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Field name | Value |
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Title | John A. Robinson, U.S. Immigration Service, San Francisco, California. Journals, 1931-1934 |
Author | Robinson, John A |
Date | 5 Oct 1931 - 31 Dec 1934 |
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 | Sacramento, California, United States |
Ports | San Francisco, California, United States |
Nationality | Chinese; Japanese; Mexican; Chilean |
Ships | SS Golden Peak; SS San Francisco; SS Democracy; SS Kasanga; SS Golden Tide; MS Los Angeles; SS President; SS Santa Ana; SS California; MS George Washington; MS Pacific President; SS Santa Rosa; SS Santa Lucia; SS President Hayes; SS Golden Star; SS Golden River |
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. Business Cards, Undated |
Copyright | California Historical Society |