/internal/media/dispatcher/73551/fullOlivia Duke Oral History03/06/2017Duration: 28 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2017.001.00260Videotaped oral history interview with Olivia Duke. As a five-year-old in 1963, Duke saw President Kennedy speak outside the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth and then had a brief encounter with him inside the hotel lobby. This childhood event had a significant impact on her life.
Interview recorded at home of Elizabeth Sullivan in Fort Worth on March 06, 2017 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 28 minutes long.Oral Histories654710E-100E-1048035Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Olivia Duke. As a five-year-old, Duke saw President Kennedy outside the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth on November 22, 1963. She then had a brief encounter with him in the hotel lobby. This childhood event had a significant impact on her life.
Interview conducted at the home of Elizabeth Sullivan in Fort Worth on March 6, 2017 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-eight minutes long.Oral historiesFort WorthChildhoodKennedy, John F.Hotel TexasDallasFort WorthChildhood Recollections (OHC)Fort Worth (OHC)As soon as longtime Fort Worth resident Olivia Duke learned about the Museum's Oral History Project, she became an active supporter. In addition to her own oral history, she helped coordinate a memorable joint interview for me with 105-year-old best friends Elizabeth Sullivan and Cecile McKenzie. Both ladies sadly passed away just a few months later. Ms. Duke also recommended others who recorded interviews for the Oral History Project, including Fort Worth motorcade spectator Greg Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram employees Bob and Carol Taylor, and Olivia's aunt, Fort Worth schoolteacher Margaret Duke. I am always grateful when past participants recommend others for the Oral History Project as it helps the Museum grow the collection every year with new voices and unique perspectives. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator