Janet Fordham and Carolyn Roderick Oral History
Object number2010.001.0054
Date06/25/2010
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Janet Fordham
Oral history interview subject
Carolyn Roderick
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 44 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Janet Fordham and Carolyn Roderick. Classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, Fordham and Roderick witnessed the arrival of President and Mrs. Kennedy at Dallas Love Field on November 22, 1963.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 25, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-four minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryIn addition to Ms. Fordham and Ms. Roderick, the Museum has recorded a number of oral histories with 1960s students at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas. Other Jefferson alumni in the Oral History Collection include Alan Abrams, Judy Bergstrom, John Carpenter, Betty Duke-Ruhd, Richard Gump, Betty Jarrell, Don McDonald, Jerry Patton, David Ritz, George Sickler, Jan Sittel, William Ward Warren and 1960s schoolteacher Katherine Clayton. A 2019 educational program featuring Jefferson High School classmates Jan Sittel and Betty Duke-Ruhd may be viewed on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with Jan Sittel and Dr. Betty Duke-Ruhd - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
