August Vollmer: pioneer in police professionalism
Subtitle: and related material
By: tape recorded interview conducted 1972-1976 by Gene Carte, Elaine Carte and Jane Howard Robinson for the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1983 :
Contributors: Carte, Gene.; McCormick, Austin, d. 1979.; MacNamara, Donal E. J.; Kenney, John Paul, 1920-; Leonard, V. A.; Gain, Charles A., 1925-; Stone, Donald Crawford, 1903-; Inbau, Fred Edward.; Monroe, David Geeting.; Parratt, Spencer Delbert, 1902-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1972
Subjects: Vollmer, August, 1876-1955.; Wilson, O. W. 1900-1972.; Keeler, Leonarde.; Berkeley (Calif.). Police Dept.; University of California, Berkeley. School of Criminology.; Police -- United States.; Police -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Description: Interview with several individuals acquainted with Vollmer's contribution to subject of police reform. Copy of photograph inserted. Interviewees, and titles of interviews, as follows : Austin McCormick. Education for the Profession. Discusses also the evolution of the School of Criminology, UC, Berkeley and contacts with O.W. Wilson. Donal E.J. MacNamara. Contrasting Philosophies. Discusses Volmer's role in advising younger criminal justice professionals, and O.W. Wilson. John P. Kenney. Guidance to an Academic Career. His personal and professional recollections. V.A. Leonard. Vollmer's Unique System of Police Service. Comments also on his career as teacher and writer about police administration. Charles Gain. Bay Area Police Chief Reflects on Vollmer's Influence. Donald C. Stone. Reforming the Police and Other Public Services. Discussion of his own career also.

Fred E. Inbau. Scientific Crime Detection: Early Efforts in Chicago. Discusses scientific crime detection laboratory at Northwestern; Leonarde Keeler's role in developing the polygraph; impressions of Vollmer, etc. With this, 1 box: unedited typed transcripts of tape-recorded interviews with David G. Monroe and Spencer Parrott relating to Vollmer; biographical information on interviewees; miscellaneous supporting documents.
Table of contents: value: Phonotape 1512: Reel 1: Austin McCormick; value: Reel 2: Donal W.J. MacNamara; value: Reel 3: John P. Kenney; value: Reel 4: V.A. Leonard; value: Reel 5-6: Charles Gain; value: Reel 7-8: Donald C. Stone; value: Reel 9-11: Fred Inbau; value: Phonotape 1513: Reels 1-3: David G. Monroe, July 23, 1973; value: Phonotape 1514: Reels 1-6: Spencer Parratt, Jan. 19, 1973.; value: Phonotapes: