urn:taro:utexas.cah.01514 A Guide to the Robert L. Galloway, Sr. Papers, 1917-1933 Original EAD encoding by Sarah Powell according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. May 2010 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Galloway, Robert L., 1896-1983 Galloway, Robert L., Sr., Papers 1917-1933 Materials are written in English. 98-015 6 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin Papers of Robert L. Galloway, Sr., World War I pilot, a Federal Prohibition Agent, Texas Ranger, and FBI Agent. Biographical Note

Robert L. Galloway, Sr. (1896-1983) was a pilot in World War I, a prohibition officer during the Great Depression, a Texas Ranger, and an FBI Agent.

Scope and Contents

The Robert L. Galloway, Sr. Papers, 1917-1933, contain records related to Galloway’s service with the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Prohibition, as well as Galloway’s personal papers. The Bureau of Prohibition records contain daily and case reports, affidavits for search warrants, expense vouchers, enforcement statistics, court transcripts, official memoranda and Bureau publications, enforcement law tests and notes, and photographs of bootlegging equipment seized as evidence. Galloway's personal papers include correspondence, insurance policies, correspondence course material, World War I-era U. S. Army Engineer Training Manual, Soldier's French Phrase Book, and a pocket map of Beaumont, Texas.

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Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Galloway, Robert L., 1896-1983 -- Archives Subjects (Organizations) United States. Bureau of Prohibition. Subjects Correspondence. Prohibition--United States. Places Beaumont (Tex.) Longview (Tex.) Fort Worth (Tex.) Preferred Citation

Guide to the Galloway (Robert L., Sr.) Papers, 1917-1933, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2K397 Department of Justice, Bureau of Prohibition Official memoranda, November 1, 1928 - October 1, 1932, and undated comparative statement of enforcement activities, fiscal year 1931/1932 forms, 1930 and undated Evidence seized, Eastern District of Texas, 1929-1932 Printed material Padlock Procedure: the Judicial Method of Closing Property Used to Violate the Probiotion Laws, 1930 Public Cooperation in Prohibition Law Enforcement, 1930 State Cooperation in the Enforcement of National Prohibition Laws, 1930 Robert L. Galloway, Sr., Federal Prohibition Agent: Official correspondence, November 12, 1929 - September 23, 1932 Case reports notebook, May 6-July 20, 1928 Case reports: December 21, 1928 - October 25, 1929 January 19, 1930 - October 25, 1929, and undated Handwritten case notes, 1930-1932, and undated Daily reports, June 3, 1930 - December 1, 1932 Expense vouchers, May - July 1930 Affidavits for search warrants, 1929 - 1932 Court transcript, November 6, 1930 Subpoena, February 3, 1931 Afidavit of ownership, January 16, 1931 Enforcement Law tests and notes, 1932 3S84.2 Photographs of seized evidence (bootlegging stills), undated 2K397 Robert L. Galloway, Sr.: Personal correspondence, July 25, 1930 - July 29, 1932 Life insurance policy, 1932 Automobile insurance policy, 1933 Correspondence course material: Lessons, 1926 Printed material: Decimals, 1926 Elements of Arithmetic, 1920, 1925 Fractions, 1920 Physics, parts 1 and 2, 1924 Library of American Law and Practice, parts 1, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 1921 Printed material: United States Army Engineer Training Manual, 1917 The Soldiers French Phrase Book, 1918 Pocket Map of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, 1927