Chrissy Doherty and Karen Neukom Oral History

Object number2013.001.0005

Date01/22/2013

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Chrissy Doherty

Oral history interview subject Karen Neukom

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 41 minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Chrissy Knight Doherty and Karen Knight Neukom. Doherty and Neukom were daughters of the late Reuben Knight, 1960 campaign manager for Senator John F. Kennedy in Wichita County, Texas. Doherty shook hands with Kennedy during his visit to Wichita Falls that year. Reuben Knight attended the Kennedy inauguration in January 1961, and the Knight family went to Dallas Love Field following news of the assassination on November 22, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 22, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-one minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Karen Knight Neukom passed away on January 2, 2016. - Stephen Fagin, Curator