"The Photographers Remember" Oral History

In addition to this short group discussion in 1996, previous and subsequent videotaped oral history interviews were recorded by The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza with all participants, except for F. Mark Bell, Marilyn Willis, and Charlette Bronson Laughlin. Videotaped interviews were recorded with Patsy Paschall (5/17/1997), James and Tina Towner (3/30/1996), Jack W. Daniel (2/11/1997), Bert Shipp (11/17/1992), Orville Nix, Jr. (8/15/2002), and Frances Bronson with Barbara Young (8/14/1996). In addition, Tina Towner Pender, Jack W. Daniel, and Orville Nix, Jr. participated in subsequent Museum programs. As of summer 2026, eight of the speakers are known to have passed away: Marilyn Willis (April 16, 2004), James Towner (November 13, 2002), Jack W. Daniel (March 22, 2015), Bert Shipp (April 20, 2015), Frances Bronson (February 24, 2010), F. Mark Bell (March 26, 1998), Patsy Paschall (January 27, 2025) and Orville Nix, Jr. (July 29, 2025). Although unfortunately brief, this the only known occasion that so many Dealey Plaza photographers gathered together for a videotaped conversation. This private event was recorded shortly before the Museum's Legacy 1996 program with Richard B. Stolley (see 1996.055.0023). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator