Dee Kelly Oral History

Object number2012.001.0011

Date02/08/2012

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Dee Kelly

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 18 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dee Kelly. A longtime Fort Worth community leader, Kelly met John F. Kennedy in 1960 and attended his speech in the parking lot of the Hotel Texas on November 22, 1963. In the following years Kelly maintained close ties to the Lyndon Johnson and John Connally families. Interview conducted at Mr. Kelly's office in Fort Worth on February 8, 2012 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is eighteen minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Dee J. Kelly passed away on October 2, 2015. - Stephen Fagin, Curator