Katherine Clayton Oral History
Object number2010.001.0102
Date09/08/2010
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Katherine Clayton
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 12 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Katherine Clayton. Clayton was a history teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas in 1963. She recalls having only two students in her class at the time of the assassination because the others had been excused to observe the presidential motorcade.
Interview conducted at the home of friend Katherine Adams on September 8, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twelve minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryIn addition to teacher Katherine Clayton, the Museum has recorded a number of oral histories with former students at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas. Jefferson alumni in the Oral History Collection include Alan Abrams, Judy Bergstrom, John Carpenter, Betty Duke-Ruhd, Janet Fordham, Richard Gump, Betty Jarrell, Don McDonald, Jerry Patton, David Ritz, Carolyn Roderick, George Sickler, Jan Sittel and William Ward Warren. 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
