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A research reading room for records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, drawn from the U.S. National Archives Catalog.

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Scope: This research tool indexes 37,141 records - a curated subset of the ~300,000 documents in the JFK Assassination Records Collection. Releases indexed: 2017-2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025. 2,165 records have full-text OCR indexed - of those, 2,162 are sourced from the 2025 re-release (NARA has not yet published an XLSX manifest for 2025; each document’s prior-release history is shown on its page). Releases not yet indexed: 2026. Methodology

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Assassination Records Review Board|January 1, 1998|Report|NAID ps-arrb-report

SourceAssassination Records Review BoardTextOCR availableRecordNAID ps-arrb-report

Final Report of the Assassination Records Review Board

Assassination Records Review Board, 1998. 693 chunks of full text indexed for search. Primary-source report published outside the JFK Assassination Records Collection; linked here for contextual reading.

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Assassination Records Review Board / Report

OCR textOCRAssassination Records Review BoardReportRelease primary-source

Department of State|May 1, 1975|PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 178-10002-10169

SourceDepartment of StateTextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 178-10002-10169

REVIEW OF ITEMS IN OSWALD FILE RE CASTRO/JFK ASSASSINATION

CIA · From: UNSIGNED · To: ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION · Attached to 1781000210167 and 168. · Release: Redact

Warren Commission|January 1, 1964|Report|NAID ps-warren-report

SourceWarren CommissionTextOCR availableRecordNAID ps-warren-report

Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (Warren Report)

Warren Commission, 1964. 1991 chunks of full text indexed for search. Primary-source report published outside the JFK Assassination Records Collection; linked here for contextual reading.

CIA|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10429-10094

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10429-10094

REVIEW OF SELECTED ITEMS IN THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD FILE REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF THE CASTRO CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION.

CIA · From: RAYMOND ROCCA · To: MEMORANDUM DC/OPS · JFK-RH17 : F06 : 1998.12.13.11:24:09:640108 : · Release: Redact

CIA|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10305-10005

SourceCIATextOCR availableRecordNAID 104-10305-10005

SECURITY FILE:NAGEL, RICHARD CASE

CIA · JFK-M-05 : F4 : 1998.10.29.11:34:27:060120 : ARRB REQUEST. CIA-IR-27. ORIGINALLY PART OF UNIT INDEX AS 104-10305-10000. · Release: Redact

CIA|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10062-10121

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10062-10121

REVIEW OF SELECTED ITEMS IN THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD FILE REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF CASTRO CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION.

CIA · JFK9 : F71 : 1993.07.13.15:25:23:090410 : · Release: Redact

CIA|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10086-10181

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10086-10181

MEMO: REVIEW OF SELECTED ITEMS IN THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD FILE REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF CASTRO CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION.

CIA · JFK26 : F3 : 1993.07.20.15:29:11:870410 : 4 original pages herewith, 23 pages previously RIF'd. · Release: Redact

HSCA|SUMMARY|NAID 180-10113-10400

SourceHSCATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 180-10113-10400

SUMMARY from BOWLEY, TEMPLE F.

HSCA · From: BOWLEY, TEMPLE F. · Box 84. · Release: Release

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CIA|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10088-10035

SourceCIATextMetadata onlyRecordNAID 104-10088-10035

REVIEW OF SELECTED ITEMS IN THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD FILE REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF CASTRO CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION

CIA · JFK28 : F1 : 1993.08.11.18:15:18:280031 : LABELED 61 OF 186 · Release: Redact

CIA|PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT|NAID 104-10433-10209

SourceCIATextOCR availableRecordNAID 104-10433-10209

FOIA ON MARTIN LUTHER KING.

CIA · JFK-RH19 : F02 : 1998.12.22.14:07:05:576108 : NOT BELIEVED RELEVANT. (NBR) · Release: Redact

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Department of State / PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Curated metadataDepartment of StatePaper, Textual DocumentRelease 2021

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Warren Commission / Report

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