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Pinkerton's National Detective Agency records, 1853-1999

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Administrative File, 1857-1999 (continued)
Weiss, Edward J., 1894, 1900-1919, 1928, 1933
Williams, John A., 1904-1911, 1919-1921
Wilson, Charles L., 1909, undated
Wind, Frank T., 1883-1884, 1904, 1912, 1924, 1933-1943
Unidentified photographs, undated
(1 folder)
BOX 34 (3 folders)
Exhibition texts, undated
“$200,000 Sneak Theft from the Office of James H. Young”
“American Exchange National Bank, $41,000 Sneak Theft”
“Armed Kidnaping of Cashier and Burglary Northampton (Mass.) National Bank”
“Bank Burglary – Beneficial Savings Fund of Philadelphia, Pa.”
“Burglary: Manhattan Savings Institution of New York”
“Burglary of the Third National Bank of Baltimore, Md.”
“Express Car Robbery – Merchants' Union Express Co.”
“Forgeries on the Bank of England”
BOX 35 “Fredericka Mandelbaum”
“History Briefs,” miscellaneous
“Holdup Robbery – Union Pacific Train No. 3”
“James and Younger Gang, Bank and Train Holdup Robbers”
“Manhattan Savings Institution Bank Robbery, 1878”
“Notable Bank Sneak Thefts Committed by Joseph Killoran and Associates”
“Reno Brothers' Gang: Train Robbers, Safe Burglars, and Holdup Men”
“Wild Bunch”
Financial file
Family records
Pinkerton, Robert A., estate, “worthless” securities, 1928-1937
Pinkerton, William A., estate, 1924-1932, 1938, 1955
BOX 36 Pullman, Margaret Allen, and Isabel P. Watkins, receipts for sale of interests, 1925, undated
Financial statement and list of bonds, 1911
General account fund
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, N.Y., 1913-1915, 1960
Chase National Bank, New York, N.Y.
Account records, 1902-1915
(4 folders)
Canceled checks, 1909-1915
(1 folder)
BOX 37 (3 folders)
Ledgers of employee time, payroll, and uncollected accounts
Time books, 1873-1898, 1911-1933 See Oversize
(8 vols.)
Uncollected accounts, 1878-1912 See Oversize
Patrol collections, Chicago, Ill., 1938-1946
Payroll list, 1899-1900
Powers of attorney, 1925-1960
Profits, losses, and special expenses, 1888-1903
Safety deposit box lists, 1936
Uncollectible accounts, 1933-1958
General correspondence, 1900-1904, 1916, 1924, 1936-1938, 1947-1950, 1960-1970, 1988, 1997-1998, undated
Horse racetrack protection, 1924, undated
BOX 38 Indexes, card files, undated
Binders, numerical list
Crimes
BOX 39 Employees
Gangs
Individuals
A-E
BOX 40 F-N
BOX 41 O-Z
BOX 42 Jewelers Security Alliance, incident reports, 1929
Labor complaint, undated
Legal file
Contracts, including copies, 1855, 1945, 1950
Copyrights, 1945, 1956-1970
Laws prohibiting federal contracts with Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, 1946, 1963
Litigation
Miscellaneous, 1914, 1921, 1934, 1983
Pinkerton's U.S. Detective Agency, infringement case, 1904-1905, undated
(3 folders)
BOX 43 (3 folders)
Partnership
Agreements, 1884, 1904-1908, 1917-1918
Assets, 1924
Proposed certificate of incorporation and agency bylaws, 1909
BOX 44 Service mark and trademark registration, 1950-1951, 1956
Stockholders meetings, 1930-1939, undated
Letterhead and logo, “We Never Sleep,” 1856, 1872, 1884, 1938, 1949-1951, undated
BOX 44 REEL 1 Letterpress copybooks and miscellaneous reports
Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 16,574
Army of the Potomac, Secret Service reports and letters
Index, Aug. 21-Oct. 28, 1861
(9 folders)
BOX 45 REEL 1 Oct. 29-Nov. 26, 1861
(5 folders)
BOX 45 REEL 2 New York office
Daily journal, Oct 27, 1865-Mar. 26, 1866
(3 folders)
Superintendent George H. Bangs copybooks
Vol. 1
Feb. 2-Nov. 20, 1869
(2 folders)
BOX 46 REEL 2 Jan. 1, 1870-Jan. 5, 1871
(2 folders)
Vol. 2, index, Mar. 31, 1871-June 2, 1872
(4 folders)
BOX 46 REEL 3 Vol. 3
Index, Nov. 21-Dec. 31, 1872
(5 folders)
BOX 47 REEL 3 Jan. 1-10, 1873
(2 folders)
Pinkerton, Allan (1819-1884)
Vol. 1, index, Aug. 5, 1872-Aug. 29, 1875
(8 folders)
Vol. 2
Index, Sept. 2, 1875-June 14, 1878
(2 folders)
BOX 48 REEL 3 July 20, 1878-Nov. 12, 1883
(2 folders)
Reports on Mollie Maguires to Franklin B. Gowan, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Co., originals, 1874-1875
BOX 48Not filmed Library catalogs, 1897, undated
Music, songs referring to Pinkerton detectives, 1912, 1984
National Bureau of Criminal Identification, 1922-1923, 1963, 1968
Philadelphia, Pa., office
Employee record book, circa 1880-1900
Licensing, 1887-1918, 1924, undated
BOX 49 Photographs, 1927, 1960, undated
“Picture Cabinet,” photograph filing system, 1914, undated
Policies, procedure, and training
All Office Order Books
Canvassing, sales
Index, undated
Index no. 0, outline and suggestions, 1926-1938
Index nos. 1-5, accountants-brokers, 1926-1942
Index nos. 6-10, character inspections-flat rate work, 1926-1947
Index nos. 11-15, food products liability claims-hospitals, 1924-1942
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