[Letter from Supervisor H. E. Keller to Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh - 10/31/1933] (open access)

[Letter from Supervisor H. E. Keller to Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh - 10/31/1933]

Letter from H. E. Keller, the Supervisor of the Identification Bureau in Houston, Texas to D. E. Walsh, Superintendent of the Identification Bureau in Dallas, Texas thanking him for the photographs he sent from the Urschel Kidnapping case.
Date: October 31, 1933
Creator: Keller, H. E.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Anonymous Letter to Chief of Police, October 20, 1964] (open access)

[Anonymous Letter to Chief of Police, October 20, 1964]

Anonymous letter to the chief of police which reads: "Chief of Police, Dallas, Texas. The Warren Report is wrong 4 people were used to eliminte Kennedy 1 is dead - 3 live - Johnson knows 3 more 1< to go. - A friend of Lee Oswald."
Date: October 20, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum - Lee Harvey Oswald Job Application, October 15, 1963] (open access)

[Memorandum - Lee Harvey Oswald Job Application, October 15, 1963]

Memorandum to the files concerning an attached handwritten copy of Lee Harvey Oswald's application to work at the Texas School Book Depository. Application attached.
Date: October 15, 1963
Creator: Biggio, W. S.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Reservoir Construction Managers at White Rock Creek]

Photograph of the three reservoir construction managers of the White Rock Creek Reservoir. On the back of the image, the names of the three men are listed along with their job descriptions.
Date: October 1, 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Dallas Police Department Case Report for Juanita Dale Phillips] (open access)

[City of Dallas Police Department Case Report for Juanita Dale Phillips]

City of Dallas Police Department case report for Juanita Dale Phillips, also known as Candy Barr. Includes arrest details, exhibit identification and summary of the case by the officers involved. aliases, charges and case numbers.
Date: October 29, 1957
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[State of Texas Typed Statement by Juanita Dale Phillips] (open access)

[State of Texas Typed Statement by Juanita Dale Phillips]

Typed voluntary statement for the County of Dallas by Juanita Dale Phillips, also known as Candy Barr, concerning her arrest.
Date: October 27, 1957
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal History of Juanita Dale Phillips] (open access)

[Personal History of Juanita Dale Phillips]

Typed personal history of Juanita Dale Phillips, also known as Candy Barr, for the Dallas Police Department Special Service Bureau.
Date: October 27, 1957
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Legal Document
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
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by H. W. Hill #2] (open access)

[Affidavit by H. W. Hill #2]

Carbon copy of an affidavit made by H. W. Hill. Hill states that an agent of the FBI came to the property room and stated that the Minox Camera which appeared on an invoice sheet was not received by the FBI.
Date: October 15, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personnel Record for Roscoe Anthony White] (open access)

[Personnel Record for Roscoe Anthony White]

Personnel record from the Dallas Police Department for Roscoe Anthony White. White was employed as an apprentice policeman on October 7th, 1963.
Date: October 7, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Arrest Report on Loran Eugene Hall] (open access)

[Arrest Report on Loran Eugene Hall]

Various files on investigative prisoner Loran Eugene Hall, one of which details how Hall was taken into custody. The last photo is a scrap of paper. The text reads: "Requested by The House Assassination Comittee9-26-77. Released by Capt. Caulon."
Date: October 17, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters Regarding Oswald Museum, 1965 #1] (open access)

[Letters Regarding Oswald Museum, 1965 #1]

Letters regarding the purchase of items related to Lee Harvey Oswald by Leon H. Hough, a resident of St. Augustine, Florida and operator of Courtesy Gas. An ambulance and furniture from a room Oswald once rented were purchased for display in a museum. A newspaper clipping of an article titled "Hoover Criticizes Oswald Handling" is also included.
Date: [1964-10-16..1965-06-08]
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Supplemental Report on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the Serious Wounding of Governor John B. Connally (open access)

Texas Supplemental Report on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the Serious Wounding of Governor John B. Connally

Spiral bound report to Governor John B. Connally by Attorney General Waggoner Carr regarding events which took place in Dallas, Texas on November 22nd, 1963. The report discusses the court inquiry which followed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Date: October 5, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note by 'A Friend of Oswald'] (open access)

[Note by 'A Friend of Oswald']

A handwritten note which reads: "Chief of Police, Dallas, Texas. The Warren Report is wrong 4 people were used to eliminte [sic] Kennedy 1 is dead - 3 live - Johnson knows 3 more 1eft to go. - A friend of Lee Oswald."
Date: October 26, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report of Conversation Between Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald at Carousel Club #2] (open access)

[Report of Conversation Between Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald at Carousel Club #2]

Carbon copy of a typed report describing an alleged conversation which occurred between Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby at the Carousel Club on October 4th, 1963. It is stated that Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby discussed a plan to assassinate the governor of Texas. Ruby was going to pay Oswald to shoot him.
Date: October 4, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by H. W. Hill #1] (open access)

[Affidavit by H. W. Hill #1]

Statement made by H. W. Hill. Hill states that an agent of the FBI came to the property room and stated that the Minox Camera which appeared on an invoice sheet was not received by the FBI.
Date: October 15, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pages from the Diary of Lee Harvey Oswald] (open access)

[Pages from the Diary of Lee Harvey Oswald]

Photocopy of pages from the diary of Lee Harvey Oswald, in which he discusses his time spent in the USSR.
Date: 1959-10/1961
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Richard A. Sprague to Chief of Police Don Byrd, October 7, 1976] (open access)

[Letter from Richard A. Sprague to Chief of Police Don Byrd, October 7, 1976]

Letter from Richard A. Sprague to Chief of Police Don Byrd, concerning a request to examine all material related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Date: October 7, 1976
Creator: Sprague, Richard A.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by H. W. Hill] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by H. W. Hill]

Partially illegible Affidavit In Any Fact by H. W. Hill, regarding the release of property to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Date: October 15, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters Regarding Oswald Museum, 1965 #3] (open access)

[Letters Regarding Oswald Museum, 1965 #3]

Letters regarding the purchase of items related to Lee Harvey Oswald by Leon H. Hough, a resident of St. Augustine, Florida and operator of Courtesy Gas. An ambulance and furniture from a room Oswald once rented were purchased for display in a museum. A newspaper clipping of an article titled "Hoover Criticizes Oswald Handling" is also included.
Date: [1964-10-16..1965-06-08]
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brownwood Park Pool]

Photograph of a gated swimming pool surrounded by mesquite trees.
Date: October 6, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pleasant Oaks Park]

Photograph of a sidewalk near an open field with four light poles.
Date: October 6, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fountain at Dealey Plaza]

Photograph of a pool of water with several small fountains in the middle.
Date: October 13, 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History