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Finding Aid to the Mike Weiss Double Play Collection, 1961-2011SFH 34

Finding aid prepared by Tim Wilson San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA, 94102 (415) 557-4567 [email protected] 2013

Finding Aid to the Mike Weiss SFH 34 1 Double Play Collection, 1961-2011SFH 34 Title: Mike Weiss Double Play Collection, Date (inclusive): 1961-2011 Date (bulk): (bulk 1978-1983) Collection Identifier: SFH 34 Creator: Weiss, Mike, 1942- Physical Description: 4 boxes + 1 oversized flat box(4.5 cubic feet) Contributing Institution: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA, 94102 (415) 557-4567 [email protected] Abstract: The collection contains the research material Weiss collected for his book Double Play: the San Francisco City Hall Killings. The book recounts the events surrounding Dan White's assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk on November 27, 1978, and White’s trial in 1979. Physical Location: The collection is stored onsite. Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English. Access The collection is open for research. Please call the San Francisco History Center for hours and information at 415-557-4567. Publication Rights Copyright and literary rights retained by Mike Weiss. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Mike Weiss Double Play Collection (SFH 34), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. Provenance The Mike Weiss Double Play Collection was loaned to The San Francisco Public Library by Mike Weiss in 1990, with ownership legally deeded to the library in December 2009. Tom Carey created an inventory of the collection in 1990. The Dan White trial transcripts were donated in April 2011. In November 2011, Vince Emery donated a folder labeled "Sources," 1 audio CD, 1 DVD, the advance reading copy of the 2nd edition of Double Play, and a poster for an author appearance sponsored by Books, Inc. Conservation Note The four audiocassette tapes in Series 4 were duplicated by SFPL Media Services in 2000. Biographical note Mike Weiss is a newspaper journalist and author. He was raised in New York City and educated at Knox College and Johns Hopkins University. He has been a staff writer at The Baltimore Evening Sun, The San Jose Mercury News and The San Francisco Chronicle, and has written for numerous magazines in the United States and abroad, including Rolling Stone, Esquire, the Village Voice, Mother Jones and The Sunday Correspondent of London. He is the author of the Ben Henry mystery novels as well as three works of non-fiction, Living Together, Double Play and A Very Good Year. Scope and Contents The collection contains the research material Weiss collected for his book Double Play: the San Francisco City Hall Killings (Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1984). There are interview notes, copies of San Francisco Police department documents, newspapers, correspondence, and audiotapes relating to Dan White's assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk on November 27, 1978, and White's trial in 1979. Arrangement The collection is arranged in 5 series: Series 1: Interview Notes; Series 2: Research Files; Series 3: Book Files; Series 4: Audiovisual Materials; and Series 5: Newspapers. Photographs were separated and are stored with the San Francisco Historical Photographs collection. Subjects and Indexing Terms Milk, Harvey Moscone, George, d. 1978 White, Dan

Finding Aid to the Mike Weiss SFH 34 2 Double Play Collection, 1961-2011SFH 34 Murder victims--California--San Francisco--Biography. Murder--California--San Francisco--Case studies. Murderers--California--San Francisco--Biography.

Series 1 Interview Notes, 1974-1984 (bulk 1981-1982) Physical Description: 79.0 folders Scope and Contents This series contains interview notes, transcriptions of interviews, notes on the important details from each interview, newspaper and magazine clippings about interview subjects and incidents discussed, and scattered campaign literature for Dan White's Supervisor campaign. Notables among the interview subjects include: Quentin Kopp, Ray Sloan, Tom Norman, Carol Ruth Silver, Scott Smith, Medical Examiner Boyd Stephens, Charles Gain, Sue Bierman, Willie Brown and Joe Freitas. Arrangement The series is arranged in roughly alphabetical order by name of interview subject.

Box 1, Folder 1 Agnost, George (city attorney), undated Box 1, Folder 2 Alfred, Randy (gay journalist and radio talk show host), undated Box 1, Folder 3 Besio, Jim (district attorney investigator for Dan White case), undated Box 1, Folder 4 Bierman, Art (anti-freeway activist and San Francisco State University professor), April 16, [1982] Box 1, Folder 5 Bierman, Sue (political activist and San Francisco Supervisor), April 13, 1982 Box 1, Folder 6 Blomberg, Paul (gay journalist and friend of Ray Sloan), June 14, 1982 Box 1, Folder 7 Brady, Margaret "Marg" (campaign organizer and state senate district office manager for George Moscone), April 20, 1982 and October 13, 1982 Box 1, Folder 8 Brock, Hartman & Morgan, Attorneys, undated Historical note The firm where George Moscone worked after graduating from law school; Dal Brock, John Hartman, and Charlie Morgan.

Box 1, Folder 9 Brooks, Mary (neighbor of Charlie White family), January 15, 1982 and January 30, 1982 Box 1, Folder 10 Brown, Ray (co-chairman of Board of Realtors Government Relations Committee), May 17, 1982 Box 1, Folder 11 Brown, Willie (friend and political ally of George Moscone), 1977, 1982, 1984 Box 1, Folder 12 Burns, Father Michael (of Our Lady of Visitacion parish), March 27, 1982 Box 1, Folder 13 Busch, Corey (George Moscone's press secretary), January 6, 1982 Box 1, Folder 14 Copertini, Cyr (George Moscone's confidential secretary), February 5, 1982 Box 1, Folder 15 Cox, Darryl (boyhood friend of Dan White), November 17, 1981 Box 1, Folder 16 Davies, Sheila (neighbor of Youth Center), undated Box 1, Folder 17 Denman, Jim (undersheriff of San Francisco), March 25, 1982 and July 16, 1982 Box 1, Folder 18 Dolson, Lee (San Francisco Supervisor), May 4, 1982 Box 1, Folder 19 Elba LaBarca (Dan White's lover), December 7, [1981?] Box 1, Folder 20 English, Carl (friend of Dan White and San Francisco Fire Department co-worker), undated Box 1, Folder 21 Fogarty, Brian (George Moscone's high school teacher), May 4, 1982 Box 1, Folder 22 Fortner, Ed (Dan White's former police partner), undated Box 1, Folder 23 Garduno, Don (schoolmate of Dan White), March 24, 1982 Box 1, Folder 24 Getlin, Josh (deputy press secretary for George Moscone), December 6, 1982

Finding Aid to the Mike Weiss SFH 34 3 Double Play Collection, 1961-2011SFH 34 Series 1Interview Notes, 1974-1984 (bulk 1981-1982)

Box 1, Folder 25 Jobling, Marie and Tony Fazio, February 14, 1982 Biographical note Jobling was staff director of COMO (Committee of Outer Mission Organization) in the Excelsior and Crocker-Amazon districts, and Fazio was a worker with Catholic Social Services in Visitacion Valley.

Box 1, Folder 26 Grimsey, George; Earl Gage and Bill Downing, March 15, 1974 and May 12, 1982 Biographical note San Francisco Fire Department co-workers and friends of Charlie White. Earl Gage was San Francisco's first black firefighter. General note Includes 1982 clipping about racial tensions in San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) and copy of March 15, 1974 graduation speech from Daniel James White, Valedictorian 48th Training Class, SFFD.

Box 1, Folder 27 Francois, Terry (San Francisco Supervisor), 1980 and March 30, 1982 Box 1, Folder 28 Freitas, Joe (District Attorney), 1975-1979 and December 7, 1982 Box 1, Folder 29 Gain, Charles (Chief of Police, San Francisco Police Department), 1976 and June 9, 1982 Box 1, Folder 30 Graham, Bob (District Attorney's chief of special prosecutions for police corruption), January 12, 1982 Box 1, Folder 31 Gilford, Rotea and Earl Sanders (San Francisco police officers), November 3, 1982 Box 1, Folder 32 Halstead, Jane and Mary Isham (Public health nurse), September 22, 1982 Box 1, Folder 33 Halvonik, Paul (legislative liaison for Governor Edmund G. Brown), undated Box 1, Folder 34 Heinz, Len (high school teacher of Dan White), 1978 General note Includes Supervisor campaign literature for Heinz; carbon copy of Letter to the Editor, San Francisco Chronicle dated May 21, 1978 re: recall of Dan White.

Box 1, Folder 35 Heisler, Candy (assistant district attorney), May 13, [1982?] General note Includes notes on Ron London, a strip club owner, and mention of Francine B. Andreson, a night club manager.

Box 1, Folder 36 Holly, Jay (San Francisco police officer), July 19, 1982 General note Includes George Bodrove, San Francisco police officer; and Captain Ed Laherty on Shy Fox incident.

Box 1, Folder 37 Horanzy, Don (neighborhood activist and San Francisco Supervisor), January 20, 1982 Box 1, Folder 38 Judge, Goldie (Dan White's first campaign manager), undated General note Includes transcript of interview. Also includes Dan White campaign literature and mock-up of campaign brochure.

Box 1, Folder 39 Kaufman, Gail (City Hall aide to Quentin Kopp), June 19, 1982 Box 1, Folder 40 Kessenheimer, Rudy (Dan White's scoutmaster), June 15, 1982 Box 1, Folder 41 Khan, Kayla (American Civil Liberties Union; acquaintance of George Moscone), undated Box 1, Folder 42 Kopp, Quentin (San Francisco Supervisor), February 25, 1982 Box 1, Folder 43 Kronenberg, Anne (Harvey Milk's campaign manager and City Hall aide), undated Box 1, Folder 44 Lacey, Father Tom (of Our Lady of Visitacion parish), January 17, 1982 Box 1, Folder 45 Lavin, Cappy (friend of George Moscone), March 31, 1982 and April 20, [1982] Box 1, Folder 46 Madfes, Saul (assistant principal of Woodrow Wilson High School), February 9, 1982

Finding Aid to the Mike Weiss SFH 34 4 Double Play Collection, 1961-2011SFH 34 Series 1Interview Notes, 1974-1984 (bulk 1981-1982)

Box 1, Folder 47 Maher, Bill, January 13, 1982 Biographical note City commissioner and friend of George Moscone and Harvey Milk; future San Francisco Supervisor.

Box 1, Folder 48 Morrison, Jack (San Francisco Supervisor), undated Box 1, Folder 49 Nesby, Norman (Worker with SAFE, Safety Awareness for Everyone), January 19, 1982 Box 1, Folder 50 Norman, Tom (prosecutor), November 29, 1982 Box 1, Folder 51 Nothenberg, Rudy (deputy mayor), January 26, 1982 Box 1, Folder 52 O'Malley, Kevin (boyhood friend of Dan White), undated Box 1, Folder 53 O'Rourke, Gary (schoolmate of Charlie White and friend of White family), undated Biographical note Schoolmate of Charlie White and friend of White family.

Box 1, Folder 54 Pabich, Dick (Harvey Milk's City Hall aide), Box 1, Folder 55 Tracy, Phil (reporter) and Penny Tracy, (acquaintance of Moscone), February 28, 1982 Box 1, Folder 56 Police Athletic League, undated General note Sergeant Herb Lee and Lieutenant Stephen Spelman. Includes flyer "PAL needs support at Public Hearing. Wednesday, January 25, 7:30 pm, Portola Jr. High School Auditorium."

Box 1, Folder 57 Rasmussen, Father Walter (of St. Elizabeth's Parish), January 28, 1982 Box 1, Folder 58 Robinson, Marvin and Ed Rueda, undated Biographical note Robinson was a Wilson High schoolmate of Dan White and Rueda was a Wilson High School teacher and football coach.

Box 1, Folder 59 Ryan, Joe (vice squad policeman), March 23, [1982?] Box 1, Folder 60 Sanders, Earl (police inspector), undated Box 1, Folder 61 Selvin, David (labor and civil rights advocate), January 22, 1982 Box 1, Folder 62 Sherratt, John (San Francisco fire chief; friend of Charlie White; co-worker of Dan White), May 4, 1982 Box 1, Folder 63 Silver, Carol Ruth (San Francisco Supervisor), undated Physical Description: 1.0 folder

Box 1, Folder 64 Sisters of the Good Shepherd. [Sister Mary Columba (Mother Superior), Sister Consolata, Sister Bernardine], February 8 Box 1, Folder 65 Sloan, Ray (Dan White's campaign manager, City Hall aide, and business partner), April 27, 1982 and October 4, 1982 General note Includes two-page press release "Biography--Dan White, Candidate for Supervisor-8th District."

Box 1, Folder 66 Smith, Scott (Harvey Milk's lover and business partner), June 10, 1982 Box 1, Folder 67 Stein, Dorothea (college classmate of Mary Ann Burns White), January 7, 1982 Box 1, Folder 68 Stephens, Dr. Boyd G. (San Francisco Chief Medical Examiner and Coroner), December 10, 1981 and December 15, 1981; July 12, 1982 General note Includes Stephens' diagrams of Milk and Moscone crime scenes.

Box 1, Folder 69 Wallace, Jay (police officer), undated Box 1, Folder 70 Ward, Phil (city attorney), undated Box 1, Folder 71 Wax, Mel (Moscone's press secretary), October 1981

Finding Aid to the Mike Weiss SFH 34 5 Double Play Collection, 1961-2011SFH 34 Series 1Interview Notes, 1974-1984 (bulk 1981-1982)

Box 1, Folder 72 Webb, Jack (criminal defense investigator for Ron London, friend of Moscone), January 16, 1982 Box 1, Folder 73 Wommack, Gary (chief of City Hall security), February 9, 1982 Box 1, Folder 74 Welch, Calvin (neighborhood activist and friend of Harvey Milk), June 3, 1982 Box 1, Folder 75 Witt, Jim (high school baseball coach of Dan White), February 12, 1982 Box 1, Folder 76 Wong, Michael (political activist and friend of Milk), undated Box 1, Folder 77 Wonder, Robin (Dan White's City Hall aide), February 13, 1982 Box 1, Folder 78 Wurdinger, Al (high school friend and campaign volunteer for Dan White), March 24, 1982 Box 1, Folder 79 Yoes, Gary (chief organizer for SAFE, Safety Awareness for Everyone), January 31, 1982 Series 2 Research Files, 1961-1984 Physical Description: 68.0 folders Scope and Contents This series contains the research materials collected by Weiss to place the murders of Moscone and Milk within the backdrop of San Francisco government, district history, district elections, and the political and personal lives of George Moscone, Harvey Milk and Daniel J. White. Of primary interest are the photocopies of San Francisco Police Department documents including crime reports, coroner's reports, incident reports, radio communications, and interviews. Original materials include the two trial notebooks kept by Mike Weiss and some original newspapers. There are also photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles and clippings. There is a complete transcript of Dan White's trial in May 1979, including the preliminary hearing in January 1979. The research files also include Dan White's suicide autopsy report from 1985. Weiss attempted to obtain the police report of the suicide, but the Police Department could not find the report and said that they threw them all out.

Box 1, Folder 80 Police Reports on George Moscone and Harvey Milk, 1978-1979 General note 53 pages of photocopies. Includes: incident reports for November 27, 1978; witness statement reports, death threat report regarding Maryanne White; arrest of Dan White; brief description of jury verdict of May 1979.

Box 1, Folder 81 Crime Lab Reports, 1978 General note 20 pages of photocopies. Includes: fingerprint examination, evidence list, tracing firearm report.

Box 1, Folder 82 Coroner's Reports on George Moscone and Harvey Milk, 1978-1979 General note 67 pages of photocopies. Also includes: subpoena to Medical Examiner Boyd Stephens; investigative checklist and chronological report of investigation; note from Raymond Shine; notes on taped interviews with Ray Sloan, Inspector H. Clark, Mary Ann White, Boyd Stephens, Cyr Copertini, Carl Henry Carlson, Dan White.

Box 1, Folder 83 Note Pad, May 1, 1979 General note 32 pages of photocopies. Notes on Dan White trial.

Box 1, Folder 84 Search Warrants served at 150 Shawnee St., November 27, 1978 General note 8 pages of photocopies. Includes affidavit of Frank Falzon.

Finding Aid to the Mike Weiss SFH 34 6 Double Play Collection, 1961-2011SFH 34 Series 2Research Files, 1961-1984

Box 1, Folder 85 Milk/Moscone: Tapes Transcribed, 1975-1979 General note 58 pages of photocopies. Includes: transcript of Dan White interview/confession; "Did Dan White Act Alone? A report for news release" by Don Depew which was sent to Quentin Kopp and other Board of Supervisors; San Francisco Police Department interdepartmental memoranda regarding subpoenas to appear at Dan White trial; transcript of December 1, 1978 police interview with Patrick Shannon regarding Quentin Kopp and George Moscone conversation.

Box 1, Folder 86 San Francisco Police Department. Incident Reports, 1978-1979 General note "Concerning threats made to members of the Board of Supervisors, The Board of Supervisors as a whole, the person and family of Dan White, and their respective addresses and places of business." Collected for discovery phase of Dan White trial.

Box 1, Folder 87 San Francisco Police Department. Homicide Detail. Transcripts of interrogations by Inspector Herman Clark, 1978 General note Corrections made in pencil. Includes: Gilbert Boreman, Carl Carlson, Ann McCrystle, Robin Lynn Wonder, Phillip J. Carney, Rudy Notenberg, Ray Sloan, Zoraina Harris, Craig Martin, Jean Caramatti, John Molinari, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Taylor, Mildred Tango, Melvin S. Wax, Denise Apcar.

