/internal/media/dispatcher/75350/fullCarol Tate Oral History08/16/2004Duration: 24 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2004.001.00340Videotaped 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 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.
Oral Histories6497026059Oral historyVideotaped 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.MotorcadeLimousineWitnessesMotorcyclesMain StreetAssassinationReporterTrade Mart luncheonOral historiesKennedy, John F.Kennedy, JacquelineCastleberry, VivianTate, CarolDallas Times HeraldChildhood Recollections (OHC)Motorcade Spectators (OHC)News Media (OHC)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