Robert Bruton Oral History
Object number2011.001.0007
Date01/24/2011
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Robert Bruton
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 60 Minutes
Terms
- Oral histories
- Oswald funeral
- Fort Worth
- Reporter
- Broadcast journalism
- Funeral services
- Fort Worth breakfast
- Fort Worth
- Radio
- Oswald, Lee Harvey
- Kennedy, John F.
- Kennedy, Jacqueline
- Connally, John
- Johnson, Lyndon B.
- Oswald, Marina
- Oswald, Marguerite
- KXOL station (Ft. Worth)
- Parkland Hospital
- Hotel Texas
- Carswell Air Force Base
- Dallas
- Fort Worth
- News Media (OHC)
- Fort Worth (OHC)
- Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
- Parkland Memorial Hospital (OHC)
- Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Robert Bruton. As operations manager for KXOL Radio in Fort Worth in 1963, Bruton covered the Kennedys' visit to the city in November 1963 as well as Lee Harvey Oswald's death at Parkland Memorial Hospital on November 24, 1963, and Oswald's funeral in Fort Worth the following day.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 24, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour long long.
Curatorial CommentaryRobert Bruton passed away on February 8, 2016. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
KXOL Radio went on the air in Fort Worth on April 2, 1947. It was the city's first full-time unaffiliated independent radio station. KXOL changed ownership multiple times over the years and continued broadcasting until November 1985 when the format and call letters were changed to KWJS. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Robert Huffaker
11/23/1963
