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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | John A. Robinson, U.S. Immigration Service, San Francisco, California. Journals, 1935-1936 |
| Author | Robinson, John A |
| Date | 1 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1936 |
| Document Type | Personal Account |
| Reference | MS 1816 |
| Library / Archive | California Historical Society |
| Collection Name | John A. Robinson Papers |
| Description | Diaries detailing daily immigration work, including boarding steamer and merchant ships in San Francisco harbour, inspecting the crew and granting shore leave to passengers. |
| Biographical Note / History | Inspector, U.S. Immigration and Naturalisation Service, San Francisco, California. 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. John A. Robinson was also a member of the Board of Special Inquiry in the 1930s. |
| Theme(s) | Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences |
| Places | Angel Island, San Francisco, California, United States |
| Ports | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Nationality | Chinese; Italian; Japanese |
| Ships | SS Vancouver; SS Monteray; SS Golden Star; SS Talamanca; SS President; SS Kingsley; SS Golden Hind; SS Michigan; SS Golden State; SS Democracy; MS Abraham Lincoln; SS San Francisco; SS Nebraska; SS Viking Star; SS Nordic; MS Canada; SS Golden Tide; SS Santa Rosa; SS President Hoover; SS Pennsylvania; SS Santa Maria |
| People | Robinson, John A |
| Keywords | immigration, immigrant, sailor, shipping, aliens, deportation |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the California Historical Society catalogue. |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
John A. Robinson, U.S. Immigration Service, San Francisco, California. Journals, 1931-1934 |
| Copyright | California Historical Society |
