Dr. Carlos Morton Oral History

Object number2013.001.0169

Date08/16/2013

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Dr. Carlos Morton

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.wav file)

DimensionsDuration: 26 Minutes

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DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Dr. Carlos Morton. A professor of theater and dance at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Morton was living in Panama during the Cuban missile crisis. On November 22, 1963, he was preparing for a high school play, which was delayed one week because of the assassination. Interview conducted via telephone on August 16, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-six minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

During this oral history, Dr. Morton mentions that he is currently co-writing a play about the 1973 murder of twelve-year-old Santos Rodriguez by a Dallas police officer. That play, titled "Santos: A Wandering Soul," ran October-November 2013 at Teatro Dallas and commemorated the fortieth anniversary of the tragedy. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator