Inventory of the Dept. of Justice. Criminal Identification and Investigation Records
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California Secretary of State. All rights reserved.
Inventory of the Dept. of Justice. Criminal Identification and Investigation Records
Inventory: F3762, R177
California State Archives
Office of the Secretary of State
Sacramento, California
Contact Information:
- California State Archives
- 1020 "O" Street
- Sacramento, California 95814
- Phone: (916) 653-2246
- Fax: (916) 653-7363
- Email: ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov
- URL: http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/
- Processed by:
- The California State Archives staff
© 2000 California Secretary of State. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Dept. of Justice. Criminal Identification and Investigation Records
Inventory: F3762, R177
Creator:
California. Dept. of Justice
Repository:
California State Archives
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Dept. of Justice. Criminal Identification and Investigation Records, F3672, California State Archives.
Folder F3762:1-26
1. San Quentin State Prison, mug books 1889-1920.
Physical Description: (26 vols.)
Scope and Content Note
Arranged numerically by prison number, #'s 13681-13932, 14437-14638, 15193-15444, 15698-16201, 16466-28671, 31311-34064. Two
photographs of each prisoner, as received in street clothes and in prison garb with head shaved.
Folder F3762:27
2. Index to discharged prisoners from San Quentin 1888-1907.
Physical Description: (1 vol.)
Scope and Content Note
Arranged alphabetically and chronologically thereunder. Information included: name; date of discharge; county of commitment;
crime; sentence; prison number; remarks.
Folder F3762:28-31
3. Folsom State Prison, mug books 1891-1901, 18-20
Physical Description: (4 vols)*
Note
*NOTE: number (F3762:28-29) received from the California State Library but are described here because of similarity in content.
Scope and Content Note
Arranged numerically by prison number, #'s 2430-4893, 9860-10640, 10793-11584. Most prisoners photographed in street clothes
and prison garb as above.
Folder F3762:32-54
4. Topical Mug Books Ca. 1916-43
Physical Description: (23 vols.)
Scope and Content Note
Photographs of convicted felons gathered from police agencies in western United States. Photographs are grouped by crime and
thereunder by race, sex and height. Each volume or group of volumes is organized as follows:
- a. Male, white, 5'4" - 6'0" and above
- b. Foreigners
- c. Negroes
- d. Mexicans
- e. Philippinos
- f. Japanese and Chinese
- g. Hindus
- h. Females
Crime categories include:
Folder F3762:47-49
f. Lewd and Lascivious conduct
Folder F3762:50
g. Pickpocket, highbinders (Chinese Tongmen), and shoplifters
b. International Workers of the World
Folder F3762:55
5. The Detective, official journal of the police authorities and sheriffs of the United States, vols. xxxl, no 361- (XL) xxxx,
no. 480 (Nov. 1915-Oct. 1925). Broken series
Folder F3762:56-67
6. Journal of the American Bankers Association vols. IX, no. 7 - XXII, no. 6 (Jan. 1917-Dec. 1929) Broken series.