/internal/media/dispatcher/25050/fullImage of page of Lee Harvey Oswald's diary while he was in Russia11/22/1963 - 11/25/19634 7/8 × 3 7/8 in. (12.4 × 9.9 cm)FilmTom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1994.003.00180Black and white 4 x 5 negative showing a page from Lee Harvey Oswald's diary while he was in Russia. The image was taken by a photographer from The Dallas Morning News.
At the top of the diary page is written, "Historic Diary (underlined) From Oct. 16 1959 Arrival - Leaving, 1959." The page is filled with hand-written text.
The upper left corner of the page appears to have been cut out.
"KODAK SAFETY--FILM" is printed at the bottom of the negative. To the right of this text, there are two notches cut in the bottom edge of the negative: they are side by side and one notch is triangle-shaped and the other is shaped like a square. There is a slight build up of debris on the top edge of the negative (R.B. 12/18/12).Photographs652149.900000000012.400000000022721Negative (b&w)0E-10Original 4 x 5 black and white negative on Kodak Safety Film by a Dallas Morning News photographer of a Dallas Police Department evidence photo. Image shows the first page of Lee Harvey Oswald's diary dated 10/16/1959 through 10/21/1959 from when he was in Russia. The diary was in Dallas Police Department custody as evidence.RussiaDiariesEvidencePhotographsOswald, Lee HarveyThe Dallas Morning NewsDallas Police DepartmentKodakDallasLee Harvey Oswald's self-described "Historic Diary" is Warren Commission Exhibit 24. Reproductions of the original pages and a full transcription can be read in full in Volume 16 (pages 94-105) of the Commission's hearings and exhibits. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the release of the Warren Report in 2014, the U.S. Government Printing Office digitized the 26 volumes and summary report. A PDF of Volume 16 can be accessed on the GPO website here: GPO-WARRENCOMMISSIONHEARINGS-16.pdf (govinfo.gov). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator The unauthorized publication of excerpts of Lee Harvey Oswald's diary in The Dallas Morning News in late June 1964 was the subject of brief national controversy. Congressman and future president Gerald R. Ford said he was "disturbed" by the leak and predicted that the Warren Commission would investigate the matter. However, Morning News publisher Joe Dealey stated at the time, "We stand by the right to publish such information and shall continue to do so whenever we feel it is in the public interest." -- Stephen Fagin, CuratorIt is not clear which Dallas Morning News photographer took this image on the weekend of the Kennedy assassination. A number of photographers were present at various points including Tom Dillard, Joe Laird, Clint Grant, Bill Winfrey, and Jack Beers. - Stephanie Allen-Givens, Collections and Exhibits Manager