Proposed new laws for regulating immigration and naturalization, 1920
National Committee for Constructive Immigration LegislationView Full Item in University of CaliforniaQuota areas related to the Immigration Act of 1924
Department of State. Office of the Geographer. (10/7/1941 - 1/15/1944)View Full Item in National Archives at College Park - CartographicLetter to James J. Davis, Department of Labor, from Portuguese Citizens of California Regarding the Immigration Act of 1924
Department of Justice. Immigration and Naturalization Service. 6/14/1940-3/1/2003View Full Item in National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual ReferenceIn this letter, the Portuguese citizens of California requested that the Immigration Act be amended to allow more Portuguese to enter the United States.
Resolution from the Croatian League of Illinois to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization
Department of Justice. Immigration and Naturalization Service. 6/14/1940-3/1/2003View Full Item in National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual ReferenceIn this letter, the Croatian League of Illinois protested against the Immigration Act of 1924 because it restricted immigration from "Jugo-Slavia."
Letter from Polish Citizens Club to U.S. Government protesting the Immigration Act of 1924
Department of Justice. Immigration and Naturalization Service. 6/14/1940-3/1/2003View Full Item in National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual ReferenceIn this letter the Polish Citizens Club protested against the reduction of the number of Polish immigrants allowed into the United States by the pending Immigration Act of 1924.
S.S. Canopic landing in Boston with immigrant passengers, 1920
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967View Full Item in Boston Public LibraryTitle and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Roman Catholic Church of the Transfiguration, the first Lithuanian national church in Maspeth, Queens, 1920
Paul SlapikasView Full Item in Queens Borough Public LibraryThe Roman Catholic Church of the Transfiguration, the first Lithuanian national church in Maspeth, Queens, which was dedicated on August 8, 1908. Collected through the Culture in Transit grant program…
Chinese section of downtown Seattle, 1920
Webster & StevensView Full Item in University of WashingtonStarting in 1907, Chinese and Japanese businesses began moving to the area around King Street. By the 1920s, most of Seattle's Chinese residents lived and worked there. The population was largely male…
Booklet for Boston immigrants, 1921
Boston (Mass.). Committee on AmericanismView Full Item in University of Illinois"A short list of books for immigrants": p. 101-102.
Immigration and Labor: The Economic Aspects of European Immigration to the United States, 1922
Hourwich, Isaac A. (Isaac Aaronovich), 1860-1924View Full Item in University of CaliforniaImmigration case file for Chinese merchant, teacher, and student, 1923
Department of Justice. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Northeast Region. INS District No. 3 (New York, NY). 6/14/1940View Full Item in National Archives at New YorkThis document is filed with the Chinese Exclusion Act case file involving Warren Wong.
Book about Chinese migrations in the U.S., with special reference to labor conditions, 1923
Chʻen, Ta, 1896View Full Item in University of CaliforniaOath of Allegiance by Swedish immigrant August Young, 1923
View Full Item in McCulloch County Historical CommissionPhotocopy of August Young's Oath of Allegiance presented to the McCulloch County District Court, in which he renounces allegiance to any foreign power, particularly to the King of Sweden, before swear…
Writings on the effects of Chinese Exclusion and the Immigration Law of 1924 on persons of Chinese descent in the U.S.
Stidger, Oliver P., authorView Full Item in California Historical SocietyStidger was the attorney for the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. This pamphlet discusses the 1924 Immigration Law only as it applies to merchants.
Letter from American Hebrew soliciting W. E. B. DuBois for a contribution to a special issue on the effects of immigration laws, 1924
American Hebrew, Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963View Full Item in Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst LibrariesAn offer to contribute to a special issue of the magazine to consider what impact recent changes in immigration law will have in the year 2000.
Immigrant children, Carbon County, Utah, 1925
Mr. John SkerlView Full Item in University of Utah - J. Willard Marriott LibraryPhoto showing two Immigrant children with two dogs and some houses, Carbon County, Utah, 1925
Arrival investigation case file for Dr. Sun Yat Sen, first President of the Republic of China
Department of Justice. Immigration and Naturalization Service. San Francisco District Office.??View Full Item in National Archives at San FranciscoThis is an immigration arrival investigation case file for Dr. Sun Yat Sen, first President of the Republic of China, known as "the Father of modern China." The first portion of the file documents Dr…
Letter to Maria de los Reyes regarding the Alien Land Law and eviction of Japanese residents
Hand, Geo. H., [for Maria de los Reyes D. de Francis?]: authorView Full Item in California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special CollectionsCiting a need to comply with the Alien Land Law ("Alien Land Act"), the letter notes that people of Japanese descent have been observed on leaseholder Petty's property, and demands that they vacate th…
Congressional hearing on immigration and citizenship of American-born women married to aliens, 1926
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Immigration and NaturalizationView Full Item in University of Minnesota"Hearing no. 69.1.10"
Article concerning a change to immigration law to allow Hindus to become American citizens, 1926
New RepublicView Full Item in Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst LibrariesReprint of an article concerning a change to immigration law to allow Hindus to become American citizens.
Certificate of U.S. citizenship for Teruo Katayama, resident of Hawaii, 1927
United States. Department of Labor. Immigration Service: authorView Full Item in California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special CollectionsCertificate is for Teruo Katayama, and lists him as "a person of the Japanese race, resident in Hawaii." This collection includes records of land leased to Japanese American tenants in years leading u…
National origins provision of immigration law, 1928
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on immigrationView Full Item in University of MichiganCongressional hearing on immigration restrictions in the Western hemisphere, 1928
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on ImmigrationView Full Item in University of MinnesotaHiram W. Johnson, chairman.
YWCA report on “The Mexicans of the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin”
Fenton, Agnes MView Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietySocial worker Agnes Fenton visited Mexican families in Milwaukee on a weekly basis for much of 1929 when the city, by her estimate, was home to about 4,000 Mexican-Americans. In this somewhat rambling…
Immigration portrait of Genevieve Kopczynski, 1935
Kwasniewski, Roman B.J., 1886-1980View Full Item in University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeKopczynski, Genevieve / 1609 W. Lincoln Ave.
U.S. Immigration Office Near Tiajuana, Mexico, 1936
Burton Frasher Sr. 1888-1955View Full Item in Pomona Public LibraryFilipino cannery workers at harbor, Alitak, Kodiak Island, 1937
Pabillon, M.PView Full Item in University of WashingtonImmigrants;
Chinese boys playing mah jong at Seattle immigration station, 1938
Staff PhotographerSeattle Post-IntelligencerView Full Item in University of Washington1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.; dichroic fog
Letter from Rachel Davis DuBois announcing the broadcast of “Americans All – Immigrants All”
DuBois, Rachel DavisView Full Item in Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst LibrariesAlerting "Friends" to the impending broadcast of "Americans All - Immigrants All" by Columbia Broadcasting Systems, Inc., and urging listeners to send letters of endorsement to President Roosevelt.
Still from “Ellis Island,” a 1938 film about a romance between an American war correspondent and Irish immigrant
View Full Item in University of WashingtonEllis Island. From the back: "Wistfully charming is Arleen Whelan, Hollywood 'Cinderella Girl,' as Don Ameche tells her of his love in a romantic scene of the 20th Century-Fox production, 'Ellis Islan…
The refugee in the United States, 1938
Fields, Harold, 1890View Full Item in University of MichiganBibliography: p. [211]-216.
Log book of a young immigrant, 1939
Larson, Laurence Marcellus, 1868-1938View Full Item in University of Michigan"The writings of Laurence Marcellus Larson, compiled by Kenneth Bjørk": p. [303]-308.
