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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | John A. Robinson, U.S. Immigration Service, San Francisco, California. Journals, 1914-1920 |
| Author | Robinson, John A |
| Date | 1 Oct 1914-1920 |
| Document Type | Personal Account |
| Reference | MS 1816 |
| Library / Archive | California Historical Society |
| Collection Name | John A. Robinson Papers |
| Description | Notebooks containing lists of immigrants; their names, ages, arrival ports, ships and nationality. Also includes diary entries for prostitution cases, the progress of immigration cases and details about businesses run by immigrants in San Francisco. |
| 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; Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations |
| Places | Angel Island, San Francisco, California, United States |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Ships | SS Lusitania; SS Hartly; SS Majestic |
| People | Robinson, John A |
| Keywords | immigration, immigrant, shipping, prostitution, prostitute, women, aliens, deportation, smuggling, white slavery, business |
| 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, 1920-1930 |
| Copyright | California Historical Society |
