Pinkerton's National Detective Agency Records 1853-1999 (bulk 1880-1920)

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Pinkerton's National Detective Agency Records 1853-1999 (bulk 1880-1920)

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Private detective agency directed by the Pinkerton family to protect interests of clients in business and industry. The records include business and family correspondence, biographical and genealogical records, administrative records such as procedural guidelines and training manuals, and criminal case files which include correspondence, reports, photographs, legal documents, and printed matter.

63,000 items; 183 containers plus 20 oversize; 79 linear feet; 3 microfilm reels

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6356116

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Pinkerton, Robert A., 1904-1967

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Molly Maguires (Organization)

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Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884

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Cassidy, Butch, 1866-

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McParland, James P.

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James McParland was manager of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency's Denver, CO office. After the assassination of former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg at Caldwell in December 1905, Governor Gooding called on the Pinkertons to direct the State of Idaho's investigation of the bombing. McParland went to Idaho in 1906 and interrogated Harry Orchard, who had been arrested soon after the murder. McParland obtained a confession that implicated most of the leadership of the Western Federation of...

Mudgett, Herman W., 1861-1896

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Herman Webster Mudgett (May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896), better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or, more commonly, as H. H. Holmes, was an American serial killer. While he confessed to 27 murders, only nine could be plausibly confirmed and several of the people he claimed to have murdered were still alive. He is said to have killed as many as 200, though this figure is only traceable to 1940s pulp magazines. Many victims were said to have been killed in a mixed-use building which he owned, located ...

United States. Army of the Potomac

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The Army of the Potomac was created after the defeat of Union forces at the First Battle of Bull Run. Its objective was to defend Washington, D.C. by protecting the Potomac River entry into the city. The Army of the Potomac participated in the Peninsula Campaign, the Seven Days' Battles, Antietam, Gettysburg and Appomatox. Its commanders (in order of service) were McClellan, Halleck, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, and Grant. From the description of General orders, ...

Bangs, George H.

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Pinkerton, Robert A. (Robert Allan), 1848-1907

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Principal in the Pinkerton Detective Agency. From the description of Letters to S.S. McClure, 1894, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 67292852 ...

Sundance Kid

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Pinkerton's National Detective Agency

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Biographical Notes and Organizational History Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) 1819, Aug. 25 Born, Glasgow, Scotland 1842 Married Joan Carfrae Fled to North America fearing arrest for activities in Chartist Movement, residing first in Mont...

Pinkerton, Allan, 1876-1930

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William J. Burns International Detective Agency

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Pinkerton, William A. (William Allan), 1846-1923

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Principal in Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. From the description of Correspondence of William A. Pinkerton, 1894-1911. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 65542819 ...