Carol Tate Oral History

Object number2004.001.0034

Date08/16/2004

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Carol Tate

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumHi-8 videotape

DimensionsDuration: 24 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Carol Tate. Tate, a Dallas seventh grader in 1963, observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. She is the daughter of the late Vivian Castleberry, longtime women's news editor at the Dallas Times Herald. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 16, 2004 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-four minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Carol Tate's late mother, the legendary Dallas journalist Vivian Castleberry, was a longtime friend of The Sixth Floor Museum. The Museum's Vivian Castleberry Collection (1991.002) includes her reporter's notebook from November 22, 1963 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/4467) as well as her 1964 subpoena for the Jack Ruby trial (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/4473), among other artifacts. In addition, Vivian was a frequent oral history and program guest at the Museum, recording three oral histories and three programs between 1991 and 2015. A 2004 oral history may be viewed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/26075. A 2006 Museum lecture about her career in journalism may be found here on the Museum's YouTube channel: Call To Action: Vivian Castleberry (youtube.com). A 2008 Living History educational program may also be viewed on YouTube: Living History with Vivian Castleberry (youtube.com). Vivian Castleberry passed away on October 4, 2017. - Stephen Fagin, Curator