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Waco Branch Davidian Disaster, Tex., 1993

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1045 Collections and/or Records:

3 1/2" Floppies

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

Like the previous series, most computer diskettes and discs are related to the Waco Investigation series, except for a few with photographs and correspondence files on them. An item-level descriptive table is included in the container list.

Dates: 1994-2007, undated

“4-18 and 4-19 Tape (Title III) Transcripts and Monitor Logs”. Includes one copy of a BATF transcript for April 18-19, 1993, April 1993

 File — Box 8, Folder: 4-5
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

These files contain documents produced by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and its agencies, the FBI and the Hostage Rescue Team (HRT). The bulk of documents are FBI documents, including major event and monitor logs, negotiations between the FBI and Mount Carmel occupants, interviews and statements of those involved in the events, and VHS tapes of Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) recordings of April 19, 1993.

Dates: April 1993

“93-94 Davidian Clips Standoff/Trial” March-October 1993, January-February 1994. Includes a copy of the May 3, 1993 TIME Magazine, “Tragedy in Waco.”, 1993-1994

 File — Multiple Containers
Series Description From the Series: The second series consists of media coverage of the Branch Davidian standoff near Waco and the events that followed. Within this series are three sub-series: Lee Hancock Articles, Other Media Coverage, and Press Releases. The Lee Hancock Articles sub-series contains clippings and photocopies of articles written by Lee Hancock for the Dallas Morning News along with a few articles written by others. The Other Media Coverage sub-series consists of news coverage...
Dates: 1993-1994

"95 Hearing-Q and A to DOJ, FBI/ DOC Production”, 1995

 File — Box 15, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lee Hancock Collection spans 1975-2004, with the bulk of materials covering 1993, 1995, 1999, and 2000. The collection is comprised of documents, clippings, videos, and other materials that Lee Hancock collected relating to the Branch Davidian standoff near Waco, Texas in 1993 and subsequent events. Except for the Media Coverage series, most materials within folders have been left in Hancock’s original order and arrangement. Therefore, there is some overlap of materials between folders,...
Dates: 1995

302s

 File — Box 58, Folder: 1-4
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: This large subseries is composed of legal documents from various trials stemming from the siege. The first trial, when the federal government prosecuted eleven Branch Davidians in 1994, is well documented, with over eight boxes of trial transcriptions. Reavis was a reporter at this trial in San Antonio and wrote about it in his book. Because of his expertise on Waco, Reavis served on the Timothy McVeigh defense team in 2000, and produced more subject files and gathered other legal documents,...
Dates: 1993-2000

911

 File — Box 1, Folder: 1
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: These files are titled and arranged (alphabetically) according to Reavis’ titles and arrangement. As a result, not all folder titles are entirely indicative of their contents. This sub-series is comprised of general subject files whose contents mostly pertain directly to research for The Ashes of Waco. However, some documents post-date the book, as Reavis continued his research work in the years that followed. The sub-series is dated according to when Reavis...
Dates: 1993-2000, undated; Majority of material found within 1993-1995

911

 File — Box 10, Folder: 1
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Also titled and arranged alphabetically by title, according to how we received them, the research notebooks are additionally very similar to the subject files in that they pertain directly to Reavis’ research for his book. Most files are photocopied books that were bound with plastic comb binders and plain covers, with the titles written on the front. This sub-series is dated according to when Reavis is likely to have accumulated the copies, not by the dates of the original documents.

Dates: circa 1993-1995, undated

911 Calls, Tape 1AA, 2BB, unnumbered, February 28

 File — Box 18, Folder: 1
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

This subseries spans the duration of the raid, consisting of official transcriptions of the 911 calls, FBI negotiations, and government surveillance tapes. The files are arranged chronologically, and end with a folder of notes Reavis took when researching them. Audio copies of the negotiations are in Series IX: Audio/Video Materials

Dates: 1961-2000, undated; Majority of material found within 1993-2000

911 Calls, Tape 2-3 [March 1]

 File — Box 18, Folder: 6
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

This subseries spans the duration of the raid, consisting of official transcriptions of the 911 calls, FBI negotiations, and government surveillance tapes. The files are arranged chronologically, and end with a folder of notes Reavis took when researching them. Audio copies of the negotiations are in Series IX: Audio/Video Materials

Dates: 1961-2000, undated; Majority of material found within 1993-2000

911 Calls, Tape 3A-B, 5-6, February 28

 File — Box 18, Folder: 2
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

This subseries spans the duration of the raid, consisting of official transcriptions of the 911 calls, FBI negotiations, and government surveillance tapes. The files are arranged chronologically, and end with a folder of notes Reavis took when researching them. Audio copies of the negotiations are in Series IX: Audio/Video Materials

Dates: 1961-2000, undated; Majority of material found within 1993-2000

911 Calls, Tape 7-9, February 28

 File — Box 18, Folder: 3
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

This subseries spans the duration of the raid, consisting of official transcriptions of the 911 calls, FBI negotiations, and government surveillance tapes. The files are arranged chronologically, and end with a folder of notes Reavis took when researching them. Audio copies of the negotiations are in Series IX: Audio/Video Materials

Dates: 1961-2000, undated; Majority of material found within 1993-2000

911 Calls, Tape 11-15, February 28

 File — Box 18, Folder: 4
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

This subseries spans the duration of the raid, consisting of official transcriptions of the 911 calls, FBI negotiations, and government surveillance tapes. The files are arranged chronologically, and end with a folder of notes Reavis took when researching them. Audio copies of the negotiations are in Series IX: Audio/Video Materials

Dates: 1961-2000, undated; Majority of material found within 1993-2000

911 Calls, Tape 16-23, 26, 28, March 1 (labeled February 29)

 File — Box 18, Folder: 5
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

This subseries spans the duration of the raid, consisting of official transcriptions of the 911 calls, FBI negotiations, and government surveillance tapes. The files are arranged chronologically, and end with a folder of notes Reavis took when researching them. Audio copies of the negotiations are in Series IX: Audio/Video Materials

Dates: 1961-2000, undated; Majority of material found within 1993-2000

"53/110"

 File — Box 75, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series: This series details many of the books and articles that Reavis has published (excepting The Ashes of Waco and “The National Tour of Texas,” which are in Series I and II, respectively) with drafts, correspondence, scrapbooks, research files, receipts, etc. The series is dated according to the publication dates of his pieces, not dates on any research materials he gathered.The files are titled by title of article and arranged chronologically, though...
Dates: circa 1980, undated

A-C

 File — Box 85, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: Submission queries and correspondence with editors or fellow writers constitute the bulk of this series. One exception of note is a file of letters between Reavis and Timothy McVeigh and others regarding an idea Reavis had for a book on the Oklahoma City bombing and the right-wing militia movement.The first sub-series, Submission Files, preserves the alphabetical filing order and titles of a file box Reavis used for submissions to editors and presses, mainly in the mid-1970s. As...
Dates: 1969-1978, undated

ACLU

 File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: These files are titled and arranged (alphabetically) according to Reavis’ titles and arrangement. As a result, not all folder titles are entirely indicative of their contents. This sub-series is comprised of general subject files whose contents mostly pertain directly to research for The Ashes of Waco. However, some documents post-date the book, as Reavis continued his research work in the years that followed. The sub-series is dated according to when Reavis...
Dates: 1993-2000, undated; Majority of material found within 1993-1995

Activities of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Joint Hearings (Part 1) , July 1995

 File — Box 16, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lee Hancock Collection spans 1975-2004, with the bulk of materials covering 1993, 1995, 1999, and 2000. The collection is comprised of documents, clippings, videos, and other materials that Lee Hancock collected relating to the Branch Davidian standoff near Waco, Texas in 1993 and subsequent events. Except for the Media Coverage series, most materials within folders have been left in Hancock’s original order and arrangement. Therefore, there is some overlap of materials between folders,...
Dates: July 1995

Activities of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies-Joint Hearings (Part 2 and 3), July - August 1995

 File — Box 16, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lee Hancock Collection spans 1975-2004, with the bulk of materials covering 1993, 1995, 1999, and 2000. The collection is comprised of documents, clippings, videos, and other materials that Lee Hancock collected relating to the Branch Davidian standoff near Waco, Texas in 1993 and subsequent events. Except for the Media Coverage series, most materials within folders have been left in Hancock’s original order and arrangement. Therefore, there is some overlap of materials between folders,...
Dates: July - August 1995

Acts of Thomas

 File — Box 10, Folder: 2
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Also titled and arranged alphabetically by title, according to how we received them, the research notebooks are additionally very similar to the subject files in that they pertain directly to Reavis’ research for his book. Most files are photocopied books that were bound with plastic comb binders and plain covers, with the titles written on the front. This sub-series is dated according to when Reavis is likely to have accumulated the copies, not by the dates of the original documents.

Dates: circa 1993-1995, undated

Additional Investigations , 1990-2000

 Sub-Series
Subseries Description This series contains records requested by Lee Hancock under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a folder on the protocol for a FLIR imagery trial by Vector Data Systems, and the United States General Accounting Office report on military assistance during the standoff. Also included in this series is the briefing of Dr. Igor Smirnov, recorded on VHS,on the possibility of using Russian psychotherapeutics to encourage the Branch Davidians to surrender at Mount Carmel. A viewing copy on DVD...
Dates: 1990-2000