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Re: I'm looking for federal records pertaining to the payment of (documentation of) transportation for Federal prisoners (@ 1912) over the railroad: McNeil Island Penitentiary to Leavenworth Penitentiary.
Rebecca Collier
Jul 6, 2016 7:14 AM
1 of 1 people found this helpfulThe McNeil Island Penitentiary records are in the custody of the National Archives at Seattle. The email address is seattle.archives@nara.gov. The U.S. Penitentiary Leavenworth records are in the custody of the National Archives at Kansas City. The email address is kansascity.archives@nara.gov. Please contact them directly for access to these records and to search for the documents you seek.
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Re: I'm looking for federal records pertaining to the payment of (documentation of) transportation for Federal prisoners (@ 1912) over the railroad: McNeil Island Penitentiary to Leavenworth Penitentiary.
Thanks Rebecca. (I am actually 15-year volunteer at the National Archives at Seattle.) I've scoured the records at both of these archives. And have not found anything related to 'payment for services rendered' for this train trip. I've located the document where the U.S. Marshall accepted the prisoners from the Warden at McNeil (see attached).
In addition I have a letter from the Warden of McNeil Island to the Attorney General, Washington DC (dated August 13, 1912) where he recommends the transfer of prisoners, based on a discussion with Mr. R. V. LaDow, Superintendent of Prisons and Prisoners. And the response letter from the Attorney General to the Warden (dated August 22, 1912). And another letter from the US Marshal (Western District), Joseph R. H. Jacoby, to the Warden (dated August 29, 1919) concerning the logistics of the transfer.
I'm thinking that these type of records would be elsewhere within the Department of Justice that oversees these individual institutions. I just can't seem to pin down where, within NARA, these records exist.
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Re: I'm looking for federal records pertaining to the payment of (documentation of) transportation for Federal prisoners (@ 1912) over the railroad: McNeil Island Penitentiary to Leavenworth Penitentiary.
Rebecca Collier
Jul 6, 2016 1:06 PM
Luci-- In your description of what you have found so far, I don't see you mentioning anything from the Leavenworth side of the transfer so I would still suggest contacting Kansas City. You could also check with the Textual Reference Archives II Branch via archives2reference@nara.gov to see if there is anything in Headquarters records of both DOJ and Bureau of Prisons. Please keep us updated as to what you were able to find where! --Becky
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