Origins of the New York State Bureau of Identification
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By Michael Harling

© 1996 by the NYS
Division of Criminal Justice Services
To mark 100 years of Bureau of Identification service Origins of the New York State Bureau of Identification was published as a book in 1996 and as web pages in 1997.		NYCHS logo
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Excerpts Presentation

NYCHS' 6-Page Excerpts Presentation of
DCJS' 50-Page Web Version of the
Origins of the New York State Bureau of Identification
by Michael Harling

  1. Introduction, Bertillon System, NY State Bertillon Bureau.
  2. The Fingerprint System.
  3. The Whitehall Connection, Fingerprint Experiment, the American System of Fingerprint Classification
  4. The Henry System in America, the Fingerprint Company of America.
  5. The Bureau: Edward Parke, Thurza Myers.
  6. The Bureau: Clara Parsons, Mary Morton Austin, William Cashin, Epilogue.

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