Jon McConal Oral History
Object number2005.001.0031
Date10/20/2005
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Jon "Bunky" McConal
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumHi-8 videotape
DimensionsDuration: 56 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Jon "Bunky" McConal. A longtime reporter and columnist at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, McConal spent the weekend of the Kennedy assassination in the newsroom and interviewed Marguerite Oswald on Sunday. The following day he served as a pallbearer at Lee Harvey Oswald's funeral.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 20, 2005 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryJon "Bunky" McConal began a forty-year career at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 1961. Prior to retiring in 2000, he estimated that he had traveled approximately 200,000 miles around Texas over the years and interviewed some 10,000 individuals. He also taught journalism courses at both Texas Christian University and Southern Methodist University. He passed away on September 5, 2019. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
