SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

This collection consists of copies of items opened, in whole or in part, as a result of Ford Library compliance with the President Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. This legislation mandated the review of all records related to President Kennedy’s assassination. In some cases this may be the only location in the Library where the item is currently available for research as the documents were often selected from unprocessed collections. Subjects include the assassination itself and subsequent investigations, but also anti-Castro activities, organized crime connections, and other matters deemed to be “assassination records” under the terms of the Act. Documents are filed by JFK Project identification number. Copies of all documents are also available in the National Archives’ JFK Assassination Records Collection at College Park, MD. See an archivist for further information.

QUANTITY
3.2 linear feet (ca. 4800 pages)

DONOR
These materials have been copied from various collections within the Library.

ACCESS
Open. Portions of some items may be temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under PL 102-526, the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.

COPYRIGHT
See the copyright statements for the collections from which the documents were copied. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

Prepared by Karen B. Holzhausen, April 2002
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