August Vollmer: pioneer in police professionalism
Subtitle: and related material
By: tape recorded interview conducted 1971 by Jane Howerd Robinson for the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1972 :
Contributors: Robinson, Jane Howard.; Carte, Gene.; Holstrom, John, 1909-; Wilson, O. W. 1900-1972.; Chernin, Milton.; Dean, William, 1899-; Glavinovich, Rose.; Woods, Gene.; Coffey, Al, 1907-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1971
Subjects: Vollmer, August, 1876-1955.; Warren, Earl, 1891-1974.; Berkeley (Calif.). Police Dept.; California. Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation.; Prohibition -- California.
Description: Interview with former colleagues and friends of Vollmer, preface and introduction by Gene Carte. Re Vollmer's career as chief of police, Berkeley, Calif., 1905-1932, and as professor of police administration, University of California, Berkeley. Photographs inserted. John Holstrom-Vollmer as a Man: Memories of a Close Friend and Colleague; O.W. Wilson-Training by Correspondence: Vollmer's Influence on Orlando Wilson, Berkeley's Most Famous "College Cop"; Milton Chernin-The University Years: Vollmer as a Professor; General; Rose Glavinovich-Covering the Berkeley Police Department; August Vollmer and the Press; Gene Woods-August Vollmer: His Community and His Staff; Al Coffey-August Vollmer: A Man of Principle and Action; George Brereton-Looking Back: Ex-Director of the California Department of Justice Remembers His Years as a Patrolman under August Vollmer; Thomas Hunter-. The "V" Men, Vollmer's Dedicated Proteges; Willard Schnidt-Enforcing Prohibition: August Vollmer, Earl Warren, and Willard Schmidt; Muriel Hunter-August Vollmer's Secretary Talks about Her Boss; Alfred Parker-Vollmer's Biographer Discusses His Subject.
Table of contents: value: Reel 1: Holstrom (track 1, 1529 ft., track 2, 689 ft.); value: Reel 2: Holstrom and Wilson (374 ft.); value: Reel 3: Wilson (1047 ft.); value: Reel 4: Chernin (1037 ft.); value: Reel 5: Dean (1021 ft.); value: Reel 6: Glavinovich (361 ft.); value: Reel 7: Woods (633 ft.); value: Reel 8: Coffey (407 ft.); value: Reel 9: Brereton (407 ft.); value: Reel 10: Schmidt (1477 ft.); value: Reel 11: Schmidt, cont. (263 ft.); value: Reel 12: Parker (474 ft.); value: Phonotapes: