A Guide to the Gary M. Lavergne Papers,
1966-2004
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| Creator: | Lavergne, Gary M. |
| Title: | LAVERGNE (GARY M.)
PAPERS |
| Dates: | 1966-2004 |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Accession No.: | 2004-173 |
| Extent: | 8 feet, 6
inches |
| Laguage: | Materials are
written in English. |
| Repository: | Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin |
Author and educator Gary M. Lavergne
(1955- ) was born in Church Point, Louisiana. He holds degrees in social
studies education and secondary school teaching (University of Louisiana, 1976,
1981) and Educational Administration (McNeese University, 1988). He served as
Director of the Southwest District Professional Development Center, and in 1988
was appointed the first Director of the Region IV Education Service Center of
the Louisiana Department of Education. He has served with the American College
Testing Program and as director of Admissions and Guidance Services for the
Southwestern Regional Office of The College Board. Lavergne currently (2006)
holds the position of Director of Policy Analysis and Research for the
Admissions Office of The University of Texas at Austin. In addition to his work
for the University, Gary Lavergne researched and wrote A
Sniper in the Tower (1997), Bad Boy from Rosebud (1999), and
Worse Than Death (2003), as well as works
celebrating his Cajun heritage and nationally-syndicated essays on education,
literature and American society. An authority on criminal justice and
education, he has given numerous addresses and television interviews.
Research notes, forensic reports, law
enforcement case files, news clippings, timelines, court transcripts,
promotional materials, interviews, essays, audio and video recordings (circa
1945-2004 [bulk 1966, 1989-2003]) document the research, production and
marketing of Gary Lavergne’s books, and provide background on several important
Texas crimes. The collection is primarily arranged by book or research topic
including: Daniel Lee Corwin murder trial and execution: research materials for
a study of Corwin who was executed in 1998 for the murders of three Texas
women; A Sniper in the Tower, Charles Whitman: an
analysis of the University of Texas tower sniper of 1966; Bad Boy From Rosebud, Kenneth Allen McDuff: on the
career of the Texas serial murderer and changes in Texas jurisprudence that
followed his execution, and Worse Than DeathWorse
Than Death, Abdelkrim Belachheb: about the 1984 Dallas nightclub murders and
the genesis of the Texas Multiple Murder Law. An additional series contains
Gary Lavergne’s personal and professional correspondence, essays and television
interviews.
Archivist’s note: Most of the material
in all series consists of photocopies. A group of original reports, manuscripts
and drafts by investigator Russell Cumley (1966) in the Sniper series became
part of the collection after the completion of that book.
Access Restrictions
Access to some items in this collection
is restricted.
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| | Lavergne, Gary M., 1955- |
| | McDuff, Kenneth Allen |
| | Whitman, Charles Joseph,
1941-1966 |
| | Criminal justice, Administration of, Texas.
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| | Mass murderers, Texas, Biography.
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| | Serial murderers, Texas,
Biography. |
| | Serial killings. |
| | University of Texas at
Austin. |
The Gary M. Lavergne Papers, the Center
for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Detailed Description of the Papers
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Daniel Corwin: murder trial and
execution
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| 2L369 | | | Karen Taylor’s home: notes used in Chapter 1 of proposed
book,
[circa 1999] |
| | | “Angel Doe” case: notes and clippings,
September 2004 |
| | | Wendy Gauntt case: police reports,
October 1988 |
| | | Ruth Helene murder: notes and clippings,
1986 |
| | | Alice Martin murder: police case file,
February 14, 1987 |
| | | Evans rape case: police report and court filings,
May 16, 1975 |
| | | Choate rape case: police report,
March 15, 1974 |
| | | Mary Risinger murder: sheriff’s report,
October 31, 1987 |
| | | Calendar of events from 1986 to 1998,
[circa 1999] |
| | | Martin, Risinger and Ewing: autopsy reports,
1987 |
| | | Debra Ewing murder: case file,
July 1987 |
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| 2L370 | | | 359th Judicial District (Texas) appeal and death sentence:
court filings and news clippings,
1989-1998 |
| | | Daniel Corwin: education, health and psychiatric records,
1959-[circa 1986] |
| | | Choate and Evans cases, district attorney’s files,
1974-1975 |
| | | Incarceration and execution statements, court documents
and correspondence,
1986-1998 |
| | | Texas Department of Public Safety (Rangers) investigation
report,
1987 |
| | | Debra Ewing resume and work history,
1982-1986 |
| | | Huntsville Police Department: news clippings,
1987-1990 |
| | | Notes, news clippings and police reports,
1988-2002 |
| | | News articles,
1998-2002 |
| | | Daniel Corwin murder confession,
April 4, 1989 |
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| 2L371 | | | Daniel Corwin: Huntsville police case file,
1987-1990 |
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A Sniper in the Tower:
Charles Whitman
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| 2L371 | | | “A Nightmare at Noon,” eyewitness account and analysis of
shootings,
August-September 1966 |
| | | Book dust jacket pre-prints,
[circa 1997] |
| | | National Geographic Magazine 186(6),
December 1994 |
| | | Lawrence Fuess: correspondence and obituary,
2001-2004 |
| | | Promotional flyers, catalogs and correspondence,
1997 |
| | | Promotional appearances: announcements and news clippings,
1997-1998 |
| | | Magazine and journal articles,
1996-1997 |
| | | Items considered as illustrations,
1996-1997 |
| | | Book proposal and related correspondence,
1995-1996 |
| | | Austin Police Department radio transcripts from August 1,
1966,
[1999] |
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| 2L372 | | | Files on individuals: police reports, statements and
correspondence,
1966-1974 |
| | | "A Tower to Climb" [working title]: draft,
[circa 1996] |
| | | Notes and news clippings,
1966-1995 |
| | | Notes and photocopies from: Fahrenthold, Lisa and Sara
Rider, "Admissions: The Extraordinary History of Brackenridge Hospital,"
Austin: Brackenridge Hospital,
1984 |
| | | Charles Whitman diary, transcript with annotations by
Daniel Barrera, photocopy,
[1996] |
| | | Investigation report, eyewitness essay, notes,
1966, 1995. |
| | | United States Federal Bureau of Investigation reports,
notes,
1966-1967, 1995 |
| | | Charles Whitman personal possessions: police report and
notes,
1966, 1995 |
| | | Photographs from Charles Whitman’s camera, photocopies,
[circa 1966] |
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| 2L373 | | | Charles Whitman autobiography, diary and notebooks,
photocopies,
1955-1964 |
| | | Statement of Charles Shuck, September 1966 Officer Billy
Speed murder, Austin Police Department case file,
1966 |
| | | Dead and wounded: police case files,
1966 |
| | | Austin Police Department: man hour reports,
1966 |
| | | Charles Whitman: health and school records, photocopies,
1961-1966 |
| | | Charles Whitman autopsy report,
1966 |
| | | Kathleen (Leissner) Whitman: news clippings, yearbook,
school records, correspondence,
1965-1994 |
| | | Charles Whitman drug use report,
1966 |
| | | Notes and photocopied pages from Lamport, Mary F., The
Impossible Tree,
1977, 1995 |
| | | Notes and photocopied pages from Flaherty, Thomas H., ed.,
True Crime: Mass Murderers,
1992-1995 |
| | | Austin Police Department press releases,
1966 |
| | | Calendars and timelines for 1965-1966
[1995] |
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| 2L374 | | | News clippings and published reviews,
1986-2004 |
| | | Connally Commission report, annotated draft,
September 8, 1966 |
| | | Cumley, Russel W., Outline Report on Charles J. Whitman:
Special Study, supporting case report, correspondence and notes,
1966 |
| | | Cumley, Russel W., The Massacre: manuscript draft,
[1966] |
| | | Cumley, Russel W., Whitman’s Armory and Supplies,
manuscript draft and notes,
[1966] |
| | | Cumley, Russel W., Victims: the Dead, manuscript draft,
[1966] |
| | | Cumley, Russel W., Victims: the Wounded, manuscript draft,
[1966] |
| | | Victim biographies and resumes: news clippings and notes,
[1966] |
| | | Cumley, Russel W., Police Action: manuscript draft,
[1966] |
| | | Cumley, Russel W., untitled manuscript drafts,
[1966] |
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| 2L375 | | | Cumley, Russel W., Chronology of the Massacre, manuscript
draft,
[1966] |
| | | Charles Whitman: pathology report, related correspondence,
clipping,
1966-1967 |
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| 2X1a | | | Audio recordings, compact disc |
| | | | Austin police radio-1 recording,
August 1, 1966 |
| | | | Austin police radio-2 recording,
August 1, 1966 |
| | | | Austin police PBX [private branch exchange]-1 recording,
August 1, 1966 |
| | | | Austin police PBX [private branch exchange]-2 recording,
August 1, 1966 |
| | | | KTBS radio, excerpts of live coverage,
August 1, 1966 |
| | | Audio recordings, cassette tape
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| | | | Austin police radio-1 recording,
August 1, 1966 |
| | | | Austin police radio-2 recording,
August 1, 1966 |
| | | | Austin police PBX [private branch exchange]-1 recording,
August 1, 1966 |
| | | | Austin police PBX [private branch exchange]-2 recording,
August 1, 1966 |
| | | | KTBS radio, excerpts of live coverage,
August 1, 1966 |
| | | Photographs: digital images on compact
disc |
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| 3S36a | | | | Forensic and morgue images [RESTRICTED until 2015],
1966 |
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| 3S843 | | | | Whitman family photographs, police crime scene
photographs, morgue photographs of Whitman,
[circa 1950-1966] |
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| 3S121e | | | Photographs: prints |
| | | | Photographs of the University of Texas campus, tower
approach, tower balcony, victims, other scenes,
1966-1997 |
| | | | Austin Police Department crime scene photographs,
1966 |
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Bad Boy from
Rosebud: Kenneth Allen McDuff
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| 2L375 | | | Lavergne, Gary, Bad Boy from Rosebud: The Murderous Life
of Kenneth Allen McDuff, Denton: University of North Texas Press, annotated
copy,
1999 |
| | | Texas A&M University Press Catalog,
Fall-Winter 1999 |
| | | Bad Boy from Rosebud, galley proofs,
1999 |
| | | Texas Monthly Magazine,
August 1992 |
| | | Texas Department of Criminal Justice synopsis of Kenneth
Allen McDuff,
1991-1992 |
| | | Author appearances: announcements and schedules,
1999 |
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| 2L376 | | | Statements from individuals knowing McDuff,
1991-1992 |
| | | Texas Parole System case details,
1998 |
| | | Mazoch communications on McDuff appeals and parole:
correspondence and legal review,
1998 |
| | | City of Waco, Texas: maps,
1998 |
| | | Falls County, Texas: background, news articles,
1998 |
| | | Addie and J.A. McDuff: interview transcript,
July 1992 |
| | | Texas Department of Criminal Justice: monthly reports on
Kenneth McDuff,
1989-1992 |
| | | Kenneth McDuff job application,
May 1991 |
| | | Kenneth McDuff prison history,
1972-1990 |
| | | Kenneth McDuff parole and revocation history,
1990-1998 |
| | | Recovery of McDuff victims: notes,
1998 |
| | | Falls County Sheriff Larry Pamplin, background: news
clippings and notes,
1997-1998 |
| | | Gary M. Lavergne news interview transcript,
June 1998 |
| | | Butts, Charles [Tarrant County Prosecutor], autobiography
typescript draft, news clippings and correspondence,
1989-1998 |
| | | Lonnie McDuff murder: police case file, court filings,
news clippings, notes,
1986, 1998 |
| | | Rosebud, Texas: history, news clippings and notes,
[undated], 1966, 1998 |
| | | Furman v. Georgia [408 U.S. 238(1972)]: United States
Supreme Court legal review, ruling and opinions,
1972 |
| | | McNamara, Mike, Parnell McNamara and Bill Johnston. An
Investigation: The Kenneth Allen McDuff Case: police report with related notes,
news articles and correspondence,
1992-1998 |
| | | Bad Boy from Rosebud: events timeline and first outline
for book,
1998 |
| | | Texas Death Row: notes,
1997 |
| | | Interviews with Austin police officers and background,
1997-1998 |
| | | Dan Stolz and Lori Bible: notes,
[1998] |
| | | The Broomstick Murders: news clippings and notes,
1966, [1998] |
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| 2L377 | | | Bad Boy From Rosebud: author’s note cards,
1997-1998 |
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| 2L378 | | | Bad Boy From Rosebud: author’s note cards,
1997-1998 |
| | | Texas v. Kenneth Allen McDuff, Colleen Reed abduction
trial, statement of facts: |
| | | | Pretrial hearing: transcripts,
1993 |
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| 2L379 | | | | Pretrial hearing: transcripts,
