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Conversation with President Johnson transcript

Conversation with President Johnson

Audio recording of an interview with Lyndon B. Johnson regarding his rise to presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Date: March 15, 1964
Creator: WFAA-TV (Television station : Dallas, Tex.)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ruby Verdict: 30 Minute Special transcript

Ruby Verdict: 30 Minute Special

Audio recording of a radio news special covering the guilty verdict reached by the jury in the Jack Ruby trial.
Date: March 14, 1964
Creator: WFAA-TV (Television station : Dallas, Tex.)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ruby Verdict: Belli, Wade, and Brown transcript

Ruby Verdict: Belli, Wade, and Brown

Audio recording of interviews with Melvin Belli, Joe Tonahill, Henry Wade, and Joe Brown immediately following a guilty verdict reached by the jury in the Jack Ruby trial.
Date: March 14, 1964
Creator: WFAA-TV (Television station : Dallas, Tex.)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Melvin Belli San Francisco News Conference after Being Fired transcript

Melvin Belli San Francisco News Conference after Being Fired

Audio recording of Melvin Belli announcing his resignation from the Jack Ruby case and from the American Bar Association.
Date: March 20, 1964
Creator: The National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interviews with Marguerite Oswald and Melvin Belli transcript

Interviews with Marguerite Oswald and Melvin Belli

Audio recording of interviews with Marguerite Oswald and Melvin Belli regarding Lee Harvey Oswald and the Jack Ruby trial.
Date: March 10, 1964
Creator: WFAA-TV (Television station : Dallas, Tex.)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Burleson and Tonahill News after Percy Foreman Left Case transcript

Burleson and Tonahill News after Percy Foreman Left Case

Audio recording of interviews with Phil Burleson, Joe Tonahill, and Percy Foreman regarding Foreman's withdrawal from the Jack Ruby trial.
Date: March 23, 1964
Creator: WFAA-TV (Television station : Dallas, Tex.)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: J. D. Tippit follows in granddad's path] (open access)

[Clipping: J. D. Tippit follows in granddad's path]

Newspaper clipping discussing a police officer that Lee Harvey Oswald gunned down while the officer was searching for the killer who assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Officer Tippit's grandson, J. D. Tippit, is following in his grandfather's footsteps and becoming a police office. The article has red markings in pen.
Date: March 27, 2006
Creator: Kovach, Gretel C.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Interview with Mark Lane in Playboy Magazine #3] (open access)

[Interview with Mark Lane in Playboy Magazine #3]

Poor quality photocopies of a magazine article which appeared in Playboy Magazine. The article features an extensive interview with Mark Lane, an attorney and author, who is critical of the Warren Commission's assessment of the assassination of President Kennedy.
Date: March 23, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Envelope from Sandra Saulsbery to Division of Investigation]

Envelope from Sandra Saulsbery to the Division of Investigation of the Dallas Police Department.
Date: March 8, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sandra Saulsbery to Division of Investigation] (open access)

[Letter from Sandra Saulsbery to Division of Investigation]

Handwritten letter from Sandra Saulsbery to the Division of Investigation of the Dallas Police Department. Saulsbery asks that the Division of Investigation send her information regarding the assassination of President Kennedy.
Date: March 8, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: New Orleans DA Subpoenas Man Held After Assassination #2] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: New Orleans DA Subpoenas Man Held After Assassination #2]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping which appeared in The Dallas Morning News. The article states that Layton Martens was subpoenaed by District Attorney Jim Garrison.
Date: March 24, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Polygraph Transcript of Carroll Jarnagin #1] (open access)

[Polygraph Transcript of Carroll Jarnagin #1]

Transcript of a polygraph examination given to Mr. Carroll Jarnagin. Jarnagin stated that he had overheard a conversation between Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald. The polygraph examination revealed that Jarnagin was intoxicated at the time of the alleged conversation and had made the story up.
Date: March 2, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Sergio Arcacha from James Ernest Wilkinson, March 9, 1967 #2] (open access)

[Letter to Sergio Arcacha from James Ernest Wilkinson, March 9, 1967 #2]

Poor quality photocopy of a letter addressed to Sergio Arcacha. The letter, which was written by James Ernest Wilkinson, is largely illegible.
Date: March 9, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Velma Aitken to Dallas Police Department, March 24, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from Velma Aitken to Dallas Police Department, March 24, 1968]

Letter from Velma Aitken to the Dallas Police Department, requesting information regarding Jack Ruby's medical treatment.
Date: March 24, 1968
Creator: Aitken, Velma
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report to W. F. Dyson by M. H. Brumley, March 16, 1967 #1] (open access)

[Report to W. F. Dyson by M. H. Brumley, March 16, 1967 #1]

Criminal intelligence report which states that Raymond Cummings contacted Jim Garrison, District Attorney in New Orleans, and stated that he had hauled Lee Harvey Oswald.
Date: March 16, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Inventory of evidence, page 2 #1] (open access)

[Inventory of evidence, page 2 #1]

Page two of an inventory of evidence by an unknown author. Lists Post Office box records of Alex James Hidell, the name appearing on a Selective Service card found on Lee Harvey Oswald at the time of his arrest.
Date: March 12, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Form Requesting Copies from Identification Bureau #2] (open access)

[Form Requesting Copies from Identification Bureau #2]

Form from the Crime Scene Search Section of the Identification Bureau in Dallas, Texas. The form requests that the Identification Bureau make copies of a S. O. F. P. C. card so that a comparison can be made of fingerprints.
Date: March 10, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sandra Sautsbery to the Dallas Police Department, March 6, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Sandra Sautsbery to the Dallas Police Department, March 6, 1964]

Letter from Sandra Sautsbery to the Dallas Police Department requesting information on President John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald for a school history project.
Date: March 6, 1964
Creator: Saulsbery, Sandra
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photocopy of a newspaper clipping with a threat written across it] (open access)

[Photocopy of a newspaper clipping with a threat written across it]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping regarding the testimony of Lee Harvey Oswald's coworker and coworker's sister, with a threat written across it.
Date: March 12, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Crime Scene Search Section Form for Curtain Rods] (open access)

[Crime Scene Search Section Form for Curtain Rods]

Form from the Identification Bureau of the Dallas Police Department which signifies the receipt of two curtain rods. Written at the bottom of the form is: "1 legible print - does not belong to Oswald."
Date: March 15, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report to W. F. Dyson by C. T. Burnley, March 2, 1967] (open access)

[Report to W. F. Dyson by C. T. Burnley, March 2, 1967]

Criminal intelligence report addressed to Captain W. F. Dyson. The report, which was written by C. T. Burnley, states that newspaper clippings regarding the Garrison investigation are attached. The clipped articles are titled "More Facts, Less Doubting," "JFK Death Probe Figure Missing," "Garrison Investigation Questioned," "Garrison Arrests Leading Businessman," "Shaw: Man of Means and 'Restoration Society,'" and "Dallas Lawmen Know Nothing of Clay Shaw."
Date: March 2, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Envelope Addressed to Cecil J. McWatters]

Envelope by an unknown author, addressed to Cecil J. McWatters.
Date: March 12, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[FBI Report]

Photographs of the FBI report on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, including telephone reports and a map.
Date: March 25, 1964
Creator: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Supplementary Offense Report by J. C. Day #2] (open access)

[Supplementary Offense Report by J. C. Day #2]

Supplementary offense report by J. C. Day which states that J. E. Brumit submitted a letter to the Identification Bureau. The letter was written to a Cuban refugee by James Ernest Wilkinson.
Date: March 9, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History