Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Hearings Before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Published in 1964 by the United States Government Printing Office, these twenty-six volumes represent the complete evidentiary record compiled by the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, widely known as the Warren Commission. The commission was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson shortly after the November 1963 assassination to investigate the death of John F. Kennedy and the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. These transcripts, exhibits, and testimonies were intended to provide a comprehensive public account of the events in Dallas, serving as the foundational document for the government's official conclusion that Oswald acted alone.

The physical design of the series reflects the aesthetic of mid-century government documentation, characterized by austere, utilitarian binding intended for archival preservation in libraries and legal repositories. The volumes were produced under the direction of the commission's legal staff and various editors to ensure that the massive influx of testimony from hundreds of witnesses, along with ballistics and medical evidence, was indexed and standardized. While the commission's findings have been subject to intense public scrutiny and debate for decades, the printed hearings remain the primary source material for researchers, historians, and legal scholars examining the assassination.