Frances McElvaney Oral History

Object number2008.001.0002

Date01/14/2008

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Frances McElvaney

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 56 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Frances McElvaney. Wife of Rev. Bill McElvaney, a prominent civil rights and peace activist in Dallas, Frances McElvaney became locally involved in the women's rights movement in the late 1960s. As part of this effort, she co-founded an education program for young women that was taught at Northaven United Methodist Church in Dallas. Interview conducted at Mrs. McElvaney's home in Dallas on January 14, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Frances McElvaney's late husband, Rev. Bill McElvaney, recorded a Museum oral history in 2006. It can be accessed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/26166. He also participated in a public program in January 2013, launching the Museum's 50th anniversary Living History series. That program may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with the Reverend William McElvaney - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator