| The Coming of New American Home Makers | [Frontispiece] | |
| A Railroad Camp for Immigrant Workers in a Prosperous Suburban Community, 1920 | Facing p. | [4] |
| An Immigrant Railway Worker Lives in this Car with His Wife, Six Children, and Three Dogs | " | [4] |
| Even a Boarding House of Eighteen Boarders in Five Rooms is More Cheerful than a Labor Camp for Men Alone | " | [24] |
| Almost at the End of the Journey | " | [32] |
| Floor Plan of Houses in Poland | Page | [55] |
| This Pump Supplies Water to Four Families | Facing p. | [60] |
| A Community Housing Plan | Page | [73] |
| Italians Have Their Own Financial Center and Labor Market in Boston | Facing p. | [110] |
| It's a Long Way from This Elaborate Czecho-Slovak Costume to the Modern American Styles | " | [136] |
| A Slovak Mother, Newly Arrived | " | [150] |
| Immigrant Children Acquiring Individual Initiative in a Montessori Class at Hull House | " | [160] |
| Who Will Welcome Them? | " | [192] |
| Lithuanian Mothers Have Come to a Settlement Class | " | [238] |
| A Case-work Agency Found Four Girls and Eighteen Men Boarding with This Polish Family in Four Rooms | " | [288] |
INTRODUCTION
The following study is the result of effort on the part of several persons. Miss Helen R. Wright, formerly research assistant of the Chicago School of Civics and member of the staff of the Massachusetts Immigration Commission of 1914, had much to do with the planning of the inquiry, the framing of such schedules as were used, and the organization of certain portions of the information gathered. Through Miss Laura Hood, long time a resident of the Chicago Commons, it proved to be possible to obtain many intimate views with reference to the more subtle questions of family adjustment in the groups that are of special interest in such an inquiry as this.
Certain questions of uniformity in method and style of presentation were determined by the editorial staff of the Study of Methods of Americanization. For the final drafting of a considerable portion of the study, especially in the earlier chapters, the members of this editorial staff are responsible, though the writer is glad to acknowledge full responsibility for all conclusions drawn or recommendations offered.
Sophonisba P. Breckinridge.
April 15, 1921.