Letter from India Welfare League, Inc. to Senator Richard B. Russell
Letter dated May 2, 1944 from Mubarek Ali Khan, President, and Hans Stefan Santesson, Secretary of the India Welfare League, Inc., to Senator Richard B. Russell, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Immigration. The letter inquired as to whether a hearing would take place in regards to Bill S. 1595, which if passed, would permit the naturalization of Indian nationals in the United States.
Letter from Mubarek Ali Khan to Senator Richard B. Russell
Letter dated February 8, 1944 from Mubarek Ali Khan, President of the India Welfare League, Inc., to Senator Richard B. Russell, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Immigration. Khan urged Russell to support Bill S. 1595, which if passed would permit the naturalization of Indian nationals in the United States.
Letter from Joseph Fox to Senator Richard B. Russell
Letter dated April 25, 1944 from Joseph Fox, Secretary-Treasurer of the Cafeteria Employees Union, Local 302, to Senator Richard B. Russell, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Immigration. On behalf of 5,000 members that the Union, Fox wrote to show support for Bills H.R. 4415, H.R. 4479, and S. 1595, which if passed would permit the naturalization of Indian nationals in the United States.
Letter from Raphael B. Malsin to Senator Richard B. Russell
Letter dated April 27, 1944 from Raphael B. Malsin, President of Lane Bryant, Inc. to Senator Richard B. Russell, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Immigration. Malsin urged Russell to support Bill S. 1595, which if passed, would permit the naturalization of Indian nationals in the United States.. Malsin cited fairness and democratic principles as reasons to support the bill.
Letter from Julius Hochman to Senator Richard B. Russell
Letter dated May 23, 1944 from Julius Hochman, General Manager of the Joint Board of the Dress and Waistmakers’ Union of Greater New York, to Senator Richard B. Russell, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Immigration. Hochman wrote in support of Bill S. 1595, which if passed, would permit the naturalization of Indian nationals in the United States.
Letter from Krishnalal Shridharani to U.S. Senate Immigration Committee
This letter dated September 14, 1944 from Krishnalal Shridharani to U.S. Senate Immigration Committee is part of the Senate Committee on Immigration’s records regarding S.1595. Shridharani mentions his work with the National Committee for India’s Freedom and thanks Senator Langor for proposing S. 1595.
Lease Driver Coalition Letter
Letter announcing the formation of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance from the Lease Driver Coalition.
Letter from Clara B. Spence to Dr. Marshall
Letter dated November 16, 1905 by Clara B. Spence, addressed to Dr. Marshall at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, requesting Dr. Marshall to accept an enclosed check to pay an outstanding debt and add credit to the account of Chumpa Sunthanker, one of the first women from India to earn her degree in medicine in the United States.
Handwritten letter from Mohaiyuddin Khan
This handwritten petition for a passport in 1921 provides a glimpse of Khan's transnational life and the circuits he traveled, from London to Calcutta to Brooklyn.