[Intelligence Report - Letter to Dallas Police Department] (open access)

[Intelligence Report - Letter to Dallas Police Department]

Letter by an unknown author requesting the name of the owner of the Texas School Book Depository on the back of a newsletter. Letter is signed by Research Director - Polsec on December 29, 1969. The newsletter is distributed by Your 50 States Baksheesh.
Date: December 29, 1969
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Unknown Author] (open access)

[Letter from Unknown Author]

Letter from an unknown author requesting the names of the owners of the Texas School Book Depository.
Date: December 29, 1969
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Joachim Joesten's Truth Letter, Volume 1, Number 7, December 15, 1968 (open access)

Joachim Joesten's Truth Letter, Volume 1, Number 7, December 15, 1968

Newsletter titled "Truth Letter" by Joachim Joesten, describing alleged truths regarding the assassination of President Kennedy. It includes an introductory letter with a subscription form.
Date: December 15, 1968
Creator: Joesten, Joachim
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence Between Doyle Batey and Charles Batchelor] (open access)

[Correspondence Between Doyle Batey and Charles Batchelor]

Correspondence between Mr. Doyle Batey and Chief Charles Batchelor. In his letter, Batey requests that the Dallas Police Department send him photos of Lee Harvey Oswald. Charles Batchelor responds that he is unable to do so and suggests that Batey contact the United States Department of Justice.
Date: December 1968
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping Concerning a New Investigation] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping Concerning a New Investigation]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping from the Dallas Morning News, concerning interest in a new investigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Date: December 27, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping Concerning Investigations by Jim Garrison] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping Concerning Investigations by Jim Garrison]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping concerning Jim Garrison's investigations into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Date: December 27, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping Concerning New Orleans District Attorney Investigations] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping Concerning New Orleans District Attorney Investigations]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping concerning investigations of Edgar Eugene Bradley and Clay Shaw, by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison.
Date: December 27, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: Garrison Claims Oswald Tipped FBI] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: Garrison Claims Oswald Tipped FBI]

Newspaper clipping taken from the Dallas Morning News. The clipped article states that District Attorney Jim Garrison of New Orleans, Louisiana believes that Lee Harvey Oswald tipped off the FBI several months before his assassination attempt.
Date: December 27, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: LA Issues Complaint on Bradley] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: LA Issues Complaint on Bradley]

Newspaper clipping taken from the Dallas Morning News. The clipped article states that Edgar Eugene Bradley was charged with criminal conspiracy to commit murder in the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy.
Date: December 27, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Bluff View Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Bluff View Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park is located to the left of Sudie L. Williams Elementary School, which sits just to the right of the center of the photo. The park and school are surrounded by residential suburbs.
Date: December 1967
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Boulder Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Boulder Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park, which is mostly covered by dense trees, expands from the center of the picture to the left side. W Red Bird Lane sits to the right of the park, and cars drive along Route 67 below.
Date: December 1967
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Cherrywood Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Cherrywood Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park sits to the left of the center of the picture and Cedar Springs Road. The left side of the road is filled with subdivisions with houses, while the right side contains both homes and what appears to be apartment buildings.
Date: December 1967
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Bonnie View Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Bonnie View Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park, which contains a swimming pool and parking lot, sits near the center of the picture. It is mostly surrounded by residential suburbs with some larger buildings visible scattered throughout the image. Apartment buildings are visible in the top right corner.
Date: December 1966
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Cedardale Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Cedardale Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park sits in the center of the photograph, outlined by Tracy Road and Persimmon Road on its left and top sides respectively. An area covered in trees sits to its right, while some subdivisions with scattered houses sit above and to the left of the park.
Date: December 1966
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Cole Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Cole Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park, which contains tennis courts and a small building, is visible near the center of the picture. It is surrounded by many other similarly sized subdivisions containing buildings of varying sizes. Cole Avenue, Elizabeth Street, and McKinney Avenue run along the park's top, right, and bottom sides respectively.
Date: December 1966
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Craddock Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Craddock Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park, located near the center of the picture, sits just above Lemmon Avenue and to the right of Hawthorne Avenue. Subdivisions containing houses/apartment buildings and other small buildings are visible to the park's top and bottom sides respectively.
Date: December 1966
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. Lee Rankin to J. E. Curry] (open access)

[Letter from J. Lee Rankin to J. E. Curry]

Correspondence between J. Gordon Shanklin and Chas. Batchelor. Batchelor states that he received a phone call from Wilfied Daetz, a man who was standing on the north side of Elm Street when President Kennedy was assassinated. Daetz said that he thought he heard one shot on his right.
Date: December 1966
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from an unknown author to the Dallas Police Chief, December 29, 1964 #1] (open access)

[Letter from an unknown author to the Dallas Police Chief, December 29, 1964 #1]

Handwritten letter by an unknown author to the Dallas Police Chief, containing information from a prisoner.
Date: December 29, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from an unknown author to the Dallas Police Chief, December 29, 1964 #2] (open access)

[Letter from an unknown author to the Dallas Police Chief, December 29, 1964 #2]

Handwritten letter by an unknown author to the Dallas Police Chief, containing information from a prisoner.
Date: December 29, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Buckner Park Horseshoes]

Photograph of a man throwing a horseshoe towards a pole stuck in the ground while two other men walk nearby.
Date: December 21, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bill Keeling Pushins Shuttle]

Photograph of a group of older people playing shuffleboard in an unknown park. The back of the photo states that one of the men, Bill Keeling, was "pushins shuttle." A stamp on the back names the image as an official photo from the city of Dallas.
Date: December 21, 1964
Creator: Bayne, C. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report to W. P. Gannaway by W. S. Biggio, December 14, 1964] (open access)

[Report to W. P. Gannaway by W. S. Biggio, December 14, 1964]

Criminal intelligence report addressed to Captain W. P. Gannaway of the Special Service Bureau in Dallas, Texas. The report, which was submitted by detective W. S. Biggio, states that James Minnick said Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby were close friends. James Minnick worked at Speedy's Drive Inn as a cook.
Date: December 14, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters to Dick West and A. C. Green from Joe H. Tonahill] (open access)

[Letters to Dick West and A. C. Green from Joe H. Tonahill]

Letters addressed to Dick West and A. C. Green from Joe H. Tonahill. Tonahill writes to express his appreciation for their acquaintanceship. The letters are very nearly the same, with some differences. The first letter is a photocopy, while the second is a carbon copy.
Date: December 2, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Laboratory Report by M. Johnson, December 30, 1963 #1] (open access)

[Laboratory Report by M. Johnson, December 30, 1963 #1]

Laboratory Report by M. Johnson, requesting to examine the bullets from Jack Ruby's gun.
Date: December 30, 1963
Creator: Johnson, M.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History