Crime and Criminals
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DANIEL FRENCH COLLECTION OF TOLEDO POLICE RECORDS, 1920-1929. [→ View Digital Collection]
This collection consists of police records from the Toledo Police Department from
1920 to 1929. Most of the records concern prostitution, gambling, and bootlegging.
MSS-304, 1 linear foot.
ETHERIDGE KNIGHT PAPERS, 1964-1992. [→ View Digital Collection]
Poet (1931-1991)
The Knight papers consist primarily of correspondence with family, fellow writers
and publishers, audio-visual materials, photographs, typescripts and proofs of works,
and writings by prisoners. Subjects include prison life, "toasts" (long narrative
poems) and the African-American experience. The majority of the correspondence comes
from Knight's second wife, Mary McAnally. Includes correspondence from Sonia Sanchez,
Robert Bly, Dudley Randall, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, Donald Hall, Don Lee,
Herbert W. Martin, Judith Minty, and Noel Stock. MSS-016, 4 linear feet.
See also: entries under African-Americans; and Literature.
RICHARD F. McKEY LETTERBOOK, 1906-1908.
Toledo Police Department Detective (1874? - 1941)
This collection contains a single letter-impression volume with copies of letters
pertaining to routine Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen business. Typical letters,
all of them outgoing, concern membership dues and grievance cases. A few others involve
political activity, such as the Feb. 14, 1908, letter to a state legislator regarding
the Ohio Safety Appliance Law. The collection is a comprehensive record of B. R. T.,
Joppa Lodge No. 397, business for the years covered. Some letters are on police business
and were written to police departments in other cities asking for information about
a particular criminal. MSS-054, 1 volume.
See also: entry under Labor
JOHN PEROTTI PAPERS, 1970's-1990's.
Incarcerated Prisoner, Jailhouse lawyer, and advocate
Papers consist of legal materials, correspondence (both personal and legal), notes,
and photographs. These papers also include information relating to his experiences
in prison as well as those of his fellow inmates. MSS-132, 24 linear feet.
MARGARET SLATER COLLECTION, 1931-1954. [→ View Digital Collection]
Toledo police sergeant and head of Toledo police women's bureau (1892-1965)
This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by police Sergeant Margaret Slater,
which includes clippings from Toledo newspapers as well as photographs and journal
articles. MSS-269, .25 linear feet.
See also: entry under Women
TOLEDO CHIEF OF POLICE MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, 1924-1947
Toledo Chief of Police
Collection contains Toledo Police Department Records at the Central Station, including
suspect lists; fines; and arrest and conviction records. MSS-162, .25 linear feet.
See also: entry under Municipal Government
TOLEDO POLICE DEPARTMENT ARREST BLOTTERS, 1872-1971
Collection consists of over 300 volumes of indexes and daily ledgers documenting the
arrests booked into the Toledo City Jail between April 1872 and December 1971. MSS-350,
146.25 linear feet, plus 196 volumes.
See also: entry under Civic Interests and Municipal Government
TOLEDO POLICE DEPARTMENT MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, 1899-1937
"Miscellaneous Reports" (1908-1913) list all reports of crime made to the police during
the period. Matron's records document all women and juveniles jailed between 1903
and 1905. Subjects include petty crime, prostitution, automobile theft, personnel
issues, and other daily events of police officers performing patrol duties. MSS-053,
23 volumes.
See also: entry under Municipal Government