1976 – 1979Investigations
2,026House Select Committee on Assassinations
Congressional re-investigation that examined acoustic, medical, and intelligence evidence a decade after the Warren Report.
2,026
Docs
3
Facts
67
Open
Key entities
Browse the archive
Browse the record by subject
Topics are research lanes: each one gathers primary records, people, organizations, passages, open questions, and settled facts into a single dossier path.
Use this index when you know the subject area but not the document title. The cards below show where each lane connects to evidence, established findings, unresolved threads, and related entities.
6 topics
Investigations
Official inquiries and review bodies that shaped the public record.
AMLASH · ZRRIFLE · MongooseInvestigations
2,023Organized Crime & Castro Plots
CIA operations against Fidel Castro and their organized-crime-intermediary angle — AMLASH, ZRRIFLE, Mongoose, and the mob figures Trafficante, Marcello, Giancana, and Roselli.
2,023
Docs
2
Facts
70
Open
Source trail
1992 – presentInvestigations
551ARRB & Declassification
The Assassination Records Review Board (1994–98) and the ongoing declassification history of the JFK Assassination Records Collection.
551
Docs
3
Facts
19
Open
Key entities
Source trail
1975 – 1976Investigations
290Church Committee
The 1975–76 Senate Select Committee that examined CIA and FBI conduct in the JFK investigation and published Book V on the subject.
290
Docs
0
Facts
10
Open
Source trail
1963 – 1964Investigations
130Warren Commission
Presidential commission led by Chief Justice Earl Warren that produced the first federal report on the assassination.
130
Docs
14
Facts
5
Open
Source trail
Ballistics · Firearms · Photographic · MedicalInvestigations
33Physical Evidence
Hand-curated catalog of the physical evidence in the case — CE-399, the Carcano rifle, backyard photos, Zapruder film, Tippit shell casings, motorcade map, and more.
33
Docs
0
Facts
0
Open
3 topics
Agencies
Institutional files, field offices, and intelligence or law-enforcement record lanes.
1959 – 1978Agencies
19,430FBI Records
Bureau files comprising the Oswald HQ and Dallas Field Office investigations and the Ruby case.
19,430
Docs
1
Facts
611
Open
1959 – 1992Agencies
17,531CIA Records
Agency records spanning Oswald's 201 file, the Directorate of Plans, and the Mexico City and Miami stations.
17,531
Docs
4
Facts
580
Open
Key entities
Source trail
1961 – 1978Agencies
2,845Cuba & Cuban Exiles
Records concerning Cuba, Fidel Castro, anti-Castro exile activity, and related Agency operations.
2,845
Docs
0
Facts
95
Open
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3 topics
Places & Events
Locations and episodes where documents, people, and agency handling converge.
September – October 1963Places & Events
2,086Mexico City
Oswald's documented visit to Mexico City and the CIA station's surveillance of the Cuban and Soviet embassies.
2,086
Docs
1
Facts
70
Open
Source trail
The scenePlaces & Events
21Dealey Plaza
Records concerning the motorcade, Dealey Plaza geography, the Texas School Book Depository, the Zapruder film, and eyewitness accounts of the shooting scene.
21
Docs
4
Facts
4
Open
November 22, 1963Places & Events
10Tippit Murder
Records examining the murder of Dallas Police Officer J. D. Tippit approximately 45 minutes after the assassination of President Kennedy.
10
Docs
5
Facts
0
Open
Source trail
Evidence layer
Follow topics into physical evidence
Topic dossiers organize the document record. The evidence catalog keeps the physical side of the case separate, with 33 cataloged items across 7 evidence categories.