John Kelin Oral History
Object number2008.001.0016
Date02/28/2008
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
John Kelin
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.wav file)
DimensionsDuration: 92 Minutes
Terms
- Dallas
- Conspiracy theories
- Researchers
- Author
- Zapruder film
- Oral histories
- Weisberg, Harold
- Lane, Mark
- Garrison, Jim
- Jones, Penn, Jr.
- Kelin, John
- Warren Commission
- Warren Report
- Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
- Abraham Zapruder Film (OHC)
- Popular Culture (OHC)
- Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
- Childhood Recollections (OHC)
Collections
DescriptionAudio oral history interview with John Kelin. Seven years old in 1963, Kelin became actively interested in the Kennedy assassination in the early 1990s. He is the author of "Praise from a Future Generation" (2007), a comprehensive study of the earliest assassination critics and researchers.
Interview recorded by telephone on February 28, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirty-two minutes.
Curatorial CommentaryAs mentioned during this interview, John Kelin visited The Sixth Floor Museum in November 2008 for a book signing. His now out-of-print book, Praise from a Future Generation (2007), may be found here in the Museum's Library Collection: Bibliovation | Details for Praise from a future generation. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
