Jerry Kasten Living History Program
Object number2015.001.0130
Date09/19/2015
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Jerry Kasten
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.mov file)
DimensionsDuration: 53 Minutes
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DescriptionVideotaped Living History public program with Jerry Kasten. Kasten was a social studies teacher at Bryan Adams High School in 1963. As a member of the volunteer Dallas Police Reserves, he spent the weekend of the Kennedy assassination at police headquarters. He was working crowd control on Commerce Street at the time of the Oswald shooting on November 24, 1963.
Program conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 19, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The program is fifty-three minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryJerry Kasten passed away on February 17, 2021. In addition to this 2015 Living History program, he recorded an oral history with the Museum on April 30, 2013. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
