Mavis Belisle Oral History
Object number2010.001.0105
Date09/13/2010
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Mavis Belisle
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 59 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Mavis Belisle. A sophomore at the University of Texas at Austin in 1963, Belisle contributed to the university newspaper and was locally involved in the Civil Rights Movement. From 1966 to 1969, she served in the Peace Corps in Micronesia in the western Pacific.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 13, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-nine minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryDue to her role as a recognized environmental activist, Belisle was interviewed in 2002 as part of the Texas Legacy Project of the Conservation History Association of Texas. Her oral history may be accessed here: Mavis Belisle - Texas Legacy. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
