana
Box	Title	Date
20	Indianapolis	1912-1913
20	Lafayette	1912-1913
20	Logansport	1912-1913
20	Muncie	1912-1913
20	New Albany	1912-1913
20	Richmond	1912-1913
20	Terre Haute	1912-1913
North Carolina
Box	Title	Date
20	Charlotte	1912-1913
20	Greensborough	1912-1913
20	Raleigh	1912-1913
20	Wilmington	1912-1913
Ohio
Box	Title	Date
20	Akron	1912-1913
20	Canton	1912-1913
20	Columbus	1912-1913
20	Lima	1912-1913
20	Lorain	1912-1913
20	Newark	1912-1913
20	Youngstown	1912-1913
20	Zanesville	1912-1913
South Carolina
Box	Title	Date
20	Charleston	1912-1913
20	Columbia	1912-1913
Tennessee
Box	Title	Date
20	Chattanooga	1912-1913
20	Nashville	1912-1913
Virginia
Box	Title	Date
20	Richmond	1912-1913
Box	Title	Date
20	Correspondence about Agent's work	1912-1913

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Series IV: Outside Organizations (Correspondence arranged by city, 1901-1922).
The predominant language of the series is English.
Boxes 21-27.
Arrangement: Material is arranged alphabetically by city. Please see Industrial Removal Office finding aid located in the Reading Room of the Center for Jewish History for lists of correspondence with significant organizations found within each folder.
Scope and Content: This series contains correspondence the IRO conducted with local and federal government agencies and national and local organizations. Among the types of organizations are aid societies, immigrant agencies, trade unions, hospitals, courts and penitentiaries, fraternal lodges, education boards, and newspapers. The correspondence concerns individual cases, local employment opportunities, immigration laws and conditions, financial records, and statistics. Of interest is the mention of family members sent to tuberculosis hospitals, aiding Turkish Jewish immigrants, and the IRO's work in Mexico. Examples of organizations include the American Jewish Committee, Denver National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Jewish Daily Forward, National Council of Jewish Women, National Desertion Bureau, National Liberal Immigration League, and the Omaha Tailors Union. Among the correspondents are Sadie American, David Blaustein, Herbert Friedenwald, Louis Marshall, and Henrietta Szold.
Box	Title	Date
21	A - Brooklyn
Box	Title	Date
22	Buffalo - H
Box	Title	Date
23	I - New Republic
Box	Title	Date
24	New York. A - Ellis Island (HIAS)
Box	Title	Date
25	New York. Emanuel Brotherhood - Jewish Daily News
Box	Title	Date
26	New York. Jewish Daily Warheit - Trunk Line Association
Box	Title	Date
27	New York. Union Settlement - Z

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Series V: Local Agents, (1901-1921).
The predominant language of the series is English.
Boxes 28-70, 124.
Arrangement: Folders are organized alphabetically by state and town.
Scope and Content: This series reflects the relationship the New York IRO maintained with the community reception committees, agents, Jewish charities, and Jewish leaders. Material includes correspondence, telegrams, newspaper clippings, and immigrant records, and primarily regards individual cases, local employment conditions, monthly quotas, and finances. IRO's work in Canada and Mexico is also available.
Box	Title	Date
28	Alabama: Alabama City - Mobile
Box	Title	Date
29	Alabama: Montgomery - Uniontown
Box	Title	Date
	Arizona
	Arkansas
Box	Title	Date
30	California: Los Angeles - San Bernadino
Box	Title	Date
31	California: San Diego - Stockton
Box	Title	Date
32	Colorado
Box	Title	Date
33	Connecticut
Box	Title	Date
	Delaware
	District of Columbia
Box	Title	Date
34	Florida
Box	Title	Date
	Georgia
	Idaho
	Illinois: Abingdon - Champaign
Box	Title	Date
35	Illinois: Chicago
Box	Title	Date
36	Illinois: Clinton - Waukegan
Box	Title	Date
37	Indiana: Anderson - Hammond
Box	Title	Date
124	Indiana: Indianapolis A
Box	Title	Date
38	Indiana: Indianapolis B - South Bend A
Box	Title	Date
39	Indiana: South Bend B - Wabash
Box	Title	Date
	Iowa: Anamosa - Centerville
Box	Title	Date
40	Iowa: Chariton - Woodward
Box	Title	Date
41	Kansas
Box	Title	Date
42	Kentucky
Box	Title	Date
43	Louisiana
Box	Title	Date
	Maine
Box	Title	Date
44	Maryland
Box	Title	Date
	Massachusetts
Box	Title	Date
45	Michigan: Bay City - Detroit A
Box	Title	Date
46	Michigan: Detroit B
Box	Title	Date
47	Michigan: Detroit C
Box	Title	Date
48	Michigan: East Lansing - Traverse City
Box	Title	Date
	Minnesota: Crookston - Minneapolis A
Box	Title	Date
49	Minnesota: Minneapolis B - Winona
Box	Title	Date
	Mississippi
Box	Title	Date
50	Missouri: Aurora - St. Louis A
Box	Title	Date
51	Missouri: St. Louis B - Springfield
Box	Title	Date
	Montana
	Nebraska: Beatrice - Omaha A
Box	Title	Date
52	Nebraska: Omaha B - South Omaha
Box	Title	Date
	New Hampshire
Box	Title	Date
53	New Jersey
Box	Title	Date
	New York: Albany - Rochester A
Box	Title	Date
54	New York: Rochester B - Yonkers
Box	Title	Date
	North Carolina
	North Dakota
Box	Title	Date
55	Ohio: Akron - Cincinnati
Box	Title	Date
56	Ohio: Cleveland
Box	Title	Date
57	Ohio: Columbus
Box	Title	Date
58	Ohio: Conneaut - Portsmouth
Box	Title	Date
59	Ohio: Sandusky - Zanesville
Box	Title	Date
60	Oklahoma
Box	Title	Date
	Oregon
	Pennsylvania: Allentown - Forrest City
Box	Title	Date
61	Pennsylvania: Harrisburg - Uniontown
Box	Title	Date
62	Pennsylvania: Warren - York
Box	Title	Date
	Rhode Island
	South Carolina
	South Dakota
	Tennessee: Chattanooga
Box	Title	Date
63	Tennessee: Clarksville - Nashville
Box	Title	Date
64	Texas: Austin - Galveston
Box	Title	Date
64A	Texas: Houston - Waco
Box	Title	Date
65	Utah
Box	Title	Date
	Virginia
	Washington: Seattle
Box	Title	Date
66	Washington: Spokane - Tacoma
Box	Title	Date
	West Virginia
	Wisconsin: Beloit - Madison
Box	Title	Date
67	Wisconsin: Milwaukee A
Box	Title	Date
68	Wisconsin: Milwaukee B
Box	Title	Date
69	Wisconsin: Milwaukee C - Superior
Box	Title	Date
	Wyoming
Box	Title	Date
70	Canada
Box	Title	Date
	Mexico

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Series VI: Job Offers, (1901-1921).
The predominant language of the series is English.
Boxes 71-82.
Arrangement: Material is organized alphabetically by state.
Scope and Content: Various types of employers sought workmen. Bakers, carpenters, farm help, ironworkers, shoemakers, tailors are a small sampling of types of positions placed. This series contains the accepted or rejected response by the IRO New York Office. Reasons offered by the office for rejecting job offers from potential employers involved an insufficient number of men in particular trades, a lack of a Jewish community in the requested area, and the IRO's policy not to provide female help unless the male head of household is employed.
Job Offers, 1901-1921.
Accepted Job Offers
Box	Title	Date
71	Alabama - Florida
Box	Title	Date
72	Georgia - Illinois
Box	Title	Date
73	Indiana
Box	Title	Date
74	Iowa - Massachusetts
Box	Title	Date
75	Michigan - Missouri
Box	Title	Date
76	Nebraska - North Dakota
Box	Title	Date
77	Ohio - Oregon
Box	Title	Date
78	Pennsylvania - South Carolina
Box	Title	Date
79	Tennessee - Virginia
Box	Title	Date
80	Washington - Wyoming
Box	Title	Date
	Canada
Rejected Job Offers, 1901-1921.
Box	Title	Date
81	Alabama - Montana
Box	Title	Date
82	Nebraska - West Virginia - Canada

