Pierre Salinger Program
Object number1996.055.0022
Date09/09/1996
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Pierre Salinger
Oral history interviewer
Jeff West
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBetacam SP
Dimensions6 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (17.1 × 11.4 × 3.2 cm)
Duration: 50 Minutes
Duration: 50 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped program with Pierre Salinger. Salinger served as White House Press Secretary for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson (1961-64) and was briefly a U.S. senator from California (1964). At the time of the assassination in 1963, Salinger was en route to Japan with a group of cabinet members.
This program, part of the Sun & Star 1996 cultural festival in Dallas-Fort Worth, was recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 9, 1996 and was moderated by Jeff West. The program is fifty minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryThis program with Pierre Salinger was part of Sun & Star 1996, a prominent cultural festival held in Dallas/Fort Worth between September and December 1996 that was jointly coordinated and funded by the United States and Japan. At the time, it was called "the most significant festival of Japanese culture ever to be planned for the United States." According to a contemporary press release, virtually every DFW cultural institution took part "by organizing, presenting, or producing an exhibition or event that focuses on historical or contemporary Japanese culture." Since Salinger was en route to Japan with members of the Kennedy Cabinet at the time of the assassination, The Sixth Floor Museum was able to contribute to Sun & Star 1996 through this unique conversation. Mr. Salinger passed away on October 16, 2004. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
