- Archives & Manuscripts at Duke University Libraries Search Results

Contains drafts, revisions, mock-ups, outlines, correspondence, clippings, articles, notes, and other assorted materials related to The Turkey Shoot: Tracking the Attica Cover-Up (1985, published by Grove Press) and The Attica Turkey Shoot: Carnage, Cover-Up, and the Pursuit of Justice (2017, published by Simon and Schuster), otherwise referred to as The Turkey Shoot. Materials cover Bell's drafts and revisions to both editions with annotations by him; alongside numerous correspondence with his publishers; friends and colleagues advising Bell on drafts and publication strategies; readers, including former or current prison inmates; inquiries into a film version; and efforts in publication and outreach, including various rejections.

Collection Context

Poster for two lectures given by Malcolm Bell at Hampshire College, Massachusetts, 1975 April 22
Oversize-folder 1

"ATTICA / Malcolm Bell former Attica prosecution attorney." Bold, minimalist graphic design in black and white letters, no background. The two lectures are titled "Problems of applied legal ethics," and "Attica - An inside view from the prosecutor's office." Poster is on thick natural stock and measures 18x20 inches. Thumbtack holes appear in the corners.

Collection Context

Malcolm Bell interview in The Boston Phoenix, 1975 May 13
Box 15

Full issue of the Boston weekly. A photocopy of the article is provided for research use.

Collection Context

Speeches, interviews, lectures by Bell, drafts, notes, programs, publicity, 1970s-2022 2 folders
Box 10

The latest date applies to Bell's appearance at the Queens Book Festival in Fall 2022.

Collection Context

Bell interview and response, Gallery magazine, 1979 February-1980 August
Box 10

These two pieces appear in issues of an adult magazine with sexual content and nudity. While the original magazine issues have been retained, a photocopy of the article is available in the folder for research purposes.

Collection Context

Interview and two speeches for the 30th anniversary, 2001
Box 18

The speeches were given in September 2001 at the Forgotten Victims of Attica memorial, held at Attica Prison; and at Bethune-Cook College in Florida, for the dedication of the Bill Cunningham Attica Archives.

Collection Context

Forum on Justice announcement, 1986
Box 21

Collection Context

Handouts for Attica Commemorative Symposium, 1993
Box 21

Collection Context

Correspondence for talks and book events related to Attica, 2016-2017
Box 21

Collection Context

History Author Talk interview and correspondence, 2017
Box 21

Collection Context

Correspondence, notes, and handouts for Geneseo activities, 2017-2018
Box 21

Collection Context

Correspondence for John Jay College talk, 2017-2018
Box 21

Collection Context

Typed note from Bell contextualizing November 1975 recorded conversations with Donald Jelinek, and extract from Jelinek's book on Attica, 2011, 2023 November
Box 18

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Megan and Betsy, Intro, Ground rules, 1975 November 23
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0001

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0002

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0003

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0004

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0005

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0006

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0007

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0008

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0009

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0010

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0011

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0012

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0013

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0014

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0015

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0016

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Talks, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0017

Collection Context

Jelinek-Bell, Ending, 1975 November
Box 19 > Audio-cassette RL.12024-CS-0018

Collection Context

Audio recordings of Malcolm Bell and Don Jelinek conversing about the Attica uprising, 1975 November

The 18 audiocassettes in this series contain original recordings of conversations in late November 1975 between Malcolm Bell and Donald Jelinek. During the sessions, each man questions the other about their involvement in the Attica uprising legal cases, as well as the uprising itself and the cover-up. Each session is roughly an hour long except for the last tape, which is about 30 minutes during which they wrap up the sessions.

Collection Context

Interviews, Speeches, Lectures, 1975-2022

Contains correspondence, clippings, drafts, transcripts, notes, audio cassettes, and other assorted materials related to various interviews, speeches, and lectures given by Bell on Attica-related topics. Materials focus on Attica anniversaries; talks and panel discussions at colleges and other sites; and Bell's involvement in the Attica uprising, investigations, and cover-ups.

Collection Context

Clark Richard X., The Brothers of Attica (book), with Leonard Levitt (photocopy), 1973
Box 14

Collection Context

Ghosts of Attica, 90-minute color documentary on VHS videocassette, directed by Brad Lichtenstein, 2019 1 videocassettes
Box 16

Collection Context

Jelinek, Donald, "Attica Then, Attica Now,"The Nation, 1976 December 4
Box 14

Collection Context

Meisler, Richard, "An Attica trial," account of Hill-Pernasilice trial, circa 1975
Box 14

Typescript, 40 pages.

Collection Context

Rubenstein, Annette, "Attica 1971-1975," Charter Group for Pledge of Conscience, New York, 1975 December
Box 14

Pamphlet of 20 pages.

