Kurt C. Schlichting, Ph.D., “Exploring the Historical Record of Irish Immigration: To American and Newport”
Kurt C. Schlichting, Ph.D., “Exploring the Historical Record of Irish Immigration: To American and Newport”
Documenting an historical past is a complicated process. The chronicle of the Irish in America has been the subject of novels, biographies and films. Family histories preserve a treasured story of a journey to America and then the subsequent struggle for acceptance and upward mobility. Social historians, on the other hand, rely on official records