1 10 12 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/fc6dbd790163fe289b0c5024b2a925d5.jpg f0ec7abce821bf968838b61971f6f342 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5552, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from the assistant to the principal of Phillips Academy to the Office of the Commissioner of the United States Department of Labor, September 11, 1928 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from the assistant to the principal of Phillips Academy to the Office of the Commissioner of the United States Department of Labor, September 11, 1928 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from the assistant to the principal of Phillips Academy to the Office of the Commissioner of the United States Department of Labor informing him that Chan (Chin) Hin Cheung registered in Phillips Academy as Hin-Cheung Chan. Includes details on Chan's home address, parents' names, and guardian's name and address. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource the assistant to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 11, 1928 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource September 11, 1928 Office of the Commissioner United States Department of Labor San Francisco, California Dear Sir: In reply to your communication of September 4, we are glad to submit the following information: The student to whom you prefer as Chan (Chin) Hin Cheung registered in Phillips Academy as Hin-Cheung Chan. His home address was given as Hongkong, China and his parent’s name as Mrs. Chor Chan. His guardian’s name was Chin Lain, C/0 China Mail Steamship Company, 510 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California. His date of birth was given as March 7, 1906. Very truly yours, Assistant to the Headmaster Hin-Cheung Chan Office of the Commissioner of the United States Department of Labor secretary to Dr. Stearns https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/31124c1cc8642af38a8a68ac4fe30347.jpg 0a273f6c0c4b42c1e60007cf8c4ab535 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5552, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Edwin L. Hoff to the registrar of Phillips Academy, September 4, 1928 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Edwin L. Hoff to the registrar of Phillips Academy, September 4, 1928 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Edwin L. Hoff, acting commissioner of the United States Department of Labor, to the registrar of Phillips Academy requesting from the school information regarding the parents and birth of Chan Hin Cheung, a student at the school. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Edwin L. Hoff Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 4, 1928 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource Registrar, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. Sir: There is pending decision before this office application placed by CHAM (CHIS) HIM CHEUNG for indorsement as a native of the United States, claiming "birth in San Francisco, Calif., in March of 1906. The said CBM HU CHEUNG appears to have entered Phillips Academy as a student during December, 1922, or in the early part of 1923, and continued in attendance there for about two and one-half years, proceeding then to Hamilton College, Clinton, N.T., in which institution he is registered as a senior pupil under the name of HIN CHEUNG CHAN. Such records as we hold relating to CHAN HIN CHEUNG show him on at least three occasions to have testified under oath to birth in China during March of 1906. The names which he gives for his parents are at great variance with those which he has heretofore given, all of which must be regarded as indicative of a false claim in the present instance. Our purpose, therefore, in addressing you is to secure,if possible, information given by CHAN HIN CHEUNG incident to his registration in Phillips Academy, particularly that bearing on the place of his nativity and the names of his parents or other immediate relatives. It is very important to the Government that the facts in this case be accurately ascertained before a decision is entered in the pending application and any information which it is possible for you to furnish will be gratefully received. Respectfully Edwin L. Hoff Hin-Cheung Chan https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/5918332eaee102fd09ad8daff3f72628.jpg 904b2a58d1c4cf17c98ddaa2e6f8216a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5552, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hin C. Chan, April 21, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hin C. Chan, April 21, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Hin C. Chan informing him that Steans is dropping Hamilton from his list of schools to visit this year, not due to the school's reputation, but because of its distance from Andover. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 21, 1926 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource April 21, 1926 Mr. Hin C Chan Hamilton College Clinton, N.Y. Dear Chan: Thank you for your good note of April 14. I am sorry that it was necessary for me to drop Hamilton from my list this year, but, as I explained to your good president, I simply had to cut down these out-of-town trips; and Hamilton is a long way off. I did tell Dr. Ferry, however, that I would try to go a year later if he would let me off at this time. Mr. Bancroft tells me that so far no boys hare reported at the office that they are heading for Hamilton. I am worry that this is so, for I do not know a higher grade college in the country and I wish more of our boys were inclined to look upon it with favor. The fast is that it is a bit out of the way, as you know, and I imagine that the location has as much as anything xxx with the seeming lack of interest. With all good wishes to you, believe me Ever sincerely yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Hin-Cheung Chan https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/85684c7c5ee8a0e508160c37b4ab5596.jpg ce207345e4f8764d16cc1b9d07d0babc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5552, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Hin C. Chan to Dr. Stearns, April 14, 1926 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Hin C. Chan to Dr. Stearns, April 14, 1926 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Hin C. Chan to Dr. Stearns hoping that Stearns would visit Hamilton College and inquiring as to the current Phillips Academy students planning on entering Hamilton College. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hin C. Chan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 14, 1926 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource April 14,1926 My dear Dr. Steams: Ever since I entered Hamilton College, I was hoping that you would come here some Sunday to preach in our chapel, so that I might have the opportunity of seeing you again. I am still hoping that you will come in the future. I was asked the other day to write you to find out the names of all the men in School who are A planning to enter Hamilton. I would be very much obliged to receive from you a list of the names of them with their respective classes. I am Sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Hin-Cheung Chan https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/90928283962eeccdd5021684ddbb4cb4.jpg 5dae29edf45b2f0fcd784e965a98050b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5552, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Frederick C. Ferry to Alfred E. Stearns, October 20, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Frederick C. Ferry to Alfred E. Stearns, October 20, 1924 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Frederick C. Ferry to Alfred E. Stearns catching Stearns up on the academic progress of various Chinese students at Hamilton College and advising H.C. Chan to use his Chinese as a substitute for the Latin requirement at Hamilton College. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frederick C. Ferry Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 20, 1924 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource October 20, 1924 Alfred E. Stearns, Litt.D., Prin., Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. My dear Dr. Stearns Please accept thanks for yours of the 17th instant concerning H.C.Chan. We shall be glad to receive and provide for him if he manages to offer the necessary subjects as he undoubtedly is going to do. We propose with him, as has been the case with Henry Yuan, to accept the work done in the Chinese classics and Chinese literature for our Latin requirement. We are particularly pleased with Henry Yuan. He seems to be justifying the fine statements which you gave us concerning him. With kind regards to you and much pleasure that we are to have you here before the year is far spent, I am Yours very sincerely, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Frederick C. Ferry Hin-Cheung Chan https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/c4d493ba2e7e3eef6ebce7c8e5fbabbf.jpg 51345d44744a0deebcdf91bbbb7c83ce Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5552, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Frederick C. Ferry, October 17, 1924 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Frederick C. Ferry, October 17, 1924 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Frederick C. Ferry, of Hamilton College, offering Ferry a recommendation for H.C. Chan to the school. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 17, 1924 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource 17 October 1924 president Frederick C. Ferry Hamilton College Clinton, N.Y. My dear Doctor Ferry: Another one of our Chinese boys, H. C. Chan tells me that he is hoping to enter Hamilton College next fall and has asked me to write you a word in his behalf. This I am glad to do. Chan has been with us for a couple of years and is a pretty likable sort of a boy. He has lived up to the school requirements in a steady and responsible way, as most of these Chinese lads do. He has not the ability of Yuan who is now with you, nor indeed the same kind of a background, for he is a Hongkonger and doubtless a Cantonese. As a rule these fellows do not prove nearly so good timber as their northern brethren though there are exceptions at times, and our senior Latin prize was carried off by one of them only a few years ago. Anyway Chan will doubtless prove a wholly satisfactory member of your student body if he is successful in gaining admission to Hamilton. I hope he will succeed. Faithfully yours Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Frederick C. Ferry Hin-Cheung Chan https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/069da4baf44e600ec18c6825b3843168.jpg 492be4321e668c3395e576f4e342e18a https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/1c033a6e0b729ac229498fbe99d3a78b.jpg 55486499d7e6a8e24793e6606a17fe5d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5552, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.S. Crosby, September 20, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.S. Crosby, September 20, 1923 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to C.S. Crosby, immigration inspector, inquiring, in response to the detention of Mr. Chan, how Chinese students studying in America are expected to meet all legal requirements and hold in possession all legal documents when their passports are often taken from them upon entering the country. Stearns wishes to take the matter up in Washington should it continue to occur. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 20, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource September 20, 1923 Mr. C.S.Crosby Inspector of Immigration North Stratford, N.E. My dear Sir: Thank you for your very courteous letter of September 17. Please that I have no intention whatever of criticizing you personally for your actions in connection with the detention of Mr. Chan. As I endeavored to make clear, I believed at the time, and still believe that you were doing exactly what you felt it was year duty to do under the circumstances and this belief was prompted by the exceedingly courteous way in which you dealt with the boy and with me at the time. What I cannot understand is how there Chinese students in the country, who are here legitimately and have complied with all the requirements of the law, are expected to act when, as in the cases of a number of them at least, the passports have been taken from them by the immigration inspectors when they first landed. I have dealt with these boys now for many years and have had something like one hundred of them as my personal wards over a period of twenty-five years duration. For nearly twenty years some of those boys have been with me almost annually at my camp at Connecticut lake. They have traveled all over the country without interference up to this time. I cannot help wondering, therefore, just what is expected of them by the United States authorities or whether, granting that the passports had been taken heretofore in a legitimate way, they should be expected to furnish official credentials which they cannot necessarily possess. My purpose in taking the matter up at headquarters in Washington should not in any sense reflect on your action in the case. I am merely seeking information which I evidently did not possess and by which these boys may be spared further and embarrassing annoyances in the future. I think you will agree what this is a perfectly proper position for me to take. Thank you for returning Chan’s certificate which arrived safely. Very sincerely yours. C.S. Crosby Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Hin-Cheung Chan https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/73788b6e2e20cb18d21ab70f4182eb4c.jpg c35e8a2dd2252f392470526301dea33d https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/406511a5ab64894e215e6b5c756455ad.jpg 19a6a6ea2adbbe13bcbc26b020e0649d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5552, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from C.S. Crosby to Alfred E. Stearns, September 17, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from C.S. Crosby to Alfred E. Stearns, September 17, 1923 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from C.S. Crosby, immigration inspector, to Alfred E. Stearns informing Stearns of the reason for Chan Hin Cheung's detention and enclosing the last two paragraphs of Sec. 6 of the Chinese Exclusion Laws. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource C.S. Crosby Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 17, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource North Stratford, N.H. Sept.17, 1923 Alfred L. Steams, Prin. Andover Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. Dear Sir: I am pleased to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 13th. inst., with Chinese Certificate 193/1922, favor Mr. Chan Hin Cheong enclosed, which I am returning registered mail to you this day. I note that you are at a loss to account for the authority by which this boy’s journey was interrupted. You, no doubt, realize that your camp is located very near the border and that Mr. Cheung boarded M.C. train at a border port. As Mr. Cheung did not have any proof whatsoever with him that he was lawfully admitted to the States, it was necessary for me to hold him for proper identification, which I endeavored to do in a respectful and considerate manner. For further information you will find, herewith, enclosed a copy of the last two paragraphs of Sec.6 of the Chinese Exclusion Laws, Act 1882-84, pertaining to Certificates of Identification.  