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Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

Papers of John B. Connally. 1938 - 1986. Office Files of the Governor. 1963-1969.

Title: Papers of John B. Connally. 1938 - 1986. Office Files of the Governor

This series consists of the files created by Governor John Connally and his personal staff, as well as the files from some of the Governor's committees. They cover the six years of John Connally's three terms as Governor of the State of Texas from January 1963 to January 1969. The series contains material generated by the Governor's office, state agencies, and the public. It includes multiple subseries including several maintained by the Governor's Central File Room. This material pertains to a broad range of topics including political activities; public affairs; speeches; Connally's schedule; the Governor's powers and duties; bills before the Texas legislature, resolutions, and executive orders; judicial concerns; hospitals and special schools; state agencies; agencies of public instruction including education; the state economy; the state budget; humanities and science; fairs, including Hemisfair; public welfare, conferences, including national and regional Governors' Conferences; social problems and change; and legal advice. Also included in this series is information regarding activities related to Texas government at the local, federal, and international levels, legislative matters, appointments, pardons, and many other matters pertaining to Connally's service as governor of Texas. One subseries deals with events preceding and following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. It covers plans and preparations made for the President's visit to Texas, the tragedy itself, the immediate aftermath, and the period of Governor Connally's recovery from the wound he received while riding with President Kennedy in the Dallas motorcade. Several subseries include material related to the mass shooting carried out by Charles Whitman from the Tower on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, on August 1, 1966. This series also contains correspondence concerning fraternal and public service organizations and includes correspondence offering the Governor honorary memberships. The series also contains visitors' registers, Christmas cards, records related to the Governor's Committee on Education Beyond the High School, records from the Governor's Division of Planning Coordination, records related to the Governor's Committee on Aging, material covering Connally's 1962 campaign for governor, and information on the governor's mansion. Separate files maintained by aides and other staff members from Connally's administration are also found in this series. These individuals include Howard V. Rose, Larry E. Temple, John Mobley, Francis (Frank) A. Miskell, George Christian, William (Bill) O. Stinson, Michael (Mike) A. Myers, William (Bill) F. Carter, Terrell Blodgett, Joe G. Moore Jr., Charles W. Croslin, Nickolas (Nick) O. Johnson, Joan C. Kennedy, Mary Nell Carlson, Sue Flanagan, David Spurgin, and Wayne Gibbens. The series consists of correspondence, memorandums, reports, lists, invitations, schedules and itineraries, speeches, press releases issued by the Governor's Press Office, press conference transcripts, publications, newspaper clippings, publicity materials.

ArchivalResource: 615 linear feet

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/652469 View

Gary M. Lavergne Papers 2005-173; 2006-200; 2007-005; 2010-077. 77526889., [ca. 1945]-2009 (bulk 1966, 1989-2003)

Title: Gary M. Lavergne Papers [ca. 1945]-2009 (bulk 1966, 1989-2003)

Research notes, forensic and case reports, audio recordings and images document the creation of Gary Lavergne's books and provide background information on several notorious Texas crimes.

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00503/00503-P.html View

Iscoe, Ira. Ira Iscoe papers, 1966-1984.

Title: Ira Iscoe papers, 1966-1984.

Audio and video tapes of speeches, interviews, seminars and case studies relating to the field of psychology comprise the bulk of the Iscoe papers. A small portion of the papers focus on research conducted on Charles Whitman, the Governor's Committee and the University of Texas Sutherland Committee recommendations. Also included are newspaper clippings and files detailing the investigation of the Charles Whitman shootings.

ArchivalResource: 2 ft., 10 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55874320 View

Austin American-statesman. Austin American-Statesman Pulitzer Prize Nomination Scrapbook, 1966-1977

Title: Austin American-Statesman Pulitzer Prize Nomination Scrapbook, 1966-1977

Newspaper and magazine clippings comprise the Austin American-Statesman Pulitzer Prize Nomination Scrapbook, 1966-1977, documenting the 1966 sniper shootings on the University of Texas at Austin (UT) campus.

ArchivalResource: 1 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/744629025 View

Austin (Tex.). Police Dept. Austin, Texas Police Department Records of the Charles Whitman Mass Murder Case 1966-2000, (bulk 1966).

Title: Austin, Texas Police Department Records of the Charles Whitman Mass Murder Case 1966-2000, (bulk 1966).

In addition to APD documentation, the collection includes correspondence, diaries, articles, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and audio recordings from various sources related to the crime and investigation.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (4.5 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49915855 View

Biography -- Whitman, Charles.

Title: Biography -- Whitman, Charles.

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310372219 View

Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Index to ownership/provenance information primarily from printed books at Houghton Library.

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01543/catalog View

Austin American-Statesman, Pulitzer Prize Nomination Scrapbook, 1966-1977

Title: AustinAmerican-Statesman Pulitzer Prize Nomination Scrapbook 1966-1977

Newspaper and magazine clippingscomprise the Pulitzer Prize Nomination Scrapbook, 1966-1977,documenting the 1966 sniper shootings on the University of Texas at Austin (UT)campus. AustinAmerican-Statesman

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/02608/02608-P.html View

Gary M. Lavergne Papers AR. 2002. 001., 1966-2003, 1966, 1996-1999

Title: Gary M. Lavergne Papers 1966-2003 1966, 1996-1999

Gary M. Lavergne is a non-fiction writer and educational professional that lives in Central Texas. The manuscripts, essays, research files, book reviews, correspondence, book jackets and newspaper clippings in this collection document Lavergne's writing career from the mid-1990s to 2003.

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/aushc/00243/00243-P.html View

Report on the Charles J. Whitman catastrophe, 1966 Sept. 8

Title: Report on the Charles J. Whitman catastrophe, 1966 Sept. 8

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/50095/50095-P.html View

Whitney Milam Video Collection AR. 2009. 045., 2006

Title: Whitney Milam Video Collection 2006

The collection contains the unedited video footage of the interviews conducted by Whitney Milam for his "Sniper '66" television documentary. Milam interviewed three people that witnessed the Charles Whitman tower shootings at the University of Texas, as well as the author of a book about the incident.

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/aushc/00036/00036-P.html View

University of Texas at Austin. Dept. of Physical Plant. UT Division of Physical Plant records, 1965-1974.

Title: UT Division of Physical Plant records, 1965-1974.

Visitor sign-in books to the Tower of the Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin include entries for August 1, 1966, the day Charles Whitman shot 43 people from the top of the Tower, killing 13.

ArchivalResource: 1 ft., 2 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39089674 View