MARC Record from Library of Congress

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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC$edacs
072 7 $aW$2lcmd
110 2 $aPinkerton's National Detective Agency.
245 00 $aPinkerton's National Detective Agency records,$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.
541 $cGift,$aRobert A. Pinkerton,$d1956.
541 $cGift,$aPinkerton's Inc.,$d2000.
541 $cPurchase,$d1972-2000.
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 10 $aCassidy, Butch,$db. 1866.
600 10 $aMcParland, James P.
600 10 $aMudgett, Herman W.,$d1861-1896.
600 00 $aSundance Kid.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy of the Potomac.
610 20 $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 20 $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.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
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