/internal/media/dispatcher/74032/fullArchie Barnes Oral History09/29/2006Duration: 31 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2006.001.00490Oral History with Archie Barnes
A Dallas County deputy sheriff for 26 years, Barnes spent three months guarding Jack Ruby in his jail cell in 1965. He and Ruby talked and played board games, and Ruby drew pictures for Barnes' children.Oral Histories6339026219Oral historyVideotaped 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.Oral historiesRuby, JackDecker, BillBarnes, ArchieDallas County JailDallasLaw Enforcement (OHC)Jack Ruby (OHC)Archie 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