Overview
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Repository |
Office of the City Secretary
Dallas Municipal Archives
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201 |
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Creator |
Paul McCaghren
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Title |
Paul McCaghren Papers
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Dates |
June 30, 1883
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Quantity |
0.63 linear feet (2 boxes) |
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Abstract |
Reports, images, and files from a police officer's career.
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Identification |
2025-001
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Language |
Records are in English |
Scope and Content
Collection contains reports, photographs, and files related to the Dallas Police Department.
Paul McCaghren is a former Dallas Police Department (DPD) officer who was involved in multiple high-profile activities during his tenure. McCaghren joined the DPD in 1953, ultimately reaching the rank of captain and serving as an assistant chief over vice and intelligence.
McCaghren's service included active roles in the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963, the years-long investigation into the "King of Diamonds," a never-identified jewel thief who burgled wealthy Dallasites from the late 1950s through the early 1970s, a drug raid on Oak Lawn park (then named Lee Park) in 1971, and the stand-off, in 1973, at the Inner Circle Lounge where he persuaded two gunmen to surrender with neither of the gunmen nor their hostages harmed. McCaghren also testified to the Dallas City Council on perceived corruption in DPD and exposed the head of the city's crime commission as a fraud.
After twenty-one years with DPD, in 1974, Captain McCaghren retired and opened his own security company.
Organization
The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Access
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Citation
Paul McCaghren Papers (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives
Related materials
Collection 1991-001—Dallas Police Department Records Related to the Assassination of John F Kennedy, 1963-1992
Collection 1991-019—Dallas Police Department Historical Reports, Records, and Newsletters, 1930-Current
Index terms
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Dallas (Tex.) Police Department
Container list
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| Correspondence, 1960-1974, 2014
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| Crime Control Team report, 1973
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| DPD Annual Report, 1971
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| News clippings
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| Officer notepad
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| Personal
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| Photographs
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| Police files
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| Police files – Dale O Simpson
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| Police files – General Edwin Walker
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| Police files – James Kull Zullinger (AKA John McKee)
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| Police files – jewel thief
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| Police files – President John F Kennedy assassination, 1963
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| Position Papers on Departmental Programs, 1970
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| Reports written by McCaghren
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Their Badges Still Shine – Memories of Texas Police Officers from the 20th Century, 2022
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