Image of page of Lee Harvey Oswald's diary while he was in Russia
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Image of page of Lee Harvey Oswald's diary while he was in Russia
Original 4 x 5 black and white negative on Kodak Safety Film by a Dallas Morning News photographer of a Dallas Police Department evidence photo. Image shows the first page of Lee Harvey Oswald's diary dated 10/16/1959 through 10/21/1959 from when he was in Russia. The diary was in Dallas Police Department custody as evidence.
Image of page of Lee Harvey Oswald's diary while he was in Russia
11/22/1963 - 11/25/1963
Film
4 7/8 × 3 7/8 in. (12.4 × 9.9 cm)
Tom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1994.003.0018
It is not clear which Dallas Morning News photographer took this image on the weekend of the Kennedy assassination. A number of photographers were present at various points including Tom Dillard, Joe Laird, Clint Grant, Bill Winfrey, and Jack Beers. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager
Lee Harvey Oswald's self-described "Historic Diary" is Warren Commission Exhibit 24. Reproductions of the original pages and a full transcription can be read in full in Volume 16 (pages 94-105) of the Commission's hearings and exhibits. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the release of the Warren Report in 2014, the U.S. Government Printing Office digitized the 26 volumes and summary report. A PDF of Volume 16 can be accessed on the GPO website here: GPO-WARRENCOMMISSIONHEARINGS-16.pdf (govinfo.gov). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
The unauthorized publication of excerpts of Lee Harvey Oswald's diary in The Dallas Morning News in late June 1964 was the subject of brief national controversy. Congressman and future president Gerald R. Ford said he was "disturbed" by the leak and predicted that the Warren Commission would investigate the matter. However, Morning News publisher Joe Dealey stated at the time, "We stand by the right to publish such information and shall continue to do so whenever we feel it is in the public interest." -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Image of page of Lee Harvey Oswald's diary while he was in Russia
Original 4 x 5 black and white negative on Kodak Safety Film by a Dallas Morning News photographer of a Dallas Police Department evidence photo. Image shows the first page of Lee Harvey Oswald's diary dated 10/16/1959 through 10/21/1959 from when he was in Russia. The diary was in Dallas Police Department custody as evidence.
Image of page of Lee Harvey Oswald's diary while he was in Russia
11/22/1963 - 11/25/1963
Russia
Diaries
Evidence
Photographs
Oswald, Lee Harvey
The Dallas Morning News
Dallas Police Department
Kodak
Dallas
Film
4 7/8 × 3 7/8 in. (12.4 × 9.9 cm)
Tom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
1994.003.0018
It is not clear which Dallas Morning News photographer took this image on the weekend of the Kennedy assassination. A number of photographers were present at various points including Tom Dillard, Joe Laird, Clint Grant, Bill Winfrey, and Jack Beers. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager
Lee Harvey Oswald's self-described "Historic Diary" is Warren Commission Exhibit 24. Reproductions of the original pages and a full transcription can be read in full in Volume 16 (pages 94-105) of the Commission's hearings and exhibits. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the release of the Warren Report in 2014, the U.S. Government Printing Office digitized the 26 volumes and summary report. A PDF of Volume 16 can be accessed on the GPO website here: GPO-WARRENCOMMISSIONHEARINGS-16.pdf (govinfo.gov). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
The unauthorized publication of excerpts of Lee Harvey Oswald's diary in The Dallas Morning News in late June 1964 was the subject of brief national controversy. Congressman and future president Gerald R. Ford said he was "disturbed" by the leak and predicted that the Warren Commission would investigate the matter. However, Morning News publisher Joe Dealey stated at the time, "We stand by the right to publish such information and shall continue to do so whenever we feel it is in the public interest." -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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