{"id":2794,"date":"2009-07-22T11:03:47","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T16:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=2794"},"modified":"2012-04-23T20:08:06","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T01:08:06","slug":"dillinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/2794","title":{"rendered":"Dillinger d. July 22, 1934"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Dillinger<\/a> was killed as he left Chicago’s Biograph Theatre after attending the gangster film Manhattan Melodrama<\/em> on this date (July 22nd) in 1934.<\/p>\n

You may have seen the currently-playing film Public Enemies<\/em><\/a> starring Johnny Depp (I did!), which was partially filmed in Wisconsin. It’s based on the book Public enemies: America’s greatest crime wave and the birth of the FBI, 1933\u201334<\/em><\/a>. The book is available to UWW students and staff from other UW campus libraries by using the free Universal Borrowing<\/a> service (requested materials arrive in 2-4 weekdays). Other titles, such as Dillinger: The untold story<\/em><\/a>, are also available.<\/p>\n

\"MadisonMore information is available from Library article databases and reference materials, such as full-text newspaper databases including NewspaperARCHIVE<\/a> or ProQuest Historical Newspapers – The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other article databases provide access to articles such as Public enemies keystone cops<\/a> (American History<\/em>, Aug. 2009, vol. 44:no. 3, pp. 34-39).<\/p>\n

You can also read a 20-page entry (with several photos) on Dillinger in the 2nd-floor Reference Collection title Bloodletters and badmen<\/em> (Ref HV 6785 .N37).<\/p>\n

\"FBIAnd check out The FBI: A Centennial History, 1908-2008<\/em><\/strong> which details Dillinger and other gangsters as well as other intriguing cases encountered by the FBI in its history. It’s in our 2nd-floor Federal Government Documents collection (call number J 1.14\/2:C 33\/3) and available online at http:\/\/fbi.gov\/book.htm<\/a>. Dillinger is on the cover. Can you spot him?<\/p>\n

Please ask a librarian<\/a> for assistance in finding materials.<\/p>\n

\"Government<\/p>\n

The University Library is a federal depository with many federal, state, local, and international documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and electronically. Come check out your government at the University Library!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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