Global Migrations: Home

This collection of oral histories represents a unique source of contemporary history through the experiences of the newest Americans, in their own words. The content of the collection covers themes common to all of the groups, as well as the perspectives unique to each one.

This guide from the Minnesota Historical Society brings together a variety of primary and secondary resources.

This is a local Somali-American group, whose mission is "to strengthen the capacity of Somalis in Minnesota to become contributing members of society, while keeping their culture."

This guide from the Minnesota Historical Society brings together a variety of primary and secondary resources.

This links specifically to a collection of videos, news items, and other cultural information about the Karen community in Minnesota.

This joint initiative gathers digitized oral histories from organizations across the state. These existing materials have been coupled with newly created stories that best document the rich tradition of immigration to this state. This project weaves together these audio and video histories into a single space where these stories can be gathered, saved, and shared in an openly and freely accessible manner.

Minnesota Compass is a social indicators project that measures progress in our state, tracking trends in topic areas such as education, economy and workforce, health, housing, public safety, and a host of others.

This guide from the Minnesota Historical Society brings together a variety of primary and secondary resources.

This group describes itself as a multi-issue organization that engages the voices of everyone in the Somali community. Useful for looking at areas of interest within the Somali-American community.

This is an archive and library for the study of immigration, ethnicity, and race, with a focus on immigration to Minnesota. Available to the public but you must plan ahead if you want to visit.