TY  - GEN
AU  - Bangs,George H.
AU  - Pinkerton,Allan
AU  - Pinkerton,Allan
AU  - Pinkerton,Robert A.
AU  - Pinkerton,Robert A.
AU  - Pinkerton,William A.
ED  - Pinkerton's National Detective Agency.
TI  - Pinkerton's National Detective Agency records,
KW  - Cassidy, Butch,
KW  - McParland, James P.
KW  - Mudgett, Herman W.,
KW  - Sundance Kid.
KW  - United States
KW  - Army of the Potomac
KW  - William J. Burns International Detective Agency
KW  - Molly Maguires (Organization)
KW  - Civil defense
KW  - Coal miners
KW  - Labor unions
KW  - Crime
KW  - Espionage
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Pennsylvania
KW  - Law enforcement
KW  - National security
KW  - Private investigators
KW  - Sabotage
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Secret service
N1  - Open to research; Microfilm edition of letterpress copybooks and reports available; no. 16,574; Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division; Washington, D.C.; Library of Congress Photoduplication Service; 1975
N2  - 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; 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003007
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003007.3
ER  -