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[Dallas City Council Minutes, Book 1] (open access)

[Dallas City Council Minutes, Book 1]

Recorded minutes for the Dallas City Council with various newspaper clippings and a list of the days the council met and a description of what matters they discussed.
Date: 1867~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prospects Bright for Kessler Program Cary Report Urges Action: Points Out Unity of Support and Cost of Further Delay (open access)

Prospects Bright for Kessler Program Cary Report Urges Action: Points Out Unity of Support and Cost of Further Delay

Article describing the changes to the city of Dallas, Texas during 1925 under the supervision of the Kessler Plan Association which designed the city plan. The article includes an over view of the plan, expenses, progress, county assistance, legal issues, and opinions. A sub-section includes a breakdown of some specific projects that happened under the plan.
Date: 1926~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fingerprint Card for Jack Ruby] (open access)

[Fingerprint Card for Jack Ruby]

Fingerprint card of Jack Ruby's fingerprints. The fingerprints were taken when Ruby applied to be a dance hall supervisor.
Date: June 22, 1949
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fingerprints of Jack Ruby from Application] (open access)

[Fingerprints of Jack Ruby from Application]

Photocopy of Jack Ruby's fingerprints from an application made in June of 1949. The application was for dance hall supervisor.
Date: June 22, 1949
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Missed Phone Call Message to Major Wood] (open access)

[Missed Phone Call Message to Major Wood]

Phone message given to Major Wood with the box checked to call Mr. Ford.
Date: October 13, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Absentee and Time Cards for J. D. Tippit] (open access)

[Absentee and Time Cards for J. D. Tippit]

Absentee and time cards which appeared in the personnel file of Officer J. D. Tippit. These documents date from 1952 to 1963.
Date: [1952..1963]
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Evaluation Reports and Training Records for J. D. Tippit] (open access)

[Evaluation Reports and Training Records for J. D. Tippit]

Evaluation reports and training records for Officer J. D. Tippit.
Date: [1952..1955]
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personnel File of J. D. Tippit] (open access)

[Personnel File of J. D. Tippit]

Photocopies of J. D. Tippit's personnel record. The documents include photographs, commendation letters, salary reports, and memos.
Date: [1952..1956]
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personnel File of J. D. Tippit] (open access)

[Personnel File of J. D. Tippit]

Photocopies of J. D. Tippit's personnel record. The documents include photographs, commendation letters, salary reports, and memos.
Date: 1952/1956
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[J. D. Tippit's Personnel Record] (open access)

[J. D. Tippit's Personnel Record]

Personnel record for Officer J. D. Tippit. Records include applications, salary cards, and notices of injuries sustained on duty.
Date: 1952-07-17/1963-12-03
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notice to Drivers and Operators of City Equipment] (open access)

[Notice to Drivers and Operators of City Equipment]

Notice to drivers and operators of city equipment which states that it is the individual's responsibility to check that the equipment they are assigned is safe to use.
Date: November 26, 1952
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report on Jack Ruby, 1953] (open access)

[Report on Jack Ruby, 1953]

Report of the arresting officer of Jack Ruby on July 26, 1953, which states that Ruby was illegally carrying a revolver in his pocket.
Date: July 26, 1953
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report on Jack Ruby] (open access)

[Report on Jack Ruby]

Report of the arresting officer of Jack Ruby, who details an incident between Ruby and another man in a night club.
Date: May 1, 1954
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate from Bureau of Navy Personnel] (open access)

[Certificate from Bureau of Navy Personnel]

Photocopy of a certificate given to Lee Harvey Oswald. It reads: "Department of the Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Service Schools, United States of America. This certifies that Lee H. Oswald PVT 1653230 USMC has satisfactorily completed the prescribed course of study at the Aviation Fundamentals School (Class P) (Elect-Electron, Occupational Group), Naval Air Technical Training Center, Jacksonville, Florida, this 3rd day of May, 1957."
Date: May 3, 1957
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document of Completion by Lee Harvey Oswald of Air Training Command Course] (open access)

[Document of Completion by Lee Harvey Oswald of Air Training Command Course]

Poor quality photocopy of property found at the two residences of Lee Harvey Oswald. The document states that Lee Harvey Oswald completed a course of instruction of the Air Training Command.
Date: June 18, 1957
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas City-County Criminal Investigation Laboratory Report] (open access)

[Dallas City-County Criminal Investigation Laboratory Report]

Typed laboratory report testing the vegetable material found as evidence in a case involving Juanita Dale Phillips, also known as Candy Barr.
Date: October 30, 1957
Creator: Parkland Memorial Hospital
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Application for Texas Driver's License] (open access)

[Application for Texas Driver's License]

Photocopy of an application for a Texas driver's license, filed by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Date: 1959~/1963~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Book Covers and Newspapers] (open access)

[Book Covers and Newspapers]

Photocopy of the covers of books, including James Bond novels and books on Marxism, and a class catalog belonging to Lee Harvey Oswald.
Date: 1959~/1963~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documents Connected to Lee Harvey Oswald] (open access)

[Documents Connected to Lee Harvey Oswald]

Photocopy of various documents connected to Lee Harvey Oswald, including stamps from the USSR, a list, and a pattern on graph paper.
Date: 1959~/1963~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Graph Paper Notebook] (open access)

[Graph Paper Notebook]

Photocopy of the pages of a graph paper notebook, which contains writing in Russian.
Date: 1959~/1963~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lee Harvey Oswald's Passport] (open access)

[Lee Harvey Oswald's Passport]

Photocopy of Lee Harvey Oswald's passport, featuring pages in many languages including English, Russian, and German. One page amends the passport to include Oswald's daughter June.
Date: 1959~/1963~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter, 1962] (open access)

[Letter, 1962]

Photocopy of a letter written on Holland-America Line stationery, discussing communism and its reception in America.
Date: 1959~/1963~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Manifesto] (open access)

[Manifesto]

Photocopy of a manifesto discussing the corruption of the American capitalist system, and the Russian communist system, and proposing a third option.
Date: 1959~/1963~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Miscellaneous Documents] (open access)

[Miscellaneous Documents]

Photocopy of various documents connected to Lee Harvey Oswald, from the Dallas Police Department investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy.
Date: 1959~/1963~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History