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Pinkerton's National Detective Agency records, 1853-1999

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Criminal Case File, 1861-1992 (continued)
Essays and notes, undated
Newspaper and magazine articles, 1909-1915, 1921, 1934-1935, 1943, undated
(3 folders)
Photographic negatives, 1900, 1908-1910, undated
Reports, 1911
Reward notices and wanted posters, undated
Van Tassell, Ora, murder
Correspondence, 1896, 1940-1944
Essay and notes, undated
Newspaper and magazine articles, 1895-1896, undated
Photographs, positive prints and negatives, undated
Wainwright, Thomas J., crimes
Correspondence, 1905-1906, 1912-1916, 1940-1941
BOX 178 Newspaper and magazine articles, 1906, 1912, 1943, undated
Photographs, positive prints and negatives, 1890-1906, undated
Walker, William, crimes, 1907-1915, 1922, 1950
Walpole Savings Bank, Walpole, N.H., robbery, undated For additional material see Containers 165-167, Schoenbein, Maximillian, gang
Walsh, Jack, gang
Correspondence, 1888-1896, 1904-1906, 1914, 1922, undated
Essay and notes, undated
Newspaper and magazine articles, 1887-1888, 1895-1896, 1914, 1922, undated
Photographs, 1887-1907, undated
Reports, 1890-1892, 1900-1906, 1913-1914, undated
Weil, Joseph, gang
Newspaper and magazine articles, 1918, 1924-1945, undated
Photographs, 1904-1908, 1915, 1932, undated
Reports, 1904, 1917-1923, 1931-1937
Western Union Telegraph, wiretapping case, 1940
White, George M., gang
Correspondence, 1890-1897, 1944-1948
Essays, undated
BOX 179 Newspaper and magazine articles, 1869, 1884-1913, undated
Notes, undated
Photographs, positive prints and negatives, 1890-1895, 1907, undated
Reports, 1891-1897, undated
Whited, Harry L., robbery and murder
Correspondence, 1932-1936
Essays, undated
Newspaper and magazine articles, 1931-1939
Photographs, 1932-1933
Reports, 1932-1934
(6 folders)
Reward notices, 1932-1933
Statements in court, 1933
BOX 180 Wernitzer, Louise Witt, crimes
Correspondence and notes, 1925-1931
Handwriting samples, 1919, 1925-1930, undated
Newspaper and magazine articles, 1925, undated
Photographs, undated
Reports, 1925, 1933, undated
(4 folders)
Whitman, Alonzo, crimes
Correspondence, essay, and notes, 1897-1900, 1954-1957, undated
Newspaper and magazine articles, 1897-1923, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 181 Photographs, positive prints and negatives, 1894-1899, 1910, 1919, undated
Wild Bunch See Containers 87-93, Cassidy, Butch, and the Wild Bunch
Wilkes, Henry Wade, gang
Correspondence, 1885-1910, 1944-1945, undated
Essays, 1944. undated
Newspaper and magazine articles, 1886-1897, 1905-1913, undated
(2 folders)
Notes, undated
BOX 182 Photographs, positive prints and negatives, 1876, 1882-1891, undated
Reports, 1876, 1886-1911, 1940, undated
Willy's Overland Motors, Toledo, Ohio, thefts
Correspondence, 1951-1959, undated
Newspaper and magazine articles, 1953-1956
Reports, 1952-1953
Worth, Adam, gang
Correspondence, including copies, 1872, 1883-1905, 1912-1913, 1940, 1949-1950, undated
(2 folders)
Essays, 1907, 1941, undated
BOX 183 Newspaper and magazine articles, 1883-1904, 1910-1923, 1931-1948, undated
(4 folders)
Notes, undated
Photographs, 1896, undated
Reports, 1888-1897, undated
York, Thaddeus E., crimes, 1910-1917, undated
Yost, Gilbert, gang, 1886, 1895, 1902-1903, undated
BOX 184-185 2020 Addition, 1928, 1950, undated
Draft manuscripts of detective stories and eight printing plates.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and thereunder numerically by manuscript number and alphabetically by subject of printing plate.
BOX 184 Printing plates
Calling cards and 100th anniversary, 1950, undated
Pinkerton, Allan (1819-1884), 1928, Oct. 4
Pinkerton, Robert A. (1848-1907), undated
Pinkerton, William A., undated
Writings
No. 1, "Justice Slow but Sure," undated
No. 2, "A Kansas Romance," undated
No. 3, "The Vicissitudes of Crime," undated
No. 6, "A Ruined Life," undated
BOX 185 No. 7, "A Criminal Romance," undated
No. 8, "An Express Robber Trapped," undated
No. 9, untitled, robbery of bank at Wilmington, Del., undated
No. 10, untitled, murder of Jennie Cramer at New Haven, Conn., undated See also Container 8, Writings
Unnumbered, "Love Laughs at Locksmiths," undated
BOX OV 1-OV 20 Oversize, 1867-1955, 1983
Correspondence, payroll and other financial and administrative ledgers, reward notices and wanted posters, legal documents, maps, and a chart.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
BOX OV 1 Family Directors File
Pinkerton, Allan (1819-1884)
Biographical file
Correspondence about Pinkerton
Genealogy, chart, 1983 (Container 1)
BOX OV 2 Death
Letters of condolence, 1884 (Container 4)
Vol. 1
BOX OV 3 Vol. 2
BOX OV 4 Administrative File
Financial file
Ledgers of employee time, payroll, and uncollected accounts (Container 37)
Time books
Vol. 1, 1873-1877
BOX OV 5 Vol. 2, 1878-1880
BOX OV 6 Vol. 3, 1880-1882
BOX OV 7 Vol. 4, 1884-1885
BOX OV 8 Vol. 5, 1887
BOX OV 9 Vol. 6, 1889-1890
BOX OV 10 Vol. 7, 1891-1897
BOX OV 11 Vol. 8, 1911-1933
BOX OV 12 Uncollected accounts, 1878-1912
BOX OV 13 Reward books
“Book 7, Hartford Office,” 1940-1941, 1952 (Container 55)
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