John H. Slate Oral History

The Museum's John Slate Collection (1989.079) includes multiple copies of the Conspiracy A-Go-Go guidebook. Self-published by the so-called "Nerraw Commission" (Warren Commission spelled backwards), the twenty-six page tongue-in-cheek booklet includes an introduction that reads: "In a sense, we, the authors of this guide, feel that JFK has almost endorsed our endeavor to perpetuate the memory of the recent past in Dallas. These structures stand in mute testimony to the lurid misdeeds of the persons involved in the Crime of the Century - the assassinations (and cover-ups of same) of JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Patrolman J.D. Tippit. Also, JFK was funny. So are we." - Stephen Fagin, Curator 

The Museum's Library Collection includes two books co-authored by John H. Slate: Dealey Plaza (2013, with Willis Winters) and Managing Local Government Archives (2016, with Kaye L. Minchew). Both books may be found here: Bibliovation | Catalog Search Results.

The Museum's Library Collection also includes a DVD of the Richard Linklater film, Slacker (1990), which briefly features John Slate as a Kennedy assassination conspiracy theorist: Bibliovation | Details for Slacker. In 2011, as part of the Dallas Video Festival, John Slate reprised his Slacker role in a three-minute short by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ryan Hartsell. As of summer 2024, the short may be found on Mr. Hartsell's website here: SLACKER 2011 - Ryan Hartsell. - Stephen Fagin, Curator