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Box 2

 Container
Call Number: PP 647

Contains 6 Results:

Witnesses 22-28 in the area on Oread Street and Witnesses 1-10 in area of Oread Street at time of shooting, May 25, 1970 – August 18, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Pages 410-435 are statements from witnesses 22-28, listed as James Rodney, Wayne S., William O., Ronald Norman, James Howard, Cecily Rebeka (background information included), and James A.Also included are witnesses 1-10 who were not on the street at the time of the shooting, but in the area. They are listed as John Christopher, Ann, Carolyn Ann, Debbie, Paul, Scott, Lee, Randy, Constance Folsom, and Delbert Ennis.Case numbers 1-14958 and 5-14983 are included. All...
Dates: May 25, 1970 – August 18, 1970

Statements of “street” people initiated by Professor Velvel, July 21, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Pages 436-579 consist of 58 statements from witnesses at the scene of the shooting gathered by Professor Velvel, University of Kansas Law School, and two of his law students.

Dates: July 21, 1970

Background information on victim, medical reports, laboratory reports, correspondence, related incidents, radical literature, and miscellaneous information, January 22, 1970 – December 15, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Pages 581-634 have numerous individual pages missing, including 580.

Someone has penned in page numbers 631-634 with a question mark as they are not the maps of Oread Street noted in the index, they are instead copies of evidence identification tags.

Also included are extra copies of some pages.

Dates: January 22, 1970 – December 15, 1970

Photographs (photocopies) of the night of the shooting and the area, July 17, 1970 – July 28, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Most of these black and white images are labeled on the back with dates and descriptions. Some have initials, R.E.B. or [JW] possibly James Wood, KBI investigator, and some are stamped D.D. McCleery Photographer.

Images include Lawrence police department vehicle with bullet holes labeled with case number 5-14985, a few images from the night of the shooting, and many photos of the site of the shooting taken a week later.

Dates: July 17, 1970 – July 28, 1970

Photographs (photocopies) of a gathering [the day after the shooting?] at the Gaslight Tavern

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black and white images of unknown origin showing a crowd gathered in the daytime around people speaking with microphones on the porch of the Gaslight Tavern, near where the shooting took place. One of the speakers is George Kimball, a Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) member who was running for Douglas County Sheriff.

Some of the images are marked with numbers on the back, and one has notes.

Appendix pages A-1 through A-31 Kansas Bureau of Investigation files, July 21, 1970 – June 28, 1973

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents Includes a report of a KBI agent’s family being threatened, KBI vouchers for topographic maps and 150 printed photographs from D.D. McCleery, a list of witnesses who spoke at the coroner’s inquest regarding the death of Nick Rice, correspondence with Harry Dollar Rice regarding the return of his son’s articles, a copy of a subpoena for Dwayne Sackman in civil action number T-5170 Harry Rice vs. Robert Lemon et.al., and numerous physical evidence custody receipts for KBI cases 1-14958 and...
Dates: July 21, 1970 – June 28, 1973