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"The Photographers Remember" Oral History
"The Photographers Remember" Oral History

"The Photographers Remember" Oral History

Object number1996.055.0024
Date11/22/1996
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Patsy Paschall
Oral history interview subject Tina Towner Pender
Oral history interview subject Jim Towner
Oral history interview subject Jack W. Daniel
Oral history interview subject F.M. Bell
Oral history interview subject Marilyn Willis
Oral history interview subject Bert Shipp
Oral history interview subject Orville Nix, Jr.
Oral history interview subject Barbara Young
Oral history interview subject Charlette Bronson Laughlin
Oral history interview subject Frances Bronson
Oral history interviewer Dr. Marian Ann Montgomery
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBetacam SP
DimensionsDuration: 21 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped oral history group discussion entitled "The Photographers Remember." This private event, which marked the opening of the Museum's "The Photographers and the Evidence" camera display, featured brief recollections from Patsy Paschall, James and Tina Towner, Jack W. Daniel, F. Mark Bell, Marilyn Willis, Bert Shipp, Orville Nix, Jr., Barbara Young, Frances Bronson, and Charlette Bronson Laughlin. Program was recorded in the Dallas County Commissioners Courtroom on November 22, 1996 and was moderated by Dr. Marian Ann Montgomery. The program is twenty-one minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
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 2022, six of the speakers are known to have passed away: Marilyn Willis, James Towner, Jack W. Daniel, Bert Shipp, Frances Bronson, and F. Mark Bell. 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