[GIBSON, Walter B. (1897-1985), his personal archive]. Large Group of Nearly 100 FBI Fugitive Circulars, a National Crime Commission Report, and Numerous Carbon Copies from the New York City Magistrates Court. [V.p., ca. 1920s-1960s]. 4tos. FBI circulars are staple-bound, most with mugshot/fingerprint cards, nearly all with "Ten Most Wanted" cards affixed with paper-clips, most in mailing envelopes addressed to Gibson. [And:] A Full Report of the Proceedings of the National Conference on the Reduction of Crime Called by the National Crime Commission... New York: National Crime Commission, 1927. Publisher's cloth backstrip over card wrappers. [And:] Carbon copies of documents from the City Magistrates' Court of the City of New York on multi-colored paper, describing various cases and crimes. A FASCINATING COLLECTION OF OFFICIAL CRIME DOCUMENTS FROM THE FBI AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS, SENT TO GIBSON AND USED BY HIM FOR RESEARCH. Several envelopes and papers with pencil notes by Gibson, along with several letters of enclosure addressed to Gibson. Some of the criminals mentioned in these circulars are: Richard Laurence Marquette (murder), Robert Clayton Buick (bank robbery), Carl R. Chase (Maine State Police, murder), Thomas Viola (murder), Clyde Edward Laws (assault with intent to murder), Leroy Ambrosia Frazier (mentally unbalanced escaped federal prisoner). Some of the crimes described in the City Magistrates' Court of the City of New York include: "did carnally know a female person by the mouth...," "did commit the crime of sodomy...," "did carnally know a male person by mouth against his will...," "did bite one patrolman Andrew Lesch upon the right arm...," "did wilfully and feloniously strike deponent upon the head with a bottle of wine...," "did loiter in the abovementioned premises soliciting men for the purpose of committing a crime against nature and other lewdness...," and others. 

Generally worn, soiled, envelopes neatly or roughly opened, more than half of the FBI circulars are in unopened envelopes, some rust due to staples and paper-clips, National Crime Commission book is soiled, worn. Generally very good or better.