[Affidavit by Charles Douglas Givens #2]

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Affidavit In Any Fact by Charles Douglas Givens, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository. He states that he worked on the 6th floor and that he did not see anyone in the building the day of the shooting who did not belong there.

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1 p. ; 28 cm.

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Rattan, Mary November 22, 1963.

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Affidavit In Any Fact by Charles Douglas Givens, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository. He states that he worked on the 6th floor and that he did not see anyone in the building the day of the shooting who did not belong there.

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1 p. ; 28 cm.

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Part of the Dallas Police Department Collection.

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John F. Kennedy, Dallas Police Department Collection

These photos document the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and its aftermath. They depict landmarks, people, and important events from before, on, and after November 23, 1963.

John F. Kennedy Memorial Collection

This collection contains newspapers, correspondence, legal documents, police reports, photographs, and video footage documenting the weekend of President Kennedy’s assassination as well as the subsequent investigations into both Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.

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Handwritten affidavit by Charles Douglas Givens. Givens took a lunch break at noon and went down to the street. He and a friend who worked at a parking lot watched the President's car pass by. When they returned to the parking lot, they heard three shots.

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  • November 22, 1963

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Rattan, Mary. [Affidavit by Charles Douglas Givens #2], legal document, November 22, 1963; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth339092/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Municipal Archives.

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