Collection Context

Thompson, Heather Ann, materials on her Attica book, Blood in the Water, including Bell's notes and email exchanges, 2015-2017
Box 14

Collection Context

"Attica": Handmade commemorative art booklet with 2 original collage photographs, unidentified creator, approximately 1970s
Box 14

Seven pages, bound with paper covers, measuring roughly 11x14 inches.

Collection Context

Manuscript prison diary (photocopy), 1971 September 9-October 27
Box 14

Untitled hand-written manuscript diary of events, conversations, and movements during the uprising, roughly 126 pages (8 1/2 x10 inches), created by an unidentified prison inmate or inmates. Ends with lists of the wounded and dead, and main protagonists, including journalists and politicians. The faint words "Prison Diary" and "Bradley," "Larry" and "Harold" appear on the first page, top right. Malcolm Bell's address label is affixed to paper cover.

Collection Context

Email exchanges and manuscript revisions with Heather Ann Thompson, 2015-2017
Box 21

Collection Context

Heather Ann Thompson, "The Lingering Injustice of Attica", 2011 September 08
Box 21

Collection Context

Reviews of Blood in the Water, 2016
Box 21

Collection Context

Myron Farber, "Somebody is Lying", 1982
Box 21

Collection Context

Writings and Creative Work by Others, 1970s-2017

Contains correspondence, drafts, clippings, writings, and a documentary video related to the Attica uprising and related events. Of note is a handmade artist's book of seven pages with collage photographic images and text commemorating Attica, a lengthy manuscript photocopy of an unidentified inmate's prison diary, and materials related to Heather Ann Thompson's Blood in the Water, in which Bell offered feedback.

Collection Context

Writings, Speeches, and Interviews, 1971-2025

Contains drafts, revisions, published works, correspondence, clippings, articles, mock-ups, audio cassettes, and other assorted materials in the form of written and spoken works by Bell as well as others. Most materials cover Bell's pieces and engagement on Attica including his time as a prosecutor, his resignation, as well as later interviews and speeches. Of significant focus are the materials related to Bell's book, The Turkey Shoot, originally published in 1985 and later updated in 2017 and 2022. Additional significant materials include an original copy of Bell's 1975 whistle-blowing report about the Attica Prison uprising cover-up sent to New York State Governor Hugh Carey and conversations between Bell and Donald Jelinek about the Attica uprising and their involvement in 1975. Other works focus on Attica, its anniversaries, and other short pieces.

Collection Context

William and Katherine Bernstein. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 16
Box 7 > Video-cassette RL11031-DVCAM-018

Container label: "Exteriors- walking to seminars; cantor singing... lunch with B'nai Brith attendees...Wild Acres…glassblowers - Bernsteins"

Collection Context

William and Katherine Bernstein. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 16
Box 7 > Video-cassette RL11031-DVCAM-019

Container label: "Bernstein's glass pieces, Yaffa Sikorski [Sikorsky-Todd] & Jeff Todd, Rob Levin"

Collection Context

Bernstein, William and Katherine (Burnsville), 2007

Collection Context

Norman Bossert. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2005 June 21
Box 2 > Audio-cassette RL11031-CS-058

Container label: "6/21/05 Asheville NC; Norman Bossert; Brevard Jewish Community; Interviewer: Leonard Rogoff"

Collection Context

Norman Bossert. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2005 June 21
Box 8 > Folder 1

Collection Context

Bossert, Norman (Brevard), 2005

Collection Context

Barry Eisenberg. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 16
Box 1 > Audio-cassette RL11031-CS-022

Container label: "Blue Star - Walter Solomon, Barry Eisenberg, Rodger Popkin"

Collection Context

Barry Eisenberg. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 16
Box 7 > Video-cassette RL11031-DVCAM-020

Container label: "Camp Blue Star, Vicky and Roger [Rodger] Popkin, Rosalee [Rosalie] Popkin, Archery - kids, Photo of camp - Kiddush Prayer, Barry Eisenberg, Shabbat Service"

Collection Context

Eisenberg, Barry (Hendersonville / Camp Blue Star), 2007

Collection Context

Sharon Fahrer. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 18
Box 7 > Video-cassette RL11031-DVCAM-020

Container label: "Asheville: Jan Schocket, Sharon Fahrer"

Collection Context

Fahrer, Sharon, 2007

Collection Context

Morris Kaplan. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2005 June 21
Box 1 > Audio-cassette RL11031-CS-013

Container label: "Morris Kaplan, Hendersonville, Agudas Israel Cong."

Collection Context

Morris Kaplan. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2005 June 21
Box 8 > Folder 1

Collection Context

Kaplan, Morris (Hendersonville), 2005

Collection Context

Vicky Popkin Kligerman. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 17
Box 7 > Video-cassette RL11031-DVCAM-019

Container label: "Camp Blue Star, Miles Kutler [Kuttler], Roger [Rodger] Popkin and Vicky Kligerman"

Collection Context

Vicky Popkin Kligerman. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 17
Box 7 > Video-cassette RL11031-DVCAM-020

Container label: "Camp Blue Star, Vicky and Roger [Rodger] Popkin, Rosalee [Rosalie] Popkin, Archery - kids, Photo of camp - Kiddush Prayer, Barry Eisenberg, Shabbat Service"

Collection Context

Kligerman, Vicky Popkin (Hendersonville / Camp Blue Star), 2007

Collection Context

Miles Kuttler. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 17
Box 7 > Video-cassette RL11031-DVCAM-019

Container label: "Camp Blue Star, Miles Kutler [Kuttler], Roger [Rodger] Popkin and Vicky Kligerman"

Collection Context

Kuttler, Miles (Hendersonville / Camp Blue Star), 2007

Collection Context

Rob Levin. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 16
Box 7 > Video-cassette RL11031-DVCAM-019

Container label: "Bernstein's glass pieces, Yaffa Sikorski [Sikorsky-Todd] & Jeff Todd, Rob Levin"

Collection Context

Rob Levin. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 16
Box 8 > Folder 1

Container label: "Bernstein's glass pieces, Yaffa Sikorski [Sikorsky-Todd] & Jeff Todd, Rob Levin"

Collection Context

Levin, Rob (Burnsville), 2007

Collection Context

Milton Lurey. Interviewed by Sharon Fahrer and Jan Schochet, 2003 August 6
Box 5 > Video-cassette RL11031-MDV-001

Container label: "Milton Lurey Tape 1"

Collection Context

Milton Lurey. Interviewed by Sharon Fahrer and Jan Schochet, 2003 August 6
Box 5 > Video-cassette RL11031-MDV-002

Container label: "Milton Lurey Tape 2"

Collection Context

Milton Lurey. Interviewed by Sharon Fahrer and Jan Schochet, 2003 August 6
Box 8 > Folder 1

Collection Context

Lurey, Milton (Hendersonville), 2003

Collection Context

Marilyn Blomberg Patton. Interviewed by Sharon Fahrer, 2004 February 23
Box 5 > Video-cassette RL11031-MDV-004

Container label: "Marilyn Blomberg Patton"

Collection Context

Marilyn Blomberg Patton. Interviewed by Sharon Fahrer, 2004 February 23
Box 8 > Folder 1

Collection Context

Patton, Marilyn Blomberg, 2004

Collection Context

Rodger Popkin. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 16
Box 1 > Audio-cassette RL11031-CS-022

Container label: "Blue Star - Walter Solomon, Barry Eisenberg, Rodger Popkin"

Collection Context

Rodger Popkin. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 17
Box 7 > Video-cassette RL11031-DVCAM-019

Container label: "Camp Blue Star, Miles Kutler [Kuttler], Roger [Rodger] Popkin and Vicky Kligerman"

Collection Context

Rodger Popkin. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 17
Box 7 > Video-cassette RL11031-DVCAM-020

Container label: "Camp Blue Star, Vicky and Roger [Rodger] Popkin, Rosalee [Rosalie] Popkin, Archery - kids, Photo of camp - Kiddush Prayer, Barry Eisenberg, Shabbat Service"

Collection Context

Popkin, Rodger (Hendersonville / Camp Blue Star), 2007

Collection Context

Rosalie Popkin. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 17
Box 7 > Video-cassette RL11031-DVCAM-020

Container label: "Camp Blue Star, Vicky and Roger [Rodger] Popkin, Rosalee [Rosalie] Popkin, Archery - kids, Photo of camp - Kiddush Prayer, Barry Eisenberg, Shabbat Service"

Collection Context

Jan Schochet. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 18
Box 7 > Video-cassette RL11031-DVCAM-020

Container label: "Asheville: Jan Schocket [Schochet], Sharon Fahrer"

Collection Context

Jan Schochet. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 18
Box 7 > Audio-cassette RL11031-DVCAM-021

Container label: "Asheville: Julienne Winner, Asheville Cemetary, Jan Schocket [Schochet]

Collection Context

Jan Schochet. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 18
Box 7 > Video-cassette RL11031-DVCAM-022

Container label: "Jan Schocket [Schochet], placards, JCC/Beth Ha Tephila Reform, Beth Israel, Sylvia and Karl Straus; Gordon Scrapyard - Statesville - Saul and Kalman"

Collection Context

Schochet, Jan, 2007

Collection Context

Walter Solomon. Interviewed by Leonard Rogoff for Down Home project, 2007 August 16
Box 1 > Audio-cassette RL11031-CS-022

Container label: "Blue Star - Walter Solomon, Barry Eisenberg, Rodger Popkin"

Collection Context

Search

Search Results

Limit your search

Digital Materials

Collection

Creator

Date range

Level

Names

Repository

Research Center

Places

Subjects

Format

University Archives Record Group