Collection Summary
Wilson, Frank, 1887-1970
Frank Wilson papers
1873-1971
08312
19.96 cubic ft. (22 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Papers of Frank Wilson, an investigator of Al Capone, the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, and the assassination of Huey Long, as well as chief of the United States
Secret Service during World War II.
Biography of Frank John Wilson
Frank John Wilson was born in Buffalo, New York in 1887. He served briefly in the
U.S. Army during WWI, but was discharged in 1919 due to poor eyesight. In 1919,
Wilson was the Chief New York state investigator for the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration. In 1920, he briefly worked for the Department of Justice Fair Price
Commission, before becoming an agent with the U.S. Treasury Department Internal
Revenue Bureau Intelligence Unit, a position he would hold until 1936. During this
time he was involved with investigations of Al Capone, the Lindbergh baby kidnapping
case, and the Huey Long assassination. As Chief of the U.S. Secret Service from
1937-1946, Wilson launched the anti-counterfeiting "Know Your Money" campaign,
instituted increased security measures for the president and other dignitaries, and
began an educational campaign against wartime black market activities. After his
retirement from government service, Wilson was a security consultant and published a
series of Secret Service articles and an autobiography, "Special Agent" (1965). He
also remained active in the U.S. Treasury Agents Association and served as president
of the National Association of Retired Civil Employees from 1952-1960. He died in
Washington, D.C. in 1970.
Scope and Content
A large portion of the collection consists of articles, radio scripts, and other
manuscripts written by Frank John Wilson relating to his career as a Secret Service
agent, and based off many of his and his colleagues’ cases. Also present are many
files relating directly to his civil service career (both as an agent with the U.S.
Treasury Department and the Secret Service), including case files, correspondence,
newspaper clippings, reports, scrapbooks, and photographs. Much of the
correspondence and case files pertain to his anti-counterfeiting campaign and his
protection of the President and other dignitaries. There are also files on the
Lindbergh kidnapping case, Al Capone, and Huey Long. Some personal files are also
present, including correspondence, diaries, and other ephemeral materials.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the
collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and
libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by Frank Wilson at the
date of processing.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from Arthur E. Steffan in August 1975.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Emily Christopherson in May 2011
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number,
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Capone, Al, 1899-1947.
Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935.
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus),
1902-1974.
Hauptman, Bruno Richard,
1899-1936.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),
1882-1945.
United States. Secret Service.
United States. Bureau of Internal
Revenue.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting--United
States.
Kidnapping--United States.
Secret service--United States.
Presidents--Protection--United
States.
Politics, Government, and Law.
Crime--United States.
Criminals--United States.
Scrapbooks.
Photographs.
Radio scripts.
Case files.
Container List
Series I. Career
1873-1969 (bulk 1917-1969)
Arranged alphabetically by file name. Material in this series reflect
Wilson’s civil service career, both as an agent in the U.S. Treasury
Department Internal Revenue Bureau Intelligence Unit and as Chief of the
Secret Service. Materials include case files, correspondence, newspaper
clippings, scrapbooks, and research materials. His anti-counterfeiting
campaign while Chief of the Secret Service is the most documented, but there
are also files on presidential protection, the Lindbergh kidnapping, Al
Capone, and Huey Long.
4
Al Capone case - correspondence
1931-1940
4
Al Capone case - speech
1962
2
Appointment book
1944, 1946
2
Article - "Dual Personality and Crime" by Dr. Carleton
Simon
1939
2
Bureau of Internal Revenue rules and regulations
1923, 1930
14
Card file of individuals who called Frank John Wilson's
office
1944-1945
3
Cartoons
1934, 1946
3
Case summaries
undated
3
Checklist of confidence schemes
undated
2
Civil Service Exam results
1920
3
Codes
undated
2
Correspondence - American Peace Mobilization Unit
1941
2
Correspondence - general
1921-1948
22
Correspondence - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor
Roosevelt
1937-1945
2
Correspondence - German fiscal transactions
1939-1940
2
Correspondence - Henry L. Grey
1934-1946
22
Correspondence - J. Edgar Hoover
1947
22
Correspondence - John W. McCormack
1937-1945
2
Correspondence - letters of recommendation
1917-1920
2
Correspondence - promotions, duties, and salary
1920-1941
2
Correspondence - Secret Service radio broadcasts
1940-1946
22
Correspondence - Winston Churchill
1942
4
Counterfeiting - "Billtector" by Thomas B. Logue
1936
4
Counterfeiting - circulars
1937
4
Counterfeiting - correspondence
1937-1946
4
Counterfeiting - Counterfeit detector book (German
currency)
undated
21
Counterfeiting - Detect-A-Coin silver coin tester
1941
4
Counterfeiting - educational materials
undated
4
Counterfeiting - "Heath's Infallible Counterfeit Detector, At
Sight" by authority of the United States Treasury
1873, 1877
18
Counterfeiting - informational poster
undated
4
Counterfeiting - reports
1938-1945
4
Counterfeiting - research file
1940-1944
14
Counterfeiting - scrapbook
undated
18
Counterfeiting - scrapbook
undated
4
Counterfeiting - statistics
1884-1945
2
Department of the Treasury organizational table
1935
3
Fingerprint card
undated
15
"First Lady of China - Historic Visit of Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek to
the U.S.,"
1943
14
Gestapo badge, Secret Service badger, and letter regarding the
capture of a Nazi Gestapo Agent
1945
4
Huey Long case - affidavit
1934
4
Huey Long case - research file
1934-1942
3
International Association of Chiefs of Police
1938-1964
3
Lindbergh case - correspondence
1932-1947
3
Lindbergh case - exhibits
1932-1935
22
Lindbergh case - handwriting samples used as evidence against
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
1929-1931
22
Lindbergh case - letter possibly written by Charles Lindbergh
concerning the kidnapping of his son
circa 1931
3
Lindbergh case - memoranda
1932-1935
3
Lindbergh case - notes
undated
3
Lindbergh case - reports
1932-1936
3
Lindbergh case - statements
1934
3
Lindbergh case - subject file
1932-1935
3
Lists
undated
15
Magazines about the assassination of John F. Kennedy
circa 1960s
2
Memorandum regarding Secret Service
circa 1938
3
Newsletters - law enforcement related
1945-1960
3
Newsletters - Narcotics Intelligence bulletin
1945
3
Newsletters - The Record
1941-1943
13
Newspaper and magazine clippings
circa 1920s-1960s
16
Newspaper and magazine clippings
circa 1920s-1960s
16
Newspaper and magazine clippings - "The Struggle for
Prohibition,"
1922-1923
16
Newspaper and magazine clippings - Chief John Wilkie
1941
16
Newspaper and magazine clippings - book reviews
1949-1964
16
Newspaper and magazine clippings - fourth inaugural
1945
16
Newspaper and magazine clippings - Al Capone
undated
14
Newspaper and magazine clippings - Al Capone
scrapbook
undated
16
Newspaper and magazine clippings - jewel and silk
smugglers
undated
16
Newspaper and magazine clippings - National Crime
Commission
1967-1968
16
Newspaper and magazine clippings - "The President Was My
Boss,"
1953
16
Newspaper and magazine clippings - counterfeiting and
taxes
circa 1940s
16
Newspaper and magazine clippings - President McKinley and Frank
Costello
undated
16
Newspaper and magazine clippings - "Father of Secret Service
Chief Once Guarded McKinley,"
1941
16
Newspaper and magazine clippings - Lindbergh case
undated
16
Newspaper and magazine clippings - Edward de Roulhac
Blount
undated
3
Orders
undated
2
Organizational history of the Secret Service
undated
15
Pamphlets - articles about the capture of Al Capone
1933-1947
15
Pamphlets - counterfeiting and currency
circa 1940s
15
Pamphlets - miscellaneous
undated
15
Pamphlets - related to law enforcement
circa 1930s-1960s
2
Personal history statement
1932
2
Personnel roster
undated
18
Plaque - U.S. Secret Service seal
undated
2
Position classification
undated
3
Presidential event guest list
1940
4
Presidential protection - correspondence
1938-1945
4
Presidential protection - diagrams
undated
4
Presidential protection - exhibits
1943-1944
4
Presidential protection - itineraries
1942-1943
4
Presidential protection - log of President's inspection
trip
1942-1943
4
Presidential protection - log of President's trip to
Berlin
1945
4
Presidential protection - log of President's trip to
Canada
1943
4
Presidential protection - log of President's trip to
Casablanca
1942
4
Presidential protection - log of President's trip to
Malta
1945
4
Presidential protection - manual
1941
4
Presidential protection - orders and assignments
1943-1944
4
Presidential protection - protection plans
1944-1945
4
Presidential protection - reports
1938-1946
4
Presidential protection - reports - Joseph Doldo bombing
case
1933-1943
4
Presidential protection - schedule of ceremonies
1945
4
Presidential protection - subject file
1945-1949
4
Presidential protection - table of organization
1942
4
Presidential protection - White House tunnel
undated
3
Press releases
1939-1969
2
Pre-Treasury Department
1918-1919
3
Programs
1940
2
Protection of dignitaries - correspondence
1939-1958
2
Protection of dignitaries - itinerary
1939
2
Protection of dignitaries - manuscript
undated
2
Protection of dignitaries - report and procedures
undated
2
Report - Atlantic City investigation
1942
2
Report - Bureau of Prisons Annual Report
1937
3
Report - Crime Prevention Activities
1945
3
Report - development of the Secret Service
undated
3
Report - fraud in Air Force contracts
1948
2
Report - Intelligence Unit - "Boss Tom" Pendergast and Kansas
City Gang investigation
1943
3
Report - Investigation of Samuel Shulder
1945
2
Report - La Guardia Pyke bomb carrying truck
undated
2
Report - legal conference
1938
3
Report - National Council of Crime Prevention and
Delinquency
undated
2
Report - parole committee
1939
3
Report - Resolution Committee - 31st annual
convention
1945
3
Report - Retirement benefits
1946
3
Report - Secret Service - "Paper Money, and How a Knowledge of
Its Circulation May Assist Law-Enforcement Officers" by Frank John
Wilson
circa 1940
2
Report - Secret Service misconduct investigations
1943-1944
3
Report - Secret Service semi-annual reports
1943
3
Report - Secret Service survey
1944-1945
3
Report - statement of J.B. Coltrane regarding registration
blotter at Yadkin Hotel
1945
3
Report - To prevent fraud of Air Force contracts
1948
3
Report - transfer of Frank John Wilson from position as Chief of
Secret Service
circa 1946
2
Report - Treasury Department - Bureau of Internal Revenue -
Intelligence Unit - narrative of activities from 1919-1936
1936
3
Report - use of LSD
1966
3
Report - War Department - Advisory Committee on Military
Justice
1946
2
Reports - regarding Secret Service survey and
personnel
1935
3
Research file
undated
17
Scrapbook of Frank John Wilson's career
circa 1930s-1960s
14
Seating lists for dinners and luncheons
1944-1946
3
Secret Service functions
undated
2
Secret Service rules and regulations
1906
3
Sheet music - "United States Secret Service March" by William
Boos, dedicated to Frank John Wilson
1943
2
Special Operative William J. Flynn work log and
diary
1897-1898
3
Speeches by Frank John Wilson
1940-1961
3
Speeches by others
1940-1968
3
Training materials
undated
2
Travel records
1935-1936
2
Treasury Enforcement Agencies - District of Coordination meeting
minutes
1946
19
White House - maps, diagrams, floor plans
circa 1939
15
"Who's Who and Why" with entry on Frank John Wilson
1946
3
WWII cartoons
undated
Series II. Writings
1932-1970
Arranged alphabetically by file name. The bulk of this series consists of
radio scripts and manuscripts written by Wilson for radio, television, and
periodicals. Most are accounts of actual cases with which he was involved,
or “true crime” stories based off his or his colleagues’ work as civil
service intelligence agents. This series also contains drafts and copies of
Wilson’s published book “Secret Agent.” Some correspondence and research
files are also present.
11
"Abraham Ralph Reeder Counterfeiting Case and
Others,"
circa 1930s-1960s
5
Advertisements
1965
6
"Airplane Age,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Airplane Industry,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Anarchist, Fanatics and Other Haters of Government Plot
Assassination of Our Presidents,"
circa 1930s-1960s
5
Appearance schedules
1965
6
"Armour and Company,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Atomic Age,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Atomic Age: Do You Want the Morals of the Racketeer Era to
Contaminate the Atomic Age?,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Attempted Assassination Teddy Roosevelt at Milwaukee
-1912,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
Autobiographical - "Appointment as Chief of Secret
Service,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
Autobiographical - "Courtship,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
Autobiographical - "Early Life of Frank J. Wilson,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
Autobiographical - "Family and Home Items,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
Autobiographical - "Frank J. Wilson - Youth,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
Autobiographical - "Memoirs of Frank J. Wilson,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
Autobiographical - "Re: Proposed Transfer From the Secret
Service,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
Autobiographical - "Regarding Home Life of Frank J.
Wilson,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
Autobiographical - "Secret Service Career,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Automobile Thefts and Juvenile Offenders,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Battling the Big Shots of the Racketeer Era,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Beginning of the U.S. Secret Service,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Bill Brockway,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Black Bag and Frank Burke Case,"
undated
6
"Boss Justice vs. American Justice,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Boss McLaughlin,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Brain Storms Make Crime Waves,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Breaking a Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Bribery and Extortion by Revenue Employees,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Briefs of Various Cases,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Bunco Game - San Francisco,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Burnt Money Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Burtan Case - One Hundred Dollar Bills Counterfeited in
Chicago,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Capone Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Captain Tom Foster,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Casablanca Conference,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Case of Kingfish Huey Long,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Catching Clever Counterfeiters,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Champion Counterfeiter of Coins,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Chicago Counterfeiting Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Classified Column Clue,"
circa 1930s-1960s
5
Contracts
1947-1964
5
Copyright transfers
1947
5
Correspondence
1946-1968
7
"Count Cheney's Three Wives,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Count Lustig,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Counterfeit Bills and Coin Cases,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Counterfeit Cases,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Counterfeit Coins from New Rochelle to Miami,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Counterfeit Gasoline Ration Coupons,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Counterfeit Half Dollars Confound Secret Service,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Counterfeit Money" (for Encyclopedia Americana)
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Counterfeit Money Switch Racket,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Counterfeit Plant Discovered Thru Laundry Mark,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Counterfeit Plant Seizure, Upstate New York,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Counterfeit Violations and Methods to Suppress
Them,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Counterfeiters Are Queer Ducks,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Counterfeiters Entice Children Into Crime - New Crime Prevention
- TV Programs Contaminate Children,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Counterfeiting,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Counterfeiting and Other Cases in Which the Secret Service
Participated During 85 Years as Watchdog for the Treasury,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
Counterfeiting articles
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Counterfeiting - Crime Against the People,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Counterfeiting Inside Moyamensing Prison,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Counterfeiting Over the Centuries,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Crime at Dead Men's Gulch,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Crime at the Lincoln Tomb,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Crime Difficulty and Methods of Control,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Crime Prevention Programs,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Dallas Tragedy,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
David Burnet (Commissioner of Internal Revenue) interview - "How
Uncle Sam Collects Your Income Tax,"
1932
8
"Denver Mint Holdup in 1922,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Desperate Counterfeiter/End of the Klinger Gang,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Early Environment of Public Enemies,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Edward De Rouhlac Blount,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Edward Donegan,"
circa 1930s-1960s
7
"Eugene Casey - Aide to FDR,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Every President Had Bitter Enemies,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Ex-Confederate Officer Alleges Giant Counterfeit
Conspiracy,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"FDR Escapes Assassination at Miami 1933,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"FDR Is the Guest of President Camacho at Monterrey,
Mexico,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Federal Reserve Bank Truck Robbed of $200,000,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Fifty Bars of Gold Stolen from U.S. Mint,"
circa 1930s-1960s
5
Fleet Publishing Company book catalog
1962
8
"Foiling the Gold,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Foodstuff and Bad Stuff,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Forged Check Racket,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Forty-Five Threatening Letters to Roosevelt from Mrs. Hannah
Bremer,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Fourth Inaugural,"
circa 1930s-1960s
13
Fragments
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Frank Anderson Gang,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Frank Burke - WWII,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
Frank John Wilson interview at WBEN in Buffalo, New
York
undated
11
"Franklin Roosevelt and Churchill Attend Church,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Fugitive Murderer Takes Up Counterfeiting,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
Gang Busters - "Case of Hanoi Shan,"
1947
6
Gang Busters - "Case of Phil Chadwick, part 2,"
1947
8
"Gibson Gang,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Growth of Racketeerism - Racketeerism vs.
