urn:taro:tsusm.00057 A Guide to the Dick J. Reavis Papers, ca. 1956 - 2007 Descriptive Summary Reavis, Dick J. Dick J. Reavis Papers ca. 1956 - 2007 Materials are written in English. Collection 086 103 boxes (51 linear feet) plus oversize Southwestern Writers Collection, Special Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos The papers of journalist, activist and professor, Dick J. Reavis, span the 1950s to the present, although the majority of the materials regard his journalism career from the mid-1970s to the end of 2003. The papers are arranged into the following series: Waco Investigation, The National Tour of Texas, Published Works, Unpublished Works, Correspondence, Photographs, Financial, Personal, Audio/Video Materials, and Computer Media. Biographical Sketch

Dick J. Reavis was born in 1945, in Elk City, Oklahoma, the eldest child of Dick and Kathleen (Johnson) Reavis. The family lived in many small towns as Reavis grew up—mostly in Texas, but also Oklahoma and South Carolina. His father managed newspapers in these towns, so Reavis had an early exposure to the journalism profession, though he preferred the company of the printers to that of the reporters. From age 13 until he left for college he worked part-time in the “back shops,” learning a variety of printing skills.

Reavis was attending Panhandle A & M College in Oklahoma when he came across pamphlets in the student union cafeteria recruiting for civil rights workers. Reavis had had some experience with civil rights activism by this time: in high school he and a friend helped integrate a restaurant in Littlefield, Texas; in college at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, he joined the local chapter of the NAACP and refused to print racist fraternity songs at the student print shop where he worked, making the incident into a scandal.

Against his parents’ wishes, Reavis left for Alabama to join the Southern Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) project run by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He spent that summer of 1965 mainly in Demopolis, Alabama, registering black voters, organizing boycotts, bailing fellow activists out of jail, and pursuing other activities for the cause. He was one of only two white Southerners in SCOPE, so he was a valuable resource for the organization as a spy, posing as a local white to get information out of the courthouse and jailhouse.

Returning to school at the University of Texas at Austin, Reavis soon joined Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and recruited other members for a trip back to Demopolis and more civil rights work in the summer of 1966. He formed the Demopolis Project Committee, mostly with fellow SDS members. Even though he was ordered by the authorities not to return to Demopolis, he preferred this to being relocated by SCLC as part of their “Local Failure, National Success” tactics, which brought communities to a crisis point for media attention, then moved on.

Reavis earned a philosophy bachelor’s degree from UT-Austin in 1968 and attended the UT law school for one year following graduation. While at the university he helped the founders of the infamous, independent student newspaper, THE RAG, get started, and he contributed cartoon drawings and about 20 articles over a two year period. He was active in various leftist causes (i.e., “The Movement”) during the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, and by 1974 figured journalism was a profession with potential for adventure as well as relevance and honesty.

Reavis was hired as a reporter at his father’s newspaper, Moore County News Press, in Dumas, Texas, in November 1974. He reported on police, courthouse and civic affairs, but small-town newspaper work and the atmosphere of Dumas did not suit him for long. He returned to the University of Texas at Austin in 1976 to pursue a master’s degree in philosophy.

Reavis took advantage of the journalistic outlets and opportunities in Austin, and on June 3, 1977 wrote a cover story about the Kickapoo Indians for the Texas Observer, which led to freelance work at Texas Monthly. He wrote for the “Reporter” section of the magazine a number of months before editor Bill Broyles unexpectedly gave him the opportunity to write a feature, which became “The Smoldering Fire,” about Mexican leftist guerillas, in the March 1978 issue.

By this time Reavis had quit school to focus on reporting and writing. He worked freelance for Texas Monthly until 1981, when he was put on staff. He also published his first book, Without Documents, in 1978, about the experiences of illegal immigrants from Latin America and the complex issues surrounding their plight.

On October 15, 1978, while riding his motorcycle, Reavis was hit by a drunk driver and nearly killed. Reavis had been assigned a Texas Monthly story on the Bandido bikers and had befriended them and become a biker himself, which he took up again after recovering from the accident. He tried his hand at fiction and photography for biker magazines during this period, and worked on an autobiography for Texas Monthly Press that was never published.

Reavis wrote 37 features for Texas Monthly in 12 years, often about Mexico or the underclass of Texas. On January 1, 1987 he set out on a year-long journey to drive every road on the official map of Texas, and report his experiences in a series for Texas Monthly. It was a chance for him to escape for a year and see his home state in its entirety. Not long afterwards he spent 12 months in Veracruz, Mexico to research his book, Conversations With Moctezuma, a study of and meditation on Mexican history and culture, published in 1990.

Displeased by changes at Texas Monthly, he resigned as a senior editor in the summer of 1990. The following year he joined the San Antonio Light as a Mexico correspondent, stationed in Monterrey, Mexico. For about 18 months between 1992 and 1993 he reported for the independent newspaper, Dallas Observer. It was during this time that the standoff at Mount Carmel near Waco happened.

Recognizing the raid, siege and burning of the Branch Davidian center as a major story that was being covered by the press only from the government’s perspective, Reavis spent the next two years reporting and investigating the incident, its players, causes, and immediate implications. Simon and Schuster published the resulting book, The Ashes of Waco, in 1995, making Reavis one of the few impartial experts on the subject. That same year he was called to testify before Congress in renewed hearings about what happened at Mount Carmel and why.

Thinking he would go into teaching, Reavis enrolled in an English MA program at University of Texas at Arlington, and received his degree in 1998. First, however, he found himself returning to journalism, most notably as a senior investigative reporter for the San Antonio Express-News, from 2000-2003. He also served as a reporter and senior editor for Texas Parks and Wildlife. Since the fall of 2004 he has lived with his wife Miriam in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is an assistant professor of journalism in the department of English at North Carolina State University.

Dick J. Reavis earned many awards and recognitions for his in-depth reporting and writing over the years: he was a finalist for a National Magazine Award and received three Texas Headliner’s Awards and four Katie Awards. He was also a Neiman Fellow at Harvard University.

Reavis edited and translated two books: Diary of an Undocumented Immigrant (1991) and Diary of a Guerrilla (1999). He also wrote the guidebook Texas (1995) and the civil rights memoir If White Kids Die (2001). He continues to write freelance for the on-line publication Counterpunch.org, and occasionally returns to the pages of Texas Monthly, most recently for a feature on the 2006 election in Mexico. In February 2010 Simon and Schuster published his latest book, Catching Out: The Secret World of Day Laborers.

Sources: Dick J. Reavis Papers (Collection 086); Donor Biography File (Dick Reavis); Reavis correspondence with Joel Minor

Scope and Content Note

The papers of journalist, activist and professor, Dick J. Reavis, span the 1950s to the present, although the majority of the materials regard his journalism career from the mid-1970s to the end of 2003. The papers are arranged into the following series: Waco Investigation, The National Tour of Texas, Published Works, Unpublished Works, Correspondence, Photographs, Financial, Personal, Audio/Video Materials, and Computer Media. Overviews of each series follow.

Series I: Waco Investigation, 1962-2000, n.d. (bulk: 1993-2000) Boxes 1-65, 90

The first series documents Reavis’ research into the raid, siege and burning of the Branch Davidians’ Mount Carmel Center near Waco, Texas by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) and the FBI, as well as background on the Branch Davidian religious sect who lived there. Most materials arrived in one accession and have been arranged in Reavis’ original order.

The main purpose of the investigation was for his book, The Ashes of Waco, and this series reflects that, although Reavis’ research went beyond the book’s publication, as his role as an investigator/expert expanded. He also inter-filed post-publication documents with those for his book research. For all these reasons a more overarching series title is used.

There are 12 sub-series, described below. Please note: all audio and video materials and computer disks pertaining to the Waco investigation and book are in Series IX and X, respectively. Supplemental published materials on Waco that Reavis donated and that have been cataloged are also available. Search the Alkek Library on-line catalog or ask an archivist to see the printed list of these resources.

A. Subject Files (boxes 1-9): 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 is likely to have accumulated the copies, not by the dates of the original documents. The sub-series encompasses a wide variety of documents, including correspondence, legal documents, reports, transcripts, clippings and publications.

B. Research Notebooks (boxes 10-17): 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.

C. Tape Transcriptions (boxes 18-29): This sub-series 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.

D. Publications (boxes 30-33, 90): The publications that are originals and not part of the subject files have their own sub-series. They range from mainstream coverage of the siege to government reports to comic books to Branch Davidian literature. Some publication dates predate the series, hence the wider date range of the sub-series.

E. Clippings (boxes 34-37): Starting with photocopies of daily newspaper articles, this sub-series chronicles the siege day-by-day, as well as the events following, including the trial in San Antonio, and it ends in June of 1995. After the chronological files of newspapers articles are alphabetical files of magazines and magazine articles.

F. Assorted Research Materials (box 38-39): Highlights include photocopied correspondence between Davidians, studies of the Seven Seals, and a Fire Development Analysis of the April 19 fire. All documents that were gathered as research but do not fit into the other sub-series are filed here. Some publication dates predate the series, hence the wider date range of the sub-series.

G. Notepads (box 40): Reavis used these spiral-bound pads to jot down notes during his research. The notepads here are either numbered, dated or titled, and are filed accordingly. Those notepads not pertaining to the Waco investigation are filed in either National Tour of Texas series or the Personal series.

H. Correspondence (box 41): Filed alphabetically, this sub-series features Reavis’ personal correspondence with some Mount Carmel survivors and other Branch Davidians, as well as official Freedom of Information Act requests with the U.S. Department of Justice.

I. Trials (boxes 42-58): This large sub-series 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, all of which are in the sub-sub-series McVeigh Defense Team. Miscellaneous other legal documents from additional trials are included in the Trials sub-series as well.

J. U.S. House Hearings (box 59): In July of 1995, Reavis testified at the joint hearings of the Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice and the Judiciary Committee on Crime, and drafts of his statement are included here. Other House hearings are also detailed, with reports and transcriptions from 1993 and 1997 (in book and microfiche formats, respectively).

K. Gordon M. Novel Subject Files (box 60): Reavis wrote a feature for the San Antonio Express-News on Gordon Novel, a man with a mysterious past and an important figure in the continuing investigations into and conspiracy theories about Waco. Novel put forth the notion, using FLIR evidence, that FBI agents were firing into the Mount Carmel Center as the tanks inserted tear gas on the morning of April 19.

L. The Ashes of Waco (boxes 61-65): Drafts, page proofs, website materials, presentation points, correspondence, financial documents, reviews, contracts and marketing materials all chronicle the writing, editing and marketing of Reavis’ 1995 book.

Series II: The National Tour of Texas, 1985-1988, n.d. Boxes 66-73

In 1987, on assignment from Texas Monthly, Dick Reavis traveled every highway mile of Texas, according to the official DOT map (he discovered unmapped roads and stretches of roads during his travels). As a result he wrote articles about his experience, took slide photographs, gathered postcards and souvenirs, and kept meticulous notes on his travels. All these records and more constitute Series II. Reavis divided Texas into 48 regions, and organized almost all his documentation of the tour by these regions, including his notes, slides, postcards and maps. This numeric system has been preserved here.

The series is arranged into four sub-series: Documentation of Tour, which includes postcards, slides, logbooks, maps and notes; Materials About Tour, with correspondence, a scrapbook, souvenirs, press clips and articles, and promotional postcards; and Research, containing a book, dissertation and thesis on Texas.

Just prior to and as the trip got started, newspapers around the state covered the story. The Press Clips folder contains these clippings, and the Correspondence folder has letters from readers who want to give advice or extend invitations before his trip. The logbook, maps and handwritten/typed notebooks should be consulted for the most detailed documentation of the trip.

The full-size maps of Texas—one showing the regions he assigned and numbered, one showing the highways he drove—have been separated from the logbook where they were originally kept so they could be stored flat in an oversize document case. Two empty three-ring binders Reavis used for his notes are kept in box 71 as part of the “Documentation of the Tour” sub-series. The notes themselves are now kept in folders.

Series III: Published Works, 1967-2007, n.d. Boxes 74-82, 90

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 also according to original order of the files. For instance, the large “Anthology Choices” sub-series spans 1978-2004 and was compiled by Reavis for a planned book anthology of his work, so its files are kept together. Although this anthology remains unpublished, all the stories Reavis gathered were published in their time, so this sub-series is included in Published Works.

Series IV: Unpublished Works, 1979-1998, n.d. Boxes 83-84, 90

Highlighted by this series are the unpublished pieces from Reavis’ writing career. Drafts of a planned autobiographical book written for Texas Monthly Press in 1980 is featured. Unlike the previous series, this series is filed by type of project or title of the publication, rather than title of piece.

Series V: Correspondence, 1969-2001, n.d. Boxes 85-86

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 a result, not all items in these folders are letters, but they do pertain to submission correspondence.

See the Waco Investigation, The National Tour of Texas or Published Works series for correspondence related to those topics.

Series VI: Photographs, ca. 1950’s-2005, n.d. Box 86

This series offers visual documentation of Reavis’ life from childhood to present day. The photographs are arranged by type: “Of Reavis,” “By Reavis,” “General” and “Assignments,” and chronologically within their respective sub-series.

See the Waco Investigation or The National Tour of Texas series for photographs related to those topics.

Series VII: Financial, 1976-1995, n.d. Box 87

Receipts and expense records constitute the Financial series. Included are the complete expense records of Reavis’ contract work with Harry Hurt and Fortune magazine in 1994-5. As with Correspondence and Photographs, financial records directly related to contents in other series are not included here.

Series VIII: Personal Papers, 1965-2006, n.d. Boxes 87-90

The Personal series chronicles a few of the awards Reavis has won and some of his civil rights work, among other aspects of his life. Publications Reavis collected over the years are included in a sub-series. Reavis’ curriculum vitae, compiled and donated in 2006, is in this series, and includes complete lists of his professional experience, awards won, and books and major articles published.

Series IX: Audio-Video Materials, 1956-2001, n.d. Boxes 91-100, 103

Most of the tapes in the Audio-Video Materials series are related to the Waco Investigation series, but also included are audio tapes from Reavis’ research for his “Politics of Armageddon” article. A database with item-level description is available to researchers, located on the SWWC server. Ask an archivist for details.

Series X: Computer Media, 1994-2007, n.d. Boxes 101-103

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. A database with item-level description is available to researchers, located on the SWWC server. Ask an archivist for details.

 Access Restrictions

Open for research.

 Acquisition Information

Donated by Dick J. Reavis, 1997, 2001-2007.

 Preferred Citation

Dick J. Reavis Papers, Southwestern Writers Collection/Texas State University-San Marcos.

 Processing Information

Processed by Joel Minor and Amy Cockreham, 2006.

 Note to Researchers

In addition to the materials detailed in this finding aid, Mr. Reavis has donated over 100 books, videocassettes, and other items that have been cataloged and shelved on The Wittliff Collections stacks. Most of these items are related to the Waco investigation. See the on-line catalog or the printed list available from the archivist.

 Detailed Description of the Collection Series I: Waco Investigation, 1961-2000, n.d. (bulk: 1993-2000) Subject Files, 1993-2000, n.d. (bulk: 1993-1995) 11911 12ACLU 13Advance List 14Adventism 15Alaniz [Louis] 16Allard [Edward F.] 17Allison [Norman] 18American Patriot Fax Network (1 of 3) 19American Patriot Fax Network (2 of 3) 110American Patriot Fax Network (3 of 3) 111Apocrypha 112April 19 113Arnold [J. Phillip] 114Arson 115Autopsies 116Avrrom, Remos 117Baruch 118Bain [Sarah] 119Bell 120Blake [Winston] 121Bostwick [Rick] 122Branch [Brad] 123Breault [Marc] 124Brittney 125Brits 126Bunting [Glenn F.] 127CAN 21Castillo, Jaime (1 of 2) 22Castillo, Jaime (2 of 2) 23Cayce [Edgar] 24Chester 25Child Abuse 26Children 27Civil Suit Lawyers 28Civil Suit, Misc. 29Clark [Ramsey] 210Clinton [Bill] 211Clips, book 212CNN 213Cohen [Norman] 214Cole, Ron 215Collins 216Congress 217Constitution 218COPS [Citizens Organization for Public Safety] 219CP [Constitution Party] 220Craddock, G. 221Credentials 222Crow, Rodney 223Cyanide 224Davidians 225Dead 226Degeurin [Dick & Mike] 227Degeurin, Dick 228Deprogrammers 31Diagram 32DeVault, Jack 33Doors 34Doyle, Clive 35Drugs 36Dutch Uncle 37Dyslexia 38Engelman, Ron 39England, Mark 310Esdras 311Experts 312Fact 313To Fagan [Livingstone] 314Fagan [Livingstone] 315Fagan / Xerox 316Fagan Notes (1 of 2) 317Fagan Notes (2 of 2) 41Fair 42The Family 43Fatta [Paul] 44Faxes 45Faucett [Ken] 46Fire Tapes 47Florida 48FOIA [Freedom of Information Act requests, Federal] 49FOIA [Freedom of Information Act requests, Texas] 410Gag 411GAO [General Accounting Office] 412Gent, Peter 413Ghost Dance 414Gifford, Dan 415Gramm [Phil] 416Grants 417Guitar Nebula 418Gun Owners 419Guns 420Gyarfas 421Halderman [Bonnie] 422Hawkins, Pam 423Helicopters 424Higgins [Stephen E.] 425Hipsman, Peter 426History 427Hokama [Dennis] 428Holley [Joe] 429Hospital 430House 51Houteff [Victor] 52Illustrations 53Index 54Indictment, Feb. 28 55Indictment, Aug. 6 56Infraspection [Institute] 57Introduce 58Inventory 59Investigation 510Jail 511Jamar [Jeffrey] 512Jewell, Sherri 513Jews 514Jones, Perry 515Jubilee 516Jury Charge 517Kelly [Dean M.] 518Kendrick Clips 519Kirk [Terrence W.] 520Koppel [Ted] 61Koresh, David (History) 62Koresh, David (Letters) 63KPOC 64KRLD 65Larsen [Eric R.] 66Lawnmower Man [Movie] 67Leaflets 68Leiby [Richard] 69Letters 610Letters, Texas Monthly 611Life [Magazine] 612List [Waco Phone] 613Living Waters, Branch of Righteousness 614Luther [Martin] 615Machine Guns 616March 2 617Martin, Sheila 618Martin, Wayne 619Matteson, Catherine 620McBean [Janet] 621McMurtry [Larry] 622Medical Records 623Menuet [Robert] 624Millox 625Miscellaneous 626Moore, Carolyn 627Mosher 628Move 629Murray, Dianne 71NCC [National Council of Churches] 72News Conferences 73Newton [Sir Isaac] 74Nightline 75Novel, Gordon 76Numbers, Ron 77Nuts 78Op-Ed 79Outpost of Freedom 710Pate 711Patton [Billy] 712Peggy 713Physics 714Pix 715Pope [Phillip] 716Povich [Maury] 717Press 718Projectile 719Promotion 720Race 721Rainard [Lyn] 722Rawls [Wendell] 723Record 724Register 725Reno [Janet] 726Rentz [Stanley] 727Richards [Annetta] 728Richards, Gov. 729Riddle, Rita Faye 730Riddle, Ruth 731Roden, George 732Roden, Lois 81Roden, Amo. 82Rodriguez, Robert 83Roof 84Schecter [Cathy] 85Schroeder, Kathryn 86SDA [Seventh Day Adventists] 87Self-defense 88Senate 89Sentencing 810Sessions [William] 811Shamoun 812Shaw, Alisa 813Sheriff 814Skinheads 815Smith (Judge) 816Soldier of Fortune 817Spector [Arlen] 818Speed 819The Spotlight 820Stowers [Carlton] 821Swett [Mark] (1 of 3) 822Swett [Mark] (2 of 3) 823Swett [Mark] (3 of 3) 824Tabor [James D.] 91Tear Gas 92Texas Monthly Drafts 93Texas Observer 94Texas Penal Code 95Thibodeau, David 96Thomas, Marjorie 97Thomas, Linda 98True Cross 99Treasury 910Trial 911Trial, 1987 912Trimm [James] 913Turner 914Tweed [Cyrus] 915Undated 916Underground 917Valentine [Carol A.] 918Voss [Cary R.W.] 919Waco [Assorted] 920Walker 921Wall Street Journel 922Weather 923Weaver [Randy] 924Wendell, Jaydean 925Whitecliff [Kevin] 926Who's Who 927Witness List 928Zimmerman [Jack B.] Research Notebooks, ca. 1993-1995, n.d. 101911 102Acts of Thomas 103Applegate [FBI Gas Assault at Waco] 104Autopsy (1 of 2) 105Autopsy (2 of 2) 106Avraam, Renos [Testimony] 111Bennett [The Bennett-Teed Discussion] 112Breault [Marc] (1 of 2) 113Breault [Marc] (2 of 2) 114Bug Monitoring Log 115Bug Tapes I 116Bug Tapes, April 17-19 (1 of 2) 117Bug Tapes, April 17-19 (2 of 2) 118Chemical Report on "CS" Agent 121Chojnacki 122Cops 123Cosmogony 124Craddock, Graeme 125Deguerin [Dick] 126Fagan [Livingstone] 127FBI [Report and Recommendations by Alan A. Stone] 128Fire Development Analysis 131The Flaming Sword 132The Great Red Dragon 133Hollingsworth, Victoria 134Immortal Manhood 135Inventory (1 of 2) 136Inventory (2 of 2) 137Kendrick [Woodrow] 141Judiciary (1 of 2) 142Judiciary (2 of 2) 143Kopel 1 [No more Wacos, Chapters 1-4] 144Kopel 2 [No more Wacos, Chapters 5-end] 145Mackle [Koreshean Unity in Florida, 1894-1910] 151Misc. Teed 152Moore, Carol (1 of 2) 153Moore, Carol (2 of 2) 154Negotiations 155Novel [Gordon] 161Peerwani [Nizam] 162Pope [The Daily] 163Pre-Trial 164Roden, Lois 165Sarabyn 166Tapes (copy 1 of 2) 171Tapes (copy 2 of 2) 172Teed / Koreshanity 173Thomas, Marjorie (1 of 2) 174Thomas, Marjorie (2 of 2) 175Waco Tribune-Herald 176Waco Tribune-Herald II 177Walker [BATF Budget Proposal] 178Zimmerman [Jack] Tape Transcriptions, Feb. 28--Apr. 19, 1993 181911 Calls, Tape 1AA, 2BB, unnumbered, Feb. 28 182911 Calls, Tape 3A-B, 5-6, Feb. 28 183911 Calls, Tape 7-9, Feb. 28 184911 Calls, Tape 11-15, Feb. 28 185911 Calls, Tape 16-23, 26, 28, Mar. 1 (labeled Feb. 29) 186911 Calls, Tape 2-3 [Mar. 1] 187Tape 4-5, Mar. 1 188Tape 6-8, Mar. 1 191Tape 9-10B, Mar. 1 192Tape 11A-12B, Mar. 2 193Tape 13-15, Mar. 2 194Tape 16-21, Mar. 2 195Tape 22-25, Mar. 2-3 196Tape 26-29, Mar. 3 197Tape 30-32, Mar. 3 201Tape 33-36, Mar. 3-4 202Tape 37-39, Mar. 4 203Tape 40-43, Mar. 4 204Tape 44-46, Mar. 4 205Tape 48-50, Mar. 4-5 206Tape 51-53, Mar. 5 207Tape 54-57, Mar. 5 211Tape 58-60, Mar. 5 212Tape 61-63, Mar. 5-6 213Tape 64-66, Mar. 6 214Tape 67-69, Mar. 6 215Tape 70-72, Mar. 6 216Tape 73-75, Mar. 6-7 217Tape 76-78, Mar. 7 221Tape 79-81, Mar. 7 222Tape 82-85, Mar. 7 223Tape 86-88, Mar. 7 224Tape 89-90, Mar. 7-8 225Tape 91-93, Mar. 8 226Tape 94-96, Mar. 8-9 227Tape 97-98, Mar. 9 231Tape 99-101, Mar. 9-10 232Tape 102-104, Mar. 10 233Tape 105-107, Mar. 10 234Tape 108-110, Mar. 10-11 235Tape 111-114, Mar. 11 236Tape 115-117, Mar. 11-12 237Tape 118-120, Mar. 12 241Tape 121-123, Mar. 12-13 242Tape 124-126, Mar. 13 243Tape 127-129, Mar. 14-15 244Tape 130-134, Mar. 16-19 245Tape 135-137, Mar. 19 246Tape 138-140, Mar. 19 247Tape 141-143, Mar. 20 251Tape 144-147, Mar. 20-21 252Tape 148-150, Mar. 21 253Tape 151-154, Mar. 21-23 254Tape 155-157, Mar. 23-24 255Tape 158-161, Mar. 24-25 256Tape 162-164, Mar. 25 257Tape 165-169, Mar. 25-26 261Tape 170-172, Mar. 27 262Tape 173-174, Mar. 27 263Tape 175-177, Mar. 27-28 264Tape 178-181, Mar. 28 265Tape 182-184, Mar. 28 266Tape 185-189, Mar. 28-30 267Tape 190-191, Apr. 2 271Tape 192-194, Apr. 2-3 272Tape 195-197, undated, Apr. 8 273Tape 198-200, Apr. 8-9 274Tape 201-203, Apr. 9 275Tape 204-206, Apr. 10 276Tape 207-209, Apr. 10-11 277Tape 210-212, Apr. 11-12 281Tape 213-215, Apr. 12-13 282Tape 216-218, Apr. 13 283Tape 219-221, Apr. 13 284Tape 222-224, Apr. 14 285Tape 225-227, Apr. 14-15 286Tape 228-230, Apr. 15 287Tape 232-234, Apr. 15-16 291Tape 235-237, Apr. 16-17 292Tape 238-240, Apr. 17-18 293Tape 241-247, Apr. 18-19 294Bug Tapes, Apr. 18 295Bug Tapes, Apr. 19 296Reavis Notes, Feb. 28-Apr. 19 Publications, 1961-1999 (bulk: 1990s) 301Adventist Today, May/June 1993 302American Eagle, 1990-1992 303Apocalypse in Waco, 1993 304Attack on Gordon Kahl at Medina, 1985 305The Branch / Bengamin Roden, ca. 1961-1978 306Conflict in Texas: A Report and Analysis of the Koresh Movement, 1997 307David Koresh: God Rocks, n.d. 308Davidian Seventh Day Adventists, n.d. 309Dept. of Defense: Military Assistance Provided at Branch Davidian Incident, August 1999 3010General 3011Gordon W. Kahl and the Red Cloud Over America, 1993 3012House of Representatives Hearings, 1993-1995 3013House of Representatives Investigation Into the Activities of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Toward the Branch Davidians, Aug. 2, 1996 3014Living Waters, 1978-1993 3015Living Waters Branch of Righteousness, 1992-1994 3016Mitchell, Doug / Living Waters Branch, 1986-1995 3017Mt. Carmel Center (South Carolina), 1999, n.d. 3018Myths About Gun Control, 1992 311Newsweek, March--May 1993 312New York Times Magazine, July 9, 1995 [photocopies - original in box 90] 313Operation Vampire Killer 2000, 1992 314Outpost of Freedom, February--April 1993 315People, March 13, 1993 316Report of the Dept. of the Treasury on the BATF Investigation of Vernon Wayne Howell a.k.a. David Koresh, September 1, 1993 (1 of 2) 317Report of the Dept. of the Treasury on the BATF Investigation of Vernon Wayne Howell a.k.a. David Koresh, September 1, 1993 (2 of 2) 318Report of the Waco Task Force, September 1993 319Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas, Redacted Version, October 8, 1993 (1 of 2) 3110Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas, Redacted Version, October 8, 1993 (2 of 2) 321Senate Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations, HR 2519 and 2403, 1993-1994 322Shekinah, 1982 323Sinister Twilight, 1994 324Time, March--May 1993 325U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1993 326U.S. News and World Report, May 3, 1993 327Universal Publishing Association (Branch Sabbath School Lessons) n.d. 328 Universal Publishing Association (General), n.d. 329Waco, Rules of Engagement, [1996] 3210Waco Shootout: Another Perspective, ca. March 15, 1993 331The Shepherd's Rod Writings, 1997 (1 of 5) 332The Shepherd's Rod Writings, 1997 (2 of 5) 333The Shepherd's Rod Writings, 1997 (3 of 5) 334The Shepherd's Rod Writings, 1997 (4 of 5) 335The Shepherd's Rod Writings, 1997 (5 of 5) Clippings, 1993-1995, n.d. 341March 1, 1993 342March 2 343March 3 344March 4 345March 5 346March 6 347March 7 348March 8 349March 9 3410March 10 3411March 11 3412March 12 3413March 13 3414March 14 3415March 15 3416March 16 3417March 17 3418March 18 3419March 19 3420March 20 3421March 21 3422March 22 3423March 23 3424March 25 3425March 26 3426March 28 3427March 29-30 3428April 1-3 3429April 4-5 3430April 8-10 3431April 11-12 3432April 13-14 3433April 15 3434April 16-17 3435April 18-19 351April 20 (1 of 4) 352April 20 (2 of 4) 353April 20 (3 of 4) 354April 20 (4 of 4) 355April 21 (1 of 3) 356April 21 (2 of 3) 357April 21 (3 of 3) 358April 22 359April 23 3510April 24 3511April 25 3512April 26-30 3513May 1-6 3514May 7-21 3515May 23-30 3516June 3517July 3518August 3519September 3520October 1 3521October 2-8 361October 9-12 362October 13-29 363November-December 364January 4-9, 1994 365January 10-11 366January 12-13 367January 14-15 368January 16-18 369January 19-20 3610January 21-23 3611January 24-26 3612January 27-31 3613February 1-3 3614February 4-8 3615February 9-12 3616February 13-18 3617February 19-23 3618February 24-26 3619February 27 371February 28 372March 1-9 373March 10-31 374April 375May 376June 377July 378August-December 379January-March 1995 3710April-June 1995 3711American Spectator, n.d. 3712American Rifleman, September 1993 3713Modern Maturity, June 1994 3714The Nation, May 23, 1994 3715The New Republic, 1993, 1995 3716The New Yorker, May 16, 1993 3717Newsweek, March-October 1993 3718Penthouse, n.d. 3719Spectrum, May 1993 3720Spin, n.d. 3721Tabloids, May 1993 3722Time, March 1993 - March 1994 3723U.S. News & World Report, March 1993 - January 1994 3724Worker's Vanguard, 1993-1994 Assorted Research Material, ca. 1962-1999, n.d. (bulk: 1990s) 381Correspondence 382Court Testimony 383Expose of the Reign of Terror and Cover-Ups in American Politics 384Fire Development Analysis 385General 386Government Report 387Reports 391Seven Seals Then and Now 392Statements and Interviews 393Students of the Seven Seals: A Successional History 394Tape Transcription Notes and Excerpts 395Waco File Notepads, ca. 1993-1995 401Numbered (1-10) 402Numbered (11-19) 403Dated 404Titled Correspondence, 1993-2000, n.d. 411ATF 412Caddell, Mike 413Castillo, Jaime / Moore, Carol 414Fagan, Livingstone 415International Creative Management 416Lovelock, Derek 417Manchester Metro News 418Pace, Charles 419Swett, Mark 4110U.S. Department of Justice 4111Visual Materials, ca. 1993-2000 Trials, 1993-2000 United States vs. Brad E. Branch, et al. 421Pre-Trial Conference Jury Trial Transcriptions 422January 10, 1994 423January 11 424January 12 425January 13 431January 14 432January 18 433January 19 434January 20 441January 21 442January 24 443January 25 444January 26 451January 27 452January 28 453January 31 454February 1 461February 2 462February 3 463February 4 464February 7 471February 8 472February 9 473February 10 474February 11 475February 14 481February 15 482February 16 483February 17 484February 18 485February 22 486February 23 491February 25-26 492February 26 493Index of Trial Proceedings 494Sentencing Hearing Transcription 495Defense Investigation Government Court Documents 496Avraam-Doyle 497Fagan-Lawson 498Lovelock-Riddle 501Riddle-Whitecliff 502Search Warrants (1 of 2) 503Search Warrants (2 of 2) 504Brief for the United States 505Appellant's Briefs United States vs. Jaime Castillo 506Appellant's Briefs United States vs. Graeme Craddock 507Brief for Appellant United States vs. Paul Fatta 508Brief for Appellant United States vs. Shroeder, et al. 511Proceedings United States vs. Kevin Whitecliff 512Defendant's Briefs Renos Avraam vs. United States 513Appellant's Briefs Isabel Andrade, et al. vs. Phillip Chojnacki, et al. 514Court Documents, 1994 515Court Documents, 1995 516Plaintiff Response to Motion 517Court Documents, 1996 (1 of 2) 518Court Documents, 1996 (2 of 2) 521Court Documents, 1997 522Court Documents, 1999 523Craddock Deposition (Vol. 1) 524Craddock Deposition (Vol. 2) 525Court Documents, May 2000 526Court Documents, June 2000 531Plaintiffs' Affidavit (1 of 2) 532Plaintiffs' Affidavit (2 of 2) 533Transcriptions 534Jury Documents 535FLIR Evidence (1 of 2) 536FLIR Evidence (2 of 2) 537Comparative Transcription of Excerpts 538Plaintiff's Exhibits (#25, 70, 72) 539Analysis of Structural and Egress Issues Relating to Events of April 19, 1993 at the Branch Davidian Compound, Waco, Texas 541Plaintiff's Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Brown vs. United States 542Court Documents, January 16-18, 1996 543Court Documents, January 18-September 16, 1996 McVeigh Defense Team 544Fire Investigation Report 545Redacted FBI/Department of Defense Documents 546Andrade vs. Chojnacki Medical Affidavits 551Andrade vs. Chojnacki Court Documents (1 of 3) 552Andrade vs. Chojnacki Court Documents (2 of 3) 553Andrade vs. Chojnacki Court Documents (3 of 3) 554General 555Texas Rangers Investigative Report Subject Files 556302s 557911 558Allard 559Apocrypha 5510Aymara 5511Ballesteros 561Bradford 562Branch 563Brannon 564Cadell 565Carroll 566Castillo 567Church 568Clark 569Craig 5610Danforth 5611DeGuerin 5612Depositions 5613Department of Defense 5614Doyle - Congress 5615Experts 5616Fagan 5617Ferguson 5618Fire Trucks 5619FLIR 5620Ghigliotti 5621Gifford 5622Gray 5623Gunfire 5624Gym 5625Hancock/Rules 5626Hardy 5627Horiuchi 5628Judge Smith (1 of 2) 5629Judge Smith (2 of 2) 571Kennedy 572Lovelock 573Lyons 574McNulty 575Media Suit 576Novel [Gordon] 577Origin 578Pace [Charles] 579Plaintiffs 5710Projectiles (1 of 2) 5711Projectiles (2 of 2) 5712Riddle 5713Schroeder, K. 5714Schroeder, Michael 5715Second Shooting 5716Shaped Charge 5717Sherrow 5718Shooting Review 5719Swett, Mark 5720Tabor, James 5721Thibodeau, David 5722Time Line 5723Trials 5724Unfiled 5725Vector 5726Zimmerman, Jack 581302s (1 of 4) 582302s (2 of 4) 583302s (3 of 4) 584302s (4 of 4) U.S. House Hearings, 1993-1997 591Committee on Judiciary 592Committee on Appropriations 593Dick Reavis Testimony 594Materials Relating to Investigation Into the Activities of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Toward the Branch Davidians Gordon M. Novel Subject Files, 1967-2000, n.d. 601Allard 602Anderson 603Arson 604Clark 605Colby 606Cole 607Correspondence 608Curriculum Vitae 609DeLorean 6010FBI 6011Flynt 6012General 6013Hancock 6014Hoover 6015Interview 6016JFK 6017Prison 6018Rose 6019Set #1 6020Set #2 6021Set #3 6022Set #4 6023Set #5 6024UFO 6025Vindicator 6026Watergate 6027World's Fair Ashes of Waco, 1993-2000, n.d. Drafts 611[Suzanne Winkler Edits] 612Stein's Edits (1 of 3) 613Stein's Edits (2 of 3) 614Stein's Edits (3 of 3) 615"Stein Vol. 1" 621"Stein Vol. 2" [Reavis Edits] 622"Vol. 1" 623"Vol. 2" 624[Copy A] (1 of 2) 625[Copy A] (2 of 2) 631[Copy B] (1 of 2) 632[Copy B] (2 of 2) 633[Copy C] (1 of 2) 634[Copy C] (2 of 2) 635Simon & Schuster Manuscript (1 of 2) 641Simon & Schuster Manuscript (2 of 2) 642Page Proofs 643Website 644Presentation Points (1 of 3) 651Presentation Points (2 of 3) 652Presentation Points (3 of 3) Correspondence 653British Publishers 654ICM 655Readers 656Simon & Schuster 657Financial 658Reviews 659Publisher's Agreement 6510Synopsis 6511Marketing Series II: National Tour of Texas, ca. 1985-1988, n.d. Documentation of Tour, 1985-1987, n.d. Postcards 66Region 1-33 67Region 34-End 681Slide Index Slides 682#1-207 683#208-496 684#497-584 691#585-705 692#706-784 693#785-1030 70n/aLog Book 701Expense Book 702Maps Handwritten Notes 711Region 1-48 712Notepads Typed Notes 713Region 1-15, Jan. 4 - Apr. 18 714Region 16-24, Apr. 19 - Aug. 19 715Aug. 20 - Dec. 30 71n/aBinders Materials About Tour. 1987-1988, n.d. 72n/aScrapbook 721Photocopies of Scrapbook 731Correspondence 732Tour Souvenirs 733Press Clips (By Others) 734Texas Monthly Articles (By Reavis) 735Postcards (of Reavis) Research, ca. 1985-1988 736The Farmer’s Frontier on the Front Plains, by John Alexandre Paul [1959] 737The History and Development of Irrigated Cotton on the High Plains of Texas, by Joseph F. Gordon (1 of 2) [1961] 738The History and Development of Irrigated Cotton on the High Plains of Texas, by Joseph F. Gordon (2 of 2) [1961] 739Imperial Texas, by D.W. Meinig Series III: Published Works, 1967-2007, n.d. 741"One Big Union," The Rag, March 20, 1967 742The Midnight Special, October 1970 Moore County News-Press, et al. Scrapbook, 1975-1976 743Photocopies [original scrapbook in box 90] 744Without Documents, 1977-1979 745Anthology Choices, 1978-2004, n.d. (1 of 4) 746Anthology Choices, 1978-2004, n.d. (2 of 4) 747Anthology Choices, 1978-2004, n.d. (3 of 4) 748Anthology Choices, 1978-2004, n.d. (4 of 4) 751Fiction Submissions, ca. 1980 "Why I Turned on Lee Otis Johnson," Texas Monthly, ca. 1980, n.d. 752Legal Research (1 of3) 753Legal Research (2 of3) 754Legal Research (3 of3) 755"TAPE" 756"53, 110" 757Research 758Writer's Agreement 759Early Drafts (1 of 2) 7510Early Drafts (2 of 2) "The Saint of Falfurrias," Texas Monthly, ca. 1981 761Research (1 of 2) 762Research (2 of 2) 763Drafts "Charlie Brooks' Last Words," Texas Monthly, 1982-1983 764Correspondence "The Politics of Armageddon," Texas Monthly, ca. 1984, n.d. Research 765Pamphlets/Booklets 766J.F. Norris 767Expository Sermons on Revelation 771Dissertation 772Hymnal 773Church Sermons Conversations with Moctezuma, 1988-1995, n.d. 781Expense Receipts (1 of2) 782Expense Receipts (2 of2) 783Early Draft, October 11, 1990 (1 of 3) 784Early Draft, October 11, 1990 (2 of 3) 785Early Draft, October 11, 1990 (3 of 3) 791Early Draft, n.d. (1 of 4) 792Early Draft, n.d. (2 of 4) 793Early Draft, n.d. (3 of 4) 794Early Draft, n.d. (4 of 4) 795Book Reviews 796Correspondence 797Royalty Statements "How Do You Say Perestroika in Spanish," Texas Monthly, ca. 1989 801Drafts 802Diary of an Undocumented Immigrant, 1991 San Antonio Light Scrapbook, 1991-1992 [original in box 90] 803Scrapbook Photocopies (1 of 4) 804Scrapbook Photocopies (2 of 4) 805Scrapbook Photocopies (3 of 4) 806Scrapbook Photocopies (4 of 4) 811"Mexico versus Mexico," Utne Reader, 1994 812General, 1994-2002 813Texas, ca. 1995 "The Search for Oxpemul," Men's Journal, ca. 1995-1996 814Correspondence and Contract 815Research 816Drafts 817The Late Great Mexican Border, 1996 818"Understanding Timothy McVeigh," Nieman Reports, 1997 819"Los 'Pocitos' de la Muerte," Proceso, Feburary 3, 2002 8110Newspapers, 2003-2004 8111"Dreamer's Tale," Desert Candle, 2004 8112Counterpunch Articles, 2005- 821"The Real Winners in Mexico," Salon, 2006 822"The Recount," Texas Monthly, 2006 823"Made to Last," The Texas Observer, 2007 Series IV: Unpublished Works, 1979-1988, n.d. 831Fiction Submissions, 1979-1982, n.d. (1 of 2) 832Fiction Submissions, 1979-1982, n.d. (2 of 2) 833Autobiographical Work, Copy 1, ca. 1980 (1 of 2) 834Autobiographical Work, Copy 1, ca. 1980 (2 of 2) 835Autobiographical Work, Copy 2, ca. 1980 (1 of 3) 841Autobiographical Work, Copy 2, ca. 1980 (2 of 3) 842Autobiographical Work, Copy 2, ca. 1980 (3 of 3) 843NY Times Magazine, 1989-1990 (1 of 2) 844NY Times Magazine, 1989-1990 (2 of 2) 845Esquire, 1990 846Oklahoma City Bombing Book, 1995-1997 847Texas Parks & Wildlife, 1998 848Texas Monthly, n.d. 849Untitled, n.d. 8410Corrected typescript fragment, n.d. [separation sheet only - original is in box 90] Series V: Correspondence, 1969-2001, n.d. Submission Files, 1969-1978, n.d. 851A-C 852D-G 853H (1 of 2) 854H (2 of 2) 855I-P 856S-W 857Unfiled 861Texas Monthly, 1978-1996, n.d. 862Dugger, Ronnie, 1981-1994, n.d. 863General, 1981-2000 864Landers, Jim, 1990 865Curtis, Gregory, 1990-1994, n.d. 866Jobs, 1990-1996, n.d. 867McVeigh, Timothy / Oklahoma City Bombing, 1995-2001 868Levy, Mike, 1997 Series VI: Photographs, 1950s-2005, n.d. Of Reavis 8691950s-1970s 86101980s 86111990s-2000s By Reavis, ca. 1980 8612Supercycle and Iron Horse 8613"FTW M/C Pix" 8614"Negatives M/C" 8615"M/C Pix Sold" 8616"Easyriders Pix" 8617General, ca. 1980-1989 8618Assignments, ca. 1985, n.d. Series VII: Financial, 1976-1995 Expense Ledgers 8711980-1983 8721980-1983 8731980-1983 874Harry Hurt / Fortune Expense Records, 1994-1995 875Receipts, 1976-1977 Series VIII: Personal Papers, 1965-2006, n.d. Awards, 1983-2002 876Headliner's Foundation 881General 882Texas Katie Awards 883Civil Rights Work, 1965-1966, 2005-2006 884Clippings, ca. 1976-1992 885Curriculum Vitae, 2006 886General, n.d. 887I.D. Cards, 1973-1990 888Interview, 2002 889Notebooks, n.d. Publications, 1971-2006 8810The Bracero Program 8811Chihuahua 891The Mt. Carmel Survivors Newsletter 892NY Times Book Review 893The Review of Politics 894Simon & Schuster Catalog 895Truth and the Ethics of Criticism 896Salvador Folk Saints 897Texas Monthly Series IX: Audio/Video Materials, 1956-2001, n.d. Audio, 1956-1999, n.d. Cassettes [ask archivist to see database with more detailed information] 91Waco: Sermons/Bible Studies 92Waco: Sermons/Bible Studies 93Waco: Negotiations, Interviews, Unknown 94Waco: Negotiations, Meetings/Rallies, Radio Shows, Negotiations, Unknown 95Waco: Sermons/Bible Studies, Surveillance, Radio Shows, Negotiations, Unknown 96Waco: Surveillance, Negotiations, Meetings/Rallies 97Waco: Radio Shows, Negotiations; Criswell: Sermons/Bible Studies; Mike Harper: Interview CD-R's [ask archivist to see database with more detailed information] 103Listening copies of various tapes in boxes 91-97 Video, 1987-2001, n.d. VHS Tapes [ask archivist to see database with more detailed information] 98Waco: TV Programs, Produced Videos, Siege Footage, Court Recordings 99Waco: TV Programs, Produced Videos, Bible Studies, Siege Footage 100Waco: TV Programs, Produced Videos, Bible Studies, Siege Footage, Court Recordings DVD-R's [ask archivist to see database with more detailed information] 103Siege Footage - copy of Branch Davidian video from Box 100 Series X: Computer Media, 1994-2007, n.d. 3 1/2" Floppies [ask archivist to see database with more detailed information] 101Waco Negotiation Transcripts, Reavis Correspondence, U.S. House Waco Hearings Transcripts 102Typed Reavis Notes (highlights of negotiation transcripts) CD-ROM's [ask archivist to see database with more detailed information] 103Media files on Waco standoff, redacted FBI and Department of Defense depositions, U.S. House hearings transcripts (copied from box 101), The Shepherd's Rod, Ashes of Waco website files, scanned Reavis photos, electronic copies of Reavis articles, A/V and Computer Media databases, photos of Reavis from 1967