Dr. Glenn Linden Oral History

Object number1997.065.0009

Date08/04/1997

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Dr. Glenn M. Linden

Oral history interviewer Bob Porter

ObjectOral history

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

MediumHi-8 videotape

Dimensions66 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dr. Glenn Linden. A history professor at Southern Methodist University from 1968 to 2010, Dr. Linden was one of the founding board members of the Dallas County Historical Foundation, serving from 1987 to 1995. He is the author of several books, including Desegregating Schools in Dallas: Four Decades in the Federal Courts (1995). Interview conducted at Southern Methodist University on August 4, 1997 by Director of Communications Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and six minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Dr. Glenn Linden, who was my mentor and undergraduate advisor at Southern Methodist University, was a founding board member of the Dallas County Historical Foundation and contributed to the development and earliest years of The Sixth Floor Museum. From its opening in 1989 until 2008, Linden annually brought his spring semester class of U.S. history students for an informative guided tour of the sixth floor. I had the pleasure of accompanying Linden and his students on several of these visits, always picking up new insights about the development of the exhibition.

In addition to this 1997 oral history, I had the honor of conducting my own videotaped interview with him on June 9, 2008. Linden also hosted a Museum screening of the controversial civil rights film, Dallas at the Crossroads, on May 24, 2006. Dr. Linden passed away on June 26, 2012. - Stephen Fagin, Curator