[Handwritten Notes by Lee Harvey Oswald #1] (open access)

[Handwritten Notes by Lee Harvey Oswald #1]

Photocopy of handwritten notes by Lee Harvey Oswald. In the notes, Oswald writes of an invitation he received to give a lecture in Russian, his attempts to form a branch of the FPCC, his skills in the field of photography and street agitation, his interests in Communism, his time lived in Russia, and his service in the USMC.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report on Officer's Duties by W. E. Potts] (open access)

[Report on Officer's Duties by W. E. Potts]

Carbon copy of report by W. E. Potts. Following the President's assassination, Potts went into the Homicide and Robbery bureau and took affidavits. Potts and B. L. Senkel went to search Lee Harvey Oswald's room and were informed that he had registered as O. H. Lee. Several items were taken from the room after a search warrant arrived. On the 25th of November, F. M. Turner and W. E. Potts questioned Ronald Fischer, who stated a photo of Oswald looked a lot like a man who had been looking out the window of the Texas Book Depository on the day that the President was killed.
Date: 1963-11-23~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Information After Ruby Killed Oswald Page 1 #3] (open access)

[Information After Ruby Killed Oswald Page 1 #3]

Carbon copy of the first page of a report by H. M. Moore regarding information after Ruby killed Oswald. Report includes names, dates, and information from individuals interviewed during the investigation.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Information Report from W. E. Hibbs, Homicide & Robbery Bureau #2] (open access)

[Information Report from W. E. Hibbs, Homicide & Robbery Bureau #2]

Carbon copy of a report from W. E. Hibbs for the Homicide & Robbery Bureau. The report states that Mr. O. D. Small found a card which read "President Dead!, Conally shot." The card was found in his screen door. His neighbor found a similar card in their mailbox.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report by Marvin Johnson on Officer Tippit's Murder #2] (open access)

[Report by Marvin Johnson on Officer Tippit's Murder #2]

Carbon copy of report by Marvin Johnson regarding his actions after the assassination of President Kennedy. Johnson and his partner, L. D. Montgomery, visited Oak Cliff Cab Co. and spoke to a cab driver named W. W. Scoggins regarding Officer Tippit's murder.
Date: 1963-11-23~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement by R. A. Reid] (open access)

[Statement by R. A. Reid]

Handwritten statement by Mrs. R. A. Reid. Reid worked for the Texas School Book Depository and took a lunch break at 12 PM on November 22nd. She went outside to watch the parade and heard three shots. She returned to the office on the second floor and saw Lee Harvey Oswald coming through the back office door. At the time she did not know his name. He mumbled in response to her exclamation that the president had been shot at and she did not see him again.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report on Investigation of the President's Murder by Detectives #1] (open access)

[Report on Investigation of the President's Murder by Detectives #1]

Investigation report on the investigation of President Kennedy's murder. The report describes the search and seizure of property from the home of Ruth Paine. Items seized include a rifle and ammo.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate from U.S. Armed Forces Institute] (open access)

[Certificate from U.S. Armed Forces Institute]

Photocopy of a certificate given to Lee Harvey Oswald. It reads: "United States Armed Forces Institute, Madison, Wisconsin. This is to certify that Oswald, Lee H. has successfully completed the USAFI Tests of General Educational Development, High School Level, this date 3-23-59, matriculation no. 6684M230." It is signed by J.W . Poindexter, and Darrell J. Inabnit.
Date: March 23, 1959
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Information After Ruby Killed Oswald Page 2 #1] (open access)

[Information After Ruby Killed Oswald Page 2 #1]

Second page of a report by H. M. Moore regarding information collected after Ruby killed Oswald. Report includes names, dates, and information from individuals interviewed during the investigation.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Joseph Naylor, Jr. to Lee Harvey Oswald, November 23, 1963] (open access)

[Telegram from Joseph Naylor, Jr. to Lee Harvey Oswald, November 23, 1963]

Telegram from Joseph Naylor, Jr. to Lee Harvey Oswald, on November 23, 1963. It reads: "You are dead."
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Naylor, Joseph, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Notes by Lee Harvey Oswald #2] (open access)

[Handwritten Notes by Lee Harvey Oswald #2]

Photocopy of handwritten notes by Lee Harvey Oswald. In the notes, Oswald writes of an invitation he received to give a lecture in Russian, his attempts to form a branch of the FPCC, his skills in the field of photography and street agitation, his interests in Communism, his time lived in Russia, and his service in the USMC.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report on Investigation of the President's Murder by Detectives #3] (open access)

[Report on Investigation of the President's Murder by Detectives #3]

Carbon copy of an investigation report on the investigation of President Kennedy's murder. The report describes the search and seizure of property from the home of Ruth Paine. Items seized include a rifle and ammo.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jailer's Release Form for the transfer of Lee Harvey Oswald #4] (open access)

[Jailer's Release Form for the transfer of Lee Harvey Oswald #4]

Photocopy of two forms which release Lee Harvey Oswald from jail and into the custody of officers at various times on the 23rd of November, 1963. The forms are signed by the jailers and officers. On the bottommost form the following is written in large letters: "DECEASED."
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Information After Ruby Killed Oswald Page 2 #2] (open access)

[Information After Ruby Killed Oswald Page 2 #2]

Carbon copy of the second page of a report by H. M. Moore regarding information collected after Ruby killed Oswald. Report includes names, dates, and information from individuals interviewed during the investigation.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jailer's Release Form for the transfer of Lee Harvey Oswald #3] (open access)

[Jailer's Release Form for the transfer of Lee Harvey Oswald #3]

Photocopy of two forms which release Lee Harvey Oswald from jail and into the custody of officers at various times on the 23rd of November, 1963. The forms are signed by the jailers and officers.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement by Billy Joe Willis] (open access)

[Statement by Billy Joe Willis]

Handwritten statement by Billy Joe Willis. Willis had known Jack Ruby for twelve years. He states that he worked for Ruby as a drummer and that Ruby took the death of the President very hard. Billy's girlfriend, Joan McClune, telephoned him to tell him that Ruby had killed Oswald.
Date: 1963-11-23~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Inventory of Additional Items Removed from Ruth Paine's House #2] (open access)

[Inventory of Additional Items Removed from Ruth Paine's House #2]

Inventory of items removed from Ruth Paine's house at 2515 W. 5th in Irving, Texas. The items were recovered by G. F. Rose, and R. S. Stovall. Items included a medal, jewelry, negatives, Russian books, photographs, and manuscripts written by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Inventory of Items Found at 1026 N. Beckley #2] (open access)

[Inventory of Items Found at 1026 N. Beckley #2]

Carbon copy of an inventory of items found by Turner, Potts, Moore, and Senkel at 1026 North Beckley. Items found include clothing, a radio, a leather holster, books, letters, binoculars, letters, passports, a birth certificate, and an undesirable discharge from the U.S.M.C.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Permits to Visit Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby] (open access)

[Permits to Visit Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby]

Photocopies of permits for individuals to visit Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo to J. W. Fritz from B. J. Combest, November 23, 1963 #1] (open access)

[Memo to J. W. Fritz from B. J. Combest, November 23, 1963 #1]

Office memorandum addressed to Captain J. W. Fritz of the Dallas Police Department. In the memorandum, B. H. Combest states that he was assigned to the passageway leading from the jail office to the street ramp during the time that Lee Harvey Oswald was to be transferred. Combest observed Ruby approach and shoot Oswald.
Date: 1963-11-23~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram to Lee Harvey Oswald from Clarence Tingle, November 23, 1963] (open access)

[Telegram to Lee Harvey Oswald from Clarence Tingle, November 23, 1963]

Individual telegram by Clarence Tingle to Lee Harvey Oswald telling him to look at the news reports about his assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Tingle, Clarence
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Crime Scene Search Section Forms] (open access)

[Crime Scene Search Section Forms]

Forms concerning photographs, I. D. cards, and addresses to be received and copied by the Identification Bureau, Crime Scene Search Section, Police Department, Dallas, Texas.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram to Lee Harvey Oswald from Joseph Naylor, November 23, 1963] (open access)

[Telegram to Lee Harvey Oswald from Joseph Naylor, November 23, 1963]

Individual telegram by Joseph Naylor to Lee Harvey Oswald with the words "You are dead"
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Naylor, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Information Report from W. E. Hibbs, Homicide & Robbery Bureau #3] (open access)

[Information Report from W. E. Hibbs, Homicide & Robbery Bureau #3]

Carbon copy of a report from W. E. Hibbs for the Homicide & Robbery Bureau. The report states that Mr. O. D. Small found a card which read "President Dead!, Conally shot." The card was found in his screen door. His neighbor found a similar card in their mailbox.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History