Raun Burnham Oral History
Object number2013.001.0170
Date09/11/2013
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Raun Burnham
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.wav file)
DimensionsDuration: 41 Minutes
Collections
- All Online Objects
- Pop Culture
- Oral History Collection
DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Raun Burnham. A longtime singer and songwriter, Burnham was part of a folk music tour in the New York area at the time of the assassination. She later visited Dealey Plaza in 1967.
Interview conducted by telephone on September 11, 2013 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-one minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryDuring this oral history, Raun Burnham references fellow folk singer Christine Lavin. Lavin, who wrote a song about her first visit to The Sixth Floor Museum in the 1990s, has participated in multiple oral histories and programs at the Museum. A 2014 Living History public program with Lavin may be found here: Living History with Christine Lavin. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Raun MacKinnon Burnham passed away on October 6, 2024 at the age of 80. As discussed in this interview, she was active as a songwriter and folk singer throughout the 1960s and 1970s, performing at festivals, clubs and on college campuses. Her first album, American Folk Songs, was released in 1963. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
