San Francisco Chief of Police Department correspondence, 1868-1877
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- San Francisco Chief of Police Department correspondence
- Dates:
- 1868-1877
- Extent:
- 0.25 Linear Feet 1 half document box (61 items)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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San Francisco Chief of Police Department correspondence. MS 141. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains fifty eight letters, two official documents, and one newspaper article, and mainly written by law enforcement officers from around the country to Henry H. Ellis, San Francisco Chief of Police from 1873 to 1877. Includes one letter addressed to Patrick Crowley, Chief of Police from 1868 to 1873,and one list giving the "Number & character of Chinese arrests for the 3 months ending 30 Sept 1876."
- Biographical / historical:
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Henry Hiram Ellis came to California in 1849 from Maine, was a gold miner and captain of several vessels before coming to San Francisco as policeman in 1855. He worked his way up in the Police Force and was elected chief of Police in 1875.
Patrick Crowley: Growing up in New York, Crowley gave up work as a printer in 1847 and volunteered to serve aboard the USS Macedonian during its relief mission to Ireland during the potato famine. Moving to California in 1850, he settled in San Francisco and in 1856 was elected a city constable. In 1866 he was elected Chief of the San Francisco Police Department serving until 1873. Following the creation of a Police Commission, Crowley was appointed Chief of Police again in 1879 and served until his retirement in 1897. He was the longest serving chief of the San Francisco Police Department.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased in early 1960s from Argonaut Book Store, San Francisco, CA.
- Processing information:
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This finding aid was revised in the Reparative Archival Redescription Project in 2021-2022. Previous versions of this finding aid are available upon request.
- Physical description:
- 1 portfolio
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-01-20 23:42:57 UTC .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection open for research.
- Terms of access:
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- Preferred citation:
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San Francisco Chief of Police Department correspondence. MS 141. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections and Archives, University Library1156 High StreetSanta Cruz, CA 95064, US
- Contact:
- (831) 459-2547