Author Archives: espanyu

Francie Rodríguez (née Guerra), of Canton, Ohio has preserved and shared with us this remarkable document, chronicling the crossing from Spain and the Ellis Island trials and tribulations of her grandfather, Gabriel Tarriño.  Such detailed first-hand accounts like this one are quite … Continue reading →

Media coverage of the publication of “Invisible Immigrants:  Spaniards in the United States, 1868 – 1945” has been truly remarkable. Below are a set of links to the main coverage that has appeared so far.  Please check it out, and help … Continue reading →

(en español abajo) The books have left the printers. Half of the copies have been trucked to Asturias, where they are being distributed to our kickstarter backers living in Spain and Europe by Luis Argeo. The other half are in the … Continue reading →

“No deja de resultar un hecho sorprendente, a la vez que preocupante, que algunos pasajes de la historia de España se estén poniendo a salvo, y proyectándose hacia el futuro, gracias a iniciativas particulares, y sin ningún tipo de ayuda … Continue reading →

[En español más abajo]  Today, at 9:00 am local time, at a state-of-the-art printing press just outside of Madrid (Rivas Vaciamadrid), your book –“Invisible Immigrants:  Spaniards in the United States, 1868-1945”– went into production.  Co-author Luis Argeo was there to … Continue reading →

Centro Español Founder’s Day Banquet Tampa, Florida, 23 November 2014 Good afternoon. I’d like to thank the Centro Español, its board and members, for the invitation to speak to you today. And I’d like to thank each and every one … Continue reading →

BACKGROUND TO THE OVERALL PROJECT Between 1880 and 1930, tens of thousands of Spaniards emigrated to the United States.  Some came directly from Spain, often recruited as semi-skilled labor in specific industries:  cultivating sugarcane on the Hawaiian Islands; mining coal … Continue reading →

Our goal:  To publish a deluxe book of photographs that will document, celebrate and honor the unsung lives of the tens of thousands of Spaniards who settled in the United States in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth- centuries. Our … Continue reading →

The legendary tenor salutes our project to produce a deluxe book of photos that will document, celebrate and honor the lives of Spanish immigrants in the United States. A special message of support from the great Hispano-Mexican tenor, Plácido Domingo “Most people … Continue reading →