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Pinkerton's National Detective Agency records, 1853-1999

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Family Directors File, 1853-1990 (continued)
Correspondence and congressional documents, 1936-1939, 1947
Newspaper articles, 1936-1939, 1945-1948
Testimony file, 1936-1937
(2 folders)
Death, 1967
General correspondence, 1935-1967
Horse racing, undated
Inspection of offices nationwide, 1935
Library catalog, undated
BOX 14 Miscellany, 1916, 1927-1929, 1951, undated
Newspaper articles, 1930-1951, 1964
Personnel file, 1934-1965
Photographs, circa 1905-circa 1940
Pinkerton, William A. (1846-1923)
Biographical sketches, 1885, 1901-1905, 1923-1924, 1943, undated
Death
Correspondence, 1923-1924
Essays, 1923
Newspaper and magazine articles,1923-1924
(2 folders)
BOX 15 (4 folders)
General correspondence
1864, 1871-1872, 1878, 1898-1901
(2 folders)
BOX 16 1902-1908
(7 folders)
BOX 17 1909-1915
(7 folders)
BOX 18 1916-1919
(4 folders)
National Police Agency contract, 1866
Newspaper and magazine articles, 1885-1950, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 19 (3 folders)
Photographs, positive prints and negatives, and illustrations
Other family members, 1898-circa1900, 1934, undated
Pinkerton, William A., circa 1855-1918
(4 folders)
BOX 20 Robbery of, reported by press, 1897
Seymour, John F., 1902-1910
Trip to Japan and China, 1903
Writings and speeches, 1904-1907, 1914-1925, undated
BOX 20-68 Administrative File, 1857-1999
Correspondence, reports, legal documents, financial records, card indexes, code books, criminal rosters, address books and directories, employee records, real estate records, procedural guidelines and training manuals, reward notices and wanted posters, military records, exhibition texts, business cards, logos, advertisements and other promotional materials, and photographs.
Arranged alphabetically by document type or subject.
Letterpress books and miscellaneous reports available on microfilm. Microfilm shelf no. 16,574
BOX 20 Address books, agency officials, undated
Agency history and publicity
General, 1875, 1881-1887, 1934-1968, undated
Horan, James D., Desperate Men: Revelations from the Pinkerton Files, galleys, 1949
Horan, James D., and Howard Swiggett, “The Pinkerton Story”
Book draft, typescript, 1950
(2 folders)
BOX 21 (4 folders)
Correspondence and notes, 1950, undated
(2 folders)
American Banker's Association, 1894-1915
Board of directors, 1925-1930
(1 folder)
BOX 22 (3 folders)
Branch offices
Business cards, 1897-1922, undated
(2 folders)
Lists, 1971, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 23 Business announcements, notices, advertisements, and logos, 1879, undated
Cases and clients, miscellaneous reports, 1881-1899, 1948, 1961, undated
Cipher example and analysis, undated
Civil War
“Baltimore Plot” to assassinate Lincoln
Correspondence, 1866, 1891-1893, 1938-1950
Essay, incomplete draft and notes, undated
(2 folders)
Newspaper and magazine articles and related material, 1861-1872, 1887-1894, 1906, 1919, 1930-1951, 1966, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 24 (1 folder)
Photographs, positive prints and negatives, and illustrations, undated
Booth, John Wilkes, 1895, 1937-1938, 1964, undated
Greenhow, Rose O'Neal, Confederate spy, 1911, 1930-1946, 1964, undated
Lincoln, Abraham
Correspondence, notes, and essay drafts, 1863-1865, 1934-1940, undated
Newspaper and magazine articles and related material, 1868, 1925-1950, 1965, undated
United States Secret Service
Correspondence, including copies and transcripts, 1861-1864, 1894, 1902, 1951
Field report to army headquarters, Washington, D.C., extracts, 1862 For additional material see Container 25, Webster, Timothy
Newspaper and magazine articles and related material, 1883, 1894-1919, 1928, 1939-1949, 1963, undated
BOX 25 Notes, undated
Photographs, positive prints and negatives, 1862-1863, undated
Warne, Kate, 1951, undated
Webster, Timothy See also Container 33, same heading
Case notebook and field reports, including transcripts, 1857-1861
Correspondence, including copies and transcripts, 1861-1864, 1894, 1901-1914, 1928, 1940, 1950-1954
(2 folders)
Essays and notes, 1906, undated
Newspaper and magazine articles and related material, 1886, 1893, 1901-1913, 1923-1924, 1948, 1954, undated
Code names, operatives and informants
Books
Vol. 1, 1904
BOX 26 Vols. 2-3, 1904, undated
(2 folders)
Lists, 1999, undated
Criminal rosters
Hotel prowlers and thieves, undated
Pickpockets, undated
Directories of offices and managers, 1960, undated
Directors' motions, 1950
BOX 27 Employees
Ahern, Philip K., 1892, 1900-1925
Bailey, Norman T., 1904-1912, 1921-1929, undated
Ballantine, Alexander, 1900-1907, 1931, 1940
Bangs, George D., 1903-1907, 1923, undated
Bangs, George H., 1883-1886, 1919-1923, 1942-1950
Bearce, H. W., undated
Beck, Ira L., 1902-1903, 1916, undated
Beutler, Seymour, 1892, 1898-1912
Brady, Samuel, 1908-1927, 1934-1942
Burt, W. H., circa 1870s
Bush, Nelson W., 1888, 1900-1908
Carver, Arthur E., 1900-1907, 1915-1925
Cary, H. Frank, 1899-1912
Cassidy, Marshall, 1940, undated
Cavoroc, Pierre Charles, 1902-1909, 1925
Chambers, Benjamin F., undated
Chambers, John A., 1909-1943
Charlesworth, George D., 1882, 1900, 1909-1910
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