Conover Hunt Oral History
Object number2003.001.0007
Date03/26/2003
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Conover Hunt
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
Oral history interviewer
Gary Mack
(1946 - 2015)
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumHi-8 videotape
DimensionsDuration: 116 Minutes
Terms
- Oral histories
- Hunt, Conover
- Stone, Oliver
- Staples, Bob
- Charles, Barbara
- Adams, Lindalyn
- The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
- Dallas County Historical Commission
- Dallas County Historical Foundation
- Texas School Book Depository
- Dallas Landmark Commission
- Dallas Historical Society
- Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
- Media Projects
- Staples & Charles
- History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)
Collections
DescriptionHunt served as the original project director and curator for the Dallas County Historical Foundation and was instrumental in the planning, research and content of The Sixth Floor exhibit. She is the author of the Museum's official guidebook as well as JFK for a New Generation (1996).
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on March 26, 2003 by Stephen Fagin and Gary Mack. The interview is one hour and fifty-six minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryIn addition to this 2003 oral history, Hunt returned to the Museum's for its 20th anniversary and recorded a follow-up interview on February 16, 2009. She later participated in a panel discussion with Lindalyn Adams about the making of The Sixth Floor exhibit that was recorded by C-SPAN for the Book TV series: Assassination and Commemoration: A Conversation (youtube.com). - Stephen Fagin, Curator
