/internal/media/dispatcher/67143/full"Eddie Barker's Notebook" Program06/08/2006Duration: 15 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2006.001.00610Videotaped book signing program with Eddie Barker. In 1963, Barker was news director for Dallas CBS affiliate KRLD-TV. Reporting from the Dallas Trade Mart, Barker was the first to announce the death of President Kennedy on air. He was heavily involved in local coverage of the assassination and interviewed many key participants over the years. His remarks preceded a book signing upon the release of his autobiography, "Eddie Barker's Notebook," with additional comments by Curator Gary Mack.
This program was recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 8, 2006. The recording is fifteen minutes long.Oral Histories6339326235Oral historyVideotaped program with Eddie Barker. In 1963, Barker was news director for Dallas CBS affiliate KRLD-TV. Reporting from the Dallas Trade Mart, Barker was the first to announce the death of President Kennedy on air. He was heavily involved in local coverage of the assassination and interviewed many key participants over the years. His remarks preceded a book signing following the release of his autobiography, "Eddie Barker's Notebook," with additional comments by Curator Gary Mack.
This program was recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 8, 2006. The recording is fifteen minutes long.ReporterBroadcast journalismOral historiesDempsey, John MarkBarker, EddieCBS NewsKRLD-TVNews Media (OHC)Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)Community Leaders (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Eddie Barker's 2006 memoir, Eddie Barker's Notebook: Stories That Made the News, and Some Better Ones That Didn't! was co-authored with Dr. John Mark Dempsey, an associate professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Dr. Dempsey recorded oral histories with The Sixth Floor Museum in 2002 and 2014. One may be viewed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/21512.
Eddie Barker participated in several oral histories and Museum programs until his passing on July 23, 2012. His 1993 oral history with the Museum may be found here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/4651. A 2007 public program featuring Barker and retired Dallas police detective Jim Leavelle may be found here on the Museum's YouTube channel: A Conversation with Jim Leavelle and Eddie Barker (youtube.com). Now long out of print, multiple copies of Eddie Barker's Notebook are in the Museum's Library Collection: Bibliovation | Details for Eddie Barker's notebook. - Stephen Fagin, Curator Eddie Barker passed away on July 23, 2012. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger