Toby Chandler Oral History
Object number2010.001.0137
Date11/20/2010
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Toby Chandler
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 55 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Toby Chandler. One of the youngest U.S. Secret Service agents assigned to the White House Detail, Chandler worked with Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson. He was in Washington D.C. at the time of the Kennedy assassination in 1963.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 20, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-five minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryToby Chandler was one of several retired U.S. Secret Service agents who visited the Museum on November 20, 2010 for a public program and book signing for the new publication, The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence by Gerald Blaine and Lisa McCubbin. That public program may be found here on the Museum's YouTube channel: The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence - YouTube. As of summer 2023, it remains the most-viewed video on the Museum's YouTube channel with more than 3 million views. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
