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List of witnesses for the State in the Jack Ruby trial
List of witnesses for the State in the Jack Ruby trial

List of witnesses for the State in the Jack Ruby trial

Object numberL2017.1.71
Date11/24/1963 - 03/03/1964
ClassificationsDocuments
Creator Dallas County District Attorney's Office
ObjectDocument
Credit LineLoaned Courtesy the Dallas County District Attorney's Office/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumPaper
Dimensions14 × 8 1/2 in. (35.6 × 21.6 cm)
Collections
DescriptionList of witnesses for the State in the Jack Ruby trial printed in black ink on a single page of legal-sized paper with many handwritten notes and markings by each name. Forty-two names are printed on the list and at least a dozen names are handwritten at the bottom of each column. The handwritten marks are in blue ink, pencil, dark blue felt pen, and black ink; they are from several different handwriting sources. Many have a series of letter and number combinations written to the right of each name. Other smaller notes are handwritten to help associate individuals with various organizations, e.g. The Dallas Morning News, Dallas Times Herald, KLIF, WBAP, KRLD-TV, Dallas Police Department. Some of the names on the list include Jim Leavelle, Captain Will Fritz, Jack Beers and Bob Jackson. This object was originally part of the evidence collected by the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office and specifically prosecutors Henry Wade and Bill Alexander during the investigation leading up to the Jack Ruby trial for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Curatorial Commentary
This lengthy list of witnesses for the State in the Jack Ruby trial includes sixteen individuals who have recorded oral histories with The Sixth Floor Museum: Jim Leavelle, L.C. Graves, Earl F. Rose, Don Archer, Glen King, Bob Jackson, George Phenix, L.D. Montgomery, Jerry Kunkel, Richard Sims, Wes Wise, Bert Shipp, Jack Revill, D.V. Harkness, Sam Pate and J.C. "Carl" Day. Many of these individuals share memories of (and opinions about) the Ruby trial. You can access these oral histories by making an appointment in the Museum's Reading Room; some of them are available online. - Stephen Fagin, Curator 
In order to ensure its long-term care and preservation and to facilitate public access, the Dallas County District Attorney's Office placed their Jack Ruby Trial Collection (sometimes referred to as "the DA's Jack Ruby file") on long-term loan with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2017. The Museum is working to make the entire collection accessible through this online collections database. To find out more about this collection or to access materials not yet included here, contact the Museum's Reading Room at readingroom@jfk.org. - Megan Bryant, Director of Collections & Interpretation
This item, along with materials from the DA's Ruby file (which is on loan to the Museum) and from the Museum's permanent collection, briefly appeared in a temporary display on the Museum's seventh floor in 2017. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections