John H. Davis Oral History

Object number1992.009.0009

Date10/23/1992

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject John H. Davis

Oral history interviewer Wes Wise

Oral history interviewer Bob Porter

ObjectOral history

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

MediumHi-8 videotape

DimensionsDuration: 42 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with John H. Davis. A prolific author on the Bouvier and Kennedy families and organized crime, Davis was first cousin to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. His eight books include, "The Bouviers: Portrait of an American Family" (1969), "The Kennedys: Dynasty and Disaster" (1984) and "Mafia Kingfish: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy" (1988). Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 23, 1992 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is forty-two minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

John Hagy Davis passed away at the age of 82 on January 29, 2012. At the time this interview was recorded in 1992, Davis had only published four of his eight books. Still to come were The Bouviers: From Waterloo to the Kennedys and Beyond (1993), Kennedy Contract: The Mafia Plot to Assassinate the President (1993), Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Family (1994) and Jacqueline Bouvier: An Intimate Memoir (1998). - Stephen Fagin, Curator