John Loving Oral History
Object number2009.001.0067
Date08/28/2009
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
John Loving
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)
DimensionsDuration: 135 Minutes
Terms
- Investigations
- Evidence
- Dealey Plaza
- Mafia
- Elm Street
- Early Dallas history
- Downtown Dallas
- Oral histories
- Loving, John
- Kennedy, John F.
- Ruby, Jack
- Dallas County
- Dallas Police Department
- Dallas Historical Society
- Texas School Book Depository
- Dallas
- Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
- Jack Ruby (OHC)
- Law Enforcement (OHC)
Collections
- Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with John Loving. A lifelong Dallasite with a local heritage dating back to the 1840s, Loving was a Dallas police officer in 1963 and went to Dealey Plaza following the Kennedy assassination. His late uncle, J.T. Yates, was allegedly involved in local organized crime and knew Jack Ruby.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 28, 2009 by Stephen Fagin and C. Dealey Campbell of the Dallas Historical Society. The interview is two hours and fifteen minutes.
Curatorial CommentaryJohn William Loving passed away on April 6, 2011 at the age of 78. Since this oral history was recorded in partnership with the Dallas Historical Society, this lengthy conversation with Mr. Loving delved deeply into general local history, including early Dallas history, in addition to his memories of the Kennedy assassination and aftermath. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
