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"JFK's 1960 Campaign in Texas" Program

Object number2004.001.0049
Date08/26/2004
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Gary Mack (1946 - 2015)
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumHi-8 videotape
DimensionsDuration: 29 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped gallery talk titled "JFK's 1960 Campaign in Texas," hosted by Curator Gary Mack. Mack discussed Senator John F. Kennedy's campaign visit to north Texas, including Dallas, on September 13, 1960. Program conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 26, 2004. The program is twenty-nine minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
Gary Mack passed away on July 15, 2015 at the age of 68. Mack developed a research interest in the Kennedy assassination in the 1970s and, after a career in broadcasting as an announcer, camera operator and producer, joined the Museum's staff in 1994 as archivist. He was named curator in 2000. One month after his passing, the Museum held this memorial tribute program: Gary Mack Memorial Tribute (youtube.com). - Stephen Fagin, Curator  
Although Gary Mack joined the staff of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 1994, this was his first recorded daytime gallery talk, presented less than three months before the 2004 presidential election. Mack went on to lead or moderate a number of public programs until his passing in 2015. His last gallery talk, commemorating the 25th anniversary of The Sixth Floor Museum, may be viewed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/43001. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
A series of color photographs of Senator John F. Kennedy's visit to Dallas on September 13, 1960 may be found here: Search "September 13, 1960" (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). A similar series - taken by the same photographer, local resident Anita Hansen - from the day before, September 12, 1960, showing Vice President Richard Nixon's visit to Dallas may be found here: Search "September 12, 1960" (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (jfk.org). - Stephen Fagin, Curator