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Browse JFK record release batches

Scan the release history by year, indexed status, and topic-linked milestones. Each batch keeps the timeline context, source links, and representative records close together.

Record counts come from the corpus manifest. Representative records come from release timeline links, so this page shows what the local metadata can support rather than claiming complete agency coverage.

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September 30, 1998

ARRB Final Report published

The Assassination Records Review Board publishes its Final Report, concluding its work and transferring its records to the National Archives. Over 4 million pages have been declassified under the JFK Records Act by this point.

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1998No indexed count yetCurated metadata
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This release appears in the timeline, but no matching manifest set was found.

April 24, 1997

Zapruder film declared an assassination record

The ARRB formally declares the original Zapruder film an assassination record, beginning the process by which the federal government acquires it from the Zapruder family.

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1997No indexed count yetCurated metadata

This release appears in the timeline, but no matching manifest set was found.

October 26, 1992

President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act signed

President George H. W. Bush signs the JFK Records Act (P.L. 102-526), creating the JFK Assassination Records Collection at NARA and the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) to oversee declassification.

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1992No indexed count yetCurated metadata

This release appears in the timeline, but no matching manifest set was found.

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