Patrick V. Garland collection on the reassessment of the Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials relating to Garland's work on the Kennedy case, including photographs, copies of court documents, working notes, correspondence, and copies of news articles. Accompanying the collection is a copy of The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy: An Investigation of Motive, Means, and Opportunity by Dan E. Moldea (NY: Norton, 1995), which is located in Special Collections (General: E 840.8 K4M58 1995).
Dates
- Created: 1974-1988
- Other: Date acquired: 02/15/2007
Creator
- Garland, Patrick V. (1937-) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
None. The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for further information.
Biographical or Historical Information
Prompted by allegations that the bullet evidence in the Robert F. Kennedy assassination case indicated involvement by a second gunman, on September 18, 1975 Superior Court Judge Robert A. Wenke ordered a reexamination of the firearms evidence. The court appointed Patrick Garland and six other prominent forensic firearms experts to conduct the reexamination and determine if the firearms-related evidence provided any basis for the second gunman theory. Elected chairman of the expert panel by his colleagues, Garland coordinated the panel's work and presented its findings to the court. The panel concluded that, contrary to claims, there was no difference in the number of cannelures on the bullets, no difference in rifling clarity or angles not accounted for by impact damage, and that nothing in the firearms evidence indicated that a second gun was used in the Kennedy assassination.
Note written by PEC, 2007
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet
1 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Alphabetically by type of document.
Source of Acquisition
Patrick V. Garland
Method of Acquisition
Donation
- Bullets -- Identification Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Firearms -- Identification Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Forensic ballistics Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Garland, Patrick V. (1937-)
- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 -- Assassination Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Patrick V. Garland collection on the reassessment of the Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
- Author
- PEC, 2007; KC, 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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