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The Day President John F. Kennedy Was Assassinated (open access)

The Day President John F. Kennedy Was Assassinated

Personal account of Leslie Warnock, Jr. describing how he provided the Secret Service with floodlights to search the room in the Texas School Book Depository where Lee Harvey Oswald shot John F. Kennedy.
Date: unknown
Creator: Warnock, Leslie L., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Saga Magazine Report, #1] (open access)

[Saga Magazine Report, #1]

Press release concerning a magazine article by former FBI Agent William W. Turner. Press release is dated January 28, no year indicated.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Saga Magazine Report, #2] (open access)

[Saga Magazine Report, #2]

Press release concerning a magazine article by former FBI Agent William W. Turner. Press release is dated January 28, no year indicated.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Saga Magazine Report, #3] (open access)

[Saga Magazine Report, #3]

Press release concerning a magazine article by former FBI Agent William W. Turner. Press release is dated January 28, no year indicated.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Intelligence Report: Dallas Morning News Clipping, May 28, 1982] (open access)

[Intelligence Report: Dallas Morning News Clipping, May 28, 1982]

Intelligence report which includes a newspaper clipping from the Dallas Morning News. The article states that Fidel Castro told the FBI in 1964 that Lee Harvey Oswald approached Cuban authorities with an offer to kill President Kennedy.
Date: May 28, 1982
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Index Tab M] (open access)

[Index Tab M]

Photocopy of an index tab labeled "M."
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo to T. D. Tolleson from Joe B. Millhollon, August 28, 1978] (open access)

[Memo to T. D. Tolleson from Joe B. Millhollon, August 28, 1978]

Memorandum addressed to Captain T. D. Tolleson of the Intelligence Division in Dallas, Texas. The memorandum states that an individual called the office and said that Joe Linthicum was seen drinking at a bar. At the time, Joe Linthicum said that he had worked for Jack Ruby for eight years.
Date: August 28, 1978
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[List of Doctors' Diagnoses] (open access)

[List of Doctors' Diagnoses]

Photocopy of a list of diagnoses by doctors which is presented as a table of contents.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Laboratory Report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation #4] (open access)

[Laboratory Report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation #4]

Carbon copy of a laboratory report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Examination was requested for "Firearms - Spectographic - Microscopic Analyes [sic] - Fingerprint - Document." Evidence received included bullets, bullet fragments, firearms, metal fragments, and fibers.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Criminal Intelligence Report by L. D. Stringfellow to W. P. Gannaway, February 18, 1964] (open access)

[Criminal Intelligence Report by L. D. Stringfellow to W. P. Gannaway, February 18, 1964]

Criminal Intelligence Report by Detective L. D. Stringfellow to Captain W. P. Gannaway, through Lieutenant Jack Revill, regarding the arrest of David Conrad Glass.
Date: February 18, 1964
Creator: Stringfellow, L. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegrams to Jack Ruby from Don Fitzmaurice and Frank Goodell, November 24, 1963 #2] (open access)

[Telegrams to Jack Ruby from Don Fitzmaurice and Frank Goodell, November 24, 1963 #2]

Individual telegrams by Don Fitzmaurice and Frank Goodell to Jack Ruby, congratulating him and thanking him for assassinating Lee Harvey Oswald.
Date: November 24, 1963
Creator: Fitzmaurice, Don & Goodell, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lab Report with Nitrate Evaluation of Hand #2] (open access)

[Lab Report with Nitrate Evaluation of Hand #2]

Photocopy of a drawing of a hand with nitrate evaluation.
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 #2] (open access)

[Report on Investigation of the President's Murder by Detectives #2]

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
[Lab Report with Nitrate Evaluation] (open access)

[Lab Report with Nitrate Evaluation]

Laboratory report regarding the examination of paraffin casts for nitrates. Nitrates were found on exhibits #1 and #2.
Date: November 23, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Diary of Lee Harvey Oswald] (open access)

[Diary of Lee Harvey Oswald]

Photocopy of pages filled with cramped cursive writing in English, as well as a few pages of Lee Harvey Oswald's diary from 1959.
Date: October 31, 1959
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegrams to Jack Ruby from Betty Rahoe and Leo Feinstein, November 24, 1963 #1] (open access)

[Telegrams to Jack Ruby from Betty Rahoe and Leo Feinstein, November 24, 1963 #1]

Individual telegrams by Betty Rahoe and Leo Feinstein to Jack Ruby, congratulating him for killing Lee Harvey Oswald.
Date: November 24, 1963
Creator: Rahoe, Betty & Feinstein, Leo
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Microfilm Copy of Arrest Report] (open access)

[Microfilm Copy of Arrest Report]

Microfilm copy of an arrest report which identifies Oswald as the assassin of President John F. Kennedy and Police Officer J. D. Tippit. The copy is illegible.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Property Clerk's Receipt of Letters #1] (open access)

[Property Clerk's Receipt of Letters #1]

Property clerk's receipt of two air mail envelopes and letters addressed to Lee Harvey Oswald. These items were received on February 4, 1964.
Date: February 4, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report by M. W. Stevenson] (open access)

[Report by M. W. Stevenson]

Report by M. W. Stevenson regarding information received from Mr. W. A. Thompson. Thompson employed Henry O. Chenyworth.
Date: December 9, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Journal of Ann Rose, wife of a Jack Ruby trial juror] (open access)

[Journal of Ann Rose, wife of a Jack Ruby trial juror]

Stenographic notebook used by Ann Rose to record her personal experiences while her husband, Waymon Rose, served on the jury during Jack Ruby's murder trial. Nine pages of the notebook's paper have been used, on the front only; a tenth page of similar size has been added. Almost all of the text is written in pencil. Jury selection for the Ruby trial began in early 1964. The trial ended on March 14, 1964 when Jack Ruby was found guilty of murder with malice. In addition to this journal, Ann Rose kept scrapbooks on the subject of President Kennedy's assassination and its aftermath for more than 30 years.
Date: 1964-02-29/1964-03-14
Creator: Rose, Ann
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Criminal Intelligence Report by V. J. Brian to W. P. Cannaway, February 17, 1964] (open access)

[Criminal Intelligence Report by V. J. Brian to W. P. Cannaway, February 17, 1964]

Criminal Intelligence Report by Detective V. J. Brian to Captain W. P. Cannaway through Lieutenant Jack Revill concerning statements from Pat Lawrence an employee of the Texas School Book Depository.
Date: February 17, 1964
Creator: Brian, V. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Property Clerk's Invoice of Receipt of Items Belonging to Jack Ruby, November 25, 1963 #2] (open access)

[Property Clerk's Invoice of Receipt of Items Belonging to Jack Ruby, November 25, 1963 #2]

Property clerk's invoice or receipt of items belonging to Jack Ruby, confiscated from his person when he arrived at jail, including $2,015.33 in cash.
Date: November 25, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Index page filed under "S" from an inventory notebook #8] (open access)

[Index page filed under "S" from an inventory notebook #8]

Index page from a notebook containing an inventory of information related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and related cases. The page is filed under index tab "S".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Empty Envelope] (open access)

[Empty Envelope]

Manila envelope that previously contained photographs from the Dallas Police Department's investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy.
Date: 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History