last 2Baragraphs of Sec.6, Chinese Exclusion Laws, Act of 1882 - 1884. “ THE certificate provided for in this act, and the identity of the person named therein shall, before such person goes on board any vessel to proceed to the United States, be visaed by the indorsement of the diplomatic representives of the United States, in the foreign country from which such certificate issues, or of the consular representive of the United States at the port or place from which the person named in the certificate is about to depart; and such diplomatic representive or consular representives whose indorsement is so required is hereby empowered, and it shall be his duly, before indorsing such certificate as aforesaid, to examine into the truths of the statements set forth in said certificate, and if he shall find upon examination that said or any of the statements therein contained are untrue it shall be his duty to refuse to indorse the same. Such certificate visaed as aforesaid, shall be prime, facie evidence of the facts set forth therein, and shall be produced to the Chinese inspector in charge of the port in the district in the United States at which the person named therein shall arrive, and afterward produced to the proper authorities of the United States whenever lawfully demands- , and shall be the sole evidence permissible on the part of the person so producing the same to establish a right of entry into the United States; but certificate may be controverted and the facts therein stated disproved by the United States authorities.” C.S. Crosby Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Hin-Cheung Chan https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/b401cf9140b190f8efef3024dbb2e533.jpg 3e6fa2588155fae556f6bd70d0171758 https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/9d95fa95c92370013361d3f21d311d6b.jpg 3a435ab59ee2d3145ee5225954b061e5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5552, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to the United States Immigration Inspector at North Stratford, New Hampshire, September 13, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to the United States Immigration Inspector at North Stratford, New Hampshire, September 13, 1923 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to the United States Immigration Inspector at North Stratford, New Hampshire sending the inspector the requested legal papers of Chan Hin Cheung and inquiring of the inspector as to why Mr. Chan was detained in the first place. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 13, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource September 13, 1923 United States Immigration Inspector North Stratford, New Hampshire Dear sir: I enclose herewith, as promised, the papers of Mr. Chan Hin Cheung, the young Chinese boy whose journey you recently saw fit to interrupt at North Stratford and whom you brought to Beecher Falls for identification. Will you kindly return the papers to me by registered mail so that there won’t be any danger of losing them. I am still at a loss to account for the authority by which by this boy’s journey was interrupted. Your attitude in the matter convinces me that you acted in perfectly good faith and for that reason I could not bring myself to utter the vigorous protest I was prompted to send at the time. I am convinced, however, that the action was not justified, and in order to deal fairly with these wards of mine during their further stay in this country, I feel that it is necessary to lay the matter before the headquarters in Washington and find out what is demanded. As a matter of fact the passports of my other wards were taken from them when they first landed in San Francisco and they were told that these passports would be forwarded to Washington. They have not seen them since but have traveled freely about the country for the last three years and without any interference on the part of the authorities. Had young Chan from across the border I can readily see why the passport should have been demanded by you. As his journey started from my camp in New Hampshire and the trip did not involve crossing the border, I am puzzled to know the exact reasons for his detention. Awaiting the early receipt of the enclosed passport and such further enlightenment as you may be able to give me on the case and its seeming complications, believe me Very sincerely yours, Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Hin-Cheung Chan United States Immigration Inspector https://chinesestudents.andover.edu/files/original/9cf82f388fcfea8c1cd3196632049cb2.jpg 7940a090f1d2530d6f3a751b92d81f1c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stearns Folder 5552, Head of School (Stearns) Records Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from the assistant to the principal of Phillips Academy to H.C. Chan, August 3, 1923 Subject The topic of the resource Letter from the assistant to the principal of Phillips Academy to H.C. Chan, August 3, 1923 Description An account of the resource Typed letter from the assistant to the principal of Phillips Academy to H.C. Chan forwarding Chan his College Board grades, as per Chan's request. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource the assistant to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phillips Academy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 3, 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Relation A related resource August 3, 1923 Mr. H.C. Chan Camp Magalloway Pittsburg, N.H. My dear Chan: In response to your recent request I take pleasure in forwarding you your College Board grades, which were as follows: Math A ---73 Math C ---67 Please accept my congratulations upon your success in these subjects. Very truly yours, Assistant to the Principal Hin-Cheung Chan secretary to Dr. Stearns