Americanism,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Guarding the Mails - History of Postal Inspection
Service,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Guarding the Mighty,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Guil Barber Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Gutzon Borglum,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Happy and Serious Times with Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, Harding, and
FDR,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Harry Mills,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Hassen Hoseph Kafigian Alias Joe the Turk and Noseen
Karam,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"He Only Passed Counterfeits at Race Tracks,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Helping the Atomic Energy Commission and the Air
Force,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"High Hat Terry Druggan and Fireman Frankie Lake,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"History of Early Protection,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Hocus - Bogus,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Homemade Crime Prevention,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Houghton's Cases,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"How to Fox a Forger,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Huge Theft Prelude to Note Destruction System,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"I Got Kicked Around By the Ohio Gang,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
Inside the Secret Service
circa 1930s-1960s
13
Inside the Secret Service - index
circa 1930s-1960s
6
Inside the Secret Service - "1902-1909 Louisiana
Lottery,"
undated
6
Inside the Secret Service - "Attempt to Assassinate Teddy
Roosevelt,"
undated
6
Inside the Secret Service - "Crime at Dead Men's
Gulch,"
undated
6
Inside the Secret Service - "Crime at the Lincoln
Tomb,"
1950
6
Inside the Secret Service - "Czolgosz, The Anarchist, Strikes
Down President McKinley,"
undated
6
Inside the Secret Service - "Daring Dick Faraeux Hides From Uncle
Sam (Giles Gang),"
1950
6
Inside the Secret Service - "End of the Klister
Gang,"
1950
6
Inside the Secret Service - "German Espionage
Exposed,"
undated
6
Inside the Secret Service - "Innocent Girls Enticed Into
Counterfeit Racket,"
undated
6
Inside the Secret Service - "Mystery of the Fifteenth
Hole,"
undated
6
Inside the Secret Service - "Protection of the
President,"
undated
6
Inside the Secret Service - "Smarty Steve and His Southern Sugar
Suddenly Slapped By the Secret Service,"
1950
6
Inside the Secret Service - "Spanish Spy Ring,"
1950
6
Inside the Secret Service - "Sucking Teenagers Into the
Rackets,"
undated
9
"Intelligence Unit Cases,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"International Counterfeit Operations,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"I've Seen It Happen,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Jack Kofoed,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Jack O'Dwyer,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Jake Lingle,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Jake the Barber Factor,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Jim the Penman,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"John and Edward Mueller of Berlin,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Juvenile Delinquency,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Keep the Good Boy Good,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Keyes Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"King of the Counterfeiters in the Sixties and
Seventies,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Know Your Money Crime Prevention Program,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Know Your Endorsers,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Krakauer - Cain Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Lancaster Case - Philadelphia Conspiracy,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Land Frauds,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Lincoln Assassination,"
circa 1930s-1960s
9
"Lindbergh Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
5
Lists of cases and story titles
undated
10
"Lone Wolf - A Mail Order Business Selling
Counterfeits,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Louisiana Scandals,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Luis Eduardo De Shelley - International
counterfeiter,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Mafia and the Secret Service,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Mary Saves the Life of Agent Eddie Tyrell,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Mary Saves the Life of Agent Eddie Tyrell,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"McConnell Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
13
"Memoirs of Secret Service Chief" index
circa 1930s-1960s
5
Memorandum summarizing Secret Service cases
undated
10
"Miguel Lisboa,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Million Dollar Counterfeit Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Milwaukee Counterfeit Note Case - Jack Sorcey and Jack
Rizzo,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Miracle - Whiskey Changed to Water,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Miscellaneous Tax Cases Involving Rich Aliens,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Molnar Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Money to Burn,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Money Truck Holdup, Brooklyn, NY,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"My Impression of Leavenworth,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"My Introduction to a New Type of Criminal,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"My Thirty Years Battling Big Shot Racketeers,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Myrtle Tarner Blacklidge, IRS Collector - Chicago,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Mysterious Career of a Millionaire Widow and Her Mysterious
Death,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Mysterious Mike Malone,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Mystery of the Fifteenth Hole,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Nationwide Counterfeit Ring Smashed/Zrnety and Father
Balaban,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"New Horizons in the Secret Service,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"New Techniques By Secret Service in Crime Suppression By Public
Education,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"New Techniques in Fighting Crime,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Norman Demetrackis, Champion Check Thief Gets Fifteen
Years,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Observation Pays Off,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"On the High Seas - Three Treasury Agents Murdered,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Pacific Coast Counterfeit Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Pearl Harbor Day at the White House,"
circa 1930s-1960s
10
"Pete McCartney, the King of Counterfeiters,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Philadelphia Arsenic Murder Ring,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Piracy in Great Activity,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Poison Pen Letters to Roosevelt from Henry Wentzler, Elevator
Operator,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Political Racketeers,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"President Teddy Roosevelt at World's Fair in St. Louis (1904)
Lady Luck and the Counterfeit Dollar,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Presidential Protection - FDR,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Presidential Protection,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Prince Among Counterfeiters" by Allen Pinkerton
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Protection of the President By the U.S. Secret Service From
1936-1946,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Protection of the President Inside the White House,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Protection Surveys, etc.,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Protective Research Station,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Protectors of the President Meet Sudden Death in the Performance
of Their Duty,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Racketeer Era - 1920 to 1950,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Racketeerism Is Born in Chicago - Big Boss
McLaughlin,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Racketeers Pass $17,400 in One Hundred Dollar Bills on Detroit
Bank,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Raid on Hawthorne Smoke Shop,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Raw Deal Justice, Square Deal Justice, American Citizens and the
American Press,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Real Estate Experts,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Reese B. Brown and Sarah Smith-Scollard,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Reorganization of Secret Service,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Responsibility of Parents to Keep Young Americans Out of
Crime,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Ringling Brothers Tax Fraud,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Safe-Crackers and Stick-Up Men Turn to
Counterfeiting,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"San Jose Case $100,000 Counterfeit Seizure,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Secret Service Chief Wilkie - Counterfeit Case
1898,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Secret Service Crime Prevention Program,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Secret Service Makes History,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Secret Service Men Closest to the President During His
Travels,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Secret Service Regulation re: Use of Revolver By an
Agent,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Secret Service Stories,"
circa 1930s-1960s
14
"Secret Service Stories" concept and story ideas -
scrapbooks
1970
11
"Secret Service" (for Britannica Junior)
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Seven Year Old Elizabeth Helped Secret Service Agent Bill
Houghton,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Shooting of President McKinley,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Silent Saboteur and Other WWII Counterfeiting
Operations,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Sing Sing for Twenty-Five Years For Virgil
Reynolds,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Sixty-Eight Year Old Counterfeiter Escapes From His Guards in
the Federal Building at Philadelphia,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
Special Broadcast - "Know Your Money,"
1940
11
"Sketch Drawn By Housewife Leads to Arrest of Mailbox Thief and
First Aid Demonstration For Eleanor Roosevelt,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Some Famous Counterfeit Cases,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Spanish Spy Ring - 1898,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Spanish-American War,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Special Agent,"
circa 1930s-1960s
5
"Special Agent" by Frank J. Wilson and Beth Day
1965
5
"Special Agent" - book reviews
1965
5
"Special Agent" - galley proofs
circa 1930s-1960s
5
"Special Agent" - press releases
1965
12
"Square Deal Justice,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Stadig Counterfeit Case Las Vegas, Nevada,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Stories From Other Federal Agencies and Other
Sources,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Summary of Post Office Inspector Cases,"
circa 1930s-1960s
13
Synopsis for television series idea about post office inspector
cases
circa 1930s-1960s
13
Synopsis for television series idea about Secret Service and
Federal Agencies
circa 1930s-1960s
13
"T Men In Action" - list of income tax cases
circa 1930s-1960s
13
Tales of the Secret Service - case list
circa 1930s-1960s
6
Tales of the Secret Service - "Counterfeit Plan on Long
Island,"
undated
6
Tales of the Secret Service - "Education Against
Crime,"
undated
6
Tales of the Secret Service - "Protectors of the President Meet
Sudden Death in the Performance of Their Duty,"
undated
6
Tales of the Secret Service - untitled regarding counterfeiting
case
undated
12
"Tax Liability of Amounts Received from Annuities,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Tea Pot Dome Oil Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Ten Eventful Years,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Thefts From the Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Numbers
Racket,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"They Said I Had Ice Water In My Veins,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Thirty-Eight Years In Six Prisons,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Threats Against Churchill and Roosevelt,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Threats Against Presidents,"
circa 1930s-1960s
5
Title pages of books regarding the Secret Service and criminal
activities
1868-1934
7
"Tom Callaghan,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Tom Foster Case,"
undated
11
"Tony Spinelli, Frank Sernak, Zrenty Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Toothbrush Twins,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Treasury Agents,"
1937
6
True Secret Service Stories - "Baron Buloff,"
undated
12
"Twenty-Three Cases Handled By the Secret Service in the Middle
of the Last Century,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Two Hundred Thousand Dollar Counterfeit War Savings
Stamps,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Undercover Child,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Undercover Man" series in Collier's
1947
12
"United Front in Fighting Crime,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"United Front in Law Enforcement,"
circa 1930s-1960s
5
"United States Secret Service: It Can Happen To You" - motion
picture script regarding the DeMora case by Frank John
Wilson
circa 1930s-1960s
6
Untitled draft regarding an attempt to steal the body of Abraham
Lincoln
undated
6
Untitled script for Coordination Meeting of Treasury Department
Enforcement Agencies at WCAU (not by Wilson)
undated
6
Untitled scripts for a series of cooperative broadcasts with
local police departments
undated
12
"Untouchables - Bad Effects of Television Programs,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"U.S. Food Administration,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"U.S. Mint Employee with Wooden Leg Steals $100,000,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"U.S. Secret Service Counter-Espionage Work/WWII
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"U.S. Secret Service Services to Banks and to the
Public,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Various Cases,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Various Income Tax Cases,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Veteran Secret Service Agent at the White House - Jim
Sloan,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Vicious Check Racket/Forging,"
circa 1930s-1960s
11
"Virgil Reynolds Case at Buffalo,"
circa 1930s-1960s
6
"Walter Best Case,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"War Time Christmas, 1941,"
circa 1930s-1960s
8
"Waxie Gordon - Notorious Gangster,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Weldon Case - Wife of Counterfeiter Spends Money at Chinese
Laundry,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"Wilkin Case, San Francisco and LA Captain Tom
Foster,"
circa 1930s-1960s
12
"With the Cooperation of the Public" by Richard
Hirsch
circa 1930s-1960s
Series III. Personal files
1887-1971
Arranged alphabetically by file name. Contains primarily correspondence,
certificates and awards, and various mementos and ephemeral materials.
