Jim Bendat Oral History
Object number2014.001.0120
Date09/12/2014
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Jim Bendat
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 25 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Jim Bendat. As a twelve-year-old, Bendat met Sen. John F. Kennedy at the 1960 Democratic National Convention. This encounter inspired an interest in politics, and decades later, as a historian of presidential inaugurations, he wrote the book "Democracy's Big Day" (2012).
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 12, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-five minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryJim Bendat's book, Democracy's Big Day (2012), may be found here in the Museum's Library Collection: Bibliovation | Details for Democracy's big day. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
04/12/1968
