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Leah Rae Elewitz Oral History
Leah Rae Elewitz Oral History

Leah Rae Elewitz Oral History

Object number2012.001.0028
Date03/21/2012
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Oral history interviewer
Oral history interviewer
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 55 Minutes
Collections
  • All Online Objects
  • Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Leah Rae Elewitz. A tenth-grade Kennedy supporter living near Houston, Texas, in 1963, Elewitz responded to the assassination by compiling an extensive scrapbook of the event. She maintained this effort for nine years and donated her volumes to The Sixth Floor Museum. Interview conducted at Ms. Elewitz's home in Dallas on March 21, 2012 by Stephen Fagin and Lindsey Richardson. The interview is fifty-five minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
The Museum's Leah Rae Miron Elewitz Collection (2012.019) includes the two Kennedy assassination scrapbooks shown and discussed during this oral history as well as an additional box of news clippings and one poem. - Stephen Fagin, Curator