oint of the
Americanization of immigrant settlers conducted by the writer for the
Study of Methods of Americanization.
The field study covered a period of about four months, from June to
September, 1918, inclusive, during which time the writer with his wife,
Frances Valiant Speek, as his assistant, visited fifty-four cities and
rural immigrant colonies in New England, the North Middle Western, the
Western, and the Southwestern states. The cities and colonies visited
and the nationalities involved are given in the order followed in the
field study:
1. New York, N. Y.
2. Vineland, N. J. Italians
3. " Jews
4. " Russian co-operative farm
5. Alliance, N. J. Jews
6. Norma, N. J. Jews
7. Woodbine, N. J. Jews
8. Willington, Conn. Bohemians
9. " Slovaks
10. Portsmouth, R. I. Portuguese
11. Fall River, Mass. Portuguese
12. South Deerfield, Mass. Poles
13. " Lithuanians
14. Oneida, N. Y. Italians
15. Canastota, N. Y. Italians
16. Detroit, Mich.
17. Lansing, Mich.
18. Holland, Mich. Dutch
19. Au Gres, Mich. Germans from Russia
20. " Germans from Germany
21. Posen, Mich. Poles
22. Rudyard, Mich. Finns
23. " Canadian French
24. Madison, Wis.
25. Radisson, Wis. Poles
26. Exeland, Wis. Mixed
27. Conrath, Wis. Poles
28. Weyerhauser, Wis. Poles
29. Holcombe, Wis. Mixed
30. Wausau, Wis. Mixed, Germans and native-born predominating
31. Three Lakes, Wis. Poles
32. Jennings, Wis. Poles
33. New Rhinelander, Wis. Italians
34. Roxbury, Wis. Germans
35. Walworth County, Wis. Germans
36. St. Paul, Minn.
37. St. Cloud, Minn. Slovenians
38. " Germans
39. Fargo, N. D. Scandinavians, Swedes, Norwegians
40. Bismarck, N. D.
41. Dickinson, N. D. Russians
42. " Germans
43. San Francisco, Cal. Russian Sectarians
44. " Japanese
45. Sacramento, Cal.
46. Fresno, Cal.
47. Los Angeles, Cal. Russian Sectarians
48. Glendale, Ariz. Russian Sectarians
49. Phoenix, Ariz.
50. Globe, Ariz.
51. Austin, Tex.
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