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Our records are a major primary resource for the study of Asian-Pacific immigration, environmental and natural history, naval and military activity in the Pacific, the Native American experience, and many other aspects of U.S. history.</p> <p>We invite you to explore a few highlights from our record holdings in the National Archives at San Francisco by following the links below.</p> <div class="nwidget nlayout ncolumns row " data-columns="2x1_2"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="nwidget ncontainer nmedium_box" data-additional-classes="" data-alt-tag="Bloomfield" data-description="Civil Case No. 2900, Edwards Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Mining Company" data-image="/files/san-francisco/images/large_opinions.jpg" data-link="" data-title="Opinions of Lorenzo Sawyer, Circuit Judge, and Matthew P. Deady, District Judge, January 7, 1884" data-version="1"> <div class="box box-md clearfix "><a href="/san-francisco/highlights/north-bloomfield"> <div class="box-image"><img alt="Bloomfield" src="/files/san-francisco/images/large_opinions.jpg" style="width: 175px; height: 175px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" /></div> <div class="box-content"> <h2>Opinions of Judges Lorenzo Sawyer and Matthew P. Deady, 1884</h2> <p>Civil Case No. 2900, <em>Edwards Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Mining Company</em></p> </div> </a></div> </div> <div class="nwidget ncontainer nmedium_box" data-additional-classes="" data-alt-tag="Archy" data-description="Stovall v. Archy, a Salve, U.S. Commissioner (San Francisco)" data-image="/files/san-francisco/images/medium_archy.jpg" data-link="/san-francisco/highlights/archy-lee" data-title="Warrant of Arrest for Archy Lee, March 17, 1858" data-version="1"> <div class="box box-md clearfix "><a href="/san-francisco/highlights/archy-lee"> <div class="box-image"><img alt="Archy" src="/files/san-francisco/images/medium_archy.jpg" style="width: 175px; height: 175px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" /></div> <div class="box-content"> <h2>Warrant of Arrest for Archy Lee, March 17, 1858</h2> <p><em>Stovall v. Archy, a Slave</em>, U.S. Commissioner (San Francisco)</p> </div> </a></div> </div> <div class="nwidget ncontainer nmedium_box" data-additional-classes="" data-alt-tag="Bruce Lee" data-description="Return Certificate Application Case File of Chinese Departing (12017/53752)" data-image="/files/san-francisco/images/large_bruce-lee.jpg" data-link="/san-francisco/highlights/bruce-lee" data-title="Bruce Lee's Application for Preinvestigation, March 5, 1931" data-version="1"> <div class="box box-md clearfix "><a href="/san-francisco/highlights/bruce-lee"> <div class="box-image"><img alt="Bruce Lee" src="/files/san-francisco/images/large_bruce-lee.jpg" style="width: 175px; height: 175px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" /></div> <div class="box-content"> <h2>Bruce Lee's Application for Preinvestigation, March 5, 1931</h2> <p>Return Certificate Application Case File of Chinese Departing (12017/53752)</p> </div> </a></div> </div> <div class="nwidget ncontainer nmedium_box" data-additional-classes="" data-alt-tag="Ngan" data-description="Duplicate Chinese Certificates of Residence, June 13, 1901" data-image="/files/san-francisco/images/large_ngan.jpg" data-link="" data-title="Certificate of Residence for Lee Kam Ngan, 1901" data-version="1"> <div class="box box-md clearfix "><a href="/san-francisco/highlights/residence"> <div class="box-image"><img alt="Ngan" src="/files/san-francisco/images/large_ngan.jpg" style="width: 175px; height: 175px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" /></div> <div class="box-content"> <h2>Certificate of Residence for Lee Kam Ngan, 1901</h2> <p>Duplicate Chinese Certificates of Residence, June 13, 1901</p> </div> </a></div> </div> <div class="nwidget ncontainer nmedium_box" data-additional-classes="" data-alt-tag="Arizona Turret No 3" data-description="U.S. Navy Salvage Photographs, December 1, 1941-1946" data-image="/files/san-francisco/images/large_arizona-no-3.jpg" data-link="https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/highlights/uss-arizona" data-title="USS Arizona 4581-42: Man Emerging from After Magazines via Turret #3, October 24, 1942" data-version="1"> <div class="box box-md clearfix "><a href="https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/highlights/uss-arizona"> <div class="box-image"><img alt="Arizona Turret No 3" src="/files/san-francisco/images/large_arizona-no-3.jpg" style="width: 175px; height: 175px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" /></div> <div class="box-content"> <h2>USS <em>Arizona, </em>Man Emerging from Turret #3, October 24, 1942</h2> <p>U.S. Navy Salvage Photographs, December 1, 1941-1946</p> </div> </a></div> </div> <div class="nwidget ncontainer nmedium_box" data-additional-classes="" data-alt-tag="Chuckachancy Woman and Child" data-description="Survey of Fresno and Madera Counties by L. D. Creel, ca. 1920-ca. 1930" data-image="/files/san-francisco/images/large_chuckachancy.jpg" data-link="https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/highlights/creel" data-title="Chuckachancy Woman and her Child, ca. 1920" data-version="1"> <div class="box box-md clearfix "><a href="https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/highlights/creel"> <div class="box-image"><img alt="Chuckachancy Woman and Child" src="/files/san-francisco/images/large_chuckachancy.jpg" style="width: 175px; height: 175px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" /></div> <div class="box-content"> <h2>Chuckachancy Woman and her Child, ca. 1920</h2> <p>Survey of Fresno and Madera Counties by L. D. Creel, ca. 1920-ca. 1930</p> </div> </a></div> </div> <div class="nwidget ncontainer nmedium_box" data-additional-classes="" data-alt-tag="Wong Kim Ark Departure" data-description="U.S. Admiralty Case, “In the matter of Wong Kim Ark for a writ of habeas corpus”" data-image="/files/san-francisco/images/large_ark-departure.jpg" data-link="https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/highlights/wong-kim-ark" data-title="Departure Statement of Wong Kim Ark, 1894" data-version="1"> <div class="box box-md clearfix "><a href="https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/highlights/wong-kim-ark"> <div class="box-image"><img alt="Wong Kim Ark Departure" src="/files/san-francisco/images/large_ark-departure.jpg" style="width: 175px; height: 175px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" /></div> <div class="box-content"> <h2>Departure Statement of Wong Kim Ark, 1894</h2> <p>U.S. Admiralty Case, “In the matter of Wong Kim Ark for a writ of habeas corpus”</p> </div> </a></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="nwidget ncontainer nmedium_box" data-additional-classes="" data-alt-tag="Kelly" data-description="Alcatraz Warden's Notebook Page, 1934-1951" data-image="/files/san-francisco/images/large_kelly.jpg" data-link="/san-francisco/highlights/kelly" data-title="George B. "Machine Gun" Kelly (AZ-117) " data-version="1"> <div class="box box-md clearfix "><a href="/san-francisco/highlights/kelly"> <div class="box-image"><img alt="Kelly" src="/files/san-francisco/images/large_kelly.jpg" style="width: 175px; height: 175px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" /></div> <div class="box-content"> <h2>George B. "Machine Gun" Kelly (AZ-117) </h2> <p>Alcatraz Warden's Notebook Page, 1934-1963</p> </div> </a></div> </div> <div class="nwidget ncontainer nmedium_box" data-additional-classes="" data-alt-tag="Tyrus Wong" data-description="Look, Tai Yow - Case Number: 19817/3-19 - Ship of Arrival: CHINA" data-image="/files/san-francisco/images/large_wong.jpg" data-link="/san-francisco/highlights/tyrus-wong" data-title="Application and Receipt for Certificate of Identity for Tyrus Wong" data-version="1"> <div class="box box-md clearfix "><a href="/san-francisco/highlights/tyrus-wong"> <div class="box-image"><img alt="Tyrus Wong" src="/files/san-francisco/images/large_wong.jpg" style="width: 175px; height: 175px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" /></div> <div class="box-content"> <h2>Application and Receipt for Certificate of Identity for Tyrus Wong</h2> <p>Look, Tai Yow - Case Number: 19817/3-19 - Ship of Arrival: CHINA</p> </div> </a></div> </div> <div class="nwidget ncontainer nmedium_box" data-additional-classes="" data-alt-tag="Haggerty" data-description="San Francisco Mint Photographs, ca. 1885-ca. 1938" data-image="/files/san-francisco/images/large_haggerty.gif" data-link="/san-francisco/highlights/mint" data-title=""U.S. Mint at Frisco Makes Coins for China," ca. 1935" data-version="1"> <div class="box box-md clearfix "><a href="/san-francisco/highlights/mint"> <div class="box-image"><img alt="Haggerty" src="/files/san-francisco/images/large_haggerty.gif" style="width: 175px; height: 175px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" /></div> <div class="box-content"> <h2>"U.S. Mint at Frisco Makes Coins for China," ca. 1935</h2> <p>San Francisco Mint Photographs, ca. 1885-ca. 1938</p> </div> </a></div> </div> <div class="nwidget ncontainer