<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE ead PUBLIC "+//ISBN 1-931666-00-8//DTD ead.dtd (Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002)//EN" "ead.dtd">
<ead>
   <eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511" relatedencoding="dc" scriptencoding="iso15924">
      <eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="OrHi" url="http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11819" encodinganalog="identifier" identifier="80444/xv11819">ohy_mss1626.xml</eadid>
      <filedesc>
         <titlestmt>
            <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Guide to the Harry M. Niles papers <date encodinganalog="date" calendar="gregorian" certainty="approximate" era="ce" normal="1899/1946" type="inclusive">1899-1946</date>
            </titleproper>
            <titleproper type="filing" altrender="nodisplay">Niles (Harry M.) papers</titleproper>
         </titlestmt>
         <publicationstmt>
            <publisher encodinganalog="publisher">Oregon Historical Society Research Library</publisher>
            <date encodinganalog="date" calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="2012">2012</date>
            <address>
               <addressline>1200 SW Park Ave.</addressline>
               <addressline>Portland, OR 97205</addressline>
               <addressline>libreference@ohs.org</addressline>
               <addressline>https://www.ohs.org/research-and-library/</addressline>
            </address>
         </publicationstmt>
      </filedesc>
      <profiledesc>
         <creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2021-05-20</date>.</creation>
         <langusage>
            <language langcode="eng" encodinganalog="language" scriptcode="latn">Finding aid is written in English.</language>
         </langusage>
         <descrules>Finding aid based on
          DACS (<title render="italic">Describing Archives: A Content Standard</title>), 2nd
          Edition.</descrules>
      </profiledesc>
   </eadheader>
   <archdesc level="collection" relatedencoding="marc21" type="inventory">
      <did>
         <repository>
            <corpname encodinganalog="852$a">Oregon Historical Society Research Library</corpname>
            <address>
               <addressline>1200 SW Park Ave.</addressline>
               <addressline>Portland, OR 97205</addressline>
               <addressline>libreference@ohs.org</addressline>
               <addressline>https://www.ohs.org/research-and-library/</addressline>
            </address>
         </repository>
         <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Harry M. Niles papers</unittitle>
         <unitid encodinganalog="099" countrycode="US" repositorycode="OrHi">Mss 1626</unitid>
         <physdesc>
            <extent encodinganalog="300$a">1.46 cubic feet</extent>
            <extent encodinganalog="300$a">1 legal document case; 1 flat box (11x14); 2 flat boxes (13x16)</extent>
         </physdesc>
         <unitdate calendar="gregorian" certainty="approximate" era="ce" normal="1899/1946" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1899-1946</unitdate>
         <abstract encodinganalog="5203_">Harry M. Niles (1888-1946) was Portland police chief, member of the the police department, and president of the Pacific Coast International Association of Law Enforcement Officials. Collection includes biographical material, correspondence, and documents relating to the Portland Police Department, 1931-1946, and the Pacific Coast International Association of Law Enforcement Officials, 1941-1943; copies of "Footprinters," newsletter of the International Footprinters Association; copies of "The Police Bulls," 1943-1945; correspondence, 1899-1900, from police chiefs in California and Washington; and scrapbooks, 1939-1945, regarding the Portland Police Department.</abstract>
         <langmaterial>
            <language langcode="eng" encodinganalog="546">English</language>
</langmaterial>
      </did>
      <accessrestrict encodinganalog="506">
    
         <p>Collection is open for research.</p>  
      </accessrestrict>
      <acqinfo encodinganalog="541">
    
         <p>Lib. Acc. 10029.</p>  
      </acqinfo>
      <bioghist encodinganalog="5450_">
    
         <p>Harry M. Niles (1888-1946) was Portland police chief (1934-1946), member of the the police department (1910-1946) and president of the Pacific Coast International Association of Law Enforcement Officials (1935-1936).</p>  
      </bioghist>
      <prefercite encodinganalog="524">
    
         <p>Harry M. Niles papers, Mss 1626, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.</p>  
      </prefercite>
      <scopecontent encodinganalog="5202_">
    
         <p>Collection includes biographical material, correspondence and documents relating to the Portland Police Department, 1931-1946, and the Pacific Coast International Association of Law Enforcement Officials, 1941-1943; copies of "Footprinters," newsletter of the International Footprinters Association; copies of "The Police Bulls," 1943-1945; correspondence, 2 volumes, 1899-1900, from police chiefs in California and Washington; scrapbooks, 6 volumes, 1939-1945, regarding the Portland Police Department.</p>  
      </scopecontent>
      <userestrict encodinganalog="540">
    
         <p>The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.</p>  
      </userestrict>
      <controlaccess>
         <controlaccess>
            <persname rules="rda" source="local" encodinganalog="600">Niles, Harry M., 1888-1946</persname>
         </controlaccess>
         <controlaccess>
            <corpname authfilenumber="n83139244" rules="rda" source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="610">Portland (Or.). Bureau of Police</corpname>
            <corpname rules="rda" source="local" encodinganalog="610">International Footprinters Association</corpname>
            <corpname rules="rda" source="local" encodinganalog="610">Pacific Coast International Association of Law Enforcement Officials</corpname>
         </controlaccess>
         <controlaccess>
            <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Law enforcement--Oregon--Portland</subject>
            <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Police chiefs--Oregon--Portland</subject>
         </controlaccess>
         <controlaccess>
            <subject source="archiveswest" encodinganalog="690" altrender="nodisplay">Portland</subject>
         </controlaccess>
         <controlaccess>
            <genreform authfilenumber="300026877" source="aat" encodinganalog="655">correspondence</genreform>
            <genreform authfilenumber="300026652" source="aat" encodinganalog="655">newsletters</genreform>
            <genreform authfilenumber="300027341" source="aat" encodinganalog="655">scrapbooks</genreform>
         </controlaccess>
      </controlaccess>
  
   </archdesc>
</ead>

