Sources

The sheer volume of material available to writers of contemporary history makes the preparation of a formal bibliography an exasperating task. This is a phenomenon of the communications revolution. All the old sources of information still exist: letters, diaries, memorandums, State Department cables, official schedules; and, among secondary sources, books and periodical articles. In addition, however, one is confronted with heaps of round pegs which won’t fit the traditional square holes—video tapes, audio tapes, aerial photographs of ceremonies, teletype messages, microfilms, Xeroxed copies of untranscribed shorthand—there really is no end to the variety of forms data may assume. Where, for example, does one put notes gleaned from the author’s own observations? Once the answer would have been that they were journalism, not history. In contemporary history, however, the two merge.

Behind this book are two chief sources of fact: the notes of participants, written or taped at the time of these events or soon thereafter, and the author’s own interviews. A third vein, which I explored carefully but seldom mined, was the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy’s twenty-six-volume conglomeration of testimony, depositions, and exhibits. The quotation from Lee Oswald’s diary which appears here of this book is from Commission Exhibit 24 (Volume XVI, pages 94–105). The Ruth Paine and Marina Oswald correspondence quoted here may be found in Commission Exhibits 404–425 (Volume XVII, pages 81–153). The passages from Robert Oswald’s diary on pages 528–529 are in Commission Exhibit 323 (Volume XVI, pages 889–915). Other episodes or comments whose sources lie in the Commission’s material include Marina’s remark, here, that her mother-in-law had a “mania” for “money, money, money” (Volume I, page 79); August Eberhardt’s account, here, of visiting the Carousel and Vegas clubs with Mrs. Eberhardt (Volume III, page 183); Eberhardt’s recollection, here, of Jack Ruby’s appearance in the Dallas jail on the evening of November 22, 1963 (Volume XIII, pages 187–188); Karin Carlin’s memory (here) of her phone conversation with Ruby before he shot Oswald (Volume XIII, pages 211–212); Marina’s account (here) of burning one of the photographs showing Lee holding the assassination weapon (Volume I, page 79); and Marguerite’s description (also here) of flushing the ashes of this picture down a toilet (Volume I, page 152).

My interviewing sessions were held as soon as possible, for memory does fade. There is, for example, a distinct difference in the quality of statements taken in the spring of 1964 and those of a year later. On the other hand, perspective does have its uses. The author’s interview with Mrs. Lyndon Johnson on June 15, 1964, is superior in many ways to the recollections which she set down immediately after her return from Dallas. The plausibility of witnesses has been weighed at each stage. Fortunately, the mass of circumstantial evidence makes corroboration or disproof possible on most points.

Of course, no one can ever root out the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. That is a game lawyers play. There is something touching about their naïve assumption that one gets the full story by putting a man under oath. In practice you get very little of it. Anxious not to perjure himself, the witness volunteers as little as possible. The President’s Commission on the Assassination was dominated by attorneys. The record shows it. Their depositions of minor witnesses were remarkably brief. The author, with his tape recorder or shorthand notebook, gets a great deal more chaff; but in the long run he harvests more wheat, too.

