Patsy Swank Oral History

Object number1996.055.0011

Date06/13/1996

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Patsy Swank

Oral history interviewer Bob Porter

ObjectOral history

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

MediumHi-8 videotape

DimensionsDuration: 112 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Patsy Swank. A onetime reporter at The Dallas Morning News, Swank was a Dallas correspondent for LIFE Magazine in 1963. She observed the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue. After the assassination, she is credited with alerting LIFE staff about the Zapruder film. Swank went on to have a long career in the Dallas arts community. Interview conducted at Ms. Swank's home on June 13, 1996 by Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and fifty-two minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Patsy Swank passed away on February 7, 2006. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Curatorial Commentary

Richard B. Stolley, the Los Angeles bureau chief for LIFE Magazine in 1963, is mentioned multiple times during this oral history. The late Mr. Stolley participated in several interviews and programs at the Museum between 1996 and 2013, including this 2008 oral history: Richard Stolley Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Stolley was later interviewed by Curator Gary Mack in 2010 (Zapruder And Stolley: Witness to an Assassination) and took part in a 2013 panel discussion on LIFE Magazine's coverage of the Kennedy assassination (LIFE: The Day Kennedy Died). - Stephen Fagin, Curator