Alan Abrams Oral History

Object number2014.001.0175

Date10/24/2014

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Alan Abrams

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.wav file)

DimensionsDuration: 30 Minutes

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DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Alan Abrams. A senior at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, Abrams saw the Kennedy motorcade on Lemmon Avenue on November 22, 1963. Interview conducted via telephone on October 24, 2014 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Alan Abrams passed away on September 12, 2016. In addition to Mr. Abrams, the Museum has recorded a number of oral histories with former students at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas. Other Jefferson alumni in the Oral History Collection include Judy Bergstrom, John Carpenter, Betty Duke-Ruhd, Janet Fordham, Richard Gump, Betty Jarrell, Don McDonald, Jerry Patton, David Ritz, Carolyn Roderick, George Sickler, Jan Sittel, William Ward Warren and 1960s schoolteacher Katherine Clayton. A 2019 educational program featuring Jefferson High School classmates Jan Sittel and Betty Duke-Ruhd may be viewed on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with Jan Sittel and Dr. Betty Duke-Ruhd - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator