Read the responsibilities that were required of clerks from the "Clerk" section of "The Workers of Ellis Island."kept a running tabulation of the number of immigrantsstored away the passenger manifestscompleted detention and deportation cardswrote reports and dossiersfiled away and retrieved warrant case records

The listed duties included keeping tabulations, storing passenger manifests, completing cards, writing reports, and filing and retrieving records. These are all paperwork and record-keeping tasks, so the responsibilities show that clerks were busy with paperwork. The list does not establish whether they enjoyed the job, had contact with immigrants, or needed a college education.

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