/internal/media/dispatcher/70894/fullDr. Glenn Linden Oral History08/04/199766 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1997.065.00090Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Glenn Linden -- A history professor at Southern Methodist University for many years, Dr. Linden was one of the founding board members of the Dallas County Historical Foundation and the author of several history books, including Desegregating Schools in Dallas: Four Decades in the Federal Courts (1995).
Dr. Linden recorded a videotaped oral history interview on 8/4/1997, and he also gave a videotaped lecture at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on 5/24/2006.Oral Histories6485410.16000000006.985000000017286Oral history1.9050000000Videotaped 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.EducationOral historiesLinden, Glenn M.The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaDallas County Historical FoundationSouthern Methodist UniversityDallasCivil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)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