Howard Weiner Oral History
Object number2014.001.0040
Date04/01/2014
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Howard Weiner
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 73 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dr. Howard Weiner. Weiner shook hands with President and Mrs. Kennedy at Dallas Love Field on November 22, 1963. During the 1960 presidential election, he recalls being harassed by some of his elementary school classmates in Dallas because his family supported John F. Kennedy.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on April 1, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and thirteen minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryDr. Weiner first shared his childhood recollections of being at Dallas Love Field in a WFAA-TV interview with his friend, journalist Quin Mathews, at the twenty-fifth anniversary of the assassination in 1988. I met Dr. Weiner years later at the Legacies Dallas History Conference in 2013 and was fascinated by his account of November 22, 1963. In the years since, he has been a great friend and supporter of the Museum and has attended a number of public programs and special events. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
