Immigration

LexisNexis UPA Collections

Investigations made by Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) agents are one source for studying immigration to the United States. Archival materials available in microfilm from LexisNexis allow researchers to study the large influx of immigrants to the United States in the early twentieth century. The links below lead to the user guides for to the microfilm editions of the INS Subject Correspondence Files. These files are the central correspondence files of the Bureau of Immigration, the predecessor of the INS.

A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Series A: Subject Correspondence Files, Part 1: Asian Immigration and Exclusion, 1906-1913
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Series A: Subject Correspondence Files, Part 1: Asian Immigration and Exclusion, 1906-1913, Supplement
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Series A: Subject Correspondence Files, Part 2: Mexican Immigration, 1906-1930
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service Series A: Subject Correspondence Files Part 3: Ellis Island, 1900-1933, Printed Guide
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Series A: Subject Correspondence Files, Part 4: European Investigations, 1898-1936
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service Series A: Subject Correspondence Files Part 5: Prostitution and 'White Slavery,' 1902-1933