Alcatraz warden's notebook page for James J. Bulger, Jr., No. 1428
Bureau of Prisons notebook page with the identification photograph of James J. Bulger, Jr., received at Alcatraz from Atlanta on 13 November 1959 under a 20-year sentence for robbery of an FDIC bank. A copy is stored here.
- Date
- 1959-11-13
- Kind
- photograph
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- NAID
- 236734663
- Rights
- A Bureau of Prisons record, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. Series "Warden's Notebook Pages" (NAID 296686), Records of the Bureau of Prisons (Record Group 129). The National Archives catalog marks the item "Use Restriction: Unrestricted." The series note warns that commercial items such as newspaper clippings in the series may be copyrighted; this page is a prison form.
The National Archives catalog titles this page “BULGER, JAMES JOSEPH, Jr. “WHITEY” - Alcatraz Number 1428 - Warden’s Notebook.” The identification photograph’s placard reads “U.S. Penitentiary Alcatraz 1428”. The page records his receipt on 11-13-59 from Atlanta, the offense as robbery of an FDIC bank, a 20-year sentence from the District of Massachusetts (Boston), and the transfer reason “Closer Custody”.
The catalog records a transfer to Leavenworth on 07/25/1962 and the remark “FBI’S TEN MOST WANTED LIST (08/20/99); captured 06/22/2011”. The page also names co-defendants; this archive does not repeat their names.
The catalog lists access for some notebook pages as “Restricted - Possibly” (staff review); this page is digitized, online, and marked use-unrestricted. The copy stored here is page 1 of two digitized pages. The FBI’s own photograph of Bulger is filed as James “Whitey” Bulger (FBI).