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Series VII: Bureau of Information and Advise, (1912-1921).
The predominant language of the series is English.
Boxes 83-85.
Arrangement: Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by state and town.
Scope and Content: The Bureau of Information and Advise was created in 1912 by the IRO Office to connect immigrants with small cash capital to opportunities in Jewish communities throughout the United States. During that year, the Bureau requested local Business Associations or Chambers of Commerce to completed questionnaires providing Jewish community, trade, transportation, and economic conditions in their cities. Boxes 83 and 84 contain questionnaires dated from 1912 that are alphabetically arranged by state and town. Additional correspondence from local communities responding to the questionnaire is available in Box 85, in the miscellaneous correspondence folder, covering the years 1912-1921. Box 85 consists of requests, for the year 1917, by the IRO to local trade boards and Jewish aid societies for specific applicants regarding potential opportunities for a specific type of small business. Responses vary from over saturation of a type of business to open encouragement.
Box	Title	Date
83	A - M; 1912 Population, Living Condition, and Employment Possibility Survey (By State)	1912
Box	Title	Date
84	N - W	1912
Box	Title	Date
85	Correspondence	1912-1921

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Series VIII: IRO and Jewish Colonization Association (Correspondence, 1901-1921).
The predominant language of the series is English.
Boxes 86-90.
Arrangement: Material is organized by organization and country.
Scope and Content: This series contains correspondence between the Jewish Colonization Association (ICA) in Paris and Russia with the Roumanian Relief Committee and the Industrial Removal Office in New York. Correspondence also exists between Jewish immigration agencies in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland with the IRO. The ICA in Paris coordinated relatives being sent to the US upon the IRO's or Roumanian Relief Committee's receiving their American counterpart's travel contributions. In Russia, the ICA was additionally concerned with the reunion of family members, a husband deserting his Russian family, a husband agreeing to support his wife and children in Russia, and missing Russian family members. Of further interest are the discussions between the immigration agencies regarding recent immigration laws and restrictions.
Box	Title	Date
86	Industrial Removal Office to Jewish Colonization Association	1903-1906
Box	Title	Date
87	Industrial Removal Office to Jewish Colonization Association	1907-1909, 1912-1922
87	Industrial Removal Office to Jewish Colonization Association Branch in St. Petersburgh	1913-1914
Box	Title	Date
88	Jewish Colonization Association to Industrial Removal Office and Roumanian Committee	1901-1903
Box	Title	Date
89	Jewish Colonization Association to Industrial Removal Office	1903-1908
Box	Title	Date
90	Jewish Colonization Association to Industrial Removal Office	1909, 1912-1921
90	Russian Jewish Colonization Association Branches to Industrial Removal Office
90	Various Foreign Organizations to Industrial Removal Office

