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Alcatraz warden's notebook page with the identification photograph of Harry Sawyer, placard reading Alcatraz 297, above typed commitment details and a stamp reading transferred May 24 1943.
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Alcatraz warden's notebook page for Harry Sawyer, No. 297

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.

Date
1936-04-27
Kind
photograph
Source
National Archives Catalog
Retrieved
2026-10-12
NAID
236735160
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), National Archives at San Francisco. The National Archives catalog marks the item "Use Restriction: Unrestricted." The series note says that some information on the pages is incorrect when compared with the fuller inmate files, and that clippings in the series may be copyrighted; this page is a prison form. The copy stored here is a downsample of the first digitized image.

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.

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