Immigration File for Viryam Singh
The immigration case file for Viryam Singh (Case File No. 12815/8-10). Detained at Angel Island Station, Viryam Singh arrived in San Francisco on the S.S. Persia from Manila. During an interrogation, conducted by R.E. Peabody and interpreter J.S.
Immigration File for Asa Singh
Immigration case file for Asa Singh (Case File No. 12815/8-6). Singh arrived in San Francisco aboard the S.S. Persia on July 29, 1913. On June 31, Singh was interrogated by a board including Inspector R.E. Peabody, H. Schmoldt, and Interpreter D.S. Dady Burjar. During the interrogation, Singh explains that he had previously lived in Manila and Hong Kong.
Immigration File for Naron Singh
Immigration case file for Naron Singh (No. 12815/8-12). Naron Singh arrived on the S.S. Persia on July 29, 1913, arrested on July 30 for “being illegally in the United States,” and ordered deported on October 10. Singh was detained in Angel Island, and interrogated by Inspector R.E. Peabody, with the assistance of an interpreter D.S. Dady Burjar on July 31, 1913.
Immigration File for Partab Singh
Immigration arrival investigation case file for Partab Singh (Case File No. 12815/8-5). His name is alternatively spelled Tartab Singh. Parab Singh arrived to the Port of San Francisco on the S.S. Persia from Manila on July 29, 1913, along with several other men. He was detained in Angel Island, and interrogated by inspector R.E. Peabody, with the assistance of interpreter D.S.
Immigration File for Sapuran Singh
Immigration arrival investigation case file for Sapuran Singh (Case File No. 12815/8-7). His name is alternatively spelled Sapurn, Spoorn, and Supuren. Sapuran Singh arrived to the Port of San Francisco on the S.S.
Hindu Students Flay Missionary
An article from the January 18, 1908 issue of the San Francisco Call describing a public protest by sixteen UC Berkeley students at a speech on India by J. Lovell Murray, a Christian evangelist who had worked in India. According to the article, a Stanford student heard Murray's lecture about India, found it offensive, and tipped off Indian students at UC Berkeley.
Pardaman Singh, Ethnological Epitome of the Hindustanees of the Pacific Coast
Booklet titled "Ethnological Epitome of the Hindustanees of the Pacific Coast" by Dr. Pardaman Singh, published in 1922 by the the Pacific Coast Khalsa Diwan Society in Stockton, California. The purpose of the booklet, Singh mentions in the opening, is to prove that "Hindustanees at present residing in California and other Pacific Coast states belong to the Aryan race.
Watumull's Advertisement (1987)
An advertisement for Watamull's from the February 17, 1987 issue of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin coinciding with the centennial of the 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii, the "Year of the Hawaiian" as the advertisement describes it.
Watumull's 100 Years (1914-2014)
The son of a brick contractor in Hyderabad, Sindh, Jhamandas Watumull first migrated to Manila, Philippines after an accident left his father significantly debilitated. Jhamandas stayed with an older brother and worked in Manila's textile mills, before starting a retail business that specialized in imports from the Orient.