Post 2 Exhibit

Domestic Investigation and Operations Guide-FBI Records Vault 

The current FBI Domestic Investigation and Operations guide is the closet thing to an FBI handbook that there is. This will be displayed at the party to spark conversation between Hoover and the current FBI director to see if there visions for the bureau are similar or significantly different. 

Masters of Deceit by J. Edgar Hoover- Amazon

Masters of Deceit was a book written by J. Edgar Hoover in 1959 about the communist presence in the US. Hoover was well known as someone who was opposed to communism and made it a big part of his career to combat communism in the United States. Which makes this book by him a good choice to display because is focuses on his career and shows his distrust for communists. 

Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Brigadier General Harry Vaughn- Truman Library 

This is a letter written by Hoover stating people that he suspects the Soviets are trying to use to obtain information from and stating that he is investigating not only those people but the soviets in the US to make sure that no military information is leaked. This is evidence of one of the many things Hoover did to protect this country but it is also controversial because he has no real evidence on those people its just suspicion. 

1933 wanted poster for George R. "Machine Gun" Kelly -FBI vault 

George R. "Machine Gun" Kelly is an infamous gangster of the prohibition era of organized crime. His wanted poster will be displayed at the dinner party to show the FBI's pursuit of criminals and how the publication of criminals and wanted individuals has not changed for the most part. 

Example of a FBI fingerprint form- FBI.gov 

The FBI fingerprint form will be an artifact because Hoover was the one who first started making a collection of peoples fingerprints and using it to make a national database of fingerprints which was one of his most notable accomplishments of his career. 

Telephone recording and listening Wiretap-HowStuffWorks 

An example of a real telephone wire tap will be included because the use of illegal wiretaps were a big part of Hoover's career as Director of the FBI. He used wiretaps on everyone not only suspected criminals but US government officials to gain information on them that Hoover could use to his own advantage. A suspected individual who was blackmailed by Hoover and the information that he gathered through wiretapping's was president Kennedy who will also be at the dinner. 

Example of Secret FBI message which was encrypted and blacked out before going into archive-Wikipedia 

This is an example of a message from Hoover to his agents and it shows how secretive the agency was because the majority of the information was blacked out before it went into archive. This along with being a prime example of the FBI's secretive nature will go well with the theme of mystery games and dinner. 

PuppetMaster by Richard Hack-Amazon

 

The last artifact will be a book written by american historian Richard Hack who exposes the controversial nature of Hoover's life in a controversial book. This book dives into Hoover's sexuality exposing that Clyde Tolson, Hoover's longtime friend could potentially be his lover. It would definitely make for interesting conversation if this book was displayed as an artifact.