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Letter from Immigration Commissioner Regarding Female Inspectors

  • 5/8/1903

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Description

In this letter, U.S. Immigration Service Commissioner William Williams recommended an end to the female boarding inspectors program. It comes from a file about “boarding matrons” at Ellis Island from 1903–1909.

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Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

National Archives Identifier: 16476538

Full Citation: Letter from U.S. Immigration Service Commissioner William Williams to the Commissioner General of Immigration Regarding Female Boarding Inspectors at Ellis Island; 5/8/1903; 52541/041A; Reports of Boarding Matrons, Ellis Island, 1903 – 1909; Subject and Policy Files, 1893 – 1957; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives at Washington, D.C.. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/letter-immigration-commissioner-regarding-female-inspectors/, April 5, 2026]

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