1
Application to practice in the Treasury Department
1947
18
Adolph Hitler book - copies of certificate of marriage, will, and
political testament
1946
1
Army discharge papers
1917
1
Biographical files
circa 1946-1967
19
Book - "The Life of William McKinley,"
1901
19
Certificates
1940
1
Certificates and awards
1887-1966
19
Christmas card from Secret Service staff
1940
1
Correspondence - congratulatory
1936-1937
1
Correspondence - general
1919-1968
1
Correspondence - International Association for
Identification
1943-1946
1
Correspondence - International Association of Chiefs of
Police
1940-1946
1
Correspondence - Lafayette High School
1943-1945
1
Correspondence - National Association of Retired Civil
Employees
1958-1965
1
Correspondence - organizations
1935-1968
1
Correspondence - political
1918-1960
1
Correspondence - religious organizations
1921-1970
1
Correspondence - retirement
1946-1947
1
Correspondence - spouse
circa 1926
1
Correspondence - United States Treasury Agents
Association
1953-1967
1
Correspondence regarding Frank John Wilson's death
1970-1971
1
Crimes notebook (while at University of Buffalo)
1919-1920
1
Crusade for Freedom trip
1954
1
Diaries - Frank John Wilson
1904-1905, 1910, 1930
1
Diaries - Judith Wilson (wife)
1945-1946
1
Diaries - Mae Wilson
1912
14
Ephemera
undated
1
Financial files
1923-1974
1
Greetings cards
1937-1967
1
Handwriting analysis
1923
1
Identification and membership cards
1917-1969
1
Insurance policies
1935-1936
1
Invitations
1936-1959
14
Key to the city of Atlantic City, New Jersey
undated
1
Legal agreement
1925
1
List of cousins
undated
14
Medals
undated
1
Miscellaneous
1943-1945
14
Name tags and ribbons from various conventions
undated
1
New York itinerary
1946
18
Plaque - National Association of Retired Civil
Employees
1953
22
Presidential mementos - engraving of White House autographed by
Theodore Roosevelt
undated
14
Presidential mementos - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1941-1945
14
Presidential mementos - Harry Truman
1945
14
Presidential mementos - John F. Kennedy funeral service
announcement
1963
22
Presidential mementos - John F. Kennedy funeral service prayer
card
1963
1
Reports
1952-1966
1
Retirement file
1946
14
Seal of the Order of Yun Hui
undated
19
Steel engraving portraits of U.S. presidents
undated
1
United States Treasury Agents Association - minutes
1962, 1965
1
United States Treasury Agents Association - roster
undated
1
Voter registration certificate
1926, 1940
1
Wedding announcement
1926
Series IV. Photographs
1931-1966
Arranged alphabetically by file name. Primarily contains photographs from his
career as Chief of Secret Service, including numerous Presidential events
and conferences. Also includes some photographs pertaining to specific
issues and cases on which Wilson worked, such as counterfeiting and the
Lindbergh kidnapping case. A few personal photographs are also present.
19
Annual dinner of the National Press Club - Harry Truman is guest
of honor
1945
20
Armored cars
circa 1942
20
Berlin Conference
1945
20
Casablanca conference
1943
19
Charles Lindbergh
1939
20
Convicted counterfeiters
undated
19
Counterfeiters
undated
19
Eleanor Roosevelt
1937-1941
20
Explosive devices
undated
19-20
Frank John Wilson - personal and professional
undated
19
Henry Morgenthau
1941
20
John Wilson (father)
undated
19
Judith Wilson (wife)
undated
19
Juliana, Princess of Netherlands and family
undated
20
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
portraits
1939
20
"Know Your Money" campaign
circa 1940s
20
La Guardia-Pyke bomb-carrying truck
undated
20
Lindbergh case
1934
20
Miscellaneous
undated
19
Officers of Intelligence Unit, IRS
1936
19-20
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
1937-1941, undated
20
President Harry Truman
circa 1940s
19
President Harry Truman at the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier
1946
20
Protective Research Office
undated
19
Secret Service - Banquet for National Conference
1941
19
Secret Service - military company
undated
19
Secret Service - Testimonial dinner in honor of William H. Moran,
retiring Chief
1937
19
Secret Service - White House reception for officials of the
Treasury Department
1931
19
Supervisory heads of Coordinated Treasury Enforcement
Agencies
1944
20
Talk concerning Otto Graham
1966
19-20
Unidentified
undated
20
United Nations
1945
19
White House guards
undated
20
White House Police Force Pistol Team
undated
20
White House protection during WWII
circa 1940s
19-20
Winston Churchill
undated
20
Yalta conference
1945
Series V. Reel-to-reel audiotapes
1959-1965
Arranged alphabetically by title. Includes three reel-to-reel audiotapes
which appear to be interviews or speeches by Frank John Wilson.
13
Address by Frank John Wilson at California Federal convention in
Sacramento
1959
13
"People" - WLKW in Providence, Rhode Island - Chief
Wilson
undated
13
Secret Service - WABC reports
1965