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Subseries IV: Photographs taken by the LAPD and the FBI during the course of their investigations, along with some photographs taken by private citizens investigating the case; also includes a photographic copy of selected pages from Sirhan Sirhan’s diary, 1968-1969

 Sub-Series
Identifier: IV

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Copies of documents obtained from the FBI through the Freedom of Information Act include the contents of all field files associated with the investigation, an alphabetically-arranged collection of 1,651 witness interviews, and reprints of photographs contained with Subfile X-1. The code name for the investigation, which appears on many documents, was KENSALT. The names of Special Agents and other information deemed to be private, was redacted (blacked-out) by the FBI before the documents were released to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth between 1984 and 1986.

Contents include: Field Files (Volumes 1-49), 19 manuscript boxes These field files, arranged by volume number, are further divided into lettered Sub files (A-Z) with accompanying exhibits at the end of each volume. Subfiles X-1 though X-8 (Volumes 1-21), 32 slipcased 3-ring binders There is a table of contents and name index for each Subfile located at the beginning of each. A complete index and table of contents for X-1 through X-8 is also available in Index # 2. Witness Interviews (1,651), 39 manuscript boxes. Duplicates of witness interviews filed within the Field and Sub files. Here arranged (by the FBI) alphabetically by name of interviewee. Interviewees were assigned identification numbers in sequence with the alphabetical arrangement. Newsclippings collected by the FBI, 1968-1969; Photographs (reprints obtained from the FBI and LAPD; the originals were filed with the FBI Subfiles.

Dates

  • 1968-1969

Conditions Governing Access

no known restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 64.7 Linear Feet (155 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Existence and Location of Originals

Note: the LAPD claims to have destroyed thousands of photographs it produced during the course of the investigation, citing them as irrelevant to the case. See CSA microfilm reel #16 and 17 for the remaining 2,786 photographs taken by the LAPD.

Related Materials

Many of the FBI and LAPD photographs appear as exhibits in the LAPD “Summary Report” and the FBI Field and Subfiles.

See RFKAA INDEX # 5 for an item list.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Repository

Contact:
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth MA 02747 USA