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Mike Cochran Oral History

Mike Cochran Oral History

Object number2013.001.0124
Date10/14/2013
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Oral history interviewer
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 86 Minutes
Collections
  • All Online Objects
  • Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Mike Cochran. A reporter with the Associated Press for nearly four decades, Cochran covered President Kennedy in Fort Worth, the assassination aftermath at Parkland Memorial Hospital, and Lee Harvey Oswald's funeral, where he served as a pallbearer. He later covered the Jack Ruby trial in 1964. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 14, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and twenty-six minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary

Twenty years prior to this 2013 interview, Mike Cochran was an early participant in the Museum's Oral History Project, recording an interview with Wes Wise and Bob Porter on July 14, 1993. That recording may be viewed here: Michael Cochran Oral History – Search cochran (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.

Mike Cochran passed away on January 11, 2022. - Stephen Fagin, Curator