The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections The University of Toledo

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Toledo Chief of Police miscellaneous papers, 1924-1947

MSS-162

Size: .25 linear feet

Provenance: received from Ms. Judy Sikorski, Spring 2002

Access: open

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Processing Note:

Copyright: The literary rights to this collection are assumed to rest with the person(s) responsible for the production of the particular items within the collection, or with their heirs or assigns.  Researchers bear full legal responsibility for the acquisition to publish from any part of said collection per Title 17, United States Code.  The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections may reserve the right to intervene as intermediary at its own discretion.

Completed by:  Kim Brownlee, June 2002

 

Scope and Content Note

Toledo Chief of Police miscellaneous papers, 1924-1947, consist of correspondence, police department records, and one scrapbook.  The correspondence consists of two files covering the dates from 1924-1927.  The police records consist of the records of arrests, convictions, and fines handled by the Central Station of the Toledo Police Department, for various dates from 1922-1925, and a list of names of women that we have called a "suspect list," which is probably a list of known prostitutes living and operating in the city at the time (however, the list is undated).

The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings that cover a few major events from 1942-1947.  These events include: 

The shooting of Toledo Police Detective Lieut. John McCarthy, 1947
The capture of fugitives Florence & Harold Lehaney (killers of the Gleason children), 1947
Explosion in Texas City, Texas, 1947
Osinski/Ditmyer triple murder, 1947
Boston night club fire, 1942
miscellaneous loose clippings:
"Sweetheart of Hero"
"Brewery Horses Come Back"
"Shoots Down 6 Jap Planes (Lieut. Edward H. O'Hare)
"Hawaiian Damage in Jap Sneak Punch" (Pearl Harbor)
Toledo City Council, 1960
page from the Peach Section of the Blade, Oct. 27, 1941

The relationship of this scrapbook to the Chief of Police's papers is unclear.

Series List

S1	Correspondence 1924-1927, 2 folders arranged chronologically This series contains correspondence to and from Chief of Police Harry Jennings addressing a variety of topics.
S2	Police Department Records 1922-1925, 2 folders arranged chronologically This series consists of the Arrest, Conviction, and Fine Records for the Central Station of the Toledo Police Department, and a "Suspect list."
S3	Scrapbook 1942-1947, and loose clippings from various other dates, 1 scrapbook the original arrangement of the scrapbook has been maintained The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings that cover a few major events from 1942-1947.

 

Folder List

 

Box	Folder	Arrangement
		S1.  Correspondence
1	1	Correspondence from Chief of Police Harry Jennings, 1926
	2	Correspondence to Chief of Police Harry Jennings, 1924-1927. (3 items)
		S2.  Police Department Records
	3	Arrest, Conviction, and Fine Records, various dates from 1922-1925
	4	Suspect list, n.d.
		S3.  Scrapbook