Karen Whyte Oral History
Object number2018.001.0077
Date07/13/2018
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Karen Whyte
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 24 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Karen Whyte. A native of British Columbia, Whyte was seven years old and home sick from school on the day of the assassination. Fulfilling a lifelong goal, she visited Dealey Plaza for the first time in 2018.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on July 13, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-four minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryAccording to Ms. Whyte, she "waited fifty-five years to come to Dallas from British Columbia to commemorate President John F. Kennedy" and achieved her goal on July 10, 2018. The following day, she contacted the Museum to volunteer for the Oral History Project and recorded this interview just a few hours before catching her return flight to British Columbia. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
