Frances Cason Oral History

Object number2017.001.0071

Date07/31/2017

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Frances Cason

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.wav file)

DimensionsDuration: 34 Minutes

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DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Frances Cason. A Dallas Police Department dispatcher in 1963, Cason recalls receiving angry telephone calls from around the world following the Kennedy assassination. On Sunday, November 24, 1963, she called for an ambulance after Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald. As a result, she testified to the Warren Commission in 1964. Interview conducted by telephone on July 31, 2017 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-four minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

The testimony of Frances Cason, taken by assistant counsel Leon Hubert in Dallas on April 1, 1964, appears in Warren Commission volume 13 on pages 89 to 94. - Stephen Fagin, Curator