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Title: San Francisco District Attorney's Office trial transcript and clippings scrapbooks,
Date (inclusive): 1918-1968
Date (bulk): bulk
Identifier/Call Number: SFH 93
Creator:
California. District Attorney (San Francisco County)
Physical Description:
9 oversize flat boxes, 1 manuscript box
(10 Linear Feet)
Contributing Institution:
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4567
info@sfpl.org
Abstract: Compilations of newspaper clippings related to criminal cases investigated and/or prosecuted by the San Francisco District
Attorney's Office and news coverage of the Office itself; together with a set of grand jury transcripts of a 1918 homosexual
"vice scandal" on Baker Street.
Physical Location: The collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in
English.
Access
The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk
hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], San Francisco District Attorney's Office trial transcript and clippings scrapbooks (SFH 93), San
Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Provenance
The collection is of uncertain provenance; it was received from either the City Attorney's or District Attorney's Office in
1976.
Historical
The San Francisco District Attorney's Office prosecutes criminal cases that take place in the City and County of San Francisco.
Scope and Contents
Compilations of newspaper clippings related to criminal cases investigated and/or prosecuted by the San Francisco District
Attorney's Office and news coverage of the Office itself; together with a set of grand jury transcripts of a 1918 homosexual
"vice scandal" on Baker Street and a vice trial the People of the State of California vs. Ralph Teichmann. Clippings consist
of two oversize scrapbooks on the 1935-1937 graft probe and trials of the San Francisco Police Department; clipping service
coverage of the District Attorney's Office from the mid-1940s through the late 1960s; and scrapbook compilations on individual
criminal cases from the late 1940s through the late 1960s.
Arrangement
The collection is organized in four series: Series 1: Grand Jury transcript of Baker St. "vice"investigation; Series 2: San
Francisco graft trials; Series 3: Clipping service coverage of District Attorney's Office, and Series 4: Case clippings.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Crime -- California -- San Francisco.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- California -- San Francisco.
Gays -- California -- San Francisco -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Trials (Sex crimes) -- California -- San Francisco
Trials (Sodomy) -- California -- San Francisco
California. District Attorney (San Francisco County) -- Archives
California. District Attorney (San Francisco County)
Teichmann, Ralph G. E.