The north balcony closet has its advocates. The evidence has other ideas. Author's reconstruction of Oswald composing his proto manifestos in the mudroom of 214 W. Neely Street. Credit: Sean R. DeGrilla Sometimes, size matters. At 214 West Neely Street in Dallas, it matters quite a bit. The location of Lee Harvey Oswald’s private writing space has been obscured by a simple but consequential assumption that a closet near the north balcony must be the room Marina Oswald describ

For decades, a sensational claim about a missing Oswald page has been repeated as fact. New document examination methods made it possible to test the story against the physical evidence.