I. AUTHOR’S INTERVIEWS

Name Position at 12 Noon, Nov. 22, 1963 Date of Interview
Bess Abell Personal secretary to Mrs. Johnson 10.6.64
Nicole Alphand Wife of French Ambassador to U.S.A. 17.4.64
H. H. “Andy” Anderson Managing Director, Hotel Adolphus, Dallas 24.9.64
Dave Andres Dallas executive 26.9.64
Marvin Arrowsmith Associated Press editor, Washington 11.8.64
Hugh Auchincloss Stepfather of Mrs. Kennedy 21.5.64.
Mrs. Janet Auchincloss Mother of Mrs. Kennedy 21.5.64
Sergeant Joseph Ayres Air Force One Steward 9.6.64
John Bailey Chairman, Democratic National Committee 7.6.65
Russell Baker Correspondent, New York Times 15.4.64
Letitia Baldridge Former social secretary, the White House 25.5.64
George Ball Under Secretary of State 10.4.64
Charles Bartlett Washington correspondent 3.5.64
Martha Bartlett Friend of the Kennedy family 3.5.64
Robert Baskin Washington Bureau Chief, Dallas Morning News 15.5.64
Deputy Chief Charles Batchelor Dallas police officer (Assistant Chief) 23.9.64
Gerald A. Behn Head of White House Secret Service Detail 18.12.64
Carmine Bellino, CPA Washington attorney to the Kennedy family 5.6.64
1st Lt. Samuel R. Bird Officer, Company E, the Old Guard, 3rd Infantry 30.4.64
Capt. Walter R. Bishop Artillery officer, 3rd Infantry 30.4.64
Gerald S. Blaine Secret Service agent 12.5.65
Hale Boggs U.S. Congressman from Louisiana 14.5.64
Benjamin Bradlee Washington Bureau Chief, Newsweek Magazine 17.4.64
1.6.64
Toni Bradlee Friend of the Kennedy family 1.6.64
Henry Brandon Washington correspondent, London Sunday Times 12.4.65
Howard L. Brennan Pipefitter 23.9.64
David Brinkley NBC Television correspondent 28.5.64
Sir Denis W. Brogan British scholar 31.12.64
Jack S. Brooks U.S. Congressman from Texas 17.6.64
Mrs. Charlotte Brooks Congressman’s wife 17.6.64
Jerry Bruno Advance man, Democratic National Committee 1.12.64
12.4.64
17.12.64
Jack Bryant Rice Hotel catering manager 18.9.64
Art Buchwald Washington columnist 5.10.64
J. W. Bullion Dallas attorney 19.9.64
McGeorge Bundy Special Assistant to the President 9.4.64
2.6.64
George G. Burkley, M.D. Rear Admiral, USN; personal physician to the President 10.4.64
14.4.64
23.4.64
3.3.65
11.7.66
Earle Cabell Mayor of Dallas 1.6.65
Father Thomas Cain Superior of the Dominican Fathers, Roman Catholic University of Dallas 21.9.64
Christine Camp Secretary to Pierre Salinger 20.8.64
Capt. R. 0. Canada, Jr.,USN Director, Bethesda Naval Hospital 14.4.64
Pfc Arthur A. Carlson Leader of riderless horses, Fort Myer 30.4.64
Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter Executive Assistant to the Vice President 10.6.64
28.5.65
Frank Carpenter United Nations press officer 21.8.64
Lt. Col. Bernard G. Carroll U.S. Army Post Engineer, Fort Myer 11.8.64
Cliff Carter Political adviser to the Vice President 23.7.64
Douglass Cater Washington Editor, The Reporter 29.5.64
George Christian Aide to the Governor of Texas 15.9.64
Sergeant Keith Clark Bugler, U.S. Army Band 20.5.64
Maj. Gen. Chester V. Clifton Military Aide to the President 21.4.64
21.8.64
22.1.65
28.5.65
John B. Connally, Jr. Governor of Texas 16.9.64
Mrs. John B. Connally, Jr. Wife of the Governor of Texas 30.9.64
Maj. Michael Cook, USAF Assistant Air Force Aide to the President 8.6.64
21.6.64
Paul Cretian Aide to the Director, CIA 8.10.64
Jesse E. Curry Chief of Dallas Police Department 25.9.64
Richard Cardinal Cushing Archbishop of Boston 13.7.64
Marilyn Dailey Dallas Junior High School student 3.8.65
Mrs. Rita Dallas Nurse to Joseph P. Kennedy 20.7.64
E. M. “Ted” Dealey Publisher of Dallas Morning News 25.9.64
Joe Dealey Editor of Dallas Morning News 25.9.64
C. DeLoach Assistant to the Director, FBI 8.10.64
C. Douglas Dillon Secretary of the Treasury 14.8.64
William O. Douglas Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 2.4.64
Joan Douglas Wife of Justice Douglas 3.4.64
Otto Druhe Chief chef, Hotel Texas 19.9.64
Sergeant Robert Dugger, Jr. Patrol officer, Dallas Police Force 22.9.64
Angier Biddle Duke Chief of Protocol, State Department 8.4.64
3.6.64
Robin Duke Wife of Angier Duke; friend of Mrs. Kennedy’s 16.11.64
Ralph Dungan Special Assistant to the President 15.4.64
Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th President of the United States 27.8.64
Sgt. 1st Class Allen J. Eldredge Wreath bearer, 3rd Infantry 30.4.64
Dr. Joseph T. English Chief Psychiatrist, Medical Program, Peace Corps 18.8.64
Paul B. Fay, Jr. Acting Secretary of the Navy 5.5.64
Marie Fehmer Secretary to the Vice President 11.6.64
Charles E. Fincklin Maître d’Hôtel, the White House 14.8.64
Ronald B. Fischer Clerk, Auditor’s Office, Dallas County Building 23.9.64
Bob Foster Secret Service agent 18.11.64
Henry H. “Joe” Fowler Acting Secretary of the Treasury 26.6.64
Wesley Frazier Fellow worker of Lee Oswald 21.9.64
J. W. “Will” Fritz Chief of Dallas Homicide Squad 25.9.64
J. William Fulbright U.S. Senator from Arkansas 15.6.65
John Kenneth Calbraith Former Ambassador to India 11.7.64
Mrs. Mary Gallagher Personal secretary to Mrs. John F. Kennedy 2.4.64
23.4.64
2.5.64
15.5.64
10.6.64
6.8.64
Ann Gargan Cousin of President Kennedy 20.7.64
Joseph Gargan Cousin of President Kennedy 20.7.64
Joseph H. Gawler Washington undertaker 18.5.64
1.6.64
16.6.64
19.5.65
Master Sergeant Joseph D. Giordano, USA Baggage master to the President 2.6.64
5.2.65
25.5.65
Lt. Col. Thurman A. Glasgow Information Officer, Brooks Air Force Base 17.9.64
Arthur J. Goldberg Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 24.6.64
Irving L. Goldberg Dallas attorney 24.9.64
