The Albert E. Wile Papers (1941-1973) contain the papers of Albert Wile, who served as a police captain in Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1940s. Wile oversaw the city jail; his papers include correspondence from and about inmates and inventories and records of the Las Vegas City Jail. It also includes personal correspondence of Wile and some newspaper clippings about law enforcement in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Albert E. Wile Papers (1941-1973) contain the papers of Albert Wile, who served as a police captain in Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1940s. Wile oversaw the city jail; his papers include correspondence from and about inmates and inventories and records of the Las Vegas City Jail. It also includes personal correspondence of Wile and some newspaper clippings about law enforcement in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Albert Erwin Wile (1883-1971) was a captain in the Las Vegas Police Department in the 1940s and oversaw the Las Vegas City Jail. Albert Wile was born in Pennsylvania, and later moved to Beatty, Nevada. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in the early 1940s and began working for the Las Vegas Police Department. Wile was promoted to captain in 1946, but was terminated from the department in 1947. He later went to work for the North Las Vegas Police Department, serving as the first police chief for North Las Vegas. Wile passed away on February 12, 1971.
Albert E. Wile Papers, 1941-1973. MS-00146. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated in 1977 by Doug Vardiman; accession number T-54.
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