[Lee Harvey Oswald's Birth Certificate] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Lee Harvey Oswald's Birth Certificate]

Creator

  • Author: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
    Creator Type: Organization
  • Author: Lanauze, P. Henry
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Deputy Recorder of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Parish of Orleans

Date

  • Creation: 1939-10-25

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Photocopy of Lee Harvey Oswald's birth certificate. It reads "This is to Certify, that Lee Harvey Oswald, lawful son of Robert E. Lee Oswald (Dec.) and Marguerite Claverie was born on the 18th day of October, 1939, and registered in Book NO. 807, Folio 1321, on the 25th day of October, 1939."
  • Physical Description: [1] p. ; 28 x 44 cm.

Subject

  • Keyword: Dallas Police Department
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Assassination -- Investigation -- Dallas (Tex.)
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Presidents -- Assassination -- Dallas (Tex.)
  • Named Person: Oswald, Lee Harvey
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Government and Law - Vital Records - Births

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Louisiana - Orleans Parish - New Orleans
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1939-10-25

Collection

  • Name: John F. Kennedy, Dallas Police Department Collection
    Code: JFKDP
  • Name: John F. Kennedy Memorial Collection
    Code: JFKAM

Institution

  • Name: Dallas Municipal Archives
    Code: DSMA

Resource Type

  • Legal Document

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: DSMA_91-001-0608014-2068
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth339664

Note

  • Display Note: Part of the Dallas Police Department Collection.
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