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Keith Shelton Living History Program
Keith Shelton Living History Program

Keith Shelton Living History Program

Object number2014.001.0091
Date07/12/2014
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Oral history interviewer
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.mov file)
DimensionsDuration: 41 Minutes
Collections
  • "On Assignment: Dallas Times Herald 1963"
  • All Online Objects
  • Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped Living History public program with Keith Shelton. A political reporter for the Dallas Times Herald, Shelton traveled with the presidential party during the November 1963 trip to Texas. Aboard a White House press bus in the Dallas motorcade, he heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza and went to the Dallas Trade Mart. He later covered the 1964 Jack Ruby trial. Shelton, later a longtime journalism professor at the University of North Texas, donated his assassination-related papers to The Sixth Floor Museum. Program conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on July 12, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-one minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary

 In addition to this Living History public program, Keith Shelton recorded one-on-one oral history interviews with the Museum in 1998 (Keith Shelton Oral History – Search shelton (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza) and in 2011.  

He passed away on December 11, 2024. - Stephen Fagin, Curator