Walter Durham Oral History

Object number2018.001.0104

Date09/05/2018

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Walter Durham

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 16 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Walter Durham. A lifelong Republican who met nine U.S. presidents, Durham briefly spoke to Senator John F. Kennedy in Fort Worth during the 1960 campaign. He later observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Interview conducted at Atria Canyon Creek retirement home in Plano, Texas on September 5, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is sixteen minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Walter Durham passed away on February 10, 2021. He was one of four people who recorded interviews during an oral history outreach visit to Atria Canyon Creek retirement home in Plano, Texas on September 5, 2018. - Stephen Fagin, Curator