JFK Assassination Document Archive Collection USB Card

JFK Assassination Document Archive Collection USB Card

This collection has 155,790 pages in 30 collections.

The 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy was killed on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. in Dallas, Texas. Just past his first thousand days in office, Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die.

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The Pen card chip is housed in a metal body that is waterproof, shock-proof, temperature-proof, magnet-proof, and X-ray-proof.

Just plug the USB Pen Card into your laptop, desktop, or tablet to access a significant compendium of material related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby, and other related events.

Materials include: FBI Files, Secret Service Files, Warren Commission documents, Dallas Police Department files, homicide reports, affidavits, witness statements, newspaper articles, interviews, trial transcripts, court documents, audio recordings, films, KGB files, NSA files, and various other documentary material.

Collected from or created by the: National Archives and Records Administration, President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (Warren Commission), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), United States Secret Service, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Dallas Police Department, Dallas Municipal Archives, The United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), Rockefeller Commission (Also known as The United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (SSCI), Department of Defense, National Security Agency (NSA), and other agencies and depositories.

This collection includes as a finding aid, a unified full-text index of all computer recognizable text in all documents in this collection, making it possible to quickly search all computer recognizable text across all pages of all collections in one search.


The collections include:

Assassination Attempt by Richard Paul Pavlick Secret Service and FBI Files

JFK Assassination Attempt by Richard Paul Pavlick Secret Service and FBI Files - 905 pages of Secret Service files, FBI files, and newspaper articles covering Richard Paul Pavlick and his December 10, 1960, attempt to assassinate President-elect John F. Kennedy in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Richard P. Pavlick was born in Boston, Massachusetts on February 13, 1887, and educated in Boston Public Schools. He served in the Army during World War I. After the war he went to work for the Post Office in Boston. After retiring in the 1950's he moved to Belmont, New Hampshire. In his new hometown he became known for his public complaints regarding the American flag not being displayed properly, the government, Catholics, and the Kennedy family and their wealth.

In 1960, Pavlick was disturbed by John Kennedy's victory over Vice President Richard Nixon. The then 73-year-old Pavlick turned over all his property to a local youth camp. He then loaded-up his 1950 Buick and ended up at the Kennedy family compound at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.


CIA Reports

John F. Kennedy Assassination CIA Reports - 1,287 pages of CIA reports, produced mainly during the months after the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, copied from material held at the National Archives and Records.

The files date from December 9, 1960, to October 20, 1964.

Much of the material covers the time Lee Harvey Oswald spent in the Soviet Union and his visit to Mexico City two and half months before the death of President Kennedy. A CIA produced narrative chronology gives an annotated timeline account of the Oswalds in the Soviet Union from October 1959 to November 1962, based on personal documents, interviews, and official and un-official correspondence. A report titled "Name List with Traces" contains the names of persons in the Soviet Union known to or mentioned by Lee Harvey Oswald and Marina Oswald. Entries include identifying information from name traces.


CIA Surveillance of Soviet & Cuban Embassies in Mexico U.S. Government Files

JFK Assassination: CIA Surveillance of Soviet & Cuban Embassies in Mexico U.S. Government Files - 3,027 pages of files related to the CIA's surveillance of the Cuban and Soviet Embassies in Mexico during the early 1960's.

The CIA station in Mexico City kept a close eye on both the embassies of Cuba and the Soviet Union, using “multi-line phone taps, three photographic sites, a mobile surveillance team and a mail intercept operation,” according to one document. The CIA in the 1960s had ramped up its Mexico operations to monitor communist activity.


Dallas Police Department Files

John F. Kennedy Assassination Dallas Police Department Files - 11,334 pages of Dallas Police Department files, related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby.

Copies of material transferred from the Dallas Police Department to the Dallas Municipal Archives, from major items to minutia. The documents include homicide reports, affidavits, witness statements, newspaper clippings and correspondence.


Ellen Rometsch FBI File 

Ellen Rometsch - (President John Kennedy Administration/Robert Kennedy) - FBI Files - 478 pages of FBI files covering Ellen Rometsch. Files date from 1963 to 1987.

In the CIA biography of CIA Director (1961-1965) John McCone, declassified in 2015, CIA historian David Robage wrote, "Given McCone's friendship with Robert Kennedy, the chief protector of the president's reputation, and his responsibility as DCI for assessing the security damage of the Profumo episode, it seems likely that McCone knew the truth about John Kennedy's past link to the Keeler circle, used CIA resources to find out what she [REDACTED] and the FBI had uncovered about it, and passed on what he learned [REDACTED] to the attorney general. President Kennedy's reckless encounters with women of dubious note, a Mafia moll (Judith Exner) and a suspected East German agent (Ellen Rometsch), among others, were widely known in official and unofficial Washington at the time and already had caused difficulties for the administration."

Ellen Rometsch was born in Kleinitz Germany, in 1936. After World War II Kleinitz became part of East Germany. In 1955 she immigrated to West Germany. Ellen Rometsch's second husband was Rolf Rometsch, a West German Military aide assigned to Washington, D.C. Mrs. Rometsch arrived in the U.S. on April 6, 1961. She was investigated as an internal security threat, as it was reported that she came from East Germany. The investigation finally determined that Mrs. Rometsch did not pose an internal security threat


FBI Reports

John F. Kennedy Assassination FBI Reports - 6,605 pages of investigative reports produced by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the days and months following the death of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, copied from material held at the National Archives and Records Administration.

The earliest document in this set is dated July 3, 1961, nearly 2 1/2 years before the assassination of President Kennedy. These early files cover Oswald's residency in the Soviet Union and FBI interviews with Oswald after his return to the United States. The bulk of the material was created after the assassination of President Kennedy.

The documents include long form reports on Oswald and Jack Ruby. Individual reports address Oswald in Russia, Oswald's trip to Mexico, miscellaneous threats made against Kennedy, investigations into allegations of persons other than Oswald, and a report titled, "Hoaxes, False Reports, and Irresponsible Reporting."

Two reports cover the attorney, Mark Lane. Less than a month after the assassination, Lane published an article in the National Guardian questioning the initial information about the assassination. Lane went on to become a leading critic of the conclusions of the Warren Commission and wrote several books including, Rush to Judgment (1966), A Citizen's Dissent: Mark Lane Replies to the Defenders of the Warren Report (1968), Plausible Denial: Was the CIA Involved in the Assassination of JFK? (1991), and Last Word: My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK. (2011).

The files include a comprehensive report submitted to the Warren Commission titled, "Investigation of Assassination of President John F. Kennedy."


Frank Sturgis - Watergate, JFK Assassination, Anti-Castro Activity - FBI and CIA Files

Frank Sturgis - Watergate, JFK Assassination, Anti-Castro Activity - FBI and CIA Files - 3,579 pages of FBI, CIA, The United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), Rockefeller Commission (Also known as The United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States), and the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) files covering Frank Sturgis and issues related to him. Some documents in this collection were not declassified until November 2021.

Frank Anthony Sturgis (1924–1993) also known as Frank Angelo Fiorini and Frank Anthony Fachetti was one of the five burglars caught breaking into Democratic Party offices in the Watergate complex. Before this he served in several branches of the United States military. In 1958, during the Cuban Revolution, he fought against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista's forces alongside Fidel Castro. Later he joined anti-Castro forces and engaged in assassination attempts against Castro. The CIA has vigorously denied Sturgis’s claims of having once being employed by the Agency.

The files in this collection covers Sturgis' paramilitary activities in Cuba, his involvement and ties to assassins and assassination plots, accusations about Sturgis having involvement in the Kennedy assassination and an alleged meeting with Lee Harvey Oswald, his involvement in the Watergate break-in, and connections to a break-in at the Chilean Embassy.


J.D. Tippit Warren Commission Vertical Files & Other Documents

J.D. Tippit Warren Commission Vertical Files & Other Documents - This collection contains a total of 1,033 pages of files.

J.D. Tippit (September 18, 1924 – November 22, 1963) a 11-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department was on beat number 78 patrolling the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, 15 minutes after the shooting of President Kennedy. A description of the assassin had been given to patrol officers as a 5'10" slender white male, in his early 30s, weighing approximately 165 lbs.

At approximately 1:14 p.m., Tippit drove pulled up to a pedestrian, later selected from a lineup as Lee Harvey Oswald. Witnesses reported that Tippit and Oswald exchanged words, then Tippit exited his car and as he walked toward Oswald, Oswald drew and fired five shots hitting Tippit four times.


Jack Ruby CIA Files

JFK Assassination: Jack Ruby CIA Files - 3,862 of pages of CIA files related to Jack Ruby, material produced or collected by the Agency. Approximately 2,700 pages of the files are from the CIA. Approximately 1,000 pages are FBI and House Select Committee on Assassinations files containing information related to both the CIA and Ruby.


Jack Ruby Murder Trial Transcripts, Court Documents, Historical Documents

Jack Ruby Murder Trial Transcripts, Court Documents, Historical Documents - 3,133 pages of trial transcripts, court documents, and historical documents from the trial of Jack Ruby for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. This collection includes:

Trial Transcripts and Court Documents
Jack Ruby Handwritten Note
Warren Commission Vertical File
Juror Journals
Allen McCoy Journal
J. Waymon Rose Journal


Jack Ruby Warren Commission Vertical Files

John F. Kennedy Assassination: Jack Ruby: Warren Commission Vertical Files 8,982 pages, in 65 file folders, covering Jack Ruby, selected from the "Key Persons" File of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, also known as the Warren Commission.

On November 24, 1963, Ruby fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald, who was in police custody, in the basement of the Dallas Police Department headquarters building. A Dallas jury found Ruby guilty of murdering Oswald, and Ruby was sentenced to death. Later, Ruby appealed his conviction and death sentence and was granted a new trial. Ill with lung cancer, Ruby died of a pulmonary embolism on January 3, 1967, at Parkland Hospital, where Oswald had died and where President Kennedy had been pronounced dead after his assassination.

The documents contained in these files were photocopied by the Commission from the mass of documents that were created or accumulated by the Commission, to form a segmented collection of documents covering Jack Ruby. Most documents in this vertical file not created by the Commission were created by the FBI. Other documents are from the Secret Service, Department of Defense, Dallas Police Department, and other government agencies. These files cover all aspects of the background and activities of Jack Ruby. The documents include interviews, reports, transcripts of testimony, depositions, affidavits and written statements, memorandums concerning thebackgrounds of individuals, administrative papers, letters of notification, transmittals and so forth.

The file folders' subjects/titles include: Activities, Reaction to Assassination, Presence at Police Station, Entrance to Basement of Police Station, Background, Affiliations, Labor Union Activities, Racketeering and Subversive Activities, Associates and Relatives, Association with Oswald, Business and Financial Interests, Income Tax, Familiarity with the Police, Medical and Personal History, Military Service, Police Record, Political Activities, Travel, Ruby's Address Book, Mail and Telegrams, Personal Property, Telephone Calls, Ruby's Revolver, Motive, Witnesses Interviewed, Arrest and Interrogation, Trial, Melvin Belli, Conviction and Subsequent Events.


Jim Garrison and Clay Shaw Criminal & Civil Court Documents & Transcripts

JFK Assassination: Jim Garrison and Clay Shaw Criminal & Civil Court Documents & Transcripts - 5,886 pages of court documents and transcripts covering the 1969 criminal trial State of Louisiana v. Clay Shaw and the 1971 civil trial Clay Shaw v. Jim Garrison.

This collection includes:

Orleans Parish Grand Jury Special Investigation Testimony Transcripts (1967-1969)
State of Louisiana v. Clay Shaw (1969)
Clay Shaw v. Jim Garrison (1971)


Jim Garrison-Garrison Investigation FBI, CIA & Congressional Files

JFK Assassination: Jim Garrison/Garrison Investigation FBI, CIA & Congressional Files - 2,572 pages of FBI, CIA, Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (Rockefeller Commission), House and Senate Assassination Committees files related to Jim Garrison, who was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1973 and his investigation of and accusations about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Garrison was portrayed by Kevin Costner in the Oliver Stone film "JFK." Some material in this collection was not released to the public until May 2018.


Jim Garrison's Conspiracy Investigation Papers

John F. Kennedy Assassination: Jim Garrison's Conspiracy Investigation Papers - 12,668 pages of records maintained by former New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, concerning his investigation of an alleged conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy.

The family of Jim Garrison donated these papers to the National Archives’ John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection at the request of the Assassination Records Review Board. This collection consists of records kept at the home of Jim Garrison, District Attorney of New Orleans, pertaining to his investigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. These records were created or collected by Garrison, as part of his investigation and prosecution of Clay Shaw for conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy.

On March 1, 1967, District Attorney Garrison arrested prominent New Orleans businessman Clay L. Shaw (1913-1974) and charged him with conspiring to kill President John F. Kennedy. Shaw was tried in 1969. The State of Louisiana v. Clay Shaw was the only trial ever held in connection with the assassination. After a six-week trial, the jury acquitted Clay Shaw after forty-five minutes of deliberation on March 1, 1969.

New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison has been accused of abusing his power in an attempt to prove his conspiracy theory regarding the murder of the president. Others found that Garrison’s  indictment and trial of Clay Shaw provided a credible platform and new momentum for Warren Commission critics.


Jim Leavelle Warren Commission Vertical File

JFK Assassination Jim Leavelle Warren Commission Vertical File - James Robert Leavelle (August 23, 1920) is the former Dallas, Texas, homicide detective who is most famous for being the tan suited man handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald's right hand, when Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby.


John F. Kennedy November 22-25, 1963, Documents, Interviews, Audio Recordings, and Films

John F. Kennedy: November 22-25, 1963: Documents, Interviews, Audio Recordings, and Films 1,843 pages of documents, 966 minutes of audio, 1 hour and 35 minutes of video, and 35 photos related to President John F. Kennedy's November 1963 trip to Texas, his assassination and funeral. Material from the National Archives and Records Administration and the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson presidential libraries. Includes recordings of interviews of Dan Rather, Walter Cronkite, and Lady Bird Johnson.


Judith Campbell Exner - JFK, Sam Giancana and John Roselli Associate FBI Files

Judith Campbell Exner - JFK, Sam Giancana and John Roselli Associate FBI Files - 642 pages of FBI files related to Judith Campbell Exner. Some material was not released until November 2017.

Judith Campbell Exner (January 11, 1934 – September 24, 1999), also known as Judith Exner and Judith Campbell, claimed to be the mistress of U.S. president John F. Kennedy and Mafia leaders Sam Giancana and John Roselli.


Lee Harvey Oswald KGB Files

John Kennedy Assassination - Lee Harvey Oswald KGB Files - This collection is a set of KGB documents given to President Bill Clinton in 1999 by Russian President Boris Yeltsin. The files date from 1959 when Lee Harvey Oswald sought defection to the Soviet Union. Each original Russian language KGB document is accompanied by a translation later made by the United States Department of State.


Lee Harvey Oswald Warren Commission Vertical File

John F. Kennedy Assassination: Lee Harvey Oswald Warren Commission Vertical Files - 12,430 pages, in 91 vertical files covering Lee Harvey Oswald, selected from the "Key Persons" File of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, also known as the Warren Commission.

The documents contained in these files were photocopied by the Commission from the mass of documents that were created or accumulated by the Commission between December 1963 and November 1964, but some are dated earlier. They were divided into four time periods, Pre-Russian, Russian, Post-Russian, and Murder by Ruby, and then categorized into 91 subject folders concerning Lee Harvey Oswald.


Mark Lane FBI & Warren Commission Files

John F. Kennedy Assassination: Mark Lane FBI & Warren Commission Files - 2,059 pages of FBI and Warren Commission files involving JFK assassination conspiracy theorist and author Mark Lane. The documents, mostly dating from December 1963 to December 1964, were selected from the "Key Persons" File of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, also known as the Warren Commission.

Attorney Mark Lane is best known as an author exploring John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories. In 1966, his book critical of the Warren Commission, "Rush to Judgment" became a best seller. In 2011, his "The Last Word: My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK," was published.

Four weeks after the November 22, 1963, Kennedy assassination, the far left New York newspaper the National Guardian published an article written by Lane. In the article Lane took the role of Oswald's defense attorney, addressing several issues including the witnesses who claimed to have seen Oswald on the sixth floor of the school book depository; the paraffin test which, to Lane, indicated that Oswald had not fired a rifle recently; the conflicting claims about the rifle which at first had been, as the police announced, a German Mauser and afterwards an old WWII Mannlicher-Carcano rifle; the Parkland Hospital doctors announcing an entrance wound in the throat; the role of the FBI; and the press, who Lane said convicted Oswald before his guilt was proven.

Lane later contacted the Warren Commission desiring to participate in the Commission's inquiry, representing the interests of Lee Harvey Oswald. Three months later the Commission appointed Walter E. Craig, president of the American Bar Association, to represent the interests of Oswald. However, Lane did become the attorney chosen by Marguerite Oswald, Lee Harvey's mother, to publicly represent Oswald's interest.


National Security Agency (NSA) Files

John F. Kennedy Assassination National Security Agency (NSA) Files - 2,484 pages of National Security Agency, NSA, files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Some material was not declassified until November 2017.

The files date from 1963 to 1995. Much of the material dating near the time of the assassination is composed of Communications Intelligence/COMINT reports. These are reports of technical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by means other than those intended by the sender and received by others than the intended recipients. The specific correspondents in these intercepted communications are usually withheld. Much of the material in this set deals with the NSA’s cooperation with the ARRB.


Newspaper Articles 1963

JFK Assassination Newspaper Articles 1963 - 158 full-page newspaper sheet pages from 42 newspaper issues dating from November 22, 1963, to December 25, 1963. Containing coverage of the assassination of President Kennedy, the shooting of Governor Connally, and the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby. The newspapers include the Evening Star of Washington DC and newspapers from Maryland, Virginia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Minnesota, Michigan, and Alaska.


Richard M. Mosk Staff Member Warren Commission Papers

JFK Assassination Richard M. Mosk Staff Member Warren Commission Papers - 1,769 pages of documents. These papers help give a view of the internal work done by the staff of the Warren Commission. The Richard M. Mosk papers, consist of drafts and copies of reports, correspondence between members of the Commission staff, both personal and professional, interviews and speeches all related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Richard Mosk joined The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy staff at the age of 25. As a staff member of the Warren Commission, he was charged with examining the background of Lee Harvey Oswald.

This collection includes reports by Mosk covering the history of presidential protection, history of the secret service, Oswald's marksmanship, Oswald family finances, and Oswald's life in America after he returned from Russia.

Mosk wrote legal opinions on pre-assassination issues such as State Department and Immigration and Naturalization Service decisions concerning Marina and Lee Oswald's return to the United States. Whether Marina Oswald was eligible for entry into the United States; Whether Lee Harvey Oswald should have been issued a passport on June 25, 1963, and if that passport should have been revoked when the State Department received information that Lee Oswald was making inquiries about returning to Russia at the Russian Embassy in Mexico City in late September and early October.


Secret Service Reports

John F. Kennedy Assassination Secret Service Reports - 2,422 pages of investigative reports produced by the United States Secret Service in the days following the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, copied from material held at the National Archives and Records Administration.

The reports date from November 24, 1963, to October 24, 1964, and contain approximately 2,250 discernible pages.

Materials in this set includes: A collection of reports on investigations by Secret Service agents on issues surrounding the assassination ranging from key fundamentals down to minutia. Reports dealing with aspects of President Kennedy's autopsy. Interviews of Marina Oswald. A report on the origins of the "Wanted for Treason" posters featuring President Kennedy distributed around Dallas. A copy of Lee Harvey Oswald's address book.

A comprehensive report dated December 18, 1963, covers the protection in place at the time of the assassination and the events of November 22, 1963. The report is by Chief James J. Rowley of the United States Secret Service. The report emphasizes, "Presidential protection includes not only physical security measures against direct threats or attacks against the President, but protection against accidental and impersonal dangers inherent in Presidential travel and other activities. This responsibility must be carried out, however, in a manner that will not interfere unduly with the official activities of the President or with his personal life."


United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (1975-1979)

7,845 pages of hearings transcripts and a final report.

In 1976, the United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) was created. The Committee investigated the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. The HSCA finished its investigation in 1978 and released its report in 1979. It found that JFK'S assassination was occurred as a result of a conspiracy not involving Cuba or the Soviet Union.

The findings of the 1979 House Select Committee on Assassinations states that the committee had found "a high probability that two gunmen fired" at the president. This conclusion resulted from the last-minute “discovery” of a Dallas police radio transmission tape that allegedly provided evidence that four or more shots were fired in Dealey Plaza. After the report appeared in print, acoustic experts analyzed the tape and proved conclusively that the previous radio transmission tape analysis was wrong.


Warren Commission Complete Report, Hearings, and Exhibits - 27 Volumes

President John F. Kennedy Assassination: Warren Commission Complete Report: Report, Hearings, and Exhibits 27 Volumes - The 19,200 pages composed of The Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, also known as the Warren Commission Report in one volume, and 26 volumes of hearings, interviews and exhibits.

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, commonly called the Warren Commission, by Executive Order (E.O. 11130) on November 29, 1963. Its purpose was to investigate the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963, at Dallas, Texas. President Johnson directed the Commission to evaluate matters relating to the assassination and the subsequent killing of the alleged assassin, and to report its findings and conclusions to him.


Warren Commission FBI Files

John F Kennedy Assassination Warren Commission FBI Files - 8,155 pages of internal FBI files covering the Bureau's interactions with the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, commonly called the Warren Commission. These sets of documents are from the FBI headquarters file serial number 62-109060.

They record the interaction between the FBI and members of the Warren Commission. They document the work performed by the FBI at the request of the Warren Commission.


Warren Commission - NARA Records Relating to Key Persons (11/30/1963 - 09/24/1964)

A collection of 673 file folders containing 31,158 pages of investigation documents, generated by the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (Warren Commission) and other material held by the National Archives and Records Administration, collected between 11/30/1963 and 09/24/1964, related to approximately 665 individuals, with some connection to individuals or events related to the assassinations of President Kennedy and/or Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby.

These files were created for reference to the secondary persons. Includes one or more folders for witnesses who testified before the Commission, gave depositions, or made affidavits, and for other persons who were involved in the investigation to a significant extent. Consists chiefly of electrostatic copies, but also includes carbon copies and a few signed original documents. Among the papers are Commission documents; transcripts of testimony, depositions, and affidavits given by the witnesses; memorandums concerning the background of the persons involved, establishing schedules for hearing witnesses, or suggesting areas of investigation; covering letters transmitting depositions. Often the papers consist only of individual pages relating to particular persons, these pages having been taken or copies from the documents to which they belong.

This collection contains mostly secondary individuals such as Dallas Police Department officer Ted Callaway. Officer Callaway described running after Lee Harvey Oswald as he was fleeing from the J. D. Tippet murder crime scene, and then chasing after him in a cab.

Among the many individuals who have files in this collection are:

John Jacob Abt (1904 – 1991) an American lawyer and politician, who spent most of his career as chief counsel to the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and was a member of the Communist Party and the Soviet spy network "Ware Group" as alleged by Whittaker Chambers. Abt contacted the Dallas Police Department seeking to represent Oswald.

Marion L. Baker a patrolman with the Dallas Police Department gave an affidavit on November 22nd, 1963, stating that he was a motorcycle escort when he heard three shots. Shortly afterward he searched the Texas School Book Depository building.

Earle Cabell (1906 – 1975) served as mayor of Dallas, Texas at the time of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Cabell and his wife met United States President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy at Love Field on the morning of November 22, 1963. Cabell's wife reported that while riding in Kennedy's motorcade through Dealey Plaza, she observed "a rather long looking thing" sticking out of a window of the Texas School Book Depository immediately after the first shot.

John L. Daniels, the parking lot attendant who witnessed the Dallas Police Department tow away Jack Ruby's car, after removing Ruby's dachshund Sheba from the car.

August Eberhardt, was a detective with the Dallas Police Department, who was friends with Jack Ruby and Jack Ruby's sister Eva Grant. Eberhardt tells Commission investigators about making social visits to Ruby's nightclub.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse James Garner who were Lee Harvey Oswald's landlords for his apartment at 4905 Magazine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. Oswald resided there from May to September 1963. They reported on Oswald's difficulty in paying rent.

And material on over 600 other Individuals.


Warren Commission Vertical Files on Core Kennedy Topics

JFK Assassination - Warren Commission Vertical Files on Core Kennedy Topics - 1,209 pages of documents created or gathered by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, most commonly referred to as the Warren Commission. 

This collection contains Commission vertical files on President Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy. Documents covering the Commission’s investigative focus and interviews with witnesses and communications sent to the Commission from agencies such as the FBI, Secret Service, Dallas Police Department, and the Dallas County Sheriff Department.

The subjects covered include: Core topics concerning the assassination; Preparations for the trip to Dallas; The motorcade in Dallas; Affidavits and interviews concerning the shots fired; President Kennedy's autopsy; The return of the President's remains to Washington D.C.; and the actions of Jacqueline Kennedy during the shooting.

Highlights include: A folder labeled "Kennedy, John F. Trip to Texas." Includes an itinerary for the trip, FBI memo on planning for the trip, a Secret Service memo reviewing the agency’s preliminary survey of the trip, memos concerning the trip by the chief of the Dallas Police Department; Warren Commission Vertical File on President Kennedy’s Motorcade; and Warren Commission Vertical File on shots fired at President Kennedy.


White House - Air Force One – LBJ & Nixon Audio Recordings

John F. Kennedy Assassination White House - Air Force One – LBJ & Nixon Audio Recordings - Twenty-one hours and twenty-one minutes of Air Force One and White House recordings, Nineteen hours and fourteen minutes of LBJ  telephone recording  dealing with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.  Plus, ten hours of President Nixon audio recording of conversations with cursory mention of the John F. Kennedy assassination.