Harold Norman Oral History

Object number1991.005.0001

Date07/31/1991

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Harold Norman

Oral history interviewer Carl Henry

ObjectOral history

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

MediumPlastic, Magnetic tape

Dimensions4 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 3/4 in. (10.8 × 7 × 1.9 cm)
Duration: 43 Minutes

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DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Harold Norman. An order filler at the Texas School Book Depository in 1963, Norman was standing with coworkers in the southeast corner the fifth floor directly beneath the sixth floor sniper's perch at the time of the assassination. He later testified before the Warren Commission. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on July 31, 1991 by Carl Henry. The interview is forty-three minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Harold Norman (1938-1994) can be seen in an image captured by Dallas Morning News chief photographer Tom Dillard seconds after the assassination. Standing on the right side of the southeast corner window on the fifth floor, directly beneath the sniper's perch, Norman is seen looking out the window at the confusion in Dealey Plaza. Next to him is coworker Bonnie Ray Williams. In our online collections database, see Tom Dillard Collection photograph 1994.003.0109 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/22812) as well as a close-up crop of the same photograph, 1994.003.0110 (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/22813). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator