Dell Heikes Oral History

Object number2008.001.0029

Date04/23/2008

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Dell Heikes

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 8 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dell Heikes. Heikes was shopping at Sanger-Harris department store in downtown Dallas and observed the presidential motorcade from a second-floor window. The following year, she married Dallas Times Herald photographer Darryl Heikes, who had covered the events of the Kennedy assassination weekend. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 23, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is eight minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Claudia Dell Heikes passed away on December 21, 2023. On the same day as her oral history, her husband, Dallas Times Herald photographer Darryl Heikes, recorded an interview about his experiences during the assassination weekend, photographing the Kennedy motorcade, the Tippit shooting scene and Lee Harvey Oswald in police custody. In 2014, Darryl Heikes returned to the Museum to participate in a reunion with other Dallas Times Herald photographers: Dallas Times Herald 1963 (youtube.com). Darryl Heikes passed away in 2018. - Stephen Fagin, Curator