Guide to the Kennedy Assassination Collection,
1963-1969

Collection Number: 6461

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Date completed:
June 12, 2002
EAD encoding:
J.M. Nicholas, August 2003
Date modified:
Jude Corina, October 2012

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Kennedy Assassination Collection, 1963-1969.
Collection Number:
6461.
Quantity:
9 items and .6 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Newspapers articles, photographs, books.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Abstract:
Newspapers and magazines reporting on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Newspapers and magazines reporting on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, including the Knickerbocker News, Albany, N.Y. (Nov. 22, 1963); the Ithaca Journal (Nov. 22, 23, 25, 1963, June 5-6, 1968); the New York Times (Nov. 23-25, 1963; Sept. 28, 1964); the Schenectady Gazette (Nov. 25, 1963, Nov. 26, 1963); the New York Herald Tribune (Nov. 24, 26, Dec. 1, 1963); the Washington Evening Star (June 5-8, 1968) and the Washington Post (June 6-10, 1968). Also the New York Times Magazine (Dec. 1, 1963); Time Magazine (Nov. 29, 1963); the Reporter (Dec. 5 and 19, 1963); Look (JFK Memorial Book, Kennedy and His Family in Pictures, and Robert Kennedy Memorial Book); Newsweek (Nov. 28, Dec. 2, 9, 1963 and June 17, 1968); the New Yorker (Nov. 30, 1963); Saturday Evening Post (Dec. 14, 1963); Life Magazine (Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 1963, Oct. 2, 1964 and two special editions); U.S. News and World Report (Dec. 2, 1963); The Torch is Passed produced by the Associated Press; a memorial booklet produced by the Washington Star; and a book produced.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination.
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968--Assassination.

Subjects:
Press and politics.
United States--History--1961-1969--Press coverage.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Kennedy Assassination Collection, #6461. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy Assassinations
Newspapers
Nov. 22-23, 1963
Ithaca Journal
Box 1
June 5-6, 1968
Ithaca Journal
Box 1
Nov. 23-26, 1963
New York Times
Box 1
Sept. 28, 1964
New York Times
Box 1
Nov. 24, 1963
New York Herald
Box 1
Dec. 1, 1963
New York Herald
Box 1
June 5-8, 1968
Evening Star
Box 1
June 6-8 and 10, 1968
Washington Post
Box 1
Magazines
Life special editions: "The Kennedys" and "JFK Memorial"
Box 1
Nov. 29, 1963
Life
Box 1
Dec. 6, 1963
Life
Box 1
Oct. 2, 1964
Life
Box 1
June 14, 1968
Life
Box 1
Aug. 1, 1969
Life
Box 1
Look: JFK Memorial Book, Kennedy and his Family in Pictures and edition on Robert Kennedy
Box 1
June 25, 1968
Look
Box 1
March 4, 1969
Look
Box 1
Nov. 28, 1963
Newsweek
Box 1
Dec. 2, 1963
Newsweek
Box 1
Dec. 9, 1963
Newsweek
Box 1
June 17, 1968
Newsweek
Box 1
Nov. 29, 1963
Time
Box 1
Dec. 2, 1963
U.S. News and World Report
Box 1
Nov. 30, 1963
New Yorker
Box 1
Dec. 5, 1963
The Reporter
Box 1
Dec. 19, 1963
The Reporter
Box 1
Dec. 14, 1963
Saturday Evening Post
Box 1
Nov. 15, 1964
The New York Times Magazine
Box 1
Washington Star's memorial booklet on JFK
Box 1
Associated Press - The Torch is Passed about JFK
Box 1
Washington Daily News production: Four Days about JFK
Box 1