Lana Henderson Sloan Oral History

Object number2014.001.0090

Date07/11/2014

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Lana Henderson Sloan

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 38 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Lana Henderson Sloan. Sloan was a women's news reporter at the Dallas Times Herald in the early 1970s. Later, during a long teaching career, she became friends with assassination eyewitness Jean Hill. As a result, Sloan witnessed some on-location filming for Oliver Stone's "JFK" (1991), and her husband, journalist Bill Sloan, co-authored Hill's autobiography, "JFK: The Last Dissenting Witness" (1992). Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on July 11, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-eight minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Lana Henderson Sloan's husband, journalist and author Bill Sloan, recorded an oral history on the same day as her interview. It may be viewed here: Bill Sloan Oral History – Search sloan (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Bill Sloan previously recorded an oral history in 2001: Bill Sloan Oral History – Search sloan (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Bill Sloan passed away on November 10, 2019.

Sloan's friend, Kennedy assassination eyewitness Jean Hill, who is discussed during this interview, recorded one of the Museum's earliest oral history interviews in February 1989. That audio recording may be found here: Jean Hill Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Hill passed away on November 7, 2000. - Stephen Fagin, Curator