Covers to bound notebook in which documents pertaining to the Lee Harvey Oswald case were filed. Text on the first cover reads: "For Historical Record Only: This is not to be reproduced or distributed."
Criminal Intelligence Report from Detective W. S. Biggio to Captain W. P. Gannaway through Lieutenant Jack Revill regarding information gathered about Doyle E. Layne.
Photocopy of a letter from Farrell Dobbs to Lee Harvey Oswald, on November 5, 1962, informing him that it is not their policy to accept members to the Socialist Workers Party unless they live in an area with five or more members in a branch. Dobbs suggests that Oswald spread socialist literature to achieve this end, and offers to send him subscriptions.
Letter from Hannah Erickson to the Dallas Police Department, arguing from an anti-Catholic standpoint that the Police Officers were convicting the wrong murderer.
Letter from J. J. Barnes of the Douglas, Georgia Police Department to the Chief of Police in Dallas, Texas. Barnes requests information regarding the possible relationship between Lee Harvey Oswald and Ingram G. Oswald.
Letter from O. A. Jones to Jesse E. Curry, on December 5, 1963, informing Curry that an anonymous informant has told him that a couple, the Hamlins, are receiving funds towards the defense cost for Jack Ruby.
Photocopy of a letter addressed to Lee Harvey Oswald. The letter, which was written by Ferrell Dobbs, regards Oswald's application to the Socialist Workers Party. It is stated that, as no branches exist in Texas, the Socialist Workers Party is unable to accept Oswald's application.
Letter written to Marina Oswald in August of 1963. The letter, which is from an individual at the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, is written in Russian.
Photocopy of an office memorandum addressed to Captain W. P. Gannaway of the Special Service Bureau in Dallas, Texas. In the memo, detective B. B. Norris states that FBI agents A. J. Zimmerman and Joseph J. Peggs came into the office to look at the file on Joe Bonds.
Mugshots taken of Jack Ruby on December 5, 1954.. In the first photograph, Ruby is faced so that his left profile visible. Ruby looks into the camera in the second photograph. His hair is slicked back and he wears a white collared shirt.
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping which states that Judge Edward A. Haggerty Jr. blocked Saturday Evening Post author James Phelan from providing defense testimony.
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping which states that Judge Edward A. Haggerty Jr. blocked Saturday Evening Post author James Phelan from providing defense testimony.
Newspaper article clipped from the Chicago Tribune titled "Ruby Penalty Cut Proposed." The article states that the district attorney proposed that Jack Ruby's death sentence be reduced to a prison term.
Note by L. C. Graves concerning an interview with Mr. Thomas Murphy as a possible witness in Dealey Plaza. Graves describes Mr. Murphy's observation of the shooting, but states that he did not realize what was occurring at the time.
Office Memorandum from Detective B. B. Norris to Captain W. P. Gannaway regarding two F.B.I. Agents who came to his office looking for a file where Jack Ruby was supposedly identified as a homosexual.
Photocopy of receipt by the property clerk of items belonging to Mrs. Ruth Paine. Items were received from R. S. Stovall and G. F. Rose. The items include maps, index folder boxes, phonograph records, movie film, and flash bulbs.
Carbon copy of a receipt by the property clerk of a telephone index book which was property of Mrs. Ruth Paine. A note is handwritten on the copy which reads: "2-7-64 Release this notebook to Mrs. Paine when she comes for it. J W Fritz."
Report to Chief J. E. Curry by P. G. McCaghren concerning an interview with Dallas Times Herald Reporter Bob Finley and the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Finley stated that he did not take any pictures during the shooting, and that he did not know Jack Ruby nor remember seeing him at City Hall.
Report to Chief J. E. Curry by P. G. McCaghren concerning an interview with George Phenix of KRLD-TV, regarding the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. McCaghren describes photographs that Phenix took of Jack Ruby and Oswald during the shooting.
Report to Chief J. E. Curry by P. G. McCaghren, concerning an interview with Dallas Morning News photographer Jack Beers. The interview was regarding photographs taken by him of the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Beers' first photograph shows Jack Ruby as he lunged towards Oswald and fired the shot, after which he took 7 other pictures. McCaghren states that Beers was well acquainted with Ruby.
Report to Chief J. E. Curry by P. G. McCaghren concerning an interview with Nolan Dement as a possible witness to the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. McCaghren states that Dement was interviewed at his place of employment, Colonial Western Insurance Company, to determine if he had been in the basement of City Hall on the morning of the Oswald shooting. Dement stated that he had not entered the basement and could not add anything of value to the investigation.
Report to Chief J. E. Curry by P. G. McCaghren, concerning an interview with KRLD-TV/CBS cameraman Robert Hankal regarding the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. McCaghren states that Mr. Hankal was interviewed and stated that he did not know Jack Ruby or see him until the shot was fired, and that his identification had been checked when he entered the basement.
Report to Chief J. E. Curry by P. G. McCaghren concerning an interview with Dallas Times Herald photographer Robert Jackson, about the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. McCaghren states that Jackson took one photograph the moment of the shooting and two photographs later, one showing Oswald being placed in the ambulance.
Report to Chief J. E. Curry by P. G. McCaghren concerning an interview with Robert Thornton of WFAA news. The report describes the interview and Thornton's observations, and includes a typed transcript of a recording made immediately before and during the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Report to Chief J. E. Curry by O. A. Jones, concerning a Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin who received telegrams, messages, and funds to go towards defense costs for Jack Ruby.
Report from Captain O. A. Jones to Chief of Police J. E. Curry regarding Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin, who were collecting funds from people towards the defense costs of Jack Ruby's trial.
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