Judge Lee F. Jackson Oral History
Object number2001.001.0001
Date01/12/2001
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Lee Jackson
Oral history interviewer
Bob Porter
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumHi-8 videotape
DimensionsDuration: 60 Minutes
Terms
- Public officials
- Oral histories
- Dallas County commissioners
- "JFK"
- Adams, Lindalyn
- Bradshaw, Lillian
- Stone, Oliver
- Jackson, Lee
- Texas Legislature
- Texas School Book Depository
- The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
- Dallas County Historical Foundation
- Dallas
- Popular Culture (OHC)
- Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
- History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)
- Community Leaders (OHC)
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Judge Lee F. Jackson. Jackson served in the Texas House of Representatives (1976-86) and was elected four times as Dallas County Judge (1987-2002). As judge, he played a key role in the fundraising for and opening of The Sixth Floor exhibit in 1989. Two years later he vocally opposed director Oliver Stone's request to film scenes for JFK (1991) inside the former Texas School Book Depository building.
Interview recorded in Judge Jackson's office in the Dallas County Administration Building on January 12, 2001 by Bob Porter and Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour.
Curatorial CommentaryAfter serving as Dallas County Judge from 1987 to 2002, Lee F. Jackson became chancellor of the University of North Texas System. He ultimately became the longest-serving chancellor in the school's history, serving from 2002 until his retirement in 2017. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
