/internal/media/dispatcher/72815/fullRichard Stolley Oral History10/15/2008113 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2008.001.00790Videotaped oral history interview with Richard Stolley. The senior editorial advisor of Time, Inc., and later the founding managing editor of People magazine, Stolley was the Los Angeles bureau chief for LIFE Magazine in 1963. Immediately after the assassination, he traveled to Dallas. The morning after the assassination he negotiated the magazine's purchase of the rights to the Abraham Zapruder film.Oral Histories6341626513Oral historyVideotaped oral history interview with Richard Stolley. The senior editorial advisor of Time, Inc., and later the founding managing editor of People magazine, Stolley was the Los Angeles bureau chief for LIFE Magazine in 1963. Immediately after the assassination, he traveled to Dallas. The morning after the assassination he negotiated the magazine's purchase of the rights to the Abraham Zapruder film.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 15, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and fifty-three minutes long.Zapruder filmPressOral historiesStolley, RichardTime IncorporatedTIME MagazinePeople MagazineLIFE MagazineDallasLos AngelesNews Media (OHC)Abraham Zapruder Film (OHC)Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)Mr. Stolley participated in a videotaped oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 15, 2008. In addition, he has participated in numerous programs at the Museum over the years. He passed away on June 16, 2021. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator At first, Stolley only purchased print rights to the Zapruder film for LIFE; the following Monday, upon recommendation from LIFE management, Stolley purchased all rights. - Gary Mack, Curator