First Year Seminar 7: Telling Lives
Fall 2007
Professor Sandweiss
Resources for NYC in 1900
These books are on a table in the Periodical Room for the class to share:
The Encyclopedia of New York City (Ref F128.3. E75)
Plan of New York and its Environs (F 128.5 E26)
Report on Population of the United States, 11th Census 1890 (x310 Un4cC-11, pt 1-2)
Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Population (x310 Un4cC-12: pt 1-2)
Report on the Social Statistics of Cities, 1886 (x310 Un4cC10: NYC, p 531—vol 18)
The historical atlas of New York City (F 128.3 H65)
New York and its institutions, 1609-1873: The Bright side of New York (F 128.3 R53)
Gotham : a history of New York City to 1898 (F128.4 B87)
Online:
Ancestry Library
New York Times Backfile and Brooklyn Daily Eagle
American Periodical Series Online, 1740-1900
NYPL Digital Gallery, especially Photographic Views of NYC and "Classic 6:" New York City Apartment Building Living, 1880s-1910s
New York City Subway Historical Maps
Historical Statistics of the United States
U.S. Congressional Serial Set
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library
Vital Statistics of Brooklyn and New York City (including maps, 1884-1890)
Report on the Social Statistics of Cities (N.Y. and Brooklyn)
Historic maps of NY city (compiled by University of Texas)
Using the Decennial Census
American FactFinder, for the 1990 and 2000 Census.
American FactFinder Data Choices and How To Use Detailed Tables (rtf)
How to Use Detailed Tables
Census 2000, Short Form and Long Form
Table of Questions Asked by the Census, 1790-2000 (Compiled by Grace York, UMich)
Call numbers for historic Census in the Amherst College Library
Historical Census Browser -- selected data online from 1790. Smallest geographic area is the county.
Ancestry Library -- Census information about individuals and households from 1790-1930.
Historical racial classification and the Census:
Year |
Category |
1790 |
Free Whites, Other Free Persons, and Slaves |
1800 and 1810 |
Free Whites; Other Free Persons, except Indians not taxed; and Slaves |
1820 |
Free Whites, Slaves, Free Colored Persons, and other persons, except Indians not taxed |
1830 and 1840 |
Free White Persons, Slaves, Free Colored Persons |
1850 |
White, Black, and Mulatto |
1860 |
White, Black, Mulatto, and Indian |
1870 and 1880 |
White, Black, Mulatto, Chinese, and Indian |
1890 |
White, Black, Mulatto, Quadroon, Octoroon, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian |
1900 |
White, Black, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian |
1910 |
White, Black, Mulatto, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Other (plus write-in) |
1920 |
White, Black, Mulatto, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Hindu, Korean, and Other (plus write-in) |
1930 |
White, Negro, Mexican, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Hindu, Korean (Other races, spell out in full) |
1940 |
White, Negro, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Hindu, Korean (Other races, spell out in full) |
1950 |
White, Negro, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino (Other races, spell out) |
1960 |
White, Negro, American Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Part Hawaiian, Aleut, Eskimo |
1970 |
White, Negro or Black, Indian (American), Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Korean, Other (print race) |
1980 |
White, Negro, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese, Indian (American), Asian Indian, Hawaiian, Guamanian, Samoan, Eskimo, Aleut, Other (specify) |
1990 |
White, Black, Indian (American), Eskimo, Aleut, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Asian Indian, Samoan, Guamanian, Other Asian Pacific Islander, Other race |
2000 |
White; Black, African American, or Negro; American Indian or Alaska Native (specify tribe); Asian Indian; Chinese; Filipino; Other Asian (print race); Japanese; Korean; Vietnamese; Hawaiian; Guamanian or Chamorro; Samoan; Other Pacific Islander (print race); Some other race. Two or More Races -- any combination of up to six races (57 possibilities), each mixed race person can also be Hispanic or Not Hispanic. |
1790-1990 data adapted from Anderson and Fienberg (2000: Tables 3 and 4) and 2000 data from U.S. Census Bureau (2001a). From: Measuring Racial Discrimination, 2004. Also online at: http://www.nap.edu/books/0309091268/html/205.html. |
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Questions? Comments? Susan Edwards (seedwards), 542-2676