Police chiefs -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
R. Lee Heath scrapbook
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049037154]
Identifier: 7117
Abstract
Robert Lee Heath (1881-1974) joined the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in 1904 and rose through the ranks to serve as Chief of Police from 1924-1926. The R. Lee Heath scrapbook contains a total of more than 200 newspaper clippings and items of ephemera. Heath began this scrapbook in 1913, at about the time he was placed in command of the Boyle Heights division. He clipped newspaper articles written about or by police (e.g., "Officer Leo W. Marden Commanding the Juvenile Bureau...
Dates:
1913 - 1924
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections