Jess Hay Oral History
Object number2001.001.0003
Date02/21/2001
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Jess Hay
Oral history interviewer
Bob Porter
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumHi-8 videotape
DimensionsDuration: 41 Minutes
Terms
- Oral histories
- Adams, Lindalyn
- Decherd, Robert
- Johnson, Lyndon B.
- Hay, Jess
- The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
- Dallas County Historical Foundation
- Dallas
- Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
- Community Leaders (OHC)
- Kennedy Family Acquaintances (OHC)
- History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Jess Hay. A Texas political leader and longtime CEO of Lomas Financial Corporation, Hay was a Dallas attorney at the time of the Kennedy assassination. Hay, an acquaintance of several U.S. presidents including Kennedy and Johnson, was heavily involved in fundraising efforts for The Sixth Floor exhibit in the 1980s.
Interview conducted at Mr. Hay's home in Dallas on February 21, 2001 by Bob Porter. The interview is forty-two minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryJess Hay passed away on April 13, 2015. His longtime personal assistant, Ramona Taylor, who saw the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street, recorded an oral history with the Museum in 2018. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
