Kaye Buck McDermott Oral History

Object number2011.001.0027

Date03/25/2011

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Kaye Buck McDermott

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 25 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Kaye Buck McDermott. McDermott was the daughter and personal assistant of the late Fort Worth community leader Raymond Buck, who was president of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce in 1963. Raymond Buck was involved in planning President Kennedy's visit to Fort Worth and, as host of the breakfast at the Hotel Texas, famously presented the president with a cowboy hat and boots on the morning of November 22, 1963. Interview conducted at the home of Sterling Steves in Fort Worth on March 25, 2011 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-five minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Kaye Buck McDermott passed away on May 6, 2021. Her father, Raymond Elliott Buck Sr., passed away on March 27, 1971 at the age of 76. - Stephen Fagin, Curator