Judge Burt W. Griffin Oral History
Object number2018.001.0127
Date10/30/2018
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Burt W. Griffin
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 104 Minutes
Terms
- Oral histories
- Investigations
- Attorney General
- Attorney
- Researchers
- Author
- Ruby, Jack
- Warren, Earl
- Rankin, J. Lee
- Oswald, Lee Harvey
- Warren Commission
- Dallas Police Department
- Carousel Club
- Dallas
- Cuba (OHC)
- Law Enforcement (OHC)
- Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)
- Jack Ruby (OHC)
- White House and State Officials (OHC)
- Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Judge Burt W. Griffin. Griffin, a onetime Assistant U.S. Attorney, served as Assistant Staff Counsel to the Warren Commission in 1964. He was specifically assigned to the Jack Ruby investigation.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 30, 2018 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and forty-four minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryIn addition to this oral history, Judge Griffin participated in a two-part 2013 panel discussion at Southern Methodist University that was co-presented by The Sixth Floor Museum and recorded as part of the Oral History Project. It may be viewed here on the Museum's YouTube channel, Part One: The Work of the Warren Commission: Part 1 (youtube.com). Part Two: The Work of the Warren Commission: Part 2 (youtube.com). In 2019, Judge Griffin took part in a panel discussion at the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff, which may be viewed here: "Truth Is The Only Client" Premiere Panel Discussion (youtube.com). - Stephen Fagin, Curator
In 2023, Judge Griffin published the book, JFK, Oswald and Ruby: Politics, Prejudice and Truth. His friend and research assistant, Ohio schoolteacher Frank O'Grady, recorded an oral history in 2021, which may be viewed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/72415. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Lee Harvey Oswald
1962 - 1964
Dallas County District Attorney's Office
02/20/1964 - 03/03/1964