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Tag: DOJThe U.S. Marshal Service and The Supreme CourtThis post was written by Katie Beaver, a student intern working with civilian records. It is a follow-up to A few good lawmen and is based on documentation found in ”Appointment Files for Judicial Districts, 1853-1905.” The American South was a particularly tumultuous area after the Civil War and during the occupation of the U.S. Army. Slaves became [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on August 8, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference, Researchers. Deputy Marshal v. Deputy MarshalThis post was written by Katy Berube, a student intern working in civilian processing. It is a follow-up to the post A few good lawmen. Documentation for this post can be found in the series “Appointment Files for Judicial Districts, 1853-1905.” As guns unloaded into British subject and cattle investor, John H. Tunstall, in the [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on August 4, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference, Researchers, The Process. A few good lawmenToday’s post is written by Denise Henderson. A few months ago, I was asked to locate a record about Pat Garrett, the famous sheriff who killed Billy the Kid in 1881 when cowboys and cattle thieves made the West wild and dangerous and a place in serious need of law enforcement. Understanding the index to, [...] Posted by Denise Henderson on August 1, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Genealogy, Reference, Researchers, The Process. The OctopusToday’s post is written by Alfie Paul, a processing archivist who works with civilian textual records. On an August day in 1991, the body of free-lance reporter Danny Casolaro was found dead in a Martinsburg, West Virginia motel bathtub by two maids. Ruled a suicide, Casolaro’s death was just a small piece of a larger [...] Posted by Alfie Paul on December 2, 2010, under Civil Records. The gangster, the bank robber, the baby face, and a G-ManYesterday, I posted about Department of Justice press releases. Today, I’d like to share a few of my favorites! One early press release, dated November 6, 1933, details the establishment of a federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, which according to the release, “is a necessary part of the Government’s campaign against predatory crime.” Three years [...] Posted by Denise Henderson on November 5, 2010, under Civil Records, Reference, Researchers. You Never Know Who You'll Meet in the Records!What do John Dillinger, Al Capone, Bruno Hauptmann, and Frank Sinatra’s son have in common? You can find a press release (or in some cases, more than one!) relating to them at the National Archives! Recently, I processed and described the series “Press Releases, Speeches, Testimonies, and Other Records, 1933-1984” (ARC ID 5605357) in RG [...] Posted by Denise Henderson on November 4, 2010, under Civil Records, Reference, Researchers. |
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