United States. Warren Commission

The United States. Warren Commission, commonly known as the Warren Commission, was an official body established by executive order to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and it is popularly named after its chairman, Chief Justice Earl Warren. The library holds sixteen of its works, chiefly volumes of the Warren Commission Hearings, together with the commission's formal report on the assassination. These documents are official investigative records, consisting mainly of witness testimony, evidentiary materials, and findings; they are rigorously structured and restrained in style, and serve as primary sources for research on the case and on American political history. Public information is limited, and its influence is seen chiefly in the continued citation of and debate over the relevant archives.