Harmon Schepps Oral History

Object number2009.001.0003

Date01/13/2009

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Harmon Schepps

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

Oral history interviewer C. Dealey Campbell

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions160 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Harmon Schepps. The founder of Schepps Dairy in Dallas, Schepps attended the Trade Mart luncheon on November 22, 1963, and later visited Jack Ruby in jail. An acquaintance of Ruby's since the mid-1950s, Schepps manufactured the sign for Ruby's nightclub, the Carousel Club. Interview conducted at the home of Mr. Schepps' neighbor on January 13, 2009 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin and C. Dealey Campbell of the Dallas Historical Society. The interview is two hours and forty minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Mr. Schepps passed away on August 23, 2011. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator