Americans All, Immigrants All

The United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education partnered with the Columbia Broadcasting System to present a series of 26 dramatic radio broadcast programs detailing the role of immigrants in the development of the USA. This small volume was printed as a supplement to the programs. It contains a great deal of the data concerning the contributions of immigrants to the country, often in condensed or tabular form, which were highlighted in the broadcasts.

By : U. S. Department of the Interior Office of Education

01 - The Programs and Their Purposes 02 - What Brought Us to the United States 03 - When We Came to the United States 04 - The Development of Our Immigrant Policy 05 - The Immigrant and Our Economic Progress 06 - Pulling Together - The American Way 07 - Are People Really Different? 08 - Immigration From 1820 to 1936 09 - Our Gifts to Science and to Agriculture 10 - Our Gifts to Industry and to Commerce 11 - Our Gifts to the Arts and Crafts 12 - Our Gifts to Social Progress and Government 13 - "Dear Listener"

The “Americans All—Immigrants All” programs are designed to promote a more appreciative understanding of our growing American culture through the dramatization of the contributions made by the many groups which are a part of it. What brought people to this country from the four corners of the earth? What gifts did they bear? What were their problems? What problems remain unsolved? This series dramatically presents the story of “Americans All—Immigrants All.”

1. Opening Frontiers.—New trails are blazed, frontiers are pushed westward, and foundations of our great democracy are laid by newcomers from across the seas.

Adams, James Truslow. The March of Democracy; the Rise of the Union, Vol. I. Charles Scribner’s Sons, N. Y. 1932.

Morgan, James. The Birth of the American People. Macmillan Company, N. Y. 1930.

2. Our English Heritage.—Rich experiences in self-government and basic liberties are introduced by the English in colonizing the northern Atlantic seaboard.

Brooks, Van Wyck. The Flowering of New England. E. P. Dutton Co., N. Y. 1936.

Williams, Ellis A., and Fisher, F. J. The Story of English Life. Coward-McCann, N. Y. 1936.

3. Our Hispanic Heritage.—The Spaniards build missions and bring Andalusian cattle and horses into the Southwest.

Otero, N. Old Spain in Our Southwest. Harcourt, Brace and Company, N. Y. 1936.

Santee, Ross. The Cowboy. Farrar and Rinehart, N. Y. 1928.

4. Scots, Scotch-Irish, and Welsh.—Sturdy Scotch-Irish and Scots, vanguard of march to the West, settle along frontiers. The Welsh, lovers of song, discover coal and develop our mines.

Ford, H. J. Scotch-Irish in America. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J. 1915.

Harries, F. J. Welshmen in the United States. St. David’s Society, N. Y. 1927.

James, Bessie Rowland, and Marquis, James. Courageous Heart. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, Ind. 1934.

5. Winning Freedom.—Through cooperation and willingness to sacrifice both wealth and life, colonists win independence and preserve priceless principles and ideals.

Beard, C. A. and M. R. The Rise of American Civilization. Macmillan Company, N. Y. 1937.

Eaton, Jeanette. Leader by Destiny. Harcourt, Brace and Company, N. Y. 1938.

6. The Negro.—From early colonial days, the Negro, who composes one-tenth of our population, plays large part in our economic and artistic life.

Brawley, Benjamin. The Negro Genius. Dodd, Mead, and Co., N. Y. 1936.

Brown, J. C. The Story of the American Negro. Friendship Press, N. Y. 1930.

Woodson, Carter G. The Negro in Our History. Associated Publishers, Washington. 1937.

7. The French and Netherlanders.—French fur traders and missionaries pioneer the Mississippi Valley; Netherlanders settle on Manhattan Island; French-Canadians work in lumber camps and mills of New England; diamond cutters come from Belgium; and French-speaking Swiss build up our cheese industry.

Coffin, Robert P. T. Kennebec: Cradle of Americans. Farrar and Rinehart, N. Y. 1936.

Repplier, Agnes. Pere Marquette, Priest, Pioneer, Adventurer. Doubleday, Doran, and Co., N. Y. 1929.

Wertenbaker, Charles. Before They Were Men. Liveright Publishing Co., N. Y. 1931.

8. Upsurge of Democracy.—Frontiersmen and newcomers unite to bring about decline of aristocracy. Eastern wage earners march in the ranks of the new democracy.

James, Marquis. Life of Andrew Jackson. Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Ind. 1938.

Roosevelt, Theodore. The Winning of the West. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, N. Y. 1895.

9. The Irish.—Sons of old Ireland develop canals, railroads, and factories, enter the ranks of public service, and bring song, humor, and literature of a high order.

Dunne, Finley Peter (Elmer Ellis, ed,). Mr. Dooley at His Best. Charles Scribner’s Sons, N. Y. 1938.

O’Brien, Michael J. The Irish in the United States. Phoenix Ltd., Washington, D. C. 1914.