The Medallion, Volume 61, Number 4, Fall 2023 (open access)

The Medallion, Volume 61, Number 4, Fall 2023

Special issue of a quarterly publication of the Texas Historical Commission focusing on the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy, discussing the events of the day and various research and investigations that have happened since it occurred.
Date: Autumn 2023
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Book gives firsthand account of Nov. 22] (open access)

[Clipping: Book gives firsthand account of Nov. 22]

Newspaper clipping describing a book being published by Hughes Aynesworth titled, November 22, 1963: Witness to History. Hughes Aynesworth was there with President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and was reporting for The Dallas Morning News, and is considered one of the most respected authorities on the topic.
Date: August 29, 2013
Creator: Peppard, Alan
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Grief expressed in corridos and calypso] (open access)

[Clipping: Grief expressed in corridos and calypso]

Newspaper clipping discussing Alan Govenar, who started collecting songs produced by his classmate at the University of Texas at Austin. The songs were written after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and its aftermath and effect on the people.
Date: July 11, 2013
Creator: Granberry, Michael
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Tale of the tape: JFK's 2 a. m. phone call] (open access)

[Clipping: Tale of the tape: JFK's 2 a. m. phone call]

Newspaper clipping describing an audiotape owned by a Dallas resident, of an irritated phone call President John F. Kennedy made to the Pentagon in the middle of the night. This audiotape will make its reveal on a reality show, Pawn Stars, as owner Jack Rich takes it to the headquarters in Las Vegas to sell it. The article is part of an entire page of the newspaper containing several other articles (most of which are continuations from other pates) and advertisements.
Date: May 30, 2013
Creator: Peppard, Alan
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: JFK50: For owner peddling house where Oswald stayed] (open access)

[Clipping: JFK50: For owner peddling house where Oswald stayed]

Newspaper clipping describing Pat Hall's desire to sell her north Oak Cliff home, where Lee Harvey Oswald lived during 1963 until his arrest and charge for assassinating former President President John F. Kennedy. Ms. Hall notes that with the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination nearing, she is selling history.
Date: May 9, 2013
Creator: Appleton, Roy
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memo to John H. Slate from David O. Brown, December 21, 2012] (open access)

[Memo to John H. Slate from David O. Brown, December 21, 2012]

Office memorandum addressed to John H. Slate, City Archivist. The memorandum states that photographic prints are being transferred to the Dallas Municipal Archives.
Date: December 21, 2012
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Texas Theater: No curtain yet] (open access)

[Clipping: Texas Theater: No curtain yet]

Newspaper clipping describing the Texas Theater that was built by the billionaire Howard Hughes and how the building is now only recognized as the location where Lee Harvey Oswald was captured after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. There are red markings in pen that were made by Charles E. Reagan, Jr., during his research on President John F. Kennedy.
Date: April 16, 2006
Creator: Trejo, Frank
Object Type: Clipping
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
[Clipping: Selling a stake in assassination lore] (open access)

[Clipping: Selling a stake in assassination lore]

Newspaper clipping discussing auction of the grassy knoll's stockade fence near Dealey Plaza; many conspiracy theorists claim a second shooter was hidden behind the fence during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. There are red markings in pen that were made by Charles E. Reagan, Jr., during his research on President John F. Kennedy.
Date: May 13, 2005
Creator: Young, Michael E.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Conspiracy for cash] (open access)

[Clipping: Conspiracy for cash]

Newspaper clipping discussing a culture of spending a day in Dealey Plaza where "conspiracy nuts" will be offering photographs, newspapers or books on the latest theories revolving around the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy.
Date: November 22, 2004
Creator: Aynesworth, Hugh
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Embracing the 40th] (open access)

[Clipping: Embracing the 40th]

Newspaper clipping discussing the 40th anniversary marking the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, and Bark's review on the news procession in Dealey Plaza.
Date: November 22, 2003
Creator: Bark, Ed
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: For many in motorcade, tragedy will never come to a full stop] (open access)

[Clipping: For many in motorcade, tragedy will never come to a full stop]

Newspaper clipping discussing the 40th anniversary marking the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, and how many are still affected from the aftermath. The newspaper clipping also includes a story written by Carolyn Barta, titled Assassination compelled city to change for the better.
Date: November 22, 2003
Creator: Granberry, Michael
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Will Dallas ever shake the Kennedy stigma?] (open access)

[Clipping: Will Dallas ever shake the Kennedy stigma?]

