Chris Gallop Oral History

Object number2014.001.0008

Date01/14/2014

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Chris Gallop

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 33 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Chris Gallop. A longtime Kennedy assassination researcher, Gallop was involved in the 1989 opening of the JFK Assassination Information Center in Dallas. His late grandfather, C.E. Nichols, was a bell captain at the Adolphus Hotel in 1963 and had many personal encounters with Jack Ruby. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 14, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-three minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

For more than ten years, Chris Gallop has hosted an annual lunchon symposium at the assassination anniversary featuring authors, researchers and eyewitnesses. A 2018 episode of the "Midnight Writer News" podcast featuring Gallop may be accessed here: MWN Episode 096 – Chris Gallop and the JFK Assassination (midnightwriternews.com). Gallop's researcher mentor, author J. Gary Shaw, recorded an oral history with the Museum in 2007, which may be viewed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/26343. - Stephen Fagin, Curator