Joe Cody Oral History

Object number1999.003.0015

Date10/01/1999

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Joe Cody

Oral history interviewer Bob Porter

ObjectOral history

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

MediumHi-8 videotape

DimensionsDuration: 54 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Joe Cody. A burglary and theft detective with the Dallas Police Department in 1963, Cody went to the Texas School Book Depository immediately after the assassination. A longtime friend of Jack Ruby, Cody in 1960 purchased a gun for Ruby, which was later used in the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 1, 1999 by Bob Porter. The interview is fifty-four minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Joe Cody passed away on June 28, 2008. - Stephen Fagin, Curator