Don Michel collection on the John F. Kennedy assassination, 1961-1967.

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Don Michel collection on the John F. Kennedy assassination, 1961-1967.

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This collection consists of reel-to-reel audio tapes, 1 cassette tape, 1 2" Quad video tape, LP vinyl sound recordings, news clippings, books and 1 wire service teletype spool. It includes recordings of all of President Kennedy's presidential news conferences; copies of the Zapruder, Nix and Muchmore films; recorded interviews from November 1963 with Zapruder, Detective E.E. Taylor, and others; a full set of the Warren Commission Report volumes; news clippings and other materials regarding the investigations of New Orleans DA Jim Garrison; a spool of UPI wire service teletype bulletins from Nov. 22, 1963 covering the time period from 12:38 PM through midnight.

5.50 cu. ft.

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7687779

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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