[Voluntary Statement by John Stevens R. Lawrence #2] (open access)

[Voluntary Statement by John Stevens R. Lawrence #2]

Voluntary statement by John Stevens Rutter Lawrence, regarding seeing a man in a suit carrying a rifle. Lawrence states that he left the Texaco Building where he worked with Phil Hathaway and other coworkers to see the President in the parade. He describes seeing a large man, estimated to be around 6'5" and 250 pounds or more, wearing a business suit and carrying a rifle.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Allen, Rosemary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Buell Wesley Frazier, November 22, 1963 #1] (open access)

[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Buell Wesley Frazier, November 22, 1963 #1]

Transcription of a statement by Buell Wesley Frazier in which he describes meeting Lee Harvey Oswald and working with him in the School Book Depository building.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Rattan, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum concerning threats against President John F. Kennedy] (open access)

[Memorandum concerning threats against President John F. Kennedy]

Memorandum by O. A. Jones to Chief Stevenson and Captain Fritz regarding threats against President John F. Kennedy from a former employee at Parkland Hospital who was Cuban.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Jones, O. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Buell Wesley Frazier, November 22, 1963 #3] (open access)

[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Buell Wesley Frazier, November 22, 1963 #3]

Transcription of a statement by Buell Wesley Frazier in which he describes meeting Lee Harvey Oswald and working with him in the School Book Depository building.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Rattan, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Arrest Report Identifying Lee Harvey Oswald as the Assassin #2] (open access)

[Arrest Report Identifying Lee Harvey Oswald as the Assassin #2]

Arrest Report on Investigative Prisoner Lee Harvey Oswald. The report identifies Oswald as the assassin of President John F. Kennedy and Police Officer J. D. Tippit.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Warrant of Arrest Charging Lee Harvey Oswald with Murder of Officer J. D. Tippit #1] (open access)

[Warrant of Arrest Charging Lee Harvey Oswald with Murder of Officer J. D. Tippit #1]

Photocopy of a warrant of arrest charging Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit. The warrant was signed by David Johnson. Lee Harvey Oswald is described as a "white male 24 (DOB 10-18-1939)." "NO BOND" is handwritten at the bottom of the first page.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Danny Garcia Arce, November 22, 1963 #1] (open access)

[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Danny Garcia Arce, November 22, 1963 #1]

Transcription of a statement by Danny Garcia Arce, an employee of the Texas School Depository Building, describing the events the day of the Kennedy Assassination.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Rattan, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Voluntary Statement by Gayle Newman #2] (open access)

[Voluntary Statement by Gayle Newman #2]

Voluntary statement by Gayle Newman, a witness in Dealey Plaza. Newman states that he was about ten feet away from the President's car when he heard gunshots and saw him slump over.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Davis, Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Voluntary Statement by Jean Hill #2] (open access)

[Voluntary Statement by Jean Hill #2]

Voluntary statement by Jean Hill, a witness to the shooting in Dealey Plaza. She states that she was with her friend taking pictures of the President right as he was shot. She saw a man running away and tried to follow him. Afterwards, the Times Herald asked her friend for the photographs she took.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Davis, Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Ruth Hyde Paine #2] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by Ruth Hyde Paine #2]

Affidavit In Any Fact by Ruth Hyde Paine. She describes her relationship with Marina Oswald and how they came to live together.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Collins, Patsy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by M. L. Baker, November 22, 1963 #3] (open access)

[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by M. L. Baker, November 22, 1963 #3]

Transcription of a statement by Dallas Police Department Patrolman M. L. Baker in which he describes hearing gun-shots and going to investigate the Texas School Book Depository building.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Rattan, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Voluntary Statement by Jean Newman #1] (open access)

[Voluntary Statement by Jean Newman #1]

Voluntary statement by Jean Newman, a witness in Dealey Plaza. Newman describes standing on the side of the Stemmons Freeway sign as the motorcade passed, and hearing two shots coming from the right.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Muleady, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz, charging Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit #1] (open access)

[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz, charging Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit #1]

Affidavit General by Captain J. W. Fritz. The affidavit charges Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Fritz, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Michael Paine #1] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by Michael Paine #1]

Affidavit In Any Fact by Michael Ralph Paine regarding his friendship with Lee Harvey Oswald. Paine describes noticing a pipe-like object that Oswald owned. He states that when he heard of the assassination he immediately wondered if Oswald was involved.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Flowers, Angela M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by Cecil J. McWatters #1] (open access)

[Affidavit by Cecil J. McWatters #1]

Handwritten affidavit by Cecil J. McWatters. McWatters states that he was driving a bus at about 12:40 PM when he picked up a man, who told him that the President had been shot, and then a woman. The woman did not believe that the President had been shot, and the man grinned. McWatters does not recall where he let the man off. He writes that the man looks like the #2 man in the lineup he saw.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by William H. Shelley, November 22, 1963 #1] (open access)

[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by William H. Shelley, November 22, 1963 #1]

Transcription of a statement by William H. Shelley, Lee Harvey Oswald's supervisor, in which he describes the last time he saw Oswald before President Kennedy's assassination.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Collins, Patsy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz #2] (open access)

[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz #2]

Affidavit General by Captain J. W. Fritz. The affidavit charges Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Fritz, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas City Hall Building Contract] (open access)

[Dallas City Hall Building Contract]

Legal contract describing work by an architectural company (C. D. Hill and Company) to furnish plans to the city of Dallas for a municipal building, to be located on Main Street between Harwood and Commerce streets, and to serve as the Dallas City Hall.
Date: January 22, 1913
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh to P. R. Halleron - 12/22/1933 (open access)

[Letter from Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh to P. R. Halleron - 12/22/1933

Letter from D. E. Walsh, Superintendent of the Identification Bureau in Dallas, Texas to P. R. Halleron, Superintendent of the San Antonio Bureaus of Identification and Records informing him of the Harvey J. Bailey's photo and fingerprint card enclosed within the letter.
Date: December 22, 1933
Creator: Halleron, P. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Bonnie Ray Williams #2] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by Bonnie Ray Williams #2]

Handwritten affidavit by Bonnie Ray Williams, an employee at the Texas School Book Depository, who worked on the sixth floor on November 22nd. At lunchtime Williams went to the fifth floor with a man named Hank where they saw the President pass and heard two shots, which sounded as though they came from just above them. Williams saw Lee Harvey Oswald when he arrived at the building at 8 AM and recognized him when he was brought into the Homicide Bureau.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History