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Bay Employers Troubled Over Disabilities Act
Bay Area employers expressed concern yesterday that the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act could hamper their flexibility in making personnel decisions, depending on how narrowly or broadly the measure is interpreted. When President Bush signed…
1. Title Sheet - Ellis Island, New Immigration Building, New York Harbor, New York County, NY
This is what the new immigration processing center looks like at Ellis Island. It shows the acceptance of the growing immigrant population. This building was not used for its intended purpose.
Sun-lit barrel room
From Carla de Luca’s article Immigrants, Wine and the Spirit of America: Sun-lit barrel room in California from “America’s Wine: The legacy of Prohibition”, Courtesy The Bancroft Library
Parenting and the Process of Migration: Possibilities Within South Asian Families
The migration experience creates a unique set of challenges for families, which can result in intergenerational conflict and create the conditions for abuse or neglect. Alternatively, families can cope with these challenges in creative and seemingly…
US Aircraft Turned Scrap Metal
Multiple US aircraft in ruin in front of an aircraft hanger on the Pearl Harbor Naval Base.
Remarks on Proposed Measures to Combat Mental Illness and Mental Retardation, 5 February 1963
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s Special Message to Congress on mental illness and mental retardation delivered from the White House Fish Room. In his speech the President discusses his plans for a national mental health program, which…
Photograph of a B-26 Martin Marauder Giving Cover to the Landing Craft on the Beaches of France
Photographs of Activities, Facilities and Personnel