Bettye Baccus Oral History

Object number2014.001.0080

Date06/23/2014

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Bettye Baccus

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 19 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Bettye Baccus. An enthusiastic Kennedy supporter, Baccus shook hands with the Kennedys and Lady Bird Johnson at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth on the night of November 21, 1963. She saw President Kennedy a second time outside the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth the following morning. Interview conducted at The Vantage at Cityview retirement community in Fort Worth on June 23, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is nineteen minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Bettye Baccus passed away on April 12, 2017. Hers was one of ten oral histories recorded at The Vantage at Cityview retirement community in Fort Worth during an all-day outreach visit on June 23, 2014. - Stephen Fagin, Curator