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Joyce Ruby Berman Oral History
Joyce Ruby Berman Oral History

Joyce Ruby Berman Oral History

Object number2017.001.0080
Date09/14/2017
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Joyce Ruby Berman
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.wav file)
DimensionsDuration: 55 Minutes
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DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Joyce Ruby Berman. Daughter of the late Earl Ruby, and niece of Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby, Berman recalls the impact her uncle’s murder of Lee Harvey Oswald had on her family, including death threats, FBI interviews and police protection. Interview conducted by telephone on September 14, 2017 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-five minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
Several Ruby family members have participated in the Oral History Project over the years. In addition to Joyce Ruby Berman, the Museum recorded interviews with her late father, Earl Ruby (Jack's brother), as well as Fred Ruby (Jack's nephew) and Rondine Volpert, granddaughter of Ann Rubenstein Volpert (one of Jack's sisters). The consensus among these individuals is that Jack Ruby's murder of Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963 had a long-lasting emotional and financial impact on the entire Ruby family. - Stephen Fagin, Curator