Henry Gonzalez U.S. Congressman from Texas 25.6.64
Richard N. Goodwin Secretary General of the International Peace Corps Secretariat 4.5.64
Dean Gorham Director of the Texas Municipal Retirement System 15.9.64
A. C. Greene Editor, Dallas Times Herald editorial page 25.9.64
22.9.64
Jim Greenfield Assistant Secretary of State 1.4.64
Bill Greer Secret Service agent 19.11.64
Edwin O. Guthman Special Assistant to the Attorney General 3.5.64
10.6.64
24.3.65
Milton Gwirtzman Assistant to Senator Edward M. Kennedy 8.6.64
15.5.64
David Hackett Executive Director, the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime 21.5.64
Joseph Hagan Assistant to Joseph H. Gawler 18.5.64
Oliver S. Hallett, USN Assistant Naval Aide, the White House 23.4.64
Mrs. Joan Hallett Wife of Commander Hallett 23.4.64
The Most Rev. Philip N. Hannan Auxiliary Bishop of Washington 25.6.64
25.5.65
Lt. Col. Lewis Hanson Presidential aircraft copilot 7.6.65
Warren G. Harding Treasurer, Dallas County 8.10.64
Averell Harriman Under Secretary of State 27.5.64
Mrs. Marie Heintz Staff member, Walter Reed Hospital 28.8.64
Clinton J. Hill Secret Service agent 18.11.64
20.5.65
Jacqueline Hirsch French teacher, White House School 23.4.64
Fred Holborn Assistant to the President 9.4.64
8.9.64
The Rev. William A. Holmes Pastor, Northaven Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas 8.10.64
Wesley Hooper Rice Hotel executive 18.9.64
J. Edgar Hoover Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation 4.6.64
James Patrick Hosty, Jr. FBI agent 24.9.64
Father Oscar Huber Dallas priest 26.8.64
20.9.64
Judge Sarah T. Hughes Federal District Judge 19.9.64
Hubert H. Humphrey U.S. Senator from Minnesota 16.3.65
H. L. Hunt Dallas oilman 25.9.64
Hurchel Jacks Texas State Highway Patrolman 20.9.64
Lern Johns Secret Service agent 19.11.64
Mrs. J. Lee Johnson III Wife of Fort Worth civic leader 19.9.64
Lyndon Baines Johnson* Vice President of the U.S. 24.6.65
Mrs. Lyndon Baines Johnson Wife of the Vice President 15.6.64
U. Alexis Johnson Deputy Under Secretary of State 2.6.64
3.6.64
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Deputy Attorney General 5.6.64
Roy Kellerman Secret Service agent 17.11.64
12.5.65
Thomas J. Kelley Inspector, U.S. Secret Service 9.10.64
Bernard F. Kelly Detective, D.C. Police Department Homicide Squad 9.6.65
Edward M. Kennedy U.S. Senator 14.4.64
Ethel Kennedy Wife of the Attorney General 17.4.64
Joan Kennedy Wife of Senator Kennedy 23.4.64
Mrs. John F. Kennedy The First Lady 7.4.64
4.5.64
7.5.64
8.5.64
20.7.64
Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the U.S. 14.5.64
12.1.65
Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy Mother of President Kennedy 19.7.64
Malcolm Kilduff Assistant Press Secretary to the President 2.5.64
19.5.65
Sam Kinney Secret Service agent 19.2.65
Jack Krueger Managing Editor, Dallas Morning News 23.9.64
Steve Landregan Assistant Administrator, Parkland Memorial Hospital 21.9.64
Mrs. Peter Lawford Sister of President Kennedy 20.7.64
21.7.64
James Lehrer Reporter, Dallas Times Herald 23.9.64
8.10.64
3.6.65
7.6.65
8.6.65
Hal Lewis Managing Editor, Dallas Times Herald 24.9.64
Mrs. Evelyn Lincoln Personal secretary to President Kennedy 3.4.64
4.4.64
15.4.64
15.5.64
Walter Lippmann Washington columnist 10.10.64
Billy Nolan Lovelady Fellow worker of Lee Oswald 21.9.64
Irving Lowens Chief, Music Division, Library of Congress 5.8.64
Robert MacNeil Newscaster, NBC 15.6.65
John McCone Director, Central Intelligence Agency 10.4.64
John W. McCormack Speaker of the House of Representatives 14.5.64
Father Hiomas McGraw Catholic Chaplain, Arlington National Cemetery 1.9.64
Mary McGrory Columnist, Washington Star 9.8.64
Brig. Gen. Godfrey McHugh Air Force Aide to the President 6.5.64
Mrs. M. K. McHugh Secretary to the Chief Justice 22.4.64
Mrs. Robert “Candy” McMurrey Sister of Joan Kennedy 10.6.64
Col. George J. McNally, Commanding Officer, the White House 26.5.64
U.S. Signal Corps Communications Agency 8.6.64
5.10.64
4.2.65
Jack McNally Staff Assistant to the President 15.5.64
Robert S. McNamara Secretary of Defense 25.5.64
John Macy Chairman, U.S. Civil Service Commission 15.6.64
Sgt. William Malcolm Firing Party Commander, 3rd Infantry 30.4.64
Senator Mike Mansfield Majority Leader, U.S. Senate 27.5.64
Dean F. Markham Executive Director, U.S. Narcotic Commission 24.6.64
Harry Martin Houston caterer 18.9.64
Mrs. Paul Mellon Friend of Mrs. Kennedy’s 19.6.64
John Metzler Superintendent, Arlington National 30.4.64
Cemetery 10.8.64
21.6.65
7.7.65
George D. Miller, USA, Specialist 7th Grade Assistant to Master Sergeant Giordano 2.6.64
Lt. Col. Paul C. Miller (Retired) Ceremonies Officer, Military District of Washington 30.4.64
Robert Morgenthau U.S. Attorney, New York 1.6.64
Bill D. Moyers Deputy Director, Peace Corps 8.6.65
Daniel P. Moynihan Assistant Secretary of Labor 22.5.64
23.11.64
27.3.66
Seaman Apprentice Ed Nemuth Flag bearer, Naval Ceremonial Company, Naval Air Station, Anacostia 18.5.64
Angela Novello Personal secretary to the Attorney General 15.5.64
Lawrence F. O’Brien Special Assistant to the President 4.5.64
4.6.64
P. Kenneth O’Donnell Special Assistant to the President 4.5.64
4.6.64
6.8.64
23.11.64
John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary Secret Service agent 10.11.64
Vernon B. Oneal Dallas undertaker 25.9.64
Mary Ann Orlando Secretary to Sargent Shriver 12.8.64
Sir David Ormsby-Gore British Ambassador to the U.S. 6.5.64
Marguerite Oswald Mother of Lee Oswald 26.8.64
18.9.64
Robert Oswald Brother of Lee Oswald 5.11.64
Michael Paine Acquaintance of the Oswalds 20.9.64
13.1.65
Mrs. Ruth Paine Friend of Marina Oswald 20.9.64
Providentia Parades Mrs. Kennedy’s maid 24.4.64
Max Peck Manager of Rice Hotel, Houston 18.9.64
Henry Peters Drum Major, U.S. Marine Band 21.8.64
Burrill Peterson Inspector, U.S. Secret Service 9.10.64
17.11.64
18.11.64
5.2.65
Philip Potter Correspondent, Baltimore Sun 26.3.64
David Powers Assistant to President Kennedy 8.4.64
10.8.64
21.10.64
17.3.65
24.5.65
Walter I. “Bill” Pozen Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior 28.4.64
Elizabeth Pozen Wife of Walter I. Pozen 28.4.64
Charles Jack Price Administrator of Parkland Hospital 21.9.64
22.2.65
Prince Stanislaus Radziwill Brother-in-law of Mrs. Kennedy 11.6.64
Timothy J. Reardon, Jr. Special Assistant to the President 4.6.64
James A. Reed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 22.5.64
George Reedy Assistant to the Vice President 23.6.64
Harold Reis Attorney, Department of Justice 23.4.65
Richard L. Riedel Press Liaison Officer, U.S. Senate 10.8.64
Charles Roberts Newsweek correspondent 9.6.65
Earlene Roberts Oswald’s landlady 23.9.64
Emory P. Roberts Secret Service agent 4.12.64
26.4.65
Mr. Rodriguez Aide to Congressman Gonzalez 16.9.64
Mrs. Lillian Rogers Secretary to Abraham Zapruder 21.9.64
Dr. Earl Rose Dallas County Medical Examiner 21.9.64
Barney Ross Member, President’s Commission on Juvenile Delinquency 9.6.64
James J. Rowley Chief, U.S. Secret Service 1.5.64
Dean Rusk Secretary of State 6.4.64
Peter Saccu Catering Manager, Hotel Texas, Fort Worth 18.9.64
Pierre Salinger Press Secretary to the President 20.8.64
H. Barefoot Sanders, Jr. U.S. Attorney, Dallas 22.9.64
26.9.64
27.5.65
James Sasser Director, White House household budget 14.5.65
1st Lt. Donald W. Sawtelle Honor Guard Commander, 3rd Infantry 30.4.64
Herbert Sawyer Inspector, Dallas Police Department 23.9.64
24.9.64
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Special Assistant to the President 29.5.64
John Schoellkopf Reporter, Dallas Times Herald 20.5.65
27.5.65
Brig. Gen. Robert L. Schulz, USA (Retired) Executive Assistant to President Eisenhower 27.8.64
Sgt. Thomas M. Setterberg Commander, Caisson Detail, Fort Myer 30.4.64
Maude Shaw Nurse to the Kennedy children 24.4.64
18.5.64
Keith Shelton Political writer, Dallas Times Herald 27.5.64
Capt. Tazewell Shepard Naval Aide to the President USN 1.5.64
24.3.65
Mrs. Tazewell Shepard Wife of Captain Shepard 1.5.64
Eunice Shriver Sister of President Kennedy 19.10.64
21.10.64
Sargent Shriver Director, U.S. Peace Corps; brother-in-law of President Kennedy 12.8.64
19.8.64
Hugh Sidey White House correspondent, Time Magazine 5.10.64
Byron Skelton Democratic National Committeeman from Texas 14.9.64
Ruth Skelton Wife of Byron Skelton 14.9.64
Jean Kennedy Smith Sister of President Kennedy 18.6.64
Merriman Smith White House correspondent, UPI 14.4.64
Stephen Smith Brother-in-law of President Kennedy 27.7.64
Theodore C. Sorensen Special Assistant to the President 20.7.64
Forrest V. Sorrels Secret Service Agent in Charge, Dallas, Texas 26.8.64
24.9.64
Mrs. Potter Stewart Wife of Associate Justice Stewart 16.4.64
Capt. Cecil Stoughton White House Photographer 27.4.64
Dr. Martin Sweig Administrative Assistant to the Speaker of the House 14.5.64
Col. James Swindal, USAF Presidential aircraft commander 29.4.64
3.6.65
Arthur Sylvester Assistant Secretary of Defense 5.11.64
Gen. Maxwell Taylor, USA Chairman, the Joint Chiefs of Staff 5.5.64
Olin Teague U.S. Congressman from Texas 29.9.64
Albert Thomas U.S. Congressman from Texas 16.4.64
19.8.64
George Thomas Valet to the President 7.5.64
Father James N. Thompson Dallas priest 28.8.64
Llewellyn Thompson Under Secretary of State 20.5.64
Roy S. Truly Superintendent, Texas School Book Depository, Dallas 21.9.64
Nancy Tuckerman Social secretary, the White House 13.4.64
6.5.64
Pamela Turnure Press secretary to Mrs. Kennedy 21.4.64
Martin E. Underwood Advance man, Democratic National Committee 21.6.65
Jack Valenti Texas public relations man 5.6.64
26.4.65
Sue Vogelsinger Secretary to Pierre Salinger 20.8.64
Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker, USA (Retired) Retired Army officer 25.9.64
W. R. Walker Assistant Manager, Hotel Texas, Fort Worth 18.9.64
John W. Walsh, M.D. Physician to Mrs. Kennedy 27.4.64
William Walton Artist; friend of the Kennedys 27.4.64
Theron Ward, J.P. Dallas County Justice of the Peace 21.9.64
Jack Warner Inspector, U.S. Secret Service 2.6.64
18.11.64
5.2.65
12.5.65
Earl Warren Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 18.5.64
3.11.64
Capt. Robert Weare Staff member, Bethesda Naval Hospital 14.4.64
1.6.64
Maj. Gen. Philip C. Wehle Commanding Officer, Military District of Washington 29.4.64
B. E. Welch, M.D. Brooks Air Force Base scientist 17.9.64
Thomas Howard Wells Secret Service agent 18.12.64
J. Bernard West Chief Usher, the White House 23.4.64
23.6.64
25.8.64
William W. Whaley Dallas taxi driver 23.9.64
Byron White Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 22.4.64
Theodore H. White Writer 21.6.65
Jerome B. Wiesner Special Assistant to the President 13.6.65
Howard P. Willens Attorney, Criminal Division, Department of Justice 8.7.66
Frank J. Wilson Chief of the U.S. Secret Service—Jan. 1, 1936–Dec. 31, 1946 25.6.64
Willard Wirtz Secretary of Labor 26.6.64
Ralph Yarborough U.S. Senator from Texas 6.4.64
11.11.64
26.5.65
Rufus Youngblood Secret Service agent 17.11.64
Abraham Zapruder Dallas manufacturer of women’s garments 21.9.64

II. UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS

Associated Press teletype files, November 22–25, 1963.

Auchincloss, Mrs. Hugh. Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 20, 1963.

Bales, Arthur W., Warrant Officer, U.S. Signal Corps. “Sequence of Events—22 November 1963”; May 25, 1965.

Ball, George W., Under Secretary of State. State Department memorandum for the President, handed to Lyndon Johnson by U. Alexis Johnson at Andrews AFB, 6:15 P.M., November 22, 1963.

Diagram showing where individuals sat in the Presidential helicopter from Andrews AFB to the White House, 6:15 P.M., November 22, 1963.

Ballantyne, Robert J., and Sullivan, William A. Memoranda on early State Department reactions to the assassination; dated June 1964.

Bartlett, Charles. Reflections on the death of President Kennedy, written on White House stationery; N.D.

Bartlett, Phyllis, switchboard operator, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22–24, 1963; N.D.

Basler, Roy P. “Reference Department activity at the Library of Congress during the period November 22–25, 1963, covering the assassination and funeral of President Kennedy”; December 23, 1963.

Bass, J. W. Burial-Transit Permit No. 7992, Texas State Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, for “removal of John F. Kennedy, deceased.”

Bird, 1st. Lieut. Samuel R., USA, Officer-in-charge, Joint Service Presidential Casket Team, funeral of President Kennedy. “After-action report on events of 22 Nov. 63–25 Nov. 63.”

Bodensteiner, Sgt. Leon, U.S. Signal Corps. “22 Nov. 63 in Commcen.”; N.D.

Brazell, S/Sgt. Robert D., U.S. Signal Corps. “Physical Situation and Chronological Sequence of Events,” November 22, 1963; N.D.

Brinkley, David. Letter to the author on television network and pool cameras used to cover funeral events in Washington, May 28, 1964.

Bruce, David, Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s. Cable to the Secretary of State on British reaction to the death of President Kennedy, December 1, 1963.

Bruno, Jerry. Texas Trip Schedule, November 14, 1963.

Buchwald, Art. Letter to the author, September 14, 1964.

Bundy, McGeorge, Special Assistant to the President. Untitled memorandum of events, November 22–25, 1963; December 4, 1963.

Memorandum to the President dated November 19, 1963, with handwritten notation by the President, November 21, 1963.

Burkley, George G., M.D. “Report on my participation in the activities surrounding the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy,” November 27, 1963, 8:45 A.M.

Cain, Father Thomas. Handwritten notes on his participation in events at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963; September 21, 1964.

Carpenter, Elizabeth. Draft of remarks to be made by President Johnson at Andrews AFB; written in automobile from Parkland Hospital to Love Field and aboard Aircraft 26000, November 22, 1963.

Carpenter, Francis. Notes on the activities of Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson November 22–23, 1963; August 24, 1964.

Carriger, Harley, Sp/4, U.S. Signal Corps. “Résumé of Events 22 November 1963”; N.D.

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company. Records of toll and long-distance-direct calls, November 22–November 25, 1963.

Colt, Justice LeBaron Bradford. “The Protection of the President of the United States,” an address delivered March 3, 1902, in Concord, New Hampshire, before the New Hampshire Bar Association.

Cuesta, Lourdes B. Letter to the author, May 6, 1965.

Dailey, Marilyn. Letter to the author, May 23, 1965.

Dailey, Mary Mathis. Letter to the author, May 23, 1965.

Ferguson, Anne, switchboard operator, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22, 1963; N.D.

Freeman, Orville, Secretary of Agriculture. Memoranda of events. The first section was dictated on November 23, 1963, at 5:15 P.M.; subsequent sections dictated from time to time through Monday, November 25, 1963.

Galbraith, Kenneth. Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 22, 1963. Notes on events of November 22–25, 1963; November 26, 1963.

Gawler, Joseph. Diagram showing where Jacqueline and Robert Kennedy sat in rear of ambulance during ride from Bethesda Naval Hospital to the White House, November 23, 1963; May 18, 1964.

Geilich, Peter N., administrative assistant, Parkland Hospital. Report of the activities, November 22–24, 1963; November 26, 1963.

Goldberg, Arthur, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court. Remarks delivered on evening of November 25, 1963, in memorial service for President Kennedy held by Washington Jewish Community.

