JFK Collection in the Dallas Police Archives

Revisit the unforgettable events in Dallas, November 1963, on the 59th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and the murders of presumed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald and police officer J.D. Tippit.

John Slate, Dallas City Archivist, presents an illustrated lecture on the history and contents of the John F. Kennedy Collection, comprised of records from the Dallas Police Department, in the Dallas Municipal Archives. Transferred to the archives in 1989, the Kennedy collection contains more than 11,400 documents and photographs, including homicide reports, affidavits, witness statements, fingerprint cards, mug shots, newspaper clippings and correspondence.

John H. Slate is city archivist for the City of Dallas, where he is responsible for historic city government records in the Dallas Municipal Archives. A member of the Academy of Certified Archivists and served ten years on the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board, he possesses a B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science, specializing in archival enterprise, from the same institution. He’s written on photography, music, and Texas history and is the author or co-author of the following: Historic Dallas Parks, Lost Austin, Dealey Plaza, and John F. Kennedy Sites in Dallas-Fort Worth.
For additional information, call 214-509-4911.

Thanks to the Portal to Texas History and Dallas Municipal Archives for the images that are depicted in this video.

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[lindagiovannazambanini]

Regarding the shady practice of the DPD (and the FBI for that matter) of NOT recording Oswald's interrogations...The Dallas Police Department claimed they didn’t have the “means’ to record Oswald’s interrogation. This is absolutely FALSE. The Dallas Police Department employed five court stenographers and had dozens of reporters in the building with recording equipment who they could have borrowed recording equipment from. And for that matter the full power of the Federal Government was at their disposal via the FBI which certainly had recording equipment! Even if they didn't originally bring it, the DPD could have requested it from the FBI - or for that matter, the FBI, given this was the "crime of the century" SHOULD have insisted on bringing in a tape recorder once they saw the DPD didn't or wouldn't provide it! The Dallas police also had a “Recording room” in the police station. On the schematics of the 3rd floor of the DPD (from '63) it shows that there was a "Recording Room" right across the hall from Homicide (Rm 317) where Oswald was being interrogated!!! This is just one more instance of gaslighting the public in this case! I've never heard anyone address this before. What was in the room if not "recording equipment"?? And if so why wasn't it used?! I'll tell you why none of this happened...they didn't WANT him recorded because they railroaded Oswald and lied about what he did and didn't say because he was the designated PATSY of the coup just as Lee Harvey Oswald kept on insisting !

[Ben-rhkr]

I guess you can't buy tape recorders in Dallas on 22 November 1963. Or have a stenographer come in.

[alrifr]

It is funny that Officer Westbrook found a jacket, wallet and gun near the Tippet shooting, but Oswald had his jacket, wallet and gum at the Theater. DPD were good.

[DenisMorissetteJFK]

Do you know where are the polygraph test results done on the person, Buell Frazier who drove Oswald to work on 11/22? Also, how about the audio recording of the sheriff's office transmissions right after the assassination?

[TheSpritz]

Just subscribed, PLEASE keep up the JFK content!!!!

[garrettmeadows]

Any meaningful documents have been destroyed.

[DYNASPORTS]

The holy city of Dallas where a German Mauser 7.65 morphed into a Italian 6.5 Manlicher Carcano, where entrance wounds became exit wounds.
The holy city of Dallas where LHO can shoot officer Tippet at about the same time he entered the movie theater, the holy city of Dallas where people situated behind the car can shoot a hole in the windshield from the outside in and LHO palmprint after 2 days (afterLHO died) suddenly apeared on the rifle.

[r.c.miller]

Such a small audience. Perhaps because they seem more informed than the speaker who pretends to know nothing of importance.

[jesse]

If one of the Dallas cops stepped up and said he went to Ruby's club and had fun with strippers and drinks, I'd start to believe them.

[shihyuchu]

The most dishonest guy I've ever met is a guy named Warren Commission

[williamwells]

The feds took all the evidence from the Dallas Police Department the day of the incident and afterwards. The Feds took over the case as well. So my question is, how and where did they get this information for this incident?

[frederickbowdler]

Interesting talk abo and a useful archive well done.😊

[viewerpet]

So, does he have "a map" of the sewer system or "maps" of Either is essentially the same thing, but this speaker acts like they are different. This clown is a lone nut theorist.
He had no problem calling Oswald a "punk" at 31:33 of this video. This speaker has been misguided.

[katelist]

Interesting about the stolen DPD files recovered in a drug bust in the 2000's including Ruby's fingerprint files ... oh gosh, oh yeah!? Just shows we do not even know what is there, let alone, what should be there, but is not!

[davedillon]

At 1:15:00- to the lady asking about the portable police radio - call the manufacturer in west Dade County Florida. That's where they do, keep things; I was testing one of the first 9 'flip phones' cell phones so THAT'S a good place to start!
* What happened to the person waiting on hold in Oregon?! Hel-lo?

[MrJocax]

Behind the fence there was a line of shooters. Roscoe White, James Files and who knows who else... so much nonsense is talked about.

[davidarbuckle]

I wonder if they have the original photo of the Sniper's nest that showed only two bullet hulls, and one unfired bullet? IT was photographed by Lt. Day and the FBI. It didn't change to 3 hulls until the next day after they discovered the wound in JFK's back. Then suddenly the originals were scrubbed and the new image of the 3 hulls in various positions on the floor was displayed. I wonder if they have the 2nd wallet with Oswald's I.D. that Capt Westbrook found at the Tippit Murder Scene? I wish they could come up with the photo of the Eisenhower Jacket WHEN it was found in the parking lot. I saw one video showing an officer holding it and it was windy. But the jacket was a Creamy white jacket.

[CharlesGregory-mc]

it is called a Reel to Reel Recorder not Cassette Recorders

[weldonwillingham]

Until more digitized photos and videos are available of the originals are released, Then the discussion is mute.

[davop]

Here's what I want to know what were the results of testing done on oswalds revolver and powder residue on his hands after he was apprehended in the movie theater?? I've never seen any comments on this..