Error Correcting

      Texts that are halfway through error correcting

    Copy Typing

      A) Texts that are halfway through typing up

        Autobiographical

        Letters before his arrest

        Essays by Ted

        Ted's Letters from Prison

      B) Resources with lots of scans of which some have not yet been typed up into texts

    Doc Converting

      PDF to HTML

      Converting EPUBs to Doc

      Other tips

      Quote Indents

    Requesting Uni Scans

      Ted's Writings

      Other Interesting docs in the Archive

        Series 1: Correspondence

        Series 2: Legal

        Series 3: Prison

        Series 5: Writings of Ted K - Subseries: Refutation Documents

        Series 8: FBI Files (original order)

    Sharing Doc Info

      Books

        L'affaire Unabomber

        Eco Terror: The Violent Agenda to Save Nature

        Unabomber: Handled With Care

        Mad Genius

        Technophobe -- The Unabomber Years

      Thesis

        The New York Times and the Washington Post

        Leading The Witnesses?

      Journals

        Dark Mountain

      Videos

        Unabomber Suspect in Custody

    Uploading new docs

      Keeping track of various Ted K archive docs

    Critique Us

      Ethical steps taken by this project

Error Correcting

Anyone can edit any text on the website.

If you're busy and see a text with a lot of errors that need correcting you can simply add this tag to the #topics: Half-finished error correcting.


Texts that are halfway through error correcting



Copy Typing

A) Texts that are halfway through typing up

If you see a text that someone only half copy typed up and forgot to mark as 'half-finished', you can simply add this tag to the #topics: Half-finished copy typing

Autobiographical


Letters before his arrest


Essays by Ted


Ted's Letters from Prison


B) Resources with lots of scans of which some have not yet been typed up into texts



Doc Converting

PDF to HTML


ABBYY fine reader is the best pdf to word doc converter, then I save it as a HTML, then drag and drop into the little upload box underneath the text box when creating a new text.

And you can always get the program for free through those jolly sailor friends.


Converting EPUBs to Doc

I drag and drop the file onto the website Convertio then save the file as a HTML in word.


Other tips

If I upload a book to the website and it gets the heading levels wrong, I copy paste it into a spreadsheet column, create a column of numbers to the left, then sort both by the text on the right and look for all the heading text beginning with ** which makes it easier to fix, seeing all the headings together.


Quote Indents

This one takes a long time, but if you have a lot of books you want to bulk upload perfectly with quote indents, you can do them this way and all at the same time so it's worth it:

So if I have the document open in LibreOffice, I hit File -> Export -> and chose MediaWiki format in the 'Save as' drop down menu.

Then I open up the new file and copy paste it back into an office word document. All the indents will look something like this: "<div style="margin-left:1.251cm;margin-right:0cm;">___</div>

Then I find and replace all the "<div style...." and</div> into amusewiki code <quote>and</quote> .

Then replace single line quotes into block quotes by doing find and replace "</quote>^p^p<quote>" with simply "^p^p".



Requesting Uni Scans

Here's the guide for requesting documents from Michigan Uni. Library: Viewing the Documents.


Ted's Writings

Some work of Ted's from the Michigan Archive that looks particularly interesting that are not on the website:

  • Personal diary entries in Spanish 2008

  • Autobiographical notes 1996-12-05

  • Notes on biographies 2003

  • Notes of pages missing or illegible in TK's journal photocopies

  • Materials related to Chris Waits (1 of 4)

  • Materials related to Chris Waits (2 of 4)

  • Materials related to Chris Waits (3 of 4)

  • Materials related to Chris Waits (4 of 4)

  • Notes on Montana wilderness

  • Independent Study in Introspective Psychology, First draft with corrections by TK 2000-04-15

  • Drawings


Other Interesting docs in the Archive

Series 1: Correspondence
  • Folder 22 – Judy Clarke

  • Folder 137 – Presidential Inaugural Committee

  • Folder 145.0 – Lydia Eccles (1 of 15)

  • Folder 250 – Lincoln Rural Fire Dist.

  • Folder 395.0 – Theresa Kintz (1 of 2)

  • Folder 395.1 – Theresa Kintz (2 of 2)

  • Folder 406 – Wanda Kaczynski

  • Folder 407 – David Kaczynski

  • Folder 419 – Rejected publication notifications

  • Folder 462.0 – John Zerzan (1 of 7) 1996 – 1997

  • Folder 462.6 – John Zerzan (7 of 7)

  • Folder 585 – Earth First

  • Folder 592 – Steve Booth/Green Anarchist

  • Folder 688 – "Rob" in UK

  • Folder 692 – Richard Hering/Green Anarchists

  • Folder 737 – Jack Wild/Live Wild or Die

  • Folder 942 – Do or Die Magazine

  • Folder 1127 – Stephen Dubner

  • Folder 1267 – Freedom Bookshop

  • Folder 1271 – Ted Kaczynski note to correspondents

  • Folder 1284 – Holly Bailey/Yahoo


Series 2: Legal
  • Case-related correspondence, Miscellaneous correspondence sent while in Montana

  • Wanda Kaczynski's writings

  • Catalog of Kaczynski papers held by the government (1 of 3) 1996 – 1998

  • Catalog of Kaczynski papers held by the government (2 of 3) 1996 – 1998

  • Catalog of Kaczynski papers held by the government (3 of 3) 1996 – 1998

  • List of documents found in cabin

  • List of books taken from cabin

  • Manuals from cabin

  • Photocopies of envelopes

  • Library requests

  • University of Montana materials (1 of 2)

  • University of Montana materials (2 of 2)

  • TK's comments on "On the Unabomber" by Scott Corey

  • TK's preparatory notes for defense team meetings


Series 3: Prison
  • Healthcare

  • Inmate visiting lists

  • Psychological Records, Sacramento County Jail and Dublin Federal Detention center 1996 – 1997

  • Notes on psychologists; psychology reports


Series 5: Writings of Ted K - Subseries: Refutation Documents


  • Ae: Autobiography of Wanda Kaczynski

  • Cb: Family letters – Supplementary items

  • Cd: TJK – Juan Sanchez correspondence (1 of 3)

  • Cd: TJK – Juan Sanchez correspondence (2 of 3)

  • Cd: TJK – Juan Sanchez correspondence (3 of 3)

  • Ce: Letter from Quin Denvir to Robert Cleary

  • Cf: Letter from Quin Denvir to Michael Donahoe

  • Cg: Letter from Quin Denvir to Ted Kaczynski

  • Db: Dave's deposition (1 of 2)

  • Db: Dave's deposition (2 of 2)

  • Kb: Lincoln interviews


Series 8: FBI Files (original order)
  • Freedom Club letters and miscellaneous notes: K2013B, K1820, K1827, K1824, K1829, K1020, K2005, K2012, K1819, K1831, K1817, K1834, K1811, K1833, K1816, K1832, K1826

  • FC letter to NY Times, notebook with miscellaneous lists: K1835, K2035B

  • Journal series VI #5, 1975: K2003E

  • Letters to Montana psychologists, letter to Professor Paul Kurtz, application for Montana Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services: K2028D, K2028

  • Notes on academic articles and books: K2031

  • Correspondence and notes regarding radioactive pollution, University of Montana application, income taxes and Spanish notes: K2017P, K2017AB, K2017AA, K2017S, K2017Z, K2017AC

  • Income tax documents, correspondence Juan Sanchez Arreola: K2017Q, K2017AD

  • Journal series I #1, 1969: K2046F

  • Journal series II #2, 1972 : K2046N

  • Journal series II #2, 1972 : K2046N

  • Suggestions for Earth Firsters from FC: K2041G

  • Differential calculus, correspondence to Earth First Journal: K2019I, K2041P

  • Identification cards, contact information, calculations, miscellaneous journal notes: K2027B, K2035A, K2024B, K1075-22B

  • Letters to The Missoulian, newspaper clippings, letters to Montana congressman and state commerce department, letter from Dave Kaczynski regarding Juan Sanchez, and sunrise/sunset tables: K2026



Sharing Doc Info

If you have PDFs of books and essays you'd like to share, you can always upload them temporarily to disroot and post the link on the discord.

