Overview
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Repository |
Office of the City Secretary
Dallas Municipal Archives
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201 |
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Creator |
Paul McCaghren
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Title |
Paul McCaghren Papers
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Dates |
1953-2022
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Quantity |
1.04 linear feet (3 boxes) |
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Abstract |
Reports, images, and files from a police officer's career.
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Identification |
2025-001
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Language |
Records are in English |
Scope and Content
Collection contains copies of reports, photographs, and files predominantly related to the McCaghren's career with the Dallas Police Department (DPD).
Paul McCaghren is a former DPD officer who was involved in multiple high-profile activities during his tenure. McCaghren joined the DPD in 1953, ultimately reaching the rank of captain and serving as an assistant chief over vice and intelligence.
McCaghren's service included active roles in the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963, the years-long investigation into the "King of Diamonds," a never-identified jewel thief who burgled wealthy Dallasites from the late 1950s through the early 1970s, a drug raid on Oak Lawn park (then named Lee Park) in 1971, and the stand-off, in 1973, at the Inner Circle Lounge where he persuaded two gunmen to surrender with neither of the gunmen nor their hostages harmed.
After twenty-one years with DPD, in 1974, Captain McCaghren retired and opened his own security company.
Organization
The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Access
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Citation
Paul McCaghren Papers, 1953-2022 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives
Related materials
Collection 1991-001—Dallas Police Department Records Related to the Assassination of John F Kennedy, 1963-1992
Collection 1991-019—Dallas Police Department Historical Reports, Records, and Newsletters, 1930-Current
Index terms
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Dallas (Tex.) Police Department
Container list
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| Correspondence, 1960-1974, 2001-2018
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| Crime Control Team report, 1973 |
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| DPD Annual Report, 1971
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| Daily work log, 1968 |
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| Dallas Area Safety and Security Director's Association meeting - meeting minutes, 4/24/1974 |
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| Interviews
CD 1 – Bill Stuckey interview with Lee Harvey Oswald, 8/17/1963
CD 1 – Bill Slatter film interview with Lee Harvey Oswald, 8/17/1963
CD 1 – WDSU radio debate with Lee Harvey Oswald, 8/21/1963
CD 2 – Bill Stuckey commenting about Oswald interview, 11/22/1981 |
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| News clippings, 1960-2021
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| Officer notepad, undated |
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| Personal, 1953-1974
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| Photographs, undated
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| Police files, 1970-1974
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| Police files – "King of Diamonds" jewel thief
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| Police files – President Kennedy assassination 1, 1963
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| Police files – President Kennedy assassination 2, 1963-1964
Channel 1 radio traffic transcripts |
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| Police files – President Kennedy assassination 3, 1963-1964
Channel 2 radio traffic transcripts between 12 and 2:30pm |
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| Police files – President Kennedy assassination 4, 1963-1964
Channel 2 radio traffic transcripts |
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| Police files – President Kennedy assassination 5, 1964
McCaghren's Congressional testimony |
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| Police files – President Kennedy assassination 6, 1963-1964
Memos to Police Chief Curry
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| Police files – President Kennedy assassination 7, 1963-1964
Memos to Police Chief Curry
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| Police files – President Kennedy assassination 8, 4/17/1964
Testimony of Officer Roy E Vaughn
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| Police files – Dale O Simpson, undated
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| Police files – General Edwin Walker, 1963-1964
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| Police files – James Kull Zullinger (AKA John McKee), 1956, 1971, undated
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| Position Papers on departmental programs, 1970
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| 1 | Reports written by McCaghren, 1970, 1977, undated
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Their Badges Still Shine – Memories of Texas Police Officers from the 20th Century, excerpts related to McCaghren, JR Lauderdale, 2022 |
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A Technical Investigation Pertaining to the First Shot Fired in the JFK Assassination, Frank S DeRonja and Max Holland, 2016 |
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| VHS tape - McCaghren oral history on Kennedy assassination, 10/31/2003 |
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| Walter Fannin funeral speech, 2002
After thirty-six years of service, Walter Fannin retired from the Dallas Police Department in April of 1976. He was Deputy Chief of Police.
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