Marvin Burlison Oral History

Object number2005.001.0008

Date03/25/2005

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Marvin Burlison

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumHi-8 videotape

DimensionsDuration: 46 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Marvin Burlison. An installation supervisor with Southwestern Bell Telephone in 1963, Burlison managed the special telephone service set up at the Dallas Trade Mart in preparation for the presidential luncheon. Immediately after the assassination, Burlison supervised the installation of new direct dialing service at Parkland Memorial Hospital to accommodate the news media. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on March 25, 2005 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-six minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Marvin Burlison passed away on December 6, 2006. - Stephen Fagin, Curator