JFK assassination research guide
People in the JFK assassination record
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200 archive recordsJohn F. KennedyThe Dallas visit, presidency, assassination and later historical record.
318 archive recordsLee Harvey OswaldBackground, Soviet period, New Orleans, Mexico City, Dallas movements and arrest.
11 archive recordsMarina OswaldOswald's wife, whose testimony addressed his Soviet life, backyard photographs and activities before the assassination.
52 archive recordsJack RubyDallas nightclub owner who shot Oswald on 24 November 1963.
54 archive recordsJ. D. TippitDallas police officer killed in Oak Cliff after the assassination.
35 archive recordsJ. Will FritzDallas Police homicide captain who led much of Oswald's interrogation and signed the murder complaints.
50 archive recordsRuth PaineWitness whose Irving home became central to Oswald's final months.
64 archive recordsJim Garrison and Clay ShawThe New Orleans prosecution and later controversy.
Primary and official sources
Research starting points
U.S. National Archives JFK records · Warren Commission Report · House Select Committee on Assassinations · JFK Presidential Library