Jane Baker Alford Oral History

Object number2019.001.0096

Date08/09/2019

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Jane Baker Alford

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

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

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 63 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Jane Baker Alford. Alford's late father, Dallas police homicide detective T. L. Baker, was heavily involved in the events of the Kennedy assassination weekend and later testified before the Warren Commission. Alford, a junior high school student in 1963, was standing outside of the police basement when Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 9, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and three minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Dallas police detective T. L. Baker's typed report on his activities during the Kennedy assassination weekend may be found in the Dallas Municipal Archives via the Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas: [Report on Officer's Duties, by T. L. Baker #1] - The Portal to Texas History (unt.edu). Baker's Warren Commission testimony begins on page 248 in volume 4. - Stephen Fagin, Curator