President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. A week later, newly-sworn in President, Lyndon B. Johnson, issued an Executive Order that created a commission to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy. The commission, led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, issued its report to President Johnson on Sept. 24, 1964. Three days later, on Sept. 27, 1964, the Report of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (Warren Commission Report) was released to the public.

The Warren Commission Report can be found in several locations online:

• The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Here, find links to different parts of the report.

• govinfo (A Service of the United States Government Publishing Office)

A searchable PDF is available on this site.

To find more information about the events surrounding this moment in history, visit the following:

• The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection

By an act of Congress, it is mandated that all materials relating to the assassination are housed in a single collection at the National Archives.

• John F. Kennedy Assassination Collection (HeinOnline)

HeinOnline has organized and indexed the assassination records in a way that makes the documents easy to navigate. In addition to relevant government documents, the database provides supplemental information, such as books and scholarly articles on the topic.

• John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

Dedicated to the life and memory of the nation’s 35th president.

If you want to learn more about Presidential documents and research, please feel free to contact us as at the Beeson Law Library.