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Gary Cartwright Oral History

Gary Cartwright Oral History

Object number2011.001.0025
Date03/18/2011
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Oral history interviewer
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
Dimensions57 Minutes
Collections
  • All Online Objects
  • Oral History Collection
  • Jack Ruby
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Gary Cartwright. A writer and editor with "Texas Monthly" magazine, Cartwright was a sports writer at "The Dallas Morning News" in 1963. He and his roommate, the late Bud Shrake, often socialized with Jack Ruby and his strippers. Interview conducted at Mr. Cartwright's home on March 18, 2011 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-seven minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
Cartwright has written about the Kennedy assassination on several occasions, most notably in the Texas Monthly cover story, "Who Was Jack Ruby?" (November 1976, volume 3, number 11). - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator
Gary Cartwright passed away on February 22, 2017. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger