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Investigations of the events of the disorder
Additional records gathered by the MCCH shed light on the events of the disorder, although some may have been obtained for the study of crime in Harlem rather as an investigation of the disorder. As such, they would have been gathered after the public hearings had ended, or at least after May 1st when E. Franklin Frazier was appointed to direct the survey of conditions in Harlem, so at his direction rather than that of Arthur Garfield Hays.
A list of those arrested during the disorder was transcribed from the 28th Precinct Police blotter. It was not a complete list of those arrested within that precinct; nor was it a complete list of those arrested during the disorder, as arrests were made in the 32nd Precinct as well. This transcript was likely compiled from a set of index cards, each recording that information for an individual arrested in 1935. The cards were filed in the MCCH "Harlem: Survey" files by Precinct as "Police Report," indicating that they were gathered as part of the investigation of crime. In addition to the 28th Precinct, there are cards from the 23rd, 24th, 25th, 30th and 32nd Precincts. One other police record was copied by MCCH staff the Aided Cases book of the 32nd Precinct, based on West 135th Street. Procedure required police to record all incidents reported to them in that book.
Copies were made of two sets of hospital records related to the events of the disorder. "Medical Attendances, 19-20 March 1935" listed individuals attended by physicians at specified locations around Harlem, and appeared to be a record of ambulance activity. The second list, "Hospital Admissions, 19-20 March 1935," included individuals attended by physicians without specifying a location, and appeared to be a record of emergency room activity at hospitals, not all of which resulted in individuals being kept in a hospital for treatment.