Archie Barnes Oral History
Object number2006.001.0049
Date09/29/2006
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Archie Barnes
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumHi-8 videotape
DimensionsDuration: 31 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Archie Barnes. A Dallas County deputy sheriff for twenty-six years, Barnes spent three months guarding Jack Ruby in his cell at the Dallas County Jail in 1965. Barnes and Ruby talked extensively and played board games, and Ruby drew pictures for Barnes' children.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 29, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryArchie Barnes passed away on January 20, 2010. The Jack Ruby drawing shown and discussed during this interview was donated to The Sixth Floor Museum by the Barnes family in 2011. It may be found here in the online collections database: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/32259. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Dallas Times Herald photographer
11/22/1963
Dallas Times Herald photographer
11/22/1963
Associated Press (AP)
04/26/1964