THE FORGOTTEN OF ELLIS ISLAND
Deaths in Quarantine, 1909-1911

 

The Quarantine Station for Ellis Island

History of Quarantine

• "Barriers Against Invisible Foes", by Frank Linstow Whit. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Vol. XXXIII, January to June 1892; Pages 662 - 672
• "Quarantine at New York", HARPER'S WEEKLY, Vol. XXIII, No. 1184, Setember 6, 1879; Pages 706 (text) and 704 (pictures). This article gives a condensed history of Quarantine through 1879 for New York Harbor.
• CDC Quarantine -- History of Quarantine in the US
• Quarantine Stations (Plague houses) [Ellis Island web site]
• General Laws of New York State concerning Quarantine, 1900 — See Google Books
  • Article VI, Quarantine at the Port of New York
  • Article VII, The Health Officer of the Port of New York
• General Statutes at Large of the State of New York — See Google Books

Hoffman Island

• Description of Hoffman Island
• A Portrait of Hoffman Island written in 1910
• Map showing location of Hoffman Island
• The Search of Apolonia Spiegel
• Views of 3 islands

Swinburne Island

• Description of Swinburne Island
• Map showing location of Swinburne Island
• Views of 3 islands
• "Quarantine at New York", HARPER'S WEEKLY, Vol. XXIII, No. 1184, Setember 6, 1879; Pages 706 (text) and 704 (pictures). This article gives a condensed history of Quarantine through 1879 for New York Harbor.
• NYS law covering Swinburne Island

Some Newspaper Stories from Quarantine

• Parted From His Family, Wife and Children Deported Before Husband Can Even Greet Them — January 30, 1910
• Doty Holds Up Ship in Fear of Cholera: Nine Steerage Passengers on Italian Steamer Ill, Two Died at Sea — November 17, 1910
• Mothers in Sorrow Leave Ellis Island: Three Immigrants Mourn for Little Ones in Numbered Graves on Hoffman Island, Criticism for a System — November 20, 1910
• A Portrait of Hoffman Island — November 27, 1910
• Obituary for Dr. Alvah H. Doty — May 27, 1934.

See additional articles listed under Periodicals on the bibliography page of this web site.

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