U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY. MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. DIRECTORATE OF CEREMONIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS: PHOTOCOPIES OF SELECTED RECORDS REGARDING PRESIDENT KENNEDY, 1963-77

In 1983 the Gerald R. Ford Library accessioned the records of the Department of the Army, Military District of Washington, Directorate of Ceremonies and Special Events (part of Record Group 338). The collection contained case files on inaugurations, head of state visits, presidential funerals, including the funeral of President John F. Kennedy, and other ceremonies and special events in which the Army was involved from 1959-1977. In 1994 the Library deaccessioned and transferred the records to the National Archives in Washington, DC. But before sending the collection to Washington, the Library photocopied the Kennedy funeral files as a supplement to the Library's materials on the Kennedy assassination.

The files primarily document the Army's involvement in the funeral and related proceedings for President Kennedy during the period of November 22-25, 1963. The materials concern the handling, transporting, and guarding of President Kennedy's body. Included is information on personnel support, logistics, supplies, ceremonies, services, and processions. There are also materials on the administration of President Kennedy's gravesite. Included is information on ceremonies, guards, visitors, and the permanent gravesite. In addition, there is one folder concerning the grave of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Related Materials (April 1994)
There are related materials on the Kennedy assassination in numerous other Library collections. Two major sources are the Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers Warren Commission File and the files of the President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (also known as the Rockefeller Commission). In addition, scattered materials on the topic are located in the following collections: the Vernon Loen and Charles Leppert Files; the White House Central Files Subject File subject categories FE 14-1: Records - Archives: Access to Records, FG 2-34: Kennedy, John F., and JL 3-1/K: Assassinations or Attempted Assassinations; the White House Central Files Name File; the Philip Buchen Files; the Gordon Vander Till Papers; the Kenneth Lazarus Files; the Charles McCall Files; the White House Press Release Unit: Key Phrase and Word Index to Presidential Statements; the Gerald R. Ford Vice Presidential Papers; Gerald R. Ford: Photocopies from other Presidential Libraries; the Gerald R. Ford Scrapbooks; the Edward Hutchinson Papers; the Ron Nessen Files; and America Since Hoover: Selected Documents from Presidential Libraries.