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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

What I would do next is, is do a complete document sweep and get everything you can find...

What I would do next is, is do a complete document sweep and get everything you can find that might give you clues as to where, when he came in

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What I would do next is,
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is do a complete document sweep
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and get everything you can find
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that might give you clues as to where, when he came in.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:08
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
If you can find those naturalization papers, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
If you can find those naturalization papers,
You might be able to then go back to Ancestry - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
You might be able to then go back to Ancestry
Check the dates of the ships coming in - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Check the dates of the ships coming in
No, because hopefully he's remembered - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
No, because hopefully he's remembered
This is the right year, because you know, the census, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
This is the right year, because you know, the census,
But I'm, I'm hoping in the naturalization record, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
But I'm, I'm hoping in the naturalization record,
In the naturalization papers, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
In the naturalization papers,
I can't see naturalization papers on line, though, right? - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
I can't see naturalization papers on line, though,...
And see if you can pull something up. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And see if you can pull something up.
It was Andrew Carnegie - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
It was Andrew Carnegie
Indeed, this institution, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Indeed, this institution,
Literally half the funding of the New York Public Library - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
Literally half the funding of the New York Public Library
And it's private philanthropy - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
And it's private philanthropy
And what's been fascinating to watch - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And what's been fascinating to watch
Those private investments have now inspired the city, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
Those private investments have now inspired the city,
So, and, and one of the things that you're going to see is, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
So, and, and one of the things that you're going to see...
A second example is on the issue of internet connectivity. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
A second example is on the issue of internet connectivity.
Three million New Yorkers are not connected at home. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Three million New Yorkers are not connected at home.
We could have all the content in the world, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
We could have all the content in the world,
And this is how people are learning and engaging - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
And this is how people are learning and engaging