# Alcatraz warden's notebook page for Harry Sawyer, No. 297

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Bureau of Prisons notebook page with the identification photograph of Harry Sawyer, No. 297, received at Alcatraz from Leavenworth on 27 April 1936 under a life sentence for conspiracy under the Kidnapping Act (Minnesota, St. Paul); stamped transferred to Leavenworth on 24 May 1943. A copy is stored here.

The National Archives catalog titles this page "SAWYER, HARRY - Alcatraz Number 297 - Warden's Notebook." It is a Bureau of Prisons notebook form with an identification photograph at the upper right; the placard in the photograph reads "U.S. Penitentiary Alcatraz 297". It belongs to the series Warden's Notebook Pages (NAID 296686).

The typed entries, as printed: name "Harry Sawyer," No. 297, received 4/27/36 from Leavenworth, age 44, date of birth 12/15/91. Offense "Kidnapping Act-Consp.," dated Jan. 24, 1936; sentence "Life"; district sentenced "Minn., - St Paul." A stamp at the top reads "TRANSFERRED MAY 24 1943" and "to USP Leavenworth, Kan." The "Reason for Transfer" box summarizes trial testimony and is staff opinion; it is not repeated here. The criminal-history column lists arrests from 1914 onward, which this page does not transcribe.

Catalog data, labelled as such: offense "KIDNAPPING & CONSPIRACY TO TRANSPORT (BREMER)"; received at Alcatraz 04/27/1936 from US Penitentiary, Leavenworth; transferred 05/24/1943 to US Penitentiary, Leavenworth; the remark reads "TN: SANDLOVICH, HARRY," where "TN:" is not expanded in the catalog; birth date 12/15/1890; death date 06/23/1955, place blank. The page prints 12/15/91 and the catalog 1890; this archive records both.

## Sources

- National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/236735160
- National Archives series: Warden's Notebook Pages (NAID 296686): https://catalog.archives.gov/id/296686