Jim Bowles Oral History

Object number1993.011.0017

Date09/14/1993

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Jim Bowles

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: 185 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Jim Bowles. A longtime Dallas County sheriff (1985-2005), Bowles was supervisor of the Dallas Police Department radio division in 1963. Beginning in the 1970s, he researched the controversial acoustics evidence investigated by the House Select Committee. Bowles was interviewed by and consulted with assassination researchers about the acoustics evidence several times over the years. Interview conducted at Sheriff Bowles' office in Dallas on September 14, 1993 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is three hours and five minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Jim Bowles passed away on August 11, 2018. In total, he spent nearly fifty-five years working in public service as both an officer with the Dallas Police Department for thirty years and as Dallas County sheriff for twenty-four years. - Stephen Fagin, Curator