nmedium_box" data-additional-classes="" data-alt-tag="Korematsu" data-description="United States v. Korematsu and Korematsu v. United States" data-image="/files/san-francisco/images/large_korematsu.gif" data-link="/san-francisco/highlights/korematsu" data-title="Motion to Vacate Conviction and Dismiss Indictment of Fred T. Korematsu, 1983" data-version="1"> <div class="box box-md clearfix "><a href="/san-francisco/highlights/korematsu"> <div class="box-image"><img alt="Korematsu" src="/files/san-francisco/images/large_korematsu.gif" style="width: 175px; height: 175px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" /></div> <div class="box-content"> <h2>Motion to Vacate and Dismiss, Fred T. Korematsu, 1983</h2> <p><em>United States v. Korematsu</em> and <em>Korematsu v. United States</em></p> </div> </a></div> </div> <div class="nwidget ncontainer nmedium_box" data-additional-classes="" data-alt-tag="Yeomanettes" data-description="Subject Files, ca. 1854-ca. 1996." data-image="/files/san-francisco/images/large_yeomanettes.jpg" data-link="https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/highlights/yeomanettes" data-title="Yeomanettes at their Barracks, Mare Island Naval Yard, ca. 1918" data-version="1"> <div class="box box-md clearfix "><a href="https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/highlights/yeomanettes"> <div class="box-image"><img alt="Yeomanettes" src="/files/san-francisco/images/large_yeomanettes.jpg" style="width: 175px; height: 175px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" /></div> <div class="box-content"> <h2>Yeomanettes at their Barracks, Mare Island Naval Yard, ca. 1918</h2> <p>Subject Files, ca. 1854-ca. 1996.</p> </div> </a></div> </div> <div class="nwidget ncontainer nmedium_box" data-additional-classes="" data-alt-tag="Jiggs Watershed" data-description="Report Submitted by Dean M. Sachs, Range Conservationist, September 7, 1956" data-image="/files/san-francisco/images/large_jiggs.jpg" data-link="https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/highlights/jiggs" data-title="Jiggs Community Watershed Map, Elko County, Nevada" data-version="1"> <div class="box box-md clearfix "><a href="https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/highlights/jiggs"> <div class="box-image"><img alt="Jiggs Watershed" src="/files/san-francisco/images/large_jiggs.jpg" style="width: 175px; height: 175px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" /></div> <div class="box-content"> <h2>Jiggs Community Watershed Map, Elko County, NV, 1956</h2> <p>Report Submitted by Dean M. Sachs, Range Conservationist, September 7, 1956</p> </div> </a></div> </div> <div class="nwidget ncontainer nmedium_box" data-additional-classes="" data-alt-tag="Alvarez Letter" data-description="Describing the Bombing of Hiroshima, Japan from the Luis W. Alvarez Papers" data-image="/files/san-francisco/images/large_alvarez.jpg" data-link="https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/highlights/alvarez" data-title="Letter from Luis W. Alvarez to his Son Walter, August 6, 1945" data-version="1"> <div class="box box-md clearfix "><a href="https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/highlights/alvarez"> <div class="box-image"><img alt="Alvarez Letter" src="/files/san-francisco/images/large_alvarez.jpg" style="width: 175px; height: 175px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" /></div> <div class="box-content"> <h2>Letter from Luis W. Alvarez to his Son Walter, August 6, 1945</h2> <p>Describing the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan from the Luis W. Alvarez Papers</p> </div> </a></div> </div> <p> </p> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <footer id="page-footer"> <div class="clearfix row last-update-wrapper "> <p id="last-update"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span> This page was last reviewed on March 22, 2024.<br> <a href="/contact">Contact us with questions or comments</a>. </p> </div> <section id="mega-footer" class="clearfix panel-group"> <h2 class="footer-title"> Archives.gov</h2> <div class="mega-col panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h2><a data-target="#info-for">Information For…</a></h2> </div> <div id="info-for" class="panel-collapse"> <ul><li><a href="/citizen-archivist/">Citizen Archivists</a></li> <li><a href="/fed-employees/">Federal Employees</a></li> <li><a href="/research/genealogy/">Genealogists</a></li> <li><a href="/congress/">Members of Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/preservation/">Preservation</a></li> <li><a href="/records-mgmt/">Records Managers</a></li> 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