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August Vollmer letters : Berkeley, Calif., to Jane Hentze, [Alaska] : TLS, 1950-1955.
BANC MSS 2004/223 cLOCAL
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Title:
August Vollmer letters: Berkeley, Calif., to Jane Hentze, [Alaska] : TLS, 1950-1955Creator/Contributor:
Vollmer, August, 1876-1955, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Hentze, Jane.Creator/Contributor:
Miller, Lida.Abstract:
Concerns Vollmer's involvement with police work including helping English, Canadian and Japanese police study the U.S. system
of police work, about Samuel Chapman, Hentze's son and his studies in police work, and about Vollmer's health. Also includes
two letters from Lida Miller, Vollmer's housekeeper about his health and death, and an article about Vollmer's death.
Date:
1950 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCriminology -- History
Criminologie -- Histoire
Criminology
Berkeley (Calif.). -- Police Department -- History
University of California, Berkeley. -- School of Criminology.
Berkeley (Calif.). -- Police Department.
University of California, Berkeley. -- School of Criminology.
Vollmer, August -- 1876-1955 -- Correspondence
Chapman, Samuel G
Chapman, Samuel G
Vollmer, August -- 1876-1955
Note:
August Vollmer was the Chief of Police in Berkeley, Calif. from 1905-1932. He wrote and taught at the University of California,
Berkeley about police science. Vollmer is considered by many to be the father of modern American police methods.
Type:
History.Personal correspondence.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (28 items) ; 33 cm
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2004/223 cLOCAL