Box 1, Folder 88 San Francisco Police Department. Communication tapes, 1978 General note Photocopies of "C.R. slips obtained from Captain J. W. Conroy, Communications Division."

Box 1, Folder 89 Weiss, Mike. Note pads, 1975, 1979 General note Includes Dan White trial notes, unsigned Freedom of Information letter dated September 10, 1975.

Box 1, Folder 90, Aftermath, 1978-1983 Box 5, General note Oversize-folder 18 Photocopies of: Board of Supervisors resolutions regarding the naming of George Moscone convention and its construction, notes on Dan White trial verdict, "The Wonderful World of Dan White" and "Dan in 'Prison'" cartoons, Inquiry October 29, 1979 with "Dan White's San Francisco" by Warren Hinckle, program for Illustrated Stage Company Presents "The Dan White Incident" written by Steve Dobbins (1983), Letter from "The Coalition against the survival of Dan 'Killer' White" to "Editors, San Francisco Chronicle" postmarked April 14, 1983, Press release from U.S. Department of Justice dated November 21, 1983 regarding federal government decision not prosecute Daniel James White for the killings of George R. Moscone and Harvey Milk, includes letter by Assistant Attorney General Stephen S. Trott. Newspapers were separated to Box 5 "Aftermath."

Box 1, Folder 91, Riot, 1979-1981 Box 5, General note Oversize-folder 19 Includes: newspaper clippings envelopes labeled "Cops," "Aftermath" (1979-1981); "The May 1979 Riot in San Francisco--Police Issues" prepared for the Police Commission, City and County of San Francisco, October 1979; Mike Weiss notes on Gary Wommack's riot reminiscences; "San Francisco's White Night Riot: Justice Deferred" by David J. Thomas, University of California, Santa Cruz. Newspapers were separated to Box 5 "Riot."

Finding Aid to the Mike Weiss SFH 34 7 Double Play Collection, 1961-2011SFH 34 Series 2Research Files, 1961-1984

Box 1, Folder 92 Moscone/Milk: Police Notes, part 1, 1978-1979 General note Photocopies. Includes intra-departmental memoranda regarding subpoenas to appear as witnesses for the Dan White trial, appear to be notes on potential jurors, SFPD statement forms; flyer "The Crimes of Theadore Venous of Boston, Mass." which states that "Theadore Venous is the mastermind in the murder of Mayor Geo. Moscone and Superviser [sic] Harvey Milk. Dan White was the hit man for Venous."

Box 1, Folder 93 Moscone/Milk: Police Notes, part 2, 1978 General note Photocopies of witness accounts.

Box 2, Folder 1 Neighborhood--San Francisco Youth Campus, 1977-1981 General note Includes: Dan White for Supervisor campaign literature, Sheila Davies letters (December 1 & 7, 1977) to Board of Supervisors regarding Convent of the Good Shepherd and proposed treatment center; newspaper clippings from November 30-December 20, 1977; Dan White campaign literature; Sheila Davies letter to editor, San Francisco Chronicle, December 6, 1977; Sheila Davies letter to Mayor George Moscone, December 9 & 15, 1977; Mervyn Silverman letter to Sheila Davies, December 15, 1977; George Moscone letter to Sheila Davies, December 16, 1977; "A David Frankel Sampler: poems & such" (1981) with pieces about Dan White.

Box 2, Folder 2 Friends and Neighbors of S.F. Youth Campus, 1977-1978 Davies, Sheila Box 2, Folder 3 Trial related, 1979-1982 Box 2, Folder 4 Daniel J. White. San Francisco Police Department Personnel report, 1971-1973 Box 2, Folder 5 Police tape, November 27, 1978 General note Notes taken by Weiss on two audiotapes. Chronology of police activity beginning with the 10:55 am call by Molinari through 12:29 pm "everything secure."

Box 2, Folder 6 Trial articles, 1979 General note "Trial and Error" by Michael Weiss ( Rolling Stone, July 12, 1979); and "The Parts Left Out of the Dan White Trial" by Paul Krassner (unpublished).

Box 2, Folder 7, Police and Firemen's strike, 1975 Box 5, General note Oversize-folder 1 "The Police Strike of 1975". Copies of public statements by: Dianne Feinstein, president of San Francisco Board of Supervisors; Leon Bruschera, secretary of San Francisco Firefighter local No. 798; and Jerry Crowley, president of the Police Officers Association. Newspaper articles, August 1975. Oversized photostat copies separated to Box 5 "Police and Firemen's Strike."

