/internal/media/dispatcher/26576/fullDallas Trade Mart luncheon invitation for spouse of reporter Keith Shelton11/22/19639 3/4 × 7 in. (24.8 × 17.8 cm)PaperKeith Shelton Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1998.023.0012.00020Formal invitation to Mrs. Keith Shelton (spouse of Dallas Times Herald reporter Keith Shelton) for the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon honoring President Kennedy.
This invitation was received in an envelope (1998.023.0012.0001), and with a table card (1998.023.0012.0002).
A political reporter for the Dallas Times Herald, Shelton traveled with the presidential party throughout Texas and later covered the Jack Ruby trial. He donated his Kennedy-related personal papers to the Museum. His oral histories were recorded February 23, 1998, and January 12, 2011.
Documents7349717.780000000024.765049530136518InvitationFormal invitation to the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon honoring President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, addressed in handwritten calligraphy to the spouse of Dallas Times Herald reporter Keith Shelton (Mrs. Deborah Evans Shelton).Trade Mart luncheonLettersKennedy, John F.Johnson, Lyndon B.Connally, JohnShelton, KeithDallas Times HeraldDallasThe Museum's Keith Shelton Collection (1998.023) includes the notebook that Shelton used while covering the Kennedys' visit to Texas in November 1963, as well as press credentials, his wife's invitation to the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon, draft stories, news clippings and press releases. Keith Shelton passed away on December 11, 2024. - Stephen Fagin, Curator This object is featured in the Museum's special exhibit, "On Assignment: Dallas Times Herald 1963," which opened on April 29, 2026.