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Authors: Jeff Guinn
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Federal Government Agencies and Reports
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National Archives and Record Administration, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938–1946
National Center for Education Statistics National Personnel Records Center (St. Louis)
Social Security Death Index
Department of Veterans Affairs, Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego
Federal Bureau of Investigation Charles Manson File (obtained through Freedom of Information Act)
A Generation Deprived: Los Angeles School Desegregation
(U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1977).
State Agencies
State of California Death Index, 1940–1997
Commonwealth of Kentucky Bureau of Vital Statistics
Commonwealth of Kentucky Birth Index
Commonwealth of Kentucky Death Records
State of Ohio Department of Health—Division of Vital Statistics
State of Washington Superior Court
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County Offices and Records
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California State Prison Mental Health Evaluation
Inmate Roger Dale Smith, January 2003
Neighborhood Organization
Benedict Canyon Association
Letters
Charles Manson to Bob George, undated but written and mailed in April 2012.
Charles Manson to Jeff Guinn, May 17, 2012.
Roger Dale Smith to Bob George, April 22, 1997; August 12, 2002.
Charles “Tex” Watson to Bob George, June 30, 2008; July 28, 2008.
James Whitehouse to Bob George, June 24, 2009; July 2, 2009; August 5, 2009.
Kenny Calihan to Bob George, April 17, 2008; May 27, 2008; July 11, 2008; July 27, 2008; November 16, 2008; March 4, 2009; April 12, 2009; January 24, 2010; June 27, 2010; July 25, 2010.
Leslie Van Houten to Jeff Guinn, November 11, 2011; March 6, 2012; April 20, 2012.
Patricia Krenwinkel to Jeff Guinn, February 16, 2012.
Websites
www.aboundinglove.org
. Official site of Charles “Tex” Watson’s ministry.
www.berkeley.edu/about/hist/architecture.shtml
. Official site of the University of California at Berkeley.
www.circushistory.org/History/RBBB1946.htm
. Website detailing circus history.
www.huntingtonarkansas.com/denny.htm
. Memories of growing up in North Charleston, West Virginia.
www.lacounty.gov
. Official site of Los Angeles County.
www.manson2jesus.com
. Official site of Free Indeed Ministries, founded by former Manson follower Dennis Rice.
www.nagc.org
. The National Association for Gifted Children.
www.nazarene.org
. Official site of the Church of the Nazarene.
www.newsds.org
. Students for a Democratic Society.
www.scientology.org
. Church of Scientology International.
www.susanatkins.org
. Maintained by Susan Atkins’s husband, James Whitehouse.
Documentaries
What Happened After.
History Channel. 2002.
Manson.
History Channel. 2009.
Newspapers and Wire Services
Ashland Daily Independent
“Popular Couple Marries.” February 10, 1930.
Death notices. March 13, 1933.
“Mrs. Nancy Maddox Dies in Parkersburg.” July 19, 1959.
Associated Press
“No Parole for Manson Follower Patricia Krenwinkel.” January 21, 2011.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
“Two Persons Fined on Possessions Count.” December 21, 1933.
Charleston Daily Mail
“Bottle Is ‘Gun’ in Holdup: Brother and Sister Accused in Robbery.” August 3, 1939.