Collection guides

Written context for NARA and FOIA collections indexed on BlackVaultDocs. PDFs stay on the originating archive.

• Allen Dulles in CIA, Warren Commission, and State files

  Allen Dulles directed the CIA from 1953 to 1961 and served on the Warren Commission. His correspondence appears in the JFK collection and State files.

• David Atlee Phillips in Mexico City CIA records

  David Atlee Phillips ran CIA operations against Cuba from Mexico City just before the Kennedy assassination, a focal point of post-1992 declassification.

• E. Howard Hunt in JFK files and post-1972 Watergate records

  E. Howard Hunt was a longtime CIA officer whose name recurs in JFK assassination files and in post-1972 investigative records from the Watergate break-in.

• Fidel Castro in CIA operations in the JFK collection

  Fidel Castro led Cuba from 1959 until 2008 and is a principal subject of CIA operations in the JFK collection, including MONGOOSE and AMLASH.

• George Joannides as CIA case officer for the DRE

  George Joannides was a CIA case officer who handled the DRE Cuban exile group during Lee Harvey Oswald, as named in public NARA titles indexed here.

• J. Edgar Hoover in MLK, JFK, and civil-rights-era files

  J. Edgar Hoover directed the FBI from 1924 until his death in 1972 and authorized surveillance in MLK, JFK, and civil-rights-era files in this corpus.

• Jack Ruby in FBI and Warren Commission interviews

  Dallas nightclub operator Jack Ruby fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 24, 1963. FBI and Warren Commission interviews of Ruby recur in JFK releases.

• James Earl Ray in files on the 1968 King assassination

  James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in 1969 to the April 4, 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis. Files on Ray appear across FBI records.

• James Jesus Angleton in CIA counterintelligence records

  James Jesus Angleton led CIA counterintelligence for two decades and personally managed Agency files matched by name in public NARA titles indexed here.

• JFK Assassination Records — 2017–2018 Release, 23,950 indexed files

  BlackVaultDocs indexes 23,950 files from the JFK Assassination Records 2017–2018 release. That batch is 45.5% of 52,684 documents in the site index.

• JFK Assassination Records — 2021 Release, 1,484 indexed files

  BlackVaultDocs indexes 1,484 files from the JFK Assassination Records 2021 release — 2.8% of 52,684 documents in the site-wide NARA/FOIA index.

• JFK Assassination Records — 2022 Release, 10,536 indexed files

  BlackVaultDocs indexes 10,536 files from the JFK Assassination Records 2022 release — 20.0% of 52,684 documents in the site-wide NARA/FOIA index.

• JFK Assassination Records — 2023 Release, 2,677 indexed files

  BlackVaultDocs indexes 2,677 JFK Assassination Records from the 2023 NARA release, including cables and operational files — 5.1% of 52,684.

• JFK Assassination Records — 2025 Release, 2,706 indexed files

  BlackVaultDocs indexes 2,706 JFK Assassination Records from the 2025 NARA release, including redacted CIA, FBI, and State cables — 5.1% of 52,684.

• John F. Kennedy in CIA, FBI, State, and Secret Service records

  President John F. Kennedy was assassinated Nov. 22, 1963 in Dallas. His name appears in CIA, FBI, State, and Secret Service files in the JFK collection.

• Lee Harvey Oswald in CIA, FBI, and Warren Commission records

  Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested Nov. 22, 1963 and killed two days later by Jack Ruby. His name recurs in CIA, FBI, and Warren Commission files.

• Martin Luther King Jr. in FBI counterintelligence records

  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. faced FBI counterintelligence from 1962 until April 1968. EO 14176 records include airtels and wiretap transcripts.

• MLK Jr. FBI Surveillance Records — 2025 Release, 6,302 indexed files

  BlackVaultDocs indexes 6,302 FBI surveillance records on Martin Luther King Jr. from the 2025 NARA release under Executive Order 14176 — 12.0% of 52,684.

• National Archives: 49,624 records indexed on BlackVaultDocs

  BlackVaultDocs indexes 49,624 National Archives records, including FOIA-released CIA, FBI, and State Department materials. Not a complete FOIA log.

• Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Records — 2025 Release, 1,969 indexed files

  BlackVaultDocs indexes 1,969 files from the Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Records 2025 NARA release — 3.7% of 52,684 documents in the site-wide index.

• Robert F. Kennedy in the RFK Assassination Records Collection

  Robert F. Kennedy was Attorney General 1961–1964 and a New York senator until assassination June 5, 1968 in Los Angeles. Files sit in the RFK collection.

• Sirhan Sirhan in the RFK Assassination Records Collection

  Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel. Files sit in the RFK collection.