Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
- Abstract:
- LAPD log book with handwritten entries detailing the work assignments, crimes covered, and property recovered for and by a few patrolmen for the year 1925. The log book begins with an alphabetical index, listing individuals from whom property was recovered, and ends with logs of expenses incurred. The bulk of the log book is daily entries on preprinted pages that allow the officers to identify captain, date, cases assigned, title and character of cases, cases closed, arrests, and to include a narrative account of their shift. The last page of the log book is made up of 5 preprinted columns: "White/Negroes/Mexicans/Japanese/Chinese", presumably to log arrests in each of these ethnicities; this page was not filled in. The officers who kept the log are identified only by last names: McGowan, Marden, Mortensen, Gillett.
- Extent:
- 0.21 Linear Feet 1 log book
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Los Angeles Police Department crime log book, Collection no. 7063, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Background
- Scope and content:
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LAPD log book with handwritten entries detailing the work assignments, crimes covered, and property recovered for and by a few patrolmen for the year 1925. The log book begins with an alphabetical index, listing individuals from whom property was recovered, and ends with logs of expenses incurred. The bulk of the log book is daily entries on preprinted pages that allow the officers to identify captain, date, cases assigned, title and character of cases, cases closed, arrests, and to include a narrative account of their shift. The last page of the log book is made up of 5 preprinted columns: "White/Negroes/Mexicans/Japanese/Chinese", presumably to log arrests in each of these ethnicities; this page was not filled in. The officers who kept the log are identified only by last names: McGowan, Marden, Mortensen, Gillett. The bulk of the daily entries are descriptions of routine patrols, but Mortensen and Gillett were involved in a few more interesting cases. On August 22, they were assigned to assist in investigating the Hellman bank robbery, which the Los Angeles Times called "the city's most spectacular gun battle", and in October they assisted with the arrest of an accused child molester.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from The Book Shop, February 15, 2018.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Los Angeles Police Department crime log book, Collection no. 7063, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
- Location of this collection:
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Special CollectionsDoheny Memorial Library, Room 209Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-5900