/internal/media/dispatcher/72560/fullJim Kurtz Oral History06/28/200742 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2007.001.00600Oral History with Jim Kurtz
Inspired to become a funeral director after watching the Kennedy funeral on television as a sixth-grader, Kurtz has actively researched and collected documents related to high-profile funerals--including those of Kennedy, Oswald, Ruby, and Tippit--since the early 1970s.Oral Histories643210E-100E-1026327Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Jim Kurtz. Inspired to become a funeral director after watching the Kennedy funeral on television as a sixth-grader, Kurtz has actively researched and collected documents related to high-profile funerals--including those of Kennedy, Oswald, Ruby, and Tippit--since the early 1970s.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 28, 2007, by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-two minutes long.FuneralStudentTelevisionOral historiesKurtz, JimKennedy Funeral (OHC)Childhood Recollections (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Kennedy Collectors (OHC)