A Sniper in the Tower: the Charles Whitman Murders

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On August 1, 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman ascended the University of Texas Tower and committed what was then the largest simultaneous mass murder in American history. He gunned down forty-five people inside and around the Tower before he was killed by two Austin police officers. During the previous evening he had killed his wife and mother, bringing the total to sixteen people dead and at least thirty-one wounded. The murders spawned debates over issues which still plague America today: domestic violence, child abuse, drug abuse, military indoctrination, the insanity defense, and the delicate balance between civil liberties and public safety. "An outstanding job of chronicling one of the most significant cases in the annals of American crime. . . . Lavergne skillfully researched, documented, and analyzed a case that in many ways defined the concept of ‘mass murder’ . . . will likely become a classic in anyone’s library of true crime editions."--James Alan Fox, Dean of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, and an authority on mass murder
Date: March 15, 1997
Creator: Lavergne, Gary M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1992 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1992

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 1992
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 1999 (open access)

The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 1999

Semiweekly newspaper from Seminole, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 15, 1999
Creator: Dow, M. Gene & Fisher, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 149, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1998 (open access)

Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 149, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1998

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 15, 1998
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 146, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1994 (open access)

Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 146, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1994

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 15, 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 82, No. 23, Ed. 1 Monday, September 15, 1997 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 82, No. 23, Ed. 1 Monday, September 15, 1997

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: September 15, 1997
Creator: Ratcliffe, Heather
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 74, No. 88, Ed. 1 Monday, January 15, 1990 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 74, No. 88, Ed. 1 Monday, January 15, 1990

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 15, 1990
Creator: Schafer, Shaun
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Cowgirls

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An important chapter in the history and folklore of the West is how women on the cattle frontier took their place as equal partners with men. The cowboy may be our most authentic folk hero, but the cowgirl is right on his heels. This Spur Award winning book fills a void in the history of the cowgirl. While Susan B. Anthony and her hoop-skirted friends were declaring that females too were created equal, Sally Skull was already riding and roping and marking cattle with her Circle S brand on the frontier of Texas. Wearing rawhide bloomers and riding astride, she thought nothing of crossing the border into Mexico, unchaperoned, to pursue her career as a horse trader. In Colorado, Cassie Redwine rounded up her cowboys and ambushed a group of desperadoes; Ann Bassett, also of Colorado, backed down a group of men who tried to force her off the open range. In Montana, Susan Haughian took on the United States government in a dispute over some grazing rights, and the government got the short end of the stick. Susan McSween carried on an armed dispute between ranchers in New Mexico and the U.S. Army, and other interested citizens; and in …
Date: January 15, 1990
Creator: Roach, Joyce Gibson
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 149, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1998 (open access)

Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 149, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1998

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 15, 1998
Creator: Whitehead, Marie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 80, No. 109, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1996 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 80, No. 109, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1996

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 15, 1996
Creator: Mathis, Joy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 79, No. 107, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1995 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 79, No. 107, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1995

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: February 15, 1995
Creator: Pape, Tiffany A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1994 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1994

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: April 15, 1994
Creator: Vercher, Dennis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1991 (open access)

Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1991

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1991
Creator: Mathis, Chandra
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1998 (open access)

Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1998

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 1998
Creator: Dalliston, Linda
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The development of coal-based technologies for Department of Defense facilities. Volume 2, Appendices. Semiannual technical progress report, September 28, 1994--March 27, 1995 (open access)

The development of coal-based technologies for Department of Defense facilities. Volume 2, Appendices. Semiannual technical progress report, September 28, 1994--March 27, 1995

This semiannual progress report contains the following appendices: description of the 1,000 lb steam/h watertube research boiler; the Pennsylvania CGE model; Phase II, subtask 3.9 coal market analysis; the CGE model; and sector definition.
Date: October 15, 1996
Creator: Miller, B. G.; Bartley, D. A. & Hatcher, P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Today Cedar Hill (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 1999 (open access)

Today Cedar Hill (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 1999

Weekly newspaper published in Duncanville, Texas that includes local Cedar Hill, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1999
Creator: Gooch, Robin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 15, 1992 (open access)

The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 15, 1992

Weekly newspaper from Paducah, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 15, 1992
Creator: Taylor, Jimmye C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 299, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 15, 1995 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 299, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 15, 1995

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 1995
Creator: Dobbs, Gary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1991 (open access)

The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1991

Weekly newspaper from Tulia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 15, 1991
Creator: Reynolds, Jim
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 193, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 15, 1997 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 193, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 15, 1997

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 15, 1997
Creator: Dobbs, Gary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 299, Ed. 1 Friday, October 15, 1993 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 299, Ed. 1 Friday, October 15, 1993

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 1993
Creator: Dobbs, Gary
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1998 (open access)

De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1998

Weekly newspaper from De Leon, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 15, 1998
Creator: Wilkerson, Gayle E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 99, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 15, 1991 (open access)

Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 99, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 15, 1991

Semi-weekly newspaper from Atlanta, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 15, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 326, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1990 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 326, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 1990

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 15, 1990
Creator: Brown, Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History