TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Content Note
Organization of Collection
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Correspondence
Court Records
Liberty Legal Defense Fund
San Antonio Police Department Records
Newsclippings
Assorted Materials
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A Guide to the Entrapment Operations in San Antonio Parks Collection, 1993-2005
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McGowan, Michael |
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Entrapment Operations in San Antonio Parks Collection |
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Dates: | 1993-2005 |
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Creator Abstract: |
Michael McGowan resides in San Antonio and worked as an activist with the city's LGBTQ community. McGowan served on the board of directors of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center San Antonio (GLCCSA), as the Political Action Coordinator for the San Antonio Equal Rights Political Caucus (SAERPC), and as President of the San Antonio chapter of Log Cabin Republicans. |
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The Entrapment Operations in San Antonio Parks Collection was brought together by Michael McGowan while serving on the board of directors of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center San Antonio. The collection is comprised of printed materials that chronicle entrapment operations of San Antonio police and park rangers in the city's parks. Also in the collection are records covering efforts by the Gay and Lesbian Community Center to stop entrapment actions and assist some of those arrested in park undercover operations. The collection has been arranged into the following series: correspondence, court records, Liberty Legal Defense Fund records, San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) records, newsclippings, and assorted materials. |
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Identification: |
MS 415 |
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1.25 linear feet (2 boxes) |
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Materials are in English. |
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University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections |
Michael McGowan resides in San Antonio and worked as an activist with the city's LGBTQ community. McGowan served on the board of directors of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center San Antonio, as the Political Action Coordinator for the San Antonio Equal Rights Political Caucus, and as President of the San Antonio chapter of Log Cabin Republicans.
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The Entrapment Operations in San Antonio Parks Collection was brought together by Michael McGowan while serving on the board of directors of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center San Antonio. The collection is comprised of printed materials that chronicle entrapment operations of San Antonio police and park rangers in the city's parks during the 1990s through the early 2000s. Also in the collection are records covering efforts by the Gay and Lesbian Community Center to stop entrapment actions and assist some of those arrested during park undercover operations.
Highlights of the collection include San Antonio park ranger incident reports for hundreds of men arrested during entrapment operations. Internal memoranda from the San Antonio Police Department, the mayor's office, and local officials cover park ranger training, citizen complaints about illicit activities in San Antonio parks, and efforts by local officials to stop these activities. Also included are court records from individual cases that received assistance from the Liberty Legal Defense Fund founded by the Gay and Lesbian Community Center San Antonio. The collection has been arranged into the following series: correspondence, court records, Liberty Legal Defense Fund, San Antonio Police department records, newsclippings, and assorted materials.
Selected material in this collection has been digitized and is available in our digital collections.
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Organization of Collection |
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Correspondence |
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Court Records |
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Liberty Legal Defense Fund |
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San Antonio Police Department Records |
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Newsclippings |
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Assorted Materials |
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Access Restrictions
Original audiovisual materials and electronic media cannot be handled directly by patrons. Please contact Special Collections to request access to these materials, which may require the creation of digital copies.
This collection is housed at UTSA's Main Campus and must be accessed via the John Peace Library Special Collections reading room. To request access, please use the Collections Request Form.
Use Restrictions
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
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Personal Names |
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McGowan, Michael. |
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Organizations |
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San Antonio Gay and Lesbian Community Center. |
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San Antonio Express News. |
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San Antonio Chapter of Log Cabin Republicans. |
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San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department. |
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San Antonio Police Department. |
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Subjects |
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Gay community--Texas--San Antonio. |
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Gays--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States. |
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Gay rights--Texas--San Antonio. |
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Gays--Texas--San Antonio--Political activity. |
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Locations |
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San Antonio (Tex.)--History. |
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Genres/Formats |
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Clippings. |
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Correspondence. |
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Legal documents. |
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Police records. |
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Local Subjects |
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Activism/Activists |
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resources |
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[Identification of item], Entrapment Operations in San Antonio Parks Collection, MS 415, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
Materials were donated by Michael McGowan in June 2013 (Acc. 2013-031).
Processed by Melissa Gohlke, Library Assistant, July 2013.
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Correspondence |
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Series includes correspondence between Michael McGowan and City of San Antonio officials, local politicians, attorneys, and United States government officials and agencies. |
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Political, 1998-2003 and undated View Contents
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With enclosures on homosexual conduct law in Texas,1999 View Contents
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Park ranger instruction, 1999-2001 View Selected Items
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Open records requests,2000 View Contents
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Criminal District Attorney Susan Reed,April 2000 View Contents
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Assorted agencies and organizations, 2000-2001 View Contents
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San Antonio City Manager,2001 View Contents
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Lawrence vs. State of Texas was a landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court struck down the sodomy law in Texas. The Vasquez and Renick cases involved men arrested in San Antonio parks by undercover park rangers on charges of indecent exposure. |
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John Geddes Lawrence and Tyron Garner vs. the State of Texas, amended brief of appellants,1999 View Contents
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Roman Espinoza Vasquez vs. the State of Texas, opinion on appellee's motion for rehearing,1999 View Contents
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State of Texas vs. Brink Coleman Renick, motion to suppress,July 12, 2000 View Contents
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Liberty Legal Defense Fund |
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Liberty Legal Defense Fund was founded by the Gay and Lesbian Community Center San Antonio to assist some individuals arrested during entrapment operations who chose to fight the charges against them. |
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State of Texas vs. Alfaro Frausto, memos from SAPD to park ranger Chief Bonn, 1997-2005 View Selected Items
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State of Texas vs. Alfred Mojica, 2000 View Contents
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Assumed name certificates,2000 View Contents
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Alfred L. Mojica appeal, misconduct charges against Judge Michael E. Mery,2001 View Contents
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Newsclippings,2000-2001 and undated View Contents
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Series consists of citizen complaints about illicit activities in San Antonio parks and responses to these complaints by city officials. The bulk of the records are comprised of offense and incident reports documenting arrests of men in local parks. |
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Interoffice correspondence regarding park ranger training, undercover operations,1994-1997 View Contents
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Complaints about illicit activities in San Antonio parks,1995-1999 View Contents
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Sex offense "38" report,1997 View Contents
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Statistical arrests for Olmos Park,1997 View Contents
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Incident reports, 1998-1999 |
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Incident report-man protesting entrapment operations, 1999 |
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Offense reports, 2001 |
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Covert operations procedures, undated View Contents
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Newsclippings |
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Articles on gay issues, 2001 and undated |
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Assorted, 1993-2003 |
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Indecent exposure cases, 1999 |
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Same-sex marriage, 1999-2001 |
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San Antonio Current,February 2000 |
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Assorted Materials |
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Comments by Mayor Howard Peak, 1993-1996 View Contents
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Uncivil Rights: selections from the Christian Coalition Siege on the San Antonio City Council, videocassette produced by the San Antonio chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans, January 29, 1998 |
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Timeline and overview of SAPD and park ranger operations, 1993-2001 View Contents
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Press release: LAPD lewd conduct arrest records, ACLU pocket card on police encounters,1999-2000 View Contents
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Assorted printed materials,2000 View Contents
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"Addressing Police Misconduct" brochure, undated View Contents
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Notes on arrest statistics, undated View Contents
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"Notes on FBI interview," undated View Contents
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Travel advisory put out by the GLCCSA, undated View Contents
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