Samuel Atchison Oral History

Object number2014.001.0016

Date02/03/2014

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Samuel Atchison

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 29 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Samuel Atchison. A 1963 student at Sunset High School in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Atchison worked part-time as an usher at the Texas Theatre on Jefferson Boulevard. He was scheduled to work the evening of Friday, November 22, 1963, but the theater closed following the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on February 3, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-nine minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Prior to this oral history, Samuel Atchison donated a Texas Theatre paper schedule for November 21-27, 1963. It may be viewed here in the online collections database: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/38220. Mr. Atchison passed away on July 9, 2021. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator