Don Moffeit Oral History
Object number2007.001.0054
Date05/31/2007
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Don Moffeit
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 14 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Don Moffeit. A clerk at the Retail Credit Company in Oak Cliff, Moffeit and some of his coworkers were standing outside the Texas Theatre when Dallas police brought Lee Harvey Oswald outside.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 31, 2007 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fourteen minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryOn the same day that this oral history was recorded, Don Moffeit's wife, Frances Moffeit, also participated in an interview. At fourteen years old, she observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street before hearing shots fired in Dealey Plaza. Her interview may be accessed here:
Don Moffeit passed away on June 13, 2019. - Stephen Fagin, Curator