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Mel Barney Oral History

Object number2014.001.0002
Date01/08/2014
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Mel Barney
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 57 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Mel Barney. A longtime engineer with Texas Instruments, Barney worked with the CIA on a number of high-level security projects during the Cold War. An acquaintance of Jack Ruby, he recalls that Ruby participated in two top-secret flights in 1961. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 8, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-seven minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary

George Melvin "Mel" Barney passed away on August 3, 2023 at the age of 95. As discussed in this oral history, he authored two books, Four Wars (2011) and Socialism vs. Capitalism (2013). The Museum has a copy of the former in its Library Collection: Bibliovation | Details for Four wars. Four Wars includes his recollections of Jack Ruby. - Stephen Fagin, Curator