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Jim Kurtz Oral History

Jim Kurtz Oral History

Object number2007.001.0060
Date06/28/2007
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Jim Kurtz
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
Dimensions42 Minutes
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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Jim Kurtz. Inspired to become a funeral director after watching the Kennedy funeral on television as a sixth-grader, Kurtz has actively researched and collected documents related to high-profile funerals--including those of Kennedy, Oswald, Ruby, and Tippit--since the early 1970s. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 28, 2007, by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-two minutes long.