Dr. Joan Mellen Oral History
Object number2010.001.0089
Date08/09/2010
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Dr. Joan Mellen
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.wav file)
DimensionsDuration: 63 Minutes
Collections
- All Online Objects
- Oral History Collection
DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Dr. Joan Mellen. A prolific author and professor emeritus at Temple University in Philadelphia, Mellen met New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison in 1969 and maintained contact with him for twenty years. Her decade-long study of his life and career yielded the books "A Farewell to Justice" (2005) and "Jim Garrison, His Life and Times - The Early Years" (2008).
Interview conducted by telephone on August 9, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and three minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryDr. Joan Mellen was a professor of English at Temple University in Philadelphia from 1980 to 2011 and, as of spring 2024, remains professor emeritus. In addition to her two titles about controversial New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison, she has written more than twenty books, including titles exploring Lyndon Johnson, Texas politics, the CIA and the 1967 attack on the U.S.S. Liberty. Six of her books are in the Museum's Library Collection and may be found here: Bibliovation | Catalog Search Results. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Dr. Mellen passed away on June 30, 2025 at the age of 83. Her New York Times obituary may be found here: Joan Mellen, Whose Bobby Knight Biography Sparked Debate, Dies at 83 - The New York Times. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Lovita Irby
April 1991 - May 1991