Gonzalez, the Hon. Henry B. Letter to the author, May 7, 1965.

Greer, William R. Map of route followed by ambulance bearing President Kennedy’s body, night of November 22–23, 1963.

“Information on Lincoln bubble top automobile since returning from Dallas”; memorandum to Gerald Behn, SAIC, White House Detail, November 22, 1963.

Gwirtzman, Milton. Handwritten notes of November 22, 1963.

Hannan, the Most. Rev. Philip N., Auxiliary Bishop of Washington. Draft of remarks delivered from lectern during Mass in St. Matthew’s, November 25, 1963.

Harriman, W. Averell. Diary of November 22–26, 1963.

Heller, Walter W. “Confidential Notes on a Quick Meeting with the President and other Leading Members of the Kennedy Family,” November 19, 1963. “Chronology of events on board the aircraft carrying the Cabinet group to Japan on Friday, November 22, 1963, the day of President Kennedy’s death”; November 23, 1963.

Hinchcliffe, Margaret, R.N., Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22, 1963.

Hodges, Luther H. “A (Sad) Trip Report, Nov. 21–22, 1963.”

Holborn, Frederick L. Letter to Hugh Sidey, November 21, 1963.

Holcomb, R. G., administrative assistant, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, Parkland Hospital, November 22–24, 1963; N.D.

Hughes, Thomas A., Assistant Chief, Land Acquisition Section of the Department of Justice. “John F. Kennedy Plot in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia,” November 27, 1963.

Humphrey, Hubert H. “Memo for Record,” dictated November 23, 1963, and January 19, 1964.

Johnson, Mrs. J. Lee, III. “An Art Exhibition for The President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, The Presidential Suite, Hotel Texas, Fort Worth, 22 November 1963.”

Johnson, Ruth Carter (Mrs. J. Lee, III). Letter to the author on John F. Kennedy’s last telephone conversation of November 22, 1963.

Johnson, Lyndon, President of the United States. Letter to John Kennedy, Jr., 7:20 P.M., November 22, 1963.

Letter to Caroline Kennedy, 7:30 P.M., November 22, 1963.

Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 29, 1963.

Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, December 1, 1963.

Johnson, Mrs. Lyndon. Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, December 7, 1963.

Josephy, Alvin M., Jr. Handwritten notes taken aboard Cabinet plane, November 22, 1963.

Kennedy, Jacqueline. Letter to the President from L’Episcopio, Ravello, Prov di Salerno, Italy; N.D.

Letter to the President, March 13, 1963.

Notes on proposed activities at LBJ Ranch on Saturday, November 23, 1963; N.D.

Handwritten draft of speech delivered in Spanish at the Rice Hotel, Houston, November 21, 1963.

Draft of letter to President Johnson, December 1, 1963.

First and second drafts of letter to Nikita Khrushchev, December 1, 1963.

Handwritten corrections on copy of “After the Shots: The Ordeal of Lyndon Johnson,” an article by Fletcher Knebel in Look, March 10, 1964.

Letter to the author on graveside services in Arlington, November 25, 1963; postmarked July 8, 1964.

Notes and correspondence, 1963–64.

Kennedy, John F. Letter to Misses Patricia M. and Lynda A. Collins, Box 813, Kirbyville, Texas, signed November 21, 1963.

Tape of his last recorded remarks at breakfast in the Hotel Texas, Fort Worth, November 22, 1963.

Kennedy, Mrs. Joseph P. Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 20, 1963.

Kennedy, Robert F. Note to Jacqueline Kennedy on Arlington National Cemetery, November 23, 1963.

Kuhn, Father John G., St. Matthew’s Cathedral, Washington. Blessing delivered in the East Room, the White House, November 23, 1963.

Landregan, Steve, administrative assistant, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22–24, 1963; N.D.

Langbein, F. W. “Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Traffic Department Summary of Activity Following the Assassination of President Kennedy,” November 25, 1963.

Lehrer, James. Letters to the author, January 20, 1965, and April 30, 1966.

Lincoln, Evelyn. Phone log of President Kennedy, November 19–22, 1963.

Appointment Schedules of President Kennedy, November 19–22, 1963.

Lozano, Bertha L., R.N., Triage nurse, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22, 1963.

Lumpkin, Era, nurse’s aide, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22–24, 1963; N.D.

McGrory, Mary. Letter to the author, July 25, 1964.

McHugh, Godfrey. Weather Report for Texas Trip, November 20, 1963.

McMurrey, Candace B. and Robert M. Statement of activities on November 22, 1963; July 24, 1964.

McNally, Colonel George, U.S. Signal Corps. “Love (Commercial) Airport—Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963,” handwritten notes made on the scene.

Majors, Rosa M., nurse’s aide, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22, 1963; N.D.

Malraux, Andre. Cable to Jacqueline Kennedy from Paris, November 23, 1963.

Manchester, William. Floor plans and roof plan of the Texas School Book Depository, 411 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas.

Floor plan and description of the Paine house, 2515 West Fifth Street, Irving, Texas.

Plan of emergency room area of Parkland Memorial Hospital showing where principal figures stood, 12:38 P.M. to 2:08 P.M. CST, November 22, 1963. (Prepared with cooperation of Sgt. R. E. Dugger and hospital staff.)

Presidential motorcade route in Dallas, November 22, 1963. (Prepared with Secret Service Agent Forrest Sorrels.)

Floor Plans of the Presidential Apartment, the Executive Mansion, Washington.

Mansfield, Mike, Majority Leader, U.S. Senate. Original draft of remarks made in the great rotunda, November 24, 1963.

