/internal/media/dispatcher/73374/fullGary Cartwright Oral History03/18/201157 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2011.001.00250Videotaped 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.
The video attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories6348733017Oral historyVideotaped 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.Oral historiesNight clubsRuby, JackCartwright, GaryTexas MonthlyThe Dallas Morning NewsDallasJack Ruby (OHC)News Media (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Motorcade Spectators (OHC)Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)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 CuratorGary Cartwright passed away on February 22, 2017. - Riley Harris, Collections Cataloger