Lee Cullum Oral History

Object number2000.020.0011

Date08/23/2000

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Lee Cullum

Oral history interviewer Bob Porter

ObjectOral history

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

MediumHi-8 videotape

DimensionsDuration: 58 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Lee Cullum. Part of a prominent Dallas family, Cullum is a veteran newspaper, radio and television journalist and editor. An active community leader for decades, she is a senior fellow at the Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University. Interview recorded at Ms. Cullum's home in Dallas on August 23, 2000 by Bob Porter. The interview is fifty-eight minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

In addition to this 2000 oral history, Lee Cullum participated in a panel discussion, "The Great Society: A Community Conversation," held at The Sixth Floor Museum in conjunction with the Dallas Theater Center in 2018. That program may be viewed here: The Great Society: A Community Conversation - YouTube.

Cullum, a longtime supporter of our institution, has also moderated Museum programs over the years, including notable conversations with broadcaster Chris Matthews in 2012 (Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero - A Conversation with Chris Matthews - YouTube) and author Stephen King in 2011 (A Conversation with Stephen King - YouTube). - Stephen Fagin, Curator