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Series IX: Personal Correspondence, (1904-1922).
The predominant language of the series is English.
Box 91.
Arrangement: Material is arranged alphabetically by correspondent's last name.
Scope and Content: This series concerns correspondence of individuals in the Jewish, political, and social service communities. The majority of the correspondence is issued from significant figures in the IRO such as Reuben Arkush, Eugene S. Benjamin, Nathan Bijur, David Bressler, Alfred Jaretzki, and Cyrus Sulzberger. Other correspondents include Charles Hallgarten, Morris Loeb, Jacob Schiff, William Taft, and Leo Weil. In addition to IRO financial, statistical, and administrative business; various topics consist of a small number of individual case files, widespread plans to help immigrants, work at Galveston Texas and Ellis Island New York, and assistance from the United Hebrew Charities, Baron de Hirsch Fund, and Jewish Colonization Society.
Box	Title	Date
91	Jane Addams
91	Cyrus Adler
91	Reuben Arkush
91	Joseph Barondess
91	Jacob Bashein
91	Eugene S. Benjamin
91	Mundji Bey
91	Nathan Bijur
91	S. Bloch
91	Philip Bookstaber
91	Louis Brandeis
91	M. Caeser
91	John Foster Carr
91	Herbert Friedenwald
91	Avigdor Goldsmid
91	Richard Gottheil
91	Simon Gottschall
91	Charles Hallgarten
91	Gustave Hartman
91	Victor Harris
91	J.H. Haslam
91	Edward Herbert
91	A.J. Hoyt
91	Charles Hughes
91	Mark Hyman
91	Louis Jacobson
91	Alfred Jaretzki
91	Jeremiah Jenks
91	Joshua Joffe
91	Max Katowitz
91	Max J. Kohler
91	Joseph Kohn
91	L. Kopelovitch
91	Alphonse Lippetz
91	Morris Loeb
91	Judah L. Magnes
91	Louis Marshall
91	H. Pereira Mendes
91	Arthur Meyerowitz
91	George Miller
91	John Paley
91	M. Peissa-Kovitch
91	Nathan Perlman
91	A.J. Perlmutter
91	David De Sola Pool
91	James Reed
91	Albert Rosedale
91	A.M. Sakolski
91	Leon Sanders
91	Solomon Schechter
91	Jacob H. Schiff
91	Samuel Sheffler
91	P.A. Siegelstein
91	Jacob Singer
91	Adolphus Solomons
91	Isador Strauss
91	Cyrus Sulzberger
91	William Sulzer
91	Henrietta Szold
91	William Howard Taft
91	Leo Weil
91	Woodrow Wilson
91	Stephen Wise
91	Abraham Wolbarst
91	Samuel Yanofsky
91	A. Yoffie

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Series X: Correspondence of Immigrants, (1901-1921).
The predominant language of the series is Yiddish and English.
Boxes 91-122.
Arrangement: Material is arranged alphabetically by state and city.
Scope and Content: Letters to and from immigrants helped, or in some cases, requesting help from overseas, fill this series. The correspondence provides insight into the cultural and philosophical differences and attitudes between the immigrants and the German Jewish IRO staff, describes the problems and successes of adjustments to the immigrants' new lives, and the immigrants' perceptions of America. Letters are frequently written in Yiddish, and sometimes in Russian or Romanian. Translations, some more cursory than others, made by the IRO staff often accompany the letters. The letters' envelopes may also exist.
Box	Title	Date
92	Alabama: Bessemer - California: San Bernardino
Box	Title	Date
93	California: San Francisco - Colorado: Denver
Box	Title	Date
94	Colorado: Grand Junction - Florida: Pensacola
Box	Title	Date
95	Florida: Tampa - Illinois: Chicago
Box	Title	Date
96	Illinois: Chicago
Box	Title	Date
97	Illinois: Danville - Indiana: Terre Haute
Box	Title	Date
98	Iowa: Boone - Waterloo
Box	Title	Date
99	Kansas: Arkansas City - Louisiana: Shreveport
Box	Title	Date
100	Maine: Bangor-Massachusetts: Worcester
Box	Title	Date
101	Michigan: Ann Arbor - Weston
Box	Title	Date
102	Minnesota: Akeley - Worthington
Box	Title	Date
103	Mississippi: Aberdeen - Missouri: St. Louis
Box	Title	Date
104	Missouri: St. Louis - Nebraska: Lincoln
Box	Title	Date
105	Nebraska: Omaha - New Jersey: Bayonne
Box	Title	Date
106	New Jersey: Camden - New Mexico: Albuquerque
Box	Title	Date
107	New York: Albany - Brooklyn
Box	Title	Date
108	New York: Brooklyn - Buffalo
Box	Title	Date
109	New York: Camillus - New York City
Box	Title	Date
110	New York: New York City
Box	Title	Date
111	New York: New York City
Box	Title	Date
112	New York: New York City - Salamanca
Box	Title	Date
113	New York: Saranac Lake - Ohio: Cincinnati
Box	Title	Date
114	Ohio: Cleveland - Columbus
Box	Title	Date
115	Ohio: Dayton - Zanesville
Box	Title	Date
116	Oklahoma: Atoka - Pennsylvania: Munson Station
Box	Title	Date
117	Pennsylvania: New Brighton - Williamsport
Box	Title	Date
118	Rhode Island: Central Falls - Texas: Houston
Box	Title	Date
119	Texas: Kingsville - West Virginia: Wheeling
Box	Title	Date
120	Wisconsin: Antigo - Wyoming: Cody
Box	Title	Date
121	Unidentified Material
121	Micellaneous Correspondence
Box	Title	Date
122	Foreign letters of requests:
Box	Title	Date
	Austria
	Canada
	Cuba
	Denmark
	Germany
	Great Britain
	Greece
	Italy
	Latvia
	Mexico
	New Zealand
	Palestine
	Panama
	Romania
	Russian Empire and USSR
Box	Title	Date
122	Envelopes with names and addresses

