Joseph Hammersley collection
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Summary Information

Title: Joseph Hammersley collection
Inclusive Dates: 1945 - 1954

Creator:
  • Peterson, Alfred Walter
Unique Identifier: uac210

Quantity: Three folders of paper documents.
  • 0.5 Linear Feet
  • One legal document box.

Repository:
University of Wisconsin-Madison. University Archives and Records Management


Abstract:
The Joseph Hammersley collection contains correspondence and affidavits related to uninvestigaed complaints against University of Wisconsin-Madison Police officers in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Hammersley was hired as a groundskeeper by the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1938. Over time his responsibilities expanded to night watch and investigations. Hammersley is often referred to as the University's first Chief of Police. Though he never held such a roll, by the 1940s he had become the face of law enforcement on campus. Hammersley was still employed by the University when he died in 1959.

Language: English .

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-ua-uac210
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