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Finding Aid to the Paul L. Kirk Papers, 1886-1971, bulk 1950-1970
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Series 1 California Association of Criminalists 1954-1970

Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 1-30

Arrangement

Arranged as received.

Scope and Content Note

Includes minutes, newsletters, committee records, member rosters and other materials relating to the California Association of Criminalists.
Carton 1, Folder 1-30

1954-1970

 

Series 2 Conferences/ Organizations 1956-1971

Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 31-46; Carton 2, folders 1-29

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content Note

Includes publications, conference programs and correspondence relating to various organizations.
Carton 1, Folder 31-36

American Academy of Forensic Sciences 1964, 1968-1971

Carton 1, Folder 37

American Chemical Society 1968

Carton 1, Folder 38

American Institute of Chemists 1956

Carton 1, Folder 39

American Nuclear Society 1962-1963

Carton 1, Folder 40

American Society for Metals 1968

Carton 1, Folder 41

Association of Official Agricultural Chemists 1963

Carton 1, Folder 42

California Council on Criminal Justice 1969-1970

Carton 1, Folder 43-44

California School on Alcoholism 1963-1964

Carton 1, Folder 45

California Trial Lawyers' Association 1966, 1968

Carton 1, Folder 46

Capwell's Salutes the U.C. School of Criminology 1964

Carton 2, Folder 1

Cohn Criminal Law Seminar 1963-1969

Carton 2, Folder 2

Congress of Polish Forensic Medicine 1965

Carton 2, Folder 3

Eastern Analytical Symposium 1964-1965

Carton 2, Folder 4

Forensic Activation Analysis 1966

Carton 2, Folder 5

The Forensic Science Society undated

Carton 2, Folder 6

General Atomic Activation Analysis Program 1962

Carton 2, Folder 7

Hypnosis for Lawyers 1966

Carton 2, Folder 8

International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine 1966

Carton 2, Folder 9

International Association of Forensic Toxicologists 1960-1970

Carton 2, Folder 10-11

International Meeting in Forensic Immunology, Medicine, Pathology and Toxicology 1963, 1966

Carton 2, Folder 12

International Meeting of Forensic Sciences 1969

Carton 2, Folder 13

International Symposium on Microchemical Techniques 1965

Carton 2, Folder 14

International Symposium on Pyrolysis 1966

Carton 2, Folder 15-16

International Toxicology Congress 1962, 1966

Carton 2, Folder 17

Legal Medicine and Forensic Science Conference 1962

Carton 2, Folder 18

Montreal Conference 1965

Carton 2, Folder 19

Mystery Writers of America 1963

Carton 2, Folder 20-21

National Symposium on Law Enforcement Science and Technology 1967

Carton 2, Folder 22

National Symposium on Science and Criminal Justice 1966

Carton 2, Folder 23

Pittsburgh Analytical Conference 1966

Carton 2, Folder 24

Provost Marshal Conference 1964

Carton 2, Folder 25

Science Against Crime 1966

Carton 2, Folder 26

Symposium on Gas Chromatography 1960

Carton 2, Folder 27

Symposium on Crime, Science and Technology 1967

Carton 2, Folder 28

Symposium on Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography 1966

Carton 2, Folder 29

Van Slyke Symposium 1963

 

Series 3 Research 1949-1970

Physical Description: Carton 2, folders 30-54; Carton 3, folders 1-4

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Scope and Content Note

Includes Kirk's research notes and subject files arranged topically.
Carton 2, Folder 30

Alcohol Tolerance 1962

Carton 2, Folder 31

Blood Protein Biochemistry in Criminal Behavior- Research Proposal 1964-1965

Carton 2, Folder 32

Blood Proteins in Human Individuality- Research Proposal 1964-1965

Carton 2, Folder 33

Boyd, Bud 1960

Carton 2, Folder 34

Chicago Police Department 1960-1961

Carton 2, Folder 35

Chemistry 1961-1962

Carton 2, Folder 36

Chromatography 1962

Carton 2, Folder 37

Civil Investigation Pictures undated

Carton 2, Folder 38

Criminalistic Data 1961

Carton 2, Folder 39

Finn, Charles and George 1960

Carton 2, Folder 40

Hair undated

Carton 2, Folder 41

Handwriting Specimens 1949

Carton 2, Folder 42

Idea File 1960-1962

Carton 2, Folder 43

Individuality and Its Identification 1956-1963

Carton 2, Folder 44

Ink Patterns undated

Carton 2, Folder 45

Investigation of the Impaired Driver 1963

Carton 2, Folder 46

Marijuana Drug Test- Research Proposal 1969-1970

Carton 2, Folder 47

National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Grants 1969

Carton 2, Folder 48

Neutron Activation Analysis 1959-1968

Carton 2, Folder 49

New York State Identification and Intelligence System 1963-1967

Carton 2, Folder 50

Newspaper Clippings 1962-1964

Carton 2, Folder 51

Physical Evidence Utilization undated

Carton 2, Folder 52

Qualitative and Quantitative Variability of Blood Proteins- Research Proposal 1968

Carton 2, Folder 53

St. Louis Police Laboratory 1957, undated

Carton 2, Folder 54

Shoe Data Sheets undated

Carton 3, Folder 1

The Tavern Murder- Case History undated

Carton 3, Folder 2

Toxicology 1960-1963

Carton 3, Folder 3

Traffic Accidents 1963, 1970

Carton 3, Folder 4

Miscellaneous undated

 

Series 4 Writings 1949-1968

Physical Description: Carton 3, folders 5-45

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Scope and Content Note

Includes not only copies of Kirk's work but correspondence about and reviews of his writings.
Carton 3, Folder 5

List of Publications

Carton 3, Folder 6

Analytical Treatment of Evidence Statistics undated

Carton 3, Folder 7

Automobile Accidents, Auto-Pedestrian undated

Carton 3, Folder 8

Blood- A Neglected Criminalistic Research Area undated

Carton 3, Folder 9

Blood Grouping with Plant Lectins 1961

Carton 3, Folder 10

Charred Document Restoration undated

Carton 3, Folder 11-12

The Crime Laboratory undated

Carton 3, Folder 13

Criminalistics article for Science 1963

Carton 3, Folder 14

Criminalistics Today undated

Carton 3, Folder 15

Demonstration of Syphilis Antibody 1964

Carton 3, Folder 16

Determination of Lipids 1952

Carton 3, Folder 17

Evidence Evaluation and Problems in General Criminalistics 1964

Carton 3, Folder 18

Evidence Examination by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography undated

Carton 3, Folder 19-21

Fire Investigation undated

Carton 3, Folder 22

The Forensic Sciences and the Public undated

Carton 3, Folder 23

Handbook of Analytical Chemistry 1962

Carton 3, Folder 24

Horizontal Paper Chromatography in the Identification of Ball Point Pen Inks 1954

Carton 3, Folder 25

Identification by Patterns 1956

Carton 3, Folder 26

Identification of Phenothiazines by Gas Chromatography of their Pyrolysis Products undated

Carton 3, Folder 27

Identification of the Pyrolyzates of Substituted Barbituric Acids by Gas Chromatography 1964

Carton 3, Folder 28

The Identification of Saliva 1963

Carton 3, Folder 29

Identification by Means of Pyrolysis Products 1967

Carton 3, Folder 30

An Improved Crystal Test for Hemoglobin of Blood 1965-1966

Carton 3, Folder 31

Improved Gas Chromatographic for Barbiturates 1963

Carton 3, Folder 32

Metals and Court Litigation 1968

Carton 3, Folder 33

Philosophy and Mechanics of Technical Investigation undated

Carton 3, Folder 34

Physical Evidence 1949-1954

Carton 3, Folder 35

Possible Application of Plant Lectins to Genotype Determination 1961

Carton 3, Folder 36

Purification of Plant Lectins by Continuous Electrophoresis 1961

Carton 3, Folder 37

Pyrolysis-GLC in the Identification of Drugs and Poisons 1966

Carton 3, Folder 38

Qualifying (and Disqualifying) the Expert Witness undated

Carton 3, Folder 39

Quantitative Ultramicroanalysis Reviews 1951

Carton 3, Folder 40

Separation and Identification of Barbiturates by Gas Chromatography 1961

Carton 3, Folder 41

A Study of Recoveries from Liver Tissue 1960

Carton 3, Folder 42

Suicide undated

Carton 3, Folder 43

Simplified Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Pesticides from Blood undated

Carton 3, Folder 44

Temperature Variations with Respect to the Specific Gravity of Glass Fragments 1949

Carton 3, Folder 45

Miscellaneous- personal undated

 

Series 5 Writings by Others 1946-1969

Physical Description: Carton 3, folders 46-66

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title.
Carton 3, Folder 46-47

