John A. Robinson papers pertaining to the U.S. Immigration Service : San Francisco, Calif. 1906-1936.

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John A. Robinson papers pertaining to the U.S. Immigration Service : San Francisco, Calif. 1906-1936.

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Consists of journals (22 v.), correspondence, and case notes. Journals contain daily accounts of Robinson's expenses and activities, and include case notes of immigrants and resident aliens, mainly Chinese and Mexican, documenting names, nationalities, and immigration numbers assigned, as well as physical descriptions. In some cases, the location of the arrest and subsequent deportation is included.

2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)

California historical society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6697329

California historical society

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Robinson, John A., of San Francisco, Calif.

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Inspector, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, San Francisco, Calif. Early career devoted to the arrest and deportation of prostitutes in San Francisco and surrounding areas; also responsible for the transport of aliens to deportation sites. Special assignments directed from Washington D.C. included an investigation of the white slave market on the West Coast. A member of the Board of Special Inquiry in the 1930s. From the description of John A. Robinson papers pertaining to...

United States. Immigration and naturalization service

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A federal act of 1882 established procedures for recording immigrants arriving in the United States. The records maintained by federal immigration officials were often called immigration passenger lists of manifests. From the description of Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Savannah, Ga., 1906-1945. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 174142611 Ellis Island, an island in Upper New York Bay, is named for Samuel Ellis, who acquired land on the i...