Or you can let people know about docs you'd like info on.


Books

L'affaire Unabomber

Apostolid`es, Jean-Marie. (1996). L'affaire Unabomber. Monaco: Editions du Rocher.

https://www.worldcat.org/title/36323156?oclcNum=36323156

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9782268023694/Laffaire-Unabomber-Apostolid%C3%A8s-Jean-Marie-2268023699/plp

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Laffaire-Unabomber-Jean-Marie-Apostolid%C3%A8s/dp/2268023699


Eco Terror: The Violent Agenda to Save Nature

Arnold, Ron. (1997). Eco Terror: The Violent Agenda to Save Nature. The World of the Unabomber. Bellevue, NY: Free Enterprise Press.

https://www.amazon.com/EcoTerror-Violent-Agenda-Nature-Unabomber/dp/0939571188

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780939571185/EcoTerror-Violent-Agenda-Save-Nature-0939571188/plp


Unabomber: Handled With Care

Cerasini, Marc. (1997). Unabomber: Handled With Care. New York: Random House.

Likely a satirical graphic novel.


Mad Genius

Gibbs, Nancy, Lacayo, Richard, Morrow, Lance, Smolowe, Jill, & Van Biema, David (with the editorial staff of Time Magazine). (1996). Mad Genius. New York: Warner Books.

https://www.worldcat.org/title/43787865?oclcNum=43787865

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mad-Genius-Odyssey-Pursuit-Unabomber/dp/0446604593


Technophobe -- The Unabomber Years

Seth Gordon Productions Staff. (1996). Technophobe -- The Unabomber Years: The Ultimate Sourcebook of Facts, Figures, Chronology, Photography, Profiles and Maps. ----: Dove Books. October 1997.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070524215845/http://www.amazon.com/Technophobe-Sourcebook-Chronology-Photography-Unexpurgated/dp/0787111597


Thesis

The New York Times and the Washington Post

Oh, Yeonho. (1997). The New York Times and the Washington Post: Covering Humanity vs. Technology Issue in the Unabomber Case. Unpublished Masters Thesis, Regent University.

https://www.worldcat.org/title/37366984?oclcNum=37366984


Leading The Witnesses?

Willard, Mark, 1997. Leading The Witnesses?: The Media's Coverage Of The Unabomber Case. Unpublished Thesis (B.S.), California Polytechnic State University, 1997.


Journals

Dark Mountain

Would be curious to see more info on Dark Mountain: dark-mountain.net/books

Here is our archive of the website: A text dump on dark mountain


Videos

Unabomber Suspect in Custody

----. (1996). Unabomber Suspect in Custody. The 4/7/96 episode of This Week with David Brinkley. New York: ABC News Video Collection. [video, 60 mins.]

Discusses the search for the Unabomber and the events leading up to and including the seizure of suspect Ted Kaczynski.



Uploading new docs

Keeping track of various Ted K archive docs



Critique Us

Reading critiques and suggestions on the direction people think this project should head in is always useful. Whether it be that you think the table of contents should be re-organized or disclaimers added to texts, etc. Let us know by joining the discord, tweeting at us, emailing thetedkarchive@proton.me or DMing us.


Ethical steps taken by this project

We have a list of essays critiquing Ted’s politics & philosophy on the front page of the website.

There are long critiques and disclaimers added to some texts and we aim to add more.

When collecting together research on misanthropic groups and projects, we simply title the text ‘a text dump on ______’. That way for example we don’t dignify fictional stories terror groups weave when they write their own press releases and title them as communiqués.

Anyone can join the debate over which texts should go up on the website, obviously if you join just to troll or spam though, you will be removed.

A record will be kept of all texts that were rejected, whether for minor formatting reasons or deeply held political reasons.

A record will also be kept of controversial texts that were approved, where for example there was a sizable disagreement.

Ideally, in the future we will have popular sorting mechanisms directly under the main search box, such as a check box for 'only anarchist texts' that would exclude texts labelled 'not anarchist'.