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Series XI: Surveys of Jewish Population and Living Conditions, (undated, 1906-1909).
The predominant language of the series is English.
Box 123.
Arrangement: Material is arranged alphabetically by state and town.
Scope and Content: This series contains records from four surveys the IRO conducted on local Jewish life, population, and living conditions. Although the records are not complete, they provide a fair representation of statistics for certain states, particularly Ohio. The most extensive records exist for a 1906 survey that focuses on "conditions of Jewish life in small American cities." Questionnaires include information on Jewish life, health, standard of living and wages, industries, and education. A general Jewish population survey was also distributed to towns in 1906, and response letters and statistical tables are available. In 1907 and 1909, handwritten datacards were kept from two more surveys concerning "conditions of Jewish life in small American cities." The 1907 survey includes results from town in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The 1909 survey contains responses from Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Box	Title	Date
123	Survey on Conditions of Jewish Life in Small American Cities (4f)	1906
Box	Title	Date
	Unmarked folder [Jewish population data]
	Survey on Conditions of Jewish Life in Small American Cities	1907
	Population Survey	1906
	Survey of Population and Jewish Living Conditions	1909

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Guide to the Records of the Industrial Removal Office, undated, 1899-1922*I-91

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American Jewish Historical Society

Center for Jewish History

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New York, N.Y. 10011

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Machine-readable finding aid created by Adina Anflick as MS Word. 2002. Electronic finding aid converted to EAD 2.0 by Tanya Elder. May 2003. Description is in English.

Chronology of the Industrial Removal Office

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Series I: Organizational Records, (1903-1922).

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Administrative Records, undated, 1901-1919

Financial Records, 1903-1922

Series II: Removal Records, (1899-1922).

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Record of Removal, #1-43417 (OVERSIZE), 1899-1922.

Record of Removal, #1-3468, 1899-1902

Record of Removal, #3469-8884 (OVERSIZE), 1903-1904

Record of Removal, #8885-15528 (OVERSIZE), undated

Record of Removal, #15529-24366 (OVERSIZE), 1906-1908

Record of Removal, #24367-31645 (OVERSIZE), 1908-1911

Record of Removal, #31646-40938 (OVERSIZE), 1912-1914

Record of Removal, #40939-43417 (OVERSIZE), 1915-1922

Preliminary Removal Record and Family Reunion Cases, 1901-1905.

Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1904-1914.

Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1904-1905

Placement Records from Cities which Persons Removed to, 1905-1906

Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1906

Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1907

Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1908

Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1910

Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1911

Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1912

Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1913

Placement Records from Cities which Persons removed to, 1914

Series III: Traveling Agents (Surveys of Towns for Possible Removal, undated, 1905-1914).

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Stanley Bero, 1906-1907.

Alabama

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

New York

North Dakota

Ohio

Pennsylvania

South Dakota

Tennessee

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Morris D. Waldman, 1905-1906.

Massachusetts

Virginia

Wisconsin

Henry P. Goldstein, n.d.

Michigan, undated.

Ohio

Philip Seaman, 1905-1914.

Guide to the Records of the Industrial Removal Office, undated, 1899-1922

*I-91

15 West 16^th Street