Scope and Contents
16 wanted posters for criminal suspects primarily in California and Missouri, with additional posters from Kansas, North Dakota, and Oregon, 1903-1924. Crimes include failure to provide for minor children, rape, embezzlement, forgery, grand larceny, and contributing to the dependency of a minor. Most posters include a monetary reward and an image or description of the suspect. Includes 2 photographs of suspects.
Dates
- 1903 - 1924
Language of Materials
In English.
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Wanted Posters Collection is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Fairlook Antiques on the Arthur Corbitt Hoskins Memorial Fund, 2018.
Arrangement
Organized into five series: I. California Wanted Posters, 1923-1924. II. Missouri Wanted Posters, 1903-1911. III. Kansas Wanted Poster, 1919. IV. North Dakota Wanted Poster, 1924. V. Oregon Wanted Poster, 1924.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization, in 2019.
- Annes, A. A., active approximately 1924
- Black, Charles, active approximately 1923
- Byers, Benjamin, active approximately 1903
- California -- Politics and government -- 1850-1950
- Clark, George, active approximately 1924
- Crime -- West (U.S.)
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- West (U.S.)
- Criminals -- West (U.S.)
- Daly, B. L., active approximately 1924
- Everly, Charles H., active approximately 1906
- Gaulding, Henry, active approximately 1904
- Gaulding, William, active approximately 1904
- Hedges, Olin P.
- Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
- Law enforcement -- West (U.S.)
- Leeper, William, active approximately 1923
- Loomis, E. D., active approximately 1924
- McLean, W. J., active approximately 1924
- Missouri -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
- North Dakota -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Oregon -- Politics and government -- 1859-1950
- Outlaws -- West (U.S.)
- Photographs -- United States
- Puffenberger, William H., active approximately 1919
- Reser, Theodore
- Saunders, Zephie, active approximately 1923
- Snider, Thomas W., active approximately 1911
- Spence, Robert, active approximately 1924
- Te Linde, Frank Arnold
- Tice, Albert
- Wanted posters
- Title
- Guide to the Wanted Posters Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Stephanie Bredbenner
- Date
- 2019 June
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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