(Waco) Branch Davidians : William Smith collection, 1984-1998 1993-1995.

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(Waco) Branch Davidians : William Smith collection, 1984-1998 1993-1995.

The (Waco) Branch Davidians: William Smith Collection was acquired by gift in three separate transactions from private donor William Smith in 1994-1995, 1996, and January 1999. The chronology of the collection begins in 1984 with sermons written and preached by Branch Davidian leader David Koresh. It concludes in 1998 with an article located in Free American Newsmagazine. The following collection contains a wide range of primary and secondary source material including cassette tapes, video tapes, photographs, negatives, magazines, newspapers, books, personal correspondence, petitions, fliers, and legal briefs. Transcriptions and cassette tapes of the 911 calls made during the Siege of 1993 are present. The primary focus of the collection is on the general public's reactions to the government's handling of the situation and the violence that culminated in the deaths of nearly all the Branch Davidians who were living in the compound. Significant attention is also paid to the trials that surfaced in 1994-1995.

7.87 linear feet (16 boxes)

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Koresh, David, 1959-1993

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United States. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms licenses U.S. wineries for operation and regulates the labeling of foreign and domestic wine and spirits. From the description of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms wine label applications, 1920-1947. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 277726828 Historically, the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) has been a tax-collecting, enforcement and regulatory arm of the U.S. Department of ...

Mount Carmel Center (Waco, Tex.)

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Branch Davidians

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Smith, Will

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William Smith was a Philadelphia general merchant. From the description of Letterbook, 1771-1775. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122584914 Moses Greenleaf, Jr., was a surveyor, cartographer, writer, and pioneer Maine settler. William Smith was an agent for Eastern Lands. From the description of Autograph letter, signed, to Moses Greenleaf, 1815 Feb. 15. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 732317151 ...