Markham, Dean. Notes, schedules, seating plans, and marching orders for state funeral, November 25, 1965.

Mellon, Mrs. Paul. Note to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 23, 1963.

Metaxis, Colonel, aide to General Maxwell Taylor. “Meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with General Foertsch, Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Germany, on Friday, 22 November 1963, at 1420 in Room 2E–924, The Pentagon”; May 5, 1964.

Metzler, John. Map of Arlington National Cemetery showing the three areas tentatively set aside for burial of President Kennedy; early morning, November 23, 1963.

Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery’s memorandum of events on the funeral of President Kennedy; N.D.

Meyer, Vincent. Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy from Paris, November 23, 1963.

Miller, Lt. Col. Paul C., USA (Ret.), Chief, Ceremonies and Special Events, Military District of Washington. After-action report on events of November 1963.

“Actual Time Sequence, State Funeral for President Kennedy, 25 November 1963.”

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, Assistant Secretary of Labor. Handwritten notes of November 22, 1963.

National Broadcasting Company Program Log, November 22–25, 1963.

Nelson, Doris M., R.N., Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22–24, 1963; N.D.

Newsweek magazine eyewitness memoranda from Robert B. Young, Charles Roberts, and James Burnham, November 22–23, 1963.

Nixon, Richard. Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 23, 1963. Letter to the author on his activities in Dallas and New York, November 21–22, 1963; August 4, 1964.

O’Donnell, P. Kenneth. “Texas Trip Folder,” comprising President Kennedy’s advance schedules for Texas, correspondence between Washington and Texas prior to the trip, and a confidential Department of Justice report on the political and social climate in Dallas; November 1963.

Orlady, Harry W., Chairman, Aeromedical Coordinating Committee. Letter to the author describing proficiency tests required of airline pilots, March 2, 1966.

Ormsby-Gore, Sir David, British Ambassador to Washington. Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 26, 1963.

Parkland Hospital Patient Registration Sheet, 12:31–3:42 P.M. CST, November 22, 1963.

Peck, Max. Room assignments of the Presidential party in the Rice Hotel, November 1963.

Powers, David. Handwritten notes of November 22–23, 1963.

Price, C. J., Administrator, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22–24, 1963; November 27, 1963.

“Summary of My Activities from Friday Noon Until Sunday Night”; December 11, 1963.

Letter to the author, February 24, 1965.

Randall, Shirley, nurse’s aide, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22, 1963; N.D.

Registration of Patients, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas County Hospital District, Emergency Room, 12:31 P.M.–3:42 P.M., November 22, 1963.

Rusk, Dean, Secretary of State. Diary, November 23–25, 1963.

St. Matthew’s Cathedral. Mass Card and Missal, November 25, 1963.

Salinger, Pierre. Texas Schedule of the President, November 20, 1963.

Memorandum of events of November 19–23, 1963; N.D.

Sanderson, James. “March and Chorus in the Dramatic Romance of the Lady of the Lake” (“Hail to the Chief”), published by G. E. Blake, Philadelphia; N.D.

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. White House Journal, November 22–28, 1963.

Letter to the author, July 6, 1965.

Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, evening of November 22, 1963.

Letter to Jacqueline Kennedy, November 23, 1963.

Schoellkopf, John. Penciled notes and carbons made by all Dallas Times Herald reporters in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

Shires, Tom, M.D., Chief of Surgery, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 24, 1963.

Sidey, Hugh. Letter to the author, October 4, 1966.

Sigel, Roberta S. “Death of a President and School Children’s Reaction to It—An Exploration into Political Socialization,” Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.; N.D.

“Television in the Lives of Children During a National Crisis,” Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.; N.D.

Skelton, Byron. Letter to Robert F. Kennedy dated November 6, 1963, with accompanying note from Robert F. Kennedy to P. Kenneth O’Donnell, November 8, 1963.

Letter to Walter Jenkins, November 6, 1963, with carbon copy to Mrs. H. H. Weinert, Democratic National Committeewoman from Texas.

Telegram to Robert F. Kennedy, 10:10 A.M., November 23, 1963.

Smith, Jean Kennedy. Untitled notes on the events of November 22–28, 1963.

Sorensen, Theodore C., Special Assistant to the President. Original draft of joint session address delivered by President Johnson, written November 25, 1963.

Letter to the author regarding selection of Biblical and Presidential quotations to be read during President Kennedy’s state funeral; March 7, 1966.

Spalding, Charles F. Letter to the author on his activities in New York and Washington, November 22–25, 1963; September 28, 1964.

Stevenson, Adlai, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Statement read at the first Cabinet meeting of President Lyndon Johnson, Washington, November 23, 1963.

Swindal, Col. James B. Flight Chart for Aircraft 26000, USAF, November 22, 1963, Love Field, Dallas, to Andrews AFB, Md.

Letters to the author on his recollections of November 21–22, 1963; April 30, 1964, and July 1, 1964.

Mrs. Eamon de Valera. Letter to Evan Thomas, August 4, 1966.

Ward, Theron, J.P. Death certificate of John F. Kennedy, signed December 6, 1963, in Garland, Texas, and received by local registrar December 11, 1963.

White, Theodore H. Notes on November 29, 1963, interview with Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy; December 19, 1963.

Witte, John C., Sp/4, U.S. Signal Corps. “22 Nov. 63 in Commcen.”; N.D.

Wolfenstein, Martha. “Death of a Parent and Death of a President: Children’s Reactions to Two Kinds of Loss,” a paper presented to the Conference on Children’s Reactions to the Death of the President, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, April 3, 1964.

Wright, Elizabeth L., Director of Nursing Service, Parkland Hospital. Report of activities, November 22, 1963; N.D.

Yarborough, Senator Ralph. Sketch made on April 6, 1964, showing the position of vehicles parked outside Parkland Hospital’s three emergency loading bays at 12:40 P.M.(approx.) CST, November 22, 1963.

Youngblood, Rufus. Map of route followed by President Johnson in Washington, D.C., evening of November 22, 1963.

Zapruder, Abraham. 18.24-second color motion picture sequence (334 frames) taken in Dealey Plaza, 12:30 CST November 22, 1963, showing the Presidential car at the moment of the assassination. Observed by the author June 29, June 30, August 5, and October 9, 1964.

III. PUBLISHED MATERIAL

A. BOOKS

Bell, Daniel, editor. The Radical Right, containing essays by Richard Hofstadter, David Riesman, Nathan Glazer, Peter Viereck, Talcott Parsons, Alan F. Westin, H. H. Hyman, S. M. Lipset. Anchor Books, Doubleday & Company, New York: 1964.

Four Days, compiled by United Press International and American Heritage Magazine. American Heritage Publishing Company: 1964.

Hearings Before the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. Containing the transcripts of testimony and deposition (15 volumes) and exhibits (11 volumes). United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1964.

Kennedy, John F. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, January 1 to November 22, 1963. United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1964.

Leslie, Warren. Dallas Public and Private: Aspects of an American City. Grossman Publishers, New York: 1964.

Lewis, Lloyd. Myths After Lincoln. Harcourt, Brace, New York: 1929.

McGrory, Mary. In Memoriam: John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Washington Star Newspaper Company, Washington: 1963.

Memorial Addresses in the Congress of the United States and Tributes in Eulogy of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Late a President of the United States. United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1964.

Murray, Norbert. Legacy of an Assassination. The Pro-People Press, New York: 1964.

Report of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1964.

Rossiter, Clinton. The American Presidency. Harcourt, Brace, New York: 1960.

The Torch Is Passed, compiled by the Associated Press: 1963.

The White House: An Historic Guide. The White House Historical Association, Washington: 1962.

B. ARTICLES

Austin American: files for November 1963.

Banta, Thomas J., “The Kennedy Assassination: Early Thoughts and Emotions,” The Public Opinion Quarterly, Summer 1964.

“The Black Watch,” The Red Hackle, publication of the Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment, January 1964.

Breslin, Jimmy, “A Death in Emergency Room No. One,” Saturday Evening Post, December 14, 1963.

Columbia Journalism Review, Winter 1964. An entire issue devoted to newspaper and television coverage of the assassination.

Dallas Morning News: files for 1963.

Dallas Times Herald: files for 1963.

Dugger, Ronnie, “The Last Voyage of Mr. Kennedy,” The Texas Observer, November 29, 1963.

“Dallas, After All,” The Texas Observer, March 6, 1964.

“And Finally, as to John F. Kennedy,” The Texas Observer, June 11, 1965.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram: files for November 1963.

Greenberg, Bradley J., “Diffusion of News of the Kennedy Assassination,” The Public Opinion Quarterly, Summer 1964.

Greenstein, Fred I., “College Students’ Reactions to the Assassination,” in The Kennedy Assassination and the American Public School: Social Communication in Crisis, edited by Benjamin S. Greenburg and Edwin B. Parker, Stanford University Press: 1965.

“Young Men and the Death of a Young President,” in Children and the Death of a President: Multi-disciplinary Studies, edited by Martha Wolfenstein and Gilbert Kliman, Doubleday: 1965.

Grosvenor, Melville Bell, “The Last Full Measure,” National Geographic, March 1964.

Houston Chronicle: files for November 1963.

Huber, The Very Reverend Oscar L., C.M., “President Kennedy’s Final Hours,” The Register, Denver, Colorado, December 8, 1963.

Hughes, Sarah T., “The President Is Sworn In,” The Texas Observer, November 29, 1963.

Humphrey, Hubert, “Mental Health and World Peace,” Remarks to the National Association of Mental Health, Washington, D.C., November 21, 1963. Congressional Record, November 26, 1963.

Katz, Joseph, “President Kennedy’s Assassination,” The Psychoanalytic Review, Winter 1964–65.

Kennedy, Robert F., Opinions of the Attorneys General, XLII, 5, August 2, 1961.

Kirschner, David, “The Death of a President: Reactions of Psychoanalytic Patients,” Behavioral Science, January 1965.

Lattimer, John K., “The Wound That Killed Lincoln,” Journal of the American Medical Association, February 15, 1964.

Lowens, Irving, “Accurate Listing of Funeral Music,” Washington Star, December 1, 1963.

New York Times: files for November-December 1963.

Rothstein, David A., “Presidential Assassination Syndrome,” privately printed, Springfield, Mass., 1964.

San Antonio Light: files for November 1963.

San Antonio News: files for November 1963.

Sheatsley, Paul B., and Feldman, Jacob J., “The Assassination of President Kennedy: A Preliminary Report on Public Reactions and Behavior,” The Public Opinion Quarterly, Summer 1964.

“Three Patients at Parkland,” Texas State Journal of Medicine, January 1964.

U.S. Department of Commerce Weather Bureau, Local Climatological Data, Washington, National Airport, November 1963.

“Wanted for Treason,” unsigned dodger attacking President Kennedy, distributed in Dallas November 21, 1963.

West, Jessamyn, “Prelude to Tragedy: The Woman Who Sheltered Lee Oswald’s Family Tells Her Story,” Redbook, July 1964.

Wicker, Tom, “Wicker Describes That Day in Dallas,” Times Talk, December 1963.