Barbara Kimberling Oral History

Object number2017.001.0072

Date08/10/2017

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Barbara Kimberling

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 13 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Barbara Kimberling. A Dallas manager for Western Union in 1963, Kimberly briefly assisted investigators on the day after the Oswald shooting, November 25, 1963. Her late husband observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. Interview conducted at Lakeview at Josey Ranch retirement community in Carrollton, Texas on August 10, 2017 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirteen minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Barbara Glyn Kimberling passed away on December 13, 2020 at the age of 93. She was one of four people interviewed during an outreach visit to Lakeview at Josey Ranch retirement community in Carrollton, Texas (twenty miles northwest of Dallas) on August 10, 2017. - Stephen Fagin, Curator