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110 2 _aPinkerton's National Detective Agency.
245 0 0 _aPinkerton's National Detective Agency records,
_f1853-1999
_g(bulk 1880-1920).
300 _a63,000
_fitems.
300 _a183
_fcontainers plus
_a20
_foversize.
300 _a3
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a79
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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 _aDocuments 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 _aMicrofilm edition of letterpress copybooks and reports available,
_dno. 16,574.
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1975.
544 _3Some photographs
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 1 _aPrivate detective agency founded circa 1850 in Chicago, Ill., by Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884).
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003007
600 1 0 _aCassidy, Butch,
_d1866-
600 1 0 _aMcParland, James P.
600 1 0 _aMudgett, Herman W.,
_d1861-1896.
600 0 0 _aSundance Kid.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy of the Potomac.
610 2 0 _aWilliam J. Burns International Detective Agency.
650 0 _aCivil defense
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aCoal miners
_xLabor unions.
650 0 _aCrime.
650 0 _aEspionage
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aLabor unions
_zPennsylvania.
650 0 _aLaw enforcement.
650 0 _aNational security
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPrivate investigators.
650 0 _aSabotage
_zWashington (D.C.)
610 2 0 _aMolly Maguires (Organization)
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xSecret service.
700 1 _aBangs, George H.
_tGeorge H. Bangs papers.
700 1 _aPinkerton, Allan,
_d1819-1884.
_tAllan Pinkerton papers.
700 1 _aPinkerton, Allan,
_d1876-1930.
_tAllan Pinkerton papers.
700 1 _aPinkerton, Robert A.,
_d1904-1967.
_tRobert A. Pinkerton papers.
700 1 _aPinkerton, Robert A.
_q(Robert Allan),
_d1848-1907.
_tRobert A. Pinkerton papers.
700 1 _aPinkerton, William A.
_q(William Allan),
_d1846-1923.
_tWilliam A. Pinkerton papers.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003007
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003007.3
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