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Title: Kansas City Mafia Members
Description: Profiles of 1960s era Mafia members as recorded and found in FBI files are arranged by state. Eighteen names are associated with Kansas City and include: Leonard Affronti, Jack Ancona, John B. Blando, Antonio Bonino, Paul Catanzaro, Nick Civello (Civella), Joseph Cusamano, Frank and Joseph De Luca, Giuseppe and Pietro DeGiovanni, Joseph Filardo, Frank LaRocca, Joseph Lascoula, Michael Lascoula, Thomas Lococo, Joseph Olivo, and Alex Presta. Includes pictures.
Date: 2007
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Biography of Clarence M. Kelley (1911-1997), Kansas City Police Chief and FBI Director
Date: 1999
Object Type: Biography

Title: Calmly, Quietly, Day of Death Unfolds: Journal of a Massacre Part One
Description: First in a 12-part series of articles dealing with the Union Station Massacre, involving discussions of the murderers and crime fighters such as J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI.
Date: 1983-06-13
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Family, Hispanic Community helped Quijas up Ladder to FBI
Description: Article about selection of former Kansas City police officer Louis Quijas to head FBI's Office of Law Enforcement Coordination.
Date: 2002-05-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Strip Act the Police Missed
Description: Article about the crime rate for auto theft and parts stripping in Kansas City compared to Saint Louis and description of its inaccurate measurements by the Kansas City Police Department not accepted by the FBI, with photo of a stripped car and a portrait of J. Edgar Hoover.
Date: 1935-03-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Locate, Wanted
Description: Photo and description of Kansas City FBI agent Lieutenant William Gordon, "commended by J. Edgar Hoover," in an article about the crime-fighting operations of the Federal Bureau of Investigations and its relation to Kansas City crime. Mention of policemen Sheriff Bash, Chief Coffey, Director Reppert, Chief of Detectives Thomas Higgins, and Lieutenant George Rayen.
Date: 1935-02-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: 'Throat' Clearing: Several in KC Suspected Felt was Watergate Source
Description: Two articles about W. Mark Felt identified as ''Deep Throat'' of the 1970s Watergate scandal that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Felt served in Kansas City as the FBI agent in charge of the Kansas City office from 1958 to 1962. Includes a timeline of Felt's life and timeline of Watergate.
Date: 2005-06-01
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: W. Mark Felt
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of W. Mark Felt, identified on the back of the photograph as associated with the FBI.
Date: 1961-05-15
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Cleaning Up the FBI: Interview with Director Kelley
Description: Photos, interview, and biographical article about Clarence Kelley, new director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (F. B. I.) and former chief of the Kansas City Police Department, discussing his efforts to "regain public confidence" in the bureau following the Watergate and other political scandals.
Date: 1976-04-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Michael Angelo Spero Mug Shot
Description: Side and front view mug shot of Michael Angelo Spero taken by the Kansas City Police Department and kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Spero's name, identification details, and details of his criminal record are written on the reverse side of the image: Michael Angelo Spero; KC 92-558; WM; DOB 8/15/38; 5' 11"; 155 lbs.; Hair - Black; Eyes - Brown; Residence - 517 Holmes 2nd Fl. Rear Apt; Employment - Gus' Pharmacy (changed to Midtown Pharmacy), 39th & Paseo; & truck driver; FBI No. 156 768 C; 19 previous arrests, 1955-64; Convicted TFIS, Burg. 2nd degree, receiving stolen property.
Date: 1964~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John Anthony Costanza Mug Shot
Description: Side and front view mug shot of John Anthony Costanza taken by the Kansas City Police Department and kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Costanza's name and details of his criminal record are written on the reverse side of the image: Bufile 92-6071; KC 92-553; WM; DOB 1/28/40, Kansas City, Mo.; 6'; 175 lbs.; Hair - Black; Eyes - Brown; Residence - 328 Olive, Kansas City, Mo.; Employment - 11 Oak Park, 1027 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo.; FBI No. 147 209 C; Arrested 19 times by local auth. for traffic vio, larceny interstate ship., inv. burg., inv. bootlegging; Sentenced 2 yrs. 6 mos. Fed. Reformatory on TFIS 3/16/56.
Date: 1956~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John Carl Caldrone Mug Shot
Description: Side and front view mug shot of John Carl Caldrone taken by the Kansas City Police Department and kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Caldrone's name, identification details, and details of his criminal record are written on the reverse side of the image: Bufile 92-7519; KC 92-303; WM; DOB 8/9/28, Kansas City, Mo.; 6' 4"; 200 lbs.; Hair - Brown; Eyes - Blue; Residence - 4904 Norwood, Kansas City, Mo.; Employment - 11 Oak Park, 1027 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo.; FBI No. 4 632 504; Arrested 53 times.; Convicted: Burglary, 2 yrs. Reformatory, 11/21/46; Burglary, 4 yrs. MSP, 3/8/54; Burglary, 3 yrs. MSP, 2/26/60.
Date: 1960~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files Finding Aid
Description: This collection contains files relating to organized crime in Kansas City from the 1930s to the 1970s. Contents include records from the Kansas City Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation, reporter’s notes, newspaper clippings, and photographs of local mafia members.
Date: 1934~/1972~
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 3: Hoods Who Spotlight on Organized Crime in the Kansas City Area
Description: Booklet intended to inform the public of the dangers of organized crime in Kansas City. The book contains: a summary of successful prosecution of syndicate members or associates from January 1, 1961 to present (April 1970); the Kefauver Senate Committee underworld charts for Kansas City organized crime activities, Exhibits 1 and 1A; a list of members and associates of the syndicate; the danger signs for the community; and a list of syndicate business connections.
Date: 1970-04
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 1: Mugshots
Description: This series contains miscellaneous Kansas City Police Department mug shots from various dates showing individuals suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Some include a physical description and record of previous arrests on the back side of the photograph. Please note that the individuals in these mug shots do not have a corresponding police file in this collection. Mug shots of those listed in Series 2 and 3 were kept with their corresponding file. This series is arranged alphabetically by surname.
Date: 1934~/1972~
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: The Presidency: Busy Week [and] Political Notes: Home to Roost?
Description: Photo (of Harry in a local parade) and articles about President Harry Truman's return to Kansas City in 1947 for political and personal reasons, being accused in involvement with the ongoing Pendergast machine and related election material theft investigated by the FBI, etc.
Date: 1947-06-16
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 2: Kansas City Gangsters -Italian
Description: This series contains files on criminals of Italian descent suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Items include: mug shots, photographs, KCPD and FBI records, short biographies, and newspaper clippings. While most of the documents are undated, many contain arrest records from the 1930s until the year 1950. This series is arranged alphabetically by surname.
Date: 1934/1964
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 3: Kansas City Gangsters –Other Nationalities
Description: This series contains information on non-Italian criminals suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. The series includes mug shots, photographs, police records and newspaper clippings.
Date: 1944/1970
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 4: Unione Sicilione
Description: This series contains photographs, miscellaneous documents,and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Sicilian-American criminal brotherhood known as the Unione Sicilione, or Unione Siciliana, and individuals suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City.
Date: 1950/1961
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 5: Records and General Data
Description: This series contains miscellaneous police records, newspaper clippings, Kansas City Star staff correspondence, and information on various mafia members, including Charles Gargotta and several others listed in Series 2, all suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Loose mug shots were removed and interfiled with Series1-3.
Date: 1947/1959
Object Type: Archival Material

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