Martha Tiller Oral History

Object number2019.001.0069

Date06/27/2019

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Martha Tiller

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 53 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Martha Tiller. A longtime public relations executive in Dallas, Tiller worked for CBS Television in New York City in the early 1960s. She attended President Kennedy's birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962. Years later, shortly after the Johnsons left the White House, Tiller served as press secretary and social secretary for Lady Bird Johnson. Interview recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 27, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-three minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

During this oral history, Martha Tiller shows and discusses the ticket stub she saved from President Kennedy's birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden. After the interview, Ms. Tiller generously donated the ticket stub to the Museum. According to the $10 ticket, she was seated in the side arena, section 102, row A, seat 4. - Stephen Fagin, Curator