Activation Analysis, Collected Papers 1966-1968

Carton 3, Folder 48

Bulletins and Reports 1946-1969

Carton 3, Folder 49

Collection, Identification and Examination of Evidence by Roy E. Simpson undated

Carton 3, Folder 50

Criminalistics Looks Forward by Lowell W. Bradford 1968

Carton 3, Folder 51

Criticism of the Twin Paradox by Vaclav Hlavaty 1965

Carton 3, Folder 52

The Expanding Role of Science and Technology in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice by Jim Osterburg undated

Carton 3, Folder 53

Various by Irene Forrest 1961-1962

Carton 3, Folder 54

The Importance of Thinking Small by Walter McCrone and Ronald Draftz 1966

Carton 3, Folder 55

Measurement of Blood Samples by James Brackett, Jr. and Lowell Bradford 1952

Carton 3, Folder 56

Paper Chromatographic Identification of Barbiturates by Richard F. Shaw circa 1968

Carton 3, Folder 57

Parapsychology 1965-1969

Carton 3, Folder 58

Various by Brian Parker undated

Carton 3, Folder 59

The Printer's Contempt undated

Carton 3, Folder 60

Radiometric Trace Analysis of Lead by P.C. Van Erkelens 1960

Carton 3, Folder 61

This School Seen As a Series of Interpersonal Relationships by Joseph Lohman undated

Carton 3, Folder 62

Some Observations on the Emphasis of the Term "Forensic Science" by John I. Thornton 1969

Carton 3, Folder 63

Spontaneous Fission Tracks from Extinct Pu244 in Meteorites by R.L. Fleischer, et. al. 1965

Carton 3, Folder 64

Various by Hertha H. Taussky 1963-1966

Carton 3, Folder 65

Topics in Electrochromatography 1958

Carton 3, Folder 66

Unidentified by Wallace, et. al. 1966

 

Series 6 Correspondence 1886-1971

Physical Description: Carton 3, folders 67-95; Carton 4; Carton 5, folders 1-118

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Carton 3, Folder 67-89

A 1941-1969

Carton 3, Folder 90-95

B 1952-1969

Carton 4, Folder 1-139

B-M 1886-1970

Carton 5, Folder 1-116

N-Z 1942-1970

Carton 5, Folder 117

unidentified

Carton 5, Folder 118

Posthumous 1970-1971

 

Series 7 Professional 1939-1970

Physical Description: Carton 5, folders 119-121; Carton 6, folders 1-25

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content Note

Included are files regarding Kirk's work as a consultant, materials relating to the School of Criminology and his teaching.
Carton 5, Folder 119

Consultants and Expert Witnesses 1965-1970

Carton 5, Folder 120

Contracts 1956-1967

Carton 5, Folder 121

Cornet, Israel- biographical information undated

Carton 6, Folder 1

"Crime Lab" TV Pilot Consultancy 1958

Carton 6, Folder 2

Criminology Program Directories 1944, 1950

Carton 6, Folder 3

Criminology Research Institute 1965

Carton 6, Folder 4

Food and Drug Administration Training 1966

Carton 6, Folder 5

Lecture Notes 1952, undated

Carton 6, Folder 6

Manuscript Reviews 1968-1969

Carton 6, Folder 7

Newspaper Clippings 1960-1970

Carton 6, Folder 8-10

Notebooks/ Notes 1959-1967

Carton 6, Folder 11

Paul L. Kirk and Associates- office map undated

Carton 6, Folder 12

Press Releases 1961

Carton 6, Folder 13

Puerto Rico 1959

Carton 6, Folder 14-16

Purdy, et. al. v. Fifth Madison Corporation 1960

Carton 6, Folder 17-20

School of Criminology 1939-1967

Carton 6, Folder 21

Science versus Crime radio segment 1964

Carton 6, Folder 22

Speaking Engagements 1958-1964

Carton 6, Folder 23-24

Trial Transcripts 1943-1966

Carton 6, Folder 25

Wolfer, DeWayne case 1968-1969

 

Series 8 Personal 1889, 1950-1969

Physical Description: Carton 6, folders 26-29

Scope and Content Note

Includes personal correspondence, biographical information and photographs of Kirk.
Carton 6, Folder 26

Biographical Material 1950-1969

Carton 6, Folder 27

Portraits undated

Carton 6, Folder 28

Correspondence (to Paul and Reba Kirk) 1953, undated

Carton 6, Folder 29

Family History 1889