Shirley McVay Oral History

Object number2015.001.0004

Date01/07/2015

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Shirley McVay

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts)

DimensionsDuration: 47 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Shirley McVay. An employee with the United Steelworkers labor union for more than twenty-five years, McVay worked in Dallas on the 1960 and 1964 presidential campaigns. She was part of the escort for Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson when they were accosted by protestors in Dallas on November 4, 1960. On the day of the Kennedy assassination, McVay attended the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on January 7, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-seven minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Shirley McVay passed away on June 29, 2023. - Stephen Fagin, Curator