November 14, 2024 Josh Furman, The Other Ellis Island: Jewish Immigration Through Galveston, Texas

Between 1907 and 1914, nearly 10,000 Eastern European Jews entered the United States through the port at Galveston, Texas rather than through Ellis Island. From Texas, they traveled on to several states, including Colorado. This presentation will discuss the history of the Galveston Movement, its successes and failures, and will feature a rare primary source document: a 1907 recruitment pamphlet, translated from Yiddish, that was distributed to encourage Jews to come to Texas and other states beyond the East Coast.

This lecture will be held in person in the Anderson Academic Commons room 290 at 1:30 pm