California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Immigration and Housing records, 1912-1939.

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California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Immigration and Housing records, 1912-1939.

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The records of the California Division of Immigration and Housing, 1912-1939, give a detailed account of the programs and activities of the state agency created to protect the rights of immigrants and establish naturalization policy in California during the years 1913 to 1945. The collection includes correspondence, reports, county files, inspection reports (including labor camps) and Americanization applications as received from the San Francisco office. The records end in 1939, six years before the dissolution of the commission, but a selection of later documents can be found in the California State Archives in Sacramento.

93 cartons, 6 oversize boxes, 10 volumes (117 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8331925

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California. Dept. of Industrial Relations.

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Organizational History The California State Legislature created the Commission of Immigration and Housing by the enactment of Chapter 318 on June 12, 1913. California was following the lead of New York and other eastern states regarding state and federal involvement in the domestic immigration policy movement. The second state agency of its kind in the United States, the governor-appointed commission was responsible for regulating housing con...

California. Dept. of Industrial Relations. Division of Immigration and Housing.

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The California State Legislature created the Commission of Immigration and Housing by the enactment of Chapter 318 on June 12, 1913. The second state agency of its kind in the United States (after New York), the governor-appointed commission was responsible for regulating housing conditions and performing immigrant protective functions. While begun as an independant agency, reporting only to the Board of Commissioners and the governor, in 1921 the Commission came under management of the Division...

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