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Ronald Tippit Oral History
Ronald Tippit Oral History

Ronald Tippit Oral History

Object number2007.001.0005
Date01/19/2007
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Ronald Tippit
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumCD
Dimensions17 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Ronald Tippit. The youngest brother of slain Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit, Ronald Tippit was 15 years old at the time of the assassination. He and his family traveled to Dallas from their home in Clarksville, Texas, for Officer Tippit's funeral on Monday, November 25. Interview conducted by telephone on January 19, 2007 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is seventeen minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
Today, Ronald Tippit's late brother is honored in his hometown of Clarksville, Texas. Located on Ronald Tippit's property, near the place where J.D. Tippit grew up, is a granite monument paying tribute to the slain Dallas police officer. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator