Research Catalog
Pinkerton's National Detective Agency records, 1853-1999, letterpress books and miscellaneous reports.
- Title
- Pinkerton's National Detective Agency records, 1853-1999, letterpress books and miscellaneous reports.
- Publication
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1853-1920.
Details
- Description
- 1 online resource (9 manuscripts (1,076 items, 3,295 pages)).
- Summary
- This collection contains records from the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Founded in 1850, the agency's founder Allan Pinkerton became famous for discovering a plot to kill President Abraham Lincoln. As the agency grew, it participated in several significant events in American history. Pinkerton served as head of the Union Intelligence Service during the Civil War, located the culprits of the first recorded train robbery, prevented looting after the Great Fire in Chicago, and caught outlaws such as Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, the Reno Brothers, and the Wild Bunch. The agency later became known for strikebreaking and anti-Union activities on behalf of private employers. These records detail the running of Pinkerton's New York Office from 1865 to 1875, a period in which the agency was protecting Midwestern railways and establishing its reputation on the frontier. The collection contains a daily journal of the New York office from October 27, 1865 to March 26, 1866 and Allan Pinkerton's correspondence with George H. Bangs, the General Superintendent of the New York office from February 7, 1869 to December 31, 1870. There are also miscellaneous investigation records and reports. Journals record union meetings, note the names and activities of union leaders, and report conversations with political candidates about union activities.
- Series Statement
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
- Uniform Title
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
- Subject
- Note
- Date range of documents: 1853-1920.
- Source institution: Library of Congress.
- OCLC
- 937021706
- CPPC04084
- Title
- Pinkerton's National Detective Agency records, 1853-1999, letterpress books and miscellaneous reports.
- Publisher
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1853-1920.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- computer
- Type of Carrier
- online resource
- Series
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
- Local Note
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