# Robert Stroud, Leavenworth inmate file, No. 17431-L (National Archives)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/nara-24731415-stroud-leavenworth-inmate-file/

Leavenworth inmate file of Robert F. Stroud, 97 digitized pages. Page 2, stored here, is an Associate Warden's Record Card giving offense murder, a life sentence imposed 10 May 1920, and receipt on 28 February 1922.

The catalog title is "Inmate File of Robert Stroud" and gives 97 digitized pages; it has no scope note and no date. Page 1 is a front-and-profile identification photograph on a card numbered 17431 and headed "Robert F. Stroud." Page 2, stored here, is an Associate Warden's Record Card (form revision October 1940) with a photograph and typed entries.

The card, as printed: offense "Murder"; sentence "Life"; date imposed 5-10-1920 "At D Kansas"; date received 2-28-1922 and sentence begins 2-28-1922; parole eligibility 2-27-1937; custody "Maximum"; crimes involved "1 Previous term for Murder"; avocational interests "Scientific Study of Birds"; test scores printed as MA 18-6 and IQ 116; name and number at the foot, "STROUD, Robert" and "17431-L." The card does not give a birth date; the 1890 printed in the age box is the year only.

The Bureau of Prisons' account of his Leavenworth years is on its [Alcatraz history page](/items/bop-alcatraz-history/); his later register at Alcatraz is on the [warden's notebook page](/items/nara-296722-robert-stroud-alcatraz-1942/). Only the first pages of this file were read for this archive.

## Sources

- National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24731415
- National Archives series: Inmate Case Files, Leavenworth (NAID 571125): https://catalog.archives.gov/id/571125