Pinkerton's National Detective Agency records, (Record no. 39360)
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | mm 75036301 |
| NUCMC control number | ms 60000572 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Description conventions | dacs |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | W |
| Source | lcmd |
| 110 2# - MAIN ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Pinkerton's National Detective Agency records, |
| Inclusive dates | 1853-1999 |
| Bulk dates | (bulk 1880-1920). |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 63,000 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 183 |
| Type of unit | containers plus |
| Extent | 20 |
| Type of unit | oversize. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 3 |
| Type of unit | microfilm reels. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 79 |
| Type of unit | linear feet. |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondence, diaries, essays and other writings, reports, notes, police and prison records, code books, criminal rosters, exhibition texts, legal documents, biographical and genealogical records, procedural guidelines and training manuals, financial records, card indexes, photographs, reward notices, wanted posters, illustrations, maps, and other records chiefly documenting the work of the private detective agency for clients in business and industry. Includes papers of Pinkerton family members who led the agency, Allan (1819-1884), Allan's sons William A. (1846-1923) and Robert A. (1848-1907), Robert's son, Allan (1876-1930), and Allan's son, Robert A. (1904-1967). Also includes papers of George H. Bangs, longtime general superintendent of the New York office. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Documents investigative methods, business principles and practices, and daily business activities. Topics include establishment by Pinkerton of the secret service in 1861 to protect the president and provide military intelligence for the Army of the Potomac, sabotage and espionage in the Washington, D.C., area during the Civil War, labor unrest and unionization in the Pennsylvania coal region, reports of James P. McParland in the investigation of the Molly Maguires, homeland security during World War I, the William J. Burns International Detective Agency, and criminals including Herman Mudgett, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Microfilm edition of letterpress copybooks and reports available, |
| Order number | no. 16,574. |
| 533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Type of reproduction | Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. |
| Place of reproduction | Washington, D.C. : |
| Agency responsible for reproduction | Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, |
| Date of reproduction | 1975. |
| 544 ## - LOCATION OF OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS NOTE | |
| Materials specified | Some photographs |
| Provenance | transferred to |
| Custodian | Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
| 545 1# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Private detective agency founded circa 1850 in Chicago, Ill., by Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884). |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Collection material in English. |
| 555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE | |
| Cumulative index/finding aids note | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003007">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003007</a> |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cassidy, Butch, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1866- |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | McParland, James P. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mudgett, Herman W., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1861-1896. |
| 600 00 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sundance Kid. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Army of the Potomac. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | William J. Burns International Detective Agency. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Civil defense |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Coal miners |
| General subdivision | Labor unions. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Crime. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Espionage |
| Geographic subdivision | Washington (D.C.) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Labor unions |
| Geographic subdivision | Pennsylvania. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Law enforcement. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | National security |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Private investigators. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Sabotage |
| Geographic subdivision | Washington (D.C.) |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Molly Maguires (Organization) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | World War, 1914-1918 |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| General subdivision | Secret service. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bangs, George H. |
| Title of a work | George H. Bangs papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pinkerton, Allan, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1819-1884. |
| Title of a work | Allan Pinkerton papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pinkerton, Allan, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1876-1930. |
| Title of a work | Allan Pinkerton papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pinkerton, Robert A., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1904-1967. |
| Title of a work | Robert A. Pinkerton papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pinkerton, Robert A. |
| Fuller form of name | (Robert Allan), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1848-1907. |
| Title of a work | Robert A. Pinkerton papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pinkerton, William A. |
| Fuller form of name | (William Allan), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1846-1923. |
| Title of a work | William A. Pinkerton papers. |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003007">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003007</a> |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid (PDF) |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003007.3">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003007.3</a> |
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