Box 2, Folder 8, Shrinks, 1978-1979 Box 5, General note Oversize-folder 2 Dr. Roland Levy letter to Thomas Norman, Assistant District Attorney, dated November 27, 1978 regarding Daniel James White psychiatric consultation; Martin Blinder Psychiatry in the Everyday Practice of Law cumulative supplement issued May 1979. Notes. Dr. Martin Blinder letter to Douglas R. Schmidt, [attorney], dated April 23, 1979 regarding Dan White psychiatric examination. Mike Weiss notes on his Martin Blinder interview. Oversized photostat copies and clippings separated to Box 5 "Shrinks."

Finding Aid to the Mike Weiss SFH 34 8 Double Play Collection, 1961-2011SFH 34 Series 2Research Files, 1961-1984

Box 2, Folder 9 Frank Falzon: Notes from Negotiations and Signed Contracts, 1978, 1982 General note Notes on Weiss conversation with Frank Falzon, December 3, 1982; S.F. Police Dept. intradepartmental from Paul C. Chignell to Inspectors Klotz and Bailey memo regarding circumstances surrounding the surrender of Dan White, November 27, 1978 (photocopy); memo from Officer Jake Prentice, 1978.

Box 2, Folder 10 Frank Falzon, 1977-1982 General note Includes photocopy of Dan White's letter of resignation; photocopies of morgue photos of George Moscone and Harvey Milk; Nov. 22, 1978 letter from Dan White to City Attorney George Agnost regarding resignation; Nov. 21, 1978 letter from George Agnost to George Moscone regarding resignation; photocopies of photos of crime scenes; photocopies of photos of White residence; photocopies of Dan White’s driver’s license. [Photocopy of Thomas M. O'Connor, city attorney, letter (opinion no. 77-49) to Andrew C. Casper, Chief, San Francisco Fire Dept., dated December 2, 1977 regarding leave of absence to employee elected to Board of Supervisors (Daniel J. White); notes 12/3/1982; carbon copy notes of December 3, 1982 phone call from Falzon to Weiss.

Box 2, Folder 11 Frank Falzon. Interviews by Falzon and others, 1978 General note Denise Apcar (Dan White's City Hall aide); Cyr Copertini (Moscone's confidential secretary); James Lazarus (senior deputy city attorney); Warren Omholt (police officer; 2 interviews); James H. Smith (First Unitarian Church custodian who saw White leave Denise Apcar's car in front of the Unitarian church and walk toward Saint Mary's Cathedral); Bernard Tietelbaum (mayor's liaison to supervisors); Thomas Toomey (chief deputy city attorney); Mary Ann White.

Box 2, Folder 12 Television quotes from White and Moscone regarding resignation, [1978] Box 2, Folder 13 Miscellaneous [notes, photo, clippings], 1977-1979 Box 2, Folder 14 Herb Caen newspaper columns, November 28-December 1, 1978 Box 2, Folder 15 Election results, 1975-1979 Box 2, Folder 16 City Jail visitor's log, 1978-1979 Box 2, Folder 17 Newspaper articles, November 27, 1978 Box 2, Folder 18, San Francisco Police Department newspaper clippings, 1982 Box 5, Oversize-folder 3 Box 2, Folder 19 San Francisco Police Department, 1979-1982 Box 2, Folder 20, Pier 39 (C.L.'s notes, news clips), 1978 Box 5, Oversize-folder 4 Box 2, Folder 21 Friends of Dan White, 1978 Box 2, Folder 22 Voting Machine: news clippings, 1978 Box 2, Folder 23 Moscone, George. Probated will, 1980 Box 2, Folder 24, Youth Campus--Board of Supervisors, 1978-1982 Box 5, Oversize-folder 5 Box 2, Folder 25, Jones, Jim, 1977 Box 5, Oversize-folder 6 Box 2, Folder 26 Campaign filings, 1977-1978 Box 2, Folder 27 Marshall, John A., 1978 Box 2, Folder 28, City Strike, 1976 Box 5, Oversize-folder 7 Box 2, Folder 29 White family (Vital statistics, biography, clippings), 1961-1982 Box 2, Folder 30 Falzon, Frank (police investigator): notes from conversations, 1982

Finding Aid to the Mike Weiss SFH 34 9 Double Play Collection, 1961-2011SFH 34 Series 2Research Files, 1961-1984

Box 2, Folder 31, Moscone, George (clippings, curriculum vitae, postcard), 1965-1978 Box 5, See also: Oversize-folder 8 Box 5 / Folder ?? oversized

Box 5, Election Special, [1979?] Oversize-folder 9 Box 2, Folder 32 District 8 (includes "The People Fight Back: Building a Tenant Union" by Mike Miller), 1978 Box 2, Folder 33, Newspaper clippings, 1977-1979 Box 5, Oversize-folder 10 Box 2, Folder 34, Milk, Harvey (includes Michael Wong's journal "Harvey," and clippings), Box 5, Oversize-folder 11 Box 2, Folder 35 Corporations headquartered in San Francisco, 1981-1982 Box 2, Folder 36 Barry, Kevin, undated Box 5, Golden Gloves [photostats of newspapers], 1976 Oversize-folder 12 Box 2, Folder 37, San Francisco History and Culture, 1979-1982 Box 5, Oversize-folder 13 Box 5, Map: San Francisco Supervisorial Districts, 1976 Oversize-folder 14 Box 2, Gays, 1978-1979 Folders 38-39, Box 5, Oversize-folder 15 Box 2, Folder 40 Mike Weiss. Notes, undated Box 2, Folder 41 San Francisco Board of Supervisors: notes on key issues, 1978-1979 Box 2, Folder 42 Daniel J. White: 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1982 Box 2, Folder 43 Calendar, December 1977-January 1979 Box 2, Folder 44 San Francisco's Strategic Plan : making a great city greater. Phase I: Management Summary, May 1982 Box 2, Folder 45, Aftermath--news clippings, 1983-1985 Box 5, General note Oversize-folder 16 Includes Art Agnos press release, March 7, 1983 regarding Dan White Bill; and "Dan White to be Freed in One Year."

Box 2, Folder 46 Margo St. James and Kayla Kahn, 1982 General note Includes interview notes, "The Macho Conspiracy That Murdered Harvey Milk" by Margo St. James, resume, photos.

Box 2, Folder 47, Daniel J. White campaign literature, [1977] Box 5, Oversize-folder 17 Box 2, Folder 48 Interviews: miscellaneous. Carolyn Craven (fundraiser for Israel); Bill Dauer (president, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce); Chester Hartman (housing activist and historian); Greg Hurst (president of West Portal Merchants Association); Cleve Jones (gay rights activist); Bev Theis; John Valesquez (police officer), 1982 Box 2, Folder 49 Maps and plan: San Francisco and City Hall, 1978 Physical Description: 1.0 folder

Finding Aid to the Mike Weiss SFH 34 10 Double Play Collection, 1961-2011SFH 34 Series 2Research Files, 1961-1984

Box 2, Folder 50 Photocopies of photographs, undated Physical Description: 1.0 folder General note These images may be from the San Francisco Examiner. Access To access original images, please see San Francisco Historical Photographs Collection by individual’s name. Check for hours and information at 415-557-4567.

Box 3, Folder 3 Trial Notebook I, 1979 Physical Description: 1.0 folder General note Spiral bound notebook with notes made by Mike Weiss.

Box 3, Folder 4 Trial Notebook II, 1979 Physical Description: 1.0 folder General note Spiral bound notebook with notes made by Mike Weiss.

Dan White Trial. Transcripts, 1979 Box 3, Folders 5-6 Preliminary hearing, January 1979 Box 4, Folder 1 May 1, 1979 Physical Description: 1.0 folder

Box 4, Folder 2 May 2, 1979 Physical Description: 1.0 folder

Box 4, Folder 3 May 3, 1979 Physical Description: 1.0 folder

Box 4, Folder 4 May 4, 1979 Physical Description: 1.0 folder

Box 4, Folder 5 May 7, 1979 Physical Description: 1.0 folder

Box 4, Folder 6 May 8, 1979 Physical Description: 1.0 folder

Box 4, Folder 7 May 9, 1979 Physical Description: 1.0 folder

Box 4, Folder 8 May 10, 1979 Physical Description: 1.0 folder

Box 4, Folder 9 May 11, 1979 Physical Description: 1.0 folder

Box 4, Folder 10 May 14, 1979 Physical Description: 1.0 folder

Box 4, Folder 11 May 15, 1979 Physical Description: 1.0 folder

Finding Aid to the Mike Weiss SFH 34 11 Double Play Collection, 1961-2011SFH 34 Series 3Book Files, 1983, 2010

Series 3 Book Files, 1983, 2010 Physical Description: 12.0 folders Scope and Contents The series contains two drafts of the first edition with corrections and revisions, and the advance reading copy of the second edition. There is also a folder with notes on sources for both editions and a poster. Arrangement Arranged chronologically.

Box 4, Double Play (Weiss ms). First completed draft, 1983 Folders 12-15 Box 4, Double Play (Weiss ms). Final copyedited draft, 1983 Folders 16-20 Box 4, Folder 21 Double Play. 2nd edition. Advance reading copy, 2010 Box 4, Folder 22 Double Play. Sources, [1983, 2010] Box 5, Books, Inc. poster for Mike Weiss speaking engagement, [2010] Oversize-folder 20 Series 4 Audiovisual Materials, 1978 Physical Description: 10.0 items(4 original audiotapes + 4 duplicates for patron use, 1 DVD, 1 audio CD) Scope and Contents This series contains an interview with Harvey Milk by Aaron Berg, a recording of the police radio communications on the morning of the Milk and Moscone killings and a recording of Dan White's confession to the murders. It also includes a radio interview with Mike Weiss and a DVD recording about the Milk and Moscone assassinations. Arrangement Arranged chronologically.

Box 3, Folder 1 Audiocassette tapes, 1978, undated Physical Description: 8.0 audiotapes(4 originals + 4 duplicates) Publication Rights Use duplicates.

"Harvey Milk interview," undated "Moscone/Milk 187." side 1 (10:55 to 11:25); side 2 (11:25 to 12:02), [November 27, 1978] "Moscone/Milk 187." side 1 (12:02 to 12:30), [November 27, 1978] "Confession" [Dan White's confession], [November 27, 1978] Box 3, Folder 2 "Milk and Moscone: Assassination at City Hall," KRON-TV (48 minutes), 2003 Physical Description: 1.0 videotape(1 DVD)

Box 3, Folder 2 Mike Weiss interviewed by John Rothman, KGO Radio (33 minutes), February 16, 2011 Physical Description: 1.0 audiotapes(1 audio CD)

Box 5, Series 5 Newspapers, 1977-1979 Oversize-folder 21 Physical Description: 34.0 items(34 newspaper sections) Scope and Contents This series contains newspapers that document press coverage of events in San Francisco between 1978 and 1979 with a focus on the murders, aftermath, and Dan White's trial and the White Night riots. Arrangement Arranged chronologically.

Finding Aid to the Mike Weiss SFH 34 12 Double Play Collection, 1961-2011SFH 34 Series 5Newspapers, 1977-1979

East Hampshire Post (England), October 13, 1977 San Francisco Sentinel, vol. 5, no. 6, March 23, 1978 San Francisco Examiner Extra edition (front section), November 27, 1978 San Francisco Examiner (front section), November 28, 1978 San Francisco Chronicle (front section), November 29, 1978 San Francisco Chronicle (front section), November 30, 1978 San Francisco Chronicle (front section), December 5, 1978 San Francisco Chronicle (front section), December 7, 1978 San Francisco Examiner (front section), December 17, 1978 San Francisco Chronicle (front section), February 9, 1979 San Francisco Examiner (front page plus photocopies of Dan White trial court drawings by Harry Aung), May 2, 1979 San Francisco Chronicle (photocopy of Dan White trial court drawing by Don Juhlin), May 3, 1979 San Francisco Chronicle (front section), May 4, 1979 San Francisco Chronicle (front page), May 5, 1979 San Francisco Examiner (front page), May 6, 1979 San Francisco Examiner (front page), May 7, 1979 San Francisco Chronicle (front page), May 8, 1979 San Francisco Chronicle (front pages), May 9, 1979 San Francisco Examiner, pages 3-4, 15-16, May 9, 1979 San Francisco Chronicle (front page), May 10, 1979 San Francisco Chronicle (front page), May 11, 1979 San Francisco Examiner (front page), May 14, 1979 San Francisco Examiner (front page), May 15, 1979 San Francisco Chronicle (front page), May 16, 1979 San Francisco Examiner (front page), May 18, 1979 San Francisco Examiner (front section), May 22, 1979 San Francisco Chronicle (front pages), May 22, 1979 San Francisco Chronicle (front section), May 23, 1979 San Francisco Examiner (front pages), May 23, 1979 San Francisco Bay Guardian (vol. 13, no.30), May 23-June 1, 1979 San Francisco Examiner, Home edition (front pages), May 24, 1979 San Francisco Examiner, California edition, (front pages), May 24, 1979 San Francisco Chronicle (front pages), May 25, 1979 American Lawyer (vol. 1, no. 5), July 1979

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