Browse Items (15 total)

  • Collection: U.S. Immigration Station & Assay Office (INS)

Tour of INS Building

Tour.pdf
Cassie Chinn, Jeni Fung, Dori Cahn and Jay Stansell tour the INS Building

Li Chang Wong

Li Chang Wong.pdf
Oral History Interview with Li Chang Wong

Vivien Sharples

Vivien Sharples.pdf
Oral History Interview with Vivien Sharples

Dennis Batyuchenko

Dennis.pdf
Dennis Batyuchenko describes his life growing up in Russia, moving to the US at 16, and navigating life as a stateless immigrant here. He includes stories of his time in Montana and Philadelphia, including engaging in crime and drug use, but also…

Dolly Castillo

Dolly.pdf
Dolly Castillo talks about her growing up in the Philippines, her schooling in the United States, her immigration experiences and her job here in the United States.

Hing Chinn

Hing Chinn.pdf
Hing Chinn shares his experiences of immigrating to the United States. He also talks a little about the immigration process of his father, mother and wife to the United States.

Miyo Ike

Miyo Ike.pdf
Miyo Ike describes her life as a Seattle native, her experiences at the Minidoka internment camp, and her visits to her relatives in Hiroshima. She depicts her experiences with the INS Building during its use as a detention center for single Japanese…

Seyed Mohamed Maulana

Maulana.pdf
Former Swahili instructor at University of Washington, Seyed Maulana recounts his childhood in Mombasa, before his immigration ot the United States. In the US, he depicts his immigration process, and how a strong education made the process easier for…

Mozhdeh Oskouian

Mozhdeh.pdf
Mozhdeh Oskouian was born in Tehran in 1966. Her father was in the Shah's Air Force, but after some persuasion from her mother during the Islamic Revolution, Mozdeh left her home country and immigrated to Seattle. Her asylum lawyer's poor performance…

Joseph Pham and Nova Phung

Joseph Nova.pdf
This is an oral history of Joseph Pham and Nova Phung and their immigration to the United States from Vietnam. They each explain the process of how they both were refugees fleeing from Vietnam and how they both were interpreters at the INS Building.