[Voluntary Statement by John Stevens R. Lawrence #1] (open access)

[Voluntary Statement by John Stevens R. Lawrence #1]

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
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Second Floor of Texas School Book Depository #1]

Photograph taken on the second floor of the Texas School Book Depository. Taken from a service elevator, a desk and stairway entrance are visible.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by William H. Shelly] (open access)

[Affidavit by William H. Shelly]

Handwritten affidavits by William H. Shelly. Shelly states that he was watching the president in the parade when he heard three shots. He encountered a woman who also works in the Texas School Book Depository who was crying and said that the president had been killed. He went back to the building, called his wife to tell her the news, and watched the elevator to make certain that no one exited. Shelly had supervised Lee Harvey Oswald closely since he started working at the Texas School Book Depository. Oswald kept to himself and took walks at noon.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gun on Sixth Floor of Texas School Book Depository]

Photograph taken from above on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. Boxes are stacked below. A gun is situated behind one the boxes.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Supplementary Offense Report by L. D. Montgomery, L. C. Graves, and M. Johnson #3] (open access)

[Supplementary Offense Report by L. D. Montgomery, L. C. Graves, and M. Johnson #3]

Supplementary offense report by L. D. Montgomery, L. C. Graves, and M. Johnson. Mrs. Wilma Tice received threatening phone calls because she had seen Jack Ruby at Parkland Hospital on the day the President was killed. The report was signed by L. D. Montgomery.
Date: July 22, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[CSS Form #3] (open access)

[CSS Form #3]

Form for the submission of items to the Crime Scene Search Section of the Investigation Bureau. Items include a black billfold, loose change, a pen, bullets, and a police badge.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Autopsy Report for John F. Kennedy, by J. C. Humes] (open access)

[Autopsy Report for John F. Kennedy, by J. C. Humes]

Autopsy Report by J. C. Humes, including autopsy protocol and authorization form for postmortem examination of President John F. Kennedy. A Clinical Summary and Pathological Examination form describe the autopsy findings in medical detail.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Humes, J. C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Microfilm Copy of Report] (open access)

[Microfilm Copy of Report]

Microfilm copy of a supplementary offense report which concerns the identification of Lee Harvey Oswald in a lineup.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Johnny Packett to Lee Harvey Oswald, June 22, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Johnny Packett to Lee Harvey Oswald, June 22, 1962]

Photocopy of a letter from Johnny Packett to Lee Harvey Oswald, on June 22, 1962. Packett informs Oswald that he does not consider him a turncoat, and offers to help him get his writing published.
Date: June 22, 1962
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Ruth Hyde Paine #1] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by Ruth Hyde Paine #1]

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
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas School Book Depository]

Photograph of the Texas School Book Depository taken from Main and Houston streets. Cars are parked on either side of the road.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photos Collected from Marina Oswald and Ruth Paine] (open access)

[Photos Collected from Marina Oswald and Ruth Paine]

Photocopy of photographs, slides, advertisements, coins, receipts, newspaper articles and rolls of pictures pasted on pages. The photographs on the first few pages are faded and hard to make out. These materials were collected by the Dallas Police Department from Ruth Paine and Marina Oswald on November 22, 1963.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Ted Callaway, November 22, 1963 #1] (open access)

[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Ted Callaway, November 22, 1963 #1]

Transcription of a statement by Ted Callaway, in which he describes running after Lee Harvey Oswald as he was fleeing from the J. D. Tippit crime scene, and then chasing after him in a cab.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Collins, Patsy
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Inventory of Photographs]

Inventory of photographs regarding the John F. Kennedy shooting.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Voluntary Statement by Emmett Joseph Hudson #2] (open access)

[Voluntary Statement by Emmett Joseph Hudson #2]

Voluntary statement by Emmett Joseph Hudson as a witness in Dealey Plaza. He states that as the President went by him in the parade he heard multiple gunshots that came from above as well as behind him.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Voluntary Statement by Julia Ann Mercer #1] (open access)

[Voluntary Statement by Julia Ann Mercer #1]

Voluntary statement by Julia Ann Mercer regarding men in a Ford truck with what appeared to be a gun case, prior to the assassination. Mercer states that she saw a truck on the side of the entrance road to the overpass. There was a man pulling out a gun case from the back of the truck who proceeded to walk away.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Allen, Rosemary
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-Up View of Gun #1]

Photograph of the gun used by Lee Harvey Oswald lying on a piece of paper laid out on a counter. Another piece of paper tacked above the gun reads "11-22-63. 1940 Made in Italy. Dallas. 6.5 Cal. C2766. Scope. 4 x 18 coated. Hollywood, Calif. Ordinance Optics, Inc. JDW."
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sixth Floor of Texas School Book Depository]

Photograph taken on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. The photograph, which was taken from above, features a partially open window in front of which boxes are stacked.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Billy Nolan Lovelady] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by Billy Nolan Lovelady]

Affidavit In Any Fact by Billy Nolan Lovelady, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository. Lovelady states that he was with Danny Arce, Jack Dougherty, Bill Shelley, and Charles Givens to watch the President in the parade when they heard gunshots. Afterwards he brought police officers up to the 6th floor of the building.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Rattan, Mary
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Lee E. Bowers, November 22, 1963 #1] (open access)

[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Lee E. Bowers, November 22, 1963 #1]

Transcription of a statement by Lee E. Bowers in which he describes suspicious activity involving several cars and men in a railroad yard prior to when President Kennedy was shot.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Collins, Patsy
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gun as Evidence #1]

Photograph of the gun used by Lee Harvey Oswald lying upside down on a piece of paper laid out on a counter. Another piece of paper tacked above the gun reads "11-22-63. 1940 Made in Italy. Dallas. 6.5 Cal. C2766. Scope. 4 x 18 coated. Hollywood, Calif. Ordinance Optics, Inc. JDW."
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report on Officer's Duties by M. G. Hall in regards to the President's murder #1] (open access)

[Report on Officer's Duties by M. G. Hall in regards to the President's murder #1]

Report on Officer's duties by M. G. Hall, in regards to the President's murder. Hall states that he was on a day off when he learned that the President had been shot, and reported to work that afternoon. He took an affidavit from Lee E. Bowers and assisted other officers in taking Lee Harvey Oswald down for three separate suspect line-ups.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Hall, M. G.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Crime Scene Section Form by W. R. Westbook] (open access)

[Crime Scene Section Form by W. R. Westbook]

Crime Scene Section Form by W. R. Westbrook concerning a jack found near the Officer J. D. Tippit crime scene area. Includes a list of other items released to Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Vince Drain.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Westbrook, W. R.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Sam Guinyard, November 22, 1963 #2] (open access)

[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Sam Guinyard, November 22, 1963 #2]

Transcription of a statement by Sam Guinyard in which he describes seeing a man with a pistol in his hand and later identifying him in the police lineup.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Rattan, Mary
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History