Have We A Dusky Peril?
An article from the September 16, 1906 Puget Sound American describing recent "Hindu" immigration to Bellingham, Washington.
Hindu Immigration Hearings (1914)
Part 1 of the “Hindu Immigration Hearings” that took place before the U.S. Congress House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization on February 13, 1914. Attending the hearing were R.F. Patterson (the widow of former consul general in Calcutta), Anthony Caminetti (Commissioner General of Immigration), Denver S.
Jogesh Chander Misrow, "East Indian Immigration on the Pacific Coast" (1915)
Completed in 1915 at Stanford University, “East Indian Immigration on the Pacific Coast” is the Master’s thesis of Jogesh Chander Misrow. Born in Calcutta, Misrow served as an interpreter for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization service (INS). Misrow attended the University of Washington, and later received an M.A. at Stanford.
Travel Inspection Card
Travel Inspection card for Chandra Prabha, for a ship departing from Hong Kong on June 4, 1910.
Form of certificate of identity
Form of certificate of identity for Ishwar Chandra issued by the District Magistrate and Justice of the Peace in Abu, Rajputana, India.
Immigration File for Farida
Immigration arrival investigation case file for Farida (Case File No. 10402/015-21). Detained at Angel Island, Farida arrived to the Port of San Francisco on the S.S. Tenyo Maru from Hong Kong on May 20, 1910. At the conclusion of the interrogation, conducted by Inspectors J.A. Robinson, David Griffiths, all three inspectors suggest he be landed. The file is typewritten on May 23, 1910.
Immigration File for Telloo
Immigration arrival investigation case file for Tello (Case File No. 10402/016-19). Detained at Angel Island, Tello is described as an “East Indian” who arrived to the Port of San Francisco on the S.S. Tenyo Maru on May 20, 1910. In the interrogation, conducted by Inspectors J.A.
Immigration File for Muston Singh
Immigration case file for Muston Singh (No. 12545/7-1). Muston Singh arrived on the S.S. Persia on February 24, 1913. He was detained in Angel Island, and interrogated by Inspectors W.N. Swasey, W.H. Clendenin, D.J. Griffiths, C.E. Ebey with the assistance of Interpreter C.B.S. Lall.