Notes to Conclusion

Notes to Conclusion

(1): Pastor, Robert A. 1984. “U. S. Immigration Policy and Latin America: In Search of the ‘Special Relationship.’” Latin American Research Review 19(3): 40-41. 

(2): U.S. Congress. House. May 26, 1924. “Immigration Act of 1924.” 68th Congress, 1st sess., ch. 190, H.R. 7995. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-43/pdf/STATUTE-43-Pg153-2.pdf, §Deportation, pp. 162.

(3): U.S. Congress. House. February 5, 1917. “Immigration Act of 1917.” 64th Congress, 2nd sess., ch. 29, H.R. 10384. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-39/pdf/STATUTE-39-Pg874-2.pdf, §2, pp. 877.

(4): C. Floyd Haviland, June 12, 1924, “Letter from C. Floyd Haviland to George A. Hastings criticising the Immigration Act of 1924,” Thomas W. Salmon Collection, Oskar Diethelm Library, https://dcmny.org/do/005e7408-a402-418c-9f5a-04187ba4bc63#page/1; Spencer L. Dawes, 1917, “The New Immigration Law,” S.C.A.A. News, Thomas W. Salmon Collection, Oskar Diethelm Library, https://dcmny.org/do/8ca3a74a-c37e-46b5-8726-9b8edb71efb0#page/1; Spencer L. Dawes, 1925, “Immigration and the Problem of the Alien Insane,” State Hospital Quarterly, Utica, NY: State Hospitals Press, Thomas W. Salmon Collection, Oskar Diethelm Library, https://dcmny.org/do/44cfe59f-c145-4ebf-bba5-0ee93d6b44a1#page/1; Interstate Conference on Immigration, November 1923, “Official Minutes and Recommendations,” State Hospital Quarterly, Utica, NY: State Hospitals Press, Thomas W. Salmon Collection, Oskar Diethelm Library, https://dcmny.org/do/fd329848-6540-492a-8722-38d7390fe94e#page/1; Unknown Secretary, March 11, 1924, “Letter to Everett S. Elwood discussing how to advocate for immigration restrictions based on mental capacity,” Thomas W. Salmon Collection, Oskar Diethelm Library, https://dcmny.org/do/c128395f-7785-4f51-9967-e6f7a8fb0829#page/1 

(5): C. Floyd Haviland, June 12, 1924, “Letter from C. Floyd Haviland to George A. Hastings criticising the Immigration Act of 1924,” Thomas W. Salmon Collection, Oskar Diethelm Library, https://dcmny.org/do/005e7408-a402-418c-9f5a-04187ba4bc63#page/1, pp. 1.

(6): Spencer L. Dawes, 1925, “Immigration and the Problem of the Alien Insane,” State Hospital Quarterly, Utica, NY: State Hospitals Press, Thomas W. Salmon Collection, Oskar Diethelm Library, https://dcmny.org/do/44cfe59f-c145-4ebf-bba5-0ee93d6b44a1#page/1, pp. 14.

(7): [Shipley note]

(8): Thomas W. Salmon, April 11, 1924, “Report on the Sub-Committee on Alien Insane, Presented to the Committee on Mental Hygiene, April 11th, 1924,” Thomas W. Salmon Collection, Oskar Diethelm Library, https://dcmny.org/do/8ae14752-ad8d-4bb4-8dc0-e5ff1dc7ea7c#page/1, pp. 3.

(9): Ibid., 2-3.

(10): Ibid., 3.

(11): Thomas W. Salmon, November 1911, “Insanity and the Immigration Law,” N.Y. State Hospitals Bulletin, Utica, NY: State Hospitals Press, Thomas W. Salmon Collection, Oskar Diethelm Library, https://dcmny.org/do/486acfab-f705-404f-8cdc-9f924ddc9938#page/1, pp. 9.

(12): Thomas W. Salmon, 1914, “Immigration and the Prevention of Insanity,” in Conference on Mental Hygiene Report, Illinois Society of Mental Hygiene, Thomas W. Salmon Collection, Oskar Diethelm Library, https://dcmny.org/do/dffbe937-f375-4b4c-9fab-e9fff218d4f3#page/1, pp. 98.

(13): Adolf Meyer, 1923, “Meyer to [Irving] Fisher, Nov. 22, 1923,” Meyer Papers, Series II, Unit 231, Folder 1, Chesney Archives, John Hopkins Medical School, https://medicalarchives.jhmi.edu/collection/adolf-meyer-collection/ 

(14): United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, n.d., “Immigration to the United States 1933–41,” accessed March 12, 2026, https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/immigration-to-the-united-states-1933-41 

(15): Thomas W. Salmon, 1918, “Letter to Helen Ashley Salmon about putting a holy curse on the Kaiser (Transcription),” Thomas W. Salmon Collection, Oskar Diethelm Library, https://dcmny.org/do/06891907-b054-4cb0-af0e-c0f5a77e78d2#page/1; Thomas W. Salmon, March 27, 1918, “Letter to Helen Ashley Salmon discussing the Spring Offensive in 1918, and the value of America's participation in WWI (Transcription),” Thomas W. Salmon Collection, Oskar Diethelm Library, https://dcmny.org/do/19db9254-995b-41b1-847f-19b4455ba594#page/1; Thomas W. Salmon, December 31, 1918, “Letter to Helen Ashley Salmon about visiting Koblenz in Germany, and organizing the occupation force (Transcription),” Thomas W. Salmon Collection, Oskar Diethelm Library, https://dcmny.org/do/84555900-185f-4a75-aba8-13301610b5a7#page/1.

(16): American Psychiatric Association, n.d., “Immigration Toolkit,” psychiatry.org, accessed March 12, 2026, https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/diversity/education/immigration-toolkit, pp. 4.

(17): Ibid., 6.