Allen and Cynthia Mondell Oral History
Object number2002.001.0021
Date06/13/2002
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Allen Mondell
Oral history interview subject
Cynthia Mondell
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumHi-8 videotape
DimensionsDuration: 118 Minutes
Terms
- Documentary
- Oral histories
- Mondell, Allen
- Adams, Lindalyn
- Hunt, Conover
- Jurow, Martin
- Cronkite, Walter
- Mondell, Cynthia
- The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
- Dallas County Historical Foundation
- Texas School Book Depository
- Media Projects
- Peace Corps
- Peace Corps (OHC)
- Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
- History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Allen and Cynthia Mondell. Award-winning documentarians, the Mondells wrote, produced and directed the films seen at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza since its opening in 1989. Allen Mondell was a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone at the time of the assassination.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 13, 2002 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and fifty-eight minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryAs of spring 2024, four of the five films produced by the Mondells in 1988 for The Sixth Floor exhibit remain on view. The fifth film, "The Legacy," hosted by Walter Cronkite, was replaced by a new film exploring the Kennedy legacy, also produced by Allen and Cynthia Mondell, in time for the 50th anniversary of the assassination in 2013. In addition, Waging Peace: The Peace Corps Experience, a film by Allen Mondell, was shown on the Museum's seventh floor as part of a rotating series of documentaries during the special exhibit, Call to Action (2006), which explored social activism in the 1960s. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
In addition to this 2002 oral history, Allen Mondell has participated in several public programs over the years, including a panel discussion commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps in 2011 (50 Years of Service: Peace Corps Volunteers, 1961-2010 (youtube.com)) and a Living History program (Living History with Allen Mondell (youtube.com)). - Stephen Fagin, Curator
