Alcatraz warden's notebook page for Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen, No. 1518
Bureau of Prisons notebook page with the identification photograph of Meyer Harris Cohen, received at Alcatraz on 28 July 1961 under a 15-year income-tax sentence from the Southern District of California. A copy is stored here.
- Date
- 1961-07-28
- Kind
- photograph
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- NAID
- 236734774
- 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 “COHEN, MEYER HARRIS “MICKEY” - Alcatraz Number 1518 - Warden’s Notebook.” It is in the series Warden’s Notebook Pages (NAID 296686), Records of the Bureau of Prisons. The identification photograph’s placard reads “U.S. Penitentiary Alcatraz 1518 7 28 61”. The page records the offense as attempt to evade and defeat income tax, a 15-year sentence from the Southern District of California, and a criminal history list, which this page does not transcribe.
The catalog records his receipt at Alcatraz on 07/28/1961 by direct commitment, a transfer on 10/17/1961 (appeal bond), and the remark “RET TO AZ (05-14-62 USM - 02/26/1963 A)”. The page header reads “Transferred to Atlanta 2-26-63”.
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 the digital object. The same series holds Capone’s notebook page.