1993 |
| | | | Master index of witnesses and exhibits,
1993 |
| | | | Exhibits,
1993 |
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| 2L380 | | | | Exhibits,
1993 |
| | | | Guilt-innocence phase: transcripts,
1993 |
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| 2L381 | | | | Guilt-innocence phase: transcripts,
1993 |
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| 2L382 | | | | Guilt-innocence phase: transcripts,
1993-1994 |
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| 2L383 | | | | State’s trial exhibits 1-100,
[1993-1994] |
| | | | Court documents submitted to court of appeal,
1994 |
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| 2L384 | | | Bell County Sheriff’s Department investigation reports,
1992 |
| | | Kenneth McDuff death penalty appeals: court filings, news
clipping,
1997-1998 |
| | | Kenneth McDuff execution report, news clippings,
1998 |
| | | Texas prison construction, McDuff Laws, death penalty:
news articles,
1996-1998 |
| | | Melissa Northrup murder: police report, trial exhibits,
news clippings,
March 1992 |
| | | Kenneth McDuff manhunt: United States Marshall’s
investigation reports,
March-September 1992 |
| | | Secondary source notes on Kenneth McDuff,
1998 |
| | | Colleen Reed murder: police reports, trial exhibits, maps,
1991-1997 |
| | | Kenneth McDuff: television news transcripts, news articles
and correspondence,
1992-1998 |
| | | Unsolved murder cases, McDuff suspected: news clippings,
1991-1992 |
| | | Brenda Thompson murder: news clippings,
1998 |
| | | David Ruiz lawsuit and prison costs: news articles,
1989-1991 |
| | | Recovery of McDuff victims: note, news articles,
1998 |
| | | Kenneth McDuff execution: news articles,
1998 |
| | | Hector Polanco allegations of misconduct: news articles,
1992-1996 |
| | | Kenneth McDuff: Waco Police Department reports,
1991-1992 |
| | | Gary Lavergne notes from Kenneth McDuff interview,
[undated] |
| | | Bad Boy From Rosebud: book reviews,
1998 |
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| 2X290b | | | Audio recordings, compact
disc [RESTRICTED until July, 2055] |
| | | Photographs |
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| 3S36a | | | | Crime scenes and exhumation: photographs,
[RESTRICTED until 2023] [circa 1993] |
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| 3S121e | | | | Assorted photographs of McDuff, victims, scenes,
[circa 1990 -- circa 2000] |
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Worse Than
Death: Abdelkrim Belachheb
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| 2L385 | | | Worse Than Death: the Belachheb Murders, final manuscript,
2002 |
| | | Texas Multiple Murder Law: draft of bill, legislative
review, correspondence,
1984-1985, 2002 |
| | | Texas Multiple Murder Law: news articles,
1985-1999 |
| | | Book review,
2003 |
| | | Proposed book covers,
[circa 2002] |
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Personal and professional correspondence, essays and
interviews
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| 2L385 | | | Notes on the concept of evil,
[undated] |
| | | Editorials on the Strategic Aptitude Test,
2001 |
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| 3S84.3 | | | Gary Lavergne, television appearances
on video compact disc |
| | | | “Dateline NBC: Sniper in the Tower,” [National
Broadcasting Corporation] television production,
[1996] |
| | | | “A&E’s American Justice: Bad Boy From Rosebud,”
[Arts & Entertainment] television production,
[circa 2000] |
| | | | “Infamous Guns,” History Channel television production,
[circa 1996] |
| | | | “Are You Prepared for Success,” speech by Gary M.
Lavergne,
[undated] |
| | | | “True Crime Authors,” History Channel television
production,
[circa 2000] |
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| 3S843 | | | | Gary M. Lavergne, seventeen appearances on national and
local television news programs,
[circa 1986-circa 1996] |
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| 3S84.3 | | | | "The Tower Shooting, 40 Years Later," News 8 Austin
report,
August, 2006 |
| | | | "Sniper 66: the Charles Whitman Murders at the Texas
Tower," Whitney Milam, KTBC News,
August 1, 2006 |
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| 3S145 | | | Newspaper Sheets: |
| | | | The Austin American Statesman,
October-November, 1999 |
| | | | The Rosebud News,
July 30, 1998 |
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