/internal/media/dispatcher/73887/fullYvonne Pendleton Oral History10/06/2006Duration: 56 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2006.001.00510Oral History with Yvonne Pendleton
A sophomore in high school in Alabama at the time of the assassination, Pendleton later moved to Dallas to work at the Dallas Times Herald. From 1971 to 1978, she served as the paper's award-winning fashion editor.Oral Histories6451526221Oral historyVideotaped oral history interview with Yvonne Pendleton. A high school sophomore in Alabama at the time of the Kennedy assassination, Pendleton later moved to Dallas to work at the Dallas Times Herald. From 1971 to 1978, she was the paper's award-winning fashion editor.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 6, 2006 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.Women's rightsOral historiesCastleberry, VivianPendleton, YvonneDallas Times HeraldDallasAlabamaChildhood Recollections (OHC)News Media (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)As discussed in this interview, Pendleton was hired at the Dallas Times Herald in 1971 by longtime women's news editor Vivian Castleberry (1922-2017). A local journalistic legend, Castleberry participated in several interviews and programs at The Sixth Floor Museum over the years. A 2008 Living History program with Castleberry may be accessed on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with Vivian Castleberry - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator