Among them were Isaac Asimov, Abe Beame, Irving Berlin, Frank Capra, Cary Grant, Bob Hope and Frieda ... which did nothing.

the “island of tears” was also an island of hope—and the beginning of a new life. Looking toward Manhattan, this 1930s photograph of Ellis Island shows the copper-domed towers of the main ...

This spring, he’s back onstage singing “Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears ... the large double doors of the new federal immigration depot at Ellis Island. She’d traveled on the SS Nevada ...

oft-referred to as New York City’s “New Ellis Island,” have a new redevelopment offer. Shahal Khan’s Burkhan World Investments and its partners want to build a tower on the shuttered ...

Even if they didn’t come through Ellis Island, many Americans shared the exciting and frightening experience of seeking a new home and a better life. The keynote speaker for the Mandel ...

Courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Collections. Before the European colonists came to America, Algonquin-speaking Native American tribes used Ellis Island as a home base to harvest food.

Sixth-graders at Hickory Grove stepped back in history last month when they went to Ellis Island — not as visitors but as ...