/internal/media/dispatcher/24621/fullImage of page of Lee Harvey Oswald's diary while he was in Russia11/22/1963 - 11/25/196310 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)Paper, PhotoTom C. Dillard Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1994.003.00950Black and white photograph of a page from Lee Harvey Oswald's diary while he was in Russia.
At the top of the diary page is written, "Historic Diary (underlined) From Oct. 16 1959 Arrival - Leaving, 30, 1959, 1st Page."
There are a couple of spots of discoloration on the lower half of the photograph.
The photograph has a white border.
There is not a stamp on the back of this photograph stating that it was taken by Tom C. Dillard. It might have been taken by him, but it also might not be his work.
Photographic print has a corresponding negative: 1994.003.0018.Photographs6520220.320000000025.400000000022798Photograph (b&w)Black and white photographic print by a Dallas Morning News photographer. 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 original diary was in Dallas Police Department custody as evidence.RussiaDiariesPhotographsEvidenceOswald, Lee HarveyDillard, Tom C.The Dallas Morning NewsDallasThe 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, CuratorLee 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 It 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