Mike Quinn Oral History
Object number1995.043.0016
Date05/22/1995
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Mike Quinn
Oral history interviewer
Bob Porter
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumHi-8 videotape
Dimensions2 3/4 × 4 × 3/4 in. (7 × 10.2 × 1.9 cm)
Duration: 66 Minutes
Duration: 66 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Mike Quinn. A political reporter at The Dallas Morning News in 1963, Quinn covered the Kennedys' arrival at Dallas Love Field and rode in a press car in the motorcade, hearing shots fired in Dealey Plaza. After the assassination, he interviewed Senator Ralph Yarborough at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Quinn later covered the Warren Commission investigation.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 22, 1996 by Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and six minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryAfter leaving The Dallas Morning News in 1966, Quinn joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin. He taught journalism for decades, and his students included a future publisher of the Wall Street Journal and a future vice president of the Houston Chronicle. Quinn retired from UT as an associate dean in 2004. He passed away less than two years later on January 22, 2006. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
U.S. Congress
11/24/1963 - 12/12/1963