Newspaper clipping discussing the 40th anniversary of the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy and the aftermath it had on the city of Dallas.
Date: November 20, 2003
Creator: Young, Michael E.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: A clear-eyed look at the Kennedy years] (open access)

[Clipping: A clear-eyed look at the Kennedy years]

Newspaper clipping discussing the 40th anniversary of the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy. The clipping only includes the front page of the article and the back-page, and there are red markings in pen.
Date: November 15, 2003
Creator: Chism, Olin
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Gary Mack - Sorting out the mystery from The Sixth Floor] (open access)

[Clipping: Gary Mack - Sorting out the mystery from The Sixth Floor]

Newspaper clipping describing a movie scene in JFK, about a mystery woman and a runaway car, as well as the women's testimony that the president was to be assassinated. The Sixth Floor Museum archivist Gary Mack believes this event actually happened.
Date: November 21, 1999
Creator: Granberry, Michael
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Dallas - The 1963 Model] (open access)

[Clipping: Dallas - The 1963 Model]

Newspaper clipping discussing Warren Leslie, an author and journalist, who wrote the book "Dallas Public and Private: Aspects of an American City" about the city of Dallas after the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy.
Date: July 17, 1999
Creator: Woolley, Bryan
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[DMARC Form] (open access)

[DMARC Form]

Document from the Dallas Municipal Archives and Records Center, noting that the items in an accompanying folder have been removed for preservation.
Date: May 8, 1992
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note to Mary Stephens from Edwin A. Walker, May 9, 1992] (open access)

[Note to Mary Stephens from Edwin A. Walker, May 9, 1992]

Handwritten note by Edwin A. Walker. The note reads: "May 8 '92. Ms. Mary Stephens - Police Records. I am enclosing two copies of Dallas Police File #F48156 a 22 page file. - one copy for the City Archivist, I hope. Edwin A. Walker."
Date: May 8, 1992
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Form indicating relocation of photographs] (open access)

[Form indicating relocation of photographs]

Dallas Municipal Archives and Records Center form indicating that photographs from folder 10 were permanently relocated to box 12.
Date: March 31, 1992
Creator: Smolovik, Cindy C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Municipal Archives and Records Center Form] (open access)

[Dallas Municipal Archives and Records Center Form]

Paper from the Dallas Municipal Archives and Records Center JFK Collection. It reads: "Items from this folder removed for preservation. Removed by: Cindy C. Smolovik. Date removed February 15, 1992. Type of preservation/conservation needed: Preservation copy negative and research use print. Item permanently relocated to Box 12. Item description: photograph-. Box 2 Folder 5 Item Number #1-4. Date Item Refiled: Permanently relocated 03/30/92. RM Staff Initials: CS."
Date: March 30, 1992
Creator: Smolovik, Cindy C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Municipal Archives form by Cindy C. Smolovik] (open access)

[Dallas Municipal Archives form by Cindy C. Smolovik]

Dallas Municipal Archives and Records Center form used to indicate the relocation of photographs.
Date: March 30, 1992
Creator: Smolovik, Cindy C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo to Laura McGee by Mary Stephens, March 10, 1992] (open access)

[Memo to Laura McGee by Mary Stephens, March 10, 1992]

Memorandum written to Laura McGee, Records Manager, by Mary Stephens. The memorandum states that documents are being transferred to the Dallas Municipal Archives and Records Center.
Date: March 10, 1992
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Municipal Archives relocation form by Cindy C. Smolovik] (open access)

[Dallas Municipal Archives relocation form by Cindy C. Smolovik]

Dallas Municipal Archives and Records Center form indicating that photographs were relocated by Cindy C. Smolovik.
Date: February 15, 1992
Creator: Smolovik, Cindy C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Form for Copy Negative Relocation] (open access)

[Form for Copy Negative Relocation]

Dallas Municipal Archives and Records Center form indicating that copy negatives were relocated to box 12A for preservation by Cindy C. Smolovik. The form is accompanied by an envelope.